Where'd you get your username?

Tubajug · Post by **Tubajug** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:09 am

Just a thread of curiosity, where/when/how did everyone come up with their usernames?

Mine I've used for all sorts of usernames over the years, I think the first time was Ebay though. I'm obviously a tuba player, but I'm also a WWII airplane buff, my favorite being the P-47 Thunderbolt whose nickname was the "Jug."

Hence my username: Tubajug

What's your story?

bort · Post by **bort** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:50 am

Todd S. Malicoate · Post by **Todd S. Malicoate** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:52 am

Tubajug · Post by **Tubajug** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:51 pm

bort wrote:

So is your real name Bart then?

Ace · Post by **Ace** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:58 pm

I was assigned the name "Ace" in 1968 by the people at my office who were envious of my luck in consistently winning football pools. I liked the name and have used it since.

Ace

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:58 pm

You have your choice: the three of us in the current household, or three generations with the same first name.

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:36 pm

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When I stumbled onto Tubenet I was playing a lot of trumpet, and I just happen to own a 1967 Olds Recording.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:42 pm

The name of my favourite tuba!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:02 pm

I had the very bad judgement to be an unwilling passenger when my racecar decided to drive into the retaining wall at Pocono Raceway, so it was either "windshieldbug" or "splat"...

TubaTodd · Post by **TubaTodd** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:27 pm

I've used it since 1996 (junior year of high school) with AOL. My mom came up with it. Over the last couple months, while I've been "between tubas," my wonderful coworkers decided to call me "Tuba-less Todd." Thanks Brandon!

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:44 pm

I am Elephant-sized and picked up the nickname of "Ben" because there were five 'Jeffreys' in my neighborhood and my last name is Benedict. A rather boisterous fellow lived three houses up where I lived and liked to shout at me as I walked by, "It's The Big Ben!" and there you have it.

Ed Jones · Post by **Ed Jones** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:49 pm

Umm, I gonna have to think about that one...

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:05 pm

Tubajug wrote:.... I'm obviously a tuba player, but I'm also a WWII airplane buff, my favorite being the P-47 Thunderbolt whose nickname was the "Jug."

Hence my username: Tubajug

What's your story?

Great airplanes! My dad was an armorer on a P-47 in Europe during WWII. I still have the 50 cal. 'fire-no fire' timing feeler gauges.

'Tubatinker' doesn't need an explanation.

bearphonium · Post by **bearphonium** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:17 am

At the time I joined up, I was playing euphonium, just getting back into music, and had discovered on another forum that many posters used a username that was not their real name. So, as one who likes bears, and plays on words, I became "bearphonium". Over on the motorcycle sites, I am just Ally House...

k001k47 · Post by **k001k47** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:17 am

I'm a moron. That's how I got my username. Can I change it to moron? Is moron taken?

MikeW · Post by **MikeW** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:39 am

I noticed that everyone (?) on here uses pseudonyms, so I disguised my name. Having a sense of proportion, I didn't expect anyone to try very hard to penetrate the mystery of my identity, so I didn't put too much effort into the disguise (just enough to stop spammers scraping my name off the board).

maybe I should have gone with Vaneef.

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:49 am

Young band nerd .... (1982)

Old band nerd (2008). Once a band nerd,always a band nerd.

Rick F · Post by **Rick F** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:00 am

I got mine from my parents about 65 years ago.

Not too original

Uncle Buck · Post by **Uncle Buck** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:47 am

I kinda like the movie . . .

Teubonium · Post by **Teubonium** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:39 am

I play tuba and euphonium, so ...

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