Nick names

on lumberjocks one can change their user name anytime

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

i am using my real name.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

I am using my real name as well. :)

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Not me, my real name is Bently, but I don’t want anyone to know.
You never know who out there in cyberspace will try to misuse it.

I believe due to the expansion of the internet and for many people who frequent forums, newsgroups, message boards, etc., displaying ones real name could be problematic. With the ever increasing number of weirdos in our world and using the internet as their main source of contact nowadays, saying the wrong thing can really set someone’s fire ablaze. Using a real name can help them locate you if they are that psychotic and want to do harm.

Perhaps it seems a bit paranoid but I’ve actually witnessed this type of act and would advise most people to use anonymity, especially if they frequent the internet abundantly.

anonymity for all the above reasons:-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

this is my real name…... oh and thats my picture too! :-]>

-- hey honey! watch this!

That is my real nickname, or was, when I was a kid… :)

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

My nickname is Captain Rob because I used to drive big boats , but this is a wood related site and now I drive a variety of saws instead.

perhaps theyre names we sumtimes wish we had (the nicknames anyway)

-- Good, better, best; Never let it rest until your good is better and your better best! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

or they sound better than our own

-- Good, better, best; Never let it rest until your good is better and your better best! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

I found using my real name gets me more Mail & Email how they find out is above
Or is it below me. That is the question….............

-- Scott JoBurg MI

Nick is my name, I just go by Gary

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

I’m using my real name…

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

nickname comes from people asking , how ya doing, my answer allways is jussdandy, it juss stuck

-- Randy, Fla http://www.kelleyscabinetsupply.com

I found my real name to be quite a common one… (Robert Lee) so I decided to find something unique that nobody would ever use, and I get it no matter what forum or website i go to.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

Hi GMman,
Perhaps this is a good place to introduce my desire to know how many Canadians there are in Lumberjocks. Not for any ulterior reason, just a matter of interest. I keep stumbling on more and find there are a few such as you that are quite close to New Brunswick. Just found Mark in Windsor for instance. You could say a pet peeve of mine. My nick name (Jackass) came from necessity when I registered with LJ”S. Hope you get your answer.
Jack

-- Jack Keefe Shediac NB Canada

I agree with Meanie. A lot of us likely do frequent other forums in various other hobbies, so we are used to other online identities.

I just joined today, but Cosmicsniper is a reference to my other hobby, astrophotography.

-- jay, www.allaboutastro.com

They may be using nicknames because they are wanted felons or the IRS is looking for them, some have an alter ego, some don’t want their spouse to find them, some are trying to be ‘cool”.
For whatever reasons to use a real name or nickname that we feel more comfortable with, it really doesn’t matter, all LJ’s are great guys – whoever they are?

-- Roger, Rep. of Texas

Felons might hide bedhind a nickname, but the IRS always gets their money:-((

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Hi Jack
I am originally from Canada. My grandfather lived in St. Stephen and I had an Uncle that lived closer to where you are in Moncton. I have traveled all around down east Cabot Trail, Saint John, Summerside, Charlottetown, Fredericton etc etc. Haven’t been down that way in 30 years tho but I loved the countryside down there.

-- Rick... A tree knows more about wood then I do.

When I joined up on LJ’s, my n.n. was Dustmite, but found out someone else had that. So I just used my real name. I use to be called Casper, but my real name is Whitey. Ghostly—isn’t it? Besides—what’s in a name?

-- Remember--- one good turn-- gets most of the blanket!!!!

Booger is a nickname I have had for about 50 years …and it really stuck.

-- Each and Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. Greg Little

Hi all my friends and work colleagues know me as hooky

my real name is Michael Hook

as i have always been in environs with lots of Michael’s so i have always been known by my surname

as Australians do with names it got extended to hooky and it has stuck

Hooky

-- Happiness is a way of travel , not a destination (Roy Goodman)

Actually, my real nickname is Jerbo. My sister gave me that name when we were kids. It came from my real name Jerry Boshear.

I use Jerbo on all the other forums but here someone has it already so I went with Bothus.

Bothus is shorthand for Both of us. It represents me and the little woman.

