Member's Forum names

[karenfromcali]

I know mine has you all stumped... Who would know I was Betty from Boston lol. Kidding. Obviously Karen from California. Although I was born in Taunton, England

 

[wayfarer]

Many many years ago when I first read The Wind in The Willows I was very taken with the character "The Wayfarer" as I always loved to explore and ramble so when we entered the technological age I used Wayfarer as my forum and website registration name.

 

[Packinglight]

Mine's self-explanatory! I've always been a proponent of packing light for my travels (although this will probably been the lightest packing to date)
But I also want to walk the Camino with light emotional/mental baggage too.

 

[Thomas1962]

Actually my name is Ton, which is a common dutch name. For all english speaking people it's quit a strange name. (Too) many times I was explained that ton in english is... 1000 kg. (it is actually in dutch too). It also still is difficult to pronounce my name. I then explain that at moments I'm washing I'm washing-ton.

Many years ago I decided to use another name when I meet foreign native english speaking people: Thomas.
I like this name too. As a child I was already called 'doubting thomas'. (after the apostle who was doubting whether Jesus stood up from his grave). It suits me, I still like to quistion things which are taken for granted. And to be honest, I'm still doubting about that fact about Jesus, and while on the camino I'm still not so sure if the bones of my fellow apostle are realy in SdC...

 

[karenfromcali]

Many many years ago when I first read The Wind in The Willows I was very taken with the character "The Wayfarer" as I always loved to explore and ramble so when we entered the technological age I used Wayfarer as my forum and website registration name.

Always wanted to read that book but never did.

 

[wayfarer]

Read it to the kids Karen, that way you will get double the benifit and the enjoyment.

 

[hecate105]

Hecate - a Greek goddess of the night and the underworld - I actually used her name as I was reading about her when I needed to register an email address, I wasn't identifying with her! But then she was the leader of a pack of wild hounds - of which I had 5 - unfortunately down to just the one not-so-wild semi-hound Oaky (in the pic) But I do have a flock of 3 black cats...
Great anagram website Priscillian! my user name came out as 'Ace The' I'd prefer The Ace! My real name came out as the far-more-interesting Jib Goons - so I know what my next user name will be!!!

 

[SYates]

Mine is as boring as anything S(ybille) - my Christian name + Yates (my family name).

 

[2kiwis]

I am a wanderer who comes from New Zealand. We New Zealanders are often called Kiwis, after the flightless bird (not the fruit, which is a more recent hybrid). I think I tried out KiwiWanderer for an e-mail address first, but it was already taken. Nomad came to me as another choice. 06 was the year of the Great Wander the address was bring invented for.....
KiwiNomad06 aka Margaret

 

[mitch237uk]

Mine is my youngest sons name shortened, my old police number and the country I live in. I also belong to the saga lout group, but a quiet one.

 

[zwerver]

The dutch word 'zwerver' translates to 'drifter' or 'vagabond' in english.

 

[Kiwi-family]

With Ivar's help I have changed my name. I am still Peregrino blanco, but I have come out of cloaking. From now on my tag is my real name~ Ian Holdsworth. The reasons. My identity is
becoming more obvious with a web site about pilgrimage. ( have a look, tell me what you think :?: http://www.pilgrims-to-santiago.com) And I want to explore pilgrim spiritually from a Christian perspective through a blog, which will mean working with as many pilgrims as possible in an open way. ( I also wonder if my old tag was open to racial misunderstanding. I took the name because I like to wear white shirts and shorts on pilgrimage).

I never read that as a racial statement - I thought it meant you were a typical Pom with white legs <blush>

 

[Doratheexplorer-13]

My Camino was a great adventure with me the explorer!
So I just took one of my two cats' names ( the female) because it matched the kids TV show ...Dora the Explorer. I could have picked the other cat and been Go Diego Go. My Camino was this year-13.
/Patti

 

[JennyH94]

Mine is about as exciting as a grazed knee too - my first name, then the initial of my surname and finally the house number in my address.

