|
|
Visionary
Posts: 2027
Brighton, TN | Mines a little different and confusing. Grew up on a farm raising 45,000 chickens in the mid 1970's when CB's were popular. My father, was know as chicken man on the CB and gave me the handle of chicken little. Years go by and time to sign up for e-mail. Do a search for chicken little and unable to use due to being taken by a cartoon character and others that think like him. I mean every version that I could think of was taken (chickenlittle1, 1chickenlittle, etc.) So, with great wisdom, I said hmmm! I've had Spanish and what was that word for chicken. Oh yeah, Pollo! Had I been a little smarter, I would have also found out what the word for, little, was in Spanish. So, in true genius fashion, pollolittle was born. The name and e-mail have stuck and confused people for about 18 years.
|
|
| |
|
Tourer
Posts: 550
Tacoma, WA | Ok....I am and have been a guy who makes aircraft parts, or repairs aircraft parts from metal. Titanium, cobalt, aluminum, stainless, you name it. I also heat-treat various aircraft alloys, and brush plate, and am a certified aircraft and missle welder. I also do CNC programming, and make parts using those processes as well. So....metalguy fits, after around 18 years of that stuff!
(I also have some metal in my right knee from three surgeries....does that count?)-----Metalguy |
|
| |
|
Visionary
Posts: 2027
Brighton, TN | Coool, got your own CNC machine, sucks to be you and be able to make a lot of custom parts. I got a lot of ideas but no way to make them cheaply. |
|
| |
|
Iron Butt
Posts: 721
| Well, like pollolittle my handle is also the CB handle that I was given when I was in my late teens and started chatting with my towns local CB group. One of my good friends that has known me since I was even younger kept telling everyone the CB group about all the trips and traveling I did with my father all over this country and most of Europe, so during the first coffee meet with these CBers they gave me my handle of Travelin' Man, it's stuck and I use it for most of my chat forum names. One of the unfortunate downsides to the proliferation of cell phones and Nextel type phones has been the decline of local CB chat groups.......it used to be an inexpensive (gas was a lot cheaper) was of entertaining oneself by playing CB fox hunt. If you've ever talked on a local CB group then you know what a fox hunt is........ 
Edited by Travelin' Man 2007-11-19 8:44 PM
|
|
| |
|
Visionary
Posts: 1324
So Cal | When I lived in PA my friends used to call me CJ. When I moved to North Hollywood CJNOHO just seemed to fit. |
|
| |
|
Cruiser
Posts: 83
Lexington, North Carolina | There's absolutely little creativity in mine. A Carolina fan from North Carolina named Tom. Boring! |
|
| |
|
Tourer
Posts: 447
Cleveland, GA | pollolittle - 2007-11-19 5:55 PM Had I been a little smarter, I would have also found out what the word for, little, was in Spanish. I could be wrong, but if you add 'ito' to the end of most words in Spanish it makes the diminutive - so, try Pollito (Poy yee toe). If I'm wrong, I'm sure someone here will be happy to correct me  . |
|
| |
|
Tourer
Posts: 447
Cleveland, GA | About a year ago I was invited to hang out with a motorcycle club in Birmingham, AL - the Tru-Riders. Although not a member, I liked hanging with them and, since I wore a cowboy hat and was the only white guy there, they hung the nickname Lone Ranger on me. |
|
| |
|
Visionary
Posts: 3204
Memphis | Victory Director of Design Michael Song has been involved with designing the Yamaha V-Star, Road Star, and everything at Victory since the Vegas. I like his style. I wish Victory would turn him loose with no regard for who the competition is. He has some mind blowing ideas in his head that will probably never see the light of day. Didn't know a thing about him until I started digging for background info on the Vision.
|
|
| |
|
Visionary
Posts: 3006
San Antonio, TX | In 1986, after passing two tests, I received my Amateur Radio license from the FCC. My life has changed a lot since then. I have changed careers from school maintenance and construction to information technology. I have enjoyed all of the jobs I have worked because of the satisfaction that comes from building new stuff and fixing broken stuff.
In 2001 I started teaching the Technician License classes for my club, the San Antonio Radio Club found at http://W5SC.org on the web. I really enjoyed teaching but kept my day job.
Two years ago, I worked with other instructors to create a free study guide for the current Technician License test. At first is was called the Radio Teacher Project but now it can be found at http://www.HamElmer.com . Ham Elmer is just slang for "Amateur Radio Mentor" or in other words a Radio Teacher.
Since February of this year the rules have changed and no Morse code is required for any Amateur Radio license. You can learn the code if you want to but it is not a requirement.
Radioteacher
Edited by radioteacher 2007-11-19 10:59 PM
|
|
| |
|
Cruiser
Posts: 296
Central Florida | Not too much creativity here either!
