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Title: user names...
Post by: findus on March 20, 2011, 09:46:25 PM
why did you pick your user name ? what meaning to you does it have?

mine is findus reason ; my first name is chris and my surname is pearce, at school i was known by the teachers as chris p as there were others with the same first name
(its a good name  :thumbsup: )
do any of you remember chris p FINDUS pancakes??  well thats where it comes from  ;D

Probs makes no sense to anybody  :-[

now tell me yours  :thumbsup:


Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Mustermark on March 20, 2011, 11:01:28 PM
That's too funny Findus.  I do remember the ads.  I used to love those but my mum wouldn't buy them very often.

So, mine is very geeky :-[ and not funny at all.  When I was 10 or 12, around the time I was trainspotting, I was also interested in physics :-\ and they had not long before discovered Quarks (that make up sub-atomic particles). :o  The word Quark was coined by physicist Murray Gell-Mann from a James Joyce poem called Finnegan's Wake.  The line reads "Three quarks for Muster Mark" and since my name is Mark, I chose that a while ago for a website and have also used it on the forums.

Told you it was geeky.
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: findus on March 20, 2011, 11:07:51 PM
some good reasons, its amazing how life and the experience you have along the way can stick in your mind so much you name your self after the events.

i used to have another nick name when i was with the scouts it was biffa, after the bin company as i was the only one who would eat all the food that was cooked i hated to waste things and still do  :D
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: ToothFairy on March 21, 2011, 01:01:56 AM
Why ToothFairy? Because Father Christmas and the Easter Bunny are only seasonal, and God would have been a bit presumptuous . . .

- Michael
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: cupoftea on March 21, 2011, 06:59:09 AM
My username somehow relates to my favourite form of refreshment!
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: michael on March 21, 2011, 07:58:50 AM
mine was my ebay username, until the other day when i changed it to my own name!
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Lawrence on March 21, 2011, 08:30:29 AM
errmmmm, it's my name  ;D
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Adam1701D on March 21, 2011, 08:35:09 AM
I'm captain of the Good Ship Electra...it could also be my secret Super Alter-Ego  :)

There are some far worse ones out there...how about "Drew Peacock"?  :thumbsdown:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: jonclox on March 21, 2011, 09:13:01 AM
For my sins :evil: I was a clockmaker repairer for about 38 years so the name came from my work. The misspellin of 'jon' and 'clox' was done to make it into an easy email address.
For several years I also used the name 'escapement' online but that often required explaining to people
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Lawrence on March 21, 2011, 09:16:56 AM
Quote from: captainelectra on March 21, 2011, 08:35:09 AM
I'm captain of the Good Ship Electra...it could also be my secret Super Alter-Ego  :)



Ooooh, have you got one of those fancy skin tight lycra suits with lots of gizmos attached  ;)

:smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: cloughie on March 21, 2011, 10:00:29 AM
Daves breed like rabbits,if you say Dave in a room 10 heads pop up, it`s like meerkat manor ???
so it`s cloughie after me uncle brian :smiley-laughing:
mind you at one time I was jimpy, after my favorite toy g.p.m.g., I loved my gun :'(
cloughie
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Adam1701D on March 21, 2011, 10:01:34 AM
QuoteOoooh, have you got one of those fancy skin tight lycra suits with lots of gizmos attached

No, that would frighten the horses!
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: cloughie on March 21, 2011, 12:11:02 PM
do`nt know about the horses but it would frighten me, I can see me having bad dreams tonight :-[ :-\
cloughie
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Tank on March 21, 2011, 04:11:40 PM
My name was first given to me at scouts at the age of 11, where when playing the game British Bulldog I used to flatten everyone, even the 16 year olds. ;D  This continued at school in the rugby team, and finally came to light in my motorcycle club.  So, all rather violent reasons!   :smiley-laughing: :evil:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: OwL on March 21, 2011, 05:34:56 PM
Mine is simple, my mates say I look like an Owl, just like the one in my avatar and I can even swivel my head 360 degrees!!!(he heeee). I am also a very wise man(LoL). 729 just seems to be my lucky number, after all it's the most money i've won on a horse. Put the two together: Owl729

:Class31:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: tadpole on March 21, 2011, 06:34:37 PM
Mine comes from the class 3R (201?) DEMUs which called at my local station, Farnborough North, on the Reading-Redhill line every hour.