;;
J

-- Professional kitchen designer, amature woodworker.

My nickname is kinda self explanitory. Looks at my projects….All SCRAP wood.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

I used a nickname mostly because I’ve had experiences being ‘flammed’ and such for being a woman. Thankfully, there’s none of that here :))

-- a little bit of stupid goes a long way

Berg is my real ancient nick name but used only by my dear friend of 50 years, Peter, who passed WAY too young at 50 and his baby brother (who is a grandfather and would cringe at the “baby” reference but who is used to decades of harrasment. Sorry Jim). And yes we “knew” each other all our lives. Our mothers were in the same hospital at the same time. :)
My last name is Bourgoine and our family pronounces Bourg == Berg

-- Berg, Central NH & Gulfport, FL - "It's raining...what a beautiful day to puddle jump" 3y/o Devlyn

something to consider is the business side of things. When some projects are posted I will immediately think “I bet that is a Todd A Clippinger” or “that is a Mark DeCou” or “a Dennis Mitchell” .... if you want your work known and your business known then using your real name is a great promotional tool.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I am using my real nick name. Not many people can pronounce my real name, so Guy it is. Also i don’t think 15 people in my life even know my real name. I have been using “GUY” for the last 55 of my 61 years.

-- Guy Kroll

Witness protection program

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

My grandson named me 11 years ago, so I am who i am!

-- Dan-- Info for all @ http://www.hoistman.com

I use this nickname when I am in the shop or in the garden because that is exactly what I am. (LOL)

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

This is one of the few forums where I used my real name, not sure why. I started my first username as a nickname and have used it ever since. And no one will ever look at my work and say that is a DeCou or Clppinger. I fall into the don’t use real name because of paranoia. As a matter of fact, I am sure they are watching me right now, see them over in the corner?

-- ShawnH "A little knowledge is a tool for disaster." Chinese porverb

i agree withDeb i use the lumberjocks photo gallery all the time to show people my work so i need to have my real name on it. this is all about getting more work.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

When we started going with each other, Barb called me Dickie, but after we got married, she started

calling me Richard. I guess because my family called me that.

Most of my friends call me Dick.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

My business name is Rick’s Rustics so I thought Rustic wood work

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

I use my real name, never held with those CB handles or aliases…I am who I am. And if I used my work as my handle I would have to borrow Scrappy’s handle anyway LOL!

I’m from Canada as well, Jack. One of these days I’ve got to get east of Hull, Quebec and check out your neck of the woods!

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

A-1 contractors is my contracting business, Heirloom Jim would have made me sound even older than I am . I find it harder to us some of the unusual or long contrived names when commenting and feel more connected to a persons real name ,but we all choose what we want to be called an that’s way it should be other wise we would all have numbers.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I use my real name and real picture on all forums…just good for business.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

I use my profession as my online persona. You may notice that I change it to Gary every once in a while… that’s when I’m on vacation.

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

Barb has a lot of other Special Names for me.<(:O}#

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

WOW Dick!! You’re having senior moments squared or maybe even cubed :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Now I see it’s a choice any way will work ok.

-- --<<<<<< I will not stop until I get it right. >>>>>>--

Personally, I’m just used to using a Nickname. In many other forums, it’s just the norm (no offense to Norm Abrams who is THE Norm). I’ve got a pretty bland name in real life (Tim) and Bovine just seems more interesting….wait, cows ARE interesting, aren’t they?

-- Kansas City, KS "Nothing is as permanent as a temporary solution"

What’s wrong with mine?
It;s a statement. Not a name.
Anyway if I told you my real name…. I will have to kill you….

Reg.
Mario

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)

It’s my Second Life name.

-- More carving, less maintenance. http://www.fromvirtualtoreal.ca/

I’ve used cobra5 for a long time, why or how i got that name?, done security tpye work most my life got tag as cobra5, Mrs. Debbie has a good piont, somthing to concider about being known for your craftsmanship.
tim french aka cobra5

-- tool time tim aka "cobra5"

That’s the way I sign my work. Works for me.

-- Thos. Angle

KHOP for Ken Hopper. KHOP was the name of my plumbing company.

