How'd you select your username?

SilentCal · Aug 31, 2005, 1:47 PM

It's a two parter.
Silent --> It's part of an old trailname, affirmed by many I hike with that comment I have nothing much to say.
Cal --> is short for Calvin, from one of my favorite comics strips, Calvin and Hobbes.

I had Cal first but just needed something different to stick it with.

noski · Aug 31, 2005, 1:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SilentCal

It's a two parter.
Silent --> It's part of an old trailname, affirmed by many I hike with that comment I have nothing much to say.
Cal --> is short for Calvin, from one of my favorite comics strips, Calvin and Hobbes.

I had Cal first but just needed something different to stick it with.

And here I thought you were paying homage to Vermont's own Calvin Coolidge, aka Silent Cal.

cbcbd · Aug 31, 2005, 2:38 PM

I used to be into drum corps. In college I needed a machine name for the network so I took the initials of two of my favorite corps at the time, Cadets of Bergen County and Blue Devils...

I wish I had picked something that you could just say easily without having to spell it out... oh well

cantdog · Aug 31, 2005, 3:24 PM

Had to think of a good handle that was available when I quit ttlc.net and got a MediaOne email address. It's also a good conversation piece.

SilentCal · Aug 31, 2005, 4:43 PM

noski- Yeah I've heard that a lot and only thought of it after I created the name. There is a Calvin Coolidge Bridge not too far from where I live and he started his politcal career in a town just north of me. Just a weird circumstance.

riverc0il · Aug 31, 2005, 6:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cbcbd

I used to be into drum corps. In college I needed a machine name for the network so I took the initials of two of my favorite corps at the time, Cadets of Bergen County and Blue Devils...

I wish I had picked something that you could just say easily without having to spell it out... oh well

word! i was in the 'saders from 95-98. been completely out of the activity since though, but it was a good time while it lasted.

regarding my handle, i needed a handle in college when playing online gaming back in 97 or so. favorite multiplayer game back then was C&C red alert in which one of the most powerful weapons is the tesla coil. that was half a name, then i looked out my window and gazed upon the merrimack river which i always had seemed to remain near up until i graduated. switched the o to a zero because that was a geeky thing to do. thus, a strange name folks have puzzled over for years.

ga2ski · Aug 31, 2005, 7:07 PM

simple. gotta ski

**Greg** · Aug 31, 2005, 9:08 PM

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Originally Posted by riverc0il

regarding my handle, i needed a handle in college when playing online gaming back in 97 or so. favorite multiplayer game back then was C&C red alert in which one of the most powerful weapons is the tesla coil. that was half a name, then i looked out my window and gazed upon the merrimack river which i always had seemed to remain near up until i graduated. switched the o to a zero because that was a geeky thing to do. thus, a strange name folks have puzzled over for years.

So that's it? I've known you as "riverc0il" for over four years and that's the explanation? Slightly anticlimactic...

riverc0il · Aug 31, 2005, 9:41 PM

well, i was hoping there was more behind "Greg" but we can't all have great stories behind our user names

teachski · Aug 31, 2005, 10:36 PM

My profession and what I wish I could do instead of working.

teach - I have been a teacher since 1983
ski - I have been skiing since 1966

My website address probably should have been ALBAS.com for A Look Back At Skiing, though.

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cbcbd Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Seattle,WA Posts: 1,450	I used to be into drum corps. In college I needed a machine name for the network so I took the initials of two of my favorite corps at the time, Cadets of Bergen County and Blue Devils... I wish I had picked something that you could just say easily without having to spell it out... oh well __________________ Sign, sign everywhere a sign... pointing out the trails, can\'t make up my mind.

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teachski Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Barre, MA Posts: 1,041	My profession and what I wish I could do instead of working. teach - I have been a teacher since 1983 ski - I have been skiing since 1966 My website address probably should have been ALBAS.com for A Look Back At Skiing, though. __________________ Born to ski, forced to work. I\'ve used all of my sick days so I\'m calling in dead.

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Aug 31, 2005, 1:47 PM	#21 (permalink)
SilentCal Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Western Mass Posts: 419	It's a two parter. Silent --> It's part of an old trailname, affirmed by many I hike with that comment I have nothing much to say. Cal --> is short for Calvin, from one of my favorite comics strips, Calvin and Hobbes. I had Cal first but just needed something different to stick it with.

Aug 31, 2005, 3:24 PM	#24 (permalink)
cantdog Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 78	Had to think of a good handle that was available when I quit ttlc.net and got a MediaOne email address. It's also a good conversation piece.

Aug 31, 2005, 4:43 PM	#25 (permalink)
SilentCal Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Western Mass Posts: 419	noski- Yeah I've heard that a lot and only thought of it after I created the name. There is a Calvin Coolidge Bridge not too far from where I live and he started his politcal career in a town just north of me. Just a weird circumstance.

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ga2ski Sunday River December 3, 2007 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Southern NH, work or in the Mountains Posts: 1,052	simple. gotta ski