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USER NAMES/HANDLES - What does yours mean? Where did it come from?

I have lived in 7 different states (Texas 4 different times) and did a tour in Germany while in USAF. I am now 66 y/o, so my average stay in any one place is less than 5 years, so "Gypsy" (plus my name Bill) was an easy fit (plus I rode with the Gypsy MC for about 8 years in the late 80s early 90s). We are now full-time RV'ers to keep the "gypsy" lifestyle going...
 
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5 years ago I moved from the place I had lived for 32 years "to" a place I had always wanted to own. It sits on a hill overlooking Friends Creek, thus my handle "tofriendscreek." And yes, there are hills in Central IL. ;). Sort of.
 
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I have always ridden Ski-Doo snowmobiles and use the same forum name there (Dootalk). Came by it I guess from Nike's "Just Do It" motto, easy to remember. :spyder:
 
whats in a name

I had the first Spyder in Oklahoma in early 2008. No dealers in the State, so I had to buy it in Texas, who only had 2 dealers at that time.
 
Ended up in court in the 60's for doing wheelies on main street Darlington, WI. Class mates thought it was funny when the judge called me a wheeler (duh) and fined me $20.00 plus $5 court costs. The name stuck and it's been my handle ever since.
 
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Ended up in court in the 60's for doing wheelies on main street Darlington, WI. Class mates thought it was funny when the judge called me a wheeler (duh) and fined me $20.00 plus $5 court costs. The name stuck and it's been my handle ever since.
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Huligan! :D
 
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we were VauhnCat since it was Vaughn (me) and Cathy . . . now she is Spyder Cat since we have two Spyders and now, two lap tops . . . . . my antique friends call me Vago (not to be confused with the outlaw bikers 'club' . . . . but a mangling of Vaughn into va-gon, then into vago which is something like vagrant or useless . . . . put on me by a good friends at the Honda/Kawasake/Triumph dealer I worked at in my youth. . . . now after almost 6 years of working at a collection agency, I'm called Vonage . . . by my friends at least . . . the people on the other ends tend to use slang expressions conotating body parts, etc. I'm sorry, what was the question? I've been talking on the phone all day, and I can't get my brain/mouth to shut up/down . . . where did that THC spider go . . . .. . . . .
 
long time coming --------------capt jim

grew up on the water near galveston tx 78 years ago wanted a captains license ever since. at least 12 boats later and a lifetime of work and living all over the usa i formed a partnership with an aire to the lotto in florida and we formed a luxury charter service for vacationers on our 80' hatteras cockpit motor yacht. finally i got my capt. license now upgrated to a 100 ton masters. cruising the bahamas, exzumas, virgins for four years we sold the yacht and retired to deland fl. i can not give up the spyder or the title. love my :spyder2: capt jim
 
Bill, I have said the same thing various times and it just doesn't sink in. Talk behind a mask is cheap and not valuable. If one is ashamed of his own comments why should I have confidence in what is written anonymously. Some comments sound intellegent and logical but without the name of who wrote it it's with out value and shouldn't even be printed. Arthur Cohen---Mexico City

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I am just an old phart that is baffled -- and often disturbed -- by the anonymity that is bred by the web. Stop it and show your faces -- er names.
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:D Moved to Maine in 2000 and always teased my wife at the time about her heavy New England accent... She told me I could never be a true "MAINAH" - taaa daaa!! 👏

But please feel free to call me Scott when we meet in person! :opps:
 
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In 2002 I was a "reentering" rider after a long dry spell. The adage of teaching an old dog new tricks kind of fit, hence the name.
 
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