-- Edited by LamontCranston on Wednesday 3rd of April 2019 01:17:24 AM
Ashenvale said
Jan 12, 2019
Hi Scruffy, beta tester, this sounds great! Yes we both played LotRO around 2007/2008 I think - before it went 'free to play', actually we must have stopped just before the Mines of Moria expansion, I remember people waiting for it - or maybe shortly after. I did find it harder to play than WoW and less intuitive, so with all the other demands on our time we did not progress much (I think we had 2-3 chars each of different classes, around level 40). But I do remember it fondly, just riding around in those beautifully designed lands, all the familiar landmarks and characters. (Hope we don't get done for going off topic so blatantly!)
Scruffy said
Jan 10, 2019
Nice Ash
Have you played Lord of the Rings online? (LOTRO) I was a beta tester for that. I was also an early beta tester for Star Wars Knights of the old Republic.
What got me started was Star Wars Galaxies. IMO SWG and the expansion JTL were the best. I had a lot of time while taking care of my Mom to play not so much any more.
I do play Star Citizen but only log on now and again its still in alpha.
Observer said
Jan 10, 2019
Ashenvale, its awesome that you and hubby enjoy elves and orcs and magical lands...my nephew and his friends pretty much live in those games...
your name is perfect..and shortens nicely to Ash
Tanner,
its so cool when last names come from nouns
tanner said
Jan 9, 2019
Ashenvale - mine is so boring. Just my last name, but it comes from a long line of leather tanners in Switzerland, of which there is a family crest. If I hadn't been in such a hurry to ask questions, I would have done something more creative, like Eowen. Her bad ass courage to fight for victory inspires me. The avatar is the sunrise view from our cottage (peaceful, beginning of a new day).
-- Edited by tanner on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 12:04:39 PM
Ashenvale said
Jan 9, 2019
Tanner - thank you and yes I see what you mean - I guess I mentioned Lothlorien because I always imagined Rivendell as more 'grand' with a more golden palette, and Lothlorien as more shadowy, quiet, blue-green. Indeed, it's in the eye of the beholder!
(I must add, I have been admiring your avatar too, so beautiful and serene!)
-- Edited by Ashenvale on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 11:46:14 AM
tanner said
Jan 9, 2019
Ashenvale - I think your avatar (I love it) resembles Rivendell, more than Lothlorien. "In the eye of the beholder" I guess.
-- Edited by tanner on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 11:20:09 AM
-- Edited by tanner on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 11:21:58 AM
-- Edited by tanner on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 11:24:39 AM
lamassu said
Jan 9, 2019
robertsamx wrote:
My first hot rod was a 1968 American Motors AMX My name is Robert. Robertsamx
Very cool car! My first good car was a used 1968 AMC Javelin SST with the 343 Go Pac. AMX cost more so I was happy with the SST. Good times!
-- Edited by lamassu on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 10:31:07 AM
Ashenvale said
Jan 9, 2019
Observer, this is a great nick, and generally a philosophical position in life. I can relate to the backstory behind it too :)
Ashenvale said
Jan 9, 2019
OK - don't laugh though or throw rotten tomatoes at me :)
Ashenvale is a location from World of Warcraft. It could have just as easily been Lothlorien -but I wanted a nick that is purely symbolic but not too obvious (so no Tolkien), and connected to both nature and fantasy rather than any real-life historical context.
I play computer games when I am low and can't do anything else, especially during chemo times when I am prone to infection so can't even have visits from grandchildren. My kind of game is usually of the 'elves-orcs-might-and-magic' kind. Ashenvale is a contested zone, which is claimed by both elves and orcs. It is full of elven artefacts and what used to be soothing atmosphere. In its current state the zone is in disarray, invaded, burned and so on - but there are still some areas left where an old player would recognise its former beauty and serenity.
It is also special for me and my husband as we used to play fantasy-based games years ago, when we both had the time for such things - but then other, more 'grown-up' things in life took over. And now we play again, simply because there isn't that much that I can do easily now apart from walks. (Having said that, those virtual landscapes do remind me that there is real nature out there, and often moves us to get up and leave the city for a couple of days. We are in the countryside right now as it happens, walking around real-life lakes and forest paths)
Scruffy said
Nov 15, 2018
I looked in the mirror. I got my first motorcycle 50 years ago. (insert stereotype image here). So Scruffy it was.
