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572651 tn?1530999357

What's in a name?

Your screen/usernames often leave me wondering - just like those vanity car license plates that spell out cryptic messages. So I would like to know more about your screen name - is there a story behind it that you would like to share?

My name - Lulu - isn't what I started out with.  A couple months into this when I realized I would be sticking around here, I thought everyone else has a *fun* name, why shouldn't I do the same?

We have a dear friend who has a habit of calling all of us women friends *Lulu* when we gather to play cards.   Alzheimers runs in his family and he often says knowing all of us by one name now will be helpful later on.    He uses it as a term of endearment part of the time and as a curse other times.  :-)

I also think of this MiSerable disease as one lulu of a hand to be dealt.  

Just plain *Lulu* was already taken so I put my birthyear behind the name - hence Lulu54.

So in a nutshell, that's the story behind my username.  

What's your story?

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5112396 tn?1378017983
I picked my name because I like anonymous to mean anonymous (no play on my real first name), and I've never understood the need to add numbers to names. If it's a name someone already is using, then I just get creative with a completely new one. I just don't like how mechanised a person winds up looking - like machine parts.

That being said, my name isn't anymore warm and fuzzy to look at than a number as it doesn't mean much to most people. It is present active form of the Latin verb meaning to mix = "I mix in, blend, intermix, intermingle." Perfect for a forum that depends on interaction, no?
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695104 tn?1442193588
Mine is really funny, as it sounds like a masculine name, but I'm a girl..lol.. I didn't think about any of that at the time I joined here.. the calam part is from our beloved English bulldog we had yrs ago, her name was Calamity Jane. The fred part was my grandpas name. For the life of me I can't recall why I put the 2 together..maybe it was really late when I decided to stop "lurking" and join the site..haha
C
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I picked my name mikeysmom1995 because a few years back our youngest son was dx d with Chiari malformation and I joined the Chiari medhelp forum. It seemed like the perfect name because it was for him that I joined the forum to try to find out all I could about his condition.
Barb
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5887915 tn?1383378780
Yeah, I've heard that song. The lyrics are beautiful aren't they.

Thanks for that. :-)

Karen.
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645800 tn?1466860955
Every time I see your username I can't help but think of one of my favorite songs. Come Sail Away by Styx.

On board, I'm the captain
So climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on

And

We lived happily forever
So the story goes
But somehow we missed out on the pot of gold
But we'll try best that we can to carry on

Dennis
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5887915 tn?1383378780
It's called subliminal thinking. I should get paid for my username by the airlines.....gosh that sounds nice....lots of $. Lol.  :-)
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572651 tn?1530999357
Karen, every time I see your name I think of traveling because we all use carryon luggage these days.  :-)

Kerry - I have a feeling I wouldn't last long in a dark alley with you.  

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4907540 tn?1361976855
Skinnyninja is what my husband calls me because i do Body combat and Konga and had lost weight and toned up from doing theses  
So i thought i would use it as my username and then added my birth year to it hense Skinnyninja77..

It's been great reading all the stories

Kerry xx
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5887915 tn?1383378780
I chose karryon55 for number of reasons really. When I was a child my parents would call me Karry Ann which sort of became my second name. I also love the old british Carry On movies which is where I was born & spent my first part of my life. Unfortunately the spelling with a "c" was taken up too many times.

Other reasons are that I like to remind myself to "carry on & never give up" Finally the number 5 is my favourite number so I doubled my luck with the 55. I got the number 5 as my lucky number as a young child when my primary school teacher asked the class "How many lines are in a limerick?" & for the first time in my life I raised my hand to answer "5 sir."  

My teacher nearly collapsed on the floor from shock because I was such a quiet kid. My name is actually Karen.

Pretty average stuff for me really.

Karen.
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572651 tn?1530999357
I can't believe it has been over a year since we have done this update- all you  newbies here - I hope you will join us and explain who you are...
Laura
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572651 tn?1530999357
this is for Alien since you asked this question, and all the new people to add to.......
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2015036 tn?1332997788
I also had another screen name, but I forgot my password.  I had to make another account,and I wanted those of you who were already getting to know me, recognize me.  So, it's the same "maxthecat" with 43 added to it. I am 43 now-although I did use this moniker a few months before my 43rd birthday.

Bye again!
Tammy
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2015036 tn?1332997788
Max is my favorite cat. I adore him!  I actually have two cats.  I love them both, but one is my  pet, and the other is my son... (I couldn't have any human children.)  

