How'd you come up with your handle? - RV-Dreams Community Forum

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

How'd you come up with your handle?

manycats · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mine is pretty obvious. My DH and I always have at least three cats in the house and one time had a queen cat with five kittens (plus neighborhood cats we fed) and got up to 10 inside. Many cats describes me to a T.

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

in 2011 in a short period of time I went thru 5 life changing events....everytime the doctors or nurses would come into the room I would say "Lucky Me! ".......they proceeded to change the tag on the room door to Lucky mike and history was born!!.....lucky me!!!

el Rojo and Pam · RV-Dreams Family Member

Red hair........whats left of it.

Dog Folks · RV-Dreams Family Member

Somehow, there have alwyas have been dogs in our life, even when we did plan it!

So, I guess we are.....Dog Folks

The Bear II · RV-Dreams Family Member

I'm big, both tall and wide....in Boy Scouts I used to swim in streams and lakes no matter how cold the water was so the guys used to call me Polar Bear.

I shortened it to Bear but that user name is usually already taken so now it is "The Bear II".

jrzygrl64 · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mine is what I use as my "ID" for almost everything. I am a proud Jersey Girl after all and it will always be home even though I haven't lived there since 1996.

Technomadia · RV-Dreams Family Member

We were inspired by the original technomad, Steve Roberts.. who in the 1980s set off on a geeked out recumbent bicycle to explore the country. He had satellite uplink, a handlebar keyboard, heads up display and more.

We've become friends with him over the years, and selected Technomadia for our own journey in homage to his inspiration.

(Technomad - Technology enabled Nomad)

- Cherie

Cowdog353 · RV-Dreams Family Member

I owned a small ranch and always had dogs to help handle the cattle, the 353 was because cow dog was always taken by someone else.
Jim (cowdog353)

cherylbrv · RV-Dreams Family Member

This is a great thread! Thanks "Trailerking" for starting it!!!

My email handle has always been cherylbnj -- for cheryl, b (for last name), NJ for where I'm from. For this forum, I changed the NJ to RV, as that will hopefully be my new home!

-- Edited by cherylbrv on Monday 28th of April 2014 12:49:20 PM

bigboomer · RV-Dreams Family Member

Boomer Bigboomer is actually the name we gave our truck but was derived from our little boy Boomer the Beagle, who is no longer with us. He always thought he was bigger than he was so this is why we named the truck after him.

It has been 4 years and I still miss him like it was yesterday.

JackKim · RV-Dreams Family Member

Our parents........hehehehehehehe

WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Westward Ho from a couple of old western movies by a Midwesterner who fell in love with the West. At the Rally I told a couple of folks, who have a sense of humor, that the emphasis was on the Ho! Just came out of my mouth, I swear I have no idea where that came from.

Sherry

cherylbrv · RV-Dreams Family Member

WestWardHo wrote:
Westward Ho from a couple of old western movies by a Midwesterner who fell in love with the West. At the Rally I told a couple of folks, who have a sense of humor, that the emphasis was on the Ho! Just came out of my mouth, I swear I have no idea where that came from.

Sherry

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tibbar · RV-Dreams Family Member

When I first got on the internet sites wanted a sign in name and I didn't want to use my first name. I thought of my Dad naming my first pet which was a rabbit. He said "how about tibbar.....rabbit spelled backwards". Every time I think about that name, I can visualize exactly where we were setting in the back yard of the house in O'Fallon Illinois when Dad came up with that name. I'll know I have lost my mind when that memory is gone.

Riptide · RV-Dreams Community Member

I got my first computer and got onto the interwebz in the late nineties. Being the gearhead, I was into fast cars... 4th Gen F-Bodies specifically. Naturally, the first message boards I found were CamaroZ28.com, LS1.com and several others. Being from Northwest Florida, I thought of names relating to beaches and such and settled on Riptide (aka rip currents, undertow, etc), and I also liked the tv show. I've used the name on message boards ever since, sometimes adding 63 (the year I was born) to the end if Riptide wasn't available. It's followed me out of the fast car thing, into and through the Jeep thing, and now most recently into the RV thing. Still have the Camaro and the Jeep. The Jeep will make an excellent toad someday, the Camaro... well... that's going to be a really sore subject when the time comes that I'll have to part ways with it.