These had a power car and intermediate trailer from a disbanded Hastings set, and the driving trailer from an EPB-style EMU. The latter was very obviously wider than the other slab-sided Hastings-gauge cars, hence a tadpole-like appearance. The driving trailer was locked out of use, and was mostly used for parcels. The two narrow cars contained a 500hp engine and about the same number of seats as a 121 bubble car in a 2+2 layout.

They were numbered 1201-1206, and it was not unusual to see at least five of the six in one day. It was a cause for great excitement when anything else turned up on a passenger service on this line (except for the 0902 to Reading which was a 33+three Mk1s and a van). When the units were withdrawn, the EPB driving trailers were attached to the remaining 2-car Hampshire (2H) sets, which they matched perfectly, to make more 3-car sets.
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: porkie on March 21, 2011, 07:56:50 PM
Mine is my nickname from work......

Because I have a love for porkpies, and have one nearly every day for my lunch ;D
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: haeckmaen on March 21, 2011, 08:01:15 PM
My surname is Hacker an my nickname at school and later was pronounced häckmän in German. On some mailing systems "hacker" is not allowed as an email adress be it my name or not so i switched to häckmän which is not to be spelt in English and therefore not on the net either. Instead of chosing "hackman" which would have been the correct pronounciation, too, I took the german transliteration "haeckmaen" and just kept on using and using it at several opportunities...

Title: Re: user names...
Post by: upnick on March 21, 2011, 10:24:53 PM
upnick    ..........    comes from my liking for Union Pacific   railroads & Nick  is my second name     :)
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Irish Padre on March 21, 2011, 10:48:22 PM
Not a difficult one really for me. I am a padre (military word for vicar/chaplain) in the RAF, and I'm Irish. Simples!!!
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: cloughie on March 21, 2011, 11:06:48 PM
Quote from: Irish Padre on March 21, 2011, 10:48:22 PM
Not a difficult one really for me. I am a padre (military word for vicar/chaplain) in the RAF, and I'm Irish. Simples!!!
sir,
with respect,
1/   did you join the R.A.F. to get nearer your boss

2/ does the officers mess carry enough of the lovely black stuff to keep you happy or do you have to sneak into the other ranks bar to get it :smiley-laughing:

Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Irish Padre on March 21, 2011, 11:19:26 PM
I'll take the black stuff wherever I can get it Cloughie!!

And my boss is always close ; not even the mighty Typhoon could get me any closer to him!!!

And it's padre, not sir!!! Fine for that - one pint of Uncle Arthur!!!
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: cloughie on March 21, 2011, 11:25:47 PM
I`ll pay the fine only if I can have one as well ;D
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Irish Padre on March 21, 2011, 11:31:32 PM
No objection to that! :beers:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: cloughie on March 21, 2011, 11:42:52 PM
Quote from: BROADTRAIN1979 on March 21, 2011, 11:39:56 PM
Quote from: porkie on March 21, 2011, 07:56:50 PM
Mine is my nickname from work......

Because I have a love for porkpies, and have one nearly every day for my lunch ;D
Now porkie your my kinda food :P ;D ;D
have you got relations in wigan, porkie
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: longbridge on March 22, 2011, 06:16:21 AM
Oldrailbug mmm well I am 68 this year so i'm getting old, railbug ha been one of them since I used to go train spotting at Longbridge on the Birminghan to Bristol line in the 1957, that was up until my parents dragged me off to Australia in 1957, still miss home.
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Tractor Matt on March 22, 2011, 07:30:15 PM
Mine is because I'm a Tractor Boy (Ipswich Town Football Club supporter for non footballers among us). I was a season ticket holder for along time until 2 seasons ago when I moved to Rugby, Warwickshire and found the price of petrol was far to high to travel home for every game. So with the new found time on my hand at weekends I turned back to the hobby of Model railways and enjoy it more now than when I was younger as I have slightly more money and don't have to save paper round money or wait for my Birthday or Christmas for a new rake of wagons.

