GeoCaching Names - How did people come up with them

Postman Pat · Post by **Postman Pat** » 13 June 07 8:13 pm

It's What I do for a Living

AussieRAVer · Post by **AussieRAVer** » 13 June 07 10:34 pm

Love our RAV4.....

might have to change names soon... LOL

psychokat · Post by **psychokat** » 13 June 07 10:48 pm

The truck I drive has seat covers that say cute but psycho so things even out and my name is Kathryn so psychokat or Kat for short.

The Coffee's · Post by **The Coffee's** » 13 June 07 11:18 pm

Ex Coffee barista, studied Coffee growing-roasting, Nickname, anyone would think I dronk a lot of Coffee

Na! only after 11pm, helps me sleep better.

The Spindoctors · Post by **The Spindoctors** » 13 June 07 11:33 pm

Originally I was nicknamed Bobby Dazzler at high school. Shortened to Bobby and Bob at Uni. Worked as a PR Coordinator so was called the Spindoctor. Add them together...

winterdragon · Post by **winterdragon** » 14 June 07 3:20 pm

Great thread! I used my birthday - "CancerGuy" for middle of July didn't sound very appealling, so combined mid-winter with the chinese year of the dragon (when I was born) instead. Sounds so much more exotic

. As a bonus it also ties in with an AI called wintermute from a William Gibson novel, and a long time interest in dragons

Grank · Post by **Grank** » 14 June 07 3:23 pm

setsujoku wrote:some random word out of the dictionary, that is japanese for something that i cannot remember!!!

"vindication of honour" or "making up for loss"

Grank · Post by **Grank** » 14 June 07 3:27 pm

When I started at a new job there was an announcement that "Grank Bernlio" was the name of the new guy on site.

Thanks to a "mate" the name "Grank" stuck, as he announced my arrival everywhere we worked.

d.d.dudes · Post by **d.d.dudes** » 14 June 07 3:47 pm

As a family wer'e always up for a challenge........the one with the biggest laughs gets the most points.Hence dare devil dudes.......the name was blurted out once with a laugh and it all stuck.

Richary · Post by **Richary** » 14 June 07 4:36 pm

Mine is a nickname that stuck from an old pre-internet dial up BBS discussion group. A combination of my first and last names.

listmaker · Post by **listmaker** » 14 June 07 5:59 pm

Struggling to think of a geocaching name, caught sight of a school book belonging to my youngest called "The Listmaker" and figured, with the endless notes I write to remind myself of things, that it was appropriate.

Aushiker · Post by **Aushiker** » 14 June 07 6:05 pm

Do a lot of backpacking (hiking, tramping, bushwalking) and did this before getting into geocaching and other outdoor interests. Name of my website ... me identity online.

Andrew

Dik: · Post by **Dik:** » 14 June 07 7:12 pm

Back in the days of Space Invaders and Asteroids, long before PCs, you could only log your name for high score as 3 letters, usually initials.

Dik is an abbreviation of Dick is a standardised nickname for Richard. I've been using it ever since.

The semicolon on the end is just because GC wouldn't let me have my OWN NAME! I don't think they like 3 letter names.

Derringer · Post by **Derringer** » 14 June 07 7:27 pm

Not for the firearm!
Have been a sailor for many years and owned a number of sail boats, from a 30 ft ocean racer to an 18 ft "A" class catamaran.
All had the name "Derringer"
My sailing took to many places and adventures - hence it seemed appropriate for caching
Kevin

Tratty · Post by **Tratty** » 14 June 07 9:40 pm

My sir name is Tratt, my mates call me Tratty it was just easy