the importance of the right nickname/avatar

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  1. miraflores

    miraflores Total Gardener

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    I am just curious...why did you choose your present nickname?

    In my case it is that: when I think of green surroundings that make me "wow" I imagine it on the lines of Kew-Garden-heated-greenhouse style or the tropical Amazon Forest. Very green and very luxurious...so I just chose a name that conveys that :yes:- to me at least :whistle:.
    (having said that I do like most gardens:spinning:)
     
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    • Super Lucyjin

      Super Lucyjin dinnae fash yersel

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      My nickname has been my internet handle for a long time, and holds reference to a cartoon I used to watch. :redface: ((The "Lucy" part, of course, is my given name. ;) ))
      I thought about coming up with a different one when I joined, but I'm nostalgia-fond of this one so I just rolled with it.
       
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        I chose my current user name because that is my name (I also tell fibs:snorky:)Well actually it is near to my real name....Well ever so slightly:snorky:
         
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        • NorthantsGeezer

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          Errrr .... What can I say ? :biggrin:
           
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          • Fat Controller

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            Mine has been my internet handle for many years, and at the time was chosen because I was a service controller and I was (am) of cuddly build.
             
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              My email is that name. I chose it, because "red" ( I have "real red hair) . And "star" because my name in Hebrew means star. so that is it. Redstar.
               
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                My surname starts with a T, and I tend to call my better half Mr T.. plus I like tea.. silly really :heehee::whistle:.
                 
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                  Mine is the botanical name for the turquoise flowered Jade Vine, I first saw one in Singapore many decades ago. Strongylodon Macrobotrys was a shade too long!
                   
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                  • Jack McHammocklashing

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                    my name's Jack and I live in the back. Of the 'Greta Garbo Home for Wayward Boys and Girls
                    Mc for a Scottish connection
                    Hammock where I used to sleep
                    Lashing err for tying up me Ammock
                     
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                    • CanadianLori

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                      I yam what I yam....like popeye.

                      I have always used the same handle. My name is Lori and I live in Canada.

                      I don't know how many times I have been at presentations, exhibitions, etc. Where people get all excited about having met me. I had a peer come back from a conference in California and some others who visited North Carolina or British Columbia etc. tell me that they were approached by several people asking if I had actually had face to face time with them...."Do you know Canadian Lori" is the mantra I get feedback about. Rather interesting. I am not special. Just stuck with my I.D. for ,,well since I've been on the net. Somewhere around 1997....I think.......

                      Will never be famous but sincerity and perhaps a little naivette about what the wicked old world can do to a poor old lady keeps me from worrying about my public profile.

                      Just my humble opinion
                       
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                      • Linz

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                        I have a Welsh name, so it's most of the letters of that and my nickname is actually Linz :)
                         
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                        • HarryS

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                          well my names Harry , so I cunningly added an S to the end as an incognito handle :)
                           
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                          • Loki

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                            I picked my name because it's what I wanted to call our new puppy, she has lived up to the meaning of it :love30:but as for me..... I'm quite dull:snork:
                             
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                            • clueless1

                              clueless1 member... yep, that's what I am:)

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                              Mine is just my actual name but spelled a bit differently.

                              C. Liu Lee Xuan.

                              I think I might be telling lies about half of that.

                              Seriously though, it is actually my real name but spelled slightly different.
                               
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                                Clueless, you a fan of the local Chinese restaurants :snorky:
                                 
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