I am a large NJ Devils Fan(living in Florida) and have been Devilboy since early 80s when Devils moved to jersey..
I am also a quiet type of guy whom you would never expect to be so mischevious. |
|
| |
|
Fountain Inn, SC United States | Even less creativity in my handle. It's my initials. In other places I'm known as Jedi - an obvious Star Wars reference. |
|
| |
|
Tourer
Posts: 550
Tacoma, WA | I think I need to clarify something...I do NOT have my own CNC machinery. I use CNC machinery. At work. I will have my own mill and lathe, and welder set up shortly tho, and working on some good Vision parts!----Metalguy |
|
| |
|
Cruiser
Posts: 266
Stockton, Ca. | Funny to See Travelin Man on the site I used to use that as my CB handle years ago in So. Ca. Okthenbye came from an old group of friends that I worked with in the mid 70s (car stereo business in Hollywood). It was used in a joking fashion to quickly end a conversation and move on "ok then...bye!. It didn't take long for it to become a common slang word for the group. When creating my first screen name Travelin Man was taken so I chose Okthenbye, it was available and still seems to work whenever I need it. It has grown on me and is a great way to end an email message.
Okthenbye! |
|
| |
|
Tourer
Posts: 548
Mount Vernon, WA United States | Just my name. |
|
| |
|
Iron Butt
Posts: 904
29 Palms California | I'm a USELESS NUT stuck in So. Cal. I've been an Ohio State Fan since the GREAT WOODY walked the field. I could have never gotten away with this name in Ohio, since everyone has a variation of the name. Dumb Asshole was already taken, so I figured I go with BUCKEYE! |
|
| |
|
Visionary
Posts: 2027
Brighton, TN | Metalguy, may not have his own CNC machine, but if you play with one regularly, you manage to make parts that the owner of the machine didn't dream up. Which is what I mean by ownership. The guy running it might as well own it, he knows how to use it. Like me just don't have the exact amount of Ben Franklins to put one in my shop or I probably would. |
|
| |
|
Cruiser
Posts: 140
| I fart a lot. |
|
| |
|
Cruiser
Posts: 83
Lexington, North Carolina | lowtone9 - 2007-11-20 10:15 AM I fart a lot. That's funny right there. |
|
| |
|
Iron Butt
Posts: 849
, FL United States | Not too much creativity on my part either. BL(ue) Wh(ite) F150 is my dear old 1993 ford pickup truck. Yep, she stills runs when I need to haul something. Just changed my handle over @ the VMC to CoolHandLuke. I'm gonna check with our administrator & see if I can use that here also. Luke BTW have 436 miles on my Vision.Will get the rest tomorrow so I can have the 500 checkup done Friday.I'm planning on a 400 mile roundtrip to see some of my Vic riding buddies down in central Florida this weekend. |
|
| |
|
Iron Butt
Posts: 904
29 Palms California | HAAAAAAAAAhaa. lowtone! LOL damn, it's the little things in life that "sound" funny. That's some funny "crap" right there,,,LOL fart alot. (tears) |
|
| |
|
Cruiser
Posts: 57
Twin Cities, MN | Developed originally for an email address.
My last name is Grebin and I've been nicknamed Grebs for years. 59 is the year I was born...
Simple but works... |
|
| |
|
Cruiser
Posts: 74
MN. | Like many of you, got the nickname when I was much younger, I was a big Batman fan. (Grebs, I was also born in '59, must be a good year) I just happend to marry a gal named Robin, so the nickname kinda reinforced itself. Not married to her anymore, (thank God) but have always used BATMAN in the various online clubs I belong to. |
|
| |
|
Cruiser
Posts: 196
| Nothing creative here, my initials, senior, and where I am if not on V V the Super Silver/Grey loaded Vision!
Jr. is 34 and has 2 kids, and is super jealous of the old man's new ride!  |
|
| |
|
Tourer
Posts: 354
20 miles west of Chicago. | Short for Curmudgeon, ' cause I'm a grumpy, sarcastic old geezer. Not helpin' at the moment that there's ice on the streets, temps in the 20's, my back is acting up, and the KP is up on lift in the garage. A couple of weeks ago I supported my local Vic dealer by lending him a thousand dollars at 0% interest for an unspecified length of time. I'm hoping that someone who ordered a Vision earlier will refuse it when it comes in and the dealer, in consideration of my kindness in floating him this loan and not wishing to store the Vision, will offer it to me. Being a Curmudgeon, I'm not too hopefull that this will be anytime soon. Just because I haven't gone into complete despair however, I've cleared out space in the garage just in case. One of my riding buddys (2000 TC) doesn't like the looks of the Vision, "Too many curves", but I think it's mechanically superior to anything out there, and I was a real big Flash Gordon fan when I was a kid so the looks are just fine with me. |
|
| |
Explain your handle / boardname! Fun one!
