Why Did You Choose Your Username And Avatar?

My Avatar, it comes from the 80's TV show, The A-Team.
i was a teenager when the show came out.
i was captured by the fact that with imagination and some education, things can be repaired or even made from the ruins of other things and save the day (even if only in some small way).
i employ these principles to keep hundreds of processing and packaging machines operational.
i am often the last help a machine will receive before it is deemed unfit for use.
i have raised the dead (machinery), too many times to count.
my moniker was given to me by my customers, i wear it proudly.
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/what-i-did-at-work-this-week.51684/
 
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What an awesome thread. I am always interested in people's stories, and there are some really neat ones here. I sure wish I could meet all you guys in person, that would be a lot of fun.
 
I was heavily into riding in the Oregon sand dunes and got the nickname from one of my riding buddies. I went through a progression of faster and faster rides until my last, a turbo charged Hayabusa powered sandcar. It had 18" of wheel travel, weighed 950 lbs and had 300 hp, needless to say it was a fun ride. My avatar is my shop right after it was painted brown to match our house.

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2volts was bestowed on me after a days trail riding on a KTM530 with electric start only and a dodgy battery and numerous push and tow starts.

pete
 
My username is something that got onto some permit I got one time. Not quite my name/initials, not quite not my name/initials. Just stuck with me for some reason. My avatar, which I just added due to this discussion, is a cartoon image of my dog (the best dog in the world) "Wiley". He is one of those once in a lifetime dogs that got lost or abandoned and literally wandered into our lives a few years ago. He is keeping my feet warm as I write this. I even named my electronics consulting/design business after him "WileyLabs".
 
I fell in love with Minis in the 1960s and lusted after them for years until I finally found an very original 1966 1275cc Cooper S (The granddaddy of Minis). I have owned the car for over 35 years. It is the one on the right in my avatar. It is the first car that my youngest son ever drove, that is his vintage racer on the left in the picture. Unfortunately that car came to a very sad end at Road America. My son is currently building a replacement for it.
 
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