Where did your user name come from??

[BegintheBeguine]

I love that tune as well. Chet Atkins gave it a nice go on an early 60s lp when he first started doing nylon string guitar records.

Thanks, pgoat, I'll have to look through my records to see if I have that. I love Chet Atkins.

 

[Lamont Cranston]

It is the name I used to use for reservations or when they need to call your party from the bar when your table is ready.
Lamont Cranston is "The Shadow"
Originally in Dime novels and later on the Radio and Movies.
Cranston traveled to the east where he acquired the ability to "cloud men's minds".

"Who Knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"

"The Shadow Knows"

The Radio show ran for years and was excellent! And very popular.

 

[DblCoronaMS]

Some interesting stories behind some interesting names...

Mine stems from my love of big cigars - Double Coronas - and where I live - Mississippi.

 

[LocktownDog]

"Locktown" is the name of a town in New Jersey. My family had owned the same farm there for nearly 300 years. "Dog" is from the fact that I can't recall a day of my life where there hasn't been one of the furry guys at my feet. On a couple of other sites, I go by the name Wetdog ... which is the name of the boat I haven't built yet.

Richard

 

[Joli7211]

JoLi are the first letters of my name, along with part of my birth day info... Mind you I'd have loved to have Fleur-de-lys which is what I have for a tat...

 

[MaryDeluxe]

Mary is my name and Deluxe...well let's just say I'm a top of the line type of Mary! lol lol

 

[Miss Brill]

Katherine Mansfield wrote a short story called Miss Brill. It is about a middle-aged, spinster teacher who overhears a young couple making fun of her (for wearing an out of style fur stole/neckpiece). I didn't put a lot of thought into it, but it seems right.

 

[pennycarrol]

I love this film "Swing Time" with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire!!!! The character interpreted by Ginger Rogers is named "Miss Penny Carrol"... So that's why!!!

 

[Curt Dawson]

Name

Mine is the one bestowed upon me by my parents at my birth.

 

[Lola Getz]

Fun thread!

My husband calls me Lola Getz, as in:

whatever Lola wants, Lola gets!

 

[artful dodgette]

mine is taken from the artful dodger from Oliver, not that im a gang master! i just tought it made a sweet name!

 

[Miss 1929]

I love this film "Swing Time" with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire!!!! The character interpreted by Ginger Rogers is named "Miss Penny Carrol"... So that's why!!!

I love that film so much I named my band after it!

My user name comes from winning the titel in 1988 at the Gatsby Summer Afternoon. Whole history here:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=23145&highlight=Gatsby

And I have the tinfoil tiara and sash to prove it!
I'm the one down in front...

It's also my persona on Myspace, Ebay, LiveJournal, Social Club, etc.

 

[Copper]

Nothing too creative with my name; Its just my favourite term for what I do for a living.

 

[DeaconKC]

Well, I'm a Deacon and my initials are KC.

 

[imported_the_librarian]

I guess no originality with mine, I'm a librarian with 5,000 books from the 20's to the 60's in my basement.

 

[fireman sam]

I'm a fireman though my name isn't sam

 

[Warden]

Warden, because my grandfather was an ARP warden during the war.

When I am performing Living History I use the names of my Granddad who lived through the entire length of the war on the home front.

Although he is no longer alive I feel a closeness to him, when I adopt his name.

"The past," the novelist LP Hartley famously wrote "is a foreign country". But to me it is different,the past is about our family, country and history.

(Granddad)

Toodle pip

Harry

 

[Amber DeCadence]

Well Amber is my firstname anyway and DeCadence is something an aquaintance came up with that kinda stuck

 

[RBH]

My initials.

 

[Mr.Stevenson]

Well, I happen to be Mr.Stevenson. Thus, my user name is Mr.Stevenson.