Where does your profile name come from? - Page 6

125xln · #76 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 02:36 AM

125XLN was the license plate of a very good 1750 GTV in CA. Way back in 1980.

Takis · #77 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 02:59 AM

Hello my name is Takis and I am an Alfaholic ....
Actually my full name is Panagiotis, Panagiotakis (little Panagiotis), Takis.
I hope those of you foreign to the greek language will not have problems understanding.
Takis.

Palmer · #78 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 03:03 AM

Bereft of origional thought, it's my surname.

gtv2000 · #79 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chi Si Dici

Caro GTV2000, as I stated, "Chi Si Dici" is a Sicilian phrase - not a proper Italian phrase. For your info., a Sicilian would answer you by saying "che Minchia dici" in lieu of "che cazzo dici" in another region.

**Chi Si Dici** · #80 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 07:06 AM

To my paisano (gtv2000),

I wrote "che" in lieu of "chi" so that you could partially understand the message. Congratulations on providing continuing education to natural born Italians, I hope you feel better. In Sicilian, it's "Chi Si Dici"! Stop being a "Minchia".

gtv2000 · #81 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chi Si Dici

To my paisano (gtv2000),

I wrote "che" in lieu of "chi" so that you could partially understand the message. Congratulations on providing continuing education to natural born Italians, I hope you feel better. In Sicilian, it's "Chi Si Dici"! Stop being a "Minchia".

turbolarespider · #82 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 08:53 AM

turbolarespider is the name of the car we took to the Grassroots Motorsports 2002, 2003, and 2004 Challenge, but I no longer have the car.

On most message boards, I'm alfadriver or something like that, but that name is pretty boring on an Alfa chat board. So I came up with using my turbo.

The name was pretty funny- on the Alfa Digest, someone asked something about the Tubolare Zagato cars, but I mis-spelled it Turbolare... and someone brought it up, and, walla- new name for my turbo spider!

Eric

**Slash** · #83 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 10:18 AM

A while back, when I was trying to finish my education, I was friends with a married couple named F_____ (my last name is H______). We decided that, if we pooled our resources, we could rent a house together and get out of our cheap apartments. Our friends started calling our house the “F_____ / H_____ House” read as “F_____ - Slash – H____ House”.

So, I became Slash H_____, hence my screen name.

After my friends started calling me Slash, one of them, who was very large and rode a big Harley Davidson motorcycle, would pull up in the front yard and yell at the house "Hey, Slash!" as he walked to the front door. Yep, our neighbors loved us.

**kengta** · #84 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 01:47 PM

kengta-Ken is my first name. My last name starts with G. I own GTA 752707 and I live in the GTA which in my case is an acronym for Greater Toronto Area.

I am enjoying this thread. Thanks to all who post.

Ciao

Ken

sfascu · #85 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 01:55 PM

S - super
F - freak
A - at
S - Santa
C - Clara
U - University

math majors are a bit freaky.

Griffo · #86 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 03:20 PM

my first name is Griffith; some 30 odd years ago at a garage I used to hang out at one of my buddies thought that Griffo was easier and it just sort of stuck as my catch-all nom d automobile.

**intune** · #87 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 06:33 PM

What my '67 Duetto, '56 Chevy, '72 Yamaha DT2, and '43 Stearman biplane usually are and my Gibson RB3 5-string banjo rarely is.

sidewaysalfa · #88 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 06:56 PM

My license plate frame:

Caution

Frequently Sideways

Had to come up with an internet/email name, so. . . .

BlpltGTV · #89 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 08:07 PM

Mine is because the car came with the original black (Bl) California plates, and its a gtv. I couldn't think of anything better, and my other screen name just didn't fit the topic.

Will

**WithanF** · #90 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 08:09 PM

Same as my license plate, which sort of speaks for itselph, but phor those who never bothered to stop and think about it, I've lepht a phew clues.

What might need explaining is the quote above my sig. A local sports writer for many years, Bill Lyon, was very talented with words. Very. He admired Lance Armstrong and his superhuman feats of endurance and courage. He'd write stuff about Lance in sports pages that was near poetry. Bill's wife got cancer. When Lance found out, he sent Bill's wife a framed yellow jersey from the Tour. The real deal. Bill wrote a story about the jersey, and what it meant to his sick wife. I've never read a better description of any color, and I happen to own a yellow car, so, with all credit to Mr. Lyon, I stole the quote.