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BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.... A's, G's & E's


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Linoman
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    Post by HandiVanMan Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:13 pm

    I often wonder how all of the members came up with their nicknames.... I thought that I would start a thread on how all of our members came up with their nickname and if there is a meaning for it???
    I will start it off by how I came up with mine... I saw DanTheVanMan's nick name & thought it was cool so kinda borrowed the VanMan from Dan!!! I hope that he don't sue me for copy right infringement lol!
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    Post by G-Man Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:27 pm

    All my vans have been "G" series van hence the name G-Man
    Vanish
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    Post by Vanish Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:36 pm

    For Me .. There was a 3 'erd Gen Chevy van in my town when I was a Kid .. That said Vanish on the side of it .. Looked really Good .. it just kind of stuck ... and when I needed a screen Name .. I thought why not !!!!

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    Post by Guest Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:37 pm

    Getting out and cooking over an open fire, fishing, fresh air, cold beer and old cars...What can I say, I'm a campin'fool who also loves vintage tin.

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    Post by cl350rr Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:44 pm

    mine came from a race bike I built years ago, i use it alot
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    Post by Twinpilot001 Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:04 pm

    well?? Im just about like "Campin Fool" as I always have enjoyed the same -yet with Guns also- yet my nickname comes from mant years / hours = as a commercial piloy driving twin engine piper navajos =Pa=31 stuff!!thru any weather god & nature could dish out. always by my self & usually readin some kinda Hot Rod magazine on "auto-pilot" also - hehe - im blessed too having lived thru all the weather, Ice , thunderstorms, even some hurricanes !!= Still Takes = two fans to keep me cool!! likely should add ive driven aircraft from piper cubs to 727 boeing jets to lears . heeh I do miss all too.OH well - gettin old lead me to campin, shootin & vanning!!=Happy Vannin
    Donn
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    Post by Donn Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:20 pm

    It was my Mother's idea Very Happy
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    Post by itruns Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:02 pm

    I was trying to get Yahoo Groups to accept some kind of username. Tried several names and they were all rejected. I had just gotten the rust bucket parts van drivable, so I entered 'itruns' and got accepted!

    Could not believe how totally easy it was to join this and other forum message boards after going through that gauntlet.

    btw - my other username is 'AlwaysSober' which confuses the HELL out of that board's users.

    Digz
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    Post by Digz Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:03 pm

    I've been workin' in dirt all my life. Since I got on the internet in the late 90's I've been Digger or Digz no matter where I was.. just to lazy to change it up,,lol
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    Post by Big W Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:08 pm

    Big W...It's the first letter of my name (capital letter W) or Big W. My wife said it's meens something else... but we won't go there...lol.
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    Post by itruns Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:44 pm

    Big W wrote:Big W...It's the first letter of my name (capital letter W) or Big W. My wife said it's meens something else... but we won't go there...lol.

    Thank you for not going there Laughing
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    Post by RodStRace Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:05 pm

    Does it have something to do with 4 palm trees? Laughing
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    I've had various nicknames over the years. When it came to picking a screen name for a forum years ago, I decided that I wanted an avitar and name that sort of went together and covered my interests. I chose a character from Spinal Tap that looks sort of like me (Derek Smalls) and used another character's name (David Saint or St. Hubbins) as a basis for the nickname.
    I've got a Rod project ('40 Plymouth) a Street car (shortened to St.) and a Race car (71 cuda), hence Rod St Race. I use it on various car forums.
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    Post by Nightmoves Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:08 pm

    I've worked midnights most of my life.A huge fan of Bob Seger,and own a '60 Impala(which he mentions in the song) Night Moves.So,it all fits together.
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    Post by wideload Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:33 pm

    I got mine from the guy's I worked with back in '73. Was building an addition to the back of my tool box to keep my welding helmet in, went to lunch and when I came back someone had written WIDELOAD across the back of the box. It just kind of stuck. Funny that back then I didn't weigh but 160#'s.

    Roman
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    Post by Roman Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:57 pm

    It's just me...
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    Post by DanTheVanMan Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:20 pm

    HandiVanMan wrote:I often wonder how all of the members came up with their nicknames.... I thought that I would start a thread on how all of our members came up with their nickname and if there is a meaning for it???
    I will start it off by how I came up with mine... I saw DanTheVanMan's nick name & thought it was cool so kinda borrowed the VanMan from Dan!!! I hope that he don't sue me for copy right infringement lol!

    Think your safe on that one! Hahaha! Kinda honored really!

    DanTheVanMan was given to me. Had one in High school, had another in college, one while in the Army, now two of them because I'm retired and have the time.

    Always had one, always will!

    When you grow up in a small town in Michigan, nick-names tend to stick with you for life!!

    Dan-TheVanMan Very Happy


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    66BC
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    Post by 66BC Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:38 pm

    66BC stands for 66BeachCruiser. I use 66BeachCruiser as the username at VCVC and just shortened it when I got over here. I'd really like to change it to the complete name so it could be the same on both sites but I don't know how or if I can. 66BeachCruiser is strictly for the 66 Sportvan that got passed down to me from my dad, which I still own. It always carried a custom wooden camping style interior with a fabricated freeway cruiser type top. I love cruising the beach down here in Los Angeles, especially in anything vintage. Can't wait till the day when she is prestine, white walls, chrome, shiny turquosy color and white ragtop so I can be even prouder cruising her down the coast...and camping of course.
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    Post by BajaCharlie Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:42 pm

    from my Baja Bug that I daily drove for several years.
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    Post by BvrWally Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:23 pm

    We had everyone in our club wanting "Chenille" lettered back patches for their club jackets & vests. When they arrived, since they were done in "Old English" script, they were some what hard to read!!!!!! One of our members said, "Beaver Walley Vans!" I took it for my screen name, as an alias!!!! Thought it somewhat appropriate, since I had ordered the patches????? lol Remind me to get a photo of it!!!!!
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    Post by bumpbug Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:33 pm

    I have one of those big 4 seat off road cars with plenty of suspension that is also street legal. Love to go fast across the desert, we use to put 500 miles on it in a weekend in the dirt. We would camp at barstow ca and head to state-line ( Primm ) have lunch and fill up and head back 99% through the desert in one day plus other places. The buggy had a big VW motor in it so bumpbug was what I have used for years. My other one is funtrkr, for my 4X4 vehicles I have owned. I had the personalized ca. plates for a long time and let them go when I got tired paying the extra fee's for it. Still have the original blue and yellow plates in my garage.
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    Post by Zuffen Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:13 am

    Zuffen is the first half of Zuffenhausen, where Porsches are built.

    My wife owned a 1971 911 for almost 20 years and I use the car's nickname as my user name as it's easy or me to remember and the car prompts me to remember my password.
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    Post by dix Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:58 am

    easy one here my last name is Dixon so Dix. kept it simple
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    Post by Guest Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:39 am

    dix wrote:easy one here my last name is Dixon so Dix. kept it simple

    Could you please elaborate on that a little bit for us??? Very Happy
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    Post by Linoman Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:04 am

    I spent 25yrs in the flooring industry where I specialized in the installation of real linoleum, the more complicated the better,hence Linoman. When I get to doing the interior of the Super8 it will have a custom linoleum floor & maybe door inserts.
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    Post by HandiVanMan Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:26 am

    I to had a nickname & was called other names by my friends & family when I was growing up in Georgia... Some of them ok & some of them not so ok!!! Most of the not so ok caused a few ass whippings lol!
    These days I still have my nickname that my family & friends call me along with the badnames!!! I guess no matter what state or country that you live in or are from all of us has nicknames or atleast has been called a few names lol!

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