How did you come up with your TOTV name?

[Happinow]

We see some creative names on here. How did you come up with your TOTV name? I came up with mine after being in a less than stellar marriage. Well, I finally got it right, hence the name Happinow. You wonder why I spelled it this way? Because I wanted my license plate to read Happynow but someone else already had that so I changed it to Happinow. My husband's plate reads Happitoo!

[Skip2MySue]

We see some creative names on here. How did you come up with your TOTV name? I came up with mine after being in a less than stellar marriage. Well, I finally got it right, hence the name Happinow. You wonder why I spelled it this way? Because I wanted my license plate to read Happynow but someone else already had that so I changed it to Happinow. My husband's plate reads Happitoo!

I'm happy for you both..........My sign in name is much more descriptive. Sue speaks and I Skip:jester: I also sign out with Skip 2 because there are a few Skip's on TOTV.
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[PugLover]

We rescue Pugs...so that's how I came up our TOTV name - Puglover

[njbchbum]

didn't require great creativity! am a jersey girl - born and bred - and i love, love, love nothing better than sitting on the beach in the off-season listening to and watching the ocean!

[Barefoot]

Barefoot at Last .... I waited a long time to wade in the sand every day, without shoes. :D

[collie1228]

I'm a dog. Born on December 28.

[obxgal]

Lived on the Outer Banks on NC which they abbreviate OBX plus I'm a female, hence obxgal.

[JimPete]

Jim is my given name and Pete is a family name earned because I was born on my fathers payday. I was called Payday at first, then PD, Petey then Pete.

When I introduce myself, it's always Jim. But Evelyn (wife) uses my family name. When we had our boat in the marina new dockmates would invariable get confused so everyone started calling me JimPete.

Jim :ho:

[Trish Crocker]

My mom gave me the first part...my husband the second (I am sooo not creative!!) :)

[Happinow]

These are fun! Keep them coming!

[jane032657]

I wanted my kids to remember my birthday. My license plate says NOTOWAR but my husband says I better get rid of it before I move to TV as people will not like it. It is not political, it is hopeful. What do you think?

[tainsley]

It is my name!

[cappyjon431]

Cappyjon431: I worked for many years as the captain of a liveaboard dive boat taking guests diving throughout the Bahamas and Belize, so that explains Cappyjon. When I was young and foolish I was heavily involved in the technical diving community and 431 feet was the deepest I ever dived in pursuit of the world deep-air diving record (which was 437 feet, 1 inch). Cappyjon431 is a combination of two of my hobbies, boating and diving.

[wendyquat]

It's just my real name with the last name shortened! Not very original but I can remember it!

[Ohio RailGirl]

I'm from Ohio and I retired from the railroad (Norfolk Southern).

[Graytop]

We see some creative names on here. How did you come up with your TOTV name? I came up with mine after being in a less than stellar marriage. Well, I finally got it right, hence the name Happinow. You wonder why I spelled it this way? Because I wanted my license plate to read Happynow but someone else already had that so I changed it to Happinow. My husband's plate reads Happitoo!

My hair turned gray in my early twenties !:D

[Penguin]

Because I'm just a cool guy and I have 816 penguins in my collection and 7 penguin tattoos

[skyguy79]

My TOTV name stems from my being a proud alumni of the New York Skyliners Drum & Bugle Corps (http://nyskyliners.org/web/) which was formed when WWII ended in 1945. I was a brass playing active member during the 1978 & 1979 marching seasons. Being just one of the guys amongst literally thousands that proudly wore the red and black uniform over their 67 year history, I adopted the name skyguy79. And I'll bet some of you thought that I really flew around the sky barking while wearing tights and a cape! :D

[Lynnelf]

Mine is my first name-Lynne with 2 initials from my last name LaFrance- lf. I was using this screename for quite awhile when someone repeated it back to me as two words, Lynn elf. I had never thought of it that way before but thought it was cute. So I've gone by Lynn elf for a long time now :thumbup:

[aljetmet]

Al - short for Allan
jet - my favorite NFL team
met - my favorite MLB team

Did I really have to explain! I guess Al was the mystery but don't ever forget how to spell my real full name. Some people in my office call me 2As 2Ls just to make sure I'm happy. :D

[jackz]

Jack=First Name
Z= First letter of last name.

