After doing 20 years in the Air Force, I bought some land in Acme, WA to retire on. Unfortunately that didn't work out, but since I always liked the name, I just stole it and added the year I bought it, hence "acme97".
In Arizona we have lizards that walk around with sticks in their mouths on hot days. When they're walking across the desert their feet get too hot, so they push the stick in the ground and climb up on it so they can cool their feet. At least that's a story some people tell to the tourists
.... I used to race Mountainbikes downhill, and also raced in road-rallies in the UK. Two separate groups with few shared members.
One evening in the pub the two groups met and ended up comparing notes and discovered that the two different groups shared the same opinion of me: That for some reason I kept trying things that were "definitely not sensible" and didn't seem to mind personal injury. After a few snapped mountainbike frames and some un-beaten times on road-rallies, I got called "Sensible" Nick.
Mine: Completely random, made-up, first-name-that-popped-into-my-head, in order to remain anonymous ... & then I go posting pics, stating that I'm in N Cent FL, mentioning Alachua County, etc. I guess I've decided not to be completely anonymous after all. I still refuse to post my address & SS#, though
When I started TBN several years ago I was an avid deer hunter thus the name. Since my focus has shifted to turkey hunting and deer hunting is just something to pass time until turkey season. Maybe I should change my user name to turkey12
Ran a manual drilling rig with a brake handle for years. Company men would see me as some young punk and call me 'just a brake weight', or '601' (my area code). I've been using Brake Weight on many forums. Although now I've moved on the the fly by wire rigs, I still prefer the manual ones.
I tried around 18 different names (for some other site) and they were all taken. I hammered out a bunch of random letters in frustration and ended up with "Zxyrthe".
TBN was the very first online community I joined, and because of my pride in owning my tractor, my Username HAD to reflect that, and the "227" has long been part of my email address.