how did the rest of you get your user names

[kram]

so this is mins

[bulkhead ali]

one of the first things I did Landy related was to strip down a series 3 bulkhead that Tim had picked up to use on the one that was being stripped down, hence the name, and before you all ask, I have never replaced one so don't ask questions:rolleyes:

cheers, Ali;)

[kram]

so this is mins

dam its unradable it is basicaly a story about a giraffe called kram who had all these adventeures with mark they were best friends because when there names spelt backwards sounded the same they had many a great adventure together

[Rangienut]

Lol, dont think I need to explain mine!

[charliedenny]

I just typed in my normal name! although in hindsight Jinx would have been better!! thats my nick name at work as I seem to have a rather high breakdown rate on the buckets we drive! (one day I had 3!):D

[alexia]

I have to admit that as "Alex "was taken, I intended to type Alexis but mis spelt it hitting the a instead of the s - hence Alexia

[maggie]

Mmmmm.... now let me think :scratchCh

[mrsjohnty]

Mine is pretty obvious on this forum........ I am johnty's wife:D

[Roger Whittle]

I just typed in my normal name! although in hindsight Jinx would have been better!! thats my nick name at work as I seem to have a rather high breakdown rate on the buckets we drive! (one day I had 3!):D


Yup, same thing Charlie. :D If I had thought about it for a few seconds, I'd probably be 'GrumpyOldRoge'. :rolleyes:

Roger.

[ncooper]

from my Mum and Dad

Nick.

[Mogwyth]

No too disimular to how you got yours, Mogwyth is a mischievous character that I made up to tell stories about to my girls at bedtime. He wobbles teeth so they come loose and fall out, knots all you hair up, nicks single socks etc etc.

[adafish]

Yup, same thing Charlie. :D If I had thought about it for a few seconds, I'd probably be 'GrumpyOldRoge'. :rolleyes:

Roger......."santa claus, papa noel, St.nick.....uncle albert...;)

[mmgemini]

I'm a Gemini.
Actually I've used gemini since I was agt school.
If I make anthing I have II marked on it generally with 'A Mike Hingley "Gemini" creation' written somewhere and the date in Roman numerals.

[kram]

No too disimular to how you got yours, Mogwyth is a mischievous character that I made up to tell stories about to my girls at bedtime. He wobbles teeth so they come loose and fall out, knots all you hair up, nicks single socks etc etc.

i love to tell my son storys he loves the one where i met the devil in hells glen and he ate my socks

[kram]

i love to tell my son storys he loves the one where i met the devil in hells glen and he ate my socks

and the dragon that lives down the plug hole in the bathroom

[machine]

:D nickname in the army and the team callsign

[Big Sandy]

Hmm. What you see is what you get.:)

I've been called 'Big Sandy' for nearly 40 years...

[red]

red truck & red hair so red seemed like a good one to go with :p

[Roger Whittle]

Hmm. What you see is what you get.:)

I've been called 'Big Sandy' for nearly 40 years...

And that would be because .......?

Are you either big or sand coloured? :rolleyes:

Roger.

[Big Sandy]

LOL! Big, and called Sandy.:D

[Roger Whittle]

LOL! Big, and called Sandy.:D

You can't say 'big' in that context without thinking of Benny Hill in the original 'Italian Job'. :D

"I like 'em big. Biiiig! Biiiig!!"

Roger.

[charliedenny]

not a clear pic but this is sandy and I after the epic journey of his new gearbox!:D

[Widget]

Widget was a family nickname that my Mum started. Nothing to do with the marvel comics character, or a widget being a descriptor for a small tool.;)

[Paul Humphreys]

from my Mum and Dad

Nick.


Same here :D :D :D

Paul

[Roger Whittle]

not a clear pic but this is sandy and I after the epic journey of his new gearbox!:D

:eek: .

I've always said its not a proper vehicle until it's taller than you. Sandy would need a roof tent to make that true! :eek:

Roger.

[floyd fan]

Until I got a Landy I used to frequent a lot of Warez and Hacking forums, floyd fan name I used on them as I would be pointed in the direction of any Pink Floyd mp3's etc. I just used the same name here.