Not too original...

[G&P SSSKI]

G&p ssski ,gary & paula big polish name thats ends in ski

[Debfrommaine]

Mine pretty much explains itself!

[coffeebean]

I love coffee. I had this sign on for the Cruise Critic message board first and I use it for this message board too.

[TF Hutch]

My screen name is in memorial to my best friend who was killed during the Vietnam era.

[Taltarzac725]

That's classified. No, just parts of names of various relatives who have since changed their names.

Like Randi-- Ran.

Like Melissa-- Mel.

Like Todd-- Tod.

Just call me Ranmeltod.

[graciegirl]

My screen name is what my beloved grandmother called me. And this place makes me feel like the carefree child I was when I knew her.

[swimdawg]

Mine pretty much explains itself!

Ditto here.

I jog and I have a cat? ;) ;)

[ajbrown]

My first name is (A)lan, middle name is (J)oseph and disclosure of the last part is a secret.

[Penguin]

My screen name is in memorial to my best friend who was killed during the Vietnam era.

God bless you and your friend

[ssmith]

Mine is just that I did not know that it would show up as my screen name ie I thought I would have another opportunity to show a creatve name....new to this whole forum thing at the time soooo I thought it was another secret thing I would have to remember so I used the easiest I could come up....hmmm should change it some day!

[keithwand]

So many creative people with their names.
Mine is just my first, middle initial then part of my last name.
Maybe it's time for a change.

[swimdawg]

My screen name is in memorial to my best friend who was killed during the Vietnam era.

You win the Swimdawg Post of the Day Award.

How nice for you to do that.....and what a great tribute to your friend who was killed.

[Someday Came]

We kept saying "someday" and then Someday Came.

[olgreeneyes]

Sort of a variation of Sinatra's Old Blue Eyes. And actually my eyes aren't that green, my contacts are. Here's the "rest of the story". Way back when I got my first military ID card through my husband, they had a lot more information on the card. It had height, weight (ugh!), eye color (Hazel), hair color (at that time brown), gender, etc. Went to the pharmacy on base, showed my card and waited for my prescription. After a while I hear the woman calling "Hazel Brown, your prescription is ready!" Took me a minute, then tried hard not to laugh in her face. I still use that name as a joke, or when I don't want to give out my real information. I know, TMI, but it still is funny to us.:D

[Schaumburger]

We rescue Pugs...so that's how I came up our TOTV name - Puglover

Love your pug avatar. Bless you for rescuing pugs. They are my favorite breed.

Regarding my TOTV name -- I wanted a gender neutral name -- keeps people guessing :). Schaumburg is the Chicago suburb I have lived in since 1994.

[Schaumburger]

I wanted my kids to remember my birthday. My license plate says NOTOWAR but my husband says I better get rid of it before I move to TV as people will not like it. It is not political, it is hopeful. What do you think?

Sorry to hijack the thread. jane032657, Please keep your license plate just the way it is. This is a free country, and there is nothing wrong with your license plate. :spoken:

[dillywho]

Some people have trouble pronouncing my last name and they usually start it and end with "who?". My golfing buddies back home called me Dilly since there were 2 of us with the same first name.

[graciegirl]

Some people have trouble pronouncing my last name and they usually start it and end with "who?". My golfing buddies back home called me Dilly since there were 2 of us with the same first name.

Dillywho....YOU are a boy? I thought all along you were a girl.:1rotfl:

[asianthree]

Our daughter brought us three beautiful asian grandchildren. But if our son adopts from china i will have to change my number.

[dillywho]

Dillywho....YOU are a boy? I thought all along you were a girl.:1rotfl:

Oops, I am very much a GIRL. I guess 'cause I said "golfing buddies" that confused you. I haven't seen you in a long time (my bad) so I'm sure you have forgotten. Hopefully, I can remedy that soon. Seems like hubby and I spend all our spare time at the doctors' lately. (They failed to list that as one of the chief activities in TV in the advertisings.)

[ladydoc]

We see some creative names on here. How did you come up with your TOTV name? I came up with mine after being in a less than stellar marriage. Well, I finally got it right, hence the name Happinow. You wonder why I spelled it this way? Because I wanted my license plate to read Happynow but someone else already had that so I changed it to Happinow. My husband's plate reads Happitoo!

