User names

[BigAl52]

My first name is Al and everyone always calls me BigAl and the 52 was the year I was born.

[The Wiz]

My LT. said I was a Wizard in a debriefing after I got my recon team out of an awkward situation. Of course, it got shortened by the guys to The Wiz. It always make me think of those guys.

[Ojaileveraction]

I shoot lever guns at the Ojai Valley Gun Club that is physically in Rose Valley of the Las Padres National Forest.

[Les]

I was born with mine.

[NoFlyZone]

I'm not very creative with forum names and have a few. Sometime I wish I kept the same name for all forums like some people do.
Anyway "NoFlyZone", not sure why other than Flying is one of my favorite achievements.

Dale - AZ

[Abnermal]

I found a little 3 week old orphaned kitten 11 years ago. Named it Abby Nermal after the classic line from the movie Young Frankenstein and the kitten from the Garfield comic strip. She has been my shadow and best friend. So I picked Abnermal for a forum name.

[chuckcook]

Been cooking on a Cattle Drive era chuckwagon for 20+ years.

[Sir Henry]

Been cooking on a Cattle Drive era chuckwagon for 20+ years.

Have you seen Mushy lately?

[chuckcook]

Been cooking on a Cattle Drive era chuckwagon for 20+ years.

Have you seen Mushy lately?

No, but I've seen a few other characters hanging around wagon camp!

[clovishound]

When I first signed on to a woodworking forum, several years ago, I was still into SCUBA diving. I was obsessed with finding Clovis points, and had some success finding these rather rare stone tools. I believe my daughter may have originally suggested it, and it seemed appropriate at the time. I kept it when signing on to other forums. When my daughter started getting into shooting with me, I decided it was appropriate to dub her Clovispup. I declared the better part of valor when referring to my wife.

For those who are unaware, Clovis points were stone tools made by the earliest peoples living in North America. They had a signature flute, or channel, that ran up the base of the point. Of course, many archaeologists have some very good evidence that the Clovis people were not the first in North America, but that is probably more info than most of you want.

Here is the best one I found. It made the poster for Archaeology Week here several years ago. It's technically a Redstone, but close enough to a Clovis, both timewise and construction. The Redstones immediately postdate Clovis with a date range of 10,800 to 10,500 RCYBP. I nearly swallowed my regulator when I ran across this one. Fluted points are about 1 in 5,000 total points (a point is what most call arrowheads). The Redstones are about 1 in 4 fluted points. So, this was a pretty rare find. It also happens to be a very beautiful example of the type.

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[Stuckeysflat]

I used to spend a lot of time fishing for bonefish in the Florida Keys. One particular flat just below Islamorada had a big Stuckey's Restaurant billboard sticking out into the water so we named that the Stuckeys Flat. Caught a lot of bones on that flat and not many days go by that my mind doesn't wander back to those days.

[Cofisher]

I chose the name due to my favorite occupation. I love fishing rivers in Colorado. I will fish wherever I am. I am in East Central Nebraska, and headed back to Colorado tomorrow. Taking my flyfishing gear with me.

I will only be there a week or two, but will make it to a stream! If you have not had your line freeze in the eyelets, you are a fair weather fisherman!

[BrokenolMarine]

I chose the name due to my favorite occupation. I love fishing rivers in Colorado. I will fish wherever I am. I am in East Central Nebraska, and headed back to Colorado tomorrow. Taking my flyfishing gear with me.

I will only be there a week or two, but will make it to a stream! If you have not had your line freeze in the eyelets, you are a fair weather fisherman!

That's was when I knew it was time to put the fly rod away, climb out of the river, and head for the diner. HOT coffee, HOT cakes, and HOT links.

[JEBar]

If you have not had your line freeze in the eyelets, you are a fair weather fisherman!

I'm perfectly happy to acknowledge being in that classification ..

[Cofisher]

Having ridden my motorcycle, and fished, at temperatures below zero I am pretty sure there is a question about sanity involved. But, hey, what the heck. Why not?

[Matureshooter]

How did I choose my handle? Years ago, 1960's I did a lot of shooting, reloading one weekend and burning up the ammo the next weekend. Shot in large bore matches with a pre64 , Model 70 30-06. I got drafted in 1969, sent to Vietnam as an infantryman, served as a sniper in the 25th Inf. Div., due to me combat experiences I lost my love for shooting. Stayed in the Army until late 1979. I just had no interest in shooting. Last year I had a thought that I had short changed my son and grandsons by not teaching them the things I know, shooting being just one of them. I had a conversation with my son, 45 years old, and asked him if he would be interested in going hunting and shooting with me and his boys. He was exstatic, said he had wanted to for years but didn't say anything because of my feelings. So the decision was made to find a couple of guns, some ammo and just get to it. I bought two Ruger pistols and a .22 Marlin from my older brother, a Pedersoli Sharps from a major store, then a Henry Frontier and headed for the range. I found that I could still find and hold a good sight picture and hit what I was shooting at. My oldest grandson said that he was impressed that a mature man of my years could do that with no practice. So the mature shooter was born. Long story, sorry.

[Mistered]

OLD nickname !

[Steve51]

Mine is pretty straight forward. Name is Steve born in 1951. Use the same name on every forum I am on.

[MapleHill]

I live on Maple Hill, Maple Hill Rd in the small town I am from. It is also my kennel name, been raising beagles for almost 20yrs. I have this handle on several forums

[junglecrawler]

mine was a nickname given to me when I was with the U.S. Army and it just kind of stuck with me over the years .