[kram]

the story was a me book that i got from my mum when i was about five23 years ago god im getting old mark and kram ended up at a circus in lanark

[Stumpy Doofleer]

Look here http://forum.landrovernet.com/showthread.php?t=85308 for an explanation of how I got my user name.

[kram]

the story was a me book that i got from my mum when i was about five23 years ago god im getting old mark and kram ended up at a circus in lanark

oh god sorry i meant33 years ago

[TBM]

TBM - Tattooed Beat Messiah.

Urm, I'm extensively tattooed, and I like Zodiac Mindwarp......

[BASHER]

The name came about after a bit of an incident at Drumclog , I backed into a tree and panned in the rear corner....stupid place to have a tree ...right in the middle of the forest:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[DEFENDER 01]

Hmmm think mine is an easy one ? :D

[Cannonball Bob]

Took part in "Cannonball Run Europe", one of those slightly wreckless Euro-rally things aimed at braying upper class to$$pots in their dad's Ferrari (a category in to which I do NOT fall I hasten to add!)
In later conversation, was being described as "Not Bob A, not Bob B....you know.....Cannonball Bob"

[landiemac]

Coz I'm into landrovers & i've always been called mac or maca from my surname :)

I always use the Landiemac screen name; here ebay etc can't see any point in having differant names on differant sites

[timbott]

Just my name without capitals or spaces or punctuation, everything I hate about the WWW really, it should be Tim Bott;)

cheers, Tim

[Abu]

Spent a few years living in 'Abu Dhabi'. When i moved back to the uk the first bit stuck and everyone called me Abu:confused: Answer to that more then my actual name...

cheers
Adam

[Satancom]

Mine came from school.. Started as Satan (nice mates I have init) and then becasue i was into computers they tacked com onto the end of it! just easy for me to remember now :)

[Dave Sumner]

Just use my own!

[darklawmen]

I used this for a bit of fun,put your name in,state how many words in options and it finds all the names for you... http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html

regards mark

[AnalogKid]

Hmm - just used that and got 'Tad Whey In'

Mine's just a song title from my favourite album that can be used as a name. I could also have used The Digital Man or New World Man from the same album, or Cinderella Man by the same band, but the lyric in my signiture from Analog Kid seems quite in tune with the spirit of my move from the East Midlands to New Zealand.

[JOHNSTAR]

Hmm. What you see is what you get.:)

I've been called 'Big Sandy' for nearly 40 years...

Big Sandy

Is your avatar from the Guinness commercial?

[JonathonMarshall]

I always use the Landiemac screen name
Bit of the same used this name for a previous LR forum (hand me a bucket...QUICK!! :ill: too late:rolleyes:..basically it wer naff) and as for the choice me and the bruv Nic, but he hasn't the time and he's either commuting or at work at the mo so:rolleyes:. :roro:Been thinkin bout changin it when i get the landy then again maybe not, na I'm good with this one..rant over:D

[redhand]

from the redhand off the flag of Ulster (aka Northern Ireland). the 4th state of Great Britain.

[Big Sandy]

Big Sandy

Is your avatar from the Guinness commercial?


Whoopsies....., probably. In which case it will be copyrighted, so ta-tah avatar!

Et Voila, the smelly diesel power is back...

[Gripper]

A while ago, working in the suspension industry, I was trying to flog a handling kit to the driving gods who own modern little plastic and aluminium cars from Norfolk, you know, the ones which fall off the road due to gormless suspension geometry. Tongue in cheek, I called myself Gripper on their interwebby communities. It has kind of stuck:D

Oh, btw, I can still "arrange" improved handling, road holding and ride quality for all manner of cars.

[Patriot]

I used this for a bit of fun,put your name in,state how many words in options and it finds all the names for you... http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html

regards mark

Airport cooks fart ??? for my company name ???

[JOHNSTAR]

Whoopsies....., probably. In which case it will be copyrighted, so ta-tah avatar!

Et Voila, the smelly diesel power is back...

