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Here's your chance, or oppertunity to explain your display name and or signiture tag.
Mine, RogueLeader is a call sign that I've taken from Star Wars' Rogue Squadron.  It's the combat name used by the RS/CC in the same manner that we use call signs.  It does not mean as some have taken, that I am trying to be rebellious or any such thing.  To me, it is a name of pride, as well as a symbol of both profesionallism and dedication to a cause that IU firmly believe in.

Mine speaks for itself. HAHA

As does mine.

Jack

Quote from: LtCol White on April 04, 2007, 07:39:04 PM
Mine speaks for itself. HAHA

Really, couldn't tell ;D

My old 1990s nickname was "El Capitan," after the former Santa Fe Railroad's (BNSF) former train of the same name (along with Star Trek, Mariachi Music and  Garden Railroading...I'm a bit of a die hard Railfan).  People started calling me that as a CB handle and it took to my regular moniker among those circles.

When I started participation in CAP and became a Captain, people now called me that for the reason that I was (eventualy) a Captain.  Soon area Radio talkshow hosts started calling me and referring to me as "Captain Carrales" and was given that name on a political commentary forum.

I then started to get more active in CAP and soon drew my radio contacts into my plans/attempts to retool and revitialize our unit.  When I got promoted to Major, they started calling me "Major Carrales."

Thus, my current "given" nickname is actually... "Major Carrales" or just "MajorCarr."

Quote from: ColonelJack on April 04, 2007, 07:39:58 PM
As does mine.

Jack

Why do you want "I shall teeth and to be trained " as a sig/

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 07:44:47 PM
Thus, my current "given" nickname is actually... "Major Carrales" or just "MajorCarr."

So, Joe, where does "Sparky" come from?

Quote from: mlcurtis69 on April 04, 2007, 08:02:44 PM

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 07:44:47 PM
Thus, my current "given" nickname is actually... "Major Carrales" or just "MajorCarr."

So, Joe, where does "Sparky" come from?

"Sparky" was my attempt to see if I could create a "nickname" based on a comment about a pic of me with a service cap on that someone started with..."hold on there sparky."  It never caught on.

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 08:08:38 PM

Quote from: mlcurtis69 on April 04, 2007, 08:02:44 PM

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 07:44:47 PM
Thus, my current "given" nickname is actually... "Major Carrales" or just "MajorCarr."

So, Joe, where does "Sparky" come from?

"Sparky" was my attempt to see if I could create a "nickname" based on a comment about a pic of me with a service cap on that someone started with..."hold on there sparky."  It never caught on.

If you say so Sparky, Sir

;)

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 04, 2007, 07:57:55 PM

Quote from: ColonelJack on April 04, 2007, 07:39:58 PM
As does mine.

Jack

Why do you want "I shall teeth and to be trained " as a sig/

Actually, it's supposed to be, "I am a pupil and need to be taught."  The motto of Peter the Great.  (Don't tell me it's mis-translated.  I may die.)

Jack

Quote from: ColonelJack on April 04, 2007, 08:34:20 PM

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 04, 2007, 07:57:55 PM

Quote from: ColonelJack on April 04, 2007, 07:39:58 PM
As does mine.

Jack

Why do you want "I shall teeth and to be trained " as a sig/

Actually, it's supposed to be, "I am a pupil and need to be taught."  The motto of Peter the Great.  (Don't tell me it's mis-translated.  I may die.)

Jack

Fine, I won't tell you, but hey, google could be wrong.

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 04, 2007, 08:35:52 PM


Actually, it's supposed to be, "I am a pupil and need to be taught."  The motto of Peter the Great.  (Don't tell me it's mis-translated.  I may die.)

Jack

Fine, I won't tell you, but hey, google could be wrong.

It must be ... AltaVista's Babelfish gives me this for my line: 

Я буду зрачком, и быть наученным.

Which, you'll note, is the same as in my sig.  (All right, I added the comma.)

Hmmm...my Russian is rusty at best.  Anyone out there can give me the best translation?

Jack

It could be because Google is using Russian Beta

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 08:08:38 PM

Quote from: mlcurtis69 on April 04, 2007, 08:02:44 PM

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 07:44:47 PM
Thus, my current "given" nickname is actually... "Major Carrales" or just "MajorCarr."

So, Joe, where does "Sparky" come from?

"Sparky" was my attempt to see if I could create a "nickname" based on a comment about a pic of me with a service cap on that someone started with..."hold on there sparky."  It never caught on.

Sure my name is Theodore and some people call me Tedd, Teddy or by even by my initials, but it's at their discretion.  ...and to invent something right out of the blue?
That's ...um, kinda weird there.

Nobody (well adjusted) makes there own nicknames.  They're generally made for you and usually to one's chagrin.

From now on I shall be referred to as "Dieter".  Do you want to touch my monkey?  His coat is soft and luxurious.
See?  ...weird.


