#4247697 - 04/07/16 08:50 PM
Re: Slightly OT: Where did you get your Forum Handle from?
[Re: Hellshade]
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Stache
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Way back when... I had to switch off CompuServe (Kesmai - Air Warrior), for a short time I had a rather unimpressive handlebar moustache. So when signing up for a new internet provider at the time, it was the best I could come up with.
Been Stache ever since...
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#4247724 - 04/07/16 10:02 PM
Re: Slightly OT: Where did you get your Forum Handle from?
[Re: Hellshade]
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RAF_Louvert
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BOC President; Pilot Extraordinaire; Humble Man
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A long time ago in a forum far, far away, when I began flying online in RB3D, I needed a moniker. I was going to use 'Felix' as it was my nickname in the USAF, but there were already several folks with that handle. Instead, I went with 'Louvert' as a tip of the hat to my now long-departed father, who passed on in 1974 when I was 20. He very much wanted to serve in the military during WWII but due to health issues was denied the chance because of his 4F classification.
The 'RAF_' tag was added when I was made a member of the online RB3D 209 Squadron "back in the day", and even though I've not been a part of that group now for a good number of years I've kept the tag. It just all feels right somehow.
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Three RFC Brass Hats were strolling down a street in London. Two walked into a bar, the third one ducked._________________________________________________________________________ Former Cold War Warrior, USAF Security Service 1974-1978, E-4, Morse Systems Intercept, England, Europe, and points above. "pippy-pahpah-pippy pah-pip-pah"
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#4247731 - 04/07/16 10:48 PM
Re: Slightly OT: Where did you get your Forum Handle from?
[Re: Hellshade]
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hoongadoonga
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Mine is from my favorite movie star - Groucho Marx.
In "Animal Crackers", he wants to send a letter to his attorney so he dictates to his secretary (brother Zeppo): "To the honorable Charles H. Hoongadoonga, care of Hoongadoonga, Hoongadoonga, Hoongadoonga, Hoongadoonga, and McCormick."
When finished, he has Zeppo read it back to him. Groucho quickly interrupts him and says "Hey, you left out a Hoongadoonga! You left out the main one!"
Groucho also takes great pains to make sure that Zeppo is pronouncing the name properly.
It's my way of honoring Groucho and it's just fun to say.
Last edited by hoongadoonga; 04/07/16 11:27 PM.
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#4247732 - 04/07/16 11:02 PM
Re: Slightly OT: Where did you get your Forum Handle from?
[Re: Hellshade]
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Rick_Rawlings
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Back in the original Red Baron, I would fly careers where I would try to emulate those of real pilots. Rick Rawlings was my take on Mick Mannock. I could never come up with any good German names, so even to this day, I rarely fly as a German!
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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#4247737 - 04/07/16 11:26 PM
Re: Slightly OT: Where did you get your Forum Handle from?
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Hellshade
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Hellshade
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I could never come up with any good German names, so even to this day, I rarely fly as a German! I hear Olham is a name spoken in whispers among the Allied pilots with both respect and fear...
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#4247752 - 04/08/16 12:04 AM
Re: Slightly OT: Where did you get your Forum Handle from?
[Re: Hellshade]
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Rick_Rawlings
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I could never come up with any good German names, so even to this day, I rarely fly as a German! I hear Olham is a name spoken in whispers among the Allied pilots with both respect and fear... He's like the Highlander, there can be only one!
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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#4247754 - 04/08/16 12:09 AM
Re: Slightly OT: Where did you get your Forum Handle from?
[Re: Hellshade]
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CW3SF
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I retired from the military as a CW3 and worked all of my 28+ years in special ops of one kind or another, Thus CW3SF.
At first when I joined SimHQ I had SNAKE which was my call sign in the USAF. That was put on me while going through the Jungle School's in SE Asia due to my unique way of catching snakes ( long story).
Origin made- silverstone case,ASUS Max VI Extreme , CPU intel Core i7 4770k, cooling asotex 570LC, NVIDA 3G GTX 780 Ti , Mem 16GB Kingston Hyper X DDR3 ,game drive 120GB INTEL X25 SS, OS drive 1TB, Win 7 home Prem.Logitech G105 key board,BenQ XL2430 Gaming Monitor. All pilots owe me a beer. Retired USAF Rescue/Survival, Special Forces, and MI (after I got old and grey).
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#4247773 - 04/08/16 01:00 AM
Re: Slightly OT: Where did you get your Forum Handle from?
[Re: Hellshade]
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Burning_Beard
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Way back when at a Rendezvous with my black powder club, I just may have fallen face first into a fire in a TeePee, twice, alcohol (lots of it) may have been involved. My beard never actually caught fire, just smelled that way
Beard
More Scotch and Stogies for my Wingman!
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