5-1-18 said
Nov 14, 2018
i think i was reading robertmax too
Iris Dragonfly said
Nov 14, 2018
LoL! Me too Observer! nice car Robert!!!
A light bulb went off when I was reading Tigs bio, and then I rememberd this thread. (Bing! Duh, he's a tig welder) lovely helmet by the way, doubles as a rocket helmet I see! My brother welded at Menasco for awhile back in the 80's, or maybe it was the early 90's.
I like Lurker , but Observer is much more refined
Never knew those trees were for hoodies, which by the way are the perfect garment, I see ms. Hoodie in many different styles and colors!
5! How many of us are named after a number? unique at the very least :)
Ahhh, ok Sailing shoes!!!, Now I get it, very cool, great band. Love that version of Dixie Chicken with Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt.
So, who's next?
Observer said
Nov 14, 2018
Robert, with my dyslexia, I always thought your user name was Robert max
robertsamx said
Nov 13, 2018
My first hot rod was a 1968 American Motors AMX My name is Robert. Robertsamx
5-1-18 said
Nov 13, 2018
obs! that is so cool
Observer said
Nov 13, 2018
I had been on many HCV forums in the days of interferon...I participated a lot but I found I got a lot of judgement because I wasnt interested in doing interferon, just wanted to learn about the disease and be supportive, find people that could relate etc...
I decided I didnt want to define myself first and foremost by my disease and so quit all the forums.
But when they invented the new DAAs, I joined here but didnt think Id participate much...just observe and I thought Observer was a better name than Lurker
5-1-18 said
Nov 13, 2018
this is a fun thread.
i never heard of a hoodie tree
mine came from my harvoni start date
Hoodietree said
Nov 12, 2018
Prepare to be underwhelmed:
My moniker comes from the place where you hang up your hoodies, kind of like a coat tree but for less formal garments.
Tig said
Nov 12, 2018
Retired Aerospace Tig Welder. Spent many years hiding behind a hood, looking through that little window. It was a great place to get away from the world, when you chose to do so!
I was listening to Little Feat when I was filling out the registration form ... the song Sailing Shoes came on. I was a big fan. I even had a sailboat named Little Feat years ago.
Iris Dragonfly said
Nov 12, 2018
Resurrection of vintage thread...
Anyone?
I didn't disclose before, but I'll tell you now.
Iris is from the Goddess of the rainbow and represents all color which I love to explore through art and how color affects our moods. Dragonfly has long been a totem of mine, the little critter shows up in the strangest places for me, (once in a department store dressing room to notify me of my Grandmothers passing.) It was only by coincidence the association to the "dragon" within.
My mundane name is Nancy
Phil G said
Oct 4, 2012
Brad, I've never known anyone else that had a shipperke. My Roxy was a loyal and faithful couch dog during tx. In my next life, my username will be Blackdog.
krowdog said
Oct 4, 2012
I love dogs, and my all time favorite was a schipperke named krow....
Brad
peanutbutter said
Oct 4, 2012
Mine is because of my insatiable love of peanut butter
LaBajista said
Oct 4, 2012
LaBajista means "the bass player" in Spanish. :)
Rockyfeller said
Oct 3, 2012
I have a male dog named Rocky, hence, Rockyfeller. I use it at various sites because it always seems to be available, and I don't have to put any numbers after it. By the way, he's a Goldendoodle, as is his brother Bambam, my "doods" and constant companions.
K2 said
Oct 3, 2012
I'm friends with another Kristy who is older so she's K1 and I'm K2
kiwi said
Oct 3, 2012
easy, coz im a born and bred kiwi and proud of it
js2012 said
Oct 3, 2012
Mine is so boring - my initials and current year
hrsetrdr said
Oct 2, 2012
Hmmm- I thought I had posted in this thread...anyway "hrsetrdr" had some vowels dropped from "horestrader", a nickname from my buying & selling days. I have used that user name extensively on forums accross the 'net, but in recent times have been going with "tnthomas" to reflect a more real-me.
