I've always been curious why people call themselves the name they have.

[shadowokie]

I've always been curious why people call themselves the name they have.

Guess I'm bored and wanting to see how much action I can get on this.
I'm shadowokie because my husband is vtxokie (rides a vtx1300). At the time I signed up on here that's all I could think of. I'm called several different names by the group I belong to but I'll leave that to your imagination!

 

[Nana]

Re: I've always been curious why people call themselves the name they have.

My grandkids call me Nana.....and it stuck

 

[Greydog]

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I have long grey/silver hair and before retirement was a maintenance foreman in an aluminum plant. Years ago I was riding my buggy down the furnace bay when an overhead crane operator saw me and announced on the hand held radio, "There goes the silver fox". One of the mill operators replied back, "No, that's the old grey dog"!!! Everyone who carried a radio heard it and the nickname stuck!!!

 

[John Luciano]

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Don't call my self LUCKY on here but nickname is Lucky because of the famous or infamous gangster and born on Fri the 13th also

 

[Ozarkryder]

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Ozarkryder = I live in the Ozarks and I ride. I tried "Ozarkrider"
on another board and it didn't go through. I changed the i to y and there you have it.

 

[Tango]

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Well, TANG is my initials. And as a kid, usually got drunk drinking "TANGO". We all chipped in and got someone to buy it for us. It was all we could afford back then. It was a cheap vodka and orange tang concoction. Now that I think about it, that stuff was retched! But it worked. LOL

Tom

 

[WindyOne]

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WindyOne because I am always in the wind when I ride. Well that's my story and I am sticking to it. :yes:

 

[Nauga Mok]

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'Pest & I "earned" our names when we were doing Historical reenactments & competing in black powder muzzel loading shoots. When a person is "named", there is a long involved ceremony to make sure everyone present knows their new name & why they "earned" it. She earned her's her very first day "on the mountain". She'd never competed before, so was understandably nervous.

Couple that with being put in a group of some of the top shooters at the event, except me -- I didn't shoot very well back then. Since it takes an experienced shooter about 30 sec - 1 min to reload, + time to aim & fire, by the time her turn came again, it was probably close to 15 minutes between shots & she still wasn't ready.

She was shaking so badly she poured more powder on the ground than she got down the barrel of her .45 rifle. Then she screwed up & opened her mouth & said "I hate to be such a pest, guys." Ol' Dean "Two Hammers" Cannon, was keeping score & when he heard her say that his eyes lit up like 100 watt light bulbs! "I think there's a name in that!!" Since she's only 5' nothin' tall, she's been "Li'l Pest" since that fateful day.

HMMM -- this is gonna get long -- sorry.

I'd been shooting for about 4 years when I FINALY got a name hung on me. Friend, "No Bear" & I had gone to an event close to Payson AZ, second weekend of November. The weather was everything we DID NOT want at a doin's -- rain, snow, hail, sleet, in a word, it was WET & considering the time of the year, cold!

Back then I was still wearing "Tandy kit mocs" which were about one step above being barefoot. Now, No Bear liked to tip the jug a bit, if you catch my drift. The previous Summer, Pest & I had gone to our first National doin's & I'd overheard 2 old timers talking about people wearing the "phony leather", Naugahyde. They came up with all the ways to trap "Naugas" & prepare their hides -- it was a very entertaining 45 min.

Back to Payson -- Did I mention No Bear tipped the jug a bit? Late in the second day of the event, I got tired of having my feet wet, so I went back to camp. There No Bear was stretched out on his blankets with his jug cradeled in one arm doing a GREAT imitation of a saw mill. Right then was my chance! Using the old back packer's trick, I started stuffing plastic bags inside my moccasins.

I was just trimming off the top of the second one so it wasn't TOO visible, when No Bear set straight up on his blankets & yelled; "WHAT in #$%% are you doin''?" Wellll --- Brain goes in neutral & mouth goes into overdeive -- I blurted out; "I found these thin skined Naugas out by the trash can, so I skunt 'em out & I'm a puttin' their hides inside my mocs to keep my feet dry!"

Needless to say, I've been known as "Nauga Mok" ever since! Now, how No Bear & Two Hammers got THEIR names, will have to wait for a campfire somewhere down the road.

NM

 

[BlueTrinity]

Re: I've always been curious why people call themselves the name they have.

Do you recall their ad slogan?

"The Nauga is a very ugly animal...but his hide is beautiful !"

 

[Mr.Wizard]

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Was Reksul on about every forum I can think of. It's my school nickname spelled backwards and part of my last name. Don't remember how I got it but guess I did 'cuz it stuck like hot gum on a boot.

Then came a name change by a moderator on another forum. They had issues with their bike so I tuned the map on the ECM. After the final dyno run they came back white as a ghost. The next day my name was Mr. Wizard on the other forum. Was a joke and I had a heck of a time signing on. The moderator won't change it back so here we are. So others would know me in other forums I changed them all. :blush:

No good dead goes unpunished.

