USER NAME / AVATAR Tell Us Why

[Trackmyer]

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.

Heh a fellow BB stacker!! Back in the day I was a 46250 myself. Started on F-15's, then went to AC-130 gunships. Before going over to Army side of things.


As to mine,
Trackmyer = First Initial, last name.....pretty boring. But heh my pic is off Scotch and a cigar....priceless!

[Engineer99]

I love the amount of Vets here...The various descriptions of your duties and time in service are so interesting.

[FlyersFan]

Username: I've been a fan of the Flyers since I was a youngster (I remember them winning the Stanley Cup) and it's strangely available on most forums.

Avatar: That's my beer drinking cat, Betty.

[Branzig]

Branzig is an old high school nickname given to me because of my unhealthy obsession with Samhain, Misfits, and all things Glenn Danzig related.

My avatar is a cob general and OE 40. Damn 7/11 was out of st. Ides.

[mooster]

LOL I was just thinking about that the other day - not everybody would recognize that shape, certainly not many people from outside of MI. So I wondered what else would they think it is? Now I know

Yeah, it's easy to see once it's pointed out, but I really had no idea.

[mooster]

Username: I've been a fan of the Flyers since I was a youngster (I remember them winning the Stanley Cup) and it's strangely available on most forums.

Avatar: That's my beer drinking cat, Betty.

Imagine how old you'd be if you were a Leafs fan...

[pdq_wizzard]

Avatar, my dog I had to put down (he was old and suffering) 2 years ago, still miss that dumb a$$
User name was my handle for online games (I ran a quake server at pdq.net) this was a dialup in Sacramento back in 1998


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[Engineer99]

Branzig is an old high school nickname given to me because of my unhealthy obsession with Samhain, Misfits, and all things Glenn Danzig related.

My avatar is a cob general and OE 40. Damn 7/11 was out of st. Ides.

Mention of Danzig and St.Ides in one post earns you some sort of immortality. Dang, the good and bad and worse and outright regrettable times I've had after consuming a 40, and later, a 64, the giant bottle with the extended lip for an easy chug, of the Stides when I lived in Seattle...

[Redneck_toy]

Username:I used to have a big handlebar mustache. I did a lot of rockcrawling, and four wheeling. My wheeling buddies nicknamed me Redneck because of the 'stache. I wheel Toyotas, hence the toy.

Avatar: It's the Godsmack sun. Huge fan of their music

[MataFina]

I always thought of Pulp Fiction whenever I saw your avatar...Love that movie, I need to watch it again it's been a while...some great scenes!

I'm not a sports fan, but I remember using this name back on an early forum, probably in the late 90's when I was a teenager. I've always used the explanation that I had just read a Tom Clancy book and I liked the character and the name, so that's what I'll stick with. I kind of wish I'd changed over to my actual name or initials when the Bum came up, but it's not a big enough deal for me to go back now.

The avatar is Uma Thurman's character in Pulp Fiction right after she gets resurrected by the shot to the heart. The scene still makes me cringe and laugh at the same time, and mostly I loved the colors in this particular painting. I had to change from The Jesus because I was tired of meeting people in person and having them be surprised (disappointed?) that I wasn't a sleazy, creepy-looking, hairnet-wearing bowler.