 

[musicman]

Musicman.....one of my fascinations is how Music can be the soundtrack to a life.
I mark all the celebrations of family and friends by compiling a play list and burning a CD, with hopefully appropriate artwork, as a present.
The range is from a compilation of political songs, the night Labour won with Blair the first time to Diamond weddings, with lots of birthdays between.
I have made several lengthy Caminho playlists, which I listen to for parts of the day and can now hear certain songs which evoke sections of the Way, months later.
Musical tastes are subjective, but mine remain catholic; "left field/alternative" being the main sources, long with all the dead and secret heros.

 

[biloute]

Biloute... Means "dude" in the Nord Pas de Calais. Got it from the movie "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis," which I saw when it first came out in the theaters during the wonderful year I was an English assistant in France.

 

[indyrem]

My forum name is just as unimagiative and boring as me.
But "I am always looking on the bright side of like" as in the Monty Python song!

I've always loved reading your posts, Al the optimist. You strike me as funny, pleasant & with a non-judgemental personality. This thread "cracks" me up(another American idiom). My forum name is just that: Remy from Indianapolis, Indiana, hence, Indyrem.

 

[simply B]

"Brendan" proved to be a bit of a mouthful for some of the Korean and Japanese pilgrims. Lot of folks over the years have dropped my appellation to "B".

"So", I say to a nice Japanese lass who was a bit of tongue-twisted, "Just call me "B", simply "B". It is okay."

She laughed. "Oh, Simply B! That's Zen joke, right?"

And that's how it came to "B", I suppose.

Fascinating thread up to this point, no?

 

[pilgrim b]

"Brendan" proved to be a bit of a mouthful for some of the Korean and Japanese pilgrims. Lot of folks over the years have dropped my appellation to "B".

"So", I say to a nice Japanese lass who was a bit of tongue-twisted, "Just call me "B", simply "B". It is okay."

She laughed. "Oh, Simply B! That's Zen joke, right?"

And that's how it came to "B", I suppose.

Fascinating thread up to this point, no?

Dont knock it simply b, two bs or not ……………? Sorry I just couldn't resist it, pilgrim b

 

[RannyAlba]

Ranny is a nickname I've had since I was young, a shortened version of my surname.

Alba is the Gaelic name for Scotland, my home.

This is a top thread, so many interesting stories.

 

[Stephen Nicholls]

I'm a real weirdo - I use my proper name!

 

[mspath]

One of my blogs is MsCamino so here I'm MsPath; elsewhere I have other aka's.

MM

 

[Al the optimist]

My handle is a WYSIWYG, nuff said

 

[meriPNG]

Meri means woman in Tok Pisin, one of our many languages spoken in Papua New Guinea.
PNG is the abbreviation for my motherland Papua New Guinea.

I love that I'm a PNG woman aka meriPNG and I'm loving this forum too!

 

[Jamilla's mum]

My donkey is called Jamilla - so I'm Jamilla's mum.
She's called Jamilla because it's a variation of Jamal or Kamel (male) which means 'perfection' - and my donkey is striving towards perfection.
If you look on her website - jamilla-walking.tumblr.com/ - you can find the full explanation.

 

[emonty]

"Emonty" because my first name is Edward but my nickname is "Monty" and because one of my bosses called me "emonty".

 

[bystander]

The reason for my forum name is very prosaic.
I have been hankering, since the late 1950's, to make the camino from SJPdP to SdC.
I have on two separate occasions hitchhiked and driven the early part from England. The first time as far as Carcassonne, the second to high in the Pyrenees.
And I have sailed, by yacht, past Finisterre/Fisterre twice.
But work and family have held me back from finally putting foot in front of foot.
So I have only ever been a bystander.
On an earlier website run by Grant Spangler (I have been using the internet to research the camino since 2001, when our son was just 5!) I had a different moniker which was not available on this site.
When I know exactly when I will start I will email Ivar and apply for a new more relevant nom de nym.
However I will warn you of the change!