Oh, and on the subject of my sig, it can't speak for itself.  It has no face, so my name and a link will have to suffice.

Quote from: tedda on April 04, 2007, 08:59:51 PM

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 08:08:38 PM

Quote from: mlcurtis69 on April 04, 2007, 08:02:44 PM

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 07:44:47 PM
Thus, my current "given" nickname is actually... "Major Carrales" or just "MajorCarr."

So, Joe, where does "Sparky" come from?

"Sparky" was my attempt to see if I could create a "nickname" based on a comment about a pic of me with a service cap on that someone started with..."hold on there sparky."  It never caught on.

Sure my name is Theodore and some people call me Tedd, Teddy or by even by my initials, but it's at their discretion.  ...and to invent something right out of the blue?
That's ...um, kinda weird there.

Nobody (well adjusted) makes there own nicknames.  They're generally made for you and usually to one's chagrin.

From now on I shall be referred to as "Dieter".  Do you want to touch my monkey?  His coat is soft and luxurious.
See?  ...weird.


Oh, and on the subject of my sig, it can't speak for itself.  It has no face, so my name and a link will have to suffice.

Whateva' Imeria'

Mine speaks for itself.

My signature is the result of not being creative enough to come up with a really clever one involving Star Wars or something.

Quote from: tedda on April 04, 2007, 08:59:51 PM


Nobody (well adjusted) makes there own nicknames.  They're generally made for you and usually to one's chagrin.

From now on I shall be referred to as "Dieter".  Do you want to touch my monkey?  His coat is soft and luxurious.
See?  ...weird.

My initial intent was not to, in actuality "make up my own nickname" but rather to "stick it to those" that were trying to flame me at the time.  "Sparky" was used against me to belittle me in some way, so...like those that are often ridiculed, I adopted the insult as my identity.  And there it remains...albiet altered.

Quote from: JohnKachenmeister on April 04, 2007, 09:13:19 PM
My signature is the result of not being creative enough to come up with a really clever one involving Star Wars or something.

Who said only Star Wars?  or thinking about witty lines.  I've been calling myself Rogue Leader, or Rogue One for years.

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 09:16:58 PM

My initial intent was not to, in actuality "make up my own nickname" but rather to "stick it to those" that were trying to flame me at the time.  "Sparky" was used against me to belittle me in some way, so...like those that are often ridiculed, I adopted the insult as my identity.  And there it remains...albiet altered.

I doubt "those" felt stuck with anything except maybe puzzlement.
Maybe that's why it never stuck, as you say.

 [shrug]

I'm a firefighter and a paramedic; I've used this username here and there for a number of years.

I'm a Babylon 5 fan and have a degree in psychology, so it fits. 

Quote from: tedda on April 04, 2007, 09:32:27 PM

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 09:16:58 PM

My initial intent was not to, in actuality "make up my own nickname" but rather to "stick it to those" that were trying to flame me at the time.  "Sparky" was used against me to belittle me in some way, so...like those that are often ridiculed, I adopted the insult as my identity.  And there it remains...albiet altered.

I doubt "those" felt stuck with anything except maybe puzzlement.
Maybe that's why it never stuck, as you say.

It's not an easy task to respond to attacks in a respected forum like this without "going blue."  I did what I could based on my mentality of the time... ;)

Anyway, since then I don't like to get into such fights and exchanges.  It serves no purpose.  When I do get roped into such exchanges...I just let it ride and don't respond.  It's a game I don't feel like playing anymore.

I appologize to Dennis (DNALL) for some of the early exchanges here and at the Portal.  Once I realized that these abstract arguments about CAP were destroying relationships...it wasn't all that important.  Now, Dennis has helped me out a great deal.  For that, I thank him publically.

One would not think such an assist would come if one read the older posts.

Stonewall was the prefix callsign for my Infantry Company when we deployed to Bosnia.  I was Stonewall 1-1 (one, one).  I just took off the 1-1 and went with Stonewall here.  Nothing special.

My signature is my CAP rank, Lt Col, and my Mitchell number which was awarded in June 1991.

AlphaSig = nickname of my college fraternity (Alpha Sigma Phi)
OU = the popular initials for that great university in the Sooner State which I attended many moons ago... The University of Oklahoma! BOOMER SOONER! TUCK FEXAS! (About the only thing I hate - especially if it's colored burnt orange and white - about the Great Republic of Texas - of which I'm a 'naturalized' citizen  ;D) It's been my online 'handle' on several web boards past and present.

The sig line is pretty self-explanatory.

C Arnold - self explanatory

1836 - the year that the great Republic of Texas gained independence from the tyrannical over-lord Santa Ana.

http://www.rideforfatherhood.org - be sure to check the "the riders" and our mission statement

My parents gave me mine...

