Why do you use your specific handle

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Former Member — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:45:24 GMT

Lapswimmr.. I can understand that this "handle" might be confusing to some! My reason for my name? I like to swim laps for exercise!

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Former Member — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 06:29:32 GMT

You're Italian Phil? :p Anyhow your story cracked me up, and I'll have to remember it for future hilarity;)

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Former Member — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 16:39:58 GMT

seriously, Cynthia, my previous post was an outrageous string of lies - just a way to temporarily fool a bunch of people and get some laughs. Arcuni is just a rather unusual Italian name - though it may mean a person who makes bows (as in bows and arrows.) or, it may come from the word for bridge in the Sicilian dialect. In the real world, Philip does have a greek root - it means lover of horses, the combination of philos and hippos (brotherly (good thing!) love and horse.) I believe that hippopotomus is a greek word meaning river horse, or something like that. Of course, the spelling of Phillip is just a transliteration of the Greek name with a similar sound - how it is spelled in English is pretty arbitrary. BUT.... I maintain that Philip (one l) is a first name, while Phillip and Phillips is a last name. I would be right, too, except so many parents give their sons a first name with the spelling of a last name. Just another indication of the decline of the west.:(

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Former Member — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 14:37:05 GMT

Breastoker, from reading your biography-I think when you were in the service you also had a fair fly. But as you stated that as we age, we tend to be good in our best stroke in the 50.

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Former Member — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 14:26:13 GMT

Philip-lover of hippos. I know that Phi aprt of one of the greek words for love but didn't know that combined with ilip it would mean hippo. Anway, I thought she name young after Phillip of Macedon-giving a different kind of spelling of the name

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Former Member — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 13:34:15 GMT

My name pretty much describes me! 50 and still competing!

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Former Member — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 06:46:13 GMT

:cool: When I signed on for this swimming forum, I really didn't expect very much activity from other people. But I've been pleasantly suprised even though I only get to "catch up" about once a month. When I saw the icon of the military fish I knew that was perfect for me. Because I grew up in a strict military family and my passion for swimming has always been with me even during the 20 years I had no pool closer than 2 driving hours away for those years. Now I am really enjoying my time back in the water and enjoying this BillFeesh "Handle".

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Former Member — Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:14:52 GMT

The alias that I use in this forum is the name I was born with. The signature that I use in this forum is to promote my evolution from a late starter in the sport, to competing against early starters who are in race shape.

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Former Member — Thu, 27 Feb 2003 06:15:58 GMT

Way to go, Ian.......I dumped the "flyguy" designation because of swimmer's snickering at the obvious connotation. I'm not particularly tall, so I couldn't adopt the moniker "bigflyguy". The term "fastflyguy" seems to fit, until you let your mind wander where it shouldn't. So, until I come up with something better, I will keep the name I have. Call me Bert, just don't call me late for dinner.......... ~~~^o^~~~

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Former Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:20:10 GMT

ooops - I hit "enter" prematurely....anyhow, I liked that handle, but I am afraid I don't live up to that quite as well. Hopefully soon again....as I am training again!

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Former Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:18:32 GMT

Hi all Mine is pretty straightforward...Backstroke has been my favorite stroke all along and still is. When I swam hard in Masters a few years ago, my teammates called me "latwoman" -

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Former Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:30:33 GMT

Shinob... is short for Anishinabe. "He's a shinob from the rez..." Its just a locale specific term I hear Anishinabes use when pointing each other out in public places. Add that to my California Doodness personal history and you get... ShinobDood. Its a mix between Geronimo and Spicolli... -- out

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Former Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:02:08 GMT

Phil Arcuni (aka Filet a Racoon), Do I detect another snide shot at us Smiths in your 'Tall' story? This is becoming a habit. Some of us Smiths can spel, you know. TallPaul can spel beer and pizza - that's all that counts. Ian PS #1: If this was March 1, I'd say your explanation was about a month early. Otherwise you are just social-climbing, pretending you have a Greek name. PS #2: Bert used to be "Flyguy" - what happened to that? (especially in view of his recent new record fly times)

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Former Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 13:38:47 GMT

My handle "bobatwork" is to remind me where I am. I have another handle, guess what it is? "bobathome? No. It is "bobatworkorhome."

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Frosty — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 01:37:30 GMT

It's my Navy "callsign". Most people think that I got my callsign because of my surname. In reality, I'm "Frosty" because of my desire to make my cockpit nice and cold. An EA-6B has two cockpits: the forward cockpit with the pilot and navigator and an aft cockpit with the weapons operators. It's sort of like a limo...If you are sitting in front, you can see where you are going...if you are in back, you've only got windows out the sides. We've only got one common air conditioner, controlled by the navigator (me), who sits forward with all the glass windows letting the sun come through. Because it like it cold, I run the A/C up near maximum. This, in turn, makes the aft cockpit (already in the "shade") even colder. Oh, the A/C unit is located at the back of the crew compartments, meaning that the aft cockpit gets all the cold air directly before it filters its way forward. On some occasions, I have made it "snow" in the back seat...hence my moniker.

