How did you come up with your CPF name?

[Crazyeddiethefirst]

A little family history:
My great grandfather appeared Healthy until the age of 45, the dropped dead of a heart attack.
My grandfather appeared perfectly healthy until age 42, than dropped dead of a heart attack.
My father appeared perfectly healthy until age 32, then dropped dead of a heart attack.(I was 8 at the time). By the time I was 13, I had the idea in my head that I would probably drop dead by the age of 26... Hence I decided I was going to do the most, race the fastest, jump out of planes from the highest altitude, you get the idea...
My main goal in life was to be a military pilot & fly the newest and fastest jets there were. I would be the best I could and if I died in the process, no harm, no foul.
Unfortunately, a week before my 15th birthday, I was out on Memorial Day weekend riding motorcycles east of Palm Springs. As I was racing down a dirt road next to the all American Canal, a Baja Bug driven by a guy who had a few too many Buds was on the wrong side of the road. As usual when motorcycles & cars have head on collisions, the biker always looses. Right femur was broken and sticking out the back of my jeans, other parts of that leg broken in other places. The fender of the Baja Bug almost ripped my left leg off, shattered the kneecap, compound fracture of the right elbow(bone sticking out and bleeding) and a few other injuries I won't bother to mention. 6 months later, while still in a cast, I started riding again. And once I got my license, racing cars. Since I couldn't join the military, I decided Med school was the route. A few more catastrophe's later, including a broken back from a skydiving accident and I changed Majors. Because I always claimed to have no fear, except God, the nickname stuck(ok there are a lot more stories but that is for another thread). When I tried "Crazyeddie", it was taken. Since I have held the title for years, it became Crazyeddiethefirst. BTW, I became a Cardiovascular Nurse Specialist, then later a Chief Flight Nurse and at 55 years old I have outlived many of my previous generations..

 

[Skeeterg]

Skeeter has been my nickname since I was a kid. Don't care for it much anymore,but other names I wanted were taking already.

 

[bykfixer]

A little family history:
My great grandfather appeared Healthy until the age of 45, the dropped dead of a heart attack.
My grandfather appeared perfectly healthy until age 42, than dropped dead of a heart attack.
My father appeared perfectly healthy until age 32, then dropped dead of a heart attack.(I was 8 at the time). By the time I was 13, I had the idea in my head that I would probably drop dead by the age of 26... Hence I decided I was going to do the most, race the fastest, jump out of planes from the highest altitude, you get the idea...
My main goal in life was to be a military pilot & fly the newest and fastest jets there were. I would be the best I could and if I died in the process, no harm, no foul.
Unfortunately, a week before my 15th birthday, I was out on Memorial Day weekend riding motorcycles east of Palm Springs. As I was racing down a dirt road next to the all American Canal, a Baja Bug driven by a guy who had a few too many Buds was on the wrong side of the road. As usual when motorcycles & cars have head on collisions, the biker always looses. Right femur was broken and sticking out the back of my jeans, other parts of that leg broken in other places. The fender of the Baja Bug almost ripped my left leg off, shattered the kneecap, compound fracture of the right elbow(bone sticking out and bleeding) and a few other injuries I won't bother to mention. 6 months later, while still in a cast, I started riding again. And once I got my license, racing cars. Since I couldn't join the military, I decided Med school was the route. A few more catastrophe's later, including a broken back from a skydiving accident and I changed Majors. Because I always claimed to have no fear, except God, the nickname stuck(ok there are a lot more stories but that is for another thread). When I tried "Crazyeddie", it was taken. Since I have held the title for years, it became Crazyeddiethefirst. BTW, I became a Cardiovascular Nurse Specialist, then later a Chief Flight Nurse and at 55 years old I have outlived many of my previous generations..

Great story! Great ending to your latest chapter.

I had it in my head 36 was my expiration date from when I was a kid for a similar reason cetf.
I squeezed every ounce I could muster out of life until 40...and then some.
Figuring everyday is a bonus day I began to settle down around 40. It took a few years to learn that trick. Yet life at a slower pace works well. I'd pretty much run outta steam by 45 anyway.

But at 52 when someone says how's it feel to be 50+ I say "it aint the age but the mileage" or "you're as young as you feel except after shoveling snow all day".

 

[harro]

Just purely my nickname. Of my 54 years on this earth, i reckon i can remember being called this for about the last 50 of those years. Home, school, work, its always stuck.

 

[Crazyeddiethefirst]

Thanks Bykfixer, I agree it's the high mileage that takes it's toll. Still, being able to look at the woman I married 34 years ago and getting a stupid grin on my face, playing with my grandaughter(age 5 with a little sister on the way), my sons calling to say "hey, wanna help me work on the Jeep or let's go fishing", even if life is slower, it is really precious!

 

[prof]

It's what I do!

 

[DellSuperman]

Mine was chosen for a real lame reason. I was thinking of a forum login name back then, staring at my Dell monitor while watching "Man of Steel"

So yeah, DellSuperman =p

And if you see any DellSuperman in other forums or sites, it might just be me!

 

[ven]

Ed I remember your story and it's stuck with me, you have been through some times !!! Of course your a little crazy too


Classic dell !!! :laughing: like it!

 

[bykfixer]

Thanks Bykfixer, I agree it's the high mileage that takes it's toll. Still, being able to look at the woman I married 34 years ago and getting a stupid grin on my face, playing with my grandaughter(age 5 with a little sister on the way), my sons calling to say "hey, wanna help me work on the Jeep or let's go fishing", even if life is slower, it is really precious!

Priceless!!

And you have all those stories...

