Where did your AV name come from?

[farmgal71]

Love the stories, keep them rolling.

Not too creative here. 71 is year I was born.

Yes, that makes me 28 years old.

Great story Parsley.

[furrowtickler]

Was a great year farmgal ... lol
Might have to change mine to furrow71

[JDGreen]

Present.... really self explanatory LOL

[bucket]

True story...I milked cows.

When I was about 7 my older brother would watch me go to the barn with the pale on my head .....he started buckethead and got shortened from that over the years.....


I still respond to it in places...

[farmaholic]

Holy crap bucket. ...I have a funny story too. After school I had to do chores...we used to gather the eggs in an ice cream pail. So one day I head out, like you, with this pail on my head....then not remembering I had it on my head I go back to the house and ask for the egg pail! Maybe I should have been nick-named egg head?

If you can't laugh at yourself....

[Blaithin]

Last name is Irish so I've always been fairly interested in Gaelic. But most Gaelic words are scary to look at let alone pronounce! But I stumbled upon Blaithin which wasn't too intimidating to look at and it means "little flower" which I thought was cute. And a bit more interesting than just calling myself the Gaelic word for cow - which could have multiple backfire issues.

So over the years and various Internet forums I've caried Blaithin along with me and conveniently rarely ever run into it already being in use! Rather inconveniently, but not surprisingly, it isn't actually pronounced anything like its spelled though. So I guess I have a completely made up Canadian pronounced name!

[theplowboy]

Not very original but I like to do the tillage, lots of time to think.

The buckethead story is priceless. LOL

[blackpowder]

When we first got internet, wanted one email addy without my name.
Was fiddling with a 45-70 at the time loading it with blackpowder. Also was into cap and ball revolvers. Led to a Sharps 45-110 replica etc. (They breed).
I only use it on internet. But fits. My earlier career was filled with diesel soot and dust.
My school names would not be appropriate.

[Braveheart]

Great story Blackpowder. Always pictured you as a front loader not a BPCR guy. It's a wonder you didn't pick Quigley as a name although his Sharps was a 45-90.

[grefer]

Mine is pretty boring. Parts of first and last name. I joined in 2002 and after I saw some of the creative names you all were using I wanted to change mine but never have. I have enjoyed reading how you all have come by your names.