ArtiesGarden said
Oct 2, 2012
Artie'sGarden: I have several different flower gardens and this is simple for ME to remember.
ArtiesGarden said
Oct 2, 2012
Artie'sGarden: I have several types of flower gardens in my yard, simple huh? Also, it's something I can remember so I use it a lot.
Fajah said
Oct 2, 2012
Right after the Gold Member Austin Powers movie I was visiting my submariner Son at Pearl Harbor and all his friends/boatmates were have trouble calling me by my first name, military bearing and all. We were all out one evening when his best friend got concerned about my where abouts and ask all the gang "hey, where is the Fajah"....and I thought they were all good with that and the name stuck.
11 years later it is now my Grandfather name and my wife is Majah...so it works out great. I have the Austin Powers car phone ringtone on my phone also.
If you see a red BMW R1200RT motorcycle ever wizzing around Florida or panhandle area, I also have my motorcycle tag says "FAJAH".
http://youtu.be/exCYSfQod14
Fajah
-- Edited by Fajah on Tuesday 2nd of October 2012 07:27:15 PM
-- Edited by Fajah on Tuesday 2nd of October 2012 07:59:52 PM
gatekeep said
Oct 1, 2012
I operate one of the oldest canal and Hydro. facilities in the country.Head gates control the inflow,The name just stuck....
LUV2RYDE said
Oct 1, 2012
Mine is pretty simple I have a 2009 Road King and I love to ride.
That soul clearing, heart lifting experience would be like no other. The utter freedom to be ME. No reservations, no masks, just me.
-- Edited by LUV2RYDE on Monday 1st of October 2012 04:19:16 PM
DD...Initials I was born with and what I was called by many, along with a lot of other things but I won't go there.
LC said
Sep 16, 2012
I just went with the initials of my first and last name.
iggle said
Sep 16, 2012
packerfan24 wrote:
Mine is simple. I am a big green Bay Packer fan. The # 24 is my birth date.
Ken
I'm a big Eagles fan I wish Vick didn't suck so much.
Mary Jane said
Sep 10, 2012
packerfan24 wrote:
Mine is simple. I am a big green Bay Packer fan. The # 24 is my birth date.
Ken
hey dude no worries I get it , my son's live & breath football.. with their man size 65 inch TV.MJ
Mary Jane said
Sep 10, 2012
Daook wrote:
That was great!
There are alot of interresting people here.
Feel good today, the sun is out, it's 75 degs and I'm home.
:)
good job..MJ
Mary Jane said
Sep 10, 2012
mallani wrote:
Bit corny. MAL from Malcolm, LANI being my wife's name, " Mallani" was our 1st. cruising yacht in 1987, and it means 'pretty' in the Aboriginal dialect.
very creative and romantical..MJ
Mary Jane said
Sep 10, 2012
davesf wrote:
Ha, I'm obviously a left brain thinker with little creativity. My name is Dave and the SF is for where I live: San Francisco.
Not true , your pic is very creative you just kept easy... for use with the foghat brains..MJ
Mary Jane said
Sep 10, 2012
Margo wrote:
My full name is Margarita, everyone calls me Rita, Margo is somewhere in between if it makes any sense...
We'll I'll drink to that... wait I can't.. so maybe a NON alcohlic one... cheers Rita
Daook said
Sep 10, 2012
That was great!
There are alot of interresting people here.
Feel good today, the sun is out, it's 75 degs and I'm home.
:)
Iris Dragonfly said
Sep 10, 2012
malcolm! that's sooooo sweet!..........oooh Ken! sorry 'bout those 49ers today
Michaele said
Sep 10, 2012
Mallani, Nice to know romance isnt dead! Michaele
-- Edited by Michaele on Monday 10th of September 2012 12:37:22 PM
mallani said
Sep 10, 2012
Bit corny. MAL from Malcolm, LANI being my wife's name, " Mallani" was our 1st. cruising yacht in 1987, and it means 'pretty' in the Aboriginal dialect.
packerfan24 said
Sep 9, 2012
Mine is simple. I am a big green Bay Packer fan. The # 24 is my birth date.
Ken
davesf said
Sep 9, 2012
Ha, I'm obviously a left brain thinker with little creativity. My name is Dave and the SF is for where I live: San Francisco.
