So how did you all chose what to call yourselves on here??

[very-near]

Hardly fair, Linf - I didn't choose my name! And, for once, you have the advantage of me, for I don't know yours.

Ooops Good guess!

Offence not intended.

FWIW, I hated my name when I was a kid. It's kind of grown on me now though. It made me pick my own kids names very carefully..

 

[alecstilleyedye]

stand in the gresty road end at the alexandra stadium and you'll hear a few people also claiming to be alecstilleyedye…

 

[Crackle]

'Claudine' Hmmm, wouldn't be my first choice

Claudine would be my first choice for many things. Besides I thought Very Near was the closest you'd ever got to the point of something.

I reckon your real name is Gerald.

 

[Wolf04]

stand in the gresty road end at the alexandra stadium and you'll hear a few people also claiming to be alecstilleyedye…

Brilliant.

 

[Arch]

FWIW, I hated my name when I was a kid. It's kind of grown on me now though. It made me pick my own kids names very carefully..

I don't hate my name, I just hate that people are incapable of using it fully, so they always shorten it, usually to versions I really don't like. I don't mind Sue, which is why I generally cut to the chase and use that these days, people can't mess it up any more...

Anyway, Arch - when I was first an undergrad here at York, we had a lecturer who decided one day to call out a register at the start of a lecture, by surname, in an ironic public school type way. He was so cool and laid back, he could only manage the first syllable of my surname, and it stuck as a nickname, so I used it on C+ and when I transferred here.

 

[just jim]

I'm jim - just jim.

 

[Jonathan M]

Jonathan is my first name, M is the initial of my surname. Simple, innit

 

[Haitch]

Jonathan is my first name, M is the initial of my surname. Simple, innit

Sure is.

 

[Velorum]

The name of a star within the Gama Velorum star system

Chosen some years ago for the name of my boat - for no other reason than I just liked the sound of it.....

I use it on a number of forums.

Cheers
Ian

 

[theclaud]

I thought Very Near was the closest you'd ever got to the point of something.

We could have a guess-Linf's-name sweepstake. I'm going for Norbert.

And thank you, gentlemen, for the kind reassurances. You just get used to your name and it becomes opaque - I don't really know whether I like mine or not.

Mort - is your signature a quick brown fox thing. I like it.

 

[peanut]

peanut -the name of my cat. I keep it the same for all forums cos I've got a terrible memory. .....

Sorry what was the question ?

 

[Jane Smart]

peanut -the name of my cat. I keep it the same for all forums cos I've got a terrible memory. .....

Sorry what was the question ?:?:

That was how I found you of course

 

[very-near]

We could have a guess-Linf's-name sweepstake. I'm going for Norbert.

And thank you, gentlemen, for the kind reassurances. You just get used to your name and it becomes opaque - I don't really know whether I like mine or not.

Mort - is your signature a quick brown fox thing. I like it.

It looks like my post has turned this into a 'Does my bum look big in this' sort of thread.

Keep guessing..

 

[661-Pete]

Well, as for me.

It isn't my age :?:. Nor my date of birth (not even month-year or year-month - some folks have speculated as such - very flattering! ). It isn't from my phone number, or my car number plate, or my house number.

As for "Very Near", I'm guessing it's a quotation from somewhere. Whether google will narrow it down...???

 

[postman]

Cos i was one.
And i was the secretary of the Royal Mail (Leeds) cycle club.
We were around for 10 years raising money for various charities.Mainly Martin House Hospice.
It was a great time.