Ooh and Matt is my name!

That's me Tractor Matt (oooh arrh)
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: papajoe on March 22, 2011, 08:26:19 PM
Mine came from my kids friends, there is usually "Big" in front of it. Hence BPJ
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Ollie3440 on March 22, 2011, 08:28:48 PM
Mine's quite simple: First Name is Oliver, so Ollie for short. And 3440 City Of Truro is my all time favourite Engine.

Ta-Da

Ollie
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: findus on March 22, 2011, 08:30:49 PM
There are so many really good usernames keep them coming  :thumbsup:

next i think we should have mug shots just to see who is who :camera:

Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Mustermark on March 22, 2011, 09:00:09 PM
Great idea for a thread Findus. I'm enjoying this one. Keep posting everyone! ;D
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: findus on March 22, 2011, 09:09:17 PM
its good to see other people getting involved.
Its a nice little comunity, people here are so nice! this forum puts all the others to shame! WELL DONE TANK AND TEAM   :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
:NGaugeForum:

Title: Re: user names...
Post by: OwL on March 22, 2011, 09:30:08 PM
This is a great forum, i've only been on for a week or so but this is the best forum on the net. Thanks to Tank and team and to all the friendly people on here. The best bit is the amount of inspiration I get from viewing people's layouts and all the positive comments that members make.
Thank you all and thanks for making me feel so welcome.

Kind Regards all :NGF:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: porkie on March 22, 2011, 09:31:00 PM
Quote from: cloughie on March 21, 2011, 11:42:52 PM
Quote from: BROADTRAIN1979 on March 21, 2011, 11:39:56 PM
Quote from: porkie on March 21, 2011, 07:56:50 PM
Mine is my nickname from work......

Because I have a love for porkpies, and have one nearly every day for my lunch ;D
Now porkie your my kinda food :P ;D ;D
have you got relations in wigan, porkie

Not any that I know about lol     :NGaugersRule:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: smokiedevil on March 22, 2011, 09:34:15 PM
My username
smokiedevil
Go figure for a steam nut
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Mustermark on March 23, 2011, 01:29:28 AM
Quote from: findus on March 22, 2011, 09:09:17 PM
its good to see other people getting involved.
Its a nice little comunity, people here are so nice! this forum puts all the others to shame! WELL DONE TANK AND TEAM   :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Yes, I agree. ;D  Nice friendly place to spend a bit time. :wave:  Good mix between mad chat about usernames & time machines, hints & tips and things for sale.  Good job team - and the forum members. :thumbsup:

:beers: :NGaugeForum:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Mustermark on March 23, 2011, 01:31:42 AM
I guess many of our Avatars are obvious.  Mine is the number plate from Western Fusilier.  The only Western to be outshopped in Sept 1963, the same month as me!
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Tank on March 23, 2011, 12:52:41 PM
Quote from: findus on March 22, 2011, 08:30:49 PM
There are so many really good usernames keep them coming  :thumbsup:

next i think we should have mug shots just to see who is who :camera:

Go for it!  :camera: Start a new topic. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Adam1701D on March 23, 2011, 04:07:32 PM
My avatar is my cute little doggie, Grappa - 25kg of Staffie and daft as a brush!
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: findus on March 24, 2011, 10:24:57 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 23, 2011, 12:52:41 PM
Quote from: findus on March 22, 2011, 08:30:49 PM
There are so many really good usernames keep them coming  :thumbsup:

next i think we should have mug shots just to see who is who :camera:

Go for it!  :camera: Start a new topic. :thumbsup:

Best find my hair brush then, i guess you wont struggle with the hair problems  :P
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Sailor Charon on March 25, 2011, 10:52:33 AM
Well... I could say it's because I'm a big Scorpions fan. :) [Not quite true, but it's still a good song :)]
But the truth is I'm a big anime fan, and since all the obvious Sailor Moon characters have been taken...
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: moogle on April 02, 2011, 02:08:05 PM
In Greek mythology Charon was the name of the ferryman who took souls across the river Styx to Hades!  :o

Why is mine Moogle?
Well my 1st name begins with M and I tend to know lots of odd, often useless, facts which I often find on the internet.
So some of my friends called me Moogle as I'm like Google!  :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Sailor Charon on April 02, 2011, 03:44:10 PM
Moogles are also a kind of cute critter from the various Final Fantasy RPGs. http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Moogle (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Moogle)
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: m1racleman on April 02, 2011, 04:24:38 PM
Mine was in honour of the greatest singer ever and the greatest album ever.

