JUST FOR FUN--HOW DID YOU GET YOUR FORUM NAME?

[devilkitty]

Long ago I adopted a "longie" Manx cat (well, kitten) who I named Emperor Norton. At the same time, the late Mrs Devilkitty adopted a "longie" Cymric (a long-hair Manx) who was named One Brown Mauser.

Now Norton decided he liked sleeping in the sink - in a very dark bathroom in a Toledo, Ohio apartment. I can strongly un-recommend turning on the water for a drink in the middle of the night without checking for the presence of a cat in the sink. It is not something you will soon forget. He got dubbed "the Devilkiitty;" eventually the article was dropped and he was just "Devilkitty."

If you have a Devilkitty, you need an Angelkitty, right? Mauser became the Angelkitty. Thus began the theology of the Temple of Devilkitty - eventually to expand as more kitties joined the household. I declared myself Grand Inquisitor and High Priest, tasked with rooting out heresy and bringing the knowledge  and conversation of He who Purrs Beyond the Gate to the world at large...

He was a very important part of my life, and I started using "devilkitty" (all lower case, of course - to distinguish from "THE Devilkitty") on message boards/sites because it was never taken. What I didn't know is that I would be stuck with it off-line once I accepted an orange hat back in '13. Sometimes I think I should have come up with something more clever - but my Norton-kitty lives ever on...

I remain,
the Fanged Terror of Starke County,

[JustKim]

Thanks everyone!  This has been fun!  There are quite a few forum names I am still curious about.....two wolves -- I LOVE your story!!  Mrs Smith?  and of course MO -- what are your stories?

[Crazyduckhunter]

Crazyduckhunter

For 23 years my now ex wife called me her crazyduckhunter.

It fits. I hunt ducks in crazy weather. 

Cdh

[SteelThunder]

Ummm...as a newly minted orange hat (literally THAT DAY), idiot here decides that he's going to interject his rifle shooting knowledge during a POI.  So, it wasn't until that evening that I was introduced to "no one-more-itis" and that I probably should not STEAL someone's THUNDER.

Quickly got my forum name registered as SteelThunder, both as a reminder of humility as well as before someone else "gifted" me with a less flattering name.

[Charley]

I didn't like the forum name picked for me when I qualified in the soaking rain (It had rained for at least 3 hours and it was the last AQT of the day)...soggy shooter

So I picked my own name.....from a well known movie....Top Gun after Kelly McGillis' character 

I went with Char-"ley" because Char-"lie" was taken....and it fits with my name Ashley

[ScubaSteve]

For me it just fit.   I came to my first event as an instructor with no name. I had to sign up right then as I did not know any better. I used my email address as my name. Back then 308Libertys wife was making name tags for instructors in Fl. She refused to make a name tag for me until I got a real name.  Trust me you don't say no to her.

I thought about it and changed it to ScubaSteve. I spend a lot of time under water. Actually just returning as I am typing this from almost 40 hours under water in Indonesia. Nothing else to do in the LA airport. 

[Prescott]

My Revolutionary War ancestor is the cousin of Dr. Samuel Prescott.   My clan is from Pepperell, MA.   

My ancestor was known as "Sarg" Prescott and he is the brother of William Prescott.  William commanded the Battle of Bunker Hill and allegedly coined the phrase "Do not shoot until you see the whites of their eyes".

It is assumed that Sarg was a Sargent in the Continental Army and he was given a homestead in Maine after the end of the war.   Homesteads were a common method that Congress used to compensate soldiers for their service.   One of Sargs ancestors immigrated to the Dalles, OR and married a Holter.   My maternal grandfather was a Holter and that is my connection to the Prescott clan.

We knew of the Prescott family name and we gave our youngest son the middle name of Prescott prior to my participation in AS or knowing of this family history.  My aunt Joan was the family historian and told me the story of the Prescott family connection after I participated in my first AS event.

The reason that I have remained involved in AS is because my ancestors fought and died to give our country Independence and Liberty.  It is now my turn to carry that torch and do what I can to carry on that tradition.

