What's the Origin of Your User Name?

[longtooth]

Welcome aboard rancher. Glad to have you. Been a while since you posted. Glad you are back. I went through your good town last night to come to San Ant. to visit our son for the holidays.

[gigag04]

GigAg04 = Gig 'em Aggies, Class of 2004.

Whoop.

-nick

[Commander]

Not the imaginative type and this being a Concealed Handgun Forum, I used my carry gun as my id - Smith & Wesson 6946; which breaks down as follows:

69xx= 9mm compact, double stack magazine
xx4x= Double action only
xxx6= Stainless steel frame

[Flatland2D]

Flatland was a book written in 1884 about Mr. Square that lived in a two dimensional world. The author goes into great detail describing the different social classes (mostly based off the Victorian era) and how the two dimensional figures interpret senses.

Then one night, Mr. Square gets visited by a sphere from the third dimension. Mr. Square can only perceive the sphere as a circle of changing radius as he passes through the two dimensional plane. Mr. Square finally understands the third dimension when the sphere removes him from the plane and he can not only see the sphere in its entirety, but also look back down and see everything in the world of Flatland at once, an experience he describes as "seeing through" things.

Eventually, with his newfound knowledge, Mr. Square asserts that there must be a dimension even greater than the third. With the same stubburness that plagued the second dimension, the sphere answers that surely there is nothing higher than the third. Mr. Square never understands what the third dimension is once he goes back into the second dimension. "Upward, not northward," he says to himself.

It's a really great book for anyone interested in mathematics, higher dimensions, spirituality/religion, or history.

As for my username, I liked the book so much that I made it my username for most things online. I added the "2D" (second dimension) for some originality since just plain "Flatland" is usually already taken.

No, I don't ride BMX.

[KBCraig]

No, I don't ride BMX.

Thanks. Now I don't feel so old, because I actually got that.

Kevin

[garya]

just cut my nane short.garya for gary anderson ,e-mail garyacman used that one after i retired out of army and got ac degree. simple i gues

[The Last Boyscout]

I am always the one prepared in my family. No one ever thinks ahead. Only me, I am glad to help.
The Last Boyscout

[jbirds1210]

"AF&AM 30 Yrs"

[64zebra]

64Zebra

my height 6'4" and I referee high school and college basketball
in use on several sites

[bigolbigun]

Lots of fun reading,new members tell us your story.

[Trope]

I'm very literal.

[KBCraig]

I'm very literal.

In a manner of speaking.

[loosecannon]

I'm an old, shell-shocked teacher who spent most of his career in a large
urban inner-city high school. I retired when I got too old to fight.

A supervisor used this term about me bcause of my tendency to raise questions that were not answerable with politically correct hype.

[Rallyman]

I'm a big fan of European Rally racing. Very popular in Europe, almost unknown in US.

AFAIK Rally drivers are the "Best" and bravest drivers ... my 2 cents

[longtooth]

loosecannon, dont worry around here. We all know we are right but not many of us try to be PC.