Freddie Mercury   :thumbsup:

The Miracle

Hence m1racleman.

Nothing whatsoever to do with my ability to walk on water................................ and sink  glug glug glug
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Sailor Charon on April 02, 2011, 04:50:18 PM
So, not the song by Ozzy Osbourne, or the guitar pickup that's named after it? ;)
[This is fun]
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: m1racleman on April 02, 2011, 04:53:12 PM
Quote from: Sailor Charon on April 02, 2011, 04:50:18 PM
So, not the song by Ozzy Osbourne, or the guitar pickup that's named after it? ;)
[This is fun]

Does Ozzy actually qualify as a SINGER ??????
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Tank on April 02, 2011, 05:03:47 PM
Ozzy is a superb singer! :music: :music: :music:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: m1racleman on April 02, 2011, 05:09:37 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 02, 2011, 05:03:47 PM
Ozzy is a superb singer! :music: :music: :music:

Specsavers do hearing test now too !  :music:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Sailor Charon on April 02, 2011, 05:15:28 PM
Quote from: m1racleman on April 02, 2011, 05:09:37 PM
Quote from: Tank on April 02, 2011, 05:03:47 PM
Ozzy is a superb singer! :music: :music: :music:

Specsavers do hearing test now too !  :music:
Much as I like Ronnie James Dio, I'd still rather hear Ozzy sing Warpigs or Paranoid...
And I'd still rather hear Bob Dylan sing the stuff he wrote than... well, hear almost anybody else sing them.
And yes, Freddie Mercury was great. [And the Metallica cover of Stone Cold Crazy is nowhere near as good as the original]
One moment while I look behind the sofa for the point I had when I started writing this... Nope, it's not there.
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: m1racleman on April 02, 2011, 05:23:37 PM
Ah, good old Bob Dylan  He is fantastic but still holds the record for the  most boring song ever recorded.   :sleep:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: SymonC on April 02, 2011, 05:56:41 PM
My username is my name and then initial of my surname.....boring isn't it?

:Class414:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Lawrence on April 02, 2011, 08:38:27 PM
Salor Charon seems to be our only regular female poster, so as far as I am concerned, whatever she says - it's right!  I know my place  ::)
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: m1racleman on April 02, 2011, 08:42:01 PM
I'll drink to that Lawrence !!   :beers:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: moogle on April 02, 2011, 10:16:25 PM
Quote from: Sailor Charon on April 02, 2011, 03:44:10 PM
Moogles are also a kind of cute critter from the various Final Fantasy RPGs. http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Moogle (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Moogle)

So thats what they look like. I'd heard of them. Thought my nickname was unique at 1st.  :(
Well I'm nothing like them. No big ears, wings or pom-pom's. And I'm not small or cute either!  :smiley-laughing:
Good job you went for the non-mythological version of Charon.

Quote from: m1racleman on April 02, 2011, 04:24:38 PM
Mine was in honour of the greatest singer ever and the greatest album ever.

Freddie Mercury   :thumbsup:

The Miracle

Hence m1racleman.

Nothing whatsoever to do with my ability to walk on water................................ and sink  glug glug glug

Amen to that. Though to be honest, every Queen album is great. (Yes, I have them all, some even on Vinyl!  :o)

Quote from: m1racleman on April 02, 2011, 04:53:12 PM
Quote from: Sailor Charon on April 02, 2011, 04:50:18 PM
So, not the song by Ozzy Osbourne, or the guitar pickup that's named after it? ;)
[This is fun]

Does Ozzy actually qualify as a SINGER ??????

Definitely. He's also a Prince. The Prince of Darkness!

