I thought it would be fun to find out where everyone’s screen name came from.
I was reading another thread about cameras/film and see where bronicabill's name came about. Makes me wonder how why others have chosen then screen name they chose?

I was registering for a car forum back in 2005. The registration screen had been up for most of the morning at work. I had finally decided on a screen name, “haon” (my name backward, really unique )

When I was typing all the info into that page, one of the guys I worked with said something about “where is that damn Beancooker”. He was referring to me as I was the head coffee roaster.
Before I clicked submit, I changed haon to Beancooker, and have used that on every forum since then.

It is my name.

Have and ride Tennessee WalkingHorse.

Don't recall exactly how mine originated. It doesn't have any sort of deep meaning, or funny personal story behind it. I've been using it, or a variation of it, as my screen name since online multiplayer games in the mid/late 1990s.

It probably had something to do with the Rogue Squadron series of Star Wars books, which I was reading around that same time.

When I first signed up I tried to just use my name but, for some reason, it didnt take, so, second try was my ebay screen name that I had used for years.

Well... at the time I had a rottie named Tyson. Miss that dang dog! Used it for online games as well after.

I'm not very smart and my own name was all I could think of.

My initials and my "significant" (not necessarily lucky) number. I am the 13th child in my family, and the number 13 has had recurring significance in my life.

I was born and raised in North Idaho, prime elk hunting country. I shot my first elk at age 14. And have killed a few since then. (nothing quite like a nice elk steak).

My favorite 7.62 x 51 mm battle rife.

Mike

Hopefully mine is pretty obvious, but it's what I flew at my first airline for almost 14 years. Great airplane, that ERJ, from a mechanical and flying perspective. For the passengers over about a 2-hour flight or longer? Not so much.

I've been using this handle ever since Descent 1 days.

No idea why I chose it.

Lived in Houston then, born in 1944.

I take pictures using a 4x5 view camera

Mine’s not very complicated. I had a Dachshund named Max. So I shortened “Max the Dog” to “Maxdog”.

It wasn't all that difficult :-)

When trying to find a unique name for online gaming many years ago (mostly the game Warbirds online and WWII online), I did not want a "handle" with numbers in it. So, I started trying different made-up names and "Boznicky" was available for just about any gaming site, forum, etc.

Later it morphed into "bozman" because that is what my online friends started calling me in the heat of battle. Further shortened to "boz" most of the time.

I still use "Boznicky" when "bozman" is not available.

1st five of the VIN of a truck I owned. The window sticker was sitting on the desk beside me as I tried to come up with a new non-personal username.

Alumnus of Georgia Tech (also known as "The North Avenue Trade School )

The team mascot is the yellow jacket, ergo my screen name.

I own a SIG...