How did you come up with your screen name?

[topcop821]

 "82" was the jurisdiction number and the "1" was my badge number, topcop was the job title for the Chief.. and it ended up "topcop821" and that ended 34 years of LEO duty. Could have gone with CSM RET also but choose to stay civilian for a time.

 

[rush1886]

"rush" is approx 1/2 of my last name. It was hung on me in high school and has been what I answer to for well over 40 yrs.

1886 is from the "Winchester Model 1886 lever action rifle. I've long been a gun nut and some of my favorites are lever actions. I've always wanted a "86 in 50/110 Express, Teddy Roosevelts's rifle, but finances have dictated otherwise.

 

[hayjim]

Hey Deer Meat. My screen name is pretty simple. My real name is Jim Hay thus hayjim.

 

[sandlapper]

Sandlapper is the nickname for South Carolineans. The origin of the term is debatable but may go back to the Revolutionary War when a term of derision was used by Brits to describe those SC soldiers who dropped to the ground and crawled to avoid being shot and to attack the enemy. It seems to apply mostly to folk in SC who come from the midlands part of the state, as I do, which is very sandy.

 

[Bearcarver]

"rush" is approx 1/2 of my last name. It was hung on me in high school and has been what I answer to for well over 40 yrs.

1886 is from the "Winchester Model 1886 lever action rifle. I've long been a gun nut and some of my favorites are lever actions. I've always wanted a "86 in 50/110 Express, Teddy Roosevelts's rifle, but finances have dictated otherwise.

Cool----My favorite rifle is my "Model 88".

Bear

 

[rush1886]

Howdy Bearcarver--that 88 in 308? Those were some pretty slick little guns.

 

[leadftdriver]

My name id from when I used to work patrol. I was know for getting to calls and responding quicker then most. But I did know the short cuts thru town.

 

[undecided]

I have been "undecided" about what I want to be when I grow up, which started with my first CB Radio.

I am still "undecided" at 60, no sense changing now.
 

 

[uk boatman]

This may be a surprise to some.......

We live on a boat......

In the UK       :)

 

[padretimbo]

I have 3 boys... hence Padre, and nick name from several friends is Timbo.  So, PadreTimbo....

Nothing special!!

 

[cekkk]

I took the first letter of the first name of myself, my DW and our three DDs.  I'm not sure how long ago that was, but it was in the early internet days.  Only once do I remember anyone linking it to the KKK.  That was when I found I'd been banned from a site after my first use due to the moderator assuming it was clan related.  I managed to get reinstated after explaining, but I've never tried to post on that site again.  I read it often, but I'll bet it was a year or more between my first post and the second, when i discovered I had been banned.

 

[Bearcarver]

Howdy Bearcarver--that 88 in 308? Those were some pretty slick little guns.

Yes----7.62----.308, LOL---Same as the M14.

I think they had already quit making them when I got mine in 1971.

Bear

 

[cekkk]

Howdy Bearcarver--that 88 in 308? Those were some pretty slick little guns.

Or as Sarge would say, "This is my rifle, this is my gun.  This is for fitin', this is for..." 

 

[Bearcarver]

Or as Sarge would say, "This is my rifle, this is my gun.  This is for fitin', this is for..." 

Yup----We had to call the M16 and M14 weapons, but I weaned myself back to rifle, because I no longer need a weapon.

Bear

 

[cekkk]

Yup----We had to call the M16 and M14 weapons, but I weaned myself back to rifle, because I no longer need a weapon.

Bear

Not to hijack and probably should PM, but in about '68 I was issued a match grade 14 and unlimited MG ammo for use in meets.  Surprisingly accurate rifle.  I can't duplicate scores today with my scoped .308.  I'm sure it has nothing to do with the operator. 

I promise, Mod.  No more.

 

[173rdherd]

great screen name....that makes it official

In 68 our sniper (Jimmy Thompson) was issued a match M14 that was effective(live action) at over 2 meters downhill.

 

[bapoo 1369]

Bapoo is what my grandchildren call me.  First one couldn't say Papaw.  It came out Bapoo.  The number is just easy for me to remember at my advanced age.

 

[cam-b-q]

Real easy- nickname is Cam, I like to make BBQ so    Cam+BBQ= Cam-b-q

 

[sabato domenica]

So I was learning a bit of beginning Italian and I found out that Saturday and Sunday were Sabato and Domenica, and Sabato Domenica sounded like a guy's name and I adopted that ever since...

 

[pthefree]

In 2003 when I was in Iraq I wanted to email my best friend. The thing was I for got my username for my yahoo account. Everyone calls me P because of my last name and at the time I only had about 4-5 months left of service. That meant I would be free. Pthefree became my new username for yahoo and everything else.