And if Elvis was King, then Freddie was certainly Queen.

As for God...   


...thats Lemmy.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Sprintex on October 14, 2012, 01:21:18 PM
Found this old thread in a link from Anselm's layout thread, and since there's a lot more of us on here now thought it'd be fun to resurrect it, so . . .

(http://www.sprintexnet.co.uk/Images/oldethread.jpg)

:D

Sprintex: Anyone who's looked at my website will probably have seen where the name comes from, but a here's a quick explanation. Me and the misses are heavily into our Ford Sierras, after all that's how we met! Mine is a 1990 XR4x4 2.9i V6 model which I've had for 12 years now, and a few years back I managed to purchase a VERY rare Sprintex Supercharger kit for it - they only ever made 12 kits before the company marketing them changed to making big-CC engines instead. There appears to be only about three of these kits left, and the other two may not be complete, whereas mine came from a fully-working car and is complete and original  :). Unfortunately time and mileage (240,000 miles to be precise!) have taken their toll on the car itself so it's now a long-term project to return the car to showroom condition before I bolt the supercharger kit on and have a positively unique car to take to shows  :thumbsup:

Here she is just before she came off the road for the rebuild:-

(http://www.sprintexnet.co.uk/Images/Helennow1.PNG)


Paul
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Agrippa on October 14, 2012, 01:29:28 PM
Mine was my previous Ebay password, which was from a character in Carry on Cleo.
An ancient Roman says to Sid James or Kenneth Williams "I'm Agrippa" followed by the
reply "Keep your hands to yourself"
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Jack on October 14, 2012, 03:47:16 PM
Jack being my name, the only thing to explain about my user name is perhaps the last four numbers, but then anyone that's been in the Services will know that's its impossible to forget your Service number no matter how hard you try! If you did forget you went to the rear of the pay queue until you remembered :( .  I demoded in 1980 and so as I can't lose it so I use it, well the last four numbers anyway.  :)
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Newportnobby on October 14, 2012, 04:03:39 PM
I guess lots of you know where my forum name came from, but as Sprintex has given this a MASSIVE bump..............
I was born and raised in Wolverton (then Buckinghamshire) and did all my early trainspotting there. My dad worked in the Carriage Works so an interest in railways was pretty much inevitable. From Wolverton (on what is now the WCML) there ran a branch line to Newport Pagnell and the local train was known as Newport Nobby (or Nobby Newport).
Here's the history as per Wickedpedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverton_to_Newport_Pagnell_Line (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverton_to_Newport_Pagnell_Line)
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Sprintex on October 14, 2012, 04:32:09 PM
I had no idea it came from there Mick, quite interesting  :thumbsup:


Paul
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Trainfish on October 14, 2012, 04:45:45 PM
On another forum (at least I think it was another and not this one) they had a similar thread and I told them that my username was my profession and that I trained fish. I think some actually believed me  ::)
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: MinZaPint on October 14, 2012, 05:37:23 PM
Well not just one! went to the Wimborne Beer festival yesterday, started with "Pale Rider" from Kelham Island (Sheffield) and finished with "Infinity" from Blue Monkey (Ilkeston) lot of water (laced with malt & hops) under the bridge in between. (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-eatdrink009.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)  Lovely "Red Devon" Beef burgers for soakers.  :food:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: barneytiffy on October 14, 2012, 07:19:16 PM
Mine's a throwback from army days. Some called me Barney and I was a Vehicle Artificer. Hence barneytiffy. I also left in 1980 after 23 years
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: scotsoft on October 14, 2012, 07:31:39 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on October 14, 2012, 04:03:39 PM
From Wolverton (on what is now the WCML) there ran a branch line to Newport Pagnell and the local train was known as Newport Nobby (or Nobby Newport).