When I started my first job, back in the dark ages, in Appalachia, running a large center, people there did not know what to do with a lady doctor. Neither did my male staff. I told them to call me by my first name. One day, my secretary, who was getting tired of telling people who were calling me that I was a female, she just said "lady doc can take your call now." The name stuck and I have been using it for a very long time.

[teachnmo]

Most of my educational life was spent teaching in Missouri...thus teachnmo. However I have also taught in Texas, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Arizona. While I thoroughly enjoyed my life teaching mainly special education students, I also thoroughly enjoy getting my retirement check each month. I thought I would miss it much more than I do.

[ariel]

My precious little Maltese dog, Ariel. Unfortunately, she passed away on January 6 at the ripe old age of 17. I have so many happy memories of her; she was quite a girl.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Bill-n-Brillo.......hmmmmm.......

'Bill': That's the easy part. 'Brillo': A nickname I've always had for Sandy, what with her naturally VERY curly hair. Those who have met her understand. :D Some people think it's rude to call her Brillo but she likes it. Honestly, some people I used to work with always only knew her by that - they'd eventually wind up asking what her real name was!!

Initially, I was thinking of making my member I.D. ................ 'Hoosier Daddy'. :shocked:

:1rotfl:

Bill :)

[Skip2MySue]

I love coffee. I had this sign on for the Cruise Critic message board first and I use it for this message board too.

Wow, that's how my name was born too. Cruise Critic (another great site) was the first place and now it made it to TOTV.
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[Pathel]

Family name.

[CraigAC]

Not very original for me:

Middle name followed by the first letter of my last name.

[Finallyfree]

Decided on mine when I retired at the end of October, I kept walking around saying "I'm finally free" of the rat race. Hence, Finallyfree. My husband does not have one yet, he says I am the family mouthpiece. Hmmmmmm

[tv2016]

TV2016 - my goal is to move to The Villages in 2016 - if I can possibly wait that long!

[Dirigo]

Dirigo is the motto of the State of Maine where I lived for 61 years before moving to The Villages.

Dirigo, pronounced DEER-ago, is Latin meaning "I lead".

I use the name Dirigo as a tribute to my home State.

[islandgal]

I lived on an island for 17 years before moving here.

[BeeGee]

My older sister would call me Bee Gee (initials and we were fans of the singing group) so it's a name that brings back the good memories for me and the good times that we had. Sorry it's not more imaginative :sigh: but it works for me.

[SunCity]

it's where we live.

we live in sun citiy west in arizona and enjoy reading about your community and comparing the pros and the cons. one of the pros is that we didn't have to change our clocks to daylight savings time. but we think your community is much nicer in many ways.

[Bosoxfan]

My name is pretty obvious! Not a fan of "The Evil Empire" (NYY)

[l2ridehd]

l2ridehd means "love to ride Harley Davidsons" Especially my 2006 Road King.

[Tickled_pink]

I'm just Tickled Pink to wake up every morning with both feet above ground!!! :a040:

[mac9]

My initials and my birthday. Real original, huh?

[cuzg8tor]

I have been using "Cuzg8tor" for over 20 years. Was raised by my Dad to be a diehard Florida Gator fan (am a native Floridian) but we lived in Syracuse 1987 - 2004 where I adopted the handle of Cuzg8tor or "Syracuse Gator".

[kentucky blue]

I went to the University of Kentucky to play basketball for the Big Blue.............................Go Big Blue !!!!!!!!!:thumbup:

[FoPAA]

My name (pronounced faux pas) comes from being a flight attendant for Pan Am for 21 years, then for Delta for 16, hence FOrmer PAnAm.

[BmoreGal]

Born, and lived my entire life in Baltimore, Md. Althought some would refer to it as "Smaltimore" since you can alway find someone who knows someone that you know...

[Happinow]

This was truly fun getting to know everyone a little better. The meaning behind your TV name gives us all an sneak peak inside your life. It's been fun reading all of these posts. :bigbow::BigApplause:

[skyking]

Pilot. Obviously an "old" pilot to be able to remember the name of a 1950s television program of the same name.