Tuba- I am a tuba player and band director in North Central PA
cap-I like to wear hats  ;D

Corona--what a surprise
The Forgotten one--No one seems to remember me at one specific activity
J-O-O...umm, yea...
Zion Man--I bring the power of zion to everyone, one goy at a time
KoKo (CoKo)--Short way of saying Colonel Korona WIWAC

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 08:08:38 PM

Quote from: mlcurtis69 on April 04, 2007, 08:02:44 PM

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 07:44:47 PM
Thus, my current "given" nickname is actually... "Major Carrales" or just "MajorCarr."

So, Joe, where does "Sparky" come from?

"Sparky" was my attempt to see if I could create a "nickname" based on a comment about a pic of me with a service cap on that someone started with..."hold on there sparky."  It never caught on.

Yeah...that was me.  There's a reason it never caught on, sport.

I suppose that some of you guys could wonder how I came up with "bosshawk"  On the other hand, some would not really care much.

"bosshawk" happens to be my email ID: I don't have much imagination, so I use it here.  Boss because at the time that I coined my email address, I was the ExDir of the OV-1 Mohawk Association and hawk because that was the short nickname for the airplane.

Like I said, my imagination sometimes runs short.

Quote from: ColonelJack on April 04, 2007, 08:40:28 PM

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 04, 2007, 08:35:52 PM


Actually, it's supposed to be, "I am a pupil and need to be taught."  The motto of Peter the Great.  (Don't tell me it's mis-translated.  I may die.)

Jack

Fine, I won't tell you, but hey, google could be wrong.

It must be ... AltaVista's Babelfish gives me this for my line: 

Я буду зрачком, и быть наученным.

Which, you'll note, is the same as in my sig.  (All right, I added the comma.)

Hmmm...my Russian is rusty at best.  Anyone out there can give me the best translation?

Jack

LMAO... the translator used the word pupil in its anatomic sense. Thus, it says:
I will be an eye pupil and be educated. (Yes, it makes no sense in Russian either)

Quote from: bosshawk on April 05, 2007, 04:34:26 AM
I suppose that some of you guys could wonder how I came up with "bosshawk"  On the other hand, some would not really care much.

"bosshawk" happens to be my email ID: I don't have much imagination, so I use it here.  Boss because at the time that I coined my email address, I was the ExDir of the OV-1 Mohawk Association and hawk because that was the short nickname for the airplane.

Like I said, my imagination sometimes runs short.

Congratulations on your 100th post! 

I'm in the same boat, but less creative...

Quote from: afgeo4 on April 05, 2007, 05:42:16 AM

LMAO... the translator used the word pupil in its anatomic sense. Thus, it says:
I will be an eye pupil and be educated. (Yes, it makes no sense in Russian either)

That never occurred to me!  I've corrected it, using "student" for "pupil" and now I think it makes more sense.  I trust Peter the Great will forgive me.

Jack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid#JUSTIN_BAILEY

Right now, my signature is encampment-related, but most times, I just put song lyrics in there.

Hawkeye

My father loved the book last of the Mahicans and named me after one  of the charactors.

Quote from: isuhawkeye on April 05, 2007, 01:29:57 PM
Hawkeye

My father loved the book last of the Mahicans and named me after one  of the charactors.

Tell me your last name is "Pierce" and you win the Pun Award of the Month.   ;D

Jack

I'm a Freemason, that's where mine came from.

"Chappie" was hung on me 20+ years ago when I began serving as a Law Enforcement Chaplain.  When I retired from that aspect of chaplaincy and began my CAP career, the squadron commander called me "Chappie" (not knowing the previous usage)....so it has stuck with me close to 30 years.  Oh well...been called worst things  :D

Quote from: Psicorp on April 04, 2007, 09:39:51 PM
I'm a Babylon 5 fan and have a degree in psychology, so it fits. 

I thought you might have been involved in Psi-ops section ;) 8)

Quote from: Chappie on April 05, 2007, 03:32:39 PM
"Chappie" was hung on me 20+ years ago when I began serving as a Law Enforcement Chaplain.  When I retired from that aspect of chaplaincy and began my CAP career, the squadron commander called me "Chappie" (not knowing the previous usage)....so it has stuck with me close to 30 years.  Oh well...been called worst things  :D

Well, it's a better nickname than the "Chappie" I know through work, who is so called because his lips are constantly chapped as heck.   >:D

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 05, 2007, 03:53:06 PM

Quote from: Psicorp on April 04, 2007, 09:39:51 PM
I'm a Babylon 5 fan and have a degree in psychology, so it fits. 

I thought you might have been involved in Psi-ops section ;) 8)

Something like that...when I joined I was told I needed a CAP Driver's License, they said something about driving a black van.   :P

Quote from: Psicorp on April 05, 2007, 06:16:39 PM

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 05, 2007, 03:53:06 PM

Quote from: Psicorp on April 04, 2007, 09:39:51 PM
I'm a Babylon 5 fan and have a degree in psychology, so it fits. 

