Where does your user name come from?

Mine is a concatenation of my first name and my wife's first name.

-- Al

mine just cracked me up.

The last name of my cellmate and soulmate in the joint.

There is a member with the username Davt. Any relationship?

I cant remember....

Ait = Audiophile-in-training

I originally spelled it out but became tired of typing it over and over again, so I shortened it to Ait.

Initials plus state abbreviation.

Larry

First name and first three letters of last name. I was tired and picked an easy name. After being accused of being from "somewhere" other than Amerika and therefor un-Amerikan I realize it was a poor choice and should have used Billy-bobbin.

British military call sign. Meandering story from a long time ago in a universe far, far away.

My Mom's endearing nickname to my Dad (we shared the same first name).

May he rest in peace.

My Alma Mater

I'm a sprinklerfitter by trade. fire rotection sprinklers, not lawn!

My best friend/dogs name.

Alter ego.

The Tigger part was just some random happening. The FC part is actually my NEC, or rather, my job code in the Navy.

My favorite calibre 7.62x51mm

I've played drums for 39 years, owned drum shops, & still sell drums on ebay. Hence, drum-marty, less one m.

Thu is the name of my niche. She is Vietnamese. Having lived and studied in Japan in the 90 ies I always use the Japanese ending for kids or family members which is chan. Instead of the grown up ending san.

Building rat rod using a 53 Dodge Red Ram Hemi motor...

Well since you asked...
the first part tdat is my first initial T(erry) followed by the first 3 letters of my last name. Now the 7192 is a weird number. A weird number is one that has proper divisors that add up to more than the number, but no subset of proper divisors add up to the number itself.
{The proper divisors of 12 = 1,2,3,4,6. Yet 6+4+3+2+1=16>12 and 6+4+2=12, therefore 12 is not a weird number.} Perhaps a better moniker would have been geek. :)

Its my name, the one I was given by my parents.

My name comes from a couple of things. I ride a Harley Roadking Classic and my initials are RAW. That makes Roadkingraw
Randy

On the desk at the time I joined the forum was a book about 20th century 'classical' music titled "The Rest is Noise" hence - Musicnoise.

I run a life Insurance agency called trailblazers. So audioblazer seems appropriate for anythg related to audio

Comes from my first name and after hearing so many different amp topologies, what I think sounds best, not necessarily that I own a SET.

The very first time I heard a SET amp, I was at a show in Philly and heard about 7-8 different SET amps. 845's, 211's, 300B's, and a 2A3 amp (from Cary, Berning, Audio Note, Fi and others) and it was quite a revelation.

O = Obin (my first name)

and

J = Jessica (my wife's first name)

we've used this username on ebay since 1999. i use it on all the auction websites and it helps to keep things straight.

I don't like noise.

Mine is from my favorite band (Roxy Music) and the year that I was born.

Company that made "straight line" tracking turntables back in the day. The tone arm didn't swing in an arc...it moved in approximately a straight line, at a right angle, to the circumference of the record. My parents gave me one for my high school graduation. It was a guaranteed conversation starter in the college dorm in 1972.

rawinsonde could be derived from 1 to 3

1. ra is short for my name, ray... win is for win the auction.. and sonde is for sound. (ray wins the bid for the sound device...record, tape, etc)
2. ra is short for my name, ray... win is for "windows" which was my development platform as a computer programmer... sonde was my development of interactive voice response software (telephone sound).
3. ra is short for "radio", win is short for winds, and sonde is short for "soundings"... This is a technical contraction for rawinsonde, a technology the military used that sent balloons up to measure winds aloft at specified levels.

= Single ended circuits :)

its obvious, tennis was my favorite sport at the time my username was selected. now footbal (i.e., soccer to americans) is my favorite spectator sport.

i use to be an avid tennis player until i tore my meniscus in both knees.

My nickname in the fraternity. Too many people use "remo," so I am the "real" "remo."

