Thread: Why is your Username/Nickname?

I play a Vincent Bach Stradivarius trombone made in the '60s. It's serial number is 9135.

Bach,

Very cool. I miss my King 3B with F attachment. Haven't played in years.

RT

Well my name by birth is Kelly, however I never go by that name. I have ran out of user name ideas for log in's and forums so I thought since no one even knows me as "kelly" it's as good a net-name as any...

Originally Posted by Blade Wielder

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

You do have the chance to change that username here unlike most places I've seen. Just use your user control panel to change it.

WASHBOARDER !!!

Bach - very cool. I play on a Bach Strad. trumpet for classical playing. Believe it or not, my father picked it up at a yard sale for $20! For jazz it's a Schilke X4 large bore. I was a professional musician for 8+ years until I got married - then it was too much travelling to raise a family and switched to the IT field.

Twheels comes from my old soccer nickname, wheels. It's usually taken online so I add the "t".

Originally Posted by trekker2017

Mine comes from my bicycle. I'm 56 now, but I celebrated by 40th birthday flat on my back in the hospital with all kinds of tubes running out of all of my orifices. After several months of in and out of hospital stays, I got better. As part of my recooperation process, I bought a bicycle and just began tooling around to get my strength and wind back. Later, as a sports reporter for a small newspaper, I cycled to all of my assignments (as long as they were within ten to twenty miles). In fact I was spending so much time on my bicycle that people began asking me when my Drunk Driving charge was going to expire. They didn't believe that I was cycling volountarily. As the winter approached, I noticed that I had covered about 1500 miles cycling to and from events. That gave me the idea to cycle across the country.

So at 41, I packed up my Trek 830 with my sleeping bag, tent and some extra clothes and took to the road. I cycled from Connecticut to New Orleans to visit a friend. Spent a week with him and his family then decided to cycle out to California to visit my kids.

All in all, I spent about 5 months on the road before I finally got the urge to head on home. Two years later, I cycled from Connecticut to Key West. Hence the nick-name Trekker 2017.

Naturally, I shaved with my straight razors, which just added to the image of a half crazy person cycling across the country and shaving with a straight. No one bothered me and a lot of people left me alone or gave me a wide berth.

That has got to be one of the coolest stories I have ever heard. Congratulations on your recovery and achievement.

I actually inhereted mine from my wife. She had the name established before we got together. When we did get married I had never had a computer and she wasn't using this name so I took it. It did kind of fit me though since I am from Native American ancestry and I do try to carry some of those beliefs and ideals in my life.

str8rzrshvr:

str8 = straight; rzr = razor; shvr = shaver. (for those who haven't figured it out...LOL)

I guess at the time I couldn't think of anything quicker or something a little more sophisticated than that. But, my friends call me....

Jeff

firstfloorfront

I live in on the first floor of a small block of flats. Not at the front specifically because our flat opens onto three sides of the building.

Peter