Explain the origin of your username

[ThinkingMan]

Unless it is obvious, like mine, though I don't claim to be the only thinking man.

[melinda]

I'm unoriginal ... it's my middle name.

[Gunslinger]

Line of work.

Shooting skills and whatnot.

[CID_0687]

It's a small way of paying tribute to my Pops, (God rest his soul)...He was an Army CID agent, the numbers were his badge number.

[countmein]

I owned and operated an inventory/auditing company, Count Me In Inventory Specialists.

[nortman]

It's a play on my last name that some of our former Boy Scouts had started.

[blazer]

I like starting fires! :))

[MrDuffy]

I am known as me: Mr. Duffy

[Rhonda]

I'm unoriginal ... it's my middle name.

Mine is my first name, it is both realistic and boring :doh:

[Rhonda]

I like starting fires! :))


That is funny

[mmancil]

Well mine is sorta original.

You see...I used the first initial of my first name....and then my last name.

Wow...I bet no one can beat that originality!! Well except for Rhonda and Melinda

[ThrowCop]

I was a bad kid growing up. Always in trouble. Instead of riding the bus to get my drugs from my dealer I would jack a car. I was both feared and admired in my neighborhood due to both actual violent acts I committed and the subsequent myths that surrounded them.

Even the police feared my wrath. I was left alone as though I had a force-field around me.

One unfortunate rookie officer did not realize who I was and one day decided to try to question me about a recent home invasion I had perpetrated. As he tried to cuff me, I took his gun from him, lifted him over my head and tossed him into a dumpster while the gathering, admiring crowd chanted, "Throw The Cop - Throw The Cop - Throw The Cop...."

And the name stuck...









:lol:

[CaffeineHat]

I'm a self avowed coffee fanatic, espresso geek, and home roaster. Every morning I drink a large cup to put on my "Caffeine Hat" and prevent the headache that would ensue if I did not.

[Rhonda]

I was a bad kid growing up. Always in trouble. Instead of riding the bus to get my drugs from my dealer I would jack a car. I was both feared and admired in my neighborhood due to both actual violent acts I committed and the subsequent myths that surrounded them.

Even the police feared my wrath. I was left alone as though I had a force-field around me.

One unfortunate rookie officer did not realize who I was and one day decided to try to question me about a recent home invasion I had perpetrated. As he tried to cuff me, I took his gun from him, lifted him over my head and tossed him into a dumpster while the gathering, admiring crowd chanted, "Throw The Cop - Throw The Cop - Throw The Cop...."

And the name stuck...









:lol:

I just knew it LOL...I often thought of that (throwing a cop) when I see your username :))

[curtis123]

Curtis123

It's French for "not very creative".

[Army Wife]

When I first started here in Hannityland I was an Army Wife...now I am a RET Army Wife.

[Residential Bob]

I misspelled Boob.

[AmericanMuscle]

I misspelled Boob.
:))

I used to drive great American Muscle cars back when I joined....a '69 Chevelle and '73 Javelin.

Now I drive the Javelin in my dreams~ Breaks my back to put the car seat and booster seat in. And I sold the Chevelle.:wall:

[super cool ski instructor]

Mine is a tribute to Thumper, the super cool ski instructor who the boys meet in my favortie episode of South Park..Asspen.

[breezyjr]

Mine is a less strong version of my given name. The "jr" is attributed to the best dog ever "Junior" who passed a few years ago, and is also my middle name and last name initials.

Breezy is also just a nick name I picked up at my old job about 11 years ago.

[uncledoom]

One of my 3 former AOL aliases. I just figured Victor Von Doom's mom had a brother.

[Wilhelm Scream]

My name is a reference to a motion picture sound effect of the same name. All of you have most certainly heard it; it is one of the most overused sound effects in the industry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream

[gwhughes]

First two initials followed by last name. What, thought I was a Bush fan?:)

[ThinkingMan]

My name is a reference to a motion picture sound effect of the same name. All of you have most certainly heard it; it is one of the most overused sound effects in the industry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream

That's a great bit of cinema info!

Thanks!

[ThinkingMan]

Mine is a less strong version of my given name. The "jr" is attributed to the best dog ever "Junior" who passed a few years ago, and is also my middle name and last name initials.

Breezy is also just a nick name I picked up at my old job about 11 years ago.

How does one get a nickname "breezy"?

[ThinkingMan]

Mine is a tribute to Thumper, the super cool ski instructor who the boys meet in my favortie episode of South Park..Asspen.

Beautiful!

[ThinkingMan]

When I first started here in Hannityland I was an Army Wife...now I am a RET Army Wife.