 

[koilife]

I have a love of koi (the ornamental Japanese carp) and an earlier house of mine had a koi pond. In the evenings, I would sit by the pond, smoking my pipe, thinking, "This is the life." Hence, "Koilife."

 

[petitewalker]

Mine's easy. I'm 5 feet tall and I love to walk!

 

[whariwharangi]

Whariwharangi is a place name on the Abel Tasman track, a great walk, in New Zealand. I once walked the track and camped at Whariwharangi.

Whari is a Maori name for house. Wharangi is a plant of the melicope family native to New Zealand. Things I discovered after I started using the name online.

And no, I'm not from New Zealand.

 

[jirit]

Whariwharangi is a place name on the Abel Tasman track, a great walk, in New Zealand. I once walked the track and camped at Whariwharangi.

Whari is a Maori name for house. Wharangi is a plant of the melicope family native to New Zealand. Things I discovered after I started using the name online.

And no, I'm not from New Zealand.

I have fond memories of walking this track in New Zealand. My wife and I walked the entire route including wading through the Awaroa Inlet during high tide. We camped at Anapai Beach and had the entire beach to ourselves one fine evening.

 

[wayfarer]

Great to see this thread bumped up again, love it. Now I'm waiting for HalfDomeorBust to tell us how he choose his name

 

[clearskiescamino]

I can't believe I haven't responded to this great post.
So here goes.
clearskies? Hmm.. I guess I have used this as a username / email sign on since I was a young 'un.
I'm optimistic (like @Al the optimist) and love blue skies..whenever we get them in Ireland

 

[MKalcolm M]

Mine is a typing error, but it registered so I stayed with it...

 

[Pelegrin]

Pelegrin was the offficial mascot of Xacobeo 1993, when the Camino Francés was promoted and relaunched.
I thought erroneously that "Pelegrin" was pilgrim in normative Gallego language, bu it is not. I have consulted today the dictionnary and the correct word is "peregrino" same as in Spanish and Portuguese. So, apparently the word "Pelegrin" was invented by the creator of the mascot, but probably used in the past.

I remember when i was a child my mother would tell me when i was dirty and untidy "vas feito un Pilingrin"
(you look like a pilingrin). For me, the word Pilingrin comes from the Middle Ages, when the Galician peasants saw the pilgrims to SdC passing through, many of them coming from France and beyond, and so that has remainded in the collective memory of Galician people associated to untidiness.

 

[Adhemar78]

I have a Master's degree in medieval history and I chose Adhemar because it's a medieval French name that I particularly like. It was the name of an eleventh century chronicler, Adhemar of Chabannes, and more notably it was the name of the Papal Legate on the First Crusade, Adhemar of Le Puy. I wrote my Master's thesis on the First Crusade, so I suppose that's the main link. Most people probably know Adhemar as the name of the villain in the Heath Ledger movie 'A Knight's Tale', if they know it at all.

The '78' part, on the other hand, is easily explained - I was born in 1978.

 

[petitewalker]

Whariwharangi is a place name on the Abel Tasman track, a great walk, in New Zealand. I once walked the track and camped at Whariwharangi.

Whari is a Maori name for house. Wharangi is a plant of the melicope family native to New Zealand. Things I discovered after I started using the name online.

And no, I'm not from New Zealand.

Was in NZ in 2008 and Kayaked and trekked Abel Tasman also. What a beautiful magical place! The most gorgeous beaches I have ever seen. I believe we also camped in Whariwharangi. Would love to go back to that country before I get too old to carry a "heavy backpack". Also trekked the Routburn Track. Now I'm getting nostalgic.

 

[thetravellingpen]

Travellingpen... I am a travel writer by trade. It's the name of my website and have been using it for years for various things.

 

[Kanga]

Easy-peazy! I have always loved the Winnie-the-Pooh books - most of life's important lessons are contained in them. Kanga is a natural for me, I think myself very lucky to have it as a forum name - as well as the Australian connection, in the books Kanga offers motherly advice and food to anyone who asks her. She also has a sense of humour. I hope to emulate those traits.

 

[Ahaj]

Just loved reading all your wonderful explanations. Mine much duller but the initials of my amazing family - gorgeous hubby Andrew, me Helen, stellar daughter Amy and wonderful son James. I will be walking solo but have already felt their total support. Feel very blessed by that.

 

[MichaelSG]

I don't really have to explain my name, do I?

 

[Larazet]

Wow this is a load of fun! Larazet is our house name, mentioned in some Chemin guides as it was an 'espitalet' for the middle aged (ages) pilgrims who passed by (presumably with blisters, tendonitis or the need of a piece of bread and ham). A good name for me as there is always bread, ham and vino tinto in this house. I sometimes feel the walls talking to me and long to be back on the Camino.

Another, Karin

 

[indyinmaine]

The "Maine" part is simple. I live in Maine! The "indy" part comes from way back and the Indiana Jones movie, "Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom". The part where he steps out into nothingness and a bridge appears for him to get to the other side. I saw that as Hollywood's best representation of "faith".

 

[Phillypilgrim]

Oh yeah, you know where I live!

 

[petitewalker]

The "Maine" part is simple. I live in Maine! The "indy" part comes from way back and the Indiana Jones movie, "Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom". The part where he steps out into nothingness and a bridge appears for him to get to the other side. I saw that as Hollywood's best representation of "faith".

Indy,
My hubby and I owned a general store on the coast of Maine back in the 80's and early 90's. It was on the Blue Hill Penninsula. Which part of Maine are you from?
And more importantly, we'll be walking Sept. and October. What was the weather like when you walked last fall.

 

[SkuDah]

Our name is just out two dogs' names combined... Skutah and Daisy.....SkuDah. - our real names are Di and George. Starting off 1 sept 14 from st jean.

 

[Al the optimist]

It is self explanatory. Some forum members have met me and know it describes me perfectly.

 

[CaptBuddy]

HA HA. Good fun to read.
My lifelong nickname is Buddy, and I'm a licensed Captain (charter fishing guide). Pretty simple, I use it all over the web.

 

[Arizona]

Plain and simple...I live in Arizona!

 

[Luka]

Easy, it's the name of my cat

 

[OTH86]

Wonderful thread!!
Mine was a spur-of-the-moment choice --- OTH is the reverse of my initials. 86 is the year I went into Peace Corps the first time - to Mauritania (and Niger 2nd time) - life changing experiences. It tops walking the Camino ONLY because it happened to me earlier in my life.
Terry - turning 70 on the Camino this October...

 

[OzAnnie]

Easy, it's the name of my cat

Lol. So we're talking to the cat !

And mine , well I'm not telling you where I'm from.

Annie

 

[awakeningaimee]

It's my Twitter & Instagram name. I have close to 250k followers on Twitter. The name came from where I was in my life & inner journey. I see the Camino as an awakening journey.

I love everyone's stories here.

Xoxoxo

 

[sriyantra]

I don't really have to explain my name, do I?

I thought it is ...Michael....is...good !

 

[sriyantra]

A Sri Yantra is a sacred geometric diagram formed by 9 interlocking triangles that surround and come from a central point. It is associated with a form of meditation which I practise and teach. Sriyantra was bestowed to me as my spiritual name during a retreat.

 

[Former member 22438]

Albertinho
I have some Brasilean friends who do not speak about futball but futje ball !
They have a different pronouncation for the T and D. Tje..dje phonatical spoken
So my original name is Albert but my friends pronounce this as Albertje.

And Albertje in Dutch means litlle Albert.

In Portugese (Brasilean) little Albert is translated Albertinho and so the world is round again.

 

[Pablo Mac]

Mine is a combination of my name in Spanish and Gaelic , Paul becoming Pablo and Smith becoming MacGabhann . Inspired by the fact that we Irish share some celtic heritage with our Galician brothers .

 

[Leaningforward]

As one who thinks daily about returning to the camino, and until then spends a lot of time reading and participating in this forum, I've enjoyed learning about you through this thread.

Leaningforward was the handle I chose when preparing in January for my first camino. The last few years have been like walking against a persistent headwind for me and my family, and at times all I could think to do was lean forward, and press on one step at a time -- which, of course, turned out to be a key for walking the camino. Now it's my frame of mind, my way marker.

 

[sriyantra]

As one who thinks daily about returning to the camino, and until then spends a lot of time reading and participating in this forum, I've enjoyed learning about you through this thread.

Leaningforward was the handle I chose when preparing in January for my first camino. The last few years have been like walking against a persistent headwind for me and my family, and at times all I could think to do was lean forward, and press on one step at a time -- which, of course, turned out to be a key for walking the camino. Now it's my frame of mind, my way marker.

I can relate to that. When those difficult times come, and believe me we have had more than our fair share, I resort to "baby steps". One small step to get going to face what lies ahead that day. Maybe I needed to be reminded of that for the Camino. Take "baby steps" each day and the rest will take care of itself. Thank you Leaningforward.

 

[twojay54]

John Jones born in 1954. (A very good year)

 

[wayfarer]

John Jones born in 1954. (A very good year)

An excellent year..

 

[L Squared]

I couldn't remember what my name was since I hadn't posted before. I just had to log in and look at my account to find my name.

My initials are LL, so L*L is L raised to the second power or L Squared. My nick name at work. Engineer working with a bunch of other engineers.....

So this is kind of similar to twojay54's name.

 

[amorfati1]

“Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.” attributed to FNietzsche / Aurelius ---
many years ago I've read this quote in a Jungian Psychology book by James Hollis, and it really caught my attention - it was precisely that what I wasn't feeling or experiencing but felt the dire need to learn to accept life on it's own terms - and not attempting to rearrange circumstances to fit my preconceived notions, hopes and conditionings.

Amorfati is to me a mandate - and I need always a few reminders now and then, hence I chose this one (or it chose me, who knows) ---

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/amor-fati-love-you-fate-which-is-in-fact-your/404079.html

and yes, an excellent thread this is indeed. Enjoyed reading the postings a lot. Thanks everyone!

 

[Olivia Luna]

Fun thread!

 

[DeadFred]

Deadfred is for my Genealogy website http://www.deadfred.com/

The site name is for this reason
http://www.deadfred.com/fred_05.php

 

[homa_bird]

I took my name from the beautiful story, from Iran I believe (Zoroastrian?) of the homa bird (sometimes seen spelled huma). The homa bird, it is said, never touches ground, it lives high in the sky and spends it's entire lifetime there. When it lays an egg, the egg falls through the sky, and there is time enough for the egg to hatch, the hatchling to grow wings, and just as the young bird is about to hit the ground, it is ready to fly, and up it goes again, never touching the earth. That's how high it lives!

It has been used as a metaphor, most notably by Ramakrishna, for a spiritual state where one isn't affected by worldly things, things of this ephemeral existence. One can live in this world, but not be of this world. One can give, love, live a full, engaged, dedicated life on earth, all the while knowing this world is an illusion, and our real immortal being (and all those we love, and have passed on) are in another, eternal realm.

I guess it's a state I aspire to, and dream of, a bigger picture I am hopelessly, helplessly far from.... but I can try, and dream

Iran's national airline has an emblem of the homa bird on the tail...notice it has no legs, which is a characteristic of the Homa Bird!

Thanks for listening! Love reading through these! Great way to get to know each other.

 

[josway2015]

Lol. So we're talking to the cat !

And mine , well I'm not telling you where I'm from.

Annie

Do we get a prize for guessing OzAnnie?

 

[petitewalker]

Wonderful thread!!
Mine was a spur-of-the-moment choice --- OTH is the reverse of my initials. 86 is the year I went into Peace Corps the first time - to Mauritania (and Niger 2nd time) - life changing experiences. It tops walking the Camino ONLY because it happened to me earlier in my life.
Terry - turning 70 on the Camino this October...

Good for you. Will have to check the calendar and see when you are walking. Maybe we'll meet up.

 

[petitewalker]

Deadfred is for my Genealogy website http://www.deadfred.com/

The site name is for this reason
http://www.deadfred.com/fred_05.php

I thought maybe it was a play on "dead head", but couldn't quite figure it out as your name is Joe

 

[Tio Timo]

"Uncle Tim"

 

[Robo]

Wow. Some of these are really clever....and deep. Mine is my first name and first letter of my family name.

 

[musicagl]

Mine is because for years I considered myself to be a musician wanna be. And agl are my initials (first, middle, last) so musicagl -- when scanned quickly became "music gal." And BTW, thanks to the loving musicians I hang out with, I now know I am, and have been for years, a musician.

 

[Tanika]

Tanika is a word from the native people's of The west coast. It means 'My Own'.

 

[zolarose]

My "name" here is really the names of two of my grandmas. They were strong, feisty, loving, protective women born in the late 1800s. I admire their grit. So I made them the standard bearers for my pilgrimage. My real name is Sandi

 

[OzAnnie]

Do we get a prize for guessing OzAnnie?

Ha ha Josway, just too easy for you !
I'll get down to Sth Oz one day and have a cafe con leche with you
Annie

 

[josway2015]

Hi Annie! Definitely let me know when you're coming down.

 

[Cejanus]

A name I was given - who knows why?
Lucius Aelius Sejanus


Lucius Aelius Seianus (20 BC – October 18, AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus, was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. An equestrian by birth, Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard, of which he was commander from AD 14 until his death in AD 31.

While the Praetorian Guard was formally established under Emperor Augustus, Sejanus introduced a number of reforms which saw the unit evolve beyond a mere bodyguard into a powerful and influential branch of the government involved in public security, civil administration, and ultimately political intercession; changes which would have a lasting impact on the course of the Principate.

 

[Stephen Nicholls]

Fun thread!

Olivia!
So delighted to find someone almost as weird as me, using [presumably!] just their name!!

 

[cher99840]

First part of my name (Cherie) and the zip code of where I live. (Skagway Alaska).

 

[Peregrinopaul]

With Ivar's help I have changed my name. I am still Peregrino blanco, but I have come out of cloaking. From now on my tag is my real name~ Ian Holdsworth. The reasons. My identity is
becoming more obvious with a web site about pilgrimage. ( have a look, tell me what you think :?: http://www.pilgrims-to-santiago.com) And I want to explore pilgrim spiritually from a Christian perspective through a blog, which will mean working with as many pilgrims as possible in an open way. ( I also wonder if my old tag was open to racial misunderstanding. I took the name because I like to wear white shirts and shorts on pilgrimage).

Ian, I tried to bring up your blog, but could only get an advert. is there a way around it?

 

[Peregrinopaul]

I can change the username for you... e-mail me: ivar.rekve at gmail.com with a suggestion for a new username... (It can not be already taken).

Ivar, you might regret that post. I hope you're not busy! After reading this post there are probably thousands of us thinking, "Why didn't I think of something more interesting?"

 

[Tia Valeria]

Ian, I tried to bring up your blog, but could only get an advert. is there a way around it?

