How Did Your Choose Your Forum Name?

I am a birdwatcher and I worked as a hack site attendant in the 80's which means I camped out and released young peregrine falcons into the wild. One of the highlights of my life.

Mine is a childhood nickname too. This nickname was only used by one special person, and was derived in a rather obscure way from my real name; it makes sense if I explain it, but it's not obvious. I smile when I think of myself being called this nickname as a child - good memories.

And no, my real name (and my screen name) is not Bessie.

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I identify as a dog mom, having only had 4 legged kids. When I was diagnosed last April, I was training for a half marathon. I run/train and then stop for awhile and then pick it back up.

I should change it to DogMomReader, considering how well my running is going lately.

mine is an anagram of a phrase i use commonly. the phrase is even one of my email addresses

I wish I had thought about it harder for this forum because I can't search for my own posts on a page as "moth" brings up all the times che'moth'erapy is mentioned

anyway, I do also think kinda suits me. i like moths & try to rescue any that accidentally get stuck in the house. but I admit they also always look a bit dazed & anxious & unsure where they're going and that feels like me a lot of the time

childhood nickname plus state I live in; wasn't feeling very creative at the time!

Alice Bastable is a character in a couple of children's books by Edith Nesbit, written at the turn of the century (19th to 20th, I'll never get used to specifying!). Alice was a tough cookie, and even got in at least one fistfight for a good cause.

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The start of my first and last name. And 81 was the year I was diagnosed with bone cancer in my leg, at age 13. I put it in for strength as I dealt with my new cancer here

When I joined, I used a childhood nickname, Beesy, on a whim, based on my maiden name which ends in BEE. Little did I know that there was another very well-known BEESIE here (see above). As time went by, I bumped into Beesie and we have become friends in the process, which may not have happened had we not chosen the same name, spelled differently. When people started confusing us, since she had been here so long, I changed my "name" to Beesy_The_Other_One.

These are great! Thank you for all the contributions - please keep them coming!

Dear Sunshine99,

Thanks again for starting this lovely topic. Clearly it is much appreciated.

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Mine is the names of my two children, Angel and Summer.

Grammamuses is ----take your pick, Gram amuses or Gramma muses. I do both sometimes to the chagrin of my 12 grandchildren and sometimes I leave them in stitches. An d sometimes I muse and give them some advice. Or want to, but they are all pretty sensible so they don't need too much of it.