BugSplatter07 · RV-Dreams Family Member

We came up with the name because the first thing that happens as soon as we get on the road is a bug crashes into our clean windshield. Not that I drive into them, they should be able to see me coming and get out of the way. The rest of the trip I am gripping at the mess that is left behind. The 07 was the year we bought our first RV and started our journey in life.

Dogpatch · RV-Dreams Family Member

When it came to picking a name, I was sitting out on our deck one day and watched our little dog running around in the same patch of grass. Something tweaked a memory I had as a child reading about Lil' Abner and hearing the name Dogpatch. I started using it about 4 years ago now and it's become my user name for many web sites I am a member of.

Kitties Mom · RV-Dreams Community Member

Mine is simple...8 cats and a dog that thinks it is a big kitty...Belle, Kimmie, Max, Jazzsinger, Mittens, Domino, Skywalker, Kenobi and Devlin...we have had up to 3 in the trailer so far.

vairman · RV-Dreams Family Member

My first car was a Corvair and I have had a couple more over the years including a show car. Thus Vairman as in Corvair.

nomorsno · RV-Dreams Family Member

Trailerking commented on our name on another thread a few days ago. The meaning is a little obvious of course but has a backstory. We live in northern Alberta, Canada and the last couple of winters have been worse than normal or maybe I'm just getting older and it seems like it is. The day I signed on to RV Dreams as I looked out the window it was snowing and blowing yet again, the temp outside was never getting above -20C (about -10F I think) for daytime highs and I said to my wife "just think, when we go FT RV it can be December and there will be no more snow". Just part of our dream smile

LandL Partners · RV-Dreams Family Member

We set up an LLC for rental properties - L and L Partners as in Dwight and Vicki Locklear. I have no originality to pick a cool handle or nickname ;-(

NWescapee · RV-Dreams Family Member

We were just wanting to escape the rainy Pacific NW, thus NWEscapee before we knew there was an Escapees organization. And yes, we have escaped!!!

injunear · RV-Dreams Family Member

In 1980 after 9 years in the Navy as a Boiler tech. I went to work as a Stationary Engineer licensed in Ohio. The day after I posted my license at work someone put a sign under it saying. six munce ago i couldn spell injunear now i are one. With a cartoon picture of a hayseed (person).

Wayne

Frac999 · RV-Dreams Family Member

Well as you probably already thought I am in the fracturing business here in NM. and just added the 999 because I thought it needed some numbers.

bulldog402 · RV-Dreams Community Member

Bulldog from the Marines and 402 was my first ID number with the Sheriff's Dept. that I am retired from.

DebbieM · RV-Dreams Family Member

Guess I'm just not as clever and original as you all!

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

LOL.....you will make up for it in other ways Debbie!!!!......thats the fun part of Fulltiming!!

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

DebbieM wrote:
Guess I'm just not as clever and original as you all!

There...there...Debbie.

A "hug" for you.

Ours isn't original either.

Terry

PD CFK · RV-Dreams Family Member

Me neither, Debbie. It's just our initials; ho hum... Pat K

ChefMom · RV-Dreams Family Member

Graduated three years ago from Culinary School. Drove 300 extra miles per week to go back and forth to the closest culinary school for classes three days per week, after working all day in the office. Wanted to do that in my twenties--had kids. Wanted to do that in my 40's--had grandkids. Did it in my mid-50's and at the time of graduation in 2011, still had a 13 year old, and my 25 year old with her new baby girl living with us at home----hence ChefMom!

laurly · RV-Dreams Family Member

I love this thread! My name is Laurie, when I was 11 years old and babysitting as my first job, the little guy I used to babysit couldn't pronounce my name correctly. He always called me 'laurly', and it stuck

Bob and Lindy · RV-Dreams Family Member

We just figured 'Robert and Lindl' were to formal for us. My mother told of a story when I went to 2nd grade and the nun called me Robert and I promptly straightened her out by saying "My name isn't Robert, its Bobby!" It still is.