I think that the site is closed now and so not available anymore

 

[KatefromOz]

It's just after 1am here and I read Sagalouts as Sag a lots, honest, I did... even now, I have to stop to read it phonetically correct...no harm intended.. just chuckles ... and with my own approaching later life, I can tell you sagging is/has become the direction and not jest because I am down under!!!!
Yes, the rage of Howard Beale - is what is needed, but sadly lacking everywhere. I assume very few know of righteous indignation which would no doubt be taken as "offensive" and upset someone's apple cart.
I plough on regardless.
KatefromOz

 

[vgen5122]

I came up with my name before I even knew about the Camino. My real name is not" vgen " and it does not stand for vegetarian. What is it? I don't know. It really doesn't stand for anything. Lol. It's just a made up name for a women from Northern California. Buen Camino.

 

[smj6]

Fascinating thread.
My 'name' is just the first letters of my name: Suzanne Murray-Jones. The number 6 came from The Open University when I joined 22 years ago to study for my Bachelor degree at the ripe old age of 40. Others had already taken SMJ, so the OU system would only accept it when I added the number 6!
When I joined this forum, I wanted to use my work email name of murrayjo (when emails first started at work in the early '90s, we were automatically assigned the first eight letters of our surnames), but this had already been taken by someone else. With so many sites requiring names (& passwords) I try not to burden my memory with too many different variations!!
Counting the days (109) until my retirement & my first Camino ..... I can hardly wait.
Suzanne

 

[Arn]

Arn...is, well: ARN

 

[movinmaggie]

Maybe this is the thread where I can get some instruction. I have tried several ways but no success. I am trying to remove my full name under my forum photo and leave my forum name only. Even tried to contact Ivar, but most of his messages are automated, so I only get a 'Thank you' for my donation. Not looking for thanks; looking for a way to correct this…..

 

[Icacos]

?....Even tried to contact Ivar, but most of his messages are automated, so I only get a 'Thank you' for my donation. Not looking for thanks; looking for a way to correct this…..

I'm sure there is some logical explanation for this. The very few times I've contacted Ivar, I got a personal response from him. Have you tried contacting him directly, as in a PM?

 

[C clearly]

I am trying to remove my full name under my forum photo and leave my forum name only..

I don't think you can change your forum name yourself (that is your full name at the moment). A few years ago I asked Ivar to change mine and he did. I haven't hunted around for a link directly to him, but (I'm not sure if this will work...) but you might be able to get his attention by tagging him like this: @ivar.

 

[ivar]

Maybe this is the thread where I can get some instruction. I have tried several ways but no success. I am trying to remove my full name under my forum photo and leave my forum name only. Even tried to contact Ivar, but most of his messages are automated, so I only get a 'Thank you' for my donation. Not looking for thanks; looking for a way to correct this…..

Yes, I can change your username if you would like. Will send you a private message.

 

[movinmaggie]

I don't think you can change your forum name yourself (that is your full name at the moment). A few years ago I asked Ivar to change mine and he did. I haven't hunted around for a link directly to him, but (I'm not sure if this will work...) but you might be able to get his attention by tagging him like this: @ivar.

I'm not wanting to change my forum name. It's already there. I want to delete my full name that also shows above the forum name. Ivar has responded kindly, so hope to get it worked out. Thanks

 

[waveprof]

I used to teach at Tulane University (the Green Wave) and my wife still teaches there (I teach at a nearby university). I post on a Tulane sports forum, and created my ID there when I was still working at Tulane, hence "Waveprof". It's become my online moniker so I still go by it.

 

[LauraK]

Feeling really guilty for dragging the thread back to the original topic.....

But "gyro" is short for gyrovague. A word I first heard once I can completed my first camino.
A gyrovague is a wandering religious character.....often a mendicant [sp?].

It was the wonderful combination of the two part of the word:
"gyro"...as in gyroscope, autogiro etc...perpetually spinning around
"vague" ...not being completely certain about anything whatsoever.

which seemed to describe my character terribly well.

regards to all of you
Gyro

I am glad you cleared that up...I thought you just loved Greek sandwiches!

 

[smj6]

I used to teach at Tulane University (the Green Wave) and my wife still teaches there (I teach at a nearby university). I post on a Tulane sports forum, and created my ID there when I was still working at Tulane, hence "Waveprof". It's become my online moniker so I still go by it.