I thought you might have been involved in Psi-ops section ;) 8)

Something like that...when I joined I was told I needed a CAP Driver's License, they said something about driving a black van.   :P

With the to be forms ready to roll, right?

First real service nickname - Viet for Sergeant Ghost

Quote from: Trung Si Ma on April 05, 2007, 07:20:13 PM
First real service nickname - Viet for Sergeant Ghost

Sounds like there's a story or three behind that.

Pylon is a nickname that came from my first encampment as a cadet back in th' day, at Fort Drum, New York.  I was a fairly green boot, with maybe two stripes to my name.  Shortly after arrival and in-processing, they loaded up several CAP vans full of us cadets to take us to the BX / MCSS.  Whoever was in charge basically said, "Get what you need and be back here in the parking lot no later than 15 minutes.... and make sure you get in the same van you came in."

I bought a bunch of junk I probably didn't need at the BX and was rushing to get back to the parking lot in time, so I didn't get left there.  I boarded a van and we all pulled out of the lot.  I thought everything was fine and in a few minutes, they dumped us off with our flight staff to join our new comrades.

Little known to me, I got on a different van.  The staff from the other van (the van I came in) were trying to find this little cadet airman that disappeared at the BX.   Nobody really knew my name, but it was there on a list.  "Cadet Kieloch."

It's pronounced "Key-Lock", but as these staff members continually butchered my name back and forth over the radios looking for me, my name became progressively worse.  It went from Key-Lock to Ky-lock, to Ky-lon and eventually to "Py-lon"

Some Senior Member came over to our flight about an hour later asking if anybody had seen a "Cadet Pylon."  We all gave a blank stare and looked around at each others nametapes.  Nope.  No Cadet Pylon here!

Eventually, they figured it out and "found" me happily drilling with my flight.  I got in a bit of trouble, but the damage was done -- several cadets from my home squadron were in earshot and thought the story was hilarious.  They brought the nickname "Pylon" back to my squadron, where it stuck.

...and I've been using it as my internet username since AOL 2.0 was still getting mailed out en masse on floppy disks.  :D

PhoenixCadet...

On my squadron's shield/patch, we have a spread-winged Phoenix (bird) - thus, PhoenixCadet.  (No, i'm not from the city. :))

Quote from: Psicorp on April 05, 2007, 07:27:49 PM

Quote from: Trung Si Ma on April 05, 2007, 07:20:13 PM
First real service nickname - Viet for Sergeant Ghost

Sounds like there's a story or three behind that.

And your Wing Commander knows some of them.

Display name is easy, Once a Marine et al.  I may not be on active duty anymore but I'm still a Marine. I also do not like the term "Former Marine"  I ain't lost my title.

"Dr. Dave" got hung on me pretty quickly after being accepted to medical school and later really stuck in residency (especially with the cute nursing staff).   

Consistent with being an "upstart" med student, I even had it as my personalized vehicle license plate for awhile (until I realized it basically said "hit me, I've got insurance" or "steal me", so I switched).

Rolls off the tongue rather easily, casual but professional! :)

As a Lutheran Clergyman, when I am in clerical garb, I wear a high Roman Pontiff style collar, all white all the way around my neck.  When I was in seminary we nick-named them "Flea Collars."  I just changed it to Dog Collar for this board.

flynd94

fly= I am a professional pilot
nd=  University of North Dakota, Go Sioux!!!!
94=  The year I dun graduated


KS

Penguins are the best animals on Earth.

Flying Pig

Im a pilot.....and a cop.

flyerthom -> 'cause someone already flyer tom at my ISP.

I fly and my name is Tom.

mikeylikey= Mike (my name) and likey, well thats just how I feel, as in I like everything.  However, that likeing everything part can change very fast, as is appearant if you read some of my earlier posts.  But after some court ordered anger management classes for almost slapping a private who failed to call me sir, I think I have changed and become more easy going.  Now if a private doesn't call me sir, I just hold up his promotion packets.  See how they like that one. 

My sig=  :)   that is self explanatory.  I am a nice guy!  And everyone better agree.  IF you want my info, email or PM and I will gladly pass it over.  The sig line will remain a little barren!

Mike

drcomm, The "D and R are my initials and the "COMM" is there for my communications background.  I have been a ham radio operator for 25 years and all of my current CAP time and during most of my previous time in CAP the 70's and 80's  I was involved in CAP communications.  I am employed as an aircraft mechanic/ avionics technician. 

The sig area is self explanatory.

Quote from: Flying Pig on April 08, 2007, 04:38:38 AM
Flying Pig

Im a pilot.....and a cop.

Always nice to find a Deputy with a sense of humor.

I would hope my title speaks for itself.

Becks is short for my last name, Beckham.  Thats about it.