Well....
Only The Shadow knows.
-- Edited by LamontCranston on Wednesday 3rd of April 2019 01:17:24 AM
Nice Ash
Have you played Lord of the Rings online? (LOTRO) I was a beta tester for that. I was also an early beta tester for Star Wars Knights of the old Republic.
What got me started was Star Wars Galaxies. IMO SWG and the expansion JTL were the best. I had a lot of time while taking care of my Mom to play not so much any more.
I do play Star Citizen but only log on now and again its still in alpha.
Ashenvale, its awesome that you and hubby enjoy elves and orcs and magical lands...my nephew and his friends pretty much live in those games...
your name is perfect..and shortens nicely to Ash
Tanner,
its so cool when last names come from nouns
Ashenvale - mine is so boring. Just my last name, but it comes from a long line of leather tanners in Switzerland, of which there is a family crest. If I hadn't been in such a hurry to ask questions, I would have done something more creative, like Eowen. Her bad ass courage to fight for victory inspires me. The avatar is the sunrise view from our cottage (peaceful, beginning of a new day).
-- Edited by tanner on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 12:04:39 PM
Tanner - thank you and yes I see what you mean - I guess I mentioned Lothlorien because I always imagined Rivendell as more 'grand' with a more golden palette, and Lothlorien as more shadowy, quiet, blue-green. Indeed, it's in the eye of the beholder!
(I must add, I have been admiring your avatar too, so beautiful and serene!)
-- Edited by Ashenvale on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 11:46:14 AM
Ashenvale - I think your avatar (I love it) resembles Rivendell, more than Lothlorien. "In the eye of the beholder" I guess.
-- Edited by tanner on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 11:20:09 AM
-- Edited by tanner on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 11:21:58 AM
-- Edited by tanner on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 11:24:39 AM
Very cool car! My first good car was a used 1968 AMC Javelin SST with the 343 Go Pac. AMX cost more so I was happy with the SST. Good times!
-- Edited by lamassu on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 10:31:07 AM
Ashenvale is a location from World of Warcraft. It could have just as easily been Lothlorien -but I wanted a nick that is purely symbolic but not too obvious (so no Tolkien), and connected to both nature and fantasy rather than any real-life historical context.
I play computer games when I am low and can't do anything else, especially during chemo times when I am prone to infection so can't even have visits from grandchildren. My kind of game is usually of the 'elves-orcs-might-and-magic' kind. Ashenvale is a contested zone, which is claimed by both elves and orcs. It is full of elven artefacts and what used to be soothing atmosphere. In its current state the zone is in disarray, invaded, burned and so on - but there are still some areas left where an old player would recognise its former beauty and serenity.
It is also special for me and my husband as we used to play fantasy-based games years ago, when we both had the time for such things - but then other, more 'grown-up' things in life took over. And now we play again, simply because there isn't that much that I can do easily now apart from walks. (Having said that, those virtual landscapes do remind me that there is real nature out there, and often moves us to get up and leave the city for a couple of days. We are in the countryside right now as it happens, walking around real-life lakes and forest paths)
I looked in the mirror. I got my first motorcycle 50 years ago. (insert stereotype image here). So Scruffy it was.
i think i was reading robertmax too
LoL! Me too Observer! nice car Robert!!!
A light bulb went off when I was reading Tigs bio, and then I rememberd this thread. (Bing! Duh, he's a tig welder) lovely helmet by the way, doubles as a rocket helmet I see! My brother welded at Menasco for awhile back in the 80's, or maybe it was the early 90's.
I like Lurker
, but Observer is much more refined 
Never knew those trees were for hoodies, which by the way are the perfect garment, I see ms. Hoodie in many different styles and colors!
5! How many of us are named after a number? unique at the very least :)
Ahhh, ok Sailing shoes!!!, Now I get it, very cool, great band. Love that version of Dixie Chicken with Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt.
So, who's next?
Robert, with my dyslexia, I always thought your user name was Robert max
My first hot rod was a 1968 American Motors AMX My name is Robert. Robertsamx
obs! that is so cool
I had been on many HCV forums in the days of interferon...I participated a lot but I found I got a lot of judgement because I wasnt interested in doing interferon, just wanted to learn about the disease and be supportive, find people that could relate etc...