Probably ... but you've got to admire the creature animation (particularly as it was created by the company that I work for :)).

Your own avatar is much more recognizable as you!

[Big Sandy]

Probably ... but you've got to admire the creature animation (particularly as it was created by the company that I work for :)).

Yes, that was what I liked about it...and the face on the squirrel in the background...Better to stay on the right side of big companies though, which is why I thought I had better remove it, brilliant as it was.


Your own avatar is much more recognizable as you!

I'm worried now.....:D

[charliedenny]

A while ago, working in the suspension industry, I was trying to flog a handling kit to the driving gods who own modern little plastic and aluminium cars from Norfolk, you know, the ones which fall off the road due to gormless suspension geometry. Tongue in cheek, I called myself Gripper on their interwebby communities. It has kind of stuck:D

Oh, btw, I can still "arrange" improved handling, road holding and ride quality for all manner of cars.
what like this story! http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=148760&command=displayContent&sourceNode=148586&contentPK=17115238&folderPk=85349&pNodeId=148317

[Bigredone]

mine is from having a a red stage one on parobolic's and larger wheel's hence Big red one also I like the movie with lee marvin, classic film and classic landy in my humble opinion.:)

Baz

[Dave78]

Urm, Dave78, well only my parents call me David (or SWMBO when I being told off) and 78 from 1978 when I was born.

Really boring really.

SWMBO is thinking of joining the forum, so if you see a mrsdave78 soon who know who that is too :eek:

[Spanner110]

the 110 bit is really what everyone who knows me, associates me with driving.
The spanner bit is really obtuse, the wife calls me it regularly, probably a mild admonishment that she can get away with in front of the vicar. Anyway it sounds more friendly than ****er.
I don't think that she has forgiven me for washing the cylinder head in the dishwasher; is it just me then?

[sweeper]

Sweeper
Because over the years i have swept everything from railway station platforms to mines :D

[Laninlandy]

I make mine up as I go along :D

[Snagger]

When I was a flight instructor, my colleagues christened me Snagger because of the fact that most entries in the aircraft tech logs (snags) were recorded by me - they were all from club backgrounds and were more easily fooled into accepting serious defects.

[Laninlandy]

In my world that would be defector , not as in skipping country , but picking up defects ..;)

[Snagger]

In my world that would be defector , not as in skipping country , but picking up defects ..;)In my bosses world, it was just being an expensive pain in the ...:D

[madtony]

It's What I Am And Who I Am And I've Got Paperwork To Prove It !!!

[Hubber]

It's What I Am And Who I Am And I've Got Paperwork To Prove It !!!

:LAA: :LAA: :LAA: :LAA:

[charliedenny]

t
I don't think that she has forgiven me for washing the cylinder head in the dishwasher; is it just me then?

I worked as a potlicker in a hotel for a bit, we had a big tank of corrosive stuff for cleaning burnt pots
one day I was emptying it and found a mini engine block in the bottom :eek:

[upiker2005]

I'm gona brag a bit but I wrote a book back in 2000 on the subject of my hobby / obsession Pike fishing. It's called Ultimate Pike and I'm Upiker2005 because that's the first year I got an email addy. The cover of the books my Avatar.

(Brag over face)

[Matt_300tdi90]

Matt . . . . 300tdi90
|__| . . . . |______|
. | . . . . . . . . |
my name . my landy

Not very imaginative i know

[mazzyjane]

My real name is Amanda Jane, people always shorten Amanda to Mandy which I really hate, so it was amanda, manda, mandy, man, max and one day mazz, which i liked....10 years later if not more nearly everyone calls me mazz... Which turned into mazzyjane becasue of Amanda jane :)

I also have a sort of borrowed surname too lol...I'll save that story :D

(I am a real person honest face)

[Paul Humphreys]

(I am a real person honest face)


I know because I have met you;) .

Paul

[gaflad]

i got mine from my previous job of 20yrs. working on the travelling fairground ie gaflad as we work the gaf's.

[Keeper_of_Tess]

I bought Tess from a friend of mine who was emigrating to New Zealand. After we'd been for a drink to seal the deal, he handed me the keys and with a tear in his eye said "Oh by the way, Nick, she is called Tess -don't forget, will you?"

