Character Names

[yogitunes]

some of you guys have some interesting screen names and some I can't pronounce....

Just wondering how you came up with yours?

Favorite machine
Favorite appliance
Favorite part
Loved one
Special place

just curious

YOGITUNES:
YOGI is one of my siberian huskys...he "bounces" around when I play music..odd but true...but thats my BEAR, he's a spoiled ham...and loves his DADDY!...not to mention when I signed onto youtube it was hard to pic a name that wasn't being used, when I got to this one it worked, so hear I am...
suprise!

 

[jaxsunst]

It is an alternate spelling of my first name and the first two letters of me last.

Jackson

 

[bajaespuma]

Bajaespuma

We were a solid DASH household because the first time a GE technician came to fix something on the machine (likely a sock that floated into the outer tub) he recommended low-sudsing detergent and we used that brand until it disappeared.

The first time I bought Ariel to try I noticed on the side panel an advert for "Ariel Bajaespuma" for front-loaders and I've been wanting to try it ever since. and Filter-Flo was already taken.

 

[goatfarmer]

Pontiac GTO is called a 'GOAT'. We had 3 of 'em at one time, hence 'goatfarmer'. Down to one these days.

 

[appnut]

appnut, appliance nut

 

[maytagbear]

I love all things REAL Maytag

and I happen to be round and hairy.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[douglasdc6]

Douglas DC-6

My favorite propeller driven airliner -Airplane from the 1950`s (Douglas DC-6)

The 1950`s

Propeller driven airliners, Big Ranch style homes with Panoramic windows & knotty pine paneling , Westinghouse Laundromats , I love Lucy shows, What a great time in life to be alive !!!!!!!!!

 

[jeffg]

I'm sorry I missed the 50's, although it would have been a lot more fun without the "Cold War" scam. Somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 trillion funneled to two corrupt military(gov't)-industrial complexes over 40 years.

Imagine being taught that ducking under a school desk will protect you against a nuclear bomb attack. I don't think I could have handled the mass stupidity, or insanity, or whatever it was.

 

[butch-innj]

I was born in '48 so I do remember most of the 50's
I loved the "I Love Lucy Show"....watched it everyday in the
summer when I was out of school.
I also remember "My Little Margie", starring Gale Storm.
Gale Storm was also in another show with Zazu Pitts in it.
It took place on a ship but I forget the name of it now.

I can remember that my Grandmom had the first TV on my street.
It was this big black box that had a tiny 12" screen on the
front and all the shows were in black & white.
Her whole family (her 9 grown children with their husbands or
wives and their kids) would go to her house on Tuesday nights
to watch the old Milton Berle show.

Too many memories and too many shows to list them all here.

 

[ronhic]

RONHIC

Comes from playing hide and seek with my young cousins a few years ago

Ready
Or
Not
Here
I
Come

 

[volvoguy87]

Volvoguy87

After my junior year of high school, and after bugging my parents for some years, I got the car I almost always wanted, a 1987 Volvo 240 GL. I always wanted (and still want) a 1975 Volvo 164e, but a 240 is a good substitute. It has been 10 years since I got my old Volvo and I love it even more now than I did then.

$2,800.00 for a 12 year old car with 115,500 miles that is still a daily driver a decade later is pretty good by me. I'll drive it 'till the wheels fall off, then I'll put them back on and drive some more.

It's good to drive an old Volvo,
Dave

 

[strongenough78]

Well me being a huge Cher fan, StrongEnough is one of her songs and probably my most favorite, and 78 was the year I was born.

 

[alr2903]

My initials and the last four digits of the phone number at our old house.... If you are going to be a porn star, you pick the name of a childhood street, and a pet... or so I have heard

 

[frigilux]

Frigilux: A mash-up of Frigidaire and Electrolux.

 

[panthera]

Panthera

1) Name of one of my favorite characters in a story
2) I am growing a tad wary of the "getting to know you questions"...

 

[toggleswitch2]

~you pick the name of a childhood street, and a pet... or so I have heard

That works for drag-queens as well.

 

[frigilux]

JeffG---I was a little kid at the tail-end of the 'duck & cover' generation. Believe me, you'll look back and see a lot of stupidity, mass insanity from your youthful era, too. "You mean people actually thought creationism was science?!"

