What is the story (if any) behind your "handle"

[VegasRealtor]

Mine's easy too!;)

[AusaicMosaic]

I chose my handle when I joined some mosaic forums as that was my hobby at the time.

As I am a proud Australian, I thought of "mosaicaussie" or on reading that now many years later, I could have shortened it to "mossie":)

I liked the rhyming sound of "ausaicmosaic" so that is what it became.

[bloofer]

Mine is rather obscure. The name "bloofer" comes from the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. I taught the novel for many years in a university course on 19th century Gothic Literature.

[idiebabe]

A nickname from my Dad when I was a kid. :)

[Taxguy77]

It is a shame that halftime shows are no longer shown on TV, there was something kind of special during the halftime show at the Florida A&M game. The Ohio Blind School Marching Band did a braille Scriptohio with the Ohio State band. They had two sousaphone "i" dotters (i.e a braille "i" is 2 dots). See the video:

 

 

Rehearsal video

 

 

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2013/09/21/heartfelt-script.html

 

Great post.

YES! It's a great shame on the networks that they no longer show any of the half-time show. With a son in band and a girl I the girl's squad , we spent 7 years battling mosquitos to watch half-time shows. The boys and girls spend as much time in practice as the football players and deserve a lot of credit!:cool:

[Taxguy77]

Just got to wondering, how do people pick their CC names.

Mine is an anagram from when I used to work for P&O Ports (Canada).

 

In short form, that became "POPCAN". Probably not what most people think when they see the name. :)

 

 

 

(P&O Ports in Canada were eventually bought by Dubai Ports World, but "DUPWOR" didn't have the same cache, so I kept my old name. :rolleyes: )

 

What's the story behind your CC name?

 

Not very creative. :(

Taxguy was taken; started with taxguy7 but my other computer wouldn't take it so ended where I am.

[oma&opa]

"oma" and "opa" are the German titles for Grandma and Grampa. That's who we are!

[geocruiser]

Geo--I have a B.S. in geology and cruiser--because I love to cruise. Therefore geocruiser!

[Marigold252]

Great post.

YES! It's a great shame on the networks that they no longer show any of the half-time show. With a son in band and a girl I the girl's squad , we spent 7 years battling mosquitos to watch half-time shows. The boys and girls spend as much time in practice as the football players and deserve a lot of credit!:cool:

 

Awww...this brings back memories...my daughter was in a championship marching band throughout high school. They were invited to do the halftime show for the SF 49ers so we got tickets. It was the only pro football game I ever attended. The fans loved the band!

 

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[UPNYGuy]

I live in Albany, NY (upstate) and am a guy (last time I checked) ;)

[3littlepigs]

We have 3 kids who were very messy when they were little so years ago I became 3littlepigs, although they are teenagers now they can still be messy so I've stuck with it!

[GratefulVoyager]

My name is from the first letter of my kids names-Trevor and Hayley and mom. It's short, easy to remember and it wasn't taken!

[arzz]

My name is not at all creative -- it is my aol name as I joined CC when it was part of aol. For aol I wanted to be very anonymous (I was a bit fearful of the new Internet beast) -- so I choose arzz -- R is the first letter of my first name so arzz is actually "R's"

[Rockit]

I was named after a Hockey Player (father was a huge fan) from the Montreal Canadians who had the nickname Rocket. I was always a bit more on the Rock and Roll side of things and actually continue to play in a Classic Rock Band to this day.(My fountain of Youth). I just substituted the E in Rocket with an I, hence Rockit.:)

[docksider21]

I like Sperry Topsiders for deck shoes, and dockers pants.

So I combined them into docksider.

I added 21 for luck, and there was already

a docksider, I think.

Edited October 5, 2013 by docksider21
Remembered

[Irish Eyes Are Sailing]

It is so interesting....and fun....to see where everybody's screen name came from!!:)

[solocanadian]

I was named after a Hockey Player (father was a huge fan) from the Montreal Canadians who had the nickname Rocket. I was always a bit more on the Rock and Roll side of things and actually continue to play in a Classic Rock Band to this day.(My fountain of Youth). I just substituted the E in Rocket with an I, hence Rockit.:)

 

Oh how I remember the Rocket (Richard). That was good hockey. I'm a fond fan of the original 6. When I was in Grade 12 in Toronto, my best friend's dad was a sports writer for the Globe & Mail so I got to go to all the Leaf home games. Very exciting - long before plexi glass, helmuts & masks. These 2 seats were right on the boards about 4 seats to right of the net.:D

[FoxyTerrier]

We have had Wire Fox Terriers for almost 30 years now. And since they are clever dogs I turned it into "FoxyTerrier". My picture was our only female wire fox - Justine and she happened to be born on our 10th wedding anniversary.

 

I have used FoxyTerrier for many thing like many of you but was late to the game with Twitter and someone had taken it - Boo! So for Twitter I am JoniLovesNoles as I have a huge FSU football fan. A take off on Joni loves ChaChi from happy days. On our 3rd HAL cruise one of the cruise staff always referred to DH has ChaChi.

[fuzzywuzzy]

Mine comes from the nursery rhyme...fuzzywuzzy was a bear..etc. This was one of my favourites that I would tell my children when they were little. A coworker used a name from a nursery rhyme and I thought that was a good idea.

[kakalina]

Our first cruise was to Hawaii. I wanted to use my name in Hawaiian but could not find it so I used my middle name.

Kathleen = Kakalina

[mariner]

As if.

 

I was here before the rest of you.

[PASSENGERES]

It is so interesting....and fun....to see where everybody's screen name came from!!:)

 

I couldn't think of anything more imaginative than PASSENGERS, then I made a typo and put in an extra E by mistake, and decided to leave it !!

[TiogaCruiser]

CC recommends that you not use your real name, and IMHO it's a particularly bad idea when you show your location, have a listed phone number, and post on Roll Calls as you do. It's an invitation for burglars in the vicinity of Great Neck! :cool:

 

I know one of my neighbors is on CC based on a lot less than that and only on their posted identifiers.:D

In fact, at one point we were both booked on the same cruise but one of us changed plans.

[BeagleOne]

Popcan, what a great thread idea! And celle and sammygoose, what touching stories of how you got your CC names.

 

I'm a veterinarian and love beagles. The dogs in my pic are Biscuit Beagle (the puppy), who sadly died a year ago of liver failure at only 5 3/4, and Beignet, my Katrina rescue when I went to volunteer at a shelter in Mississippi. She was the mangiest puppy I've ever seen in 20 years of doing rescue...she was almost hairless and covered in scabs and weeping sores... and I thought she was a beagle. Then as she grew up and grew hair she turned into a foxhound! :D

 

When she and Biscuit met (he was brought into the shelter where I was working in February 2007), she immediately started gnawing gently on his head and then they lay down together next to the IV pole. I call this pic "Are You My Mother?"

 

The other part of the name comes from a cruise I took with a group of Canadian friends. We had considered taking walkie-talkies, and decided we needed code names so we could be all stealthy and spy-like. I'm American, so my chosen code name was Eagle One. One of the Canadians wanted to be Beaver One (!).

 

So, BeagleOne.

[Watson's aunt]

Hi

 

Mine is my Brother has a Wheaton Terrier dog he comes to visit me every other week for a few days. His name is Watson hince Wantson Aunt

 

 

Mary