[logoman]

Some members forum names are self explanatory (MrMamod, Whistleman, OzSteamDemon ), some are real names, and some are not (belugawhaleman, The Denying Dutchman).

I chose logoman because it describes my job as a logo designer.

Care to explain yours?

[Les]

It's a shortened version of my name.    

[johnreid]

You will never guess mine

[Bugsy]

It's my dog's name.

[angus]

I'm rather fond of good beef at times but the cattle connection had nothing to do with the choice.  It's one of my middle names. The other, as it happens, isn't Aberdeen  

[MrMamod]

Mine i guess is because at one time i had over 70 Mamod engines stacked 3 high on the shelves,.

[m8dave]

i  think you can all get mine but if not then it means mate dave = m8dave

[46u]

Some years back I built a 1946U flat head 74 cubic inch Harley out of pieces. It was my daily rider and many times my only transportation for a couple of years. I use 46u on all most all the forums I go to and those I do not it still has the 46u in it. Like my user name for YouTube is Jeff46u.

[magpie38]

magpie because magpies collect thing and also beacuse supporters of my team newcastle united are knowns as magpies (mags)

[scorpion2nz]

Scorpion2nz

   well the first time I needed a username it was on TradeMe
so Scorpion2      
Scorpion  = well birth sign and I have been known to have a bite to my tongue  but it was taken so just added 2

then on ebay it was taken (scorpion2) so just added NZ  
so consequently all forums are now Scorpion2nz
and TradeMe is still Scorpion2 as can not change username there

[Stitch1615]

Stitch is my "Top Gun" handle given me by my son whose a pilot.
1615 is where I lived at one point. (easy to remember)

[MrDuck]

I'm into Duckology which is the study of the Duck family, the McDucks and Ganders etc.

I blame Carl Barks

[IndianaRog]

IndianaRog had it's origins in the fact I live in Indiana and my name is Rog...I also have a fondness for Indiana Jones movies, so it seemed a good fit !!!

I tried out for the part in Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom but didn't quite make it.  So I went my own way and:

"IndianaRog and the Temple of Steam" was born.

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[belugawhaleman]

I just sort of identify with the Beluga whale.
With my receding hairline and fair complexion
I resemble one.

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[Pineapple11]

I think I was eating a pineapple when I was registering

[johnreid]

[46u]

[Earlytimes]

I'm into the Earlytimes when things were built with more caracter.

[johnreid]

I like EarlyTimes too

[loose nut 45]

Loose Nut 45

what can I say.....mmmm I am actually 45  

The rest speaks for itself

[MooseMan]

Mooseman......years ago I used to laugh like a drain every time the moose in the opening sequence of Northern Exposure came on....it sort of stuck, as a mate of mine decided to register a domain for me with the Mooseman name.

Otherwise....I'm tall, large, with long knobbly limbs and a huge head. I'm also quite bad tempered

[Dean W]

Dean W;  Dean is my name.  Last name begins with W, (for Williams).  
It just seems polite to tell people your name when you have a
conversation with them, so I put my real name.

[The Denying Dutchman]

Before I became a member I did quite some reading and read about the forum effect and steam addiction etc. so I thought denying being an "addict" would be best.  

[mrborinator]

MrBorinator ..
My name is Rob. Bor is the reverse
The rest, my son has made ​​...


Rob.

[mogogear]

Mo- More

Go- to propel forward

GEAR- stuff needed to do  said Going

The name I used for my now defunct Ultra light back packing gear company Mo-Go-Gear

Also "Mo" is Southern US dialect for my last name Moore( Greg Mo) , and the "nickname / place holder we used for our yet to be born daughter  since we decided not to know what sex our child was till born-- the old fashioned way now adays--

So  Mo eventually was born and christened Madeleine
and I worked the name into my little stove company

   mo-go-gear.
    go far - travel light.

[Wallace]

Mine is a nickname that I got in my late teens. The nickname came about an incident involving our local lake (Wallis Lake) where I ended up in the water fully clothed in the middle of winter.
Although spelt differently, Wallace stuck from my mates calling me that all the time. Many people who know me locally think it's my real name, that I was named after the lake    

Ironically I joined this forum, or should say the old forum simply to find instructions on how to run an engine    Expecting it to be like most other forums I chose my nickname rather than real name. In hindsight AndrewG would have been more appropriate. Too late to change now  

[shaygetz]

 Shaygetz is Yiddish and goes back to growing up Baptist in a Jewish neighborhood.  It refers to Gentile males and literally means 'worm'.  It can be used derogatorily or as a term of endearment, especially when among Jewish in-laws and friends.  I figured that, by taking on the worst name that can be tossed at you by an enemy, there was little that could be directed at me online that could phase me.

