what is the signification of your user name ?

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Some users names have not signification, like Eugene who is his first name, but others names can have an explanation. It would be kind if some-people can explain the signification of their names. Of course if it is top-secret they don't have to reply



I try first;

powerdoc : power like powermac, and doc like medical doctor.
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  • Reply 1 of 70
    jambojambo Posts: 3,036member
    My name is Jamie, sorry to be so boring . My username was something else up until yesterday but I decided to change it.



    J :cool:
  • Reply 2 of 70
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Pleasant Grove, Texas.



    "The Grove Rats" was an old-school 50s gang where my dad grew up (see above), and it is now a colloquial term for those living in P.G., Tx. Co-workers gave me the nickname.
  • Reply 3 of 70
    iMacfan - explanation - no need!
  • Reply 4 of 70
    I think corvettes are the most elegantly designed sports cars. Corvette by definition also means a "gun-ship"
  • Reply 5 of 70
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Simply my name, first initial and last name: Paul Scates = pscates



    Lame, huh?
  • Reply 6 of 70
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by groverat:

    <strong>Pleasant Grove, Texas.



    "The Grove Rats" was an old-school 50s gang where my dad grew up (see above), and it is now a colloquial term for those living in P.G., Tx. Co-workers gave me the nickname.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Thanks for the explanation, groverat. I was thinking groverat was a strange animal, after have see a picture on a other thread.
  • Reply 7 of 70
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    [quote]Originally posted by powerdoc:

    <strong>



    Thanks for the explanation, groverat. I was thinking groverat was a strange animal, after have see a picture on a other thread. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    haha



    You mean:





    That's a doctored picture of a rat and our beloved Sesame Street character, <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~grover/daigrov.gif"; target="_blank">grover</a>



    [ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: groverat ]</p>
  • Reply 8 of 70
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    [quote]Originally posted by pscates:

    <strong>Simply my name, first initial and last name: Paul Scates = pscates



    Lame, huh?</strong><hr></blockquote>





    Not nearly as lame as when someone mistakes the first "s" for your middle initial and calls you 'cates all the ime (as if "Cates" were your last name)! Don't I feel like the idiot. Sorry dude.





    As for my moniker, it's a knickname an old college buddy gave me. I have one of those funky, hard-to-pronounce last names (like Corvette has probably), so he just started calling me "Moogs" and pretty soon everyone followed suit. The ? symbol was added when AI came back online, just in case some clown had intentionally taken my name and intended to spam the board...although in retrospect I should've just checked / tried the original spelling first. But that would be too logical.



    And yes, I do believe in the concept that just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get me.



    <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />



    [ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: Moogs ? ]</p>
  • Reply 9 of 70
    sapisapi Posts: 207member
    I'm from Holland, lots a cows here

    My wife is from Indonesia



    sapi is indonesian for cow





    I'm just not very creative ...
  • Reply 10 of 70
    [quote]Originally posted by powerdoc:

    <strong>

    I try first;

    powerdoc : power like powermac, and doc like medical doctor.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    So does that mean that you are a Medical Doctor?
  • Reply 11 of 70
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by iMacfan:

    <strong>



    So does that mean that you are a Medical Doctor?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    yes i am a plastic surgeon.
  • Reply 12 of 70
    Milkman is a nickname I picked up a long time ago (way to long of a story to go into detail) and it just stuck. The school I went to in Florida would actually call you by your nickname if you wanted and so everyone there new me as Milkman no one really new my real name. Even when I became an instructor I was know as Milkman. The main reason I like it is because it is a lot easier to remember than my real name (very common)
  • Reply 12 of 70
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by groverat:

    <strong>



    haha



    You mean:





    That's a doctored picture of a rat and our beloved Sesame Street character, <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~grover/daigrov.gif"; target="_blank">grover</a>



    [ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: groverat ]</strong><hr></blockquote>

    yea the picture is nice, the fur looks good, and this character should have appear in the muppet's show.
  • Reply 14 of 70
    [quote]Originally posted by powerdoc:

    <strong>



    yes i am a plastic surgeon.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Wow! - I might well be interested in plastic surgery when I qualify (I'm just starting Med School at Imperial College London. Any tips? Also, do you like the new French system of National Healthcare - I think that the UK should switch to a similar system, but the currenc government is having none of it.



    Thanks,



    David
  • Reply 15 of 70
    pfflampfflam Posts: 5,053member
    pfflam means absolutely nothing... in fact it was chosen because of the amount of nothing it means.



    except that it really sounds like nothing as well.
  • Reply 16 of 70
    sebseb Posts: 676member
    mine is the most lame.



    my initials.



    first name Shawn.



    e.b.



    I never knew I'd make more than the one post, back in Dec. 98, or I would've come up with something more original. Oh well.
  • Reply 17 of 70
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by iMacfan:

    <strong>



    Wow! - I might well be interested in plastic surgery when I qualify (I'm just starting Med School at Imperial College London. Any tips? Also, do you like the new French system of National Healthcare - I think that the UK should switch to a similar system, but the currenc government is having none of it.



    Thanks,



    David</strong><hr></blockquote>

    It's nice to discover a colleague here on AI. What sort of tips do you want ?



    There is no new French system of National healthcare, just minor changes. French doctor (especially the general practicioner) are not very happy in the private sector : their fees are fixed by the state, and the prizes where blocked for years. I am in a little different case because i have the right to fix my own fees.



    The problem of Medecine is that good Medecine cost many, many money. Politicians, does not want to tell the truth to people, if they want the best medecine avalaibe it cost them more money. Until these days medecine have worked fine in France. The french specificity is the coexistence of two system in parallelar , the public and the private system.



    Personaly i belong to the private system, that's why i can bought macs, because i a m my own boss, if i was in public hospital i will have a PC( if they give me one). This story of mac is just a detail, but i have many more liberty in private hospital than in public one. In counterpart, i have to work more in order to earn money. I will not have this pression if i worked for public hospital.
  • Reply 18 of 70
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    Outsider as in not an insider.
  • Reply 19 of 70
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Mine really doesn't have a meaning.
  • Reply 20 of 70
    ferroferro Posts: 453member
    FERRO...



    I like to play with rare earth magnets... (i.e. ferro-magnetic fields)



    ------------------------------------



    © FERRO 2001-2002



    [ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: FERRO ]</p>
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