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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: madrid311 on July 15, 2013, 11:05:00 PM
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Hi all. I always wonder why a name is picked as we all have our reasons. I was gunny. Now I'm GunFTR. In the last flight sim game I played for 3 years, airattack ( http://usaac.us/ ) I was Gunfighter. I picked this name as an omage to all the Clint Eastwood movies and Stephen Hunter characters in his books. I'm a west coast native, and love gun fighting and the culture. I thought its a great name for me to apply to a ww2 fighter name. while I was drooling over ww2 aircraft photos to use as a screen saver I came across the Gunfighter p-51 mustang, I read the history and felt that the name was meant to be for me then at that point. I realize the planes name was Gunfighter but its cool. AH2 allows only 8 characters. I also noticed that you have a squad called the gunfighters. great name by the way! so I hesitated a bit as I was new here and didn't want to ruffle feathers if I could help it. Back in Airattack my squad m8s called me gunny on the coms so I thought I would go with that here. well.... I received a few "are you a marine"? etc. and As I'm a civilian pretending to be a fighter pilot and I did stay at a holiday inn express a few times it didn't qualify me to take that name I felt It was time to go back to a name I always wanted anyway without the 9 characters of course. I gave up all my achievements and am starting over but I wanted to do a better job in the game and feel I had 5 months to feel my way around. I will say this, most everyone in here is pretty good, and the good ones are sic. So now I go forth as GunFTR and hope to see you in the air and continue my pursuit of hes pretty good to.....well lets just get to that point first, right? Ok your turn. Peace.
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Maverick and Goose were taken.
HONK!
Gooss
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I went to "The Training Area" to learn flying. The TA. TheTa. Theta.
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{The Gunfighters} are an awesome crew!
Flew with them since I was 14.
My first tag was skullrat, I was really into rock so I thought I was a total badass, bu the name was boring to me.
Now I know alot o peeps want to know why I have the game name Zacherof
Surfinn listen up! :D
Back in high school my group of freinds all listened to metal.
Death, and black metal were our favorite.
One day, I decided to walk to pals house wearing black and white corpse paint(basically what kiss wore, but way more benign and awesome) and a wig.
Alot of muscians in black metal have stage names. Examples are shagrath, abbath, demonaz, nergul, varg(you should know who that is Gscholz) so one of my buds dubbed me Zacherof(cause my first name is Zach)
I was forever dubbed as Zacherof from then on.
For a while I spelled it Zach3rof for some dumb reason befor I finalized on zacherof circa 4 years ago.
And no I won't change the Z to a J, or W :rofl
Another reason I like the name is people remember it along with my down to fight attitude
:cheers:
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Mine was easy...Scott cause that's me name and 66 the year I was born :salute
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There was a Rolling Rock bottle sitting on the table next to me. I looked at it and thought "Eh, why not?"
That is the entire story! I actually have never had Rolling Rock before (I was 15 when I chose this name, it was my dads beer, not mine). There is no significant meaning behind it. About the only thing you can link the name to me is I am from Pennsylvania. :D
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INK cuz I have tattooed for 25 years.....
JETSOM because I got my brother into AH..we used to fly as FLOTSOM & JETSOM.
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Greg Debrődy
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/debrody/debrody.htm
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My full name is Peter Arthur Charles Lawrance.
P.A.Cman.
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I am a photographer and have used a lot of Nikon Gear so I just used NikonGuy. I recently changed my name to RZ67 which is my all time favourite camera Mamiya RZ67 ... and no I will NEVER EVER change my name to CanonGuy, what does that tell you, lol.
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Because "SPUD" was taken. Spud was my call sign when I was aircrew in the Air Force. Magnet seems to fit as I attract flying metal.
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When trying to decide on a name, I noticed one of my bikes registration renewal notices laying on my desk which is BMW R1150GS shortened to BMWgs.
Fred
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Greg Debrődy
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/debrody/debrody.htm
Wow, a 26 kill ace in the Hungarian military, I had no idea!
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Tilt
a : to engage in a combat with lances : joust
b : to make an impetuous attack
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First initial and last name. I'm really not that creative :(
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Lazy1 = I thought that I was a Lazy bum for playing this annoying little game :D
Clueless = Cause it matches my fighting style and train of thought :D
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When I started playing AH I picked SAJ73, yes it is my initials and year of birth. :rolleyes:
But after flying with it for a few years I took a break from the game, and my account got deleted. When I finally came back I had to start a new account. Over the time as SAJ73 I got used to being called just SA for short, and I figured it would be smart to have a name that I could recognize in the heat of battle, but not SAJ73 because people always asked questions about what it meant and so on.... Instead of making an essay about it I'll tell the short version, Essay=SA and Essay73 was born. :D
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I am a photographer and have used a lot of Nikon Gear so I just used NikonGuy. I recently changed my name to RZ67 which is my all time favourite camera Mamiya RZ67 ... and no I will NEVER EVER change my name to CanonGuy, what does that tell you, lol.
Hey, I'm with ya on the Canon/ Nikon sentiments. If I ever again buy another high-end camera, it'll either be a Nikon or a Leica. And I have always loved the Mamiya medium format cameras. My youngest brother is a professional photographer, and he swears by Nikons. I own an all-black Nikon FE (circa 1981) that I love to use still today.
nooby52: when I came back to AH this last time, I had been away for so long that's what I felt like in here: a "nooby". "52" is my birth year;
south52: In years past in Air Warrior and in AH I had flown as "slimm", "slimm50", and "slim52". This last incarnation I decided on "south52" because I have always lived in the south (Alabama and now Texas). Plus...I'm not as "slim" as I used to be.
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I inherited mine from my daughters friend when he went in the Army in 2006 and I don't even know what R-105 means. It has something to do with heavy metal music I know nothing about. They had Aces High on my computer so I kept it. I have almost 20.000 perk points under R-105 so I ain't changing my name. I never played a video game in my like but this game is the most fun I ever had while never having to leave the house.
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Growing up in Las Vegas I was frequently the only white kid playing basketball at Lorenzi Park. I was pretty good at basketball and would surprise many with my abilities. I started out being called all manner of race-baiting terms in reference to being the only Caucasian for blocks around, certainly on the court. Ultimately the fact that I surprised so many....one day I took a much taller black guy to the hole, everyone laughed as I 'skooled him' and one of my buddies yelled at the top of his lungs "BOO!" From that moment on I was called "boo."