What a superb piece of history and a brilliant way to get your forum name  :thumbsup:

What a coincedence that it is now a psycho cycle path  :smiley-laughing:  :smiley-laughing:  :smiley-laughing:

cheers John.
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: daveg on October 14, 2012, 07:40:49 PM
Quote from: Trainfish on October 14, 2012, 04:45:45 PM
On another forum (at least I think it was another and not this one) they had a similar thread and I told them that my username was my profession and that I trained fish. I think some actually believed me  ::)

You mean, you don't?!  :bounce:

Dave G
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Trainfish on October 14, 2012, 07:43:08 PM
It depends on what you want them to learn to do. Walkies are a little difficult  :thumbsdown:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: davidjhope on October 14, 2012, 07:56:24 PM
 :(
I feel very boring just using my real name.
:'(
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: daveg on October 14, 2012, 08:38:59 PM
Quote from: Trainfish on October 14, 2012, 07:43:08 PM
It depends on what you want them to learn to do. Walkies are a little difficult  :thumbsdown:

Guess you start with some-fin easier, then?  :)
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: scotsoft on October 14, 2012, 08:45:46 PM
Quote from: daveg on October 14, 2012, 08:38:59 PM
Quote from: Trainfish on October 14, 2012, 07:43:08 PM
It depends on what you want them to learn to do. Walkies are a little difficult  :thumbsdown:

Guess you start with some-fin easier, then?  :)

:smackedface:  :smiley-laughing:  :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: Flakmunky on October 14, 2012, 08:48:14 PM
Used to play Unreal Tournament a lot in the studio where I worked...

If you made a large number of kills with the Flak Cannon, you were awarded the title 'Flak Monkey'... My fellow animators took the name up and it stuck...

If you aren't a geek that might not mean anything!
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: davieb on October 14, 2012, 08:49:20 PM
hi all  :wave:

Quote from: scotsoft on October 14, 2012, 08:45:46 PM
Quote from: daveg on October 14, 2012, 08:38:59 PM
Quote from: Trainfish on October 14, 2012, 07:43:08 PM
It depends on what you want them to learn to do. Walkies are a little difficult  :thumbsdown:

Guess you start with some-fin easier, then?  :)

:smackedface:  :smiley-laughing:  :smiley-laughing:

has no one heard of Walking catfish, climbing perch and mud skippers  :laugh:  :laugh:

google them if you don't believe me  :D

dave  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: 4x2 on October 14, 2012, 09:14:14 PM
Originally my user name was 4x2ybecauseican. I've build (and never finished  :-[) loads of 4 foot by 2 foot layouts, mainly 'cos i was a lazy so-and-so and couldn't be bothered to cut any wood....Hence the name ! But it was quite a mouthful and i got fed up of typing it out, so i shortened it to 4x2.

I've got braver now though... My current US N scale layout 'Earlstone Creek' is 5'6" x 22"   :D

I'm also building a Z gauge layout 36" x 18" - but that's for another forum....  ::)
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: scotsoft on October 14, 2012, 11:10:44 PM
Quote from: 4x2 on October 14, 2012, 09:14:14 PM
I'm also building a Z gauge layout 36" x 18" - but that's for another forum....  ::)

Might be for another forum but we can still admire pictures and videos  :foodanddrink:


cheers John.
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: 4x2 on October 14, 2012, 11:27:19 PM
Will take some picks tomorrow, not much to see at the moment....
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: bigbear on October 15, 2012, 12:09:15 AM
I'm Bigbear because my kids, when little, used to say I was like a big bear when I got annoyed... (See what fear I induced in them even then? - Pah!). Since then, it's been my nickname on forums, ebay, and at work... Sometimes with a UK tagged on if there's a bigbear around already. My business is called Big Bear Recordings too, so I guess I'll never escape it now.
Title: Re: user names...
Post by: trainsdownunder on October 15, 2012, 12:14:19 AM
My user name......
I like trains
I live in Australia......... hence 'trainsdownunder' .....QED.

Also an Arsenal fan so my other ego is 'grumpygooner'.