My nickname is dictated by the hobby/obsession and a love for shostakovich's symphony #5

Swampwalker?
That's an easy one.

Everyone knows Swampwalker down here in the bayou. He's famous round these parts for taking his boat to the favorite local dive bar here called the "Pink Alligator" which is built on stilts with a pier since it's only accessible by boat. He always orders the same thing: a bucket of crawfish and a bottle of Wild Turkey. He always comes in wearing the same thing, too: nothing but a speedo and his rollerblades. Once he gets his order, he skates around the bar, with the whiskey bottle in one hand and the bucket in the other, telling all who'll listen how bad the jukebox sounds, periodically yelling "I can't take any more of this,I'm an #@%& Audiophile damnit!!". And the evening always ends the same way after polishing off his bottle of Wild Turkey and bucket of crawfish: he drunkenly skates around the pier looking for his boat (for giggles we always drive his boat back to his house when he's about halfway through his bottle,he just lives about a mile away in a former hunting blind up in a big old tree). After he gives up looking for his boat and emphatically refuses offers of rides home, he petulantly slings his rollerblades over his shoulder and stumbles home through the swamp. The above is repeated atleast 3 or 4 times a month year round but he wears tights under his speedo during colder times like now. In fact, he was in the bar last night in his winter attire. But he drank more than his usual bottle and lost control of his bladder. People were calling him Swamppants and Swampwetter. Poor guy, I hope he's OK.

Okay, Swampwalker, what do I win for 'guessing' the truth behind your screen name and giving the readers a little insight into your life down here in What's That Smell, Louisianna? Funny thing, the patrons of the Pink Alligator didn't name him, the locals gave him that name because that's usually the only tine they see him, trudging through the swamp with his roller blades and wearing only a speedo. They also don't mind the loud music filling the swamp at night because it sounds so good, although they do wonder how he managed to get all that fine gear and electricity to that blind. He is becoming legendary down here since he often has to unavoidably fight alligators and monster sized catfish on his way home. If we patrons had named him, he'd probably be called the Swampstumbler or Swampthing.
I hope I've been helpful in illuminating ya'll bout the true origins of this local legend's screen name.

I was just to tired to think of anything original or clever. My name really is Paul Graham. It works.

I was going to use Noble1 because I had to think of a screen namequickly and I live in Noblesville, Indiana. As I recall, it wasn't enough characters so I added 2 zeros. Wow, was that exciting or what?

R is the first letter of my name.
Rob walker.

Albert,

Thank you for providing that persuasive visual evidence in support of being a tennis fan. I played some tennis back in college but didn't realize it has become such a stimulating spectator sport. Thanks again.

02-17-11: Albertporter

tennis was my favorite sport at the time my username was selected.

Now tennis is my favorite

Amazing! :-D Thanx Albert!
Also amazing all but 1 are Russian/East European.....

Amazing! :-D Thanx Albert!
Also amazing all but 1 are Russian/East European.....
Bombaywalla

I just typed in Tennis beauties and found the site without considering where they were from.

I think most males have built in appreciation for healthy, beautiful women.

My favorite is Nicole Vaidisova followed by Tatiana Golovin but all of them are athletic, yet feminine beauties.

Nobel100- Wayl, I jist cum to aftir a big Satirday naht at the Pink 'Gator (only wanna-bes call it Alligator) an sawr u was dissin' me. Yur gonna pay, boy. Ahm a-comin' to ur place 'n' swap ur Maggies (whut kinna name iz that fur a speaker?) fur some o these here butees. Y'all gonna need a bigger amp, so ah'll leave you one a these beautees so u kin git better @ kareokee, 'cuz u sucked on Friday, man. 'Course, now that ma sikrit is out, ah'm gonna havta go on deeper into th' bayou an' switch to corn-likker! Yur prize is a buket a ABS (alriddy bin sucked) crawdad heads and a used and abused speedo!

p.s. If ah wuz u, ah'd sleep w the lite on, cuz ah no where u liv, boy ;~)

