How did you chose your forum name?

[jodi]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

First name. I am soooo boring

[pearlieq]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

I've had the same screen name since the mid-90's. I'm not even 100% sure anymore why I picked it back then, but now it's just "my" name.

[sarah]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

I'm with Jodi. Its just my first name. I to am boring.l

[tabbycat31]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

tabbycat31 is pretty much my handle everywhere these days.

I'm owned by a tabbycat and 31 can be interpreted one of 2 ways... one is that it's my favorite baseball player's number, and the other is that my birthday is on the 31st.

[Broken Arrow]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

"Broken Arrow" was the codeword used by Mel Gibson in the movie "We Were Soldiers" (based on real life events in Vietnam) where they were so close to being destroyed by the enemy that they summoned all available air and ground support to bomb on their own position.

That's how desperate I felt about myself financially; that was I was so close to being completely overrun by debt that I was willing to risk destroying myself... in order to save myself.

[Jacklad]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

I've used Jacklad on the internet for years (I've been connected since 1993, before there was a web) - it was a good, gender non-specific name at a time when that was even more important.

It's a combination of the beginning of both my first and last names, and it also resonates with me because of a British phrase I grew up with - "Jack the Lad", meaning a roguish, rakish young man.

And even today, there are places where I prefer that people don't know my gender (not here ) and usually just sign myself "Jack" in that case (I'm still and always Jack to my father, the son he never had!).

Jack(ie)

[CHUBROCK]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

A friend at work calls a chubby co-worker Chub Rock. It is just a catchy name that I enjoy using.

[JanH]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

I am unimaginative.......

[LuxLiving]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

I am a gal who is frugal. I am also a gal who thinks I would seriously enjoy a luxurious lifestyle and am apt to buy the nicest of whatever I can find at any given moment as long as it fits within my budget.

Meaning I go for the 'premium' buys and nicer motels, classic clothes, etc.. If a toss up came between something gold & shiny or dull & rusty I will now days go more for the gold & shiny item.

At some inherent level I like primitive antiques, galvanized metal, rusty buckets and things that just need some TLC so alot of what I had bought/collected early in my life was also relatively inexpensive but generally needed repair or paint - but a few years back I reached a turning point where I did have enough money to buy the nicer things that life offers. For example for years I collected cobalt glassware and blue swirl enamelware. I couldn't afford the good stuff and yet I wanted to buy it so I opted for the chipped items back then and then artistically displayed them to hide the chips!

I just decided one day that okay if I want X I can have X, although it may mean waiting a while to have X and also Y because I want the very best X I can get for my dollars. Y would just have to wait. Deciding what is REALLY important to me came into play, as well as deciding to anticipate desires enough ahead of time to have money saved for items beforehand. Again, Granny's voice in my head asking me if what I'm buying is 'Trinket or Treasure?' For clothes and such I get this refrain wafting thru 'Would Jackie O be caught outside her front door in this?'

I try to make a conscious decision to go for the 'nicer' items these days, while staying within the constraints of my spending plan - thus the name Lux Living FruGALis.

[Ima saver]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

I wish I had thought longer about my forum name also. On the other forum I am on, I named myself after the creek we live on.

[Bookie]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

I work part-time as a bookkeeper, hence "Bookie."

[tinapbeana]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

I've had the same screen name since the mid-90's. I'm not even 100% sure anymore why I picked it back then, but now it's just "my" name.

maybe it's like "curlique"?

mine's easy: 1st name = tina 2nd initial = p nickname growing up = tina-beana

[tinapbeana]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

For clothes and such I get this refrain wafting thru 'Would Jackie O be caught outside her front door in this?'

ooooh, i *LIKE* that!

my frugal shopping family has much less elegant (yet still effective) rules for clothes shopping

1. just because you can fit into it doesn't mean it fits
2. only buy an item if you can afford it, comfortably fit in it *now* (not 10 lbs from now), and *love* it. anything that is beyond your budget or waisteline is a waste of money. and, since anything you don't love will simply become clutter somewhere in your house, it is also a waste of money.

[LuxLiving]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

Tinapbeana,

As I see yet another clueless woman and even (weird) men walking down the street in spandex that just doesn't quite squeeze out all the rolls but moreover accentuates them - my thoughts are:

"JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN - Doesn't mean you should!!"

I COULD walk down the street buck nekkid, but it just wouldn't be pretty!

Come on people please - if you have sixteen bubblicious rolls of fat - the spandex is doing you no favors. REALLY it isn't!

I am your friend and I'm telling you the truth. SPANDEX IS NOT FOR EVERYONE!! oKAY? If you aren't a size 2 or smaller - Throw it away. Just walk away. Yes it's comfortable. It is doing your street cred absolutely no good I tell ya! Even the FrugalGods will smile at not having to contain their snickers and guffaws!

Go forth spandex-free and be not a victim of public ridicule. CHECK THE REARVIEW MIRROR - objects in the mirror may be larger than they appear (to you)!

Just say no to spandex.

This has been a public service annoucement.

[tinapbeana]

Re: How did you chose your forum name?

I am your friend and I'm telling you the truth. SPANDEX IS NOT FOR EVERYONE!! oKAY? If you aren't a size 2 or smaller - Throw it away. Just walk away. Yes it's comfortable. It is doing your street cred absolutely no good I tell ya! Even the FrugalGods will smile at not having to contain their snickers and guffaws!

Go forth spandex-free and be not a victim of public ridicule. CHECK THE REARVIEW MIRROR - objects in the mirror may be larger than they appear (to you)!

Just say no to spandex.

This has been a public service annoucement.

AMEN!

Along those lines:
* the only men who look good in Speedo swimsuits are, in fact, swimmers.
* it's bad seeing women on the beach in a thong, but it's emotionally scarring seeing a large, hairy man in one.