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Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 17:30:42 GMT

Peter, you name sounds like a dinasaur who likes to eat peanut butter! jj mine isn't hard to figure out-- Lainey, short for Elaine; bug something small; Laineybug sounds similar to ladybug, given to me by my family, as a nickname when I was a little girl.

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Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 17:22:00 GMT

My nickname is top secret. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you....

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Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:44:11 GMT

Well, like Bert, I was given my handle by my parents. But there is a story there . . . You see, my father grew up in the *really* backwoods of the Tennessee hills. As near as I can tell, they really did not have names, and he was only called 'John's boy,' that being his father's name (and about everyone else's.) Anyway, he liked to hunt raccoons, and thought himself pretty good at it, so tried to go by the handle 'Raccoon.' But he was not a very good shot, and kept hitting the back end of the animal, rather than the end that counted, so his people called him 'Ar(s)coon.' After he escaped from that place, he became a Quaker, who don't really approve of words like that, *or* hunting, so he changed his name to 'Arcune,' to kind of cover up the origins of the name. Then, when he registered to drive, either his handwriting was bad, or he was a bad, TallPaul like speller, and his handle ended up 'Arcuni.' That is my family name. The rest of it happened like this: My mom and dad were missionaries in Africa. They left me when I was an infant, briefly, on the riverside. Along came an hippopotamus and ate me. Well, despite the fact that more large-animal-caused deaths occur from hippos in Africa than any other animal, they really are vegetarians, and this one spit me out. Actually, I think I either tasted or smelled bad. But for a while after that I was called 'filled d'hippo' by lots of the people there. Then my parents were archeologists in northern Africa, examining ancient greek ruins. My mom, feeling sorry for me because of the name I had, and because of her love of Greeks and the Greek language, shortened my name to 'Philip,' which means 'lover of hippos.' My mom was always a soft touch. That is my story, and I am sticking to it.

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Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:16:04 GMT

Effi is the name of the main character in my one of my favorite books.

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Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:47:13 GMT

My handle is easy, the only stroke I really do well is breaststroke. My car plate says 200 BRST, back from the days when I was a masters all american in the 200 meter ***. I get kidded I need to change it to 50 BRST as that is about all I can do now. Maybe even 25 BRST! There are a few handles on butterfly and there is FastION. We all are in this for the enjoyment and fun, so our handles reflect this. Wayne McCauley

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Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:15:45 GMT

I have a Searay boat, small, and my name is Paul. Everyone that knows me well is aware of my lust for boating and swimming. People who know boating recognize the Searay name and then they also have my name. Have a great day Paul

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Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:06:23 GMT

Well, "Ex-Runner" should be self-explanatory. Actually, there's a bit more to it. Yes, a lifetime of running injuries accumulated to the point that at age 38 I had to give it up for good. Several months ago I started swimming for exercise, having never (really) swum before. The nice person in the next lane, apparently noticing my wretchedly poor technique, remarked "You must be an ex-runner." At that moment I resolved to do something about it and joined USMS.

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Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:18:20 GMT

Well Shakey, when did you live in Thomasville? I'm not a native. Have only been here about 10 years. I grew up on St. Simons Island... ever heard of that? All 18,000 of the rose bushes are beginning to come out... the Rose Festival, when they will be in full bloom, will be the the third or fourth week of April. Yall come and enjoy all of the activities that week; swim at our Y and convience the powers that be that a Masters team is a good idea... hey as part of Rose Festival week a local Masters team could host a meet... "Swim for the Roses." LOL Lainey

RE: Why do you use your specific handle

Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:42:20 GMT

It IS a small world. I worked in laineybug's home town occasionally in my younger days. City of Roses. Mine's somewhat complicated. Shaky is shortened from Shaky & Blue, the name I use on a couple of other message boards pertaining to my job in television. I'm a news photographer. If the cameras we use are not operated properly, they can give you blue video, which looks terrible on television. Shaky video is generally frowned upon as well, since steady video is easier to watch. You WANT steady video that is the correct color. Being something of a smartass, I named myself the exact opposite: Shaky & Blue. When I registered here I just shortened it to Shaky. My job is actually the reason I started swimming again after a 15 year layoff. Back problems are a common complaint in my craft, since the weight of the camera ends up unbalanced on one shoulder. I was starting to have minor upper back problems, particularly in my right shoulder and neck; but swimming pulls everything back the way it's supposed to be and actually makes my camerawork less shaky. Maybe I should change my name.

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Former Member — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:19:51 GMT

Well your wife could have been from Mars (PA in Butler Co) instead of Moon Twp (PA in Allegheny Co)!