What's in A (User) Name?

**zero7one** · 28 March 2009, 20:28

Originally Posted by OfcPowder

The kids at one of the local high schools I work off-duty at call me Officer Powder because I'm very white and I'm bald, just like the movie from the 90s. Actually the Vice Principal came up with the name because the movie was before their time, but the name stuck...

ROTFLMAO

**federalist22** · 29 March 2009, 05:01

federalist22 - it's a throwback to our founding fathers and the Federalist Papers.

"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." -- James Madison, The Federalist Papers

"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." -- Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers at 184-188

As for 22, February 22nd is my birthday (also George Washington's) and adding a number the first time makes it easy to get a username validated when joining a site.

**XCoastie** · 29 March 2009, 09:13

6 1/2 yrs in the Coast Guard

Hence XCoastie was born also use it on other forums

**sadmin** · 30 March 2009, 19:52

im a systems administrator in the health care industry.
im a very joyful guy.

**GriffonSec** · 30 March 2009, 20:16

Well, it's an abbreviated version of my company name. Figured it was better than "Flashlight", which is what the local LEOs call me on their tac channels. I can only poke fun at myself for so long...

**baboon** · 31 March 2009, 16:38

I liked hunting baboons while in Africa. Got were I could call them back after shooting out the alpha male. Kill the king & watch the troupe go into a power struggle.

**Kiwi** · 31 March 2009, 18:10

Thats what they call us for ppl from the land of the long white cloud!

oh yeah, our fruit too...

**5thprofession47** · 1 April 2009, 06:06

The Fifth Profession was a novel written by David Morrell back in 1990. It dealt with professional close-protection and it's connection to what the author called 'the fifth profession', protecting others. The "47" referrences the Japanese story of "The 47 Ronin" who were a band of masterless Samurai. The term ronin became associated with a samurai who was for hire, having no one master.

When I started posting to internet forums several years ago I just put the two together.

**Policetacteam** · 6 April 2009, 04:16

I work on my department's tactical unit with Scumhunter.

**scumhunter** · 6 April 2009, 05:40

**Ryo** · 7 April 2009, 21:32

Mine well it's from Ryo Ohki.. a character I liked, then later shorten down to Ryo. Kept it ever since. So in essence.. no real meaning.

**shadco** · 23 May 2009, 18:36

Shadco

A fishing buddy started calling me Shad after I would take him out Fly fishing for Hickory Shad and whip him 100 to 1 every time.

Then I showed him my secret weapon for light tackle striper fishing and he said you ought to go into business making them You could call the company Shadco. I've been using that for my online handle for well over 10 years and haven't seen a reason to change.

**lanceriley** · 26 May 2009, 08:40

it's my son's name

**Charlie-2-6** · 28 May 2009, 04:41

Nothing fancy, it was my first callsign in the Army:
Charlie: C-Coy
2: 2nd Platoon
6: callsign for the Platoonleader

After my active duty I went to the reserves and have transferred through a number of units. Currently on the roster of a Mech Inf Regt. Everybody in the unit calls me LT, since that's my rank.

**Lex Talionis** · 28 May 2009, 10:20

Lex Talionis = the law of retaliation

stems back to past behavioral problems

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