[ItSteams]

women use to point at me and say , there it is

[Wallace]

[Mile High Steamer]

I call my self "Mile High Steamer" becuase I live in Denver Colorado the Mile High City we are called that because the state capital building is one mile above sea level   plus it sounds cool   to me at least   MHS p.s just in case you are wandering my real name is Jacop I was named after my great grand father whos parents came to the U.S from Russia a century ago I might add

[Stoker]

Stoker is an easy one ... it's the guy who puts the fuel under the boiler (in full scale would typically shovel the coal) to produce the steam!

[whistleman]

I'm crazy about steam whistles    

[St. Paul steam]

Really interesting thread, i am thoroughly enjoying it.
St. Paul is the town i live in, in Indiana, STEAM just got added on naturally..hence "St Paul Steam" no brain cells were damaged in the 2 seconds it took me to think of a name.

[verithingeoff]

I collect Verithin guitars [see the link in the sig] and it's also a touch of irony--the thin bit

[ministeamer]

I'm short. Enough said.

[STEAMPROPULSION]

I guess that mine is self-explanatory.

[Steamboat Willie]

Hi!
I chose Steamboat Willie because my name is Bill (but I answer to a lot of other things - I am a married man with two kids (19,21). I have always liked model steam boats, and chose the name after the famous character in the 1927 Disney animation. I might add there is no physical resemblance...!     (my ears are smaller, and pink...).
Steamboat Willie.

[Falksteam]

The name reflects the interest, which needs steam.

So just Falk and steam.

[Sandman]

Nothing special here.

My name is Sandy and I'm a man, so Sandman.

[Mamod 14]

Big Mamod fan - and had 14 engines at time of joining!

TA - DAH!    

[Kev&Mel]

Not hard to guess ours  
I am lucky in that Mel my wife enjoys the steam toy bug as well  

[draconus]

...the missus and my boy were into dragons at about the same time my wife took an interest in astronomy.

when I created an account with my ISP she decided she wanted to see the constellation  (something  you can't do down here).   So that in mind we ended up setting up draconus (draconis had already been taken) as my userid for the ISP and we now use it for fora such as this.

BTW every time we nip over to HK we try and work it so the constellation can be seen.  She still hasn't see all of it though as the HK weather never seems to go in our favour !

[kd02]

I set my id up for e-bay, i wanted a short, easy to remember name so i came up with this
       
             KD = my initials
             02 = the mobile network i was on at the time
I've now changed to Virgin mobile, and no, i won't be changing my user name,      

[sarfraz]

Sarfraz is one of my nicknames at high school & playing cricket.

Also got called "habib" a lot as well, which I nearly chose as my forum name.

[fruitfly]

When I was an apprentice fitter, I used to ask a lot of questions.
One day, one of the other fitters looked at me and asked " You ask too many questions- what are you, a Fruitfly inspector or something."
The name stuck, and has done for over 20 years.

[Darthvader]

Darthvader because i have a breathing problem and sound like him

[kevininasia]

My name is Kevin, and I've lived in Asia longer than anywhere else.

[46u]

[Freespawn]

well mine is what i use for all my games that i play
free= freely
spawn= what happens when you die in a game and when you comeback to life is a spawn point so freespawn is a name i cameup with and not many people use it so im usaly the first to register with it so no number at the end

[Stilldrillin]

I spent a lot of my working life, drilling holes, making rock drilling equipment. (Which drilled holes).

I'm still "at it", years later, in my workshop.........  

[Ricky steam]

Where shall i start well my real name is Richard im also knows as Ricky, Rich, Rick and Dick. And steam is because ive been brought up on full size steam certissey of a close family friend who still works there Marshall TE at shows like they use to when they worked her for a living.

[fcrammond]

It's my grandfather's maiden name.

[logoman]

Wow, I'm so glad I asked, so many interesting stories and funny one liners. Keep them coming, even if it's your first post, I can see there are so many lurkers with cool sounding forum names.

[kusuchi]

It's a long story.

I've had it for about 20 years.

It relates to a former interest.

Don't think anyone could possibly guess it if they hadn't already been told.