My first ever forum name, not here, and still current ebay name was hockeynetbuster - Used to be a centrefoward in my favourite sport of field hockey. Stopped using it mainly as I became a qualified GK coach and felt it didn't quite fit anymore Still play and also active as a coach for the local school.
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Post by: Trainfish on October 15, 2012, 01:48:52 AM
The other reason behind my name is that I was nicknamed Guppy many years ago at work as they reckoned I drank like a fish, even at 16 and I am still called it by some. I also support the mighty Swindon Town. Then the internet got invented and of course football forums. I started as something else which I can't remember but decided that I needed a new name. So, I used the 'Town' from Swindon Town and the 'Fish' as that's what a guppy is. From then on I was called TownFish usually with a © after it if the forum used allowed it. Then I couldn't use it on ebay as someone else was called that so as I was buying/selling a lot of football programmes and other football stuff I became FootyFish. Then railway forums were added to my list and TrainFish was born. Since then I'm also GolfFish in a couple of places but I forget where, that's the problem with being a fish.
By the way, I was also registered on youtube as townfish up until about 3 months ago. I got an email from someone who had www.townfish.co.uk (http://www.townfish.co.uk) registered and wanted to use my name townfish on youtube. They said they may even be able to pay a small fee so I asked how much. It took me about 2 nanoseconds to accept the £150 they offered which went straight into the train fund  :claphappy:

Ps, training fish is just a sideline these days, there's not much call for those skills around here. :(
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Post by: daveg on October 15, 2012, 07:29:41 AM
Ps, training fish is just a sideline these days, there's not much call for those skills around here.

So, business has scaled down a bit.

Sorry TF, I couldn't stop myself. :-X

Anybody seen my tablets?

Dave G
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Post by: bigbear on October 15, 2012, 08:00:19 AM
You might say it fin-ished, I suppose?
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Post by: longbridge on October 15, 2012, 09:18:48 AM
I used the name oldshutterbug for many years on photography forums, that was when I was a camera freak, got back into model railways so I thought, well i'm still old but now as always was a rail freak so oldrailbug was born.
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Post by: swisstony on October 15, 2012, 09:34:26 AM
Swiss Tony - This was awarded me in my younger days when I owned five cars at one point... (Swiss Tony the dodgey car dealer from the fast show!!).......
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Post by: Rabs on October 15, 2012, 12:41:47 PM
Mine was from school too.
'Robert' inevitably became 'Rabbit', which with lazy teenagers got shortened to 'Rabs'
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Post by: Oldman on October 15, 2012, 12:43:39 PM
Mine is my nickname from SWMBO :sorrysign:
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Post by: Calnefoxile on October 15, 2012, 01:03:50 PM
Quite simple for me really, I live in Calne and I'm a Leicester City fan or the Foxes as they're known. So not living in Leicester anymore I've used the user name Calnefoxile.

Regards

Neal.
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Post by: Fratton on October 15, 2012, 05:29:15 PM
Fratton has been my Gaming nickname for playing PC games for quite a while now,,, it also fits for this hobby and i already knew of a great picture to use as an avatar,,,,,
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Post by: Trainfish on October 15, 2012, 06:11:15 PM
Quote from: Fratton on October 15, 2012, 05:29:15 PM
.................. and i already knew of a great picture to use as an avatar,,,,,

Can we see it some time then?  :P
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Post by: Tom@Crewe on October 15, 2012, 06:12:28 PM
Mine is complicated   I am Tom from Crewe
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Post by: Malc on October 15, 2012, 06:14:36 PM
So is mine.
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Post by: Trainfish on October 15, 2012, 07:30:17 PM
You fish for backwards clams?
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Post by: Newportnobby on October 15, 2012, 08:09:32 PM
 :smackedface: :headbutt:
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Post by: spurno on October 15, 2012, 10:20:38 PM
mine is from the team i have supported for 45 years.originally meant to br spurno1,short for spurs number one fan but someone else had it as a username so it morphed into spurno where it has remained ever since wherever i go on the internet.
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Post by: Kipper on October 15, 2012, 10:24:46 PM
My name comes from Kipper the Dog cartoons and childrens books. I didn't write them, just read them to the grandbrats when babysitting the little tykes.
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Post by: 37058 on October 16, 2012, 04:20:13 PM
From my old bashing days...37058 was my first NB Tractor for haulage in the mid 90s (Not Scotland as im only 29) :-[ But Many more came after :claphappy:

My user name should be 37429 with my profile picture!! Also 37058 is my eBay username :P

Cheers, Anthony
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Post by: d-a-n on October 22, 2012, 10:26:53 PM
My name's Dan and I use this name on other forums (mainly Audi and camera ones) as Dan always seems to be taken!
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Post by: 4x2 on October 22, 2012, 10:42:30 PM
Quote from: d-a-n on October 22, 2012, 10:26:53 PM
My name's Dan and I use this name on other forums (mainly Audi and camera ones) as Dan always seems to be taken!
Hello fellow Audi driver ! Wos got ?!