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After the big escape from the island and the loss of my son due to high altitude flying I decided to keep the name to honor his memory. It is also the reason I don;t cross 7K in alt often. It brings back bad memories :(
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Slade is a famous British band. Never made it really huge over in the USA but influenced MANY bands (Kiss to Van Halen). Known for their amazing live performances. Seen as one of the main originators of glam (but I dont hold that against them). :lol
Info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade)
Pre Glam Performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-E2GXTam6U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-E2GXTam6U)
You might have heard of this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cO_y9tmGC4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cO_y9tmGC4)
Also...I just think it is a cool name. :)
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Greg Debrődy
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/debrody/debrody.htm
That is awesome! I knew you liked flying the Hungarian skin, now I get the rest of the story. :salute
boo
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After the big escape from the island and the loss of my son due to high altitude flying I decided to keep the name to honor his memory. It is also the reason I don;t cross 7K in alt often. It brings back bad memories :(
Could you elaborate a bit on this. What island? Can I ask what happened to your son? :salute
boo
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Could you elaborate a bit on this. What island? Can I ask what happened to your son? :salute
boo
Its alooooong story and goes way back. He just would not listen!
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The Circle Change Up
The finest pitch in baseball, which I couldn't throw...seemed an appropriate name to use in a game that I can't play
"Marry a girl that makes you sleep on the couch if you strike out looking"
Baseballism
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Could you elaborate a bit on this. What island? Can I ask what happened to your son? :salute
boo
Boo....google the Greek story of Icarus
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Its alooooong story and goes way back. He just would not listen!
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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When I started Air Warrior back around 94 or 95 (in the AOL days), my Army callsign was Hammer 9. That was Hamr9 for a short time, then +HMR+. Became either oHAMMERo or xHAMMERx (can't remember, but was with x on the BBS) when I migrated to Aces High. Checked one day with Skuzzy and plain ol' Hammer was available, been that ever since.
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redctchr
The nickname of my combat brigade in 1968
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(http://i44.tinypic.com/jhshmv.jpg)
hmmmm... tinypic problemo
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Well my story is a very complicated one. But to cut the long story short its my real life name :lol
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After the big escape from the island and the loss of my son due to high altitude flying I decided to keep the name to honor his memory. It is also the reason I don;t cross 7K in alt often. It brings back bad memories :(
i thought your name was from this...
https://www.facebook.com/DedalosArtDolls (https://www.facebook.com/DedalosArtDolls) :D :neener:
the reasoning for my call sign should be fairly easy to figure out...
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i thought your name was from this...
https://www.facebook.com/DedalosArtDolls (https://www.facebook.com/DedalosArtDolls) :D :neener:
the reasoning for my call sign should be fairly easy to figure out...
Yep, you are on the list now :furious
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Boo....google the Greek story of Icarus
:old:
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First Name & Part of Last Name + 2. Old High school nickname. Use to go by Waystud, Waystin, etc. Kind of a real life Jeff Spicoli during my high school years....LOL :D
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Dedalos is Greek for "Drex Sucks."
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I've changed my name a few times over the year,even had a forced change way back when someone seemed to think I was using an inappropriate name,that cost me a couple thousand perks in each category.
So I was looking for a fitting name to "keep" and I was going to use "morphined" but it was 1 too many letters so as I was looking for a cool a vatar I saw morfiend,Hmm I thought,a fiend and morphine all rolled up into 1 so I took that and have kept it since 05/06.
Yes I've been on morphine for a long time because of a medical condition.
But hey atleast my wings didn't melt getting to close to the sun!!! a long time ago!!! :devil :rofl :rofl :rofl
:salute
PS: Ded it still amazes me that you can remember all this stuff that happened so long ago!
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(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/354/8/c/batfink_wallpapers_by_stevesumpton86.jpg)
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redctchr
The nickname of my combat brigade in 1968
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(http://i44.tinypic.com/jhshmv.jpg)
hmmmm... tinypic problemo
<S>
My father was 173rd...Ranger, 319th ABN Arty, Forward Observer 65-66 and again 68-69
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the reasoning for my call sign should be fairly easy to figure out...
Yepp, with Google and a bunch of online dictionaries. A single source can't be trusted...
I used to be a salesman for office equipment. Needed a nick for a net auction service and have been using it ever since. On many occasions someone else has had the same brilliant idea, so in many places I can be identified with my year of birth (62) added to the callsign.
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"Uptown" just sounds like a fighter pilots call sign to me. It has a cocky and arrogant ring to it which goes with the personalities of fighter pilots that I've met over the years. I recently changed my ingame name to OldNo7 as it's more fitting to me personally as in reality I'm just a backwoods southern redneck who likes to drink whiskey in the shade. No attitude, no ego and no funks given. :cheers:
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To me "Uptown" just sounds like a fighter pilots call sign to me. It has a cocky and arrogant ring to it which goes with the personalities of fighter pilots that I've met over the years. I recently changed my ingame name to OldNo7 as it's more fitting to me personally as in reality I'm just a backwoods southern redneck who likes to drink whiskey in the shade. No attitude, no ego and no funks given, with a deep and unabashed respect for those that plunder millions and jump out of airliners somewhere over the Pacific Northwest :cheers:
Fixed
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lol CU. Some guy from FA took that one while I was away or I'd probably be going by that one right now. :lol
P.S. and it was only a couple hundred grand......just enough to buy a farm and become TheAmish :D :noid
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lol CU. Some guy from FA took that one while I was away or I'd probably be going by that one right now. :lol
P.S. and it was only a couple hundred grand :D
Dodger, Muzik, you and I had a lot of fun with that for quite a while, lol. Great times
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i thought it was just a user name and had no bearing in the arena so I put nada thought into a cool name.
I must say some are hard to figure out when you have only seconds to give them a VOX check warning in the heat of a good furball.
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<S>
My father was 173rd...Ranger, 319th ABN Arty, Forward Observer 65-66 and again 68-69
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Tell the "Sky Soldier" welcome back and :salute
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guncrasher because in aw I was a very good gunner in deathstars but would always crash my airplane while landing.
semp
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First flight sim I played, 'Wily' was taken, so had to go with a variant. When I came over here I'd had it with this spelling for so long, I just kept it this way.
It's more or less because I aspire to beat people by mentally being enough moves ahead of them in the fight to beat them by guile, unfortunately what happens in reality often enough is I wind up at the bottom of a coyote-shaped hole in the ground. I can't take myself too seriously in this game and always liked looney tunes.
Wiley.
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I really enjoyed the original when it was released, so I shortened it for use as a game handle and have used it for most games ever since.
(http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad187/Dagamster/TwistedMetalUSCUS-94304-front.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/Dagamster/media/TwistedMetalUSCUS-94304-front.jpg.html)
tmetal
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Before I became disabled , I was a shipping manager for a large Printing company . Therefore Shipper ! I know not very imagining!!
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I really enjoyed the original when it was released, so I shortened it for use as a game handle and have used it for most games ever since.
(http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad187/Dagamster/TwistedMetalUSCUS-94304-front.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/Dagamster/media/TwistedMetalUSCUS-94304-front.jpg.html)
tmetal
Not that was a fine game back in the day
loved the sound track and idea behind it :rock
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I was PopPop in my early days of AH. Thats what my Grandkids would call me. But they have grown and I changed my bank one day forgeting to update my AH billing. Tried to log on one night unsuccessful so I had to reup with new credentials.
