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Thread: What's In A Name
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1st Oct 2012, 01:13 PM #1
What's In A Name
I do realize that this is not specifically metalwork related.
BUT...........................................................................
The only forums I use here are the metalwork ones, So please bear
with me.
I have over the years made what I consider to be many new friends all over the country
and overseas through this forum, Some I have met personaly and some by email and even
phone.
So it got me to thinking.......
What is in our forum name's.??? I thought it might be nice to get to know each other a little better
by examining the reason we call ourselves what we do.
For some of us it is quite easy and for some the name and reason could be quite imaginative.
I'm sure everyone on the forum would love to hear YOUR NAME'S STORY..
Me first....
As I am not the most imaginative person. Matthew_g translates to my first name and surname initial..Warning Disclaimer
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1st Oct 2012, 01:26 PM #2Most Valued Member
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A close second in the unimaginative race. Part of my name and whats in my shed.
Stuart
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1st Oct 2012, 02:44 PM #3
Is what I do plus RWB are my enitials (also stands for really well built ... my work, not me)
The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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1st Oct 2012, 04:31 PM #4Diamond Member
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HI,
I'm as original as you MG, bwal74 is first name and first 3 letters of surname and birth date.
Cheers Ben
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1st Oct 2012, 05:42 PM #5New Member
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A long history
A lot of years back my young son Josh "helped" build some particular project (for the life of me I cannot remember what) and jokingly I said it was made by Brosh - a little bit of Bryan and a little bit of Josh. So to this day anything thing that comes out of the shed is made by Brosh. My son is now into his 4th decade so the name has been around for a while. My second son is Nick, and for a while we had "made by Brick" - but he's not as frequent down the shed these days - he spends his time flying helicopters. For those who saw the NRL Grand Final, Nick was pilot in the Blackhawk at half time.
May your days be many and your worries few
Brosh
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1st Oct 2012, 07:21 PM #6
My eldest daughter and I got interested in the Series "The Sopranos". All the characters seemed to have a name that ended in "y" (Tony, Pauly ......you get the idea) so one night after it had finished I told her if I was on the show they would call me Roddy Chambezio. She thought it was quite a good thought. Anyway about this time I decided to join the forum so I used chambezio as my "handle". My name is quite English in origin Rod Chambers. "Burned Out Chip" well that's because I had to retire early from being a Carpenter due to my nerves giving way.
Just do it!
Kind regards Rod
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1st Oct 2012, 08:50 PM #7
I have often wished I'd thought of something witty when I chose my forum name - after smiling or puzzling about some of the more imaginative ones on this site..
Mine is obviously a concatenation of Joe Hovel ... my name.
Is it possible to change your name short of closing an account and re-registering?Cheers, Joe
retired - less energy, more time to contemplate projects and more shed time....
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1st Oct 2012, 09:16 PM #8
Mine is pretty unimaginative as well. Through my young life my nickname was always Gibbo, from my last name Gibson. When i started my apprenticeship the guys decided Gibbo was no good.....so they called me "Huey" As i am lazy it got changed to Ueee, but to this day i have some suppliers that still write Huey on my orders.
On the note of Signitures, I notice Joe has just changed his to include his machines. Fred (bigshed, another no brainer) and maybe others also have a list of their machines. I think it is a good idea cause it can get hard to remember what everyone has, and it helps to fill in the blanks on certain posts.1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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1st Oct 2012, 09:26 PM #9
Yep, back in Nov 2006 whilst recouperating after having triple stents added to my bodily inventory, I came across this forum because I couldn't do much in the shed.
So, I decided to register, but then I was asked for a monniker, didn't have a clue, asked SWMBO who said "well you have a big shed", the rest as they say............
I soon learned that my shed wasn't that big anyway (48x24ft)
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1st Oct 2012, 09:28 PM #10
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2nd Oct 2012, 01:18 AM #11
Well this is AWSOME !!!
I am really enjoying not only the decipher of the
Name but also the story behind it.
I believe this thread will bring our little family even closer
together.
MattWarning Disclaimer
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2nd Oct 2012, 02:22 PM #12
Names
Well as Robbo pinched mine I had to add my birth year
Not much imagination here either.
Robbo37 aka John Robertson
ps the avatar is the house flag of Adelaide Steam on whose ship I spent some
of my mispent youth (very happily)Last edited by robbo37; 2nd Oct 2012 at 02:27 PM. Reason: Avatar
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2nd Oct 2012, 03:06 PM #13
Previous thred
This was done a while back.
If you enjoy this sort of thing see
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f43/wh...ername-140371/
RegardsHugh
Enough is enough, more than enough is too much.
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3rd Oct 2012, 07:26 AM #14Most Valued Member
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I started by typing all of the preferred ones in and found they were all taken.
Steamwhisperer sounded ok at the time considering my job is to attempt to coax Steam Engines back to life.
That was until I hit submit. I have been embarrassed ever since
Phil
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3rd Oct 2012, 12:40 PM #15