What does everybody's USER ID's on AT Forums mean and how did you pick it?

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Motorheader

Diamond Member
Sep 3, 2000
3,682
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Late 70's - early 80's. Lots of crap on the airwaves being drilled into your head like you needed to hear "Dust in the Wind" or "Staying Alive" again - ever.

I was listening to a Toronto station that played the widest variety of music I had ever heard. Elvis Costello, The Monks, The Sex-Pistols, The Pretenders, Squeeze, AC-DC, and things like that.

Then it hit me like a two by four across the forehead. It just reached right up, grabbed you by the ears and said "TAKE THAT!!". The melodic overtones of Lemmy himself and his band MOTORHEAD. The voice of 4 packs of smokes a day and chewing on fiberglass - music to my ears. Been hooked ever since. Wife says don't or can't understand it, that it is rather juvenile now, but I'm still a "Motorheader" none the less.
 

Cable God

Diamond Member
Jun 25, 2000
3,251
0
71
I used to work for AT&T@Home and always kept the local system running as fast and efficient as it could, not to mention get a better budget to work with = more bandwidth for the Columbus,GA @Home subscribers. I was nicknamed CableGod after doing it a few times by the guys there. Too bad it's went downhill since I left after not getting a raise for 3 years....
 

dcdomain

Diamond Member
Jan 30, 2000
5,158
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71
For all you cartoon lovers... check out this site: http://www.yesterdayland.com brought back a lot of good memories.

D and C are my initials. That was my nickname in high school... when I was trying to come up with a name for my site back then, I chose domain... since it's sort of my place on the web. So DCDOMAIN is the name of my site, my name here, my AIM name... and almost everything else I can think of.
 

HaVoC

Platinum Member
Oct 10, 1999
2,223
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This is my handle I use for Quake which I picked because I like to think I cause havoc in the game. :)
 

Muerto

Golden Member
Dec 26, 1999
1,937
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Muerto is spanish for death. I started using it when I first played DOOM. The name sorta stuck after that. :)
 

qacwac

Senior member
Oct 12, 2000
408
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I wanted something catchy and easy to remember (so you guys could always remember my religious views) and something that I could type wiht just my left hand and keep my right on the mouse. Of course I automatically log in now so it doesn't make too big of a difference.
 

WetSprocket

Senior member
Mar 13, 2000
543
0
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My favorite band is Toad the Wet Sprocket. I was the only one of my friends that listened to them, so they call me Sprocket. They are one of the reasons I started playing guitar.
 

yakko

Lifer
Apr 18, 2000
25,455
2
0
I don't have a nickname.:(

Elita1,

I used to watch those cartoons myself. I still watch cartoons now as well. I think Batman Beyond is pretty damn cool. Which Voltron toy did he get the cars or the lions?
 

SexEPid

Platinum Member
Aug 1, 2000
2,115
0
0
Just ask GF.
I am SexE, and my nick name is "Pid" from the last name "Pidwinski"

Pid, TYRP
 

TonyH

Elite Member
Administrator
Jan 20, 2000
3,979
11
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First name, first initial of my last name.
I would have preferred just my first name, but someone else had already taken it, posted twice over year ago, and has never been heard from since.
oh well.
 

Teatowel

Senior member
Sep 22, 2000
496
1
81

I used to wear a red and white check scarf, like an Arab scarf. My girlfriend, the first time I ever met her, laughed cos she thought I was wearing a teatowel. Name stuck.
 

thereds

Diamond Member
Apr 4, 2000
7,886
0
0
thereds - the red devils
nickname of Manchester United Football Club from Manchester, England.
I have supported them for 9 years now.
 

veryape

Platinum Member
Jun 13, 2000
2,433
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Mine is the name of a song from my favorite late alternative /punk rock band,NIRVANA. My favorite line from the song is "if you ever need anything,please don't hesitate to ask someone else first". That line sometimes reflects the way I feel towards people who pretend to be my friend to get what they want.
 

Schola

Golden Member
Oct 9, 1999
1,479
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76
Well I was a big Diablo player. I mean like every day after school for hours upon hours, and the only cast I would play was the warrior cast. And in Latin the clost thing to warrior that I knew of was the word Schola. So I just adopted that.


Schola
 

wolf550e

Golden Member
May 22, 2000
1,370
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the translation of my name to english is Wolf and my cpu is an Intel Pentium III 550E
no, i will not change my nick when i will eventualy upgrade... (has been asked in the last nick tread)