Author Topic: HANDLES - Your GBO Identity (Read 3447 times)

BANG_OW · « **on:** September 15, 2007, 03:57:24 AM »

How did you fellow GBO members derive your handles? Mine, BANG_OW, was a result of shooting a deer while leaning against a big oak tree. I was pretty young and used a 20 Ga. Stevens single shot for everything. My shoulder had no place to go and was badly pinched between the buttstock and the tree. I shot, the deer dropped, then the gun, then me. My shoulder was that sick purple black you get from deep bruising. It became a family joke about my shooting as my shoulder was tender for a long time, but I refused to suspend my hunting. BANG.....OW!
Some handles are obvious, while others aren't. I was going to ask about a few specific ones I've wondered about, but didn't want to put anyone on the spot.
Don

PartsMan · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2007, 04:16:35 AM »

My last three jobs were selling tractor parts.
First John Deere, Then New Holland, and now Case IH.
The other parts people at NH and here are women,
so when people call in and ask for A partsman I say I am THE partsman.

Before my "handle" was barr25-06.
I joined GBO to get help on my 25-06 handi rifle and my last name is Barr.
Then I sold the 25-06 barrel.

Inrut24/7 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2007, 04:21:01 AM »

I came up with inrut24/7 on a bowhunting web forum back about 7 years ago when i was still in high school..................not sure why

rbergum95 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2007, 04:24:58 AM »

my family saddled me with this handle hundreds of years before i was born.

bishopgrandpa · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2007, 04:31:42 AM »

When I became a Bishop, my grandchildren who had called me Grandpa, asked what should they call me now. One volunteered Bishopgrandpa and there you have it.

Cheesehead · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2007, 04:45:01 AM »

My handle is Cheesehead because I am from Wisconsin which is famous for manufacturing cheese. Also well known for beer and Harley Davidson motorcycles and The Green Bay Packers and giant white tails. The name was given to Wisconsin folks by other states and I have embraced it as a compliment and my GBO identity.

Cheesehead

quickdtoo · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2007, 05:04:23 AM »

I used to own a '98 Dodge Durango, was a member of the Durango Owners Club. Me and several other members were in a Durango or "D" chat room talking about performance modifications to our 5.9L Ds, Tony D aka QuikD had done the same mods as I did and I mentioned it and said that makes me Quickd too, and the name stuck.

Tim

OR-E-Gun Bill · « **Reply #7 on:** September 15, 2007, 05:14:10 AM »

Twenty some years ago, due to a business move, my family transferred from Illinois to Oregon. In the relocation meetings one of the things they seemed to emphasize was the pronunciation of Oregon. Most folks east of Idaho seem to say Or-a-gone and we were told to say it as OR-E-Gun and that has always stuck with me.
Funny part was, after moving to Oregon, people here pronounce Illinois as IL-A-Noise...

Bill

handi243 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 15, 2007, 05:37:04 AM »

May have to change mine i don't own a 243 handi anymore.

burntmuch · « **Reply #9 on:** September 15, 2007, 05:38:51 AM »

Years ago ,My wife & I wer buying our first computer & signing up for a free year of AOL . I needed a password . Well I had a burn on my cheek right infront of my ear. Im a Fireman ,couple days prior had a gap between my mask & hood. burnt off a side burn & left a nice little scab. Salesman asked about it. I told him. Then he asked get burnt much. It stuck

Graybeard · « **Reply #10 on:** September 15, 2007, 06:04:56 AM »

My avatar makes it obvious don't it? Before I got old and gray I was called Redbeard. Dat don't apply anymore.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #11 on:** September 15, 2007, 06:05:45 AM »

PHATINJUN · « **Reply #12 on:** September 15, 2007, 08:04:12 AM »

Peanut was my deceased son's nickname and when I came back here after being gone awhile I could not get PHATINJUN,LIK2HUNT or 212HUNT so I used his and it stuck.

Joel45acp · « **Reply #13 on:** September 15, 2007, 08:11:52 AM »

Mine took a great deal of brainstorming and imagination. My first name is Joel and I carry a 45acp for my CHL. Wait, wait, wait, my head hurts! I'm starting to think too hard again. Tylenol, where is the tylenol?

Mac11700 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 15, 2007, 08:12:05 AM »

My name and address...Nothing major...

Mac

stimpylu32 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 15, 2007, 09:34:00 AM »

Over 15 years ago my buddy and myself were on a job , he was just a skinny little guy and i am a bit more on the large sise and about the same time the REN & STIMPY cartoon came out . one morning out forman said you two look like ren and stimpy , the name just kinda stuck .

I am also a member of the IBEW in Lima Oh. which is Local 32 , so i just added it all together , Stimpy for my nickname , LU for local union and 32 for the local number .

Stimpylu32

Ireload2 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 15, 2007, 09:40:02 AM »

I thought I would have a hard time finding anyone on the internet that discussed reloading.
I was pretty naive........

Markus · « **Reply #17 on:** September 15, 2007, 09:51:11 AM »

Real name is Mark and for some reason people have always called me Markus. When people call my job and ask for mark they usually tell them nobody named Mark works here. I spell it with a K because that's what some girl at a bar I used to work at wrote on my very short lived name tag.

