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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-05-2005, 07:59 PM (1 of 39)
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It's been a while since we have posted this and there are a lot of new and interesting names. So tell us what's the secret behind your nickname? Mine is rather boring. I grew up with my brothers calling me Pudge and when I began playing softball I took that as my name on my shirt follwed by the #99. Since then whenever I need a nickname I use that. Gina
Pictures of my successes and failures Pfaff 2040 Janome Mylock 134D Singer Futura CE-100 w/ Autopunch Husqvarna Viking 3D Sketch |
User: Pudge99
Member since: 10-30-2001 Total posts: 1375 |
From: esrun3
Date: 01-05-2005, 08:13 PM (2 of 39)
Hi all! Mine is just "nurse" spelled backwards as I'm an RN. 
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: joannequilts
Date: 01-05-2005, 08:14 PM (3 of 39)
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Well I have had several over the yrs but the one Mary uses on the forum here for me is "Crazy Lady"....now I must tell you what happened with that name, of course Mary thinks it is funny beyond belief. She sent me something awhile back through snail mail and addressed it "Crazy Lady" with my address. I had to go to the Post Office to pick it up and as I am approaching the counter (guy knows me) yells, "YOU CRAZY LADY?" well I just about died....had to reply "well most people think so" I still laugh when I think about this. Thanks Mary 
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User: joannequilts
Member since: 12-22-2000 Total posts: 3070 
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 01-05-2005, 08:29 PM (4 of 39)
My DH told me years ago that I was the happiest when I was sewing. I just tweaked it a bit at the end. 
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User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: Hogmami
Date: 01-05-2005, 09:02 PM (5 of 39)
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Mine comes from two things. One, I collect pigs. I have about 1500 right now and love every one of them. Second, My husband has a Harley that we love to ride and take trips on. His name is Pigrider.
Carolyn
Michigan |
User: Hogmami
Member since: 09-30-2004 Total posts: 800 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-05-2005, 09:11 PM (6 of 39)
My name is just a version of chrysanthemum.....a fav of mine in japanese stylized design mostly (ie..the Chrysanthemum Throne). NO I'm not Japanese, never been to Japan.(but my husband the AF brat DID grow up in Japan...) I DO however love almost all things Japanese...(I can do without the raw fish things...::gag::  )I've had this name as an online name for 20 yrs now....it's hard to give up and I don't really see a reason to.... 
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: beachgirl
Date: 01-05-2005, 09:42 PM (7 of 39)
| I've got 2 nicknames 1..Sunshine & 2..Ladybug that my DH tagged me with years ago. When I tried to sign up here was told those names were taken so, I came up with beach girl because we used to be on the beach every chance we got plus I'm in Fl. Haven't seen anyone post with the names Lady Bug or Sunshine but guess they are out there somewhere & I was too late. Theresa |
User: beachgirl
Member since: 08-31-2004 Total posts: 615 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-06-2005, 07:52 AM (8 of 39)
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What nickname? Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: MaryW
Date: 01-06-2005, 08:03 AM (9 of 39)
Theresa, there are almost 8,000 people registered with these sort of names on the Sew Whats New boards. Only a tiny fraction of them post on the boards. 
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-06-2005, 05:48 PM (10 of 39)
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My nickname is my initials "plr" plus the fact that my husband refers to me as a "legal beagle." I've worked in the legal field as a legal secretary/legal assistant for 30+ years, thus "plrlegal". LegalBeagle was also taken when I logged on to the internet approximately 10 years ago.
Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: siwian
Date: 01-06-2005, 07:44 PM (11 of 39)
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When I first started using an online name, everything I thought of was used and I didn't want to add a lot of numbers. I picked up a dictionary and began looking at the variations/origins of words that "described" me. sIwian is Old English for sew. When I tried using it, no one else had it. Peggy |
User: siwian
Member since: 12-27-2001 Total posts: 114
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 01-06-2005, 08:07 PM (12 of 39)
Well, no one has ever called me Elizabeth. It has always been Lib or Libby, and I wanted to add something so, since I collect frogs I put Leap Frog in front of it..Started collecting frogs because at the beach Ds wanted to bring all the tree frogs he caught into the house, and I said NO!! So, I bought him a little figurine and he said for me to keep it and all of a sudden all the neighbors started buying me frogs..I have about 200 now..lots of jewelry pins that I love.. 
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: grandmasue
Date: 01-06-2005, 11:26 PM (13 of 39)
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I chose GrandmaSue because it represents the 2 grand-daughters who give me more joy than they will ever know.