 

[hepengr]

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No big mystery here ...... Hep (1st three letters of my last name) + engr (am a mechanical engineer working in the maintenance dept at an open pit copper mine here in AZ, & also volunteer at a railroad museum in NV where I am qualified as engineer on both steam and diesel locomotives.)

A Photo of my second favorite ride.... NNRY 93, 1909 ALCO (American Locomotive Co.), 2-8-0, 48" drivers, 190 PSI Boiler Press, Class II Superheaters, 36,000 Lbs Tractive Effort

I could probably come up with a better handle, but we engi-nurds aren't real good with things that can't be stated in an equation.

So looks like I'm stuck with Hepengr

 

[Nauga Mok]

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Do you recall their ad slogan?

"The Nauga is a very ugly animal...but his hide is beautiful !"

If I ever heard it, I plumb forgot. I DID write an article for a news letter once that was a loose adaptation of the tale those old timers at the '93 Western Narional spun while I was listening. That ad slogan fits right in with that article. This too is another good campfire tale for down the road.

NM

 

[Gorilla]

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I've not posted my nick name. My last name is MIGALA prenounced mi-gal-a. Since I was a kid everyone said Mig-il-a which sounds like the McGilla Gorilla Show. So I became known as "GORILLA"

 

[Lunchbox1983]

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LunchBox is teen slang for a fun person to be around.

I am a member of a Christian Clown team so that is my clown name. 1983 is the year I graduated from the Citadel, so on forums I go by LunchBox1983

 

[Mr.Wizard]

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I've not posted my nick name. My last name is MIGALA prenounced mi-gal-a. Since I was a kid everyone said Mig-il-a which sounds like the McGilla Gorilla Show. So I became known as "GORILLA"

Nana... name change here please...

 

[Ozarkryder]

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T'magilla Gorilla?

 

[Mr.Wizard]

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T'magilla Gorilla?

Well... I wouldn't stand in a dark alley and call him Monkey. LOL

 

[Gorilla]

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Lets see 63 yoa, 5 ft 9 inch tall, 220 lbs. low fat index, carries a GLOCK 40 cal with 13 rounds Gorilla yes, Monkey I don't think so.

 

[Yellow Trike]

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Yellow Trike...duh, my ride! Not original but descriptive!

 

[NedKelley]

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Teacher at school used to call me "Ned" after some famous Aussie?? Some guy who ran around with a garbage can on his head and had a strange affection for other peoples sheep???:blush:
Aussies eh??
Anyhow I digress!! The name just stayed with me!!

 

[jimc]

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tango id forgotten that stuff existed hads my share in my mispent youth my name is my name original huh

 

[Ironhorsepilot]

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I have horses and my husband has planes and Harleys, so my license plate on my truck became HPilot. We always said it stood for Hot pilot, Harley Pilot and Horse Pilot. When I got my bike I added the Iron.

 

[JJTRIKER]

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Well lets see here? Joe jenkins is the name jojo is the nick name
and then theres triker
jjtriker
wasnt so hard huh

 

[shiney b.]

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a shaved head in high school got me the nickname shiney, it stuck(now, it comes naturally-if you catch my meaning!). along came cb radios, and shiney didn't seem enough of a handle. a friend added the first initial of my last name. after 40 years, close friends still know me as shiney b., or just plain b.

 

[cupcake]

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I use to dispatch trucks for a large grocery store chain. I worked 2nd and 3rd shifts. One night a truck driver came to the dispatch window and when I opened it he said, "How is my little Cup Cake tonight". :blush: Of course several of the other drivers heard it and it just stuck. I have been called that every since. It's been about 11 years now. I guess its not as bad as it could be....

 

[NedKelley]

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I use to dispatch trucks for a large grocery store chain. I worked 2nd and 3rd shifts. One night a truck driver came to the dispatch window and when I opened it he said, "How is my little Cup Cake tonight". :blush: Of course several of the other drivers heard it and it just stuck. I have been called that every since. It's been about 11 years now. I guess its not as bad as it could be....

Nice!! Better to be named after a delicious sugary treat than some dysfunctional Australian!! :yes:

 

[tis]

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Mine was a Irish thing. When I would walk into a room my Uncles would say "tis himself" So tis kinda stuck, on other forums it was Ultraman, or Ultraman spelled backwards.. "Namartlu"

 

[gravy]

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I worked in an aluminum foundry in the 70's and when we worked the afternoon or midnight shift,our crew of 3 always had the highest quota and produced more ingots than anyone. They started calling me gravy and it stuck.

 

[The Wolf]

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When I was born they named me John. MMy family name was Jackie so when I was going to school (4yrs) I changed my name to Jake...since then it has stuck. At that time 1966 there were not many Jakes around (except for John Wayne, Big Jake).
I have other names (legal ones) which I use when doing business transactions :yes: