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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,987
    edited March 2014
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    Strong Bad wrote: »
    My last name is Strong. Many moons ago, the founding Polk forum creator, Micah, decided to bestow this screen name upon me when this internet character was popular...

    http://www.homestarrunner.com/vcr_sb.html

    Goodness I watched a lot of those email videos in grad school...thanks for wasting my afternoon!
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,987
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    Name of the first band I was in in high school, but had to add something to it for my first email. I liked a band named Starflyer59, so I added the 59 to the end.
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es; Squeezebox Touch with Bolder Power Supply
    Game Room 5.1.4:
    Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra

    Bedroom 2.1
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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
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    Bra and Panty Inspector #24
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  • sandworms
    sandworms Posts: 1,043
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    From the book/movie Dune
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,797
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    Initintial of my first name and the first 3 letters of my last.
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  • xjghost
    xjghost Posts: 1,084
    edited March 2014
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    nbrowser wrote: »
    Sweet XJ...I need me another one...lift it, yank the sway bars, wheel the hell outta it.

    Thanks! I love them. I have a 98 Limited that will be a DD for one twin in HS and a 88 Comanche that will be the DD for the other.
    HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.

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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,481
    edited March 2014
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    First name & the first two letters of my last name. Yeah, creativity isn't my strong suit.
  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,882
    edited March 2014
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    My late mini-Eski's name.
  • JimKellyfan
    JimKellyfan Posts: 696
    edited March 2014
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    Mine is kinda obvious, for the football fan in the US that was watching in the 90's anyway. For those that did not, it is one of my favorite Buffalo Bills players, quarterback Jim Kelly.
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  • seabeerob213
    seabeerob213 Posts: 1,840
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    xjghost wrote: »
    XJ = The jeep I drive and beat on!
    Ghost = what we called my first xj because it was white and scary to drive!

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    nice rig brother
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2014
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    Last five letter of my last name
  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,522
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    I wish I had a cool story----I got nothin.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,421
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    Silver Frost was the color of my SVT Contour I drove a while back when I got my first internet handle. I teach chemistry and "speak periodic table" thus Ag instead of silver.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,656
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    steveinaz wrote: »
    I wish I had a cool story----I got nothin.

    Me neither...
  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
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    I live up here in Chicago Bears country and they're known as dabears from the SNL skit with George Wendt. So, since I'm a Cowboysfan up here I go by daboyz.
  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
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    agfrost wrote: »
    I teach chemistry and "speak periodic table" thus Ag instead of silver.

    How many Breaking Bad jokes do you hear on a daily basis?
  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
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    Well The first time I got drunk was with a bottle of Savinon blanc..... Nah, Lies just my First initial and last name.
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

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  • BKphoto
    BKphoto Posts: 409
    edited March 2014
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    Marantz 1152 DC- Denon DP 1200, Soundsmith Carmen MKII- ADS L980 - Blue Jeans IC's
  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,082
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    Lasareath wrote: »
    There are at least two other Threads on this subject


    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?146829-My-screen-name-fascination&

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?108579-My-Screen-Name&









    Lasareath is a name I came up with when i bought Ultima II for the commodore 64 back in 1982.

    Las is my name backwards. a-reath to me at 12 sounded Medevil


    http://ultima.wikia.com/wiki/Ultima_II:_The_Revenge_of_the_Enchantress

    Wow the C-64 also my first computer when I was 12 favorite games Hardball and Ikari Warriors.

    Cheers
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited March 2014
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    Last name, middle name, first initial.

    High school generated it as my Netware login back in 1997 and I've kept it ever since.
    Main Surround -
    Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub

    Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,484
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    Irrenhaus wrote: »
    Wow the C-64 also my first computer when I was 12 favorite games Hardball and Ikari Warriors.

    Cheers

    Space Taxi! Ha ha!
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    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,484
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    i LOVED ROTT! The Hand of God was the best.

    LOL! Yep! That ball of energy would just sweep through the screen vaporizing the all the enemies on the screen.
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....


    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
  • DracoAmericanus
    DracoAmericanus Posts: 112
    edited March 2014
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    Mine comes from a nick name of dragon or Draco. I used to keep toads for pets and i decided to combine the Latin names for dragon and the american toad "Bofo Americanus" into Draco Americanus and that means American Dragon and just like any modern dragon i horde shiny audio equipment
    Also i have no connection to that snot from the hairy potter series just to set the record
    There is no cure....
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  • mufsoman
    mufsoman Posts: 631
    edited March 2014
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    Work related: M.U.F.S.O. = Multi-Unit FoodService Organization. "Man" because I am.
    Parasound HCA-2003A & 2205A
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    Center: Csi A6
    Side surrounds: Polk Rti A1's
    Atmos: Mirage Nanosats
    APC H15
    Power cords by Pepster, Morrow MA4 IC's, AQ Midnight, AQ Chocolate HDMI's[/SIZE]
    The rest is TBD.
  • Sweets10v8
    Sweets10v8 Posts: 73
    edited March 2014
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    Sweet S-10 V8, 20 yrs ago when I was 17ish my dad and I swapped a V8 into my Chevy S-10 pickup. I thought it was the fastest thing on the planet... Haha
    Man cave:
    120" screen
    Epson 8350 projector
    4 Tap Kegerator

    Audio:
    AVR: Onkyo 818
    Sub: SVS 25-31 PCi
    Fronts: RTi 8s
    Center: CSi5
    Surrounds: FXi 30s
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited March 2014
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    Mine comes from the good ol' days of yahoo chat, I tried many different usernames, but everything I tried was taken. So I scratched my head and said okay, what are you? I was a dude sitting in my bedroom, so dudeinaroom was born. It soon got changed when I forgot my password, and is now dude_in_a_room@yahoo for yahoo purposes. everywhere else it does not have the underscores. As it is here it is also for hotmail, gmail, youtube, facebook and any other online games I play and is also my gamertag on Xbox live. I should probably change it to dudeinaroom+6 or dudewith5kids, but it will most likely stay as is as it has been with me for a while, and has some sentimental value to me because of all of the fun I have had with my user name.
  • scubalab
    scubalab Posts: 3,101
    edited March 2014
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    My "best Friend's" name (SCUBA) - he's a black LAB
  • scubalab
    scubalab Posts: 3,101
    edited March 2014
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    Now we need a thread... "What I THOUGHT your screen name meant"