I decided I didnt want to define myself first and foremost by my disease and so quit all the forums.
But when they invented the new DAAs, I joined here but didnt think Id participate much...just observe and I thought Observer was a better name than Lurker
this is a fun thread.
i never heard of a hoodie tree
mine came from my harvoni start date
Prepare to be underwhelmed:
My moniker comes from the place where you hang up your hoodies, kind of like a coat tree but for less formal garments.
Retired Aerospace Tig Welder. Spent many years hiding behind a hood, looking through that little window. It was a great place to get away from the world, when you chose to do so!
Resurrection of vintage thread...
Anyone?
I didn't disclose before, but I'll tell you now.
Iris is from the Goddess of the rainbow and represents all color which I love to explore through art and how color affects our moods. Dragonfly has long been a totem of mine, the little critter shows up in the strangest places for me, (once in a department store dressing room to notify me of my Grandmothers passing.) It was only by coincidence the association to the "dragon" within.
My mundane name is Nancy
Brad, I've never known anyone else that had a shipperke. My Roxy was a loyal and faithful couch dog during tx. In my next life, my username will be Blackdog.
I love dogs, and my all time favorite was a schipperke named krow....
Brad
I have a male dog named Rocky, hence, Rockyfeller. I use it at various sites because it always seems to be available, and I don't have to put any numbers after it. By the way, he's a Goldendoodle, as is his brother Bambam, my "doods" and constant companions.
I'm friends with another Kristy who is older so she's K1 and I'm K2
easy, coz im a born and bred kiwi and proud of it
Mine is so boring - my initials and current year
Hmmm- I thought I had posted in this thread...anyway "hrsetrdr" had some vowels dropped from "horestrader", a nickname from my buying & selling days. I have used that user name extensively on forums accross the 'net, but in recent times have been going with "tnthomas" to reflect a more real-me.
Right after the Gold Member Austin Powers movie I was visiting my submariner Son at Pearl Harbor and all his friends/boatmates were have trouble calling me by my first name, military bearing and all. We were all out one evening when his best friend got concerned about my where abouts and ask all the gang "hey, where is the Fajah"....and I thought they were all good with that and the name stuck.
11 years later it is now my Grandfather name and my wife is Majah...so it works out great. I have the Austin Powers car phone ringtone on my phone also.
If you see a red BMW R1200RT motorcycle ever wizzing around Florida or panhandle area, I also have my motorcycle tag says "FAJAH".
http://youtu.be/exCYSfQod14
Fajah
-- Edited by Fajah on Tuesday 2nd of October 2012 07:27:15 PM
-- Edited by Fajah on Tuesday 2nd of October 2012 07:59:52 PM
I operate one of the oldest canal and Hydro. facilities in the country.Head gates control the inflow,The name just stuck....
That soul clearing, heart lifting experience would be like no other. The utter freedom to be ME. No reservations, no masks, just me.
-- Edited by LUV2RYDE on Monday 1st of October 2012 04:19:16 PM
DD...Initials I was born with and what I was called by many, along with a lot of other things but I won't go there.
I'm a big Eagles fan
I wish Vick didn't suck so much.
hey dude no worries I get it , my son's live & breath football.. with their man size 65 inch TV.MJ
good job..MJ
very creative and romantical..MJ
Not true , your pic is very creative you just kept easy... for use with the foghat brains..MJ
We'll I'll drink to that... wait I can't.. so maybe a NON alcohlic one... cheers Rita
That was great!
There are alot of interresting people here.
Feel good today, the sun is out, it's 75 degs and I'm home.
:)
malcolm! that's sooooo sweet!..........oooh Ken! sorry 'bout those 49ers today
Mallani, Nice to know romance isnt dead! Michaele
-- Edited by Michaele on Monday 10th of September 2012 12:37:22 PM
Bit corny. MAL from Malcolm, LANI being my wife's name, " Mallani" was our 1st. cruising yacht in 1987, and it means 'pretty' in the Aboriginal dialect.
Mine is simple. I am a big green Bay Packer fan. The # 24 is my birth date.
Ken