What a legacy!

Thanks.

[ThinkingMan]

I'm a self avowed coffee fanatic, espresso geek, and home roaster. Every morning I drink a large cup to put on my "Caffeine Hat" and prevent the headache that would ensue if I did not.

What is the best method of brewing? What's the best roast? Bean - arabica?

[ThinkingMan]

I was a bad kid growing up. Always in trouble. Instead of riding the bus to get my drugs from my dealer I would jack a car. I was both feared and admired in my neighborhood due to both actual violent acts I committed and the subsequent myths that surrounded them.

Even the police feared my wrath. I was left alone as though I had a force-field around me.

One unfortunate rookie officer did not realize who I was and one day decided to try to question me about a recent home invasion I had perpetrated. As he tried to cuff me, I took his gun from him, lifted him over my head and tossed him into a dumpster while the gathering, admiring crowd chanted, "Throw The Cop - Throw The Cop - Throw The Cop...."

And the name stuck...









:lol:

(ahem)

Really?

[ThinkingMan]

Well mine is sorta original.

You see...I used the first initial of my first name....and then my last name.

Wow...I bet no one can beat that originality!! Well except for Rhonda and Melinda

Thank you Mr./Ms. Mmancil

[ThinkingMan]

Mine is my first name, it is both realistic and boring :doh:

Rhonda - thank you for such an inter......Zzzzzzzzz

[ThinkingMan]

It's a small way of paying tribute to my Pops, (God rest his soul)...He was an Army CID agent, the numbers were his badge number.

He must have been proud!

[melinda]

Curtis123

It's French for "not very creative".

I love this .... :)

[melinda]

I misspelled Boob.

:))

[TaylorW65]

I love acoustic guitars. My user name is the model number "W65" which is an all Walnut 12 string guitar, made by Taylor guitars. It is my favorite guitar I own.

[sgdp]

Simon & Garfunkel and Don and Phil (Everly).

God I'm lame.

[Poisonshady313]

shady313 is because I'm very much an Eminem fan... y'know, slim shady... from 313 (Detroit).

Poison... when I tried to sign up for a forum some years ago, probably an eminem fan thing, I tried shady 313, shady 845 (my area code), and a few alternatives. and all the names I tried were taken. but eventually, the site gave up and gave me a computer generated name using words I wanted to include in the name.

So that's the name I use. Poisonshady313

[doodle5]

i ACQUIRED DOODLE FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I was small... nick name. my husband added doodlebug when we were going together.

Carlene
first name.

[breezyjr]

How does one get a nickname "breezy"?

Easy. Where I used to work my office was in the "front" office. Between the "back" office and front office was a large shop/garage.

The guys in the back never got their paperwork correct and I would, several times a day, have to go from my office to the back office for corrections on paperwork.

The mechanic that worked in the shop started calling me Breezy because of the rather swift way I would "breeze" through the shop. Swift, because generally I was hacked off every time I had to go back there for the same mistakes over and over on paperwork.

[meggers49]

Was called Meg in jr. high because at the time my real nickname seems really uncool to me and I didn't want to go by my full name any more. Grammar school sucked and I wanted a 'fresh start'.
Meg was my first nick in a chatroom many years ago and Meggers was the nick for my nick...lol..

49 is how old i was when i joined a particular chatroom and i wanted to make sure no one else would have meg or meggers as their nick.

[CID_0687]

He must have been proud!
I'm sure he would have been, he passed away 2 years before I joined here though. 4 years today as a matter of fact. :(

[melinda]

I'm sure he would have been, he passed away 2 years before I joined here though. 4 years today as a matter of fact. :(

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Dr. Funkenstein]

My first fantasy football team was called the "Delaware P-Funk Odyssey" because I'd become really big into, you guessed it...p-funk. Everyone in the league (which ran for a few years) referred to me as "Funky" because of that.

Dr. Funkenstein is a Parliament Funkadelic tune.

My other choice, had Dr. Funkenstein already been taken here, would have been g_money24, which is a combination of my rap name, G-Money (I was once in an a capella group that did opera-style covers of rap songs) and 24 in homage to Ken Griffey Jr.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Mine is a tribute to Thumper, the super cool ski instructor who the boys meet in my favortie episode of South Park..Asspen.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153300

[JimGP20]

Well...... lessee..... my first name is Jim, so the first part still makes sense, but the rest of my name is no longer relevant to me. The "GP" stands for Grand Prix which was my favorite car in NASCAR Winston Cup, and my favorite driver is Tony Stewart, thus the "20". Now, the Grand Prix isn't being made anymore and Tony has switched to number "14". I can still use the "20", since my birthday is Oct. 20th, but the GP is gone forever.