Grandma Sue
------------ At the end I am not showing up at my grave all pretty and well preserved...I am coming in sliding, yelling "What a ride!" |
User: grandmasue
Member since: 10-26-2004 Total posts: 138 
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From: beachgirl
Date: 01-06-2005, 11:49 PM (14 of 39)
Mary, no wonder I couldn't use either of those names, duh  Oh well, I'm used to it now besides, most think I'm some young beach bunny & not a Grandmother with 10 grands. That's ok because I still act & think I'm in my 20's. Please don't bust my bubble Mary, I'm happy this way.  Theresa
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User: beachgirl
Member since: 08-31-2004 Total posts: 615
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-07-2005, 01:25 AM (15 of 39)
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When I started posting I was a stay at home Mom with 6 kids. Since then 3 have left home. 1 came back. & I became grandma to 2. Also I started working outside of the home last Sept. Mom of Six still fits it just isn't my main function in life anymore. Barb
Happiness is having time to sew!! |
User: Mom of Six
Member since: 11-03-2001 Total posts: 1115 
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From: Sewing Oodles
Date: 01-07-2005, 06:43 AM (16 of 39)
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Well I got my name from my poodle. Ya know, poodles are not dogs, in their mines. Anyway, DD got to calling the poodle a oodle and since I'm always sewing something I just put the 2 together.
Hugz,
Cindy~Texas |
User: Sewing Oodles
Member since: 07-29-2002 Total posts: 69 
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From: Quilty
Date: 01-07-2005, 06:40 PM (17 of 39)
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I'm a passionate quilter. Quilty is just the shortened form of my longer internet name, Quiltykiwi, which I use on some other forums. I also have a signature in which it is written upside down. That's because I am known as "an upside down person from Down Under" and some of the Northern Hemisphere types I know like to imagine me hanging by little bat feet to the under-belly of the planet.  But whether it is written upside down or not, Quilty just seems to suit me. Even my bank manager calls me that now! (I accidently sent him an email from my quilty username account, and he has been teasing me ever since.) 
...and then my heart with pleasure fills,
and dances with the daffodils. Wordsworth (1770-1850) |
User: Quilty
Member since: 01-07-2005 Total posts: 26 
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From: heartland
Date: 01-07-2005, 07:10 PM (18 of 39)
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My name is very simple, I live in the heartland. I was surprised that I could use the first name that I tried.
Donna
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User: heartland
Member since: 05-23-2001 Total posts: 88 
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From: heartland
Date: 01-07-2005, 07:12 PM (19 of 39)
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Sewing Oodles, I like your avatar...
Donna
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User: heartland
Member since: 05-23-2001 Total posts: 88
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-07-2005, 07:41 PM (20 of 39)
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Hey Heartland, Where in Iowa? My husband rides RAGBRAI. I have family all over that beautiful state. If my kids asthma could survive the winters I would move there. Gina
Pictures of my successes and failures Pfaff 2040 Janome Mylock 134D Singer Futura CE-100 w/ Autopunch Husqvarna Viking 3D Sketch |
User: Pudge99
Member since: 10-30-2001 Total posts: 1375 |
From: heartland
Date: 01-08-2005, 10:59 AM (21 of 39)
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Gina, I live between Denison (home of Donna Reed) and Carroll. Do you have family in this area? RAGBRAI has rolled past my house several times. It has put Iowa on the map. Donna
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User: heartland
Member since: 05-23-2001 Total posts: 88
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From: giggleshpd
Date: 01-08-2005, 01:30 PM (22 of 39)
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Giggleshpd means giggles i was givne that nick name when i lived in Iowa and the boss always knew when i was working would hear me giggling over the radio. and HPD is the Hartford police dept where i am currently a dispatcher for police fire and ems and i answer 911. heartland i lived in Clinton, Ia and i have family still there. |
User: giggleshpd
Member since: 12-14-2004 Total posts: 13 
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-09-2005, 08:18 PM (23 of 39)
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Heartland, Got family all around you, to the northwest in Cherokee, south to Adair, Casey, Anita & Atlantic. I am sure I have heard them talk about going to Carroll to get stuff. It always confuses me 'cause my cousin's mom's name is Carol. So if I am not paying full attention I don't know if they are going to Carroll or going to see Carol. giggleshpd, RAGBRAI ended in Clinton last summer. I had a heck of a time finding my husband, I had never been there before. I grew up just south of there in Moline IL. Gina
Pictures of my successes and failures Pfaff 2040 Janome Mylock 134D Singer Futura CE-100 w/ Autopunch Husqvarna Viking 3D Sketch |
User: Pudge99
Member since: 10-30-2001 Total posts: 1375 |
From: mommydionne
Date: 01-11-2005, 07:20 PM (24 of 39)
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Mommydionne is kinda self explanatory but I like it b/c it reminds me of when I went from being just Jeanette to Adrian's mom (which is how your kids friends will address you ) that was a little dull so I also got as Joelle's mom, Luke's mom and when Jamie has friends who can talk Jamie's mom . beats Mrs. Dionne that's my mother in law!!
