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Spareribs
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 posted Jan-27-2005 11:56 AM
  
PBJ was kind enough in another thread to tell us how he got his handle. One member thought it stood for peanut butter and jelly (I thought so too). Now of course we know we have a Pinball Wizard among us! What about the rest of you? It would be fun to know where all those weird handles come from? Kudzu? Bob Catt? We're waiting. Let's hear from everyone. Spareribs
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JimUB
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posted Jan-27-2005 12:03 PM
First name, middle initial, last initial of my name. Original I'm not.
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PBJ
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posted Jan-27-2005 12:08 PM
You opened it up - where does Spareribs come from? - Mr. Not Peanut Butter and Jelly
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kycar
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posted Jan-27-2005 12:16 PM
Right now I wish mine was a little more original. I live in Kentucky and my name is Carolyn. Duh!  Hey, Lioness1! How about you?
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helives
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posted Jan-27-2005 01:39 PM
Mine comes from my faith in Christ, just something that was easy to remember. Also something to keep reminding me of why I am here.
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26pt2mike
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posted Jan-27-2005 01:54 PM
Years ago at work, when they found out I was training for a marathon, they started to call me "Marathon Mike", so I just shortened it to 26pt2 (26 point 2).
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tallrunner
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posted Jan-27-2005 01:58 PM
I am tall...that simple and boring
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Coastwalker
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posted Jan-27-2005 02:18 PM
'nother easy one; I'm a race walker, and guess where I live?Jay
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chipster
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posted Jan-27-2005 02:26 PM
ok, here's the story...During my first week or two at college I became friends with another transfer student on the cross-country team. He was a sophomore and I was a junior and both of us were in-eligible to race because of transfer rules. He ran his freshman year at Arkansas and due to injuries decided to transfer back to his hometown and run for his old highschool coach who had become the x-country and track coach at the local college. When my friend was at Arkansas he got to know a tennis player by the name of Chip Hooper. One day during a workout he told me that I looked like Chip Hooper. Many people heard him make the comment and before you knew it I was "Chip". It was really a stupid joke because Chip Hooper is an African-American and I'm a fair-skinned, reddish haired guy with a British and French heritage. Well it stuck. One common variant of Chip was Chipster, thus the handle. In case anyone is curious, my friend is Steve Delano. He was a multiple KS highschool state champion in x-country and track and at Southwestern College in Winfield, KS, Steve was the NAIA National X-Country champ in '82 and '83. He also won a few Nat'l NAIA track titles. His list of running accomplishments was far, far longer than mine. chipster [This message has been edited by chipster (edited Jan-27-2005).]
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martacious
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posted Jan-27-2005 02:42 PM
A roommate I had used to call me martacious or sometimes she would say "oh martacious one." She used to like to but the "acious" on anybody's name!When it came time to start creating usernames, Marty became martacious thanks to her! ------------------
Portrait of a Vegan Runner My Running Log
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SLOjim
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posted Jan-27-2005 02:57 PM
Even though with my age and a few extra pounds I've become a slow runner, the SLO (San Luis Obispo) ....is a where we're planning to retire in a few years.....actually on the coast in Cambria. ------------------
Jim
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LittleA
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posted Jan-27-2005 03:06 PM
Ummm....two Alison's in the extended family...so I became Little A...the other....Big A. I was always glad that I got the "little" vs. "big". aj
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jrescpa
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posted Jan-27-2005 03:37 PM
Jon Resnick,CPA hence jrespca. Not all that creative, but for an accountant what did you expect?------------------
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drounsevelle
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posted Jan-27-2005 03:37 PM
Sorry, kinda boring too. My name is Dave Rounsevelle, thus;
drounsevelle. Boring but original. Not many Rounsevelle's around but my mother told me that there are a few on the East Coast. I was born and raised in Oregon, but live in Utah now.
Our family story is long and kinda interesting; our name was originally Webster and the story goes that some got beheaded long ago and the family changed its name. Now where they got that long alphbit soup from...
Dave
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sheak
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posted Jan-27-2005 03:41 PM
Last name, first initial.Kevin Shea Another boring one!!!
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figbash
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posted Jan-27-2005 03:51 PM
I collect the works of the late great Edward Gorey and the Figbash is one of his characters.Tom 
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dtoce
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posted Jan-27-2005 04:00 PM
dtoce=devoted
tolerant
ordered
credible
engaging yep, that's me...
or d(Dale) toce(Toce).
yep, that's me too... or perhaps determined
thoughtful
optimistic
courteous
egotistic (if you, or I, believe all this cr*p...ha)
Actually, I'm simply---b-r-o-k-e-n...maybe I'll change it...
great thread, Spareribs!
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littlerockgm
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posted Jan-27-2005 04:00 PM
Another practical, but boring origninal: I live in Little Rock and for a while (last career, 30 years) was a General Manager in the hospitality field....hope my wife Vicki posts....her screen name is much more original....MM1928.Good running all. Jim
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mood
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posted Jan-27-2005 04:08 PM
up until September 11 my "handle" was...doom
I did a 180 and made it ...mood
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rip van racer
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posted Jan-27-2005 04:10 PM
I was originally djc1225 which was my initials and birthday.My name now comes from the fact I didn't run for 18 years.
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Bienzi
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posted Jan-27-2005 04:15 PM
some odd nick-name my father came up with, don't ask me how he got Bienzi out of Brenda, but it stuck.
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mm1928
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posted Jan-27-2005 04:54 PM
Okay, husband of mine, littlerockgm....I shall share.
I use my license plate....which signifies mickey mouse established 1928. I happen to be a mickey mouse collector(no doubt littlerockgm can validate this!) I started collecting in 1977. I always wear a mm watch and ring...and usually a rhinestone or pearl pin to work.(All about image - and it is expected of me) Not too long ago, littlerockgm remodeled the bathroom...it was his idea...of course, mm, red and yellow with wall border. He did a magnificent job! The house and my office - what great places to be - surrounded with such a happy character.
And, thanks, littlerockgm....for your support and enthusiasm!!!
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chipster
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posted Jan-27-2005 05:04 PM
sheak, You must be the Heisman Trophy winning football coach from the movie "The Little Giants" - Kevin Shea! Good to know you!Just kidding - probably the millionth time somebody gave you this grief but I couldn't resist. A lot of us at work today are in a slap happy mood. We are becoming a little stir crazy with all the winter weather I think. chipster
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mrsribs
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posted Jan-27-2005 05:28 PM
I'm married to Spareribs, thus Mrs. Ribs.
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KudzuRunner
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posted Jan-27-2005 05:34 PM
When I moved to Oxford, MS from NYC in August 2002, I was a mad table tennis player and wasn't even thinking about re-entering my running habit. But I got bit by the bug in December 2002 and by the spring I was in full flower.Spring in North Mississippi is all about green: in particular, fragrant green Kudzu vines that start snaking down out of the trees and warping across the back roads. You feel like the tendrils are actually going to reach out and grab you. I fell in love with those back roads, fell in love with the Kudzu--the color and the smell--and so when I came across this website in the summer of '03, I went with what was working for me. Adam
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