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Offline StSanta

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« Reply #45 on: April 29, 2000, 02:59:00 AM »
My earlier nick (and still my irc nick) was Marvin, from Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy - a very depressed superintelligent android with an arrogance that is unrivalled.

Later, due to my first name being Claus and my words and conduct in one newsgroup were so admirable, noteworthy, saintlike and generally superior to all that has been experienced, I was inofficially nicked "Santa" with an additional "of EAC" so show my evil affiliation.

Dunno, I sort of like being a fat drunken bastard that gts to dress in red without being made fun of and sneak down people's chimneys to check their computers for porn.  .

That's my story and I might stick to it. No guarantees.

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Offline crabofix

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« Reply #46 on: April 29, 2000, 03:13:00 AM »


There is this fishmongler in the comicbook asterix, that I borrowed my name from. Hes always getting jumped on and in fights because of his "rotten" fish.
The swedish name for this guy is Crabofix.
I have a lot to do with fish and it suits me good.

Crabofix "a man who´sellfish"
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Offline StSanta

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« Reply #47 on: April 29, 2000, 05:21:00 AM »
You're now formally Bork Crabofix.

Ensure that you change your real life name to this.

And fishies are our friends, I hope you don't kill them.

Fishies are cool. They can, uhm, stay underwater for long, errr, periods of time, I guess...

I had an argument in my head, but lost it.
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Offline Duckwing6

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« Reply #48 on: April 29, 2000, 06:34:00 AM »
I've been IrraIwan (crazy Iwan) in my first online game as there was "hunt for red October" playing on TV in the background and THAT's what they shouted when i was just thinking of a nickname.. Then i came to my first squad and "earned" my number beeing Duckwing6 i kept the nik even after the squad crumpled.. in AW i flew as DW6 and here i'm SCDuckwing6 wearing the moniker of my new squad .. even tho most people seem to call me SCD or duck  

QUUUUUUUuuuuuuuACK!
 
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« Reply #49 on: April 29, 2000, 07:18:00 AM »
Started out as spro400 , short for sprocket and the ci engine size of my offroad truck . I got sprocket hung on me cause I used to ride Motorcycles lots when I was young   . Changed it to air_spro when I met up with sid   .  
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Get it , hehe , I am a Wayne too .  
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Offline RangerBob

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« Reply #50 on: April 29, 2000, 07:28:00 AM »
Great thread and I'm glad you started this.

Mine is obvious. I'm an old Airborne Ranger. I've been called Ranger Bob since I got out of Ranger School. The name attached is usually the best one that fits being either your first or last name such as my ranger buddy called Ranger Finn.

God I love to see those C47 drops!

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Offline Beefcake

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« Reply #51 on: April 29, 2000, 07:32:00 AM »
Got it from Southpark, have had it ever since.


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Offline Badger

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« Reply #52 on: April 29, 2000, 08:45:00 AM »
Although this is a thread we've seen many times before, I always enjoy reading about how some of you guys got your handles.

I have been involved with Warbirds since v1.1 and originally flew then with the call sign of -dach-, which is rough German translation for a badger, my present nickname.  I picked it because my wife and I own a pair of Dachshunds (badger dogs) and because when I trained with the Canadian Airborne Regiment as a  paratrooper back in the 60's, "badger" was my Ranger section's (long range patrolling) call sign.

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Offline LLv34_Snefens

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« Reply #53 on: April 29, 2000, 09:15:00 AM »
I use a nick that was given to me by one of my fellow students when I started at the university some years ago.
During his high-school time this guy had classes with a guy named Stefan (just like me). Unfortunately for this Stefan the school by some freak accident had mistyped his name when entering him in the registry and given him the name Snefens instead. As I was told this name was still printed on his papers when he graduated.
So basically when I met this guy's friend and he heard my name was Stefan he started calling me Snefens too. After a while all the students started calling me Snefens too and as I thought it was a kinda cool name I used it when I started flying online. Or just Snef for short.

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Offline Westy

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« Reply #54 on: April 29, 2000, 09:27:00 AM »
 Oh great! Um? Westy huh? <looks down depressed>
 ferRrget it. There is no story. What a lame handle hmmm? How about?   "Toxic" !!!???

 (sick of 'Westy'. considering a new one now that everyone has even a minimal story behind their handle)

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Offline Skuzzy

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« Reply #55 on: April 29, 2000, 10:16:00 AM »
Well, I have had this nick since high school.  Someone referred to me as being skuzzy one day and the nick stuck throughout college.

It got somewhat retired after college, but then in 79 I help to create and market a product for Adaptec called the AHA-1540, which became the most successful SCSI host adapter around.

During that time I got to be known as Mr. SCSI.

Well, the pronunciation for SCSI is Skuzzy (although originally it was called Sexy, but out of fear of those anti-sexist women, the pronounciation was changed to "skuzzy").

After that, the nick just stuck.  Who am I to argue with destiny?  


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Offline ra

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« Reply #56 on: April 29, 2000, 10:58:00 AM »
Chicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear, and when I do it's usually something unusual...
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RANKER_ONE

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« Reply #57 on: April 29, 2000, 11:23:00 AM »
I lost my sargent rank after a ­­"scrap" with
an officer.

That fkr was in civilian cloths so I didn't
know (befor the scrap) lol.

So since then RANKER it is  

....he went downd like a rock    

I would like to know where RIPSNORTgot
is nick ...wath about you guys  



[This message has been edited by RANKER_ONE (edited 04-29-2000).]
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Offline Ghosth

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« Reply #58 on: April 29, 2000, 12:27:00 PM »
GhostHawk on kali a LONG time ago, was flying A-10 Cuba guns only. Warbirds would only let me have 6 letters so ghosth it became & stuck. it's rotated to ghostt a time or two.
(Fight Opps, free weekends, etc.)

But mostly it's just Ghosth, now I'm here, now I'm not, oops, check your 6!

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Greg 'wmutt' Cook

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« Reply #59 on: April 29, 2000, 12:37:00 PM »
Wmutt is short for Wondermutt, a feral dog I rescued from the parking lot of the dog pound about 5 years ago.  He got his name by getting hit by a car 3 days after I got him, and the Vet needed a name to attach the $700 bill for a metal plate in his left hip to.  I remember thinking "I wonder how much this mutt will cost."  I was at a pretty low point in my life at that time, and we became the best of friends, helping each other through some pretty tough times.  So ever since the AOL Air Warrior days I have been 'wmutt'.
He probably wouldn't be as flattered by the tribute as he should though, because most of the time I'm flying he feels would be better spent out chaseing squirrls and rabbits  

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