So I started with A clean Slate. :D
I also wanted a handle that was easy to say and understand over vox. Ever try to give a warning to someone with a long name or a #s guy? :headscratch:
Only problem I run into is getting confused with Slade as the names are quite similar.
It's ok you can pretend to be Slate's Shade Slade. :cool:
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IcePac was chosen in the late early 1990s as the login on my computer and eventually showed up online after I retired "quisp".
It came from a party where MTV was on the TV and somoene made fun of the fact that MTV became the "Tupac Channel" and someone else said "actually, it's the Ice Cube channel" and I added that I would switch my rap name from "snoopmarkymark MC Johnson" to "icepac" because it was obvious that name meant more than content.
I fly another sim as "higgns" commenting in character and have flown as "shwing" as well.
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Slate its all good sir. :salute
People on vox shout out Slate and sometimes I wonder which of us they are referring to. :rofl
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Before I became disabled , I was a shipping manager for a large Printing company . Therefore Shipper ! I know not very imagining!!
Shipper??? If you say so, and you should know... I immediately thought about shopping but then again, English isn't my native language so adding a missing vowel is for me almost like transliterated Hebrew.
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Shipper??? If you say so, and you should know... I immediately thought about shopping but then again, English isn't my native language so adding a missing vowel is for me almost like transliterated Hebrew.
lol I always thought the same thing.
semp
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Back in an old game i used to play from Novalogic "F-16 Multi-Role Fighter" friends called me the Grim-Reaper hence the name DeathScythe Shortned for AH "DethSyth"
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Shppr01 is my BBS name ! When I picked it , I tried to abbreviate it. That is how it came out !! in game it is actually shipper though . :x
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Shppr01 is my BBS name ! When I picked it , I tried to abbreviate it. That is how it came out !! in game it is actually shipper though . :x
No offence intended. But now that it has been published, I suppose you'd always be the #01 Shopper at least for Guncrasher and me here on the forums. Let's just hope we don't misread when giving a chk6 warning. :t
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Back in an old game i used to play from Novalogic "F-16 Multi-Role Fighter" friends called my the Grim-Reaper hence the name DeathScythe Shortned for AH "DethSyth"
dude what's up! :cheers: :cheers:
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No offence intended. But now that it has been published, I suppose you'd always be the #01 Shopper at least for Guncrasher and me here on the forums. Let's just hope we don't misread when giving a chk6 warning. :t
There was no offence at all !! :salute it is only spelled wrong on the bbs not ingame ! I don't get mad at things .. It's all good !!
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Random selection of letters in random order.
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Tell the "Sky Soldier" welcome back and :salute
Will do and you as well. I was going to go the same route but the Navy serves better food and OCS was easier, lol
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I've been an avid rock climber for over 20 years and a professional guide for about 17 of those years. Seemed like an easy callsign. I was told that I needed to change it to "chunks" after hurling in the back of a friends RV8 and leaving my personal mark on the interior. For what it's worth I managed to get chunks on both the pilots rudder pedals and the elevators! That was a record for me!
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CO 77th FS "Gamblers"
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I am a photographer and have used a lot of Nikon Gear so I just used NikonGuy. I recently changed my name to RZ67 which is my all time favourite camera Mamiya RZ67 ... and no I will NEVER EVER change my name to CanonGuy, what does that tell you, lol.
You prefer a straight machine gun package? :D
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dude what's up! :cheers: :cheers:
<S> for low graphics it was a fun game. at the time when i bought it new it was 20 bucks. man i wish games were like that nowadays.
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Used to be Stoliman because I drank too much.
When I gave that up I switched to Deke in honor of Deke Slayton, one of the original Mercury 7, and because it is one syllable and easy to say/hear on the radio.
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When I started playing Air Warrior back in the late 1980s you had to create your own in-plane color artwork (in my case, for an Amiga 1000 PC). Prior to learning the plane set, and thus in complete ignorance, I decided that the P51 was the plane for me. So, I bought a Squadron/Signal paperback on the P51 with color illustrations. I liked the color scheme on Major "Deacon" Hively's P51b, so I decided to use "The Deacon". This carried over to AH as "TDeacon". So there...
MH
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Because it is a kitchen utensil
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stainman is my name and crapping in my pants is my game.
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I used to watch a lot of Beavis and Butthead. uhhh huh huh huh :)
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Its from a song iKo iKo and have been iKo since 1995 Air warrior days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNSHPQj0W8 and its about to Indian tribes fighting and the words just happened to fit the game also like burning down flags and the chiefs all dress in green and Red like your home country.
My 1st hearing of it was done by the Grateful Dead witch i have seen many times :cool:
Words:
My grandma and your grandma were Sit-tin' by the fire. - My grandma told Your grandma "I'm gonna set your flag on fire."
Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! IKO, IKO, un-day Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-n?. - Jock-a-mo fee na-n?
Look at my king all dressed in red IKO, IKO, un-day. I betcha five dollars he'll kill you dead Jock-a-mo fee na-n?
Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! IKO, IKO, un-day Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-n?. - Jock-a-mo fee na-n?
My flag boy and your flag boy were Sit-tin' by the fire. - My flag boy told Your flag boy "I'm gonna set your flag on fire."
Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! IKO, IKO, un-day Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-n?. - Jock-a-mo fee na-n?
See that guy all dressed in green ? IKO, IKO, un-day. He's not a man He's a lov-in' machine Jock-a mo fee na-n?
Talk-in' 'bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! IKO, IKO, un-day Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-n?. - Jock-a-mo fee na-n?
"Iko Iko" is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two "tribes" of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title "Jock-A-Mo," was written in 1953 by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford in New Orleans. The story tells of a "spy boy" (i.e. a lookout for one band of Indians) encountering the "flag boy" or guidon carrier for another "tribe." He threatens to "set the flag on fire."
Crawford set phrases chanted by Mardi Gras Indians to music for the song. Crawford himself states that he has no idea what the words mean, and that he originally sang the phrase "Chock-a-mo," but the title was misheard by Chess Records and Checker Records president Leonard Chess, who misspelled it as "Jock-a-mo" for the record's release.
"Jock-a-mo" was the original version of the song "Iko Iko" recorded by The Dixie Cups in 1965. Their version came about by accident. They were in a New York City studio for a recording session when they began an impromptu version of "Iko Iko," accompanied only by drumsticks on studio ashtrays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iko_Iko
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Shifty was my pilot's callsign and the name of the A-10A I was Crew Chief on while in the 333rd FS at Davis Monthan AFB in the mid and late 80s.
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Shifty was my pilot's callsign and the name of the A-10A I was Crew Chief on while in the 333rd FS at Davis Monthan AFB in the mid and late 80s.
Your awesomness just went through the roof :old:
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Simple enough answer. 80th FS Ace "Corky" Smith bringing in his P38G single engine.
