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by Texfire
Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:47 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: What's the Origin of Your User Name?
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Most screenames seem to fit into two categories, really interesting names that were carefully thought up, or haphazardly chosen ones when you need a login that ended up sticking. Mine is in the second category.

When I needed to pick a forum name for a website years ago I decided to combine my pride in being from Texas and newfound status as a Firefighter together for a name. Texasfire was taken so I had to come up with something else. The most common report writing system used in the fire service in Texas is a TEXFIRS, short for Texas Fire Incident Reporting System, so quickly modified I became Texfire. Most of my friends online call me Tex, which is original anywhere but Texas... It's grown on me, so it's become my online persona.

Only problem is the name is so jippy, I've always been reluctant to use it on sites related to the fire service for fear of the ribbing I'd get from the guys at the station. Could be worse, could have gone with something like Smoke-eater, or DragonSlayer instead. :lol:

Tex

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