[ProudPapa14]

My name reflects my role in the family and the number of children my wife and I have.  So far I've gotten one instructor and one blue hat in the kids.  Working on getting more rifleman and instructors

[Don'tFix1776]

My odd arrangement of a handle came about after being inspired by the history at my first Appleseed in Alice Tx, in 2018. Of consequence: Just Kim happened to be at Ron's shoot that weekend. I ended up leaving the shoot thinking, why in the world in our current society, are we so hellbent on undoing what our Founder's - by the grace of God, struggled for. Why fix what is not broke. Hence DontFix1776. Hats off to A-Lister and how he put his shoot together and also how history was presented that weekend. It encouraged me to stick around.

[pennys dad]

Pennys Dad,

Meet Penny, she has since passed but the name stays.

[BBQ_Bandit]

Before I got bitten by Appleseed... had an earlier venture as a
competition BBQ Pitmaster equipped with a portable rolling kitchen within a 20  foot trailer. Took on the name BBQ Bandit as an LLC.

That set-up was readily available for emergency response within another non-profit Operation BBQ Relief (OBR) to respond  to natural disasters. Took active part cooking on-site for 3 responses; Harrisburg,  PA, Superstorm Sandy, and another response thru the online forum (The BBQ Brethren) smoking turkeys for the Lindehurst community affected by that same storm..

Sold the trailer... kept the memories and moniker.

[ITB]

When I first took the Orange Hat, I took the handle "intheburbs."  I had started using that on other fora, primarily Chevy/GM boards because I owned a Suburban and lived in the suburbs. 

One day I arrived at an event in my Taurus.  BeeFree told me I should change my name to "inthecar."   

My fellow instructors soon started calling me ITB, and it just stuck.  So I formally changed it.  The state of Michigan was kind enough to keep ITB unused as a license plate, so I claimed it.  If a dark blue Suburban blows by you at 100 MPH, you know who it is.   

Now, when people ask me what it stands for, I simply respond, "I'm the boss."   

[Monkey]

Sailor-generated nick name from over 20 years ago.  More background here.

[TallTimber]

I am 7' tall.

[JustKim]

Makes sense!!

[Burnett]

Maybe I was born with it, maybe it's Maybelline.
It's not Maybelline.

[Oldmikey]

Well, I'm old

[MI-copperhead]

My forum name comes from the postal abbreviation for the state of Michigan  (MI) linked with the name of Northerners who were for states rights over an all powerful centralized government and were strongly against Lincoln's illegal war on the seceded southern states.  I have been a bit of a history buff on the War of Northern Aggression, it's causes, and the fighting men of the South so a companion suggested I use copperhead as a forum name on a forum we frequented back in the early 2000's. There was someone who had that name already so I put MI in front of it and used it on most of the forums I registered on from then on. 

[The Wolfhound]

The Wolfhound:  I always say it is because I believe in dogs you do not have to bend over to pet.  That much is true.  Some of the Virginia instructors who have met them call them people sized dogs.  It is also about how Wolfhounds are used to deal with wolves.  They are not shepherds to stay with the flock.  They take care of the problem, directly.  They seek out the wolf.  Then they come home. The wolf doesn't.

[JustKim]

I LOVE these!  Keep sharing!!

[BBQ_Bandit]

Well... maybe it's time to change.... due to an unforseen and recent incident... fell, fractured my jaw in two places... got up... and kept on working (at my home). Saw Dr. 3 days later... and no change of current treatment.

Been there before... felt like a total teeth extraction. Survived that experience with Motrin.


Just call me Timex...

[Old Navy Doc]

Mine is simple. I AM an Old Navy Doc, a retired O6 and served during Vietnam and Desert Storm.

[JustKim]

Thanks for replying and thanks for your service!

[OldDominionIron]

Years ago I bought an antique army M35 deuce and a half and restored it to what it looked like in 1966 as a tribute to Vietnam vets...looking at the specs for the truck, it says it is made of "wood and iron".

