As a Member of this Forum, Where Does Your Handle Originate From?

[Bob Long]

Just now, The Colt 45s said:

Texas is open carry. And yes lots of people pack down here, me and my wife included.

 

not to derail this thread, but curious as to why you made that choice? 

[The Colt 45s]

It is our inalienable right.  And we don't want to be jacked by some gangbanger, try to call 9-1-1 and wait 10-15 mins for the police get there, yet be a victim in the shopping mall, school or HEB.

[DrJockitch]

8 minutes ago, The Colt 45s said:

It is our inalienable right.  And we don't want to be jacked by some gangbanger, try to call 9-1-1 and wait 10-15 mins for the police get there, yet be a victim in the shopping mall, school or HEB.

So keep something around that is incredibly dangerous to the owner and the family for the very low likelihood that you will need it or especially low likelihood that you be able to use it in a way that isn’t more destructive to bystanders and community. 
I will never understand the argument that the fix to too many bullets flying through the air is to pump more bullets into the air from untrained bystanders. 
But hey inalienable because you are part of a well organized militia I guess. 

[The Colt 45s]

7 minutes ago, DrJockitch said:

So keep something around that is incredibly dangerous to the owner and the family for the very low likelihood that you will need it or especially low likelihood that you be able to use it in a way that isn’t more destructive to bystanders and community. 
I will never understand the argument that the fix to too many bullets flying through the air is to pump more bullets into the air from untrained bystanders. 
But hey inalienable because you are part of a well organized militia I guess. 

We are trained and often go to my buddy's range on his farm to shoot.  But ammo is no longer cheap.  Heck, we even have an adult Sunday School class we attend that goes shooting. We have a member in our class that Is a retired FBI firearms instructor.  I have learned so much from him 

Edited June 3 by The Colt 45s

[fuzzy]

My step-daughter gave me the nickname when she was 8 due to my shaved head. Only nickname that ever stuck. 

[Odjickwillkillyou]

I feel like mine is self-explanatory 

[TheGuardian]

My own hubris?

I was thinking about all the fans Benning etal were suckering into thinking this was a good team and the bought media selling lies to help the team.

Still some fans think about the shiny new penny today but not the season, standings, lack of future thinking.

 

Ego? Narcissism?  

[NewbieCanuckFan]

On 5/22/2024 at 4:24 PM, The Colt 45s said:

The Colt 45s are not just a good pistol but the original name of the Houston Astros.  Houston is where I live, all 10,000 square miles of it, with 8-million others, and unfortunately27 lanes of traffic on one of the freeways--thought your commute was bad.

 

This guy was Mr Cool back in the day....

[Canucks_fo_life]

Have had this handle since like 2003 on old CDC

[Dr. Crossbar]

Well, it's a long story ...

 

I was embedded overseas in the jungles of Africa. I was working a top secret covert mission. I had already been in the jungle for months, surveilling a nefarious group of dangerous smugglers and pirates who fled into the deep, unknown, murky depths of the jungle. I don't think I had talked to anyone since I was there, alone, making myself one with nature in order not to be seen.

 

Then one day when I was following a beaten down trail, I heard faint laughter growing louder as I tried to tiptoe my way through the dense vegetation. Up ahead I noticed a small clearing through the trees. I crouched down and watched a group of young kids all playing hockey in the field on the outskirts of a tiny village. They had homemade hockey sticks made of wood and dilapidated goalie nets made with fishing twine. They were pretty sad looking except for the crossbars, which were fortified with sturdier wood, stronger, with rope tied to it and attached to another tree. I thought to myself, "why is that crossbar attached to a rope and tied to another tree?"

 

Anyway ... I watched for another hour as the kids laughed and played homemade hockey in the African jungle. It brought a nostalgic tear to my eye. I suddenly realized how long I had been in the jungle and missed home. After a while, the kids all left the area, leaving only a vacant field with the homemade hockey nets exposed. I then decided to do something that - looking back now - was the worst decision I could have made. I was thinking too much with my heart, nostalgia, and from the place of missing home. I let my guard down.

 

I then walked from the trees into the field hoping no one would see me. I was somehow drawn to the hockey nets. As I got closer, I became transfixed by the crossbars. I couldn't understand why they were so different. As I stopped in front of the net, I put my hand on the crossbar, rubbing it, trying to figure out what the rope was for on top of the crossbar and why it was attached to the tree. I was mesmerized.

 

Just then I head a ... SNAP!!!

 

The rope of the crossbar disappeared instantly before the entire net lifted from the ground, flew over me, landed on me, covering me, and trapping me like a caged animal.

 

Suddenly, out of nowhere, villagers came from everywhere out of the woods, running toward me and surrounding the net as I laid there in surprise underneath the netting. They were all laughing and cheering in unison. I wasn't so much scared as I was disappointed in myself for letting my guard down. I knew better.

 

Just then, a tall, muscular man, a warrior, a leader type, stepped from the crowd, and smiled down at me.

 

"We've been watching you! We were waiting," he said as he continued smiling. "I noticed you like the crossbars. You are drawn to the crossbar."

 

From the ground, looking up through the twine netting, I played it cool. "I suppose you're right," I agreed. "Those crossbars made me cry."

 

The man then crouched down, looking at me directly in the eye. "Yes, we know. Our crossbars are magic. They have special power."

