user names and avatars

mikeysaling · Post by **mikeysaling** » Mon 14 May, 2012 8:54 am

I notice a great variety of usernames which must of course be unique - how did you arrive at yours and why did you choose your avatar - does it have a special meaning?

Mine is easy - I'm mikey and i live in a small village called saling (with no I) . The avatar represents the fact that i'm thin as a rake and spend more time than i should on my computer !

Jonny2morsos · Post by **Jonny2morsos** » Mon 14 May, 2012 8:56 am

I think this one has come up before.

mikeysaling · Post by **mikeysaling** » Mon 14 May, 2012 9:09 am

Oh dear - maybe it can be put down as a senior moment thread !! Mind you I do recall you selling 1 of your morso's so maybe J1M now ?

Roboframer · Post by **Roboframer** » Mon 14 May, 2012 9:27 am

It's come up before but lots and lots of people have joined since then - so SPILL!

Me - worked as a warehouse operative for a time after leaving the army - I blew all the picking and error rate records away and they christened me 'Robo Packer'.

strokebloke · Post by **strokebloke** » Mon 14 May, 2012 10:01 am

All through my professional life I was known/referred to simply as Foreman (my surname) No-one ever called me Jack.
On the Stroke Unit when medical staff called me Jack, I took no notice. I wasn't being rude; I just never assumed that they were talking to me.
My brain was addled anyway

So they started calling me strokebloke.
I think it was a natural progression from "that bloke who doesn't respond when you speak to him."

It has stuck. Through rehab and even the annual stroke reviews.
It's also my username on ePz.

guzzijim · Post by **guzzijim** » Mon 14 May, 2012 10:43 am

Used to have a MotoGuzzi 1100 cc fuel injected Californian

GeoSpectrum · Post by **GeoSpectrum** » Mon 14 May, 2012 12:31 pm

I own a small specialist consultancy (ie its just me) called GeoSpectrum Consulting and tend to use GeoSpectrum as my username on a number of forums. My avatar is whatever takes my fancy at the time.

stcstc · Post by **stcstc** » Mon 14 May, 2012 12:38 pm

mine is just my initials twice

birdman · Post by **birdman** » Mon 14 May, 2012 1:36 pm

Our business became Pelican after a visit to Oz. We came back with loadsa photos of the aforementioned bird and when trying to think of a name for the business they happened to be what we were looking at and therefore the bird became the business name and I the birdman!

The avatar has changed a few times but the current one is one of a pair of metal pelicans, made by somebody out of scrap pieces of metal/engines that we photographed in Brisbane I think? They were sitting on a post in the river.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Mon 14 May, 2012 2:19 pm

Nickname from Army days....

I was training to be a mechanic and managed to strip the threads off some nuts and bolts through over tightening. - hence 'Gus the Gorilla''. Not got a suitable avatar yet, will have to give it some thought!

Not your average framer · Mon 14 May, 2012 3:11 pm

It was one of my customers who said that I was "Not your average framer".

I am a very different sort of framer with a very different sort of business. None of this was planned, but just the way things happened.

David McCormack · Post by **David McCormack** » Mon 14 May, 2012 3:16 pm

I use the swallow logo on all my stationery. I’m very lucky to be surrounded by nesting swallows both at work and at home. While I was setting up my workshop in the summer of 2010, I wandering into the meadow with my camera and did my best to keep up with them. The attached photo is a montage. Anyone spot the single swift amongst the swallows?

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Vince442 · Post by **Vince442** » Mon 14 May, 2012 4:09 pm

Mine's just my name and random numbers. The avatar is the coat of arms for my surname

misterdiy · Post by **misterdiy** » Mon 14 May, 2012 7:48 pm

Throughout most of my life I have done most things myself, like bricklaying carpentry, roofing electrics, fitting out a narrowboat etc etc. I used to be known for my DIY skills and was often referred to as DIY. Some years ago I tried to set up an account at Amazon selling books and couldn't use my preferred user name so tried Mr DIY. It worked and stuck. Incidentally the numberplate came up at auction some weeks ago (MRD 1 Y) but they had set a stupid reserve so never sold.

CanvasChris · Post by **CanvasChris** » Mon 14 May, 2012 8:26 pm

I started off printing and stretching canvas... I drink a lot of espresso hence my avatar.

Steve Goodall · Post by **Steve Goodall** » Mon 14 May, 2012 9:36 pm

I'm called Steve Goodall - how sad is that

But as a bit of a "rarity" on here - ie - a manufacturer - who is unafraid to get into the banter on here & generally have a laugh with my customers - rather than just "lurking" - it seemed only fair not to hide behind a "nickname".

Mind you - if you heard some of the nicknames I have at work - you would use your real name too...

KNOW ALL GOODALL being just one of the nicer ones

Don't you just love your workmates

Roboframer · Post by **Roboframer** » Mon 14 May, 2012 9:51 pm

David McCormack wrote: Anyone spot the single swift amongst the swallows?

If you go left to right/top to bottom, I'm going for No 11.

David McCormack · Post by **David McCormack** » Mon 14 May, 2012 10:11 pm

Yep, No 11 is a swift, but having looked again myself, particularly at the tail feathers, I think there are some others there too?

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Roboframer · Post by **Roboframer** » Mon 14 May, 2012 10:32 pm

Maybe, but it's the male swallow with the long streamers, those others you've circled could be female swallows.

The fork is less pronounced on the swift, which is why I went for No 11

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgui ... ation.aspx

Jonny2morsos · Post by **Jonny2morsos** » Mon 14 May, 2012 11:09 pm

Don't know how it is for the rest of the country but here (Cambs/Lincs border) there are hardly any summer migrants yet. I can count on one hand the number of house martins spotted and the only swallows I have seen so far have been over the local rivers and gravel pits. Not a swift at all yet and not heard a cuckoo.

We do however have a pair of short eared owls locally and I managed this shot last week.

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