[The Eccentric]

I like slip eccentric motions as well as other Eccentric types of motion on engines.

I am also slightly nuts as well.  

[benchmark]

I live in Denmark and primarily steam on a Bench in my shed  

Not really, the true story is that i used to be very active in nerdy computer circles with overclocking, CPU /GPU water-cooling and stuff. Benchmarking were the tests we used to test and rank your PC or its components. The name stuck.

[Albert.rivero]

Easy, as I am. Name and surname

[BK]

Mine is my initials and nickname.

[Lenny]

[Devobowman]

I live in the Auckland suburb of Devonport, 'Devo' for short and when I joined the only steam locos I had were the Bowmans. Now of course there are also the Bassett-Lowke, the Auld, the Cranko, the Mamod, the other Mamod.......
Dave

[MI Steam]

MI is the abbreviation for Michigan the state I live in and Steam for what I enjoy.

[yussufhippo]

During my student days I sported a rather long beard, plus my curly, dark brown hair somehow got me the name "Yussuf"  (has something to do with Cat Stevens changing his name in those days? No idea...; when the name stuck and was used by my friends I was actually congratulated on my "accent-free"German, sigh... on a party...).

Later I used a small, funny looking sketch of a hippo as a logo  for worksheets etc I designed for my students...

When I tried to register on ebay yussuf was not available, nor was hippo...
Now guess...

[Camst648]

My forum name mean absolutly nothing, it was once generated as sugjestion for a user name on a web page registration and i have cept it ever since becouse it is very practical to use one name on all places needing a registration a name that is never taken.

[angus]

[Burnmafingers]

Burnmafingers, 'nuff said  

[TheHamster]

I got my because my family always has at least one pet hamster!

[pstodds]

my one is quite boring, pstodds, short for Paul Stoddart, not very inventive, but hey, it will do for now.

[wiggyrs]

Mine is a nickname I had from school, the RS on the end is because I also like mk1 & mk2 rs escorts

[IndianaRog]

[MrMamod]

[SKIPRAT]

I will tell you a little bit about how I got the Nickname SKIPRAT but first here is a little something about its general origin.

Why SKIPRAT?  Simply because most of the materials used in my engineering adventures have had a previous life. Some of the metals and other materials used in my creations are from articles that have out lived their usefulness and destined for the Dump a person that collects and uses stuff from a skip is classed as a SKIPRAT Oh well, if the hat fits....

At one engineering works where I was once employed I had this habit of looking through the scrap skips and if I found anything remotely useful, i was in and out of the skip faster than you can blink! One older workmate observed this this behaviour
and said was in and out of the skips like a Rat so the handle SKIPRAT was applied to me and the rest is history. For our friends across the pond it translates to DUMPSTER DIVER.

That took place about 40 years ago and to this day I just cannot pass a skip without looking to see what treasures are in it I guess I am incurable now.

[Busted Bricks]

Derived from my middle names which are Brix Husted.

[logoman]

[tmuir]

[a72001h]

Great thread this.  

The a and h are my initials. The 72001 bit is a loco number-B.R. class 6 4-6-2 72001 Clan Cameron-which was the first named loco I ever saw the first time I went trainspotting back in September 1958. She was on a Glasgow-Liverpool. Still a vivid memory.

[Pete the steam]

Mine is in honour of Ivor the Engine

[MrMamod]

[chenab]

One of the things I'm slowly researching is the Thomson Road Steamers invented in the late 1860s.

Chenab is the name of one of the four machines built by Ransomes, Sims & Head for the Indian Government.

Tony

[Busted Bricks]

[James]

What a bloody good thread!

Since I was the first member, I had a choice of anything I liked! For a start it was "admin" by default, but that made me sound like a pillock, so I after loads and loads of seriously hard thinking, I decided to change it to James... because my name is James

[Dean W]

[logoman]

[johnreid]

Better to know Danish women than to know Danish womens names

[Swift Fox]

Interesting to read through all the replies, my username is a species of fox since i love all things vulpine (photo below):

[20legend]

Mine is a tribute to one of my all time favourite football (soccer) players, the Baby Faced Assassin himself - Olé Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United squad number 20)



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and is stolen directly from the banner in the Stretford End, Old Trafford....


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[longbowman]

I joined the forum with an interest in Bowman locomotives, plus the english longbow is a fantastic piece of medieval technology, so put them together!
I was tempted to go for "Hampshire Bowman", a real ale pub north of my home town. decisions, decisions!

Steve