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#1 · (Edited)
Notice: no one is forced to participate :D

Guys, most, if not all of us use a screen/user name. My nick name is GoodWatch, I adopted this in 1999 when I became member #9 on T.U.R.F. My real name is Frans (often confused with Franz, the German version of my name).

What I would like to ask you it to state your nickname followed by your real name. The reason is that I find it a bit awkward addressing another member by his nickname. It creates distance. So it would give me great pleasure if you would state your real name. If you don't want to, just don't reply.
 
#67 ·
Noted!
 
#68 ·
Great thread !

Well my real name is Luis Alfonso III Diaz. I don't know why the III isn't after my last name, Diaz. I had nothing to do with that :)

I didn't want to use my watchuseek and eBay name, watches503, because that was just what I came up after giving up on clever names and being in a hurry to start my account, while living in the 503 area code some years back. I thought I would never leave that Portland (OR) area that I was in love with. I miss it sometimes but this is home, Oakdale, CA (area code 209)

In central California now, with a Washington area code (360) cell phone, so whatever, I went with my real name :)
 
#69 ·
Mine is pretty simple and boring, also it was given to me by yahoo mail in 1996 since then I use it on almost every forum I join: Dennis Barbier and my birth date January 5th 1961 = db1561
 
#70 ·
Lou Snutt here.
Name comes from character featured on last page of USAF Flying Safety
magazine (monthly) Lou is the consumate Foul Up (kinda like me?)
Nic name on another forum is X Traindriver Art
Birth name is Arthur or Art.
Ben "into" watches for 65+ years. Carried RR Approved Hamilton pocket
watches until Amercan RRs deemed quartz wristies acceptable for RR use.
Swapped to twin fork Bulova Accutron on my Engineers job (40) years.

Lou Snutt
 
#72 ·
All noted, will soon post the new list!
 
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#77 ·
Bump!
 
#79 ·
Bump!
 
#81 ·
Back in 1999, I was signing up to some forum and needed a user name. Giving pause to ponder a good user name, I looked at the CD cover of "Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile". Huh. Nine. That's a good one, and appropriate as I has been researching my 1st handgun purchase at the time and bought a 9mm. From then on out, I attempt to use nine, or nine204 (with area code) as a user name. So far so good.

My real name is Eric.
 
#82 ·
My real name is Rodger.
Though some call me Jon.
Some call me RJ, a few even call me "arge", which of course is a bastardized version of RJ.
Most call me by my nick name "Rod" . My wife hates that nick name, citing it makes me sound like a 1970's porn star that delivers more than pizza. But I always say there are worse things to be called.
Rod
 
#85 ·
Well done guys!

 
#86 ·
Bump.
 
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