30-06man · « **Reply #18 on:** September 15, 2007, 10:10:22 AM »

my favorite caliber is 30.06 and my "handle" before that was T/cencore1 because i had a bunch of encores but sold 3 since i only needed 2 and when i was younger i got the name incomplete deer hunter because i had the worst of luck when i started hunting i scared deer because i was impatient. since then the movie incomplete deer hunter came out with jeff foxworthy in it and it kinda took away from it so i really need a new "handle" and still tring to find one

Dave Allen · « **Reply #19 on:** September 15, 2007, 10:25:05 AM »

hey there...my handle is my real name...i guess i should have also included my social security number & address !!...really though i'm to dumb..to figure out a good internet name ?? lack of creativity on my part...good thread though.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #20 on:** September 15, 2007, 10:34:58 AM »

Quote from: BANG_OW on September 15, 2007, 03:57:24 AM

How did you fellow GBO members derive your handles? -
...
Don

It was a dark and stormy night (really). My neighbors asked me to help find their inside-cat who had escaped into the rainy night outside. After combing the neighborhood, I found him under the garage (100' from the house). The next time I went over to their house the cat came right up to me (which it NEVER did to anyone outside the family) - I was named by them (of American Indian descent) Cat Whisperer. So I take it as my given Indian name.

Graybeard · « **Reply #21 on:** September 15, 2007, 10:40:48 AM »

Quote from: peanut on September 15, 2007, 08:04:12 AM

Peanut was my deceased son's nickname and when I came back here after being gone awhile I could not get PHATINJUN,LIK2HUNT or 212HUNT so I used his and it stuck.

Wal Peanut when I read that I said no way Jose. But when I searched there really is someone registered with the user name of PHATINJUN. They made a total of three posts long long ago and haven't been online here since February 03, 2004, 06:09:37 PM after registering on January 25, 2004, 12:11:15 AM. Is there any chance that WAS you? The last post made by them is at: http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,25803.msg139100.html#msg139100

Now we all know that John is Lik2hunt but no one is registered as 212HUNT.

stimpylu32 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 15, 2007, 11:00:55 AM »

Bill

I'd lay money on that being him , what are the chances of 2 guys being phatinjun and having the same real name .

stimpy

hellacatcher · « **Reply #23 on:** September 15, 2007, 11:01:37 AM »

Mine was my dads nickname from one of his friends, something about he caught h-ll from my mom. The guy called me little hellacatcher.

BANG_OW · « **Reply #24 on:** September 15, 2007, 11:22:29 AM »

Many years ago I worked with a kid who had hired in with his two cousins. They called him DQ the whole time the three of them worked there. At layoff, I asked him why they called him DQ. He didn't want to talk about it. His cousin, however, told me that when they were going through their pre-employment physicals, the nurse gave them specimen cups and sent them each off to separate bathrooms. The two cousins came back with their urine specimens, but the third came back with a stool sample, complete with a small ice cream like curly cue on top. hence the nickname, Dairy Queen, or DQ for short.

cwlongshot · « **Reply #25 on:** September 15, 2007, 11:23:57 AM »

I cannot believe so many of us have such similar stories!!

My pop gave me mine...almost 30 years ago, early high-school I believe...

CW stands for Carburetor Willie. I fashioned myself a carburetor expert and totally screwed up the adjustments on a Holly 650 that was on my Mustang. Pop fixed it and forbid carburetor willie form "fiddling" with it.

The second part cam form my accuracy abilities shooting. I have always been lucky this way. Any way, one day we where deer hunting with the bow and while walking out spotted some deer along with a good buck. they where a good 1/4mile ahead in a open area adjacent to the tote road we where walking out on. Pop decided he would attempt a stalk and my grandfather and me would remain walking out the road. We walked to with in about 80 or so yards and stopped to watch. my pop was no where to be seen. we waited for over a half hour. The deer where milling around and had closed the distance to 75 yards. Being a cocky teenager, I told my grand father I could make that shot. Now this was an wide open field, with nothing but a couple small white pines for about 75 acres. I drew on the buck, aimed and released my arrow. that arrow was in SLOW LOTION!!! I hit the deer right in the lungs and it ran about 30 yards and piled up. My father stood up from behind one of those pines not 30 yards from the deer looking quite disgusted..... CWLONGSHOT was born.

CW

Pennsyman · « **Reply #26 on:** September 15, 2007, 11:51:31 AM »

So far, I've spent my entire 59 years in the great old state of Pennsyltucky.....guess that explains my handle. BTW are all 50 states represented on this forum???

rbergum95 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 15, 2007, 11:53:30 AM »

Pensyltucky, i thought my father was the only on who talked like that.

greg916 · « **Reply #28 on:** September 15, 2007, 12:02:14 PM »

Mine is from the e-mall addy my internet service provider suggested. Imaganitive ain't it!!

Pennsyman · « **Reply #29 on:** September 15, 2007, 12:23:57 PM »

Quote from: rbergum95 on September 15, 2007, 11:53:30 AM

Pensyltucky, i thought my father was the only on who talked like that.

I've even heard that name from New York staters. I'm close to the border so it's not unlikely they might use it too.