Considering how many times I do that if I get the 38 back at all, "CorkyJr' seemed appropriate.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/CorkyJr.jpg)
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Wanted something that was easy to remember and not overly common (although I have seen a few versions come and go from other players) and I didn't want a # callsign like "sixgun36" or something like that. Nothing more than that really.
PS it help to get a vox chk 6 call if your friends can pronounce your in-game id easily. It beats trying to say "Hey Clefanger guy? there is a Fw 190 coming down on" you to a player who's id is Clwfng56 and you are not sure hot to pronounce the darn thing. Pick something we can say fast over vox and we aren't left with a ??? feeling. ;)
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GhostCDB because I was in a squad named "Ghost" and CDB are my initials.
Original name was 3065, didn't think I would be into this game so I didn't bother making a legit name.
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, then +HMR+. Became either oHAMMERo or xHAMMERx (can't remember, but was with x on the BBS)
It was oHAMMERo, I'd cry out on the vox OHHAMMERNOOOO when you fell to the ground in a burning wreck. Happened a lot, so I remember it well :rofl
Mine is easy. Flies like a .... well you can figure it out.
<ROC> in AW, took the tags off in here.
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My first name was 5PointOh referring to the engine size in fox/SN-95 Mustangs. I've had quite a few over the years and just seemed right.
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My first 5.0, drag raced it all the way through high school and college. Traded it for a 91 GT
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5.0 #4 (Project Name: Stocker) 89 LX Coupe, lots of work done in the drivetrain and suspension. Also stripped of all sound deadening materials, A/C. 11.60 at 129mph 1/4ET
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5.0 #5 91 GT Meant to be a cruiser...didn't keep it long..
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5.0 #6 95 GT GT-40 Heads, Cam, Injectors, Mass Air, Throttle body, gears, and it was fat...3600...13.5s best the thing would do on radials. Sold it for a 93 Lightning
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#7 82 GT 331 GT-40 Alum heads, 650 carb, cam, intake, gears hopefully leaving this weekend to finance my Twin turbo Ranger build...
(http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s497/Coprhead/82%20GT/IMG_0838_zpscfcfcae3.jpg)
Then after an ex deleted my account "accidently" I became Coprhead (nasty snake and hair color for me)...seemed good at the time...
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Your awesomness just went through the roof :old:
Eh I just fixed em and launched em. I'm living proof anybody can do it. :aok
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When I first started flying online in Air Warrior in 1988, it asked for a handle. I didn't have anything in mind to use, and it seemed to me presumptuous to pick my own handle (lest I pick something above my station). Who knew where I'd end up? I was, after all, starting out as a lowly noob. So I just entered my first name. As I then became known by that handle, I didn't want to change it thereafter. So, I'm still "Brooke."
In the USAF, other guys pick your handle for you, so you don't always end up being called things like "Mr. Awesome" or "Combat King" and instead can get a handle like "Lumpy" or "Wobbles".
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You know, "Lumpy" or "Wobbles" could work well for WWII RAF pilots.
"Hello, Squadron Leader. How was it?"
"What ho, Squippy. Wobbles pranged his kite right in the 'how's your father.' Lumpy dicky birded, fell back on his sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harpers, and caught his can in the Berty!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKYL0tW-Ek
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Kinda wondering why you need wings with those gigantic ears up there :D
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extra lift, like a biplane!
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Started out as Phantom JG54 in AW in 1990, couldn't think of anything original, used to work on
these guys:
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Decided to go with Phan <after having cool names like 3488 and 6004>, later changed it to
another F4 nickname "Rhino" but had to shorten it to +Rino when I joined the Nomads. Went back
to Phan a couple of years after I got here.
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In the USAF, other guys pick your handle for you, so you don't always end up being called things like "Mr. Awesome" or "Combat King" and instead can get a handle like "Lumpy" or "Wobbles".
I was watching a Brokov special the other night where he was on the USS Stennis. One of the pilots last name was Purdy, his callsign was mouth. :lol
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It seems I'm late to the party as usual... :noid
My forum name is Dragon Tamer because that was the nickname given to me in high school (I used to draw some pretty bad bellybutton dragons).
DragonTamer didn't fit in the handle in game so rather than butcher it up into something that no one could read I went searching for a different name. I went with Player1 because in every other video game I had ever played I was always Player 1. You couldn't rename yourself to something else. I still use the name Player 1 for video games (whenever possible) and I still use the name Dragon Tamer for forums (whenever possible).
One thing I've noticed is that when it comes to people that like the name it's usually a 50/50 split. The guys who are a bit older tend to like it a bit more. The guys who grew up in the heyday of video games tend to think it's a pretty good throwback name. The younger kids tend be brats and say that it's a stupid name and lacks creativity... like naming yourself Rambo in every single FPS you play is creative... :rofl
I actually had a squaddie address me as Dragon Tamer in game the other day and I responded instantly... I haven't had someone speak the name Dragon Tamer to me in 3 years. :confused:
If anyone has a problem with my name they can kiss my dragon!
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You know, "Lumpy" or "Wobbles" could work well for WWII RAF pilots.
"Hello, Squadron Leader. How was it?"
"What ho, Squippy. Wobbles pranged his kite right in the 'how's your father.' Lumpy dicky birded, fell back on his sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harpers, and caught his can in the Berty!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKYL0tW-Ek
Fist fulla handles there, what? :D
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I'm also a big Clint Eastwood fan madrid311. This isn't one of his greatest movies, but I like the name. I was flying a set of B-17's a few years back and somebody commented on range
"Coogan's Buffs".
I might get back into the game, just to try and get a bomber squadron together. :)
Coogan
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At a now infamous military mess dinner, the base Colonel at the time and soon to be our country's future Chief of Defence, called out to me as I stumbled into a waiter and knocked over the dessert cart during his speech, "stick a Fork in that lad, he's done."
Kinda stuck with me for a while.... :D
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My initials are PHD and all my friends call me Doc...72 was the yr I was born. :D
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When ever I could punch in a name on a game I called myself Maddog Joe. When I started Air Warrior there was already a Maddog so I shortened it to MDJOE. Of course every one kept asking about free medical advice.... well until they tried what I suggested :devil I hung on to the name when I started here as there was a Maddog already grrrrrr. The whole time I was in the 444th Air Mafia and ran the squad for a number of years. We had a motto, "There is only one way out of the Mafia...." So when I stepped down I changed my name and became "The Fugitive". :D
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:rofl :rofl :rofl Its because im Nekked! I live in a house and smoke pot......a lot! :devil :devil :rock :rock :rock :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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There's something wrong with that boy :huh
I never would of guessed he was a pothead :rolleyes:
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What made me think of mine? Just the laugh i get when ever i shoot someone down or they shoot me down ......... System...UrSelf shot you down ...... System... You shot UrSelf down :neener:
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My parents met in 1943 at Lockheed Burbank, on the P38 assembly line. Mom worked on the gun cabinet & Dad worked on the nose gear. She would drop things, on or near him, so that he would have to hand them back up to her. She was flirting with him. By today's teminology I guess my mother was a "cougar".
