Just Wondering....

[Possum]

Years ago, I found myself in a politically difficult situation at work. After a change of department managers, it became clear the new shirt was looking for an excuse to get rid of me.

I needed to keep the job, so I set out to not give him an excuse. I came in early, stayed late, took short lunch breaks, and generally made sure that anytime he walked into my repair lab, I had my head down and was working on something.

My co-workers teased me about "playing possum", and from there it just stuck...

By the way, that company eventually went tits-up, but I kept my job until the 5th round of layoffs

[Puke]

wow, thanks to the link to this thread, it was before my time!

it was cool to read throug it, and see PBW adversaries that had dropped off of the board before i started reading it, or to see old posters who started the community that dont show up much anymore.

back in 1994 there was an up-and-coming internet provider (dialup, what else?) called CRL. they are either dead now, or just forgotten. back then a friend of mine from CA came out to visit me in TX (i was staying there for a few years) and set me up with a dialup account. my name, Luke, was taken. Puke, however was not, and it is the account name that he gave me. as the years rolled on, and after i moved back to CA and i started to gain a reputation for my drinking habits, the name stuck. hell, now its even the Last 4 digits of my phone number.

[Praetor]

Praetor was the title of officers in the old Roman Praetorian Guard. Sounds kinda cool, I think. When I play solo games or whatnot I often use the name "Aeryn" (from farscape), which i also think is kinda cool, but I'm always kinda embarassed to use it in Online games, what with being a GIRL's name and all

Praetor

[Shyrka]

Mine is from Ulysses 31's series, my all-time favourite of my childhood. "Shyrka" was the main computer of the Odisseus ship. It was too the only permanent "female" character, except for the girl Thais.

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

As with Many of the other handles out there, mine came from a favorite RPG Character. 1st edition Shadowrun, set in Seattle. RhineStone Cowboy was an Ex Ganger looking to make it big in the Shadows. His Street name came from the fact he liked to walk around in Rhinestone studded Cowboy boots and a black stetson with a Rhinestone Band.

My favorite Tag line of his came when the group was looking to be hired for a job:
"We Don't do Wetwork...Ummm..(Eyes Shift back and forth)...Cheap!

and thus his mercenary instincts were born....

Rhinestone

[Jack Deth]

Jack Deth is a character from a b-grade scifi flick. think it was dollman maybe? or was it trancers? same actor anyway.

ive also been known to use rex dart, from a really old really bad japanese monster flick (mystery science theater did an episode with the flick)

my main internet nick is fixitman, which i started useing on irc way back around 1991. tho it has gotten to be pretty common, so i dont use it much any more.

[Fyron]

My name comes from the SE Ladder, where I am Imperator Fyron, leader of the Kazharii Imperium.

[ 16 January 2002: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]