 

I couldn't argue with him. I was powerless underneath a homemade hockey net in the middle of nowhere Africa in the jungle.

 

The villagers all crowded around the net, getting even closer to me, all smiling, surrounding me until all I could see was the man and the villagers all staring down at me, inching closer.

 

They then began to chant, over and over ... "Crossbar! Crossbar! Crossbar!"

 

The warrior man continued, now in a whisper, "Don't worry," he said, smiling even bigger, "We will take care of you, Dr. Crossbar. You're one of us now." 

 

I let out a blood curdling SCREAM ... and then ... I woke up on the couch, sweating from the nightmare.

 

There you have it. They now called me ... Dr. Bored on a Sunday. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 23 by Dr. Crossbar

[OldFaithfulcap]

I had a cap. I called it oldfaithful until its untimely death. I got a new Canucks cap which was then oldfaithful. It too died but none since have been the same.

 

 

[the destroyer of worlds]

"Now, I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"

[Coaasty]

Nickname I go by acquired from my moderately successful rap project if you can believe that 

[DeltaSwede]

I'm not sure how old I was when I made this account on the old site. I believe I have had two usernames or two accounts both equally lame to me. 

 

I thought Delta was a cool word. I'm Swedish. Cringe. 

[tas]

it's an acronym 

[kilgore]

On 6/3/2024 at 8:46 AM, The Colt 45s said:

We are trained and often go to my buddy's range on his farm to shoot.  But ammo is no longer cheap.  Heck, we even have an adult Sunday School class we attend that goes shooting. We have a member in our class that Is a retired FBI firearms instructor.  I have learned so much from him 

okay I don’t want to detail the thread either so I’ll just make this one comment;

Wouldn’t you rather live in a society where no one has concealed guns in public, other than law enforcement, than one where everyone is packing heat? Which includes many mentally ill, angry, disturbed people. That is obviously overly generalized to make my point. 
The latter option just seems insane. Yes bad guys will still be able to find guns, but for the most part it’s gang members shooting other gang members here. The common lowly criminal here, probably a drug addict, would not have the connections or means to find and purchase a hand gun and ammo. 
 

Unfortunately it seems that America has chosen the latter and it’s so prevalent now that it’s impossible to now reverse that. Hell I’m as pacifist as they get, but even I’d probably buy a gun for protection if I resided in the US, especially the southern most ones, simply because everyone else, including irrational angry and disturbed people, are also carrying . Where a simple traffic dispute can devolve into shooting.

 

 I’m just so thankful I live in a country where I can go out, say grocery shopping, and be assured that 99% of other shoppers are not weaponized with a gun. A much more peaceful, less stressful, way to live

Edited June 29 by kilgore

[EdgarM]

I wanted to use my favorite Canuck , Bure, but it was taken. Seemed easier to use my next favorite player from another sport. Edgar Martinez, a Seattle Mariner Legend. Nothing fancy , but he always got the job done.

[The Aquaman]

On 5/26/2024 at 5:44 PM, Alflives said:

Alf’s name comes from so many thinking the old alien must be dead from all the booze, or at least pickled. But … 

Alf fuvking lives!!!! 
 

yes and he’s drunk. F off. 

Classic, 

[1970 And Beyond]

Saw my first game in 1969. I have followed the team since they joined the NHL hence 1970 and Beyond.

Edited July 1 by 1970 And Beyond

[Zombieksa]

 Over a decade ago Walking Dead had a "zombify photo" app and Bieksa was/is my favourite player. Originally I added zombie features to a photo of him and realized "hey, the words zombie and bieksa can be easily combined!"

[Brock a leg]

Brock broke Adam McQuaid's leg when he was trying to stop a barrage of Brock's shots in 2017 

[Kevin Biestra]

One day during a HNIC broadcast "Bieska" wasn't a bad enough mispronunciation for Don Cherry and he went Full Biestra.

 

 

Edited July 5 by Kevin Biestra

[Rypien-Punch]

I had the name Ken Hodge Jr before - named it that cause i didnt know what name to use and picked it not that I really new anything about the hockey player but when i was a kid for some reason i thought his rookie card was worth collecting so i have about 8 of them. I laugh cause they were never worth anything. I picked the name for fun. I always used a picture of Rick Rypien because he was one of my favorite players. Him and Burrows. 

 

I changed to Rypien Punch because I wanted the picture to be tied into the name better

[Heretic]

There was a thread like this on the original CDC.

You mentioned "when the internet was in it's infancy", I am a bit of a Sci-fi nut, with Frank Herbert's Dune series one of my favourites.
My handle came from the 5th book in the original series "Heretic's of Dune".
When the internet first started, we all wanted to be anonymous, specially on Usenet. 
So I chose Heretic.

I too played fps, mainly Quake.  I even ran a clan - we were called The Quakean Peoples Front (a homage to Monty Python's Life Of Brian - Judean Peoples Front)

When Qtest was out, I played a game against Tim Willits - one of the id Software guys, and I loved the grenade launcher - he said I played a lot like Carmack - as he liked the grenades as well lol.

So yes, I have had this handle for a very long time.

I play Overwatch now, and yes, my name is Heretic in it too. 
 

 

[Shift-4]

Totally wrong thread

Edited July 5 by Shift-4