This is my lovely Audi 80 Avant 2.0 E
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee442/djmikeymike2011/DSCF1171.jpg)
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Post by: Andrew.PEI on October 23, 2012, 12:07:27 AM
 :laugh3: Identity Crises  :confused1: And wanted to remind myself of where I live  :hmmm:
also had to come up with one in a hurry so I could log in. :sorrysign:
:thankyousign: Andrew in PEI Canada.
PS Am I the only one who finds it hard to get UK items at a reasonable price?
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Post by: Elvinley on October 24, 2012, 12:19:10 AM
Mine is the name of my main N gauge railway. The name comes from my Dad's middle name of Elvin. He got me well and truly into railways so it makes sense to give him some credit.
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Post by: Neonoodle on October 24, 2012, 09:38:15 AM
Neonoodle, i get asked a lot what is stands for, simple nothing! lol

I wanted a online name that was original, and i was playing a PC game at the time called hardwar and my fav ship was the Neo Tiger. So i came up with the name Neo Neil, and Neil was my first name, but soon got bored, so i combined the ships name with my favourite snack at the time with has Super noodles (so student eh!) so i came up with Neonoodle!

At the time and for many years if you typed it into internet search engines nothing would apear, now you get alsorts, so i say everyone stole it lol. I even have some pool floats named after me!!!

Neil
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Post by: d-a-n on October 24, 2012, 05:22:29 PM
Quote from: 4x2 on October 22, 2012, 10:42:30 PMThis is my lovely Audi 80 Avant 2.0 E
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee442/djmikeymike2011/DSCF1171.jpg)

Very nice!

Mine was a very original M plate 80 2.0E sport which I fiddled with. Ronal wheels with bare alloy polished lip, polybushed all round (wishbones, front ARB, rear beam), greenstuff pads up front, BOGE turbogas dampers, URs4 front buckets, spare set of Ronal aero wheels with winter tyres along with all the little bits and pieces you generally do to a car you love!! Got broken a few years ago and was replaced by a Toyota Starlet as Manchester insurance and a 200 mile a week commute wasn't being very pleasant to me. Are you on audifans or nogsport forums? Eric who runs nogsport is a mate who amongst others on the forum, is very hands-on knowledgeable about these B4s, B3s and other older Audis.
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Post by: cookiescrumble on October 24, 2012, 05:30:14 PM
My last name is Cook, so naturally I got called Cookie alot  :angel:.

My username comes from the saying, 'Thats the way the cookie crumbles'  ;).
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Post by: 4x2 on October 24, 2012, 09:48:04 PM
QuoteAre you on audifans or nogsport forums? Eric who runs nogsport is a mate who amongst others on the forum, is very hands-on knowledgeable about these B4s, B3s and other older Audis.
I was on a forum last year, but got hooked on this one instead !  :NGF:

To be honest i do enjoy the fault finding - it's what i do best (apart from driving buses, boss !). If i get really stuck i will look into the forums you mentioned. Just wish haynes would do a manual for the later B4... :veryangry: would make life just that bit easier.

Thanks d-a-n !

Should change my name to 4x2=audi80 or something equally daft !  :)
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Post by: kaiwhara on October 25, 2012, 02:13:50 AM
Mine is the abbreviation of the first station out of Wellington...
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Post by: sprichasm on October 30, 2012, 11:32:50 AM
S.P.R.I. (spri) were the initials of the research institute where I worked when I first began seriously using the internet. "chasm" was a nick-name given to me by a colleague who thought I was rather deep (!?) so "sprichasm" was born.  :sleep: