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triaddukefan said:
I live in the (Piedmont) Triad region of North Carolina, and I'm a huge John Wayne fan ;)
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John Wayne and I share something in common- our Birthday! :) he was the best! I have many of his movies!
 
Mine is relatively obvious - Geno just makes me crazy. In the early years when I jumped on the band wagon in the early mid 90's. I would hear some sound bites and I really didn't like him very much. The more I followed him and the program- well- hence my handle.
 
Waquoit said:
I like horse racing and New England sports so when the time came to choose a handle, it seemed obvious to go with the name of the best New England-based handicap horse. Waquoit won of the most exciting races I've ever seen, the 1987 Massachusetts Handicap, beating the great Broad Brush who had won the Santa Anita Handicap earlier that year. Amazing race call, as well.

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I'm reading Ruffian- Burning from the Start. What a horse. What a shame.
 
Mine is also not that difficult to figure out. WillTalk. Will is the shortened part of my first name and by what I am called. Talk is self explanatory. Everyone that knows me knows that Will will talk. I have never been shy about expressing my opinions and I have plenty on about every subject under the sun. The forums sites on the internet can count themselves fortunate that I really do not like to write. It takes entirely too much effort to explain concepts to the degree and depth that I would prefer. My writing skills do not reach that level of competency so you should all count yourselves lucky that I am unable to post as Willwrite.
 
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When I first started lurking I thought I was the biggest UCONN fan out there so I thought I bled HUSKYBLUE.
Well that was taken (and I realized that there were some diehards here), so I signed on as huskybloo.
When we moved to a new site, me being the tech-idiot I am couldn't sign on and changed my name to huskyblooz.
My favorite artist is Stevie Ray, so it kinda fits.

I still say I love my Huskies more than everyone!
 
University of Connecticut at Avery Point. The only UCONN branch campus with it's own athletic department. I live just outside the campus. It is a beautiful campus with a great view overlooking Long Island and Fisher's Sound. They have D3 Junior College Men's and Women's Basketball and D2 Junior College baseball.
 
UCAP_Fan said:
University of Connecticut at Avery Point. The only UCONN branch campus with it's own athletic department. I live just outside the campus. It is a beautiful campus with a great view overlooking Long Island and Fisher's Sound. They have D3 Junior College Men's and Women's Basketball and D2 Junior College baseball.
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Avery Point is a very pretty spot. I was glad when the university started investing in it. It could be a real jewel for the school.
 
BigBird is an amalgam of my rather large size (make my UConn tee shirt a 4X), and the Redbirds of Illinois State University (B.A. '72, M.A. '73). It has nothing to do with Sesame Street that I know of. Besides, yellow isn't my good color...
 
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I live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, after growing up, okay, being raised, in Milford (left in 79)
 
JS said:
My initials are really JS. Long ago, in a hurry to make my first post (a retort to a Stanford fan/troll who was lording it over the UConn fans about academics), I lacked the intellect to think of anything more imaginative. Thereby proving his point.
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When anyone professes their great intellect, they rarely are--obviously you don't lack in that area or imagination!!!
 
Aime' Bonpland was VonHumboldt's assistant in their trek through northern and western South America 220 years ago. Their adventures and their discoveries dwarf in scale and importance the work of Lewis and Clark. Bonpland was Govinda to VonHumboldt's Siddhartha. He was a follower who sought to learn and then record the complexities of the world around him. He was cautious, (I followed the Boneyard Board for three years before joining) and while mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, counties, towns, colleges and an ocean current have been named for VonHumboldt, Bonpland's name (although he colated the thousands upon thousands of bits of scientific information that made his partner famous) all but escapes notice. There is something sublimely wonderful about that, and being in the sciences myself I thought that he deserved a little fame. (I use his name elsewhere as a contributer to other collections and exchanges of information).

One humorous fact about him is that he never had time to marry until he was approaching old age, and he then sought out a women who could help him to organize and record the data that he had gathered in his lifetime of study. The woman he found was reported to have had exceptional clerical skills and apparently they were happy together. As a man with a powerful wife and several accomplished daughters I enjoy occasionally reminding them of the dedication that Aime's bride showed in helping her husband to complete his life's work. I do that however while I'm standing close enough to a door so that I can make a quick exit.
 
Initially attracted by a coach's wild antics and the amazing play of kids named Taurasi and Moore, I loved longtime (and lurked) before getting the gumption to join the BY. It was a bit uncomfortable, because I had absolutely NO UConn connections other than loving the game they played. I felt like Valentine Michael Smith, intruding into the world of others. As an outlier, a personal avatar seemed out of the question, it would be meaningless to strangers. So I chose what I thought would be a thoroughly ingratiating nom de guerre that would fit in well and slide under the radar. well, you asked.
 
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As some may have guessed, it was our dog's name. When we got his papers from the breeder we discovered that all his family members were named for characters in the Tolkien books and for some strange reason Frodo was available, so it seemed like the obvious choice.
 
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First name is Vincent, middle is Raymond, I was 56 at the time I made the handle--hence, Rayvin56...
 
Jackalope said:
Since you asked...here is my story of the "Jackalope".

In the summer of 1981, between college graduation and graduate school, I got a job as a counselor on a Teen Tour. This Teen Tour was an 8 week trip, mostly living off of buses and cooking / camping at many of the cities and national parks in the Western US. I had to supervise 8 campers and got a free, all expenses paid trip of the Western US, along with $25 a week for my trouble. I had the time of my life, and it was a great thing to do before facing "reality".

I ended up on a tour which had about 60 15 year old boys and girls. The boys were OK. The girls were somewhat spoiled 15 year olds, which surprised me since this was a camping trip and anything but luxurious. The female counselors had a lot of trouble keeping these girls in line. They complained about everything, and always tried to one-up each other.

One of the activities, a few weeks into the trip, was a 5 mile hike in the Badlands. The kids self-selected in groups of 8 and counselors were assigned to lead each group. One of the female counselors was stuck with 8 of the most annoying girls, and begged me to take her place. She said that the girls might be less of a PITA if they had a male counselor. Counselors were given walkie-talkies (this was way before cell phones) and we all set out on the hike.

One of the girls asked me about the rabbit with horns that she saw displayed in many of the gift shops out west. If you have ever been out west, you must have seen this ubiquitous taxidermy creation. The Jackalope is a stuffed western jack rabbit (either full body or just the head) with an antelope's antlers grafted onto the head. Totally made up, but these girls didn't know that. I told the girls that these Jackalopes are very real and very dangerous! But, not to worry, they were also rare.

About two miles into the hike, the complaining started. "How much more do we have to hike? I'm tired! Can we turn back? What's for dinner? I'm hungry! Isn't Steph (their counselor) a B-tch!" I let this go on for a while and inspiration struck. I squelched the walkie-talkie and pretended to answer it. "What's up? Are you sure? What should we do? That will keep them safe? OK, got it!"

I then told the girls that the park rangers just called and that someone had just seen a small Jackalope herd . The park had issued a warning. What we needed to do was to quickly get back to the park info building. We also had to keep our hands up in the air and stomp our feet. By stomping our feet, we will make enough noise to keep these Jackalopes away. Snakes were also an enemy of Jackalopes. If we kept out hands in the air and waved them, Jackalopes would think they were snakes and that would also help keep them at bay.

I led them back to the info center stomping our feet and waving our hands in the air. We must have looked pretty ridiculous! When we got back to the center, one of the park rangers came over to me and asked why we were stomping and waving. The girls had gone to the bathroom. When I told him what I had done, he started laughing! He laughed so hard tears were coming out of his eyes and he couldn't catch his breath. Soon, it was time for us to leave and someone fetched the girls out of the bathroom. I saw the ranger I had told about the jackalopes still laughing, but now with a group of fellow rangers. They all smiled and waved to us as we left.

For the rest of the summer, the girls would tell people about their jackalope scare and how I saved them. I don't think anyone told them the truth, and so far as I know they went home thinking Jackalopes were real. They also never gave me any more grief for the rest of the summer.

That is how my Jackalope handle came about. My avatar is a picture of Rufus, our very old guinea pig. He is much loved by my two daughters (22 and 20).
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I too LMAO.
 
Choochoo. Retired railroad worker and husky fan since 1987 with Megan and Laura and Kerry B.
 
When this thread started last year I was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, and that is how I got my handle. In 1977 I hiked the PCT with four other guys. The trail was not finished and we only had two guidebooks between the five of us. We either had to hike all together, not really an option for such independent folks, or get to know each other's footsteps to determine who we might be in front or behind. I had a bounce to my walk, making divots with my toes as I pushed forward. Hence, Diggerfoot.
 
Handle: I live in and grew up in New York, but sometimes when you say that people automatically think that means you live in NYC. So then I go on to tell them no no no, I grew up on a farm. Then they would look at me like I was crazy and then say "Oh you are from upstate New York?" I would say no I am from western NY to try and get them to narrow the geography considering everything above NYC would be considered upstate since in terms of land mass NYC only comprises about 3% of the state and is litertally at the bottom of the state, you can only go up lol. Eventually I stopped trying to explain it to people and when they'd ask where I was from I'd just say "I'm a nuyoika!" and let them think what they wanted :cool:.

Avatar: I saw this pic on Pinterest that said "What is losing a championship game like? I don't know were UConn fans." I fell in love.
 
My handle is as simple as most on here - it's part of my WHOLE name (actually my childhood friends called me this), plus the year I was born. :)
 
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Carnac - One of Johnny Carson's many cast of unique and offbeat characters he played while he hosted the Tonight Show from
First episode date: October 1, 1962 Final episode date: May 22, 1992.

CARNAC THE GREAT - Carnac was always my favorite Carson character. During the skit, he and his co-host Ed McMahon, would give answers to questions that were in sealed envelopes held by McMahon and given to Carnac one at a time. Carnac would take the envelope, hold it to his forehead (as depicted in the avatar), the answer would then, and only then come to him, then he would reveal it to us.