Jeanette
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User: mommydionne
Member since: 01-08-2004 Total posts: 838 
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From: Pepsigal
Date: 01-16-2005, 12:55 AM (25 of 39)
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I'm a certifiable Pepsi-a-holic. And I collect Pepsi stuff. Maggi 
Have a great day! :)
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User: Pepsigal
Member since: 02-28-2004 Total posts: 29 
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From: sable
Date: 01-16-2005, 11:07 PM (26 of 39)
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My love of sewing unusual stuff. I wanted to be named for a furry creature whose fur is harvested that I would never actually use. I have sewn possum fur, but you don't get sable here in New Zealand. Possums are considered a pest in this country and are not farmed, same goes for rabbits. I could have chosen either of those I guess, but I didn't want something common in my home country. Hope no-one has problems with the whole fur issue. I don't agree with farming animals specifically for fur, or using the fur from endangered animals. But have no problem with fur being used from pest control, or hides from meat animals. |
User: sable
Member since: 01-10-2005 Total posts: 76
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From: MyGirlFriday
Date: 01-16-2005, 11:50 PM (27 of 39)
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I selected MyGirlFriday about 4 years ago... I was playing on one of those game sites...like pogo or a free for fun bingo site, it was late one Friday night, and I needed a screen name. It has since stuck with me......almost every place I go online this is what I go by. If you have ever been on CraftersCommunity.com you have probably seen my name...I moderate several online craft boards there. mgf~
Blessings & Smiles
Frogs have it easy....they just eat what's buggin' them. |
User: MyGirlFriday
Member since: 12-05-2004 Total posts: 288 
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 01-17-2005, 12:43 AM (28 of 39)
| Mine came from my DIL or I should say all my ex DIL's. They all call me Mother In Law even though I'm their ex they still love me, well at least two of them do. The other two I really don't care if they like me or not. LOL But my other nickname was MawMawSusie but I think I like Mother In Law better, I don't feel so old, like Beach Girl said, I still feel like I'm 20 in mind that is, not body. LOL In body I feel like I'm..............well let's not go there. |
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From: Serenity
Date: 01-17-2005, 06:03 PM (29 of 39)
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Well Serenity came from the peace and quiet that has engulfed our home since all but 2 are left home now out of 7. ..But now I am bringing a 15 month old and a 3 year old (both are our grandchildren) to live with us for a few months until my son comes out here in March to live. Threads_40 however came from my oldest brother who for some reason everytime I wentto Florida to visit him..he would pull a loose string off me.. ..lol So he said the next time he found one I would be threads for life. That was quite a few years ago and sure enough my family felt it was the best nick name I could have.Serenity (threads_40) 
"The struggle is not greater than the goal". Be blessed. Stay encouraged.
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User: Serenity
Member since: 01-12-2005 Total posts: 85
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-17-2005, 10:50 PM (30 of 39)
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Okay mine is not at all original. It is my name Summer Echo. Not very interesting, just maybe an unusual name. Most people think it is a screen name for something else which is fine with me.
Summer
FREE FALLIN |
User: SummersEchos
Member since: 09-29-2004 Total posts: 884 |
From: Dexter
Date: 01-18-2005, 02:54 PM (31 of 39)
| The name Dexter commenced from my awesome dexterity. |
User: Dexter
Member since: 11-05-2004 Total posts: 48 |
From: Magot
Date: 01-18-2005, 03:19 PM (32 of 39)
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and mine from my enormous magotosity! sorry, middle name Margaret - was called Magot at college by friend seagull when I told him I was going to grow up to be a butterfly. love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: Serenity
Date: 01-19-2005, 12:33 AM (33 of 39)
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Arub = Woman who loves her husband...now ain't that the truth.... Serenity 
"The struggle is not greater than the goal". Be blessed. Stay encouraged.
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User: Serenity
Member since: 01-12-2005 Total posts: 85
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 01-19-2005, 12:39 AM (34 of 39)
You grew up to be a pretty butterfly Magot. LOL Especially with those eyeballs you have  .
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From: Magot
Date: 01-19-2005, 03:14 AM (35 of 39)
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That's the contact lenses giving me gyp, Susie, but the teeth are pretty accurate ( you've seen the photos - I have a banana grin)
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-19-2005, 10:06 AM (36 of 39)
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I went to school with a girl named Echo Summers. Never thought I would meet someone else with that name.
Gina
Pictures of my successes and failures Pfaff 2040 Janome Mylock 134D Singer Futura CE-100 w/ Autopunch Husqvarna Viking 3D Sketch |
User: Pudge99
Member since: 10-30-2001 Total posts: 1375 |
From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-20-2005, 12:53 PM (37 of 39)
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Gina, I have come across a few people with something similar to my name on the internet, but never in person.
Summer
FREE FALLIN |
User: SummersEchos
Member since: 09-29-2004 Total posts: 884 |
From: Pepsigal
Date: 01-20-2005, 02:46 PM (38 of 39)
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with the name Echo Summers that wrote a book. I remember thinking at the time that it was such a neat name. Maggi Have a great day! :)
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User: Pepsigal
Member since: 02-28-2004 Total posts: 29
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From: Magot
Date: 01-20-2005, 02:50 PM (39 of 39)
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are you sure you aren't all the same person?
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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