Thread: Why is your Username/Nickname?

Hebrew variation of Moses or Moshe.

Wow, that's a great story, trekker! I love bikes, too... My longest run in one sitting was ~180km...

Nenad

Thanks, Superfly. Haven't had the chance for a long ride in years. Lately, I've just been doing 10 and 20 mile loops from my home. It would be nice to throw the tent and sleeping bag across the back panniers and take off again for a while.

My name and what is printed on the strip of cloth sewn over my bdu's [battle dress uniform] pocket (AND the last thing a lot of Taliban saw just prior to meeting their 72 virgins!). BTW, I have found out that sharpening a straight razor and a Gerber Command II is not, repeat, NOT the same!

Let me tell you the definition of courage: taking your favorite Dovo, and touching it to a hone for the very first time in sharpening a straight razor. Now THATS courage!

Originally Posted by jmorehead

My name and what is printed on the strip of cloth sewn over my bdu's [battle dress uniform] pocket

OK... going off topic here, jm.
I'm not a military man (but have a LOT of respect for you guys... THANK YOU for your service to our country!).
A question... what is a "battle dress uniform"?
Parry

ahhhh , ITs the "fancy-schmancy" camoflage uniforms. BDU's for short.
Thanks. OUR pleasure!

When I first went "in", we wore "fatigues" (the OD green things with the green "baseball" type hat). They were HOT. And I dont mean stylish. In southern and hot climates, you had to unblouse the boots and shirts in different "heat phases", and in the winter time, they were kinda cold. Then we went to the woodland bdu and then desert with the desert boots.

I am not an infantry leg or in airborne - although, I was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC - and LOVED Bragg. But then, I am wierd some say, because I love the Army, but ... to each his own... But I'm just a poor dumb MP Officer -[combat support] - which in the last 3 years has seen as much, if not more combat than combat arms branches!
Since we moved to the Kevlar helmets and away from the helmets with the steel pots [which were EXCELLENT shaving bowls, watch an old WW2 movie] you gotta scout around for something to hold water now.... good luck!
If you ever wonder how you boil water out in the field for shaving OR coffee, there are several ways. Find wood, dung, scrap plastic [which is NOT good since it smokes badly], heat tabs [a rarity, at lease in my unit], or C4 plastic explosive. Believe it or not, you can light C4 with a cigarette lighter and it will burn without detonating. I have heated MANY a shaving water with C4. You really dont want to "stomp" out the fire at this point or you will be shaving in orbit, but for shaving or coffee, its just the thing.

****Sorry, get me taking about the Army and I WILL talk for hours!

Hey, we got any more troopies in here? Hey, do we have a military thread in here? I would be interested to read up on some WWI and WWII shaving history!!!!!!!

Check out http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ground/bdu.htm if you REALLY want an education on bdu's.

Gawker...

Short for CrashGawker, derived from rubber-necker. Someone who stares at a wreck. I went through many different names when I hit the web and settled on CrashGawker some 6 years ago. The crash got dropped around 4 years ago, and I only use it in more formal situations or scenarios.

Why I chose the name?? Soon as you figure it out let me know. I honestly have no recollection of the origin of the concept in my mind only a vague memory of my situation in life like where I lived at the time, who with etc, but nothing that explains the choice. Now, I've grown out of the internet anonymity thing and have settled comfortably into my persona to the degree that I will doubtfully every change my name again. In fact there are certain circles in real life where I hear Gawker regularly in reference to my person as if it were my given name. I don't expect it replace my given name but I do hear it often enough.

Johnnyhotdog


well, i don't really know how i got this name. around 10 years ago my friends started calling me by it and i got really angry with them. They thought that was funny too and it's stuck since then.

I also use sixtysevensplit on e-bay. my car is a 1967 volkswagen split-screen camper van.

I just thought you were bragging!

I guess mine's pretty self-explanatory. I don't think "Blade Wielder" is all that creative, and I kind of regret choosing it.