As a kid growing up, I told my parents I wanted to fly a P38. Sadly they informed me that they didn't make them anymore.
Thanks to HTC I finally get to.
And so, since I only fly P38 Lightnings and my last name is Ryder, I came up with LtngRydr.
My noseart is Betty Page in a devil costume riding a lightning bolt
As for my BBS name that comes from a long time ago, about 50 years.
I was told that God does not make mistakes.
Therefore, I must be one of his experimental models that didn't make it into general production.
So I must be a 'lab rat'. the numbers are my birthday. :old:
Butch Ryder
LtngRydr
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The humor of the name. "You have been shot down by Tinkles". It's even more funny on the VOX when friendlies call a check then afterwards say "change your name man" :rofl
Tinkles
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+27
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My parents met in 1943 at Lockheed Burbank, on the P38 assembly line. Mom worked on the gun cabinet & Dad worked on the nose gear.
<Some Deleted>
As a kid growing up, I told my parents I wanted to fly a P38. Sadly they informed me that they didn't make them anymore.
Thanks to HTC I finally get to.
That's a wonderful story. :salute
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I'm Bald and I'm an Eagle
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A long time ago, there was a game called Wing Commander. You had to make up both a name and a call sign for your pilot. I liked the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (saw the cartoon version). So I gave my pilot the name Rick Tavi, and the call sign Mongoose.
So years later, I used the same call sign for my WWII pilot. When I was flying Warbirds, the call sign could only be six characters (at least, back then, I don't know about now), so I spelled it "mngoos". Not everyone figured it out. "Mongoose" fits just right here at Aces High.
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40 years ago my buddy introduced me to his dad as Fred. His father had lost most if his hearing in WWII and called me Frod by mistake. I've been Frod to many folks ever since then. Incidentally , my friend's father's hearing suffered flying fighters. 14 kills. For the Luftwaffe on the eastern front. He gladly surrendered to the Americans and lived in Florida for the next 45 years. I learned of this after his death . A humble, thankful immigrant. He never said a word and he never flew again.
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A long time ago, there was a game called Wing Commander. You had to make up both a name and a call sign for your pilot. I liked the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (saw the cartoon version). So I gave my pilot the name Rick Tavi, and the call sign Mongoose.
So years later, I used the same call sign for my WWII pilot. When I was flying Warbirds, the call sign could only be six characters (at least, back then, I don't know about now), so I spelled it "mngoos". Not everyone figured it out. "Mongoose" fits just right here at Aces High.
Il oved that story!
one of my favorites as a kid :aok
guess cobra woulnt work eh? :D
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Shane: A gun is a tool, Bob/Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.
Shane: You know, I like a man who watches things go on around. It means he'll make his mark someday.
Shane: Joey, there's no living with... with a killing. There's no going back from one. Right or wrong, it's a brand. A brand sticks.
Shane: A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mould. I tried it and it didn't work for me.
Joey: Shane! Come back!
“What a man knows isn’t important. It’s what he is that counts”
― Jack Schaefer, "Shane"
The book and the movie line up fairly well. The two quotes in red... SA and, yeah I'll come back. :devil Other than a lone guy coming in to "save the day" and riding off into the sunset... I can't claim to be like the character, lol. The first red quote stuck with me I guess.
Probably shoulda went with DQuixote... :noid
Before AH it was Oopsy (AW - FR) as in "Oopsy, did I do that?" and -->OP (AW - RR, Gravediggers)
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I chose Zoney because it is a nickname given to people from Arizona visiting San Diego which is our popular vacation spot.
I played with that name for 20 years.
Then, I wanted a change and wanted to make a commitment to JG11 and Luftwaffe pilots. I wanted to also make the commitment to Luftwaffe aircraft exclusively. So I chose Hartmann, the greatest ace the world has ever seen with over 350 kills, and a survivor of WWII. Frankly I was shocked when I typed in "Hartmann" checking for available names and it was there. Grabbed it, shoved it inside my jacket and ran from the store.
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I have had to many IDs to count but Tracerfi was suppose to be Tracerfire but at the time i did not know of he 8 character rule so i just left out the re because i could not think of Anything else. And the call sign i have now is Wespe which a heard is German for Wasp (not sure if that is true) but i like it :cheers:
Wespe
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<------Somebody has to be the number dweeb! <S>
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During 1997, I friend showed me Air Warrior. I picked "hap" because it's one syllable. Had the name ever since albeit with a few variation here and there.
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Mine is a reference to a book character, Heinrich Jager.
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Long ago, on the largest moon of the planet Neptune, there was a meeting of the supreme Triton council. Weeks of deliberation concluded that all Triton's should be differentiated numerically. A game of Twister was commenced to decide who would have the lowest number. Triton1 was the victor. I came in a dismal 28th. :cry
:salute T1, sir.
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My BBS user name is what I was called when I worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, my in game name "Kenai77" is the name of the town Kenai in Alaska, where we moved to in 1977. :D
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My last name is Schenher, while overseas a Warrant that I worked for and greatly admired started calling me schen after one op and it stuck, I admired him because of his leadership style he earned his respect not expected it, was fair and tough, I was proud to have served with him. now its a nickname more then anything and what I choose as my handle.
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Well since my dad and I have always shared an account we had to agree on a call sign. We have a '89 challenger ski boat with the name Barefoot running along the side. So for the last 12 years I've been bfoot1 :cheers:
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You can probably figure it out without me telling you.
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I chose Zoney because it is a nickname given to people from Arizona visiting San Diego which is our popular vacation spot.
I played with that name for 20 years.
Then, I wanted a change and wanted to make a commitment to JG11 and Luftwaffe pilots. I wanted to also make the commitment to Luftwaffe aircraft exclusively. So I chose Hartmann, the greatest ace the world has ever seen with over 350 kills, and a survivor of WWII. Frankly I was shocked when I typed in "Hartmann" checking for available names and it was there. Grabbed it, shoved it inside my jacket and ran from the store.
:aok
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I was Umbra8 when I first started flying AH, inspired by a book I had read recently
But after my first week or so, being on ventrilo with squaddies etc, it just seemed weird being called 'Umbra' and not what I have used in every other computer game and what has been my real life nickname for years and years
so...coombzy (my last name is Coombes irl)
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I was Umbra8 when I first started flying AH, inspired by a book I had read recently
But after my first week or so, being on ventrilo with squaddies etc, it just seemed weird being called 'Umbra' and not what I have used in every other computer game and what has been my real life nickname for years and years
so...coombzy (my last name is Coombes irl)
Zack said it was squater :old:
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Zack said it wad squater :old:
:rofl
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I get quickly surrounded by the sound of incoming enemy fire, in either 2:1 5:1 or 7:1 ;)
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I get quickly surrounded by the sound of incoming enemy fire, in either 2:1 5:1 or 7:1 ;)
and here you're even digital...win!!! :D
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I get quickly surrounded by the sound of incoming enemy fire, in either 2:1 5:1 or 7:1 ;)
hahaha nice.. :lol
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I get quickly surrounded by the sound of incoming enemy fire, in either 2:1 5:1 or 7:1 ;)
DTS>Dolby :devil
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My full name is Peter Arthur Charles Lawrance.