It brings a lump to my throat even now!

That was in 1994 or 5, and I still had Tess when I joined the forum...

.. I feel sad now.:(

[mazzyjane]

I know because I have met you;) .

Paul


;)

[justMike]

got sick fedup having to think up nicknakes to use only to see some skumbag nickin em a while later...soooooo...

[Dave_243]

Dave = my name
243 = my number. It always used to crop up, e.g when I was ickle we went to centre parks and stayed at villa number 243 which I found easy to remember cos the reg of our car was H243***. There have been other times it's cropped up but I can't remember now

...and no, I don't use 243 as a pin number for anything! :rolleyes:

[SB76]

SB76
S= Steve..... 1st name
B= Brunton...... Surname
76= Year in was born;)
No imagination me:o

[Dogsbreath]

Coz my 'morning' breath can peel wallpaper at 20 paces :D

[YORKSHIRELAD]

Coz thats what I am.;)

[ginaa68]

I was always called Gina at school - teacher wrote it on the board once with the extra a and it just stuck. 68 is the year I was born and I have been ginaa68 for years. Steve calls me Gaye but hardly anyone calls me Gaynor.

Gaynor

[JimGNR]

Jim because my name is James but many people call me Jim, the GNR bit was the reg number of my first Series3 nothing to do with Guns'N'Roses but they used to be very popular when I was at Agricultural College.

For some bizarre reason I have the user name Jimmy on another forum, I organise a lot of events and meet a lot of people who all call me Jimmy which I don't really like!:o

[Backs4more]

Backs4more started of as Backside 360, a name i used to use on a snowbaording site many years ago. Unfortuantly the Yanks on the site used to send PM's saying stuff like " You queer", "Fag" etc as I had the word Backside!! As many of you will know its a skateboard/snowboard trick.

I dissapeared off the site for a while and when i came back someone said "are you back for more"..hence Backs4more.

At the bikeclub everyone calls me Backs.

In the Army I was nicknamed Ghandi because of a footie match I played in. we were "skins" and I had just come back from Brunei so was a toasty brown colour, shaved head, racing snake build having lost weight in the Jungle and was wearing baggy shorts!

To this day I can be walking down the street and i hear a "Hey min, Ghandi, foo's ya doo's?" For those of you dan saff, it means how are you doing? :)

[Backs4more]

I'm gona brag a bit but I wrote a book back in 2000 on the subject of my hobby / obsession Pike fishing. It's called Ultimate Pike and I'm Upiker2005 because that's the first year I got an email addy. The cover of the books my Avatar.

(Brag over face)

I have a HUGE collection of Pike books..never seen yours!! :D :D ;) :D ;) :D ..but i did sell a copy of ET's Mega Pike on E bay for very silly money!..lol

I'll have to keep an eye out for your one and send it too you for signing :) Might be worth a bit one day! Did not realise it was you Mr Horton :)

[JUI]

JUI is part of the reg on my 109.
I used to go under Lost_Landy on a Merc forum as the 109 was my first restore. I don't bother with it anymore. Spam, bluffers and members who look down on 'lesser' diesel models.

We are fortunate to have such an excellent community on these fora.

Lost_Landy wouldn't work here as this is home for the 109 in a way. JUI was the best my imagination could come up with.
I'm known as Steve Collins to none landrover types.

[olo]

last part of me surname;)

[upiker2005]

Lol Pm me your address Backs. Incidentally Ultimate Pike already fetches over £40 on ebay!

(I'll see what I can do face)



I have a HUGE collection of Pike books..never seen yours!! :D :D ;) :D ;) :D ..but i did sell a copy of ET's Mega Pike on E bay for very silly money!..lol




I'll have to keep an eye out for your one and send it too you for signing :) Might be worth a bit one day! Did not realise it was you Mr Horton :)

[IN_CONTROL!]

I work as an Air Traffic Controller. Always controlling planes in and out of the East Anglia Region, so IN_CONTROL! it is.