Then Carnac would tear open the envelope, take out the paper the question was written on, and read it to us. The answer was always funny.
But it wasn't funny until he read the question to us. I know the show's writer's had a lot of fun thinking up questions and answers for that skit.

Sometimes I like to do a little prognosticating myself. Ergo, enter Carnac. This avatar fits me perfectly. The turban and cape just adds a little flavor.
I was looking for an avatar that no one else had. Something that was unique.

Sometimes I'll "tip the turban" to someone who has posted a profound comment or take that I really like.

My real name is Jaden. I live in Southern California. I love the UConn women's basketball team. In Geno I trust. Everyone that I work with knows that I am a huge UConn women's basketball fan because I'm usually wearing a UConn championship tee shirt and hat, and I'll share a factoid or story about how good the team is to anyone who will listen.

I attended the two games UConn played last season out here against UC Davis and Stanford back in November. That was the first time I've attended a UConn women's game. Even though we lost one of them, I enjoyed just being there, and seeing them live and in person. Watching a game in person is nothing like watching it on TV.

A lot of people were wondering and asking how and why UConn lost. If you were there, you didn't have to ask. The reasons were painfully obvious.
UConn Nation was well represented. There were lots of UConn fans in attendance. We wore our UConn gear proudly.

Attending a couple of games in Gampel Pavilion sometime soon is on my bucket list. I've been a hardcore UConn women's basketball fan since 2007. Working lots of hours during the week, and the lack of news (coverage) about the huskies out here, prevented me from becoming a fan sooner.

I love the Yard. I use to frequent another thread that was not nearly as civil as this one is. Lot's of haters there. Lots of caustic and condescending language there also. No holds barred. No censorship until a complaint was lodged. You could not use paragraphs either. The system would automatically close the spaces. The Yard is great. You guys cover ALL the bases. From a fan 3000 miles away, thank you.

I've got a good feeling (and it's not gas) about the upcoming season. Barring injury, I don't see how we cannot be one of the top 3-4 teams vying for the national championship. ;)
 
Biff said:
Back in the late 80's I think when the second of the "Back to the Future" movies came out, my then young son and I had a little "disagreement". I don't remember what it was about anymore but in his fit of anger at me and the "parental position" I was taking, he called me "mean old Biff" after the "mean old Biff " character from the movie. The mean old Biff moniker stuck for awhile whenever he was unhappy with me and eventually it got shortened to "Biff". Many people know me first by that name vs my real name now. And, I kinda adopted it as my nom de Guerre for my on-line presence and my "artwork".

As far as the Avatar, Gort represents my usual demeanor and attitude as a moderator and a person. If I don't like you I just zap you out of existence. If I do like you I still zap you out of existence but might feel bad about it.....maybe.
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I like the original Gort (1951). All business, no non-sense. That would be a great avatar!.
 
Carnac said:
Carnac - I attended the two games UConn played last season out here against UC Davis and Stanford back in November. That was the first time I've attended a UConn women's game. Even though we lost one of them, I enjoyed just being there, and seeing them live and in person. Watching a game in person is nothing like watching it on TV.
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Ahem.

In your otherwise superlative and enriching post, I think you got one teentsy statement (bolded by me) backward. The thought you intended was surely something to the effect that watching a game on TV is nothing like watching a game in person.

Watching that horrible loss to Stanford would disrupt the prose of even the most ardent UConn fan.:confused:

BTW, great recollection of Carnac cards.:D
 
I didn't know about the Bone Yard back then. This is where I get most of my news from.
alexrgct said:
What's in a name? I think it's pretty straightforward in my case; my name is actually Alex, the RG stands for my hyphenated last name, and I live in CT. HuskyNan's is also straightforward. Assuming JS's initials truly are JS, there we would have it in his case. However, not everyone is obvious:

  • Icebear- he's neither icy nor a bear. In fact, he's a man of the cloth. Please elaborate.
  • Ocoandasoc- A what and a what now???
  • J66Kicker- can he be relied upon to hit field goals and wear the number 66?
  • Calpedaler- Pedaling what? A bicycle? Contraband? Cals?
These are just some examples. What inspired you to call yourself what you do on a message board, and what does it all mean?
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This is one of the best posts I've read since becoming a regular on the yard. I spent an hour reading all of the replies. It was interesting reading about the origins of some of the names, and the backgrounds of some of the posters. 2 thumbs up to you sir! :)
 
Zorro said:
Zorro has always been my hero, the way he was always going around righting wrongs and baffling the alcalde and stabbing folks that needed stabbing, and stuff like that, and my hair turned a whiter shade of grey a while back. And there were already too damned many bears in the 'yard. And then Mean Ol Biff made this great avatar for me.
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Disney's Zorro (Guy Williams) was one of my favorite TV programs back in the late 1950's. I loved Zorro. Part of the show's theme song: That bold renegade carves a "Z" with his blade. A "Z" that stands for ZORRO. Every once in a while, I'll go to you tube, and watch an episode. The quality is not that good, but it's tolerable.
Zorro was like Paladin (Have Gun-Will Travel), they both deplored violence. But if you needed to get stabbed or shot, they would gladly accommodate you.
In the end, justice always prevailed. :)
 
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