Story behind your V20 handle
 

I have often wondered about the story behind some of the "handles" (old cb radio term) or usernames used here on the WellcraftV20.com site. Some are, of course, easy. For example, I assume Willy's handle is Willy because that is his name. Anyone care to share the story behind their handle/username?

Mine is Nipper because that is the name of the V20 Cuddy I inherited from my Dad. Dad had worked almost his entire career for RCA. The RCA symbol for years was the little dog listening to the old record player with the line "his master's voice." The dog's name was Nipper.

This was the first forum I ever signed up for....If I had any idea the lame screen name I was putting in was going to identify me for all time I would have taken the time to come with something a little catchy.

about 10 years ago, we were snorkling with our kids in our 13' whaler. when i would swing up on the side of the boat, my 5 year old son would say "hang on, fatdaddy gettin in". i tried to register as fatdaddy but it was taken, so i substituted phatdaddy. no i am not a hip hop rapster....

I live in Randleman, I have a boat.

I've always had a big garage where ever I lived if it didn't have a big garage I built one.
Everyone always referred to me as the guy in the neighborhood with the big detached garage.
So when I started signing up for forums I usually couldn't sign up as garage so I used garagenc living in North Carolina.

Not very catchy but it works.

Nothing Else Matters, is what really feel when i'm on the water and got inspired by the BEST rock group outhere, METALLICA. What a great song.:clap::clap::clap:

Oh, i name most of my boats NOTHING ELSE MATTERS, one of them was "THE UNFORGIVEN"

evilgli is from one of my cars.. it used to be evilgti.. i'm a master VW tech, so one of my other hobbies is building stupid fast VW's.. the first one was a 1984 GTI with a built turbo engine..the license plate said (EVILGTI).. sold that car and built a 1989 Jetta GLI with a engine swap and big turbo and other goodies..the license plate said (EVILGLI)..since i signed up for this site with that name.. that car got parted out after a deer jumped out in front of me one night.. so now i have a 1998 Jetta GLX with a built VR6 turbo engine..the license plate is (EVILGLX)..

I ended up with a project 21 Pursuit, I started collecting parts to put it together, all of them being spare parts from other jobs or projects,so it got named spare parts, never finished the Pursuit, didn't have the time or the money to do it the way I wanted to so I traded it for a 17 Mitchell. The spareparts name stuck around, but the Pursuit didn't, I named the Mitchell "the turd"(it was brown and it floated), figured I would keep the spare parts name for online activities(better than the turd). Sold the Mitchell after finishing it and figured out it was too tippy for the family to walk around it, took the money and bought the V, started on it, but some how the Mckee(haven't named it yet) got in the way(its allmost finished, so back to the V)

my middle name is charles and i love tuna fishing.
not quite as riviting as randle's story but pretty good anyway.

In 1995 I was with a friend Cod fishing 30 miles out when I caught a Mako shark. Then my friends started to call me Mako Joe. When on the computer said Mako was taken all the time I changed it to Maco and my name Joe, and the rest is history

This was the first forum I had read or even joined.
Screen name was already taken. Instead of trying to come up with something else, I just used one of my wife's business's names.
Figured it would be almost impossible to have been already taken.
Japanese for camellia.

Great question Nipper. And you got some cool answers. Mine is self explainatory. I got my six pack license and first name begins with J. Nothing exciting.
Named my V20 "the Seventh Wave" because I was really into surfing and waves are rumored to come in sets of seven. The seventh wave is supposed to be the biggest and best...

I crap alot....a very "regular" fellow. I keep a bucket and toilet paper with me at all times in my truck/boat/while hunting, etc...Its not uncommon for me to drop 6 loads a day. When fishing usually 2 or 3 before even getting the boat in the water at day break.

Well, My name is Dave Cole, I have a road king bike and have been called "old king cole", so I merged them.

I am thinking about naming my boat "Sea-King"

btw,

Somehow I had a different idea about the name "Stinky Hooker", I figured it was a fishing reference. So if I ever need to borrow a bucket, think I'll ask someone else...

Pipe Dream is the name of my boat. I acquired it from the construction company that I worked for, a pipeline contractor. It was used to ferry workers and gear to a neighboring island. (In my case, it has nothing to do with smoking opium. I swear!)

A pipe dream is also "a fanciful or impossible plan or hope." Throughout my younger years I dreamed of living by the sea. Some called that a pipe dream. It came true 20 years ago. ;-)

3rd boat (V21): Blue Runner - name originated from my screen name on another fishing board. In 2003 I joined a fishing board for the first time (www.reddrumtackle.com). I had to come up with a name. It just so happens I had been surf fishing at Hatteras Island the previous week and caught two fish I could not immediately ID. When I got home I was able to id the fish. They were Blue Runners. Soooooo, I went with Blue Runner as my handle, then later on when I got the boat I just used that name. I also use Blue Runner as my handle on all other boards so if you see a Blue Runner somewhere else - its probably me!

LumberSlinger was already taken.

I run a lumber yard & pressure treating outfit Ridge Lumber & Treating

CB handle that dates back to my childhood is "MUTTONCHOP" I think my 20 will get that name when the time comes.

I got a visual of the Stinky Hooker in rough seas trying to crap in his bucket. F N hilarious.