Major Chuck

Nothing original there.  I tried CAP Safety Dude for a while when I was active in that field.

Call sign here at the hospital is "Major"...fixing to change that to 'Sarge' when my NG promotion becomes official.

No real nicknames outside of "Cran" when I was in the service. 

The lonely Rebel searching for inner peace throughout the land, righting wrongs and fighting injustice anywhereits found.

I'm also pretty handy with a shotgun, too.

I used to fly the majority of my missions/practices with the heads from the Wg Ops shop, and traveled extensively with the wing/region commander.  When a new pilot/flying gadget, pilot aid, tech toy, computer gadget, etc., would come out, I'd usually acquire one.  I was young, single, and used discretionary funds for toys instead of retirement..  So, the DO started calling me "Gadget."  I'd get in the airplane with one/many of them, and they'd ask "What new toy have you got today, Gadget?"

Before everyone was persnickety about what was on the leather badges, I used to have one that had "Gadget" on *it* as well.  I wouldn't try it now for fear someone would probably 2B me, ferpetessake!

My current .sig line is a personal quote.  It'll change as my mood and what I want to say are affected.

V/R,

Quote from: LTC_Gadget on April 10, 2007, 05:34:12 AM
IWhen a new pilot/flying gadget, pilot aid, tech toy, computer gadget, etc., would come out, I'd usually acquire one.  I was young, single, and used discretionary funds for toys instead of retirement..  So, the DO started calling me "Gadget." 

I too am a bit of gadget guy, but with gear.  Military gear as it relates to my military job (air national guard), with my civilian job as a cop, or with ground team gear.  From radio headsets to GPS's to tac lights for my pistol, I've got to have it. 

I've been called a "Gear Queer" more than once.  But I'd never use that as my user name  8)

I could use a whole range of nicknames given to me during my tenure in the Iowa Wing.

Wing Tip - For those of you that don't know, just to suffice, airplanes do get hanger rashes..........

Jimmy - My former CC started to call me that....It stuck like a bad habit.  It is my name to the "inner-circle" of friends.  Well ok if you are in CAP, you can call me Jimmy......

CadetProgramGuy is the name I came up with because I run the CP.  I was teaching a CP portion of our OTS and a new officer said he wanted to talk to the "Cadet Program Guy".

Thanks!!

Jimmy

Quote from: Johnny Yuma on April 10, 2007, 01:01:08 AM
The lonely Rebel searching for inner peace throughout the land, righting wrongs and fighting injustice anywhereits found.

I'm also pretty handy with a shotgun, too.

My lightsaber is pretty handy too.

Humm.  Sgt. = My Rank, Savage = My Last Name

Consequently, like most of us ex-Army guys, I'm real creative. I was so much so as a kid that I named my Stuffed bear, "Beary", my pig, " Piggy", my lamb, "Lamby", and my dog, "Puppy". My son has that same creative flair.

My signature is was the Crest of the 75th Infantry Regiment, U S Army Rangers, with whom I am honored to have served. I change these things all the time.

Sua Sponte

Jim

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 11, 2007, 02:48:59 PM
My lightsaber is pretty handy too.

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Quote from: Pylon on April 11, 2007, 02:59:40 PM

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 11, 2007, 02:48:59 PM
My lightsaber is pretty handy too.

(http://www.militariacollecting.com/style_emoticons/default/starwars.gif)

My saber is bigger than your saber ;)

Mine is combination of two organizations.

1. My CAP call-sign used to be KYCAP 191.
2. I was a member of the Barren River Area Search Dog Assoc. (BRASDA).  And I used the number 91 as my call-sign with them, hence brasda91.

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 11, 2007, 03:41:50 PM

Quote from: Pylon on April 11, 2007, 02:59:40 PM

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 11, 2007, 02:48:59 PM
My lightsaber is pretty handy too.

(http://www.militariacollecting.com/style_emoticons/default/starwars.gif)

My saber is bigger than your saber ;)

Sounds like a BAD case of lightsaber envy to me ...

Jack

Quote from: ColonelJack on April 12, 2007, 08:07:53 PM

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 11, 2007, 03:41:50 PM

Quote from: Pylon on April 11, 2007, 02:59:40 PM

Quote from: RogueLeader on April 11, 2007, 02:48:59 PM
My lightsaber is pretty handy too.

(http://www.militariacollecting.com/style_emoticons/default/starwars.gif)

My saber is bigger than your saber ;)

Sounds like a BAD case of lightsaber envy to me ...

Jack

Nah, just arrogance of a Saber master

Here's your new chance, new members to brag about your display name.

"SKYKING" from the old TV series.....    The "607" comes from my old CAP radio call sign.

CAWG went from BlackBear (mobile) BrownBear (air) WhiteBear (base) to
Eagle and now to Yosemite.  What next?.....Joshua Tree?.....Maybe Mojave?

