How did you get your screen-name?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I was just thinking about online screen-names..how did you come up with yours?? When you meet AZers do you usually call them by their screen-name or their street-name. I prefer calling skiers I met on message boards by their screen-name..that works out well if your screen-name is your actual name but if you're Sexkitten or Ilikefishtacos then it can be embarrassing in public.

Both Root and Moe Ghoul have said you can just call me by my real name but their real names are boring..so from the lift if I see these guys I just yell out Root Root or Phillycor or Atomic Jeff..

Have you used other Screen-names on skiing sites in the past? I used to be Ski Addict, MCSkialot, SenorSteeze, Doug, Skibum26 and many others..but I'm sticking with GrilledSteezeSandwich..because it's the steeziest..:beer:

 

[deadheadskier]

Two biggest passions and what friends have associated me with enjoying over the years are the Grateful Dead and Skiing. deadheadskier made sense and have used it on message boards over the years.

When meeting people from here or other message boards that I post on, I introduce myself as deadheadskier, then my real name. Typically keep to real names off line once I've met someone.

 

[Warp Daddy]

I just thought that because i like to ski fast and that i am older than Dirt compared to most of you guys that WARP DADDY made sense

I use it on other ski related forums but not in real life. I f i ever meet up with YOU guys i'll simply ask : Who's Your Daddy ???

 

[RootDKJ]

When I first started doing systems engineering, one of my UNIX systems had the following description on the root account.

"The user who can do anything" Well, that's me. I can do anything if I put my mind to it.

DKJ = initials. I agree with DHS that real names should be used in real life.

 

[mondeo]

I was on car forums before skiing, and my first car was '99 Cougar, which was based on the Mondeo platform. Good platform but the execution on the Cougar was hit or miss, so I went with the platform name.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Back when I was a peewee in hockey(10 years old or so) I played for the Dutchess Hawks in hockey. I needed a new AOL screen name and created Hawkshot99. Hawk for the Hawks. Shot as in a slap shot. and 99 for my #. The screen name became a email, and then my first forum name, and now I use it on every forum I frequent.

In real life I only have called Greg and Jim G. by their forum named, once I learned the real one.

 

[severine]

When I started on BBSes back in high school, I was Day-Dreamer. But as I got older, I felt I needed an "older" moniker. I always enjoyed French things and so I chose "Severine" because I liked the name. I will admit I heard it in Belle de Jour but I did not choose it for the character herself.

ETA: In person, I use people's real names.

 

[Greg]

The reason for my username remains a mystery...

I use first names when in person. Calling somebody by the screen name is too geeky and it's just better to make the effort to remember someone's first name.

 

[o3jeff]

I think it was the name aol suggested since whatever I entered was taken.

I also use first names rather than screen names in person.

 

[mondeo]

Do I really need to explain it ??

You drive an Olds now, you like boar meat, your initials are DER, and to sum it all up, it's YOU?

 

[Glenn]

I'm not that creative..hence my name.

 

[frozencorn]

I like corn. Snow and otherwise.

 

[dmc]

my mom

 

[campgottagopee]

Campgottagopee is the nanme of our hunting camp----just like it

 

[Puck it]

Ex college hockey player and I also tried to get this a vanity plate. It did not take though.

 

[noski]

The reason for my username remains a mystery...

I use first names when in person. Calling somebody by the screen name is too geeky and it's just better to make the effort to remember someone's first name.

I agree, Dave.

 

[wa-loaf]

WA = Wachusett - local mtn.
Loaf = Sugarloaf - My old home mtn.

 

[kcyanks1]

Didn't we have a thread like this before?

kc = my initials
yanks = yankees
1 = random number added on at some point because some websites require a number for user names

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Didn't we have a thread like this before?

kc = my initials
yanks = yankees
1 = random number added on at some point because some websites require a number for user names

I never noticed the yanks before..as I pronounced your name differently..

 

[billski]

Rather obvious to anyone reading a post from me. Like Greg, I like to keep it personal. Much easier for others remember if and when we meet.