Oh yeah..... my former name here was stuckinliberalhell. I lived in the San Fran. Bay Area, so no explanation was neccesary for that one. :cool:

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Well...... lessee..... my first name is Jim, so the first part still makes sense, but the rest of my name is no longer relevant to me. The "GP" stands for Grand Prix which was my favorite car in NASCAR Winston Cup, and my favorite driver is Tony Stewart, thus the "20". Now, the Grand Prix isn't being made anymore and Tony has switched to number "14". I can still use the "20", since my birthday is Oct. 20th, but the GP is gone forever.

Oh yeah..... my former name here was stuckinliberalhell. I lived in the San Fran. Bay Area, so no explanation was neccesary for that one. :cool:

Holy crap!

Jim's a retread?

:razz:

[JimGP20]

Holy crap!

Jim's a retread?

:razz:



Just like CID.... :shhh:....:shifty:

[CID_0687]

:hug: :hug: :hug:
Thanks Mel. :hug:

[CID_0687]

Just like CID.... :shhh:....:shifty:
You promised!!

Squealer. :snooty:

[CaffeineHat]

What is the best method of brewing? What's the best roast? Bean - arabica?
Hey look, someone asked me a coffee question!!:D I tend to be a little long winded, so excuse me if I go on and on.

For brewing method, I like a drip pot but it's got to be a good one. The key is having the proper grind and a pot that can produce EXTREMELY hot water (200 degrees). Better made pots use pressure rather than a pump so that the water must boil to leave the chamber and pass over the ground coffee. Believe it or not, coffee geeks will spend a lot on a good drip pot. I have a no frills pot from a well known kitchen store. No clocks, self grinders or other bells and whistles please. French press is my second favorite way to brew, but it makes a dense cup since some of the solids slip through the screen.

Roast is a matter of taste. I like what's known as a "full city" roast which means the beans have cracked twice and are relatively dark, but not yet oily. Oily beans are over roasted. In terms of roast, freshness is key. Sean used to have a sponsor called Boca Java. I'm not sure if they still sponsor, but they roast to order so when you receive your beans they're only 48 to 72 hours out of the roaster. Coffee has to rest for 12 to 24 hours after a roast so that's a GREAT deal. There are other micro roasters who sell on the net.

In terms of beans, yes Arabica is the best. The alternative is robusta which tastes strong and rubbery and is used as a "filler" in commercial roasts. There are hundreds of countries of origin for coffee. And coffees have good years and bad ones like wine grapes. Right now I love Indonesian coffees and some Africans. There is a coffee from Rwanda that has won awards and is currently available through some of the premium roasters. I also love the bright "sparkly" coffees from Costa Rica. Not a big fan of Colombian, or Hawaiin here. If you want to pm me and tell me what you like. I will make some suggestions of some sure to please coffees. As I said, I home roast so I buy my beans green from the importer and roast to taste.

I know, I type too much.:rolleyes:

[ThinkingMan]

I love acoustic guitars. My user name is the model number "W65" which is an all Walnut 12 string guitar, made by Taylor guitars. It is my favorite guitar I own.

Not a Martin guitar? I used to live about a mile from the factory.

[ThinkingMan]

Simon & Garfunkel and Don and Phil (Everly).

God I'm lame.

Ahh - how interesting. Phil Collins - now that would be lame.

[ThinkingMan]

i ACQUIRED DOODLE FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I was small... nick name. my husband added doodlebug when we were going together.

Carlene
first name.


how cute!

[ThinkingMan]

Easy. Where I used to work my office was in the "front" office. Between the "back" office and front office was a large shop/garage.

The guys in the back never got their paperwork correct and I would, several times a day, have to go from my office to the back office for corrections on paperwork.

The mechanic that worked in the shop started calling me Breezy because of the rather swift way I would "breeze" through the shop. Swift, because generally I was hacked off every time I had to go back there for the same mistakes over and over on paperwork.

Heh. Interesting. who would've though your username had anything to do with paperwork?

[ThinkingMan]

Was called Meg in jr. high because at the time my real nickname seems really uncool to me and I didn't want to go by my full name any more. Grammar school sucked and I wanted a 'fresh start'.
Meg was my first nick in a chatroom many years ago and Meggers was the nick for my nick...lol..

49 is how old i was when i joined a particular chatroom and i wanted to make sure no one else would have meg or meggers as their nick.

Curse those middle school jerks!

