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Cloud9...68
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04-03-2012, 08:47 PM
I'm surprised nobody's ever brought this up, which makes me think it may be verboten (if so, feel free to slap me down), but I've always wondered about the origin of some of the clever-sounding names the members here have chosen for themselves. A few people have told me what their name signifies, and it usually isn't anything I would have expected. So, anybody want to share how you came up with your name?



I'll start, but mine's (I think) very obvious - just a melding of a colloquial expression for a state of elation or happiness with our beloved cars' model name.
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04-03-2012, 09:23 PM
not verboten
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04-03-2012, 09:46 PM
I didn't think so, but the fact that this is something that never seems to be talked about had me wondering if it's bad netiquette to do so. OK, I'm anxious to see some of the responses.
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04-03-2012, 10:11 PM
Too simple. Initials.
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04-03-2012, 10:17 PM
Mines pretty self explanatory. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.png" class="smilie" alt="" />
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04-03-2012, 10:24 PM
The pic throws it off!! Lol no disrespect intended incase that's a loved one or family member.
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04-03-2012, 10:27 PM
I own a 1994 Silver Cabriolet <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/EmoticonCar.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
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04-03-2012, 10:34 PM
Come to think of it, some of the people with the more intriguing names, such as Anchorman and Ether Joe (been scratching my head over that one for years) are no longer active. But there are still some interesting ones out there...
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04-03-2012, 10:46 PM
I'm a drummer and that's sometimes called a "tub thumper", and I prefer Tama brand drums... so Tamathumper.
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04-03-2012, 10:55 PM
mine came with the cape
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04-03-2012, 11:42 PM
Sometimes, I name my cars. This one is BeBe, which could be "baby" or Ball Buster.
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04-03-2012, 11:44 PM
There were "too many Dave's" so I became DaveN. How pathetic is that.

Maybe StingerMissleThunderClapApocalypticDestroyer968 in my next life with the SC <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.png" class="smilie" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/laugh.png" class="smilie" alt="" />
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04-04-2012, 12:49 AM
[quote name='DaveN' timestamp='1333507449' post='124462']

There were "too many Dave's" so I became DaveN. How pathetic is that.

Maybe StingerMissleThunderClapApocalypticDestroyer968 in my next life with the SC <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.png" class="smilie" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/laugh.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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04-04-2012, 02:10 AM
[quote name='Rap' timestamp='1333502692' post='124445']

The pic throws it off!! Lol no disrespect intended incase that's a loved one or family member.

[/quote]



Its a Porsche Tapiro. The only Giugiaro designed Porsche. I dig the gullwings. Uber rare. Best shot I could f9ind of it.
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04-04-2012, 02:26 AM
<-----Is this more like it?
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86' India red 951 3.0 8v turbo
87' Guards red 951 parts car(scrapped :-( )
93' GP white 968 manual, coupe(restoration/modifications in progress)
"I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself."Ferdinand Porsche
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04-04-2012, 03:13 AM
I live in Langley, British Columbia (BC)...

When I first joined some thought it had to do with the US Air Force base ...
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04-04-2012, 07:51 AM
Yea I like those wings too on any one of them!! Lol
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04-04-2012, 08:24 AM
A total lack of imagination and I had to join before I could see the forum.
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04-04-2012, 08:26 AM
So that's your name?
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04-04-2012, 08:46 AM
Mine is my initials which stand for Andrew James Green. I won't bore you with the latin version of our motto on the family crest which hangs in the ancestral home in Glen Clanga suffice to note that it translates to " We're not so Green as we're cabbage looking, not so daft as we're stupid looking". The family are very proud of it.
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