P.A.Cman.
ok, if I can just get your Social and a credit Card number I'll buy you something special :D
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Afflatus :cool:
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mines easy, just my real name :lol
During 1997, I friend showed me Air Warrior. I picked "hap" because it's one syllable. Had the name ever since albeit with a few variation here and there.
an ex coworkers nick name was Hap, was short for Happy, because he was always happy no matter what the circumstances, even his work shirts had Happy on them :lol
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Random selection of letters in random order.
No, you are in the group W bench. :D
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I like RedBull.
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I recall when signing up for AH trying half a dozen names which were all taken. Greebo was the first name I tried that wasn't taken and is a character in Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy Discworld novels, something I was in to at the time. He is a fierce, one-eyed, evil-tempered house cat that even the local wolves are afraid of. I guess its become more apt since I settled on the Hellcat as my ride of choice.
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I'm not one of those hot dog pilots. I am THE Hot Dog Man himself!- Gordo Cooper
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Mercury_Suit_Gordon_Cooper.jpg/220px-Mercury_Suit_Gordon_Cooper.jpg)
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If any of u have played ace combat on the ps2. I picked my name from the ps2 aircraft on there which i flew alot.the f35raptor..
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I get quickly surrounded by the sound of incoming enemy fire, in either 2:1 5:1 or 7:1 ;)
I hear ya "G" :D
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is that tom cruise? :D
semp
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Chose my name because scorpions are natures way of saying: "Screw you, i'm combining lobsters, spiders, wasps and nightmares into one creature."
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No, you are in the group W bench. :D
I got good and drunk the night before, so I looked and felt my best when I went in that morning. `Cause I wanted to look like the all-American kid from **********, man I wanted, I wanted to feel like the all-, I wanted to be the all American kid from **********, and I walked in, sat down, I was hung down, brung down, hung up, and all kinds o' mean nasty ugly things. And I waked in and sat down and they gave me a piece of paper, said, "Kid, see the phsychiatrist, room 604."
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is that tom cruise? :D
semp
Haha Semp. :lol
No, but it is an F5.
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My wife always tells me to keep my paws off her so much I thought it was my name. :headscratch:
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My wife always tells me to keep my paws off her so much I thought it was my name. :headscratch:
That's serious! My daughters thought their full names were P***a Don't and S****a Don't until they went to school.
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That's serious! My daughters thought their full names were P***a Don't and S****a Don't until they went to school.
I thought my name was toejam head until I started school
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1st nic was natorino, got that when i was 16 when i saved all my money up that summer and bought my 1970 ford torino, one night after we were unloading hay wagons my good friend said to me "natorino" my first name is Nate.
I had that nic when i played nascar racing 2003, rfactor, bf2, and when i first started ah2.
Now it is CobraJet because some day I'm going to build a 500+ cubic inch 429 cobra jet monster for my torino :cheers:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/natorino/cobra2_zps5225aea5.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/natorino/media/cobra2_zps5225aea5.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/natorino/Mikes184.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/natorino/media/Mikes184.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/natorino/cobrajet.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/natorino/media/cobrajet.jpg.html)
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1st nic was natorino, got that when i was 16 when i saved all my money up that summer and bought my 1970 ford torino, one night after we were unloading hay wagons my good friend said to me "natorino" my first name is Nate.
I had that nic when i played nascar racing 2003, rfactor, bf2, and when i first started ah2.
Now it is CobraJet because some day I'm going to build a 500+ cubic inch 429 cobra jet monster for my torino :cheers:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/natorino/cobra2_zps5225aea5.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/natorino/media/cobra2_zps5225aea5.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/natorino/Mikes184.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/natorino/media/Mikes184.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/natorino/cobrajet.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/natorino/media/cobrajet.jpg.html)
Sweet man.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/312537_276132545754763_570312788_n.jpg)
That's my brother's Torino ( 12K miles, original paint)! between my ole Charger and our friends Cyclone.
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my old call sign was fudmukkr. I was going to use mud f***r but since this is a was a family game, I thought I would switch a few letters :banana:
I guess the censor police changed my reply lol
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In game name is muttman. I am in the US Border Patrol and at the time I started the game I was a canine handler/instructor.
Muttman
The Sick Puppies
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In another game I was Dane-- do to my Danish ancestry.
When I came here it was taken. I was paging through the dictionary watching "The Chronicles of Riddik" looking for a name when this line came up.
"Don't know about this new crew of yours. They seem a bit skittish. Probably shouldn't tell them what happened to the last crew."
Do to my erratic flying figured it was perfect.
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I got good and drunk the night before, so I looked and felt my best when I went in that morning. `Cause I wanted to look like the all-American kid from **********, man I wanted, I wanted to feel like the all-, I wanted to be the all American kid from **********, and I walked in, sat down, I was hung down, brung down, hung up, and all kinds o' mean nasty ugly things. And I waked in and sat down and they gave me a piece of paper, said, "Kid, see the phsychiatrist, room 604."
Shrink, I wanna kill.
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Right now....... BASTID.
Because I am. Frack Off.
My old call sign promised to never ever come back.... So here we are.
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1st nic was natorino, got that when i was 16 when i saved all my money up that summer and bought my 1970 ford torino, one night after we were unloading hay wagons my good friend said to me "natorino" my first name is Nate.
I had that nic when i played nascar racing 2003, rfactor, bf2, and when i first started ah2.
Now it is CobraJet because some day I'm going to build a 500+ cubic inch 429 cobra jet monster for my torino :cheers:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/natorino/cobra2_zps5225aea5.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/natorino/media/cobra2_zps5225aea5.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/natorino/Mikes184.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/natorino/media/Mikes184.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd313/natorino/cobrajet.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/natorino/media/cobrajet.jpg.html)
as a ford ford dealership parts manager and a ford enthuiest <--probably spelled wrong i love fords
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I would marry Cobrajet but he is taken :cry
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i used to play "peter jacobsons golden tee golf"on line and another player used to say i play like a lunatic-so i changed it to lunatic1-then it was ltarlun-then changed it to lunatic.
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i used to play "peter jacobsons golden tee golf"on line and another player used to say i play like a lunatic-so i changed it to lunatic1-then it was ltarlun-then changed it to lunatic.
I miss the Ltars. :cry Many good GV fights for sure. :aok
Oh and you crazy. :D
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My forum handle was also my in-game handle. Widewing comes from the name of Warren Bodie's publishing company. At the time, I was doing research and co-writing with Warren. So, I adopted Widewing.
