What's your screen name?

[Scrambler82]

I own an after market 1982 Jeep Scrambler.
Been in the building stage for quite a while, finish it someday.

[JonnyReb]

  When i was 8, we moved from upstate N.Y. to middle of nowhere N.C.. Was hard for me to fit in as southern prejedice against the "Yanks" was still pretty strong. Did the best i could and after awhile made some friend who spent all their time either hunting, fishing, riding horses and later dirt bike...by 16 it was jacked up 4 wheel drives. One of my buddies had a 79 Chevy that had been lifted 6" at least..he'd often fly 2 big rebel flags off the back, 3'x4' probably. Couldn't miss it. Dad was home one evening as we pulled down the driveway from a weekend camping trip, when i hopped out he said " well, Johnnyreb came marching home" or something to that effect. I was kinda proud of that and never forgot it. Became my online name 10 or so years later when computers became common although i did mangle the spelling a bit as i was really a yankee and knew it 

[only1harry]

NC hey?  Were any of the people that called you Yankee named Gene?

[Vertguy]

Wanted something different and this one ties to my other hobby/modding addition... which is cars. My current platform is a '07 Mustang GT convertible, which was preceded by a couple Harleys (Road Kings) and a '68 Chevy Nova SS. The "vert" is anything but stock as I installed a supercharger with only 4K miles on it along with a wide range of other "upgrades"

Coming into this hobby, I was unaware about the potential cost and even snickered at some of my first glances at PCP pricing. Now looking back, can't believe how much I have spent since Aug.  as I never thought it would come close to my other hobby.

[bart the fart]

I was called it for years. I do resemble the comments. Why not own it? Hahaha

[Privateer]

I'm self-employed in Construction trades. I'll contract for anyone who offers the proper cash.
That often means I bid contracts with Companies competing for the exact same job!
Doesn't matter which one wins the bid. I usually end up on the site anyway.
 
 I once was call a mercenary and replied "I prefer Privateer. It has politer ring."
 

[au hunter]

     My screen name came about by the fact I gold prospect as a hobby and while on the swift river one time I was sluicing and some people came down over the bank with a video camera. asked what I was doing and if I'd found any. I told them I was gold prospecting and showed them what I'd got(little over 1 gram) Later in the day at a store getting coffee I ran into them again and one of them called out"hey gold hunter!!" The man's name:  Tom Massey  of the GPAA.  The store owner started calling me  "the gold Hunter" and the name sort of just stuck! Periodical table symbol for gold is Au. The Little "a" because I missed the shift key when signing up to the forum. (nobody 's perfect, some of us less than others!!!)

[chopstopher]

Well, my nickname for the last 15 years (and the rest of my life) is Chops. My real name is Christopher. One day I decided to combine the 2 since most people named Chris aren't called Chops and both have 5 letters soooo, Chopstopher was born!! 

[JonnyReb]

NC hey?  Were any of the people that called you Yankee named Gene?

  LOL   Not out loud Harry but i'll bet as i would wander off from the food to the shooting stations at Genes shoot, i can see
Charlie glance at Gene and nod..both knowing what that meant..."that boy's a Yankee!"   

  Just kidding of course, by now no one knows where i'm from or cares, haven't been called an invading northerner in 20 years except for my wife..who lets it slip occasionally. 

[avator]

NC hey?  Were any of the people that called you Yankee named Gene?

  LOL   Not out loud Harry but i'll bet as i would wander off from the food to the shooting stations at Genes shoot, i can see
Charlie glance at Gene and nod..both knowing what that meant..."that boy's a Yankee!"   

  Just kidding of course, by now no one knows where i'm from or cares, haven't been called an invading northerner in 20 years except for my wife..who lets it slip occasionally. 

I grew up near Cleveland Ohio, lived in Buchananan Co. Virginia working in the coal mines. 8 years in Connecticut, 7 years in Seattle, 10 years in Columbus , Ohio and now lower Alabama. My accent is so mixed, people have no idea where I'm from. Funny thing is, I tend to talk like who I am talking to. I don't even know I'm doing it. I sound nothing like the rest of my family. Matter of fact, when I visit them, they sound funny to me. The hardest thing about the whole thing is trying to remember if you want a soda, a pop, a coke, a neehi or a sodi pop. I usually ask for beer.

[JonnyReb]

I grew up near Cleveland Ohio, lived in Buchananan Co. Virginia working in the coal mines. 8 years in Connecticut, 7 years in Seattle, 10 years in Columbus , Ohio and now lower Alabama. My accent is so mixed, people have no idea where I'm from. Funny thing is, I tend to talk like who I am talking to. I don't even know I'm doing it. I sound nothing like the rest of my family. Matter of fact, when I visit them, they sound funny to me. The hardest thing about the whole thing is trying to remember if you want a soda, a pop, a coke, a neehi or a sodi pop. I usually ask for beer.

  I know exactly what you're saying, a good bottle of wine is universal too.

[Sqrl Klr]

Good thread. The meaning of my user name is not actually what people here have likely believed due to my user name and the squirrel avatars I have used.

The first word is a descriptor as it's my nickname that my grandfather called me since I was a little kid. Why he ever started calling me that I don't know because I didn't kill squirrels or have them as a part of my life in any way. The nutter avatars are used since they are funny to me and they are the animals I was nicknamed from. The second word is another descriptor for me as it's also what I am, a killer. Unlike many sanitized men in our world today who have suppressed that part of their nature I'm familiar with my drive to kill and take dominion as my rightful place on earth being head predator over all animals.

[Bicycleman]

Gil, I love this part:  "I'm familiar with my drive to kill and take dominion as my rightful place on earth being head predator over all animals."  But tell it to the MOSQUITO. 

[Sqrl Klr]

I do slay many of the wicked biters. I wonder if I should start keeping a yearly record of their kills? The scene of the crime can be quite bloody so perhaps kill photos are in order too? hehee

[Sfttailrdr46]

  LOL gotta love this place bunch of serious characters in residence

[Lightninrod]

Lightninrod: see my signature  .

Bought It new in May of 2001just before I turned 62. I use to run in driver's schools on a couple of road courses(Road Atlanta and Roebling Road[near Savannah]) in my highly modified 1991 Camaro Z281LE. Now I wanted to drag race for the first time on a 1/4 mile strip.

I added some external mods(street/race tuned chip, larger crank pulley for extra supercharger[factory stock] boost, cat-back from Magnaflow, cold ram air box, single blade throttle body, drive shaft loop, and traction bars.

Started out with 13 second ETs and then added 16" rear wheels with Mickey Thompson ET Streets drag slicks. Got down into the mid 12s which surprised several muscle cars . I'd bring it up to 1500 rpms at the tree and then gently floor it to keep the rears from breaking loose. At WOT, the rears would spin then catch, running straight and true through the lights. The supercharger would scream like two Everglades(I was born in Miami, Florida) Panthers in a fight.

I drove it daily to work(with the stock rear wheels and tires on of course) until I retired in 2007.  Still have it runs and drives like it did new. Makes me .