Nicknames?

[BoldHighlander]

Well let's see. I've had *MANY* nicknames in my past life. In my "outlaw" biker days my road name was "Terry the Tramp." When I entered the Army, in basic training my platoon called me "Bull" after the "Night Court" character on TV (with a shaved head I was told I looked kind of like him, plus I am tall). My family has always called me "T" or "Big T" (we'll revisit that one later). In my living history days (War Between the States) I did a 1st person impression as Confederate guerrilla Captain Champ Ferguson, and to this day friends connected with that world call me "Champ." During my recent college turn as a student I was called "Chief" (I was in fact the 'chief' or president of the criminal justice club -- quite an about face from my days on the other side of the tracks, eh? ). Finally, a few years back I was involved in the retro hot rod / biker / greaser scene, and I was tagged by my greaser buddies as "Big T," while some Hispanic women involved in the scene dubbed me "Big Papi T." Now its pretty much shortened to "Papi T" -- I answer to either that, "Papi" or "T".

As for my XMTS username: BoldHighlander here is a post I made in a similar thread many moons ago:

BoldHighlander --
this goes back to when I first got a computer and had to come up with an email account.
Tried many, most taken, so my mind went back to a scene from my favorite Scottish themed film 'Rob Roy' (1995). The scene is after young Macdonald has been murdered and the money stolen by the fop Cunningham. Robert Roy Macgregor is seen approaching by the Marquess of Montrose who is having his portrait painted:

"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander.
No @rse in his breeks
but too proud to tug his forelock."

That phrase, the Bold Highlander has forever been burnt into my mind, and as I favor Highland rogues (like Rob Roy) and have been called a rebel & a rogue myself, well....

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Another of my favorite lines from 'Rob Roy':

Montrose:
"You are damned, McGregor.
Damned to hell."

Rob Roy:
"Come, Your Lordship.
Leave the devil some work."

[Finistere]

Well let's see. I've had *MANY* nicknames in my past life. In my "outlaw" biker days my road name was "Terry the Tramp." When I entered the Army, in basic training my platoon called me "Bull" after the "Night Court" character on TV (with a shaved head I was told I looked kind of like him, plus I am tall). My family has always called me "T" or "Big T" (we'll revisit that one later. In my living history days (War Between the States) I did a 1st person impression as Confederate guerrilla Captain Champ Ferguson, and to this day friends connected with that world call me "Champ." During my recent college turn as a student I was called "Chief" (I was in fact the 'chief' or president of the criminal justice club -- quite an about face from my days on the other side of the tracks, eh? ). Finally, a few years back I was involved in the retro hot rod / biker / greaser scene, and I was tagged by my greaser buddies as "Big T," while some Hispanic women involved in the scene dubbed me "Big Papi T." Now its pretty much shortened to "Papi T" -- I answer to either that, "Papi" or "T".

As for my XMTS username: BoldHighlander here is a post I made in a similar thread many moons ago:

BoldHighlander --
this goes back to when I first got a computer and had to come up with an email account.
Tried many, most taken, so my mind went back to a scene from my favorite Scottish themed film 'Rob Roy' (1995). The scene is after young Macdonald has been murdered and the money stolen by the fop Cunningham. Robert Roy Macgregor is seen approaching by the Marquess of Montrose who is having his portrait painted:

"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander.
No @rse in his breeks
but too proud to tug his forelock."

That phrase, the Bold Highlander has forever been burnt into my mind, and as I favor Highland rogues (like Rob Roy) and have been called a rebel & a rogue myself, well....

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Another of my favorite lines from 'Rob Roy':

Montrose:
"You are damned, McGregor.
Damned to hell."

Rob Roy:
"Come, Your Lordship.
Leave the devil some work."

Thank you for your reply Terry, Wow!!! I've only had one nickname, well played Sir.

[Vlad]

As for me - Vlad, is short variant of Vladislav. I'm Vlad for friends. ...
It's a joke. Actually I am Vlad Dracula! Bla-bla-bla.