How did you get your user name

[Blue]

I was feeling depressed the day I registered. I just joined the forum because I thought talking to people with a common interest would help to cheer me up and feel less blue.

I strayed into soapbox and dam near went suicidal

 

[Mortiroloboy]

I remember the aches and C- wants...the nose pressed against the window looking at the Willier...the angst... "Oh boll****, I'm having it and that's that!"

I know, I know and didn't I go on about it but I am sooooo happy with the bike, rides like a dream etc etc, never fails to get admiring comments, which is nice.

 

[piedwagtail91]

came from the daughters dog, see avatar, black and white and always wagging it's tail. 91 is how old i feel when i've been out on fixed with the rest of the club on gears

 

[Aint Skeered]

I got mine from a bumper sticker on a Peterbilt truck, when I was in Florida a few years ago.
Don't know why I chose it really, as I do get a bit scared, from time to time!

 

[barq]

'barq' comes from Barquentine who is a character in Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy. Although 'barq' is pronounced like 'bark' I'm a cat person not a dog person.

The longer reason: I used to run an old-school dial-up bulletin board called 'Castle Gormenghast' (on 2400 baud modem!). Then there was another computer attached to it which needed a name, so that was Barquentine. Later it got moved to a different network and got shortened to Barq, people on the network started calling me 'barq'... so there you have it.

Sorry, missed this thread until today, been busy. I knew quite a lot of the reasons behind people's names, but many were new to me. It's always interesting however trivial or esoteric the reason.

 

[Speicher]

Speicher is German for computer memory. It reflects my German heritage, and is not gender-specific.

N B - Interestingly (or not) Speicha - which some peeps "shorten" it to, comes up as "crucial memory upgrade".

 

[Aperitif]

'barq' comes from Barquentine who is a character in Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy. Although 'barq' is pronounced like 'bark' I'm a cat person not a dog person.

The longer reason: I used to run an old-school dial-up bulletin board called 'Castle Gormenghast' (on 2400 baud modem!). Then there was another computer attached to it which needed a name, so that was Barquentine. Later it got moved to a different network and got shortened to Barq, people on the network started calling me 'barq'... so there you have it.

Sorry, missed this thread until today, been busy. I knew quite a lot of the reasons behind people's names, but many were new to me. It's always interesting however trivial or esoteric the reason.

This is a nice post barq; 10/10

 

[wafflycat]

The real Wafflycat.

 

[Panter]

The reason for mine becomes immediately apparent if you follow me along a road which deviates even ever-so-slightly from completely flat

 

[fossyant]

Mine...my old nick name as a kid cos of my surname aka. "fossy the bear" from the muppets and of course my first name....chuffin boring........ but who cares....

Although 'Marrigold' might have been funnier - my old nick name from a club mate as my bikes were always so clean - check out my Herety on the photo side of the forum - 16 plus years old that baby.... I need help.......!

 

[jonesy]

I put a great deal of thought into mine.

 

[Maverick Goose]

From Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards' callsigns in some film from the 80s with lots of blokes playing around with jets in it

 

[skinny man0903]

mine comes from what my partner calls me Skinny man and the 09 is the day I was born and the 03 is the month I was born, clever isn't it NOT !!!

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

I'm a goat and I'm disgruntled.

That or it may be a obsucure character of the Simpsons (Itchy and Scratchy to be precise)

 

[Dave5N]

The real Wafflycat.

So actually you are not really who you say you are at all. In fact you are here under false pretences and are impersonating another.

If I was that cat I'd sue.