Sandman: I use chemicals to paralyze people and put them to sleep, then I get to wake them up later with more chemicals ;D

Quote from: sandman on June 09, 2007, 10:08:59 AM
Sandman: I use chemicals to paralyze people and put them to sleep, then I get to wake them up later with more chemicals ;D

You're a Medical type Sir? ... sheesh, and all this time I thought that was a surface warfare badge on your Portal Persons' Uniform.

How was The Asian Scene?

Bump again:
Hiya new folks
Here's your chance to tell us about yourself.  If you read the past few pages of this thread, you will find out about some of us.

The Bayhawk is the mascot of my original squadron, Bayshore Composite Squadron, NER-NJ-067.  No one really paid all that much attention to it but I liked it so I adopted it.  I was a bayhawk not the bayhawk so I needed some way to indicate that so I included the number 21 which is my birth date.

Below is a paint job I did on my headset of the Bayhawk.

Camas = named after a wildflower that grows here in the Pacific Northwest.  I just like native plants I guess.  Nothing imaginative other than that.

My screen name is taken from the antique fighter plane that was the first operational aircraft I flew back in the early '60s: the Douglas F4D Skyray.  Over the years it has gotten me a number of contacts with Skyray pilots, some of whom are old squadron mates.  It is so little remembered these days that I had to have a model built so I can show people what I am talking about--most of them jump to the conclusion that I am talking about the Douglas Skyhawk, a totally different bird.

CAPLAW, I am a Law Enforcement, affiliated with an agency in Florida. CAPLAW just came to mind.

And no, its not TP folks :)

I am really not a person who has ever put much thought into any user ID. I usually just use some combintation of my name & some numbers that are significant to me.

My user ID here on CAP Talk is what I do for a living. I am currently working for the DoD as an Avionics specialist; assigned as a Quality Assurance Inspector. Hence, Viper QA.

My given name is John. As far as nick names go, most of my friends & co-workers call me JJ or Jay.

I haven't gotten around to a signature line yet.

Viper, they call me Jay as well or JJ The jet plane ;D

As and old Marine 0311 I couldn't spell but was smart enough to quit walking.

In high school, someone once hollered "Hey Walk-Man" (my last name being Walker). Just kinda stuck. Been using it (or a variant thereof) online for years.

I decide to change my display name from mlcurtis69 to Lancer.

My middle name is Lance.  I've used Lancer as a nickname/handle on other boards and back in the day's of CB radio use. No I  don't drive a Mitsubishi Lancer, although the 2008 model is pretty sharp.  ;)

Just felt it was time to do something different here.

ELTHunter......pretty self explanatory if you're in CAP ;D

SARKID - Search and Rescue Kid (obviously).  Its what I have on my fancy-dancy-specialized-vanity CAP license plates
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Resdon111/sarkid.jpg)

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Quote from: Lancer on August 30, 2007, 10:01:59 PM
I decide to change my display name from mlcurtis69 to Lancer.

My middle name is Lance.  I've used Lancer as a nickname/handle on other boards and back in the day's of CB radio use. No I  don't drive a Mitsubishi Lancer, although the 2008 model is pretty sharp.  ;)

Just felt it was time to do something different here.

I used to own a 1986 Dodge Lancer...we simply called it (we name our vehicles) THE LANCER.  I sold it years ago...you don't own it do you? ;)

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Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 08:08:38 PM

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Thus, my current "given" nickname is actually... "Major Carrales" or just "MajorCarr."

So, Joe, where does "Sparky" come from?

"Sparky" was my attempt to see if I could create a "nickname" based on a comment about a pic of me with a service cap on that someone started with..."hold on there sparky."  It never caught on.

If you say so Sparky, Sir

;)

By the way, SPARKY seems to have caught on.

^Wow, add progressions and you'd have a darn good rotoscope!

Quote from: RangerProvost on April 05, 2007, 01:41:56 PM
I'm a Freemason, that's where mine came from.

You are a traveling man, I presume?  ;D

(Triune #15, San Antonio, TX/Will Rogers #53, Claremore, OK/East Fork #650, Wylie, TX)

Sparky,
I just want to know where you got the CAP B-25.  I want one!

Don't know if I ever replied to this before, but NEBoom comes from the fact that I was one of the "charter" boom operators in the Nebraska ANG when we transitioned over to the KC-135R.  So it's a contraction of Nebraska Boom (Boom operators are called "Boom" on the interphone all the time, as in, "Hey Boom, bring me my lunch...").

Mine's nothing creative. INWG uses "Redfire" as it's callsign, and the DO is "Redfire 11".

Quote from: NEBoom on December 15, 2007, 09:36:01 PM
Sparky,
I just want to know where you got the CAP B-25.  I want one!

