Explain Your Username

[brokenknee]

I have been lurking for a couple of weeks now, just joined today. When I join a new forum my first post is explain your username as a way to introduce myself. On another forum I frequent someone started a similar thread and you find out some interesting things about people.

I will start; brokenknee, I didn't really start reading and participating in forums until a couple of summers ago when I fell off a ladder pulled some 2X8s down on top of me, one hit my knee just right (or wrong) breaking my lower tibia plateau.

I was off work for 4 months with very little I could do. So when I joined my first forum I thought my surgery scare would make a good avatar. so I became brokenkee.

I am fine now and back to work. Thank God for insurance; surgery came to almost $50K. I was also lucky enough to have purchased disability insurance through work.

 

[RoyJackson]

I guess my username needs no explanation.

 

[PILOON]

I live on a lake called Lake Pilon, named, no doubt after a Mr Pilon who is supposidly the surveyer that subdevided the then unnamed lake.

We have lots of loons here hence the name PILOON

 

[mburke121]

Welcome to TBN.

My username is the result of my stupidity - I didn't realize I was entering my first initial and last name as the name to be displayed on all future posts when I joined TBN. I tried to change it, but couldn't figure that out, either. I guess since Roy uses his name, it's really no big deal, but I would have rather have had some cool handle, like brokenknee.

 

[Big Bri]

Mine is just my nick name from high school.

 

[CurlyDave]

Just like a very large guy is sometimes nicknamed "Tiny" by his friends, a mostly bald guy can be called "Curly".

And that is the true story of how I came to be called "CurlyDave".

 

[Johndeere3720]

Ive just always liked seat time on my Dad's 3720 so it kinda seemed like a good user name.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

It took years to learn how to spell and write mine so I just keep using it over and over vs. trying to learn a different one:thumbsup:.

 

[Cami]

Brokenknee, I had a brain fart and kept thinking "wounded knee" as I read your post and was assuming you were First Nations.

Cami is pretty obvious with me being Cameron. It started years ago with some Filipino coworkers. I always wondered if cami sounded like something funny in Tagalog.

 

[D7E]

The day i signed up on here i had just dragged home a Cat D7E from the bush that needed a bit of TLC and an engine rebuild ..! First thing on my mind ..lol

 

[Eagleview]

In dedication to an ancestor whom I'm very proud of .

 

[mustangsallysdad]

I am fortunate enough to be "owned" by the absolute best dog in the world...Mustang Sally, or Sally...aka "the Boss". She goes everywhere I go on foot, tractor, or truck. She weighs 75 lbs. but thinks she's a lap dog. The "Boss" comes from her propensity to investigate and inspect every ongoing project. She is extremely intelligent (Golden Retriever) and is an excellent bird dog as well (flushes, points and retrieves). She refuses to come to bed at night until she has been allowed out to make her rounds about the house and "curtiledge" and make sure all is okay. I am up at 4:15 AM typing this because she awakened me at around 3:30 because my blood sugar was dropping...yeah, she's that smart or has some extra sense or something. Gotta love my dog.

 

[Army grunt]

I served in the Army as a Infantry sq. leader the term "Grunt" was the sound we would make when we put on our gear (sometimes it was 70 lbs.)Although some might think its a put down, trust me having served as a grunt in nam in 66-67 seeing my share of combat has always been something to be proud of.
Army Grunt

 

[farmeratheart]

Good thread! I have been an analytical chemist for the last 28 years. Grew up on my parents dairy farm in northern NY in the '70's. No matter where life has taken me since then I have had vegetable gardens of various sizes and made friends in the ag community. These days I help out a local dairy farmer with everything from barn repair to tractor field work. I guess I'll always be a Farmer-at-Heart ...

 

[s78wingrider]

Guess we got this puter about the same time I got my first 78 Goldwing, 78 wingrider didn't work, so I added S for my 2 nicknames. Aaron

 

[Thomas]

Just kept it simple.

 

[lhfarm]

The "lh" stands for Lawson Hill, the name we gave to the farm after we took it over from my in-laws. My FIL always called the place "the hill" and we wanted to name the place and to honor him. Since my post are mostly about this place, I thought it would be a good ID.

The lower case L is often confused with an I and people assume it is IH - as in International. Otherwise it has worked well.

Thanks for asking.

 

[magicheater]

Magicheater is the name of a hybrid masonry stove I built on top of a Lopi woodstove. Used it for many years before installing a boiler and in floor heat.

 

[Grand_Pooba]

Grand Pooba was what the other dads called me back in my Cubmaster days. I believe it came from the leader of the water buffalo lodge from the flintstones.

 

[George2615]

Mine's simple too. First name and model of tractor.