Where does your username come from?

[michaelc80]

Some are obvious-others are steeped in obscurity. So for the benefit of all, where does your BITOG user name originate from?

Mine is my first name-michael. The 80 comes from an old Hotmail email address that no longer exists. When I first signed up for it michaelc was in use so it suggested michaelc80 and I continued to use it. Just makes it easy to have a standard username for forums that is not likely to be already in use.

 

[Gary Allan]

My parents.

 

[moribundman]

Having to much Ben&Jerry's Cherry Garcia resulted in the equivalent of a headful of zombie. When the "ice pick" subsided I was grateful I wasn't a dead Deadhead -- yet I felt moribund.

Okay, I made the whole thing up. I just like obscure and macabre monikers.

PS: I always felt the ice-cream brand should be "Ben&Cherry." I suppose Jerry wasn't secure enough in his manhood to allow that.

 

[blupupher]

Interestingly enough, mine comes from my nephew. I had an old Mazda B2000 when he was about 5 that smoked like crazy when first started. He called it the blue puffer, but to many perverts on the internet, so I modified it.

 

[iontrap]

Mine comes from when I was in grad school (analytical chemistry). The first mass spectrometer I learned to use was a quadripole iontrap instrument. So I creatively came up with iontrap and have been using it since then.

 

[cousincletus]

Dukes of Hazzard.

 

[Papa Bear]

My wife, Cheryl, and I have a teddy bear store. So I'm Papa Bear and she is Mama Bear.
P.B.

 

[TooManyWheels]

My username on another board begins with Two. When I signed up here I wanted something somewhat consistent with the other name so it would be easy to remember, and something auto related. The name comes from me liking to buy vehicles more than I like to sell them.

 

[Pablo]

Paul

 

[moribundman]

And I thought Papa Bear was this guy:

Papa Bear?

 

[labman]

My dogs of course. First thing that popped into my mind when I was signing up on Xpertsite to answer dog questions. Use it everywhere I post on the net.

Family and friends at my one dog's 11'th birthday party.

 

[Mystic]

It is kind of complicated how I came up with my name 'Mystic.' My Dad a very long time ago used to use Champlin Hi-Vi motor oil. The first time I remember becoming very interested in motor oils was when I noticed all of the stuff on the top of the oil cans (back in those days, MS for severe duty, ML for light duty, MM for moderate duty, etc.) and I started to do some research about motor oil. The more I studied the more interested I became.

Later the company that had sold the motor oil my Dad used became Citgo, I believe. And Citgo is somehow involved with Mystik, a brand of oil that is still very popular in Oklahoma, where old Champlin Hi-Vi used to come from. My Dad told me that Mystik was a good motor oil but before he died he used Chevron. So you see, it is kind of complicated-I like the word 'Mystic' or 'Mystik' and in a way Mystik is kind of a descendant of old Champlin motor oil that my Dad used to use and the oil that caused me to get interested in motor oils. So I decided to use the name 'Mystic' here at bobistheoilguy.com.

But I never used Mystik motor oil very much. Throughout most of my life I have used Pennzoil, Quaker State, Valvoline, Chevron, Mobil 1, Halvoline, even Amsoil, and a few other brands. But because old Champlin was the motor oil that caused me to get interested in motor oils and because my Dad used to use it a long time ago, I decided to kind of honor my Dad by using 'Mystic.' Kind of a long story but there it is.

 

[Papa Bear]

I take it all back !! Mori, you are not a gentleman.

P.B.

 

[k1xv]

My Federal Communications Commission issued amateur radio call sign is K1XV. Hams often refer to each other by their call signs rather than their given names!!!

 

[ccdhowell]

ccdhowell = Captain Chris D Howell

US Army Transportation Corps

 

[Korean_redneck]

IN high school.. people noticed my caucasian like talking and attitude. I was also addicted to Diesel Duallies and I wore Ford t-shirts. For some reason.. people started to call me Korean_Redneck

 

[Boaz]

Well my user name comes from a very important person and story in the rituals of Freemasonry. I started using it on several other forums and it just easy to use the same username everywhere. Plus it is kind of fun to say.

Boaz.... see you said it!

 

[Patman]

A few years ago someone at work started calling me Patman and the name just stuck! So when I got on the internet I started using it as my username everywhere.

 

[AstroVic]

I'm from Houston so obviously I'm an Astros fan. My favorite cars are Ford Crown Victorias, soooo...

AstroVic

I guess I just liked the sound of it.

 

[Mr. Boston]

It's my favorite bus driver from grade school. Looooong ago but not too far away...


labman - that's a nice family ya have there!

I'm surrounded by four Cocker's and a Collie.