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What's in your name?

Posted on: March 19, 2008 3:41 pm
Edited on: March 19, 2008 3:41 pm
 

As I go thru here day after day I always wonder how it is people come up with their screen names.  So my question to you is, how did you come up with yours?

Myself, well mine is from my "birth unit".  I grew up in the most decorated unit in the Army.  It is the 187th Infantry Regiment "Rakkasans".  So there in lies the story behind my screen name.  RAK is short for Rakkasans and then the number of the unit.  I loved this unit like no other.  If I could change my birth certificate it would say I was born in Rakkasan, USA.   The Tori is a symbol of strength for me.  When ever I feel down on my luck I know I can just look at it and think it could be worse, so get up and make things better.  This unit changed my life and gave me direction.  The leaders of the unit were like no other.  The were tough yet respectful and ecouraging.   That is how I came to setting my screen name RAK187. 

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urban.nightmare
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Posted on: March 20, 2008 1:41 am
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What's in your name?



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Since: May 4, 2007
Posted on: March 20, 2008 3:08 am

What's in your name?

Well my original screenname was andrew_p13. My 1st name is Andrew, my last name begins with the letter P, and the 13 was Maurice Clarett's number while he was at Ohio State (I made the profile when he was on the NC winning team in 2002). Since they I've had a bunch of new profiles, most of them being andrew13##. I have a short temper incase you're wondering why I've had so many profiles.

As for my avatar, I like to have a funny one. I come from an Italian family and I love soccer. So this is a picture of Christiano Ronaldo (a Portugese soccer player) with the text "I wish I was Italian". The Portuguese are one of our biggest rivals which is why it's funny. Of course if you don't watch soccer you probably don't understand.



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Since: Dec 11, 2007
Posted on: March 23, 2008 10:36 pm

What's in your name?

I like the guy who replied first, I am in the 3/4 in the USMC! I have been called Bubba all my life, and I am in the Marines and we are Devil Dogs! So I just came up with Bubba the Dog!



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Since: Nov 6, 2006
Posted on: March 24, 2008 1:25 pm

What's in your name?

Well Jody here is the background on my name. Growing up in High School we used to hang out on the street corner and talk and BS on Friday and Saturday nights. Sometimes my Uncle Basil would stop on his way home and talk with us. One day a friend of mine started calling me Bazz which was short for Basil. The number 34 comes from by high school basketball number 34. I just put the 2 together and came up with bazz34. I have been using that screen name since 1997.



urban.nightmare
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Posted on: March 25, 2008 6:40 am
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Since: Dec 18, 2006
Posted on: March 30, 2008 1:08 pm

What's in your name?

RAK187, interesting take on your screen name, especially the part of what Tori symbolizes. However my screen name is part of my middle name. It was easier for me to do that, than to really use my brain to come up with something else.



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Since: Jan 23, 2008
Posted on: April 8, 2008 9:16 pm

What's in your name?

The way I came up with my name is easy.

Vikings-Favorite team & #1 all sports team

'68-year I was born

Rak, from 1 serviceman to another('88-'95 U.S. Army 1/8 Inf. Bn) Thanks for all you do and have done!!



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Since: Sep 8, 2006
Posted on: April 9, 2008 4:53 pm

What's in your name?

Vikings,

    thank you, as you know it is an honor to serve our great nation. 



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Level: All-Star
Since: Jan 31, 2007
Posted on: April 10, 2008 3:23 pm

What's in your name?

Well teixeirafan_23  can kind of explain it all.  I'm a huge Mark Teixeira fan.  It's just to bad that Mark Teixeira's number had to change to 24. 



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