And I always read your name as 'Wave- proof', which I found interesting & just goes to show one doesn't always 'read' a word, but rather skim reads & 'sees' a word as they expect to find. (Does that make sense??).
Suzanne

 

[Griffin57]

This thread is really interesting.

On my first day out on the camino, those first few kilometres up to Orisson I got chatting with a fascinating man from London,a Maths teacher, who is very well travelled mostly in the US but has also walked from John'o Groats to Landsend. We were talking about how people are usually given (sometimes choose) a nickname on the Appalachian trail.
He was great company and we successfully distracted each other from the steep climb for a few hours. We decided to give each other names, I straight away told him I would call him Prime as he is so taken with prime numbers and talked about them till my eyes glazed over! He liked his new name and said it was fine as long as people didn't think it was because he thought he was in prime condition!
He named me 'Ti burrique' which is Mauritian for 'little donkey' (his wife is Mauritian) he said I reminded him of a donkey with my pack on my back it wasn't that big or heavy honest! we shortened it to Tibu and walked together on and off for over a week.

 

[donnasanjuan]

Nothing creative here... Just me, Donna San Juan... From San Francisco, California... Walking for the first time with my husband for my 50th birthday this September.

 

[Seabird]

I use Seabird as a reminder of Hawaii, where I lived for 19 years before moving to Virginia. It's from a beautiful song entitled "Seabird" by the music group Olomana. I never realized until now, when I just looked up the lyrics, how appropriate they are for my Camino journey!

Seabird, by Olomana

Sometimes at the evening time, I miss your smile
And I wonder what it would have been like if you came and stayed a while
Laughing in the waters of a clear blue mountain stream
Looking into your eyes I thought I saw my dream
Makani until you blow my love to my side
I'll be riding like the seabird on the tide
Travel far and wide my friend I know it won't be long
Until you find the words to write your own sweet song
Go Look into the eyes of those you want to see
And reach out for every hand if it calls you to be free
Until you find your answers I will wait for you my friend
Flying like a seabird in the wind
Sometimes in the evening time when I miss your smile
And I wonder what it would have been like if you came and stayed a while
Until you find your answers I will wait for you my friend
Flying like a seabird in the wind
Flying like a seabird in the wind
Flying like a seabird in the wind

 

[Sailor]

sailor -- as in United States Navy Sailor (Retired), and oh by the way, that is Sailor with capital S (so, if anyone can fix my user name replacing the lower case s with a capital S, it will be appreciated). Thank you.

 

[Icacos]

......(so, if anyone can fix my user name replacing the lower case s with a capital S, it will be appreciated). Thank you.

If you ask Ivar nicely, he'll do it for you.

 

[movinmaggie]

Back when I was living in the U.S. for a while, I was working as Sales & Marketing Manager for a great hotel in Flagstaff. When visitors from New York came to see me during one summer season, they wanted to see some 'real cowboys' so one evening I took them and some staff members out to the 'Cowboy Bar'. T'was a night they happened to be having a country swing dance contest. They had to hold me back. I so love to dance and dance I did. At the end, I was presented with a diploma that had some hilarious script and my name 'Movin Maggie'. I loved it. It fits me well. An added note about one my eastern visitors, a very lively and very pretty young woman with that great NY sense of humour. One of the more popular 'cowboys' came over and asked her to dance. With a bit of hesitation she looked at me and I nodded to the affirmative (because I knew him to be a great dancer) so she accepted. He was well known for his bronco riding, as well as his constant tobacco chewing. He also had spent the day at the annual rodeo had not dusted anything off. Away they went. At the end of the dance, he escorted her back to our table - like a perfect gentleman. After a couple of sips of wine she looked up and said "Geez…..somebody really ought to run that guy through the car-wash………."with his mouth open!" I know this is long, but how I appreciate the memory and hilarity of that evening. Thanks for the indulgence.