Explain Your Handle

February 26, 2017, 04:20 PM

newtoSig765

Explain Your Handle

Here's another one who didn't quite think things through before signing up. Maybe I jinxed myself, since I still am Sigless.

The 765 was because my 7.65mm Walther PPK was on the desk next to the computer when I signed up.

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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
-- H L Mencken

I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is.
-- JALLEN 10/18/18

February 26, 2017, 04:29 PM

Mr.9mm

IDPA club I used to shoot at was very heavy in 1911 and the purists looked down on us that shot lesser calibers. The day I showed up with a 1911 in 9mm, the match director started calling me "Mr. 9mm".

February 26, 2017, 04:32 PM

redleg2/9

2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery (4th Inf. Div., Viet Nam)

Started using this years ago on different sites on the off-chance that someone from the unit would recognize it and contact me.

We now have a website, but I just kept the name.

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“Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot. . .”
– Napoleon Bonaparte

http://poundsstudio.com/

February 26, 2017, 04:56 PM

two-two-niner-romeo

Aviation speak for 229R.

"Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker's God-given right!" - GhostBusters II

"You have all the tools you need. Don't blame them. Use them." - Dan Worrall

February 26, 2017, 05:02 PM

NOCkid

Many moons ago I was a 19 year old member of the local Norton Owners Club.

February 26, 2017, 05:05 PM

SHOOTIN BLANKS

Vasectomy.

February 26, 2017, 05:06 PM

Balzé Halzé

quote:
Originally posted by 2012BOSS302:
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Just an old Academy nickname.

I figured it had something to do with Admiral Halsey - you're own tribute "Balze Halze".

I was also referred to as "The Admiral" or just "Admiral" and still am by many. It was a toss up which handle I was going to choose.

~Alan

Acta Non Verba
NRA Life Member (Patron)
God, Family, Guns, Country

Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan

"Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle

February 26, 2017, 05:15 PM

P-220

It was my first Sig and remains the platform that still works best for me.

February 26, 2017, 05:19 PM

71 TRUCK

The ladder truck I drove in the fire department in New Jersey back in the 90s.

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

As ratified by the States and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State

NRA Life Member

February 26, 2017, 05:32 PM

Gutpile Charlie

When I first started hunting along the Wasatch Front in Utah nearly forty years ago, the guys that introduced me to deer hunting nick named me Gutpile Charlie

"If you think everything's going to be alright, you don't understand the problem!"- Gutpile Charlie
"A man's got to know his limitations" - Harry Callahan

February 26, 2017, 05:37 PM

Wheels

It's my SASS alias that I have had for the past 20 years. I got it because I am a co-owner and operator of a foreign auto repair shop and fix a lot of our cowboy club's rolling stock.

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You can't have no idea how little I care.

February 26, 2017, 05:40 PM

GrumpyBiker

It's the name I was given by club brothers back in my patch holder days & being a biker ...

U.S.M.C.
VFW-8054
III%

"Never let a Wishbone grow where a Backbone should be "

February 26, 2017, 05:42 PM

myrottiety

My very first Rottweiler and the best damn dog I have ever owned. Her name was "Ty".

Train how you intend to Fight

Remember - Training is not sparring. Sparring is not fighting. Fighting is not combat.

February 26, 2017, 05:47 PM

V-Tail

quote:
Originally posted by MWills:
the Mark Twain jpg seemed fitting.

Are you sure that's Mark Twain?

I think it looks more like Sam Clemens.

February 26, 2017, 05:47 PM

sunburn

Fl Native, got a grass skirt and a spear. My favorite touristas fall asleep on their belly and sunburn the soles of their feet.

February 26, 2017, 05:56 PM

sig operator

Powerhouse operator who likes sig pistols

February 26, 2017, 06:08 PM

bronicabill

Back in my early professional photography days when shooting medium-format film cameras, I used Bronica camera gear. My first name is Bill. When joining photography forums, I became "bronicabill", and the name has stuck ever since!

February 26, 2017, 06:08 PM

signewt

'newt' is a kind of salamander; there are PNW species where I live;

I was new to Sig when a buddy eating fig newtons prior to inspecting my first one was pleased and remarked 'that sig is better than...'

February 26, 2017, 06:11 PM

Ozarkwoods

Ozarkwoods=location I lived when I became a member....since then I am constantly on the move in our Motorhome seeking new adventures, meeting new people with my wife and our Schnauzer.

February 26, 2017, 06:14 PM

sigmoid

quote:
Originally posted by SHOOTIN BLANKS:
Vasectomy.

Another one I wondered about? Here I thought you did alot of funerals...

Thanks so much all, really am enjoying it.

Still, I am a bit curious about those moderators like lbj, LDD or the man himself ?

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Guns don't kill people - Alec Baldwin kills people.