Why Did You Choose Your Username And Avatar?

Mini Cooper said:
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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In 1974 I almost bought a used Mini S in green. I so wanted that car but I was in the Navy and didn't have enough money. I think he was asking something like $1600-1800 which was a lot when you only made $400 a month. I ended up getting a 2002 MINI S with 7k miles in 03. It was one of the first MINI's that came into the USA. I still have it, the mileage is around 60K now.
 
firestopper = firefighter. This photo was taken by a young swing engineer that was filling in for our normal driver. These young guys keep their phones close at hand.
We where dispatched to "investigate order of smoke" around 1 am last winter. The dispatch was code 2 (normal traffic) and took us a good 8 minutes before we made the turn and saw the glow. Not unusual to be dispatched code 2 for a sniffer call as many folks burn wood in a fire place and given the time of day, no one actually called in a fire. Anyway, we stopped this from getting into the house but it was close.
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The fuel tank was dumping and tires where blowing. My brand new probationary ff (his first fire) was trying his best but the gasoline made it difficult, in the the end I pulled a 40lb chemical extinguisher to extinguish the fuel fire while he worked on the interior. We where at the end of the hose you see pulled, the truck on fire was 2-3' away from the garage door.
 
sanddan said:
In 1974 I almost bought a used Mini S in green. I so wanted that car but I was in the Navy and didn't have enough money. I think he was asking something like $1600-1800 which was a lot when you only made $400 a month. I ended up getting a 2002 MINI S with 7k miles in 03. It was one of the first MINI's that came into the USA. I still have it, the mileage is around 60K now.
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They are fun cars, both the old and the new ones. By the way, Thank You for your service.
 
My name comes from an old video game that I played when I was a kid called Road Rash.

My avatar is me on my road racing bike.
 
Years ago I didn't waste much time with haircuts or shaving on a regular basis. So I was nicknamed scruffy by my co workers.
Thanks scruffy. Ron
 
I am originally from NZ (Kiwi) and I now live in Canada, (Canuck) so Kiwi Canuck.

I used that name on a motorcycle forum many years ago and now I always use that name when I register as I can remember it.

BTW I'm on quite a few motorcycle related forums and some of them are great sites with pretty decent members but I got to say the members on this site are fantastic, and the overall level of co-operation and friendliness is one of the best I've seen.

I love that almost every single post is supportive and usually stays on topic, hard to achieve without great Admin support and like minded members.

David.

I just added the Avatar picture just to prove that most people in Canada live in igloos including my family.
 
Quote:"I just added the Avatar picture just to prove that most people in Canada live in igloos including my family."

Yeah, that's kinda like saying everyone in Colorado smokes pot. Ohh! look!! there goes a bird! Cheers, Mike
 
My user name was just something easy for me to remember and the avatar is a Kuraki milling machine that was picked because it was the only machining pic on my computer at the time. I try to keep things simple....
 
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