After several years as an Aces High Trainer, I took a short break from the game. When I returned, I changed my handle to Tredlite, as it appears on the vanity plate on my Jeep JK. Simple, really.
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When I started AH in tour 51, I was ddragon since dragon was taken. I took a short break and came back as ledragon till the Dayton gathering in 2009 (I think) when I did all the cooking and it was requested I change my name to Chef. When the Spartan Warriors accepted me I changed to SWchef.
Since we have SWdrgn in our squad, even after all these years I still have to think when we get our assignments that I am not drgn. :uhoh
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In Warbirds I went by the callsign Flyhii. I also went by this callsign the 1st time I signed on to AH.
The second time I opened an AH account I had "grown" some so Pudgie was appropriate.................. .
:D
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been playing as pattonjr for a little more then 8 years now had to modify do not playin for 9 or so months to pattonlg
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I like RedBull.
I went to the RedBull air races once with my wife and a friend. Our section had an endless supply of free RedBull. At one point, my friend is fidgeting around and says, "I feel sort of clammy and twitchy." "How many of those did you have?" asks my wife. "About seven," says my friend.
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1st time I made an account in 2000 was 2 days after booting up the 1st PC I ever owned. When the game asked for a CS this was news to me. I looked over at the toolbox still sitting on the floor from installing a new phone line (and still on 56K today).
I remembered when I was just starting out as an electricians helper 10 years earlier. I was told we had to cut some 4" ridged for sleeves in foundation walls.
The electrician I was working under said he would be right back. He did not tell my where or why he was going. When he returned with an electric bandsaw and cords, I had already cut 2 with my hacksaw. He started calling me by that. Had trouble lifting 12 OZ that night though.
Guess what was laying on top of my tool box day 1 of my AH addiction.
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Some of these stories for names are really creative, obvious for some (but i bet there is a story in those somewhere) and fun! Great community we have here people. Great reading. Thanks for sharing with the new guy.....peace
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BangsBox :banana:
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I grew up in the 82ND Airborne Division and am a Master Parachutist. Back in the day we used to joke that if you had a malfunction, you were nothing more than a dirt dart. That and the fact that the Air Force seemed to like trees more than sand, falling out of an airplane under a t-10, you are not steering, a dirt dart.
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Was 5 years old, watched Titanic (without the rated R scene of course), at the same time, I started playing online games. 5 year old me put up whatever was in his mind at the time. Titanic happened to be it. Obviously, someone has already used it, tried Titanic1, didn't work. Tried Titanic2, didn't work. Titanic3? ding ding ding. Then it just stuck and I've been using Titanic3 for pretty much every game I play.
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My real nick name is Pepper so I wanted to use that as a cs. Since Pepper was taken I decided to go with Pepprr, I thought it would be more girly anyway... :D
After how many years of playing this game I still get called sir. :uhoh
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My real nick name is Pepper so I wanted to use that as a cs. Since Pepper was taken I decided to go with Pepprr, I thought it would be more girly anyway... :D
After how many years of playing this game I still get called sir. :uhoh
BTW Pepprr is the spitting image of Pepper Potts from "Iron Man".
Just sayin.............
Just throwin that out there....................
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Yes Zoney...the "spitting image"... :D
I think you might need new glasses.. :headscratch:
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The Red Queen of Spitfires. :aok
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In 1996 :old:, I was sitting at my desk with my stereo system on behind my chair trying to think of ID name for Air Warrior (1996-2001) Being a huge drum corps fan, after a while of pondering, I came up with "27th" because I was listening to 1980 performance of the 27th Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps from Revere, MA.
I was also x27thx and JB27 for two years.
:salute
27th
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Started as Hoplite in 2008, primarily because I have been studing ancient warfare since I fell in love with the subject while researching a report for 8th grade social studies.
Around 2010 I started flying in the DA almost excusively...my job's work/life balance was kinda slanted towards work/no life. I decided the quick and mindless fight atmosphere of the DA better suited me as my free time was limited. During my DA days, I started to get tired of Hoplite because most people either called me "Hoppy" on vox or would mispronounce it as "Hope-light". Didn't mind Hoppy so much, but I always envisioned some kid on a pogo-stick whenever it came up. :D
I changed jobs in 2011 and found I had more free time to devote to Aces High. As such I decided to return to the MAs and felt a change was needed....so I went with Fulcrum as I have always loved the look of the MIG-29. I changed my name to AKFulcrm when I joined the Arabian Knights.
I recently changed my name to AKBandit as part of a squadron inside joke....my squadron forum avatar is the picture of Burt Renyolds from "Smokey and the Bandit" below:
(http://www.floridatransam.com/pictures/trans%20am%20website/black%20trans/33_smokey_bandit_340.jpg)
:lol
FYI - I'll likely go back to the Fulcrum/AKFulcrm tag eventially.... ;)
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Drinking a bottle of Molson Ice and loved the Molson Beer so Much my friend's started calling me Molsman so that is how my name was born in the Aw days
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Being a huge drum corps fan
My wife would give you a big <S>! She's an ex-band person who is a fan of drum and bugle. When we watch college football, she gets mad when they cut away from the band for more talking heads. :)
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I had never played online games before AH, still havent played any others... but I logged in and found that I had somehow named myself 031598.... my daughters birthday... I played as 03 for a long time then I decided I wanted a real name, so my daughter was sitting next to me and she said, well daddy, planes fly in the sky, and you play rock music, so why not SkyRock!!! I told her is was a great choice.... So I changed my name to SkyRock and teh owning commenced soon afterwards!!!!!!!! :rock
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Being a huge drum corps fan
Same, my wifee was a Freelancer in Sacramento, tossed rifles before they got all flaggy and dancy :cheers:
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I had never played online games before AH, still havent played any others... but I logged in and found that I had somehow named myself 031598.... my daughters birthday... I played as 03 for a long time then I decided I wanted a real name, so my daughter was sitting next to me and she said, well daddy, planes fly in the sky, and you play rock music, so why not SkyRock!!! I told her is was a great choice.... So I changed my name to SkyRock and teh owning commenced soon afterwards!!!!!!!! :rock
Ah yes, I remember the highly inebriated 031 on our squad channel. That was a hoot :lol
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Started as Hoplite in 2008, primarily because I have been studing ancient warfare since I fell in love with the subject while researching a report for 8th grade social studies.
Around 2010 I started flying in the DA almost excusively...my job's work/life balance was kinda slanted towards work/no life. I decided the quick and mindless fight atmosphere of the DA better suited me as my free time was limited. During my DA days, I started to get tired of Hoplite because most people either called me "Hoppy" on vox or would mispronounce it as "Hope-light". Didn't mind Hoppy so much, but I always envisioned some kid on a pogo-stick whenever it came up. :D
I changed jobs in 2011 and found I had more free time to devote to Aces High. As such I decided to return to the MAs and felt a change was needed....so I went with Fulcrum as I have always loved the look of the MIG-29. I changed my name to AKFulcrm when I joined the Arabian Knights.
