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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | When I was first introduced to Ovations in the '70's, one of my best friends called me Wiilard. Seemed appropriate for the board. I used to run a BBS and used it as a handle for that as well. |
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Location: Valparaiso, FL | Mine's a Mark Twain character. Since I love Twain, and my given name is the same as the character in the book, it just seemed right.
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | "Old Applause Owner" refers to the fact that my first Ovation/KMC product (which I still own) was an old (1976-vintage) Applause AA14-4. They don't come much older than that!!!!
I'm actually 51......the name was not meant to refer to my age!!!!
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | I have two main hobbies guitar and flintknapping or making arrowheads out of flint. And guess what age I used to be?
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Location: Midland, MI | As I'm sure everyone has figured out, my 'handle' is a multi-facted gem which reflects the many differing moods of it's owner.
Or not.
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Location: Waurika OK | Like some others, got tired of having to think up user names and decided to use my own. I think someone else had noel, so I just added the x. Nothing cryptic.
Good thing I am not having to think one up now, just finished "The Gulag Archipelago" also read it 30 years ago. No telling what I would have chosen from that list of difficult and tragic names. |
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Location: Powder Springs, Ga. | Mine is fairly simple and has nothing to do with guitars except it helps keep the fat from forming around my middle. I am a Man and I ride a Bent. For those who are not familiar, a bent is a recumbent bicycle. Actually I ride a recumbent trike...a Catrike Speed to be more accurate. Two wheels in the front, one in the back..low and fast. |
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Location: NJ | combination of my first and last name.
a good friend John Profeta came up with Johnnypro for his screen name and I thought I had to come up with something so alpep it was. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | My employer's computer gave me this name. As to what it means, well, I asked the computer but it hasn't answered me. Yet. |
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Location: Germantown, MD | AMerican STudies PHD=amstphd |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I first came up with it for ebay. It had to be unique. I kind of remembered when my kids were little we went to a lot of bluegrass festivals, and there was a group called the Johnson Mountain Boys. Well...I live on Bauer Hill Rd. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I wasn't sure what to use. Thru the years many people have called me Walt, which is a shorten version of my last name Walter. I guess I wanted to be descriptive of two of the things I love; Gospel Music, (especially the old hymns), and Guitars. And since I am a Guy it's what I chose.
I have enjoyed reading the reasons you all have chosen. northcountry beat to one I might have chosen since I used to live several hours away from his home base. I used to sing at a coffee house in Gloversville. and several churches in that area. I DO NOT MISS THE WINTERS. |
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Location: SoCal | I was brain dead that day so figured I'd use a name I wouldn't forget |
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Location: central nj | Don't have to explain mine. I was just glad that no one else had already taken it! I am partial to one word logins and "handle names" though. My guitar teacher explained that the fretting hand needs to be conditioned and strengthened to fret string on the guitar neck. Since my left hand is already stronger than my right hand, and right handed guitar was more comfortable to play than lefty, I got a natural "free" jump on things. Playing clean however, well....thank takes practice practice practice. And when you think you have the piece your practicing down pat, go and practice it again and again and again. Enjoyed the thread....it was a great one!! |
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Location: Monroe, Ohio (Cincinnati) | Nickname from high school. Don't really remember it's significance, but I think it had something to do with basketball. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | This is not one of my normal screen names, but when I set up the original BBS I needed something to test with. I had intented to delete it, but then the board started growing so fast so I just left it. |
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Location: Tennessee | stonebobbo has been following me around since high school. My given name is Robert ... which shortened out to be bobbo as my surfing buds took to calling me. "stone" is an adjective that was used to mean "totally" or "cool" ... think Stone Free by Hendrix. One day while goofing around, one guy announced "It's stone bobbo" when I came into his garage and the name stuck instantly. The name was not influenced by, nor has any connection to, drugs in any form or fashion. I swear. Really. Despite any other life experiences garnered along the way. :cool: |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Mine was a computer generated name back from the early first days of AOL when a glitch in the software would always claim that the name you picked was taken and then add numbers to the end of it.
After what seemed liked weeks of trying to just get mine name into the system correctly, I finally gave up and just accepted the 28 added to the end of my first name and last initial.
After that, having sometimers disease, I started using it for all of my screen names so I would only have to remember all the passwords and not the screen name also. |
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Mine means I am a fan of the Ovation Legend LX guitar. When you see MOB fan, start to worry. :) |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | First three letter of my first name + first three letters of my last name.
Another-Guitar-In-The-Basement-Dude
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Location: Atlanta GA | My other passion is collecting and repairing Pocket watches, so I came up with Watchme + my favorite number. |
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Location: WV | Well one of my interests includes competition pistol shooting. I also used to teach personal self-defense and am licenced to carry a concealed weapon. My favorite round and caliber is the Federal Hydra Shok .45 hollow point. |
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Location: Powder Springs, Ga. | I vote not to never make fun of or say anything offensive to Mr. HydraShok.
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Location: Orlando, FL | Mine is a typical story, you've probably heard it a million times.
Over the years, I have enjoyed watching cheesy movies with men in rubber monster suits stomping on model japanese buildings, tanks, cars, etc. I am a multimedia/graphic designer. I started calling my main graphic computer Godzilla. This eventaully became designzilla. And then one day, I became designzilla. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Lets see...
Fred /fred/ noun: Somone with all the newest, neatest, most expensive, best ever gear, and nothing but excuses as to why the hell he can't perform.. (hint, It's alway the stupid new doowhatchamahickey's fault, not mine!!)
Actually my name IS Fred, and I ride Mountainbikes. Several people thought I would be a "fred" when I got back into it, because I tended to buy higher-end crap. truth is I was breaking cheap crap (forks, wheels, frames) faster than they could warranty it, so most of it was free up-grades anyway. When I'm in fighting form (not fat like I am now), I like to climb 2500-4000 vertical feet a day on a 35lb bike with 4-5" of suspension and hydraulic disc brakes. "Why would anyone suffer themselves to that kind of torture" you ask? Because in order to make that kind of "vertical", you must be able to descend it as well ;) One of my favorite trails drops close to 2000' in maybe 1/4 mi. Yes allot of it is STRAIGHT DOWN!!
you can try emailing mtnbikerfred@(pick your favorite free domain). you'll probably get me. |
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