Don't know if I ever replied to this before, but NEBoom comes from the fact that I was one of the "charter" boom operators in the Nebraska ANG when we transitioned over to the KC-135R.  So it's a contraction of Nebraska Boom (Boom operators are called "Boom" on the interphone all the time, as in, "Hey Boom, bring me my lunch...").

Ask Kach.

Quote from: Major Carrales on December 15, 2007, 07:28:29 AM
I used to own a 1986 Dodge Lancer...we simply called it (we name our vehicles) THE LANCER.  I sold it years ago...you don't own it do you? ;)

No, but I wouldn't mind owning a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer (http://www.mitsubishicars.com/MMNA/jsp/lancer/08/index.do).  :)

Quote from: NEBoom on December 15, 2007, 09:36:01 PM
Sparky,
I just want to know where you got the CAP B-25.  I want one!

If you had bought the new CAP History book (p. 78 has a photo) you would know that CAP did have a B-25 in its inventory (the largest aircraft ever to carry the CAP insignia).  Also apparently had some C-47s and Beech C-47s. 

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Quote from: NEBoom on December 15, 2007, 09:36:01 PM
Sparky,
I just want to know where you got the CAP B-25.  I want one!

If you had bought the new CAP History book (p. 78 has a photo) you would know that CAP did have a B-25 in its inventory (the largest aircraft ever to carry the CAP insignia).  Also apparently had some C-47s and Beech C-47s. 

Beech C-45, maybe?

The Air Force assigned C-45's and C-47's to the CAP Region Liaison Officers.  Southeast Region for example had a C-47.  I heard that there was a C-46 assigned to Pacific Region since is was used in mountainous areas which made it better than the C-47.

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Actually, it's supposed to be, "I am a pupil and need to be taught."  The motto of Peter the Great.  (Don't tell me it's mis-translated.  I may die.)

Jack

Fine, I won't tell you, but hey, google could be wrong.

It must be ... AltaVista's Babelfish gives me this for my line: 

Я буду зрачком, и быть наученным.

Which, you'll note, is the same as in my sig.  (All right, I added the comma.)

Hmmm...my Russian is rusty at best.  Anyone out there can give me the best translation?

Jack

I think we've had this conversation before LOL

Ok, this part is pretty straight forward:

Capt DL Spurlock
NCR-MO-127

United States of America! Land of the Free BECAUSE of the Brave! HOOAH!

The "D" stands for "Darryl"...the "L" is my hidden name...I don't give that out...only my family knows what it is.  But my handle, Docspur, is another thing.  I received, like most good pledges in a fraternity in college, a nickname.  This nickname usually stems from something either very memorial that you have done or are known for, or for something really really stupid that you have done or known for.  Lucky for me, "Doc", stems from the former instead of the latter.  In the fraternity house, if you had a computer problem, you were instructed to call "The Doctor"...me.  This was back in the day of command prompts and if you had a 20 mg hard drive you were in "high cotton."  So it got to the point that I would get a call and it turned to be "Hey Doc...we need you at the House."  It has been such a popular nickname that even when I moved to St Louis in 2002 it followed me...people would know me by Doc more than my real name.  The "Spur" part comes from my last name.  I added that on to create my email addy, which has since been added to my nickname...so now I'm "Docspur".

SStradley for Scott Stradley.

Robert E. Lee in a man I have studed extensively, and I find him with out peer.  He said "Duty is the sublimest word in the English language."   Sublimest - most noblest, hightest, or loftest. 

He also said "Do your duty in all things.  You can do nothing more, you should do nothing less."

He not only said these words he lived them!

Again, for the relative new guys

tjaxe - intials of my first and middle names and the first chunk of my last name.  (No, I don't give out my middle name.)  I've used it for like 20 years. 

I also go by AXEL (pronounced like a car axle), TJ, and TRACE said with LOTS of emphasis, when I'm in trouble at home.  :D

Just what it says, career Army National Guard.

CS

My user name comes from what my squadron mates refer to ourselves... "Gumbies"
and Tarheel well I am from NC and thus a Tarheel.
The sig line well it is self explanatory and I just included the squadron motto " Semper Gumby"... Always Flexible. ;D

Username and signature are self-explanatory.  (Not to mention proof that creativity is not one of my strong points.)

It's all good  :angel:
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Senior:  Senior member, not a cadet.
I have no imagination, just black and white.  I don't know how to make
the signature lines.  I don't have anything witty to say.  When I try to be
funny or witty everyone takes it the wrong way, so I refrain from being witty or funny.   ;D

One pet peeve I have with sig lines is when cadets put war references in their sig lines.  Please, give me a break!!!   :o

 
I think it is easy to guess too where mine comes from.   :)

major pain... well the NCR/CC gave my this nickname when i was promoted, i was his XO. kinda stuck..

sig block well its just what i wear on the uniform and the 1* emblem

Very boring. First initial and last name

Ha so mine was my aol Screen name...  I got to texas and wanted a more grown up one and after not being able to find one I was talking to a buddy about how we hated being stationed in Texas that our Friday night fun was trying to think up a new screen name for my aol.  I was going to be funny and put in hatentx and it took and it stuck.... to the contrary I actually love Texas but just cant stand the Killeen/Ft. Hood area.  Something about to many soldier but then again who knows.

