Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > User names???

[Monty]

Bit obvious mine really, it's been passed down through the generations-in fact it's a heirloom.
I have had others-Mad John when I were a bit younger like and we used to race from one coffee bar to another, I got called Wes for a bit when I was an apprentice after a Jaz Saxophonist called Wes Montgomery. To my mates dad I was little Fred-my mate Andy had 4 friends all called John-so his dad called us all Fred to save confusion..............there was Big Fred, Uncle Fred, Red Fred, and me-it made sense at the time.

John

[Steve M]

Another one for the unimaginative club, I only put the M on because there was allready Steve registered (it's just Steve on DuN).

[TonyH]

Originally Posted by Steve M

Another one for the unimaginative club, I only put the M on because there was allready Steve registered (it's just Steve on DuN).

Same here Steve couldn't think of anything better if I'd waited until I thought of a good one I probably wouldn't have registered yet

[MARTIN H]

Originally Posted by Monty

I got called Wes for a bit when I was an apprentice after a Jaz Saxophonist called Wes Montgomery.
John

Monty, was not Wes Montgomery a Jazz Guitarist?

MartinH is just Martin Hodgson. 20 odd years ago I had started a job as a test engineer for an recording equipment manafacturer and was given a full set of various tools and was told it would be a good idea to engrave my name on them as they would get borrowed by the other engineers and not returned.

I still cannot buy a new spanner without feeling the urge to engrave MartinH on it!?

[psychlist]

Nice avatar Martin, doesn't look like much run off and the crash barrier looks very unforgiving!

[MARTIN H]

Cheers Paul, I do like that pic. It was Dun March meeting and was damn cold! The twisty road down from Hartside to Melmerby. 10 minutes before the pic was taken visibility was down to about 50 yards and it was raining heavily. The rain suddenly stopped and about 20 ducatis all set off together from the cafe. Thats snow in the background.

More pics of that day here

http://www.ducati-upnorth.com/archivef/mmmmm/index.php

[Monty]

Originally Posted by MARTIN H

Monty, was not Wes Montgomery a Jazz Guitarist?

Probably mate-it was a VERY long time ago-like 40 years-ouch!

John

[Mello-Yellow]

Came up with this because my 996 is yellow, and i remembered the name from Days of Thunder, They sponsered a car tom cruise drove in the film. Think they have something to do with custard.

Got to update it now to ste999Fila

[yeti]

Dead simple - I'm f*****g abomonible

(Is that how you spell it???)

Actually got the name when I was still in the RAF, was loading a nuke onto a bomber one night in deepest Germany, and it was so bloody cold I was wearing a brown wooly climbers balaclava.

The pilot signing for the weapon commented that I looked like a YETI with that thing on and it's stuck ever since. Only recently has that wonderful piece of clothing given up the ghost and gone to meet it's maker )-:

[chicken]

When I started doing Thai Boxing 18 years ago, a mate called me "Chicken-legs Chan" on account of my skinny legs. Over time, it's been shortened to Chicken.

The negative associations with the name means I've not met anyone else with the same nickname.....yet