You are more impressive than they ever will be.

[ThinkingMan]

shady313 is because I'm very much an Eminem fan... y'know, slim shady... from 313 (Detroit).

Poison... when I tried to sign up for a forum some years ago, probably an eminem fan thing, I tried shady 313, shady 845 (my area code), and a few alternatives. and all the names I tried were taken. but eventually, the site gave up and gave me a computer generated name using words I wanted to include in the name.

So that's the name I use. Poisonshady313

Not a big fan, but cool nonetheless. Just so you are not into Poison!

[ThinkingMan]

Hey look, someone asked me a coffee question!!:D I tend to be a little long winded, so excuse me if I go on and on.

For brewing method, I like a drip pot but it's got to be a good one. The key is having the proper grind and a pot that can produce EXTREMELY hot water (200 degrees). Better made pots use pressure rather than a pump so that the water must boil to leave the chamber and pass over the ground coffee. Believe it or not, coffee geeks will spend a lot on a good drip pot. I have a no frills pot from a well known kitchen store. No clocks, self grinders or other bells and whistles please. French press is my second favorite way to brew, but it makes a dense cup since some of the solids slip through the screen.

Roast is a matter of taste. I like what's known as a "full city" roast which means the beans have cracked twice and are relatively dark, but not yet oily. Oily beans are over roasted. In terms of roast, freshness is key. Sean used to have a sponsor called Boca Java. I'm not sure if they still sponsor, but they roast to order so when you receive your beans they're only 48 to 72 hours out of the roaster. Coffee has to rest for 12 to 24 hours after a roast so that's a GREAT deal. There are other micro roasters who sell on the net.

In terms of beans, yes Arabica is the best. The alternative is robusta which tastes strong and rubbery and is used as a "filler" in commercial roasts. There are hundreds of countries of origin for coffee. And coffees have good years and bad ones like wine grapes. Right now I love Indonesian coffees and some Africans. There is a coffee from Rwanda that has won awards and is currently available through some of the premium roasters. I also love the bright "sparkly" coffees from Costa Rica. Not a big fan of Colombian, or Hawaiin here. If you want to pm me and tell me what you like. I will make some suggestions of some sure to please coffees. As I said, I home roast so I buy my beans green from the importer and roast to taste.

I know, I type too much.:rolleyes:

Interesting. I know a little about that too - as I enjoy good coffee. I did know that hotter is better, and the faster the brew the better. That is why I have a Bunn with a holding tank. Pour water in, coffee done in two minutes.

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

I'm Caught In The Middle of two corrupt parties.

[CrusaderFrank]

When I was a lurker, there was an Islamist named "Talib" who posted here and I wanted a name that would feel like fire ants were walking all over him every time he had to deal with me, so "CrusaderFrank" (I'm really friendly once you get to know me -- but that may take a lifetime)

On a personal note, my family hails from Calabria, and we have a family crest. I have reason to believe that the crest dates back to the first Crusades. The crest in located on a stone gate in front of the family home that was built in the 12th century. My ancestor held the title of Baron. In one version of the crest there is a star and cresent of Islam.

[ThinkingMan]

I'm Caught In The Middle of two corrupt parties.


Only if there were a candidate who actually fought corruption and won, in their own party even.

[ThinkingMan]

When I was a lurker, there was an Islamist named "Talib" who posted here and I wanted a name that would feel be like fire ants walking all over him every time he had to deal with me so "CrusaderFrank" (I'm really friendly once you get to know me -- but that may take a lifetime)

On a personal note, my family hails from Calabria, and we have a family crest. I have reason to believe that the crest dates back to the first Crusades. The crest in located on a stone gate in front of the family home that was built in the 12th century. My ancestor held the title of Baron. In one version of the crest there is a star and cresent of Islam.

How interesting. You should trace your ancestry.

[jungulator]

Mine is poking fun at a guy I used to work with. If you knew him, you would be laughing your ass off right now.

[curtis123]

Mine is poking fun at a guy I used to work with. If you knew him, you would be laughing your ass off right now.

I like the little peanut in your avatar. Cutie.

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

Only if there were a candidate who actually fought corruption and won, in their own party even.

Yeah, neither party polices itself. It's like gangs.

[ChloeP]

Chloe is the name I should have had, my mother wanted to name me after a grandmother, she chose the one that everyone else in the early 70's chose. P is the first initial of my last name.

[signcut]

In the Border Patrol, tracking a person/group of people is known as cutting sign, and a good tracker is known for their signcutting. Not bragging about my prowess (good but not great) but a as good a handle as any...