Well speaking of buckets............out shark fishing with a couple buds, the deck was slimy and covered with blood and chum. The boat took a good wave broadside, I slipped and next thing I knew, my azz was sitting in the chumbucket. That was a long time ago and now I'd be lucky to get just one azz cheek in the bucket. :zip: :beer: :hi:

The daydreamer ? Jimmy buffett havana daydreamen!!

Craped in plenty rough seas...no problem. Ive got it down to an art.



There is just something peacful and serene about watching the sun break the horizon whilst drinking a cold beer and dropping a respectable duece perched on your favorite bucket.



EDIT: I am never without some good baby wipes too. Freshness upon the bum is a must for a good fishing trip.

Good stories guy. Jeez, Stink, I thought the stinky hooker thing was a double entendre based on your being a fisherman and having fish guts and bait on your hands and clothing. Never imagined it would have sprung from your prolific bowel movements. I must admit, however, that I am quite "regular" just like you.

Hey, Stink, did you ever see that ETec video with the guy (you?) in the pink thong that I posted a couple weeks back?

Mine is as old as AOL, when AOL first started I was working for DANA corp in the Parisht Heavy truck division, so I thought, why not grab it before someone else does
and it has been with me ever since.

I fart a lot when fishin'...but Stinky Hooker was already taken :sun:...JK!!....

Back before I heard about this great place in '03, I was lurkin' a bit on THT...needed a handle for that...me and my girls were goin' down the road one day and my oldest daughter came up w/reelapeelin'...:beer:

Nipper...great thread!!...

mine is pretty simple. I have my 50ton captains liscense,my name is Pete. 13 was my old soccer number in school.
Hey evilgli..... Nice v dubs. I personally like Mk 1's. My current one is a 1987 Scirocco 16v.

Well mine came about 28 yrs ago , when I told my.... at that time my future mother in-law her daughter was pregnant and we were getting married she screamed a few choice words and then said that I wouldn't amount to anything and that I was just a LUMBERSLINGER and my family were just lumberslingers ...... It took a few yrs but I laugh about it now. the 178 is my birthday and 78 was the yr I graduated high school.

AOL was starting to get popular and I had a tenant that dabbled in the dotcoms. Being a South Florida Builder, he came up with the BuilderFL.com as a web address to register, which I never did, but have had this email address ever since.:nice:

When my daughter was little I would ask her what she wanted to be when she grew up. One day she turned the tables on me and asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and that if I told her she woud draw a picture of it for me.

I thought about it and said that I wanted to be King of my own island, with a hamock, a hula girl and a Monkey Butler.

She graduates from college this spring and I still have the drawing.

Great thread. No unique story behind my username other than it's the one my Momma give me. :)

It's my name

Yeah, I knew this one would be a real knee-slapper!!...LOL!!...:laugh:

Nipper, just watched it....thanks brother...funny stuff!!

:you:This is too funny, Stinky Hooker I consider myself a sport pooper as well except I usually have a bucket, sunrise and a dip of Kodiak wintergreen. Wow, just mentioning those things together makes my bowels slide!
Seriously, I joined around the time my first son was born, Blue. I had another son 2 years later and named him Henry. All I do is think about taking them fishing and hunting when they get bigger.

Also, Japanese for Camillia was taken,,,,,,ha ha

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I should have known stinky would show up and put a whole new spin on this one. Next thing you know he'll have a picture of him in the thong demonstarting how he got his name. As for mine it started back in school. My actual name is Ferman and kids would call fermanator in school to make fun of me, so I started calling myself The fermanator and it stuck for most all of my online stuff. I try to keep my name universal for everything in the net world.

Rabbitfish
 

Named the boat first, had to have a connection with my Hero! Bugs Bunny! NO ONE EVER GETS OVER ON BUGS!! Sooooo, after naming the boat, kept the name for me too!!

The first year that I owned my v-20 and it was sitting in on the trailer in my yard, I had a friend that always said the it would be the perfect "jetty fishing machine". After reviving it with a new transom, wiring and engine I proceeded installing a stereo system that was worth the value of the boat, so me and my wife came up with the "Jetty Rocker". Now are crowd don't ask if we are going on the river, the ask if we are going "Jetty Rockin'" .

Well, our last name is Crews and we absolutely LOVE being down in the islands. And we were both born and raised in the "South". We actually coined the name when we chartered a 38' sail-cat bare boat one year. We were sitting in the cockpit hanging on a mooring watching the sun go down in White Bay on Jost Van Dyke (BVI) and my wife just looks at me and says...we're "Southern 'Crews'ers".

I have done several bareboat cruises in the Virgin Islands and I also absolutely love it. Perhaps the most bittersweet trip we did was with my Mom, Dad, two brothers and sister. My Dad was dying of cancer but wanted to do one last trip. We had a great family time and Dad enjoyed the heck out of his last voyage despite his suffering. He died two weeks later. Ironically, the name of our boat that trip (45' Island Packet) was "Swan Song."

Yeah, if I could find a job down there, I wouldn't be up here! Sorry about your father, but man, what a way to celebrate his life one last time! I want my ashes to be spread down there. I feel like that's where my soul belongs.

NY Lived in and Love NY for 25 years
MACK Frist 4 letters of my last name
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