Pretty simple, really...

I'm a proud Virginia Tech Hokie living in North Carolina.

Quote from: NC Hokie on January 25, 2009, 10:05:22 PM
Pretty simple, really...

I'm a proud Virginia Tech Hokie living in North Carolina.

Not too far from me at the moment. . .

Well, as you can see from my sig, my last name is Hobgood.  Those of you who have been in the RM probably know that your military mates would shorten your name, well Hobbs was shortened by some very dear friends of mine while I was in the Navy.  It was something that stuck with me through out my shore duty assignment through my sea duty and first Gulf War time (not to mention the fact that I absolutely love the Calvin and Hobbes cartoons).  The h1 portion came from my time in some other forums that I spent a lot of time in >:D.

Quote from: Hobbsh1 on January 26, 2009, 03:53:44 AM
(not to mention the fact that I absolutely love the Calvin and Hobbes cartoons).  The h1 portion came from my time in some other forums that I spent a lot of time in >:D.

I always get a good chuckle out of the snowman series - I particluarly like the one where there are hundreds of minature snowmen everywhere...

Quote from: Hobbsh1 on January 26, 2009, 03:53:44 AM
Well, as you can see from my sig, my last name is Hobgood.  Those of you who have been in the RM probably know that your military mates would shorten your name, well Hobbs was shortened by some very dear friends of mine while I was in the Navy.  It was something that stuck with me through out my shore duty assignment through my sea duty and first Gulf War time (not to mention the fact that I absolutely love the Calvin and Hobbes cartoons).  The h1 portion came from my time in some other forums that I spent a lot of time in >:D.

I like Calvin's machine the "transmorigifier" he could do anything with that box! I wish I had one.

I don't really have a favorite favorite one,  I like them all, that little kid has a semi-warped mind when it comes to the snowmen, and an imagination that is second to none when it comes to Spaceman Spiff.  Makes me think of my childhood and some of the trouble I would get into >:D :angel:. Now'a days I just look across the room at my son and think how much like Calvin he is.  It's nice to read those comics and put myself into Calvin's role, makes me feel like a kid again. ;D

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Quote from: Hobbsh1 on January 26, 2009, 03:53:44 AM
(not to mention the fact that I absolutely love the Calvin and Hobbes cartoons).  The h1 portion came from my time in some other forums that I spent a lot of time in >:D.

I always get a good chuckle out of the snowman series - I particluarly like the one where there are hundreds of minature snowmen everywhere...

Sometimes the dad would get a good one in like explaining that B+W photos were because colors weren't invented until the 1960's and prior to that the entire world was black and white.

Quote from: Hobbsh1 on January 26, 2009, 03:53:44 AM
Well, as you can see from my sig, my last name is Hobgood.  Those of you who have been in the RM probably know that your military mates would shorten your name, well Hobbs was shortened by some very dear friends of mine while I was in the Navy.  It was something that stuck with me through out my shore duty assignment through my sea duty and first Gulf War time (not to mention the fact that I absolutely love the Calvin and Hobbes cartoons).  The h1 portion came from my time in some other forums that I spent a lot of time in >:D.

I received the ultimate in name shortenings while in the Air Force.

Gniewkowski -> G+10

It works!

Edmo is a nick name I picked up during my fraternity days, there were three people with the first name Jordan so everyone just shortened my last name. By the end of college most people I knew at the school called me Edmo.

My daughters told me I sounded like Pumbaa one day!!!  Also my distant family was involved in the original Fairchild Republic A10 (last Name)

 NCO forever was what I wanted to be as a cadet when I made my CAP Talk account.

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Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 08:08:38 PM

Quote from: mlcurtis69 on April 04, 2007, 08:02:44 PM

Quote from: Major Carrales on April 04, 2007, 07:44:47 PM
Thus, my current "given" nickname is actually... "Major Carrales" or just "MajorCarr."

So, Joe, where does "Sparky" come from?

"Sparky" was my attempt to see if I could create a "nickname" based on a comment about a pic of me with a service cap on that someone started with..."hold on there sparky."  It never caught on.

Yeah...that was me.  There's a reason it never caught on, sport.

By the way, "Sparky" seems to have caught on. >:D

For the first part, drop the vowels and you have my initials. The 33, on the other hand, is: 1) my birthdate, 3rd day of 3rd month; 2) I'm the 3rd of 3 boys; the 3rd of three children born to my parents (I have a half-brother for 4 of us total); and 3) my dad was 33 when I was born.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Captainlogo_2005.PNG)

;D

Mine is.. well... my name!   :D