I recently changed my name to AKBandit as part of a squadron inside joke....my squadron forum avatar is the picture of Burt Renyolds from "Smokey and the Bandit" below:
(http://www.floridatransam.com/pictures/trans%20am%20website/black%20trans/33_smokey_bandit_340.jpg)
:lol
FYI - I'll likely go back to the Fulcrum/AKFulcrm tag eventially.... ;)
You were Hoplite?? Oh my. The good ole days of Adog31st, BrkArow and Spacy. Remember Wilbur? The DA Tempest base vulched?
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How does one change their name in game?
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Hmmm. Well, being highly original I chose my first CPID based on my initials - MWL. Of course no one in the squad I eventually joined could pronounce a 'word' with no vowels. Eventually the Squad Leader, K gave up and said, "I'm just gonna call you Mole." As I was fairly new at the time, it sounded right - as I couldn't see or shoot straight (and still can't BTW!). I have kept it since.
Regards,
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How does one change their name in game?
in the oclub
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I'm Bald and I'm an Eagle
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Great story!
Someone had to say it.
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You were Hoplite?? Oh my. The good ole days of Adog31st, BrkArow and Spacy. Remember Wilbur? The DA Tempest base vulched?
Yup....I thought you knew I was once Hoplite. A great tag....even if the majority of players would say something like:
"um....check 6...uh....Hope-lite, is it??"
:frown:
I do indeed remember Adog, BrkArow, Spacy and Wilbur....as well as Zero7, Rowdy1, TA57x and Tachyon. Most of 'em are still in the DA to this day....how they avoid getting bored with the mindlessness of the fights is beyond me. That being said, I still go to the DA to practice ideas I have or new planes.
I was in the DA last night flying low in the middle of Furball Lake practicing many on 1 avoidance. I always find it amusing to film and watch the usual assortment of DAers miss me in their Spit16s, LA7s and (now) Yak3s while flying in a P39 on the edge of a stall. :joystick: :rofl
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Yup....I thought you knew I was once Hoplite. A great tag....even if the majority of players would say something like:
"um....check 6...uh....Hope-lite, is it??"
:frown:
I do indeed remember Adog, BrkArow, Spacy and Wilbur....as well as Zero7, Rowdy1, TA57x and Tachyon. Most of 'em are still in the DA to this day....how they avoid getting bored with the mindlessness of the fights is beyond me. That being said, I still go to the DA to practice ideas I have or new planes.
I was in the DA last night flying low in the middle of Furball Lake practicing many on 1 avoidance. I always find it amusing to film and watch the usual assortment of DAers miss me in their Spit16s, LA7s and (now) Yak3s while flying in a P39 on the edge of a stall. :joystick: :rofl
Oh yes. They haven't figured out how to slow down in there.
Arrow left when we all did....he's been with the Pigs forever and I haven't seen Wilbur but I catch a glimpse of the others every now and then.
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Oh yes. They haven't figured out how to slow down in there.
Oh...some have but most (sadly) have not. Tachyon, for example, gave up flying Tempests all the time.....he now flies Ar234s over from the bomber ranges to furball lake and gets kills with the tailgun. :rolleyes:
*shrug* To each their own, I guess...
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Joachim was taken which is my last name.... So I made it better with JOACH1M :ahand
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Mine was homage to the A6, but works another way because I like to BnZ furballs and pick low S/A pilots. It's only 6 characters because I played Fighter Pilot (how many of you remember that Hitech game?) then Warbirds.
Ntrudr
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I am enjoying all these explanations! Now it's great when I see a fellow pilot I have an idea of what your story is. Let's see........warhorse, flybaby and pinky were former names I have used in the past in airattack. warhorse and flybaby were names of attack gliders in a Schofield novel. And pinky was the name of my favorite penguin I trained in the movie,poppers penguins. Peace
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I am enjoying all these explanations! Now it's great when I see a fellow pilot I have an idea of what your story is. Let's see........warhorse, flybaby and pinky were former names I have used in the past in airattack. warhorse and flybaby were names of attack gliders in a Schofield novel. And pinky was the name of my favorite penguin I trained in the movie,poppers penguins. Peace
So you would be Larry Madrid of Birds & Animals Unlimited in Acton California?
(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Danny_Winters/tumblr_ln27f9emoF1qbgaygo1_500.gif~original)
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:huh yes. And you would be..........? Former air attack pilot? Viper, warrior? :salute
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CIA pilots...Scorpion bite survivors....game developers....now a penguin trainer. I am in the midst of greatness.
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Mine is quite simple really...
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FlatIron Crash Rescue, Ft Rucker, Alabama 1970 to 72
see avatar to left
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Mine is quite simple really...
a ball of hair a cat threw up?
j/k :aok
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a ball of hair a cat threw up?
j/k :aok
:rofl :rofl
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CIA pilots...Scorpion bite survivors....game developers....now a penguin trainer. I am in the midst of greatness.
I didn't know scorpions could bite.
:bolt:
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From my favorite band, Aztec Two Step....google em, you might like.
Lead Singer Rex Fowler grew up a couple towns away from me and I had the good fortune to briefly share the stage with him about a year ago.
The dream of a lifetime!
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I didn't know scorpions could bite.
:bolt:
DOH!! :bhead
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I didn't know scorpions could bite.
:bolt:
They have mouths.
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:huh yes. And you would be..........? Former air attack pilot? Viper, warrior? :salute
nope, none of those things.. I'm an intelligence analyst.
I wasn't meaning disrespect, I think its cool your an animal trainer :salute
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Ah........I was thinking along those lines bluberry nice gif by the way. :aok
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I wasn't meaning disrespect, I think its cool your an animal trainer :salute
It's interesting -- how did you deduce that?
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It's interesting -- how did you deduce that?
deduce that he was an animal trainer? .. he stated that he trained penguins for a film... :salute
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Ah........I was thinking along those lines bluberry nice gif by the way. :aok
Thank you sir :)
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deduce that he was an animal trainer? .. he stated that he trained penguins for a film... :salute
Oh, I didn't see that part. All I saw was a guy with a BB name "Madrid311", and you come up with an ID. I thought, "Wow!" :aok
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Oh, I didn't see that part. All I saw was a guy with a BB name "Madrid311", and you come up with an ID. I thought, "Wow!" :aok
;)
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I'm an intelligence analyst.
you're in the wrong place... :noid
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How did I get this handle? I use to be some kind of Firefighter/paramedic named pilot, but after a little while of flying with 4th FG Debden Boys, Knife and Magoo decided that I had the personality of Eeyore. My friend who use to fly under the name Styrene, agreed with them. Like any decent name, mine was given to me. :airplane:
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you're in the wrong place... :noid
:lol