What does your Forum User Name mean?

[JayPea]

I may be one of the few on the board who have been to Colfax. My wife used to have family there and we love the Palouse.

In all likelihood you're one of the few that's even heard of Colfax, much less been to it. Whenever I meet someone on Amtrak or elsewhere who asks where I'm from, I tell them I live an hour south of Spokane and 15 miles from Washington State University, assuming they have at least heard of Spokane and WSU. I'm a lifelong resident of this area.

 

[U235]

I worked for 44 years in the commercial nuclear fuel business. U235 is the uranium isotope that makes nuclear fuel “work”.

 

[Amtrak Apple]

You likely know the Empire Builder heritage of the apple industry but others may not.

One of the reasons that James Hill was called the "Empire Builder" was his investment in building up the GN's territory -- including the apple orchards.

Not surprising - it's still booming business here!

 

[Quoctama]

Simple name, it's a word I made up when I was 4 years old and has stuck with me ever since.

 

[Cal]

Simple name, it's a word I made up when I was 4 years old and has stuck with me ever since.

I love it.

 

[PereMarquette810]

My name (PereMarquette810) was created for a few different reasons. Here they are:

1) My first Amtrak ride was on the Pere Marquette.
2) The predecessor of the Pere Marquette RR (Flint & Pere Marquette) was started where I currently live (Flint), and originally ran south through my hometown (one of the southern suburbs of Flint) to the Flint Suburb/Detroit Exurb of Holly, MI. Also, I currently live quite close to where the F&PM’s founder (Henry H. Crapo) used to reside.
3) 810 is the phone area code I’ve had for my entire life.

 

[WWW]

My name (PereMarquette810) was created for a few different reasons. Here they are:

1) My first Amtrak ride was on the Pere Marquette.
2) The predecessor of the Pere Marquette RR (Flint & Pere Marquette) was started where I currently live (Flint), and originally ran south through my hometown (one of the southern suburbs of Flint) to the Flint Suburb/Detroit Exurb of Holly, MI. Also, I currently live quite close to where the F&PM’s founder (Henry H. Crapo) used to reside.
3) 810 is the phone area code I’ve had for my entire life.

Tis a shame that the 810 in its full could not be placed with PereMarquette (spacing requirements) - - -
See if it can be adjusted to - that is if you like my point of view

PereMarquette
810


Going to a smaller font might work but maybe hard to read

PereMarquette810

 

[PereMarquette810]

Tis a shame that the 810 in its full could not be placed with PereMarquette (spacing requirements) - - -
See if it can be adjusted to - that is if you like my point of view

PereMarquette
810


Going to a smaller font might work but maybe hard to read

PereMarquette810

Is the full username not showing up on your computer/tablet/phone? I’ve not noticed this issue on my phone. Case in point, here’s what I see on it. How does your view differ?

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Is the full username not showing up on your computer/tablet/phone? I’ve not noticed this issue on my phone. Case in point, here’s what I see on it. How does your view differ?

On the website (computer, not phone), the 10 wrapped around in the box on the left so that it's below the rest of your name. Not a big deal.

 

[WWW]

Is the full username not showing up on your computer/tablet/phone? I’ve not noticed this issue on my phone. Case in point, here’s what I see on it. How does your view differ?
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AmtrakBlue shows how it is presented on a computer

 

[PereMarquette810]

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On the website (computer, not phone), the 10 wrapped around in the box on the left so that it's below the rest of your name. Not a big deal.

I see. It’s a formatting issue on PC but not on mobile. If I can figure out how to change the formatting, I will. If not, there are certainly worse problems to have.

 

[John from RI]

I just joined Amtrak Unlimited. My name, John from RI, is because I grew up in Rhode Island 2 blocks west of Greenwood Bridge if you know where that is. It was so close to the tracks that when I was in bed at night I could feel the trains as they passed. And back in the late 50's I began to ride them. Then it was mostly between Providence and Washington, DC where I was stationed in the Army. Today I live in New Jersey and ride mostly between Newark and Providence. I look forward to meeting everyone here.

 

[denmarks]

I have used denmarks for the majority of sites since AOL times. It is just part of my first name and my last name.

 

[Shanson]

Mine is first initial and last name. Not creative, but I can (usually) remember who I am.

Steve

 

[dwebarts]

Mine has no relevance other than I've used it for years in various forums and it's easy to remember. It's a reduction of Dynamic Web Arts, which also has no relevance at this point in time.

 

[Law638]

My initials & my former employment & retired badge number. Been lurking for years & now active in my dream travel! Been around the world & want to see our country close up!

 

[barskin]

I use this name everywhere: it's the first syllable of my first name combined with the last syllable of my last name.

 

[Cal]

I use this name everywhere: it's the first syllable of my first name combined with the last syllable of my last name.

And I love your profile picture.

 

[Skylark]

I love old cars, and I really love the 50s Buick Skylark convertible (which I will never own ) and I just adopted it as a sort of moniker.

 

[BalmyZephyr]

It came to me right away when I joined the forum because I'm a little balmy ("extremely foolish; eccentric") and loved the Zephyr ride, but mainly because it's a line from a madrigal we used to sing in high school, something about balmy zephyrs. Might have been the song "April is in my Mistress's Face," which is a balmy title in itself. Fifty years later, whenever I feel a warm breeze outside, I comment to my husband that it's a balmy zephyr.

 

[CraigInNC]

Well my name is Craig and I am in NC. If that doesn't sink in the icon should.

 

[a601mom]

a601mom
601 is the California Penal code for incorrigible or runaway

 

[Trollopian]

Mine harkens to my favorite author, prolific Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope. Trains feature in several of his books. ****SPOILER ALERT**** In Barchester Towers, Mrs. Proudie and oleaginous preacher Mr. Slope attempt to stop train service on the Sabbath. (I'm glad to report that they fail.) In Small House at Allington, good guy Johnny Eames punches out the caddish Adolphus Crosbie on the platform at a London station, probably Paddington. In The Prime Minister, speculator Ferdinand Lopez commits suicide by throwing himself in front of a train.

If you like Dickens or Jane Austen, I can practically guarantee you'll enjoy Trollope.

And how could I omit that the central plot of Trollope's greatest "mature" novel, The Way We Live Now (1875), is a financial bubble in which investors in a fraudulent "South Central Pacific and Mexican Railway" lost every shilling? See https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/trains-in-downton-abbey.80207/post-927796.

 

[basketmaker]

Originally my CB handle in the late 60's since everyone said I was a crazy driver and should be in a home weaving baskets. Took it as my main email address in the mid-70's when that became the future of communications. Using ever since.

 

[cheerose]

It's a combination of a username that I have used when I was single (Cheerdude) and another that my wife uses (Firerose). Mine is due to a nickname that I got in High School -- I believe that my wife's is from a book/series that she liked.