The tribulations of choosing an apt user name

The tribulations of choosing an apt user name

Aberdeenastro View Member Profile	Oct 4 2006, 12:03 PM Post #1
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 24-May 06 From: Aberdeen, Scotland Member No.: 785	Hi folks, As some of you may have noticed I've changed my user name from Castor to Aberdeenastro. When I first subscribed to UMSF I decided that I would prefer to maintain some level of anonymity and tried to think of an appropriate user name. I chose Castor as it's the brightest star in my zodiac constellation (Gemini) - not that I believe in astrology! However, many people might be confused by this name and what it is supposed to represent. And here's the warning to us all: according to Answers.com one definition of the word castor is "An oily, brown, odorous substance obtained from glands in the groin of the beaver and used as a perfume fixative"! Hence the change to Aberdeenastro. I'd much rather be associated with Aberdeen Astronomy than the substance that comes from glands in a beaver's groin! I'd be interested to know how some of you chose your user names. Cheers, Aberdeenastro

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dvandorn View Member Profile	Oct 5 2006, 12:40 AM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15	Since my name is Doug Van Dorn, I figured dvandorn was, well, appropriate... As for my sign-off, well -- I had originally planned on signing my posts simply, like this: -Doug However, after my first post, as I read through the forum (which was, at that point, the old rlproject site), I saw that our Glorious Leader signed his posts almost identically. So, I figured, it was a little more appropriate (and perhaps a touch humorous) to sign myself, as I shall always be here, -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain

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Aberdeenastro The tribulations of choosing an apt user name Oct 4 2006, 12:03 PM

ngunn I followed the djellison format. Oct 4 2006, 12:20 PM

ynyralmaen A little knowledge of Welsh should help decipher m... Oct 4 2006, 12:41 PM

ngunn QUOTE (ynyralmaen @ Oct 4 2006, 01:41 PM)... Oct 4 2006, 12:46 PM

ustrax Though I usually use another nick I wanted to choo... Oct 4 2006, 01:15 PM

angel1801 My name actually is for two reasons, but I'll ... Oct 4 2006, 01:47 PM

MahFL Mine is simply my initials and FL for Florida, whe... Oct 4 2006, 01:49 PM

ynyralmaen QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 4 2006, 02:46 PM) Woul... Oct 4 2006, 01:35 PM

Patteroast Mine's a quite silly thing a friend called me.... Oct 4 2006, 02:36 PM

Tesheiner Nothing else then my surname. --- Eduardo Teshein... Oct 4 2006, 02:39 PM

tasp Mine was the coolest one not already taken when I ... Oct 4 2006, 02:51 PM

centsworth_II I'm just here to give my two cents worth. Oct 4 2006, 02:51 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Aberdeenastro @ Oct 4 2006, 04:03 ... Oct 4 2006, 02:56 PM

MizarKey Back in the early days of AOL I used CireN, which ... Oct 4 2006, 04:14 PM

odave Many years ago I started working for a small compa... Oct 4 2006, 04:58 PM

lyford My name is Lyford. Oct 4 2006, 05:44 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (lyford @ Oct 4 2006, 09:44 AM) My ... Oct 4 2006, 05:58 PM

lyford QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 4 2006, 10:58 AM... Oct 4 2006, 06:45 PM

David It's my name! Oct 4 2006, 06:58 PM

dilo As someone already argued, I used the beginning of... Oct 4 2006, 10:20 PM

Harder Harder was my nickname some time ago. I kept it on... Oct 4 2006, 06:19 PM

dvandorn Since my name is Doug Van Dorn, I figured dvandorn... Oct 5 2006, 12:40 AM

um3k Mine has evolved. I started out sometime before t... Oct 5 2006, 04:17 PM

RNeuhaus I have always used this userid for all thing! ... Oct 5 2006, 07:26 PM

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