RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted February 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2017 Been using this on every forum since I first ventured online. Self explanatory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) johnb because years ago I was in a group where there were six other Johns. Also because like others my surname is easily recognisable and I like to be in the background. Edited February 5, 2017 by johnb 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Been using this on every forum since I first ventured online. Self explanatory Watch out Wullie!! Here comes P.C. Murdoch!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Been using this on every forum since I first ventured online. Self explanatory Self explanatory: forced to move to Scotland? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 It could have been worse. Your surname could have been "Hunt". I kid you not - I used to have a colleague in the SR electrification department called "Carl Hunt" Mine is 'cos I was 46 at the time and (until I decided that I was too good for Network Rail) a Southern Region man for 30 years. Could do with changing it to something different but I cannot work out how ............... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2017 I always loved the names given to the D11/2s and Luckie Mucklebackit was my favourite, I wanted to use this as a user name but it was already taken so I adapted it to Luckymucklebackit. Glad I did as Luckie was a woman in Sir Walter Scotts novel "The Antiquary" Jim And that moniker was always a favourite in our games of railway engine name hangman at school... Phil 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It could have been worse. Your surname could have been "Hunt". Or even, (like on The Last Leg), Literous! [seemingly the name of a sports official] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2017 It could have been worse. Your surname could have been "Hunt". I started school with a Michael Hunt. At that age we had no idea why the teacher was giggling whenever she called his name. We were blessed with Ivor Beard in the same class as well though at that age he failed to live up to his name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2017 I kid you not - I used to have a colleague in the SR electrification department called "Carl Hunt" Mine is 'cos I was 46 at the time and (until I decided that I was too good for Network Rail) a Southern Region man for 30 years. Could do with changing it to something different but I cannot work out how ............... I used to work with a guy called Ian Kerr, no joke, his brother was called Wayne. Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I used to work with a guy called Ian Kerr, no joke, his brother was called Wayne. Roy Similarly, we had a Science Master with a speech impediment (Nickname Twick), pronounced all his "r's" as "w's", Always raised a giggle when he shouted the surname of one of my mates - Rankin!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 mine comes from my initials KP its been my cb handle and forum name elswhere 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2017 When the Freightliner 66/6s arrived my son and I went to Crewe to photograph them, his favourite was 66606, because of the 66/6 sub class they gained the nickname "beasts" - a few days later we joined an on-line war game and it needed a game name - "Use beast66606" my lad suggested ... and I have, even since. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2017 I used to work with a guy called Ian Kerr, no joke, his brother was called Wayne. Roy There is a very well known electrical instrument manufacturer in the UK called "Wayne Kerr" http://www.waynekerrtest.com/ Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 There is a very well known electrical instrument manufacturer in the UK called "Wayne Kerr" http://www.waynekerrtest.com/ Keith there was an aussie rugby league player at Oldham called Wayne Kerr caused a few chuckles at away grounds over the tannoy also imagine that over the tannoy with aproper strine accent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2017 From a computer game I played a lot when I was small. Full of randomly named planets, a handy source of names. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2017 I started school with a Michael Hunt. At that age we had no idea why the teacher was giggling whenever she called his name. We were blessed with Ivor Beard in the same class as well though at that age he failed to live up to his name. A girl in primary school was Teresa Green! Perhaps she married a Mr Brown? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2017 We had a Chemistry teacher named Norman Conquest. Now back to the main theme of the thread, methinks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark374 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 mine, well Mark as its my name, and 37/4 as its my favorite subclass of the tractors, plus we now have them on the cumbrian coast on DRS stock Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2017 there was an aussie rugby league player at Oldham called Wayne Kerr caused a few chuckles at away grounds over the tannoy also imagine that over the tannoy with aproper strine accent There was person at the GEC Binley Road, Coventry in the 1970s called Peter Nutt, so you can guess how he was addressed over the Tannoy! (N.B. I used spend time working there, but not for GEC, as part of my job) Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2017 When the Freightliner 66/6s arrived my son and I went to Crewe to photograph them, his favourite was 66606, because of the 66/6 sub class they gained the nickname "beasts" - a few days later we joined an on-line war game and it needed a game name - "Use beast66606" my lad suggested ... and I have, even since. I had never thought of RMweb as being a war game but on second thoughts having seen some threads maybe I was wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-tr-Paul Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Well mine was Cornish Triang Paul but got mysteriously locked out of my own account - twice, hence current abbreviated form as can't reuse original. Location, main interest and name; obviously ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2017 Mine was going to be after "Legend of the Seas" one of my favourite cruise ships, but I realised that typing of the seas would get a bit laborious over time , so settled for Legend as shorthand. I actually don't like it , as it seems a bit pretentious in retrospect and I'm certainly not a legendary modeller. In a recent thread Les Miserables was mentioned and that's certainly much more up my street , as I'm on a constant quest for value for money (it's part of the day job) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Cat Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Mine comes from my near constant modelling companion. As he takes up most of workbench, "sunbathing" under the daylight lamp, while I work away on a small corner, I figured he ought to get the recognition. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Didn't we do this already? Mine is literally autobiographical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted February 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2017 We seem to do it from time to time, but it's always a bit if fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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