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What does your screen name mean?
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I’m a new member. When I tell you I was shocked when I saw how old this thread was….it’s almost as old as me
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Robot spelled backwards, taken from one of my favorite childhood movies "Tobor the Great"
now I know, that's what this thread is all about, thanks.Robot spelled backwards, taken from one of my favorite childhood movies "Tobor the Great"
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Let's see.... I've been techrat since the 1980's. There was a cartoon called "Jem and the Holograms", which had a doll line. But it was about a musical group and I liked the songs. Anyhow the bad guy on the show hired a computer hacker named 'techrat' to cause the girls trouble, and I stole that name right away for use on old Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) that ran on 8-bit PCs. I've been techrat since I had a Commodore 64.
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My screen name is my name, because why the F hide who you are in this hobby?
I have no need to hide who I am, but I also have no need for search engines to display forum posts in every query for my name. Especially old ones I can’t edit or get rid of. Also internet tradition pretty much dictates that users adopt a separate screen name.
This may not be worth much coming from a guy whose current screen name is in a firstinitialmiddleinitiallastname format and whose real name is in his signature, so feel free to laugh it off if you wish.
you just need to post more often
Growing up my nickname was "BigMac" (start of last name + I am relatively big). Now that I have kids, I am a Daddy.
I don't mind my real name being exposed to a reasonably sane group of people, like here, but I'd rather not be obvious to casual web searches and screwball lookie-loos.
Hans.
We live in Acadia National Park and we love rockets.
It is whimsical and fun. I purchased a couple ft² of land in Scotland. They use the purchase donations to fund their environmental tree planting efforts. Now I am an official land owner of a teeny tiny plot south of Edinburgh. And so they allowed me to use the title LORD with my name, so I did! I am also about 25% Scottish by heritage and my full name bears the evidence. Now, bow down to me you serfs!
Kubrick movie fan. First name Matt. 2000 might have been the year that I first used that handle. Hell, it's been so long that I forgot -- at least I remembered my name.
Is it not laird anymore?It is whimsical and fun. I purchased a couple ft² of land in Scotland. They use the purchase donations to fund their environmental tree planting efforts. Now I am an official land owner of a teeny tiny plot south of Edinburgh. And so they allowed me to use the title LORD with my name, so I did! I am also about 25% Scottish by heritage and my full name bears the evidence. Now, bow down to me you serfs!
Laird is the Scottish accent of Lord. I think. Oh what the heck do I know?
Or perhaps a particularly rotund Scottish Lord?
Hi TRF colleagues,
And the meaning of my screen name is obvious, right?
Stanley
And the meaning of my screen name is obvious, right?
Stanley
I bump it as time goes on. I'm always curious as to what the names mean.
berlinetta
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My screennane comes from my last Camaro I owned, a 1984 Berlinetta.
.I had to look that one up on Google images as I had not heard of that one before.
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JEM rocked ! Still does, I have all the episodes someplace on old VHS. Have a cassette of the songs, too......
PS: Green Dragon comes from our Green Dragon Rocket Motors ( ex company since the 90s ), initially our friend called it that because the casing stock was green G10 , but later when asked about green flame motors, my brother replied " The DRAGON is green, not the motors "
stuck ever since,
My mother had an 84 Berlinetta. The radio was on a weird stalk sticking up in the middle of the console. I only remember because that radio resembled E. T.
Hans.
The 85 Somerset Regal also had a pod radio.
I was a car audio installer at the time and we assumed they were copying the Uber-expensive Blaupunkt Berlin 3-piece radio/cassette deck. It had a stalk-mounted tuner.
Worst part was the turn signal switch was a flat paddle that stuck out from the left side of the dash. In the dark, it was nearly impossible to find...
Hans.
SteveThatcher
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my parents gave me mine...