I found him in a barn, by himself- no momma, when he was still very tiny.  He was sick, sneezing all over the place- and desperate for someone to help him.  This tiny (at the time) creature came out of the barn to me:  soaking wet, shivering, sneezing and hungry. I was visiting family at the time, and they didn't believe in having animals in the house.  But there was no way, I was going to leave that tiny, sick baby in the barn.  Especially with the knowledge that there was no momma cat anymore.  He wouldn't have survived.  I was preparing to sleep in my car with him, so I could keep him warm- and feed him when he needed to eat.
As I was getting things ready to stay in the car with this tiny kitten- my brother-in-law relented, and agreed he could stay in the house while I was there.  (It was already agreed he would be going home with me.)

He was as precious.  He fit in my bathrobe pocket when I found him.  He would stay there, all curled up.  Sleeping, purring, eating, and getting healthier.  He is my baby.  I don't think he has any idea he is really a cat.  I sure couldn't teach him how to be a cat.  He still curls himself around my head, or anywhere else he can- to get as close as he can, when he is going to sleep.  He snuggles with my husband too.  

He is absolutely huge now.  Tall for a cat, and about 19lbs.  But he is still completely precious to me.  

I will try to post pics of both cats in my profile.

Tammy
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2112931 tn?1335098402
This is a fun thread!  I don't think any of these are boring at all. I love them all.

Mine is obvious. My first name is Sandy and I am a geek. I love technology and gadgets and I work in the IT field. I have a Microsoft certification as well as Network cert. I'm proud to be a geek and I love how the female IT population has increased quite a bit in the past few years.  I dread talking on the phone since I'm in support and am on the phone all the time at work.

Thank you all for sharing.
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1337734 tn?1336234591
What a fun thread! I have been a member for a while now but this is the first time that I have seen it. everyone is so creative. Unfortunately, I am not one of them! I joined this forum when I was in a very dark funk so I just used my first name, abbreviated and letters from my last name, boring, I know!
Deb

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2063887 tn?1337829746
This is fun! I got a new haircut the day before I registered.  When I came in to work one of the ladies said "Oh my! Aren't you a saucy girl!"  Hence the name.

Chris
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1979418 tn?1432135441

Mine is not nearly so creative...  I am orginally from Baltimore and when I moved to PA (tho never lived in Philadelphia)...  my brothers kept teasing me I was now a Philly Girl...  that lead to always being referred to as Jen in Philly, somewhere along the way some 18 years ago, it became Jenphilly...  I've had that yahoo email address since the 90s :)

Jen
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2208858 tn?1339188063
evoashes is my artwork business name =) My name is Ashley and for some reason evoashes has always been a screen name I've used... more or less the evolution of ashley =)
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1760800 tn?1406753451
Well I do not have any children and Jack is my dog -  He is my four legged child who gets my butt up every day and makes me move so I thought it appropriate to use his name!  The 516 well that is an old story it is actually my wedding anniversary to my ex hubby -  we divorced - wish we hadn't and while we have both moved on -  it is still a special day.



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2034625 tn?1392643292
Great thread!  So many clever ideas behind all of your nicknames. :)

Mine isn't nearly so interesting.  At the time I chose it (to use on another forum last fall, I had been working as a volunteer at a dog and animal center. In addition to my own two dogs, I had the care of a bunch of other people's dogs as well (30 at one point, more than half of them 200ish pound newfoundlands), plus the therapy animals that lived at the center (goats, mini-horse, mini-donkey, and rabbits). The week I had my big "crash", I worked something like 90 hours in 7 days and felt like the official "mom" as I had to give meds and shots, break up fights, dish out tons of food and even had a few visits from the vet to coordinate.

I don't work there anymore as they now feel I am worthless to them, but I do miss the dogs and hope to be involved in a similar environment again one day.  Someone has suggested that I train service dogs for PwMS and maybe one day I will.  :)  

Laura
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My husband gave me the idea of using 'Mandella77' as my forum name. Mandella is actually a nickname that some people call me and the 77 is just the year that I was born.  After reading the other posts I wish that I had more of an exciting story!!!  Picking a "nick name" isn't easy!!
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2012515 tn?1353875525
Lulu, very fun thread.I read ALL of them!

tjlmoo=I didn't think of anything funny or quirky being that this was the first forum I ever joined but if I could get a new username I would come up with a fun/catchy one.
t for Tammy, myself :)
j for Joey, my hubby
l for Luke, my son
moo for part of our last name, I almost had a cheer going! LOL!

Blessings to all,
Tammy:)

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572651 tn?1530999357
We haven't had this one up for a while and we have a lot of new people here - so join in and tell us what your name means.
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1322693 tn?1308153896
This was so much fun to read I figured I would join in.

Mine is for my daughter. Depending on her mood i would always start with lil miss. (lil miss sassy pants, grumpy, etc....) you get the picture. She hates it and that is why i love it so much. LOL ended it with her birthdate.

Not to unique like some but I can remember it easily.
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