 

[Crazyeddiethefirst]

To hop off topic for just a moment/ our family was vacationing at Mount Herman, a Christian retreat above Santa Barbara. My youngest son (15 at the time)was on the shy and timid side and had a fear of heights. Well, there was a "ropes course" where you traverse through the redwoods from a height of about 25 feet. After 6 or 7 various short trips between trees(single rope to stand on, one to hold on above your head, rope bridge, etc), and then it ended with their "leap of faith" where you free jump off a tree stand to free fall 25 feet with a single rope on your safety harness and a camp teenager to hit a switch at the last moment to slow you to a safe stop. I finally convinced my younger son to go with me. 1/3 of the way through, he said "dad, I hate you! And I am climbing down at the next stop(there were ladders dispersed throughout the course for supervisors or emergency personnel access as well as egress of frightened guests. The only that kept him from stopping was that at the next tree stand there was a girl he was trying to impress. So I yelled over to my son "hey thanks for making me do this its a blast!" Got to the leap of faith, and I confess I actually thought about it for 2-3 seconds then jumped. So did my son, after we were both safe on the ground, he gave me a big hug and said "I love you Pops". Hours later I had not seen him, and the bus going to the Santa Barbara Pier was leaving in 30 minutes, so I asked my wife where our son was? She said " he's been on the ropes course for hours showing all his friends what to do"... He showed up a short time later, grabbed board shorts and a t-shirt and headed for the bus. Two hours later, I get a phone call from the SB Police. "Is Phil R your son?, yes officer, is there a problem? Well they said, the pier has a "no diving from pier sign for a reason, to protect people", your son decided to ignore that sign...Is he ok? Oh he's just fine, and so are the other 17 people he convinced to also jump in....
So I drive down to get him, and he politely apologizes to the policeman. Then gets in the car "Dad, it was so awesome-I'm just like you, not afraid of everything or anything". After a quick explanation about fearing God, and risk to reward reasoning, I realized he really was a "mini-me" and I prayed and prayed for wisdom...he now has a beautiful wife & daughter, owns his home and has a great career... Crazyeddiethefirst is indeed blessed...

 

[ven]

 

[DellSuperman]

To hop off topic for just a moment/ our family was vacationing at Mount Herman, a Christian retreat above Santa Barbara. My youngest son (15 at the time)was on the shy and timid side and had a fear of heights. Well, there was a "ropes course" where you traverse through the redwoods from a height of about 25 feet. After 6 or 7 various short trips between trees(single rope to stand on, one to hold on above your head, rope bridge, etc), and then it ended with their "leap of faith" where you free jump off a tree stand to free fall 25 feet with a single rope on your safety harness and a camp teenager to hit a switch at the last moment to slow you to a safe stop. I finally convinced my younger son to go with me. 1/3 of the way through, he said "dad, I hate you! And I am climbing down at the next stop(there were ladders dispersed throughout the course for supervisors or emergency personnel access as well as egress of frightened guests. The only that kept him from stopping was that at the next tree stand there was a girl he was trying to impress. So I yelled over to my son "hey thanks for making me do this its a blast!" Got to the leap of faith, and I confess I actually thought about it for 2-3 seconds then jumped. So did my son, after we were both safe on the ground, he gave me a big hug and said "I love you Pops". Hours later I had not seen him, and the bus going to the Santa Barbara Pier was leaving in 30 minutes, so I asked my wife where our son was? She said " he's been on the ropes course for hours showing all his friends what to do"... He showed up a short time later, grabbed board shorts and a t-shirt and headed for the bus. Two hours later, I get a phone call from the SB Police. "Is Phil R your son?, yes officer, is there a problem? Well they said, the pier has a "no diving from pier sign for a reason, to protect people", your son decided to ignore that sign...Is he ok? Oh he's just fine, and so are the other 17 people he convinced to also jump in....
So I drive down to get him, and he politely apologizes to the policeman. Then gets in the car "Dad, it was so awesome-I'm just like you, not afraid of everything or anything". After a quick explanation about fearing God, and risk to reward reasoning, I realized he really was a "mini-me" and I prayed and prayed for wisdom...he now has a beautiful wife & daughter, owns his home and has a great career... Crazyeddiethefirst is indeed blessed...

Great story & i had a good laugh at the end..
I wished my O'man would do these outdoor stuff with me.

 

[billcoe]

My name. In my defense, it's easy to remember

 

[P_A_S_1]

Good thread. Mine is just my initials which I use on other sites as well. The three letters in that order were taken so I had to add the underscores and number to use it.

 

[LGT]

Kind of obvious and surprised it's never been used. LGT is the abreviation of light.

 

[smokinbasser]

I am a diehard two stroke outboard motor owner. I didn't really trust the Masonite drive ring gear powering the oil pump so I just disabled the "auto" pump and add oil to the tank, that way I know I am lubing the motor adequately.

 

[easilyled]

Well I hope I'm not really easilyled in real life but I became fascinated with leds when I saw them in the early days on keychains and that's what led me to CPF. I easily prefer leds to incandescents so I came up with the name.

 

[lefteye219]

The reason I picked this name is because, the vision in my left eye was better than the right... So whenever I used to aim or wanted to look things with finer details or read some close print, I used to shut my right eye and only keep left eye in use... Some of my buddies started saying lefty..... And down the years, it got changed to lefteye.... well 219 is just a number that has been lucky so lefteye219 is the name I chose for myself

 

[RGRAY]

ummm, Rick Gray?
I started with that and use it everywhere.

 

[easilyled]

The reason I picked this name is because, the vision in my left eye was better than the right... So whenever I used to aim or wanted to look things with finer details or read some close print, I used to shut my right eye and only keep left eye in use... Some of my buddies started saying lefty..... And down the years, it got changed to lefteye.... well 219 is just a number that has been lucky so lefteye219 is the name I chose for myself

Nichia219s are also great leds!!