Being in Virginia, the "Old Dominion", and having this behemoth of a truck ("Where do you park that thing? What do you use it for?") I needed a moniker for a military vehicle forum I was frequenting, SteelSoldiers.com. Picked Old Dominion Iron, not knowing there was a surplus parts company with that name.

I still have the truck, drive it in parades and veteran's events, and once in a while camp out in it.

[Geek]

I am starting to go by Geek these days.  I have been a tech person my entire life.  I started using <computers> back in the 70's.  I was on a fancy terminal with an external drive.  7" floppy disk.  It was a university system.  By the time gmail became a thing, I was married.  Cherie is my wife.  I was, and on most days still, her geek.  I am proud of that moniker.  A unique gmail account was cheriesgeek.  I signed up on the forum long before volunteering with the organization.  So, no cool, catchy forum name for me.  If you see me at an event, feel free to call me geek.

[The Old Guide]

From Northern Maine. First shoot was at Columbia Falls, Maine around 15 years ago. Second shoot was at Bosra, CT. I was the First Naval District small arms champion, rifle and pistol both. I weigh the same as I did when I graduated from high school. I can sit cross legged, lead forward and put both elbows on the ground and I'm older than dirt.

[509gman]

I was in the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (then of the 4th Brigade(Airborne), 25th Infantry Division) for its first five years and first two deployments (Iraq in 2007 and Eastern Afghanistan in 2009). The "G man" or "gingerbread man" is the nickname for the stylized paratrooper in the regimental "pocket patch" you see in my pfp.

[HardHolder]

 At the Camp Perry National Matches i heard someone call a distinguished Rifleman a  HardHolder.

Meaning he was quite the shooter.

I just always thought that was really cool.

So I liked the name .

[Captain]

Most people assume it's a remnant from the military, but . . .

I consider myself a teacher (of technical skills in the military and also as a classroom teacher) and one of my favorite movies about a teacher is Dead Poets Society. On the first day of school, Mr Keating (the teacher in the movie) introduces himself

Now, this class, you can either call me
Mr. Keating, or, if you're slightly more
daring, "O Captain! My Captain."

At one of the schools I taught at, some students found out I liked this movie and started addressing me as Captain. It eventually spread around the school and students would occasionally get my attention with a daring, "O Captain! My Captain." I still like that movie

[Fidget]

  I made it my mission to chase that elusive Rifleman patch for nearly a year. Picture this: four events, countless hours of practice every week, and enough dedication to make a pro athlete jealous. But you won't believe what happened at the second event.  Brace yourself, because this is comedy gold. An instructor and the almighty blue hat team managed to crack the code on my biggest issue. And what was that issue, you ask? Brace yourself for a stunning revelationâ€"I was fidgeting between every single shot! Yep, I couldn't resist tweaking and adjusting, convinced that each shot needed to be an absolute perfect masterpiece. It got so out of hand that they had no choice but to duct tape me to the mat.  You heard that right, folks.  Duct taped. It's even documented in the After Action Report. Don't believe me? Check out the link and prepare for a laugh. https://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=51812.0 Oh, and did I mention they even sent a really flattering picture of me all taped up to my husband?  That one didn't make it in the AAR. It's like a random act of kindness, really.


But guess what? After a few more events, I finally managed to capture that sweet Rifleman patch. Victory was mine!  However, I had been so focused on that patch, I hadn't even tried to crack the code for a better forum name.  So, I made a bold decisionâ€"to own my fidgeting tendencies. That's why I took my laser rifle stocks and engraved them with the words: "If you are FIDGETing, you don't have your NPOA." It's a constant reminder that perfectionism may be overrated, but a sense of humor is forever. Plus, who needs perfect shots when you can have a killer sense of humor, right? And who knows, maybe one day I'll stumble upon a better forum name. Until then, I proudly parade my Rifleman patch and my status as the fidgeting legend of the range.

Cheers to someday truly learning that lesson, embracing our quirks and making the best of them!