Swampwalker,

Wow, you must've really hit the Wild Turkey hard last night at the Gator. You're even slurring when you type. Heard all about your evening since it's now the talk of the town, What's That Smell, Louisiana. Everyone's saying you were sitting on 90-year old Mr. Flanders' lap singing "It's Raining Men" and the "Pina Colada" song when you lost control of your bladder and wet your speedo, again.
I'm looking forward to the new speakers and karaoke machine I won for winning the contest on your screen name origin. I just completed construction on my new 'stadium sized' addition to accomodate the speakers. I'm thinking of driving them with a flea watt SET, 8 watts should be plenty.
Also, you can keep the speedo I won since you'll probably just send me the one you wore last night. Have fun and leave old man Flanders alone, you crazy nut.

LOL

Good one, Swamp.

Sorry, Dude. Speedo already shipped, fedex overnight. NO returns accepted w/o 1500% restocking fee. Hopefully it won't get "moldy" since u are correct, it WAS the one I wore on Satiday. How many u think I got? BTW, I'd check my homeowners a'fore u try to drive those bad boys w any a' them anteek tube amps. The last guy who tried to that had a bit of a "meltdown"! As always, trust your "ears".

Swampwalker,

You really did it now by sending that speedo via Fedex. An inspector from TSA noticed a foul smell coming from your package and alerted Homeland Security and, since it was considered 'mail', the FBI was called in too. After their crime lab analyzed your speedo, they classified it as a potential Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD)which has now gotten Fema and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) involved. To further complicate natters, all this activity has piqued the interest of foriegn spy agencies.
They called your speedos a serious 'game changer' and told the President that the fate of the world's balance of power was in jeopardy. They decided to let your package be delivered in the hopes of snaring all these spies who were also after this new diabolical weapon. I was captured and held at gunpoint by some of these spies who were waiting for the package to be delivered so they could make off with it. I was unaware that I was being used as bait in this high stakes sting operation. As we were waiting, I overheard some of the spies' comments, here are a few I recall:

Boris (Russian spy): "This Swampwalker speedo makes Chernobyl look like spilt goat milk."

Pokeman (Japanese spy): "I'd rather fight Godzilla bare handed than catch a smell of that speedo."

Jacque (French Fashion Police spy): "As I recall, the French mandatory penalty for wearing just a speedo with rollerblades, is several hours of mocking and demeaning comments followed by death. This fashion-challenged idiot is very lucky he's an American idiot."

Abdul (Arab spy): "One whiff of the Devil's speedo will cause mass evacuation from Israel, god willing."

Just in time, the FBI swooped in and captured all the spies. President Obama, after meeting with the Joint Cheifs of Staff, announced that NASA will be shooting the highly toxic speedo into outer space. However, this caused comments and dire warnings from our interstellar neighbors:

Venus: "Please shoot it in Mars' direction, that thing is gross."
Mars: "We little green guys will attack you stupid earthlings with our ray guns blazing if that thing comes even CLOSE to us."

Uranus: "Let's just say that thing smells worse than my name, nuff said?"

Pluto: "We're your furthest neighbor, hundreds of thousands of miles from earth, and we can still smell it from here. Atleast send us a couple million gas masks in size XXXXXXXSmall. Our heads are the same size as your earth cat. And no jokes, brainiacs! We may have small heads/brains and inferiority complexes but we also have the power to destroy your puny little planet with one touch of our fingers, which are actually quite large,especially compared to our small monkey sized bodies."

The Sun: "You shoot that thing at me and, I swear, I'll go supernova."

Way to go, Swampwalker, another fine mess you got us into. I think the world, and galaxy, would appreciate it if you'd lay off the Wild Turkey and buy some normal pants. The Russians would have thrown you in the gulag and turned you and your speedos into a WMD factory. And, do you know what they do to guys in speedos in a Russian prison?

Well, if it walks like a duck...... I got tagged with that at 20, used it as a CB handle for many years, added the rest after cancer and "crazy family" survival.