-- How am I doing? Better than I deserve.

when I had my business it was “The WoodSmiths’ Shop” my last name is Smith, and I usually go by Smitty, but I think it was taken already.

-- Smitty!!!

I picked up the nickname Huff when I was in High School and it stayed with me when I was in the service.(In Viet Nam, a lot of the guys in my outfit had nicknames…..JJ, moses, lightning, speed brakes, lucky… just to remember a few.) Some of my close friends still call me huff. As far as business goes, The Hufford Furniture Group is my Co. name. I don’t use this site for business, just a great place to share my passion for woodworking with other woodworkers and get inspiration from them, so I try to keep it casual. No hang ups about using my real name, in fact now that I think about it, even a few of my customers call me huff.
Call me anything you like…....just not late for supper! LOL.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

It’s fine if your real name is tied to your business (then it’s free adverts) but otherwise I would like to limit the chances of identify theft as much as possible.

My boyfriend already freaks enough about me posting pictures where you may see elements of our house – and someone may have traceability, etc. etc.

I try to be careful. There are a lot of thieves and psychos out there. I flip out when I see some of you guys posting pictures of your shops and expensive equipment, and where you live…. unless you have a fully insured business I would always be wary about that.

I got my nickname from work. Our network uses our first name and first two letters of our last name (johnmo). The guys at work just added the “ny” in the middle and it just stuck.

-- John in Arizona (but it's a dry heat!)

Jim is my real name most of the time but I work with young Kids they call me Oldman not Jim

-- Jim, Kentucky

most everyone who has ever met me calls me
Stu Pedaso

what is up with that?

-- Trevor Premer Head Termite and Servant to the Queen - Heirloom Woodworking

Mine started with that retarded OS Windows NT 3.51 (8 character limit blah blah blah…). It wouldn’t take someone with reasonable skills to find my real name.

-- Trying to follow the example of the master.

mtkate, you hit the nailon the head!! I lost 10k of tools in one hit and they were comeing back for nearly a decade looking for more:-((

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I have worked for the company I do now for the last 34 years and everyone knows me as Jed and only a couple of people know what my real name is and its not even close. My LJ name comes from what I do, I take good wood and make lots of kindling.

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

okwoodshop is how i sign the stuff i make, they tried to steal my idenity once but when they found out how bad my credit was they sent me a check and an apology. No body wants to be me.

-- Duane,matt_megan@twlakes.net

Mine is my real nickname. It started out as PW when I first joined the AF. I had joined a bowling league and my initials would come up on the board as “PW” when it was my turn. My name is Paul White. Over the years people have shortened it from PW to Pdub. I still answer to either one, and sometimes to a few others that aren’t quite as nice. LOL

-- Paul, North Dakota, USAF Ret.

The name is mine….The picture however..sorry to say, is a fake…

-- Some people have a shop so they can build things, the rest of us build things so we can have a shop...

The name is Ken and I am a paramedic, kinda self explanatory

-- My job is to give my kids things to discuss with their therapist....medic20447@gmail.com

I yam who I yam.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

Hasbeen99 is a username I came up with when I first started playing fantasy football in (you guessed it) 1999. Over the past decade I’ve been so active on various message boards, hasbeen99 has become a significant part of who I am. Plus, going by “hasbeen” keeps me from getting too big for my britches. ;o)

My real name is Eric.

-- "The only thing that counts is faith, expressing itself in love." --Galatians 5:6

Barry is my real name, and I fly Cessna products.

-- - Please help keep Lumberjocks an enjoyable escape by refusing to participate in political discussions. Simply spit out the bait and ignore the thread...

I’m James and everyone tells, me “that’s just not right” like when I bought this fire truck for my company truck, or when I painted my whole workshop burnt orange when UT once the national championship in 2005 (its still burnt orange today even after I sold it), so since this is a woodworking website, I figured “Knot” would be appropriate.

Besides A1Jim already had that nickname :-)

-- James

I needed a name to register on this site, rustedknuckles is how my hands sometimes feel, its also part of the title of a great book about old tractors, “Rusted Knuckles and Busted Bolts”.

-- Dave- New Brunswick