[rubicon]

Briefly it is said that the name Rubicon derives from an event which occurred in 49BC wherein Julius Cesar crossing of the Rubico River ( Northern Italy) was viewed as an act of war by the Senate. Hence by crossing the Rubico was considered an irrevocable act , hence a firm commitment .

Being committed speaks to my beliefs in my marriage, in my work life with my friends, etc . My handshake is my bond and I have never gone back on a commitment.

[eweissenbach]

My real-life name is Ed Weissenbach. It is so long that I decided to shorten it for TOTV.

[CFrance]

"C" is my first name initial. We lived in France for awhile after retiring; would love to go back and "C" some more.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

My real-life name is Ed Weissenbach. It is so long that I decided to shorten it for TOTV.

:shocked:

That's some funny stuff right there!!!!! :D

Bill :wave:

[Happinow]

My real-life name is Ed Weissenbach. It is so long that I decided to shorten it for TOTV.


Wow Ed. You shortened it by one letter! Maybe you should shorten it to edweiss.

[Skip2MySue]

My real-life name is Ed Weissenbach. It is so long that I decided to shorten it for TOTV.

Good one Ed, got a chuckle out of it.:BigApplause:
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[HawkeyeBarb]

My first name is Barb and I am originally from Iowa. My husband David is a Purdue engineering grad....so I refer to him as BoilerDave.
These are really fun to read...great thread!

[3Roses4me]

I was blessed with 3 children. Rose is my Great Grandmother's name and my middle name after her.

[Number 6]

This is a homage to a '60s British televison called the Prisoner. He was a secret agent who resigned and was kidnapped and taken to a place called, "The Village". No matter what he did he could not escape. He was called "Number 6". Well, you get the point.
"Be seeing you."

[rubicon]

My real-life name is Ed Weissenbach. It is so long that I decided to shorten it for TOTV.

I once worked with a guy of Greek descent whose surname had 50 letters.

He shortened it to Pappas

[cquick]

Most of my educational life was spent teaching in Missouri...thus teachnmo. However I have also taught in Texas, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Arizona. While I thoroughly enjoyed my life teaching mainly special education students, I also thoroughly enjoy getting my retirement check each month. I thought I would miss it much more than I do.

bless you for teaching special education students!

oh, yes, my name is because both my husband and I have "C" for our first initial, we just added on our last name.....not too imaginative, but it's the one we use for cruise critic and the Disboards, too.

[flamingo]

an acquaintance used to write under the alias Billy Flamingo. Now it's my alias. Perhaps I should change it to Calico, or her name, Mistletoe.

[cquick]

an acquaintance used to write under the alias Billy Flamingo. Now it's my alias. Perhaps I should change it to Calico, or her name, Mistletoe.

your cat looks so much like my son's cat, Torrie. She's a tortishell. Beautiful animal! But waaaay too smart!

[Tom Hannon]

Most of my educational life was spent teaching in Missouri...thus teachnmo. However I have also taught in Texas, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Arizona. While I thoroughly enjoyed my life teaching mainly special education students, I also thoroughly enjoy getting my retirement check each month. I thought I would miss it much more than I do.

My wife was a Special Ed teacher for 34 years.

[Tom Hannon]

I came up with the name Tom Hannon because it was the name my parents gave me when I was born. Actually, when I signed on with TOTV I was aware that the name I used would be my screen name. Otherwise I would have used TOJOPA which many people still call me. It was the name of my business I owned for 36 years. Stands for TOmJOePAtrick which was my full name. Happy St. Patty's Day to all.

[Yankee Quilter]

Silly me thought you had to have one, so used one from a blog! Yankee because I am from Connecticut (go Lady Huskies) the whole family are NYY fans and, now living in the south, I am learning to be damn proud to be a Yankee! Quilter because I dabble in it, love it and wish I could be fabulous at it - oh well, a thread ripper is my favorite quilting tool!!!
This is a great thread!

[raynan]

Ray is my husband and Nancy is my name, therefore, raynan.

[Down Sized]

Before retiring I weighed 258 pounds and drove a full sized four wheeled drive pickup. Now days My weight is 187 and I drive a Honda Coupe

[Floridagal]

Moved to Florida and I consider myself a nice gal, so I am now Floridagal.