 

[toggleswitch2]

Speaking of dancing dogs......

 

[yogitunes]

Panthera should change to Paranoid/Pantywaist

You would be wary if your finger broke thru the toilet paper!

There are a lot of interesting people in here across the globe, and yet we really are all the same, but with unique thoughts and opinions...

wasn't hard to "read" you before all the e-mails from the gang! answer or not, makes no difference to anyone, most are laughing at you, not with you!

 

[maytagbear]

Uh, Yogi, dude....

It might be well to remember that you have been at this site less than a month. We have a thread like this at least every six months or so, dude.

At another site I contribute to, they are not nearly as polite to newcomers as we are here at AW.org.

Also, comparatively speaking, though not as much as I would hope at times, this place is an oasis of civility.

That said: I will stipulate that panthera can be abrupt, and even tactless. However, we all have our moments.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[yogitunes]

Lawrence...

I accept people for who they are....some appeal to me, while the ones who don't, I just avoid altogether...at first I was overwhelmed with the excitement of this place...got a few e-mails from guys in my area with same interest and advised me of points of interest in the discus o mat...after a few abrubt encounters, I thought about leaving altogether....then the e-mails flooded in asking me to stay and just ignore it...that's what they do about it...some want to get rid of some here...thats not acceptable...I want everyone to stay...to communicate...DEBATE...and have fun...whether joking or stating facts...there ARE dangerous people out there, we just keep our guard up...I don't want anyone pushed out or banned from anywhere...acceptance no matter what!...I may not agree with what's said, but their opinion is what their entitled to...I like talking with you guys and hope to meet some of you one day, we may get along or not...but you have to wonder how many new members have been, whats for a better word, PUSHED ASIDE, because of their "personality" and thought they were like us, and got hurt feelings, hopefully they got the emails to stay. but like they said, if I thought the world was out to get me, I wouldn't go out there, reality or internet!...their words

 

[mistereric]

</b>Mom used to call me "Mister Eric" when I was doing something I wasn't supposed to. Like messing with the washer.

Since the yellow forum no longer archives, the getting-to-know-you threads will most likely continue. New members will want to reach out and make connections. Who can fault them for that?

No one forces anyone to post any personal details. If you are worried about your privacy, don't post anything that compromises it.

Now, if a new member wants us all to post our credit card numbers, that might be an issue.

 

[turquoisedude]

Two reasons...

One is how a neighbor's son once described me when I needed to ask his father something, and I quote "DAD! It's that crazy turquoise dude!"
Second reason... well, the picture says it best!

 

[panthera]

Yogitunes,

Yes, I am wary - and your little bout of name calling, followed on by a rather hollow justification to Lawrence (thanks, Lawrence!) has not made me any less so.

If you want to disagree with me, fine - but keep a civil tongue in your head.

Had you been here a bit longer, you might have realized that there is a considerable difference between the club itself and those very loud people who, yes, dislike many people, including me, but who are not AW.org.

That is Robert. And you might take a clue from him. Even when we disagree, he is unfailingly polite.

 

[nurdlinger]

Nurdlinger Products Are Sweeter

This is the name of a character Edward G. Robinson played in some old movie about advertising. I thought it was a funny name and remembered it forever.

 

[whirlaway]

Yogitunes

Buddy you hit the nail on the head,it is quite interesting as to why people pick their names.One of the first signs of growing up is if you dont like something,just dont answer,Rant and Raves belongs on Craigs list.I picked Whirlaway because automatic washers rinse and whirlaway the dirt!

 

[nmaineman36]

Mine was thought up by moi...I was living in Maine and I am a man and at the time I was 36. Hence nmaineman36. I should change it to nmassman44.....hmmmm.

 

[toggleswitch2]

No way! Looks too much like

N(early) M(agnificent) @$$man!

 

[nmassman44]

awww thanks! I have been told that I do have a great ass.....LOL

 

[thor]

Thor...

Is the brand of the washer I grew up with.

Nurdlinger, was the movie you mentioned "Sam the good neighbor", with Jack Lemmon? I also loved that movie!

Emilio