What's in a name?

[chirorehab]

Hmm..

I'm a chiropractor specializing in rehab....

Eric Nelson, DC CCSP
www.nelsonpilates.com

[farmerjones]

i wish i could say my last name was Smith and i actually live in Chicago, but i can't.

The only thing slightly ironic is ima cube dweller by day. But i do live on a farm and even wear bib-overalls.

A full-time farmer doesn't have time for this.

[Rroyd]

My Japanese F5 has a label that says it was inspected by Rroyd Roar on July 9, 1983.

[Larry Simonson]

The words "dynamite", "dynamo", "dynamic" etc. were derived from the traditional unit of force, "Dyne". Well, "Dyne" has been relegated to obsolescence and replaced by "Newton", so I've been on a one-man crusade to update all the dyne derived words with there modern-day equivalents. Maybe when I get this accomplished I will change my cafe name to "Joulonomics" and continue my work. None of this has anything to do with my real name which is Larry

[Dena Haselwander]

Another matter-of-fact one: d for Dena and middle name Marie.



Dena

[Mark Walker]

Mine is self-explanatory. #

Playing anywhere other than IN the closet, milk cows go dry, horses elevate to about four feet and stampede in all directions at that altitude, cats bark, dogs meow and skunks expel their aromatic scent - all much to the total dismay of other folks in my rural neighborhood.

The nice thing is the clothes don't throw me out of the closet. #

[Lee Callicutt]

John Cleese, as the French Knight at the tower gate in the Python's Holy Grail, shouting down at the questors below:
"I farrhhht in your general direction, Engleeeesh peeegdog!"

With apologies to Grisman, as well as my late, great, Jack Russell, who I lovingly referred to from time to time as PigDog despite the fact that that wasn't her name.

[Rocky Top]

My name is George and I live in Kansas. #

And I'm a Florida Gator fan!

[Ken Feil]

I'm old (70) and been pickin mandolin since 1968. So Olpicker

[Gene Bragg]

Mandonewby was taken and everyone at work says I'm old as dirt(57)cuz I've been the 35yrs. I just started learning the mando 3 months ago. So put it together.

[Dan Cole]

My fraternity and member number: Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), Alpha Delta Chapter, University of Idaho.

[Phil Jolly]

My Fraternity as well: Kappa Sigma (Ksig)

[fredfrank]

Although you might think I have two first names, this is actually my first and last name.

[pathfinder]

I branched out from guitar with a cheap mando in 1982. #At that time, there was no Internet or Mandolin Cafe. #I had no books, sheetmusic or tabs for guidance. #I discovered chords, progressions, double-stops and solos on my own (with some knowledge of music theory acquired from my guitar background).

Over the next twenty years, I eventually smartened up and started buying books and videos when I could find (and afford) them. #But I never learned how to read tabs. #And I still prefer to 'break down' and learn a new tune on my own.

I don't recommend my 'blueprint' for learning how to play mando. #It's inefficient, it's time-consuming and one can develop a lot of bad playing habits which become more difficult to discard as one gets older. #

When I registered and was obliged to select a user name on the Cafe four years ago, 'pathfinder' seemed like a logical choice.

And I have no regrets. #The Cafe is a brilliant discussion board and just another 'path' I've discovered towards getting proficient on this little axe before I meet my Maker. #Don't worry. #I'm only 55.

[mandomick]

Being the first message board/forum I'd ever seen and not knowing any better I thought I had to have a name other than my given Michael (Mick) Meinsler for a screen name. I couldn't help but notice all the mando this's and mando that's who were posting here so mandomick it was. Seeing how my computer skills and mandolin playing were at the same approximate level at that time, mandoduh would've been more appropriate.

[Peter Hackman]

Peter is my Christian name, Hackman is my family name.
Highly original.

[Greenmando]

I love the myth and idea of the Greenman.

[swampstomper]

My other obsession is Orienteering -- it's a form of running where you have to cut across country looking for cleverly hidden control points, picking any route you want, just using map and compass. Living in the Netherlands where most of the country is pretty wet, that just about explains it. Years ago I lived (and picked) in North Carolina in the flatlands and worked as a soil surveyor, and had to cut across lots of wet piney woods ("pocosins" they call them down there), so was stomping the swamp there too.

[G_Smolt]

Short for "Gastineau Smolt", a popular Dolly Varden fly.

Fitting, because I am Fish-Obsessed, much more than mando-obsessed...the Dolly is one of the fish I am smitten by, and I live on the shore of Gastineau Channel, on Douglas Island, Alaska.

Mark

[Rick Cadger]

duh... i used to play mostly flat top mandos.

[Sheryl McDonald]

My last name is McDonald, my hubby's last name is Harvey --when we got married, I didn't change my name [I felt like there were too many music gigs where people knew me by McDonald], so we always said we both change our name to Mcharvey. mcH is just a short version of that.... sheryl

[Narayan Kersak]

Ralian = short for, Ralian'thas Annavrin...great elven arch mage of Jacitus. (My high school dungeons and dragons character.)

[Mark Walker]

Although you might think I have two first names, this is actually my first and last name.

I used to work with a guy named 'Tom David.'

We used to refer to him as "David comma Tom." # # (David, Tom)

Great thread. Kudos to pjlama!

[Timbofood]

I used to go with a girl with 3 first names (my secret!) Dear girl, I sold a stiver for Christmas money(among it's other problems) when I was with her

[maddog]

I was christened "maddog" by an admiring "fan" when I was in a folk rock band. as by nature I`m a pretty quiet and retiring guy, even when taking the lead guitar/mandolin line, and as I`m a M.D. by profession...the nickname stuck. mark.