[swrinfla]

Sorry to have missed most of the early portion of this thread. Stuff like that happens when you go away for a while.

Not terribly creative, but lots of folks wonder "What the h***?"

SWR = my initials
IN = the word "in"
FLA = an abbreviation for Florida.

Briefly, before actually moving to TV, I was also SWRINSTL, signifying that I lived in Saint Louis.

I use it at CruiseLineFans, as well.

SWR
:beer3:

[TV-4-2]

After learning that The Villages is (seems like it should be "are") abbreviated TV on most postings I chose TV as the first part.
Then, being diabolically clever, I substituted 4 for for (pardon my redundancy.)
On a roll by that time, I ingeniously used 2 for two, thus giving TV-4-2 (my wife and I as soon as we can sell our home.)
:jester:

[ducati1974]

Not my first choice. I was supposed to be HVACman57 (occupation and year of birth) but the administrator felt I could be trying to solicit business in TV and so disallowed this name. Ducati is just the brand name of a factory prototype motorcycle I used to own. No idea why I chose that at the time. 1974 was the year of my HS graduation. Again, no idea why I used that either. Would have preferred my more descriptive first choice.

[natickdan]

I live in the town of Natick and my name is Dan. As you can see, I'm not very creative;)

[CarGuys]

My CarShow and Business Syracuse DBA name.

When I retire in July it's gonna change to re-tread!

H

[momesu]

I'm a mommie and my name is su so I became momesu!

[Joaniesmom]

At the time I became a member here, Joanie was our new Toy Fox Terrier. Absolutely doting on her then and now.

[mrdarcy]

I love the British mini-series Pride and Prejudice in which Colin Firth plays Mr. Darcy. He's so perfect in that role that I can't watch any other version of it. The picture is of my Tibetan Spaniel/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, Beauregard Jackson, aka Bodie.

[scottiee]

Guess what type of dog I have

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Guess what type of dog I have

Ummmmmmmmm............a Great Dane, perhaps? :shocked: Just a guess. :jester:

Bill :)

[Swampy]

When I was a kid one of my smart little buddies, realizing my name "Marshall" for which most people called me "Marsh", was almost synonymous to "Swamp", felt Swampy was more appropriate than Marsh. BUT, in my neurotic insecure state I resented the name "Swampy". Now that I have the privilege of attaining the wisdom of "old age" I can't wait to be a kid again, and realize that Swampy is the "me" whom I most enjoy! "Its never to late to be a kid"

Swampy

[jsw14]

jsw = my initials
14 = Nascar driver Tony Stewart #14 (three time Champ)

BTW> my middle name is Stewart too :smiley::smiley:

[entemedor]

Name of one of the boats I served on when in the Navy,

USS Entemedor (SS340)

[jsw14]

Name of one of the boats I served on when in the Navy,

USS Entemedor (SS340)

Thank You Sir,for your service to Our Great Country> USA :thumbup:

[Avista]

Used to live on Avista Dr.

[villager]

Villager - well, I guess it's pretty self explanatory, but not too creative.

[Vinny]

I though long and hard about it and then was amazed that no one had it already. I have tried for many years on many websites to use this name and it was only available here. I think it is very creative. :posting:

[mojoe]

We have been using Mojoe for quite some time (my first name Maureen and my husband Joe). All of our friends always would say "Hey Mo Joe." So everyone just started collectively calling us Mojoe. Sadly, Joe passed away on January 31. I will still be Mo or Maureen but I will continue to use mojoe as my TOTV name and my email.

[eremite06]

Thought I'd be a hermit (eremite), when I retired in '06.

[Trish Crocker]

Mojoe, I'm so sorry for your loss. How are you doing?

[missyomama]

Many years ago I called one of my sons at his workplace. Another young man answered the phone. I asked to speak to my son and the fellow yelled across the room, "hey Kevin, phone call, it's YO' mama" and I have been yomama ever since....

[mojoe]

Trish, I am improving. I am up north with the family for Easter, so that helps. Will be coming back to TV on Sunday. It will be hard but I am doing one day at a time. And praying a lot. Thanks for asking. When will you be coming to The Villages?