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Reviving this old thread because we have had lots of new users join since December 2009 when the thread was started. Ok all you new members and old members who have not responded, let's hear the story behind your username or "handle." And for those of you who have not read the whole thread, it is worth a few minutes to do so, especially the explanation behind the handle of our friend the Stinkyhooker.
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There was another post where I said how my name came about, but I'll repeat it here for those that didn't see it.
When I got into CB's in the 70's I took my father's favorite beer as my handle, and I became Black Label (Carling's Black Label Beer) (People that knew me back then still call me that). I love the ocean. She is my mistress. Been that way all my life, even as a kid. So it was only natural that when I became of age I'd join the Navy. My first two ships were Destroyers. They are the greyhounds of the sea... fast, powerful, dangerous. I fell in love with those ships. There is nothing else in the world like standing on the fantail (stern) of a destroyer going at flank speed, feeling thousands of horsepower vibrating through the metal deck up into your feet and through your whole body. You hear this overwhelming, all consuming rumble as the ships screws turn at an insane speed. Then you look back... and you see this beautiful, flat, white water wake, like a white arrow piercing the deep blue of the ocean, spread out behind you for what looks like forever as the water boils just behind the ship. When BBS's and then the internet came along I changed from my CB name to my first love and became Destroyerman. Unfortunately there are too many letters in that name and a lot of the online games I played at the time would not let me use it. (Sorry, ten letters or less) So I shortened it to Destroyer... It stuck and here I am.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God) ![]() Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless. |
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1986 V20 ![]() Old Fishermen never die, we just SMELL that way!! |
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1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20 |
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I hope you weren't looking for pictures or detailed descriptions...
Let's just leave that one alone and move on... Destroyer, BTW, you are "the man"...
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Sorry to say that I no longer have a 1984 V20 :( |
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