That's exactly what I thought, too.
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I was MarkC on puff; I went with mooster (my favorite cat of all time; don't tell the current ones!) as all my other online names are similar.
The avatar probably makes sense by now.
Avatar/Name the same: I used to work with thoroughbred racehorses. Bernardini was one of my favorites and the best horse I was ever around. I was struggling to think of a name for a different forum, went with this, and it stuck.
I'm a 3rd so my nickname has been Trey my whole life and I live in South Carolina. The avatar is a poster I and liked in a B&M so I found a copy to use
Ilroy - nickname from high school. Started from taking the first letters from my first and last names which was ill otter, then my friends just shortened it to Ilroy.
Avatar - it's called a load toad. During my time in the Air Force, I worked as a weapons loader/weapons system on the F-16. Weapons crews were nicknamed load toads.