Where did you nickname come from?

Menticol

Active Member

• Jan 19, 2009

• #1

While checking the forum and falling asleep on the keyboard, that dumb question came to my mind...

In my case, "Menticol" is a brand of cheap minty spray lotion, very useful when mosquitoes attack on tropical climates. The exagerated menthol smell deserves an NFPA warning label. Don't know its relationship with electronics

What about yours?

 

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bananasiong

New Member

• Jan 19, 2009

• #2

Well.. probably siong likes to eat banana

*siong is my name.

 

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picbits

Well-Known Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #3

Mine is my company name.

 

Mikebits

Well-Known Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #4

Mike was taken.

 

ericgibbs

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Most Helpful Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #5

Menticol said:

While checking the forum and falling asleep on the keyboard, that dumb question came to my mind...

In my case, "Menticol" is a brand of a cheap minty spray lotion, very useful when mosquitoes attack on tropical climates. The exagerated menthol smell deserves an NFPA warning label. Don't know its relationship with electronics

What about yours?

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hi menticol,
I new avator for you.
**broken link removed**

 

transistor495

Member

Forum Supporter

• Jan 20, 2009

• #6

I've got hundreds of BF495's. Cool...**broken link removed**

 

JimB

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Most Helpful Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #7

Around 1971 I needed a user name to login to a college computer*, so I just contracted my name (Jim Butler) to JimB, and I have been using JimB as a Nom de Guerre ever since.

*The computer was a PDP10 mainframe with a whole load of printing terminals, not quite as crude as a teletype but not far off by todays standards.

JimB

 

Mikebits

Well-Known Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #8

JimB said:

Around 1971 I needed a user name to login to a college computer*, so I just contracted my name (Jim Butler) to JimB, and I have been using JimB as a Nom de Guerre ever since.

*The computer was a PDP10 mainframe with a whole load of printing terminals, not quite as crude as a teletype but not far off by todays standards.

JimB

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I think my next nick, where ever it may be, will be Nom de Guerre. I just like that

 

RadioRon

Well-Known Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #9

People I worked with called me this, and after a while I started to use it too.

 

blueroomelectronics

Well-Known Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #10

It's my companies name, I was originally going to call it RedRoomElectronics but it made me think of the Shining. (REDRUM)

 

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gerty

Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #11

A shortened, twisted version of my last name.

 

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ormo

New Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #12

My name is Mark Ormesher but everyone that knows me calls me ormo (shortened surname)

 

Andy1845c

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #13

My name is Andy. Its a common name and is always taken. The 1845c is a model of Case skid loader to be honest. Its a name I use many places on the net. Its never taken, haha

 

jpanhalt

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Most Helpful Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #14

It's my initials and last name, which only has 6 letters, not seven.
John

 

Leftyretro

New Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #15

I'm somewhat old and left-handed of course

Lefty

 

Mikebits

Well-Known Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #16

Leftyretro said:

I'm somewhat old and left-handed of course

Lefty

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You never did say, were you a pitcher in HS? Being a lefty is a baseball plus

 

monkeybiter

Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #17

You would have had to be there

 

Mikebits

Well-Known Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #18

Take a step back, Monkeybiter...

**broken link removed**

I know it is a chimp, not a monkey...

 

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monkeybiter

Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #19

That was rather swift! Do you just happen to have a lot of strange piccies on your hdd?

'Chimps with guns' ? Wasn't that a video?

MVP [Most Violent Primate]

 

microtexan

New Member

• Jan 20, 2009

• #20

microtexan.... I'm real small and I'm from near Houston or I'm from near Houston and am interested in micro controllers.