NurseJudy · RV-Dreams Family Member

This is a fun thread. When I first came to work at my present employer, 7 years ago, there was another person named Judy. We are both in the same department and no-one every knew who they were talking about. Since I am the one and only nurse working here, hence the name NurseJudy. I figured it pretty much sums me up, might as well keep it.

kb0zke · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mine is my amateur radio call sign.

BiggarView · RV-Dreams Family Member

We mashed our last name into "View", It sorta has a hook.

Brian

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jjm219 · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mine is kind of boring. jjm are my initials but I tried to use it somewhere as a user name but it was taken so I put 219 behind it for the address of my first house. I have been using it for years.

Barbaraok · RV-Dreams Family Member

Last name has O'K at the start, and in the late 90s we lived in Oklahoma - barbaraok just seemed to be a natural.

Barb

-- Edited by Barbaraok on Tuesday 6th of May 2014 09:36:13 AM

Bill and Jodee · RV-Dreams Family Member

What fun information!!

I'm in Debbie's camp. Good thing we're cute aww aww !

Ravenlotus · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mine is a play on words from the name of an underground music group that I like.

canuck · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mine is a slang word for a Canadian. Not positive but i think it started during WW1.

PIEERE · RV-Dreams Family Member

WestWardHo wrote:
Westward Ho from a couple of old western movies by a Midwesterner who fell in love with the West. At the Rally I told a couple of folks, who have a sense of humor, that the emphasis was on the Ho! Just came out of my mouth, I swear I have no idea where that came from.

Sherry

confuse confuse Must have watched a lot of "Wagon Train"; Forward Ho. LOl!

PIEERE · RV-Dreams Family Member

confuse confuse Well; My original hometown; Plattsburgh NY is 19 miles from the Canadian border. My great grandad on my Mothers side was a Canadian fur trapper back when; his name was Pieere, my middle name you guessed is PIEERE!!! hmm LOL.
Just what is a Northerner doing with Southerners you say??? Southerners are just plain good old country folks and the Music City has some good "Folksie Music". Of course two great VA health care centers for this aging critter!! biggrin biggrin

Jim01 · RV-Dreams Family Member

Quite simple, there were other Jim's so I just added the 01 because it was the year we started Full-timing. (2001)

Jim

Second Chance · RV-Dreams Family Member

When creating accounts on several of the RV-related forums, I tried to come up with something witty. Obviously, I'm not very good at that (you're in good company, Debbie!). There are many unique things that would set my wife and/or me apart, but the thought that kept returning - and I couldn't ignore - was the second chance I've been given in life. My first wife and I had been married for 36 years when she died in a traffic accident in March of 2008 (we had actually been a couple and knew this was a lifetime thing since we were 13). As you might imagine, I had no desire to continue living. Later that year, I met and married my "new" wife and that experience changed everything. The "new normal" isn't like the "old normal," but I never dreamed life could be this good again. Thus, I've been given a Second Chance.

Rob

mylittledogs · RV-Dreams Family Member

We travel with 4 mini dachshunds 2 are long hair 2 are short hair. The biggest one weights 10 lbs. The smallest one weights 6 lbs. So we are mylittledogs.

Kenny & frances

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

Bumping for some new entries...........

el Rojo and Pam · RV-Dreams Family Member

Sounds good junkman.

cherylbrv · RV-Dreams Family Member

Junkman - many of us purging our homes; I could have used you over the past few months!

njb1957 · RV-Dreams Community Member

Another boring one. Just my initials and the year I was born.