Genesis of your screen name

[BuffBillsForLife]

It's just a generic (accurate) homer name.

[PonyBoy]

1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:

Great thread idea OP…

 

Mine came from business.  Had a business mentor when I was 22 years old who had a motivational poster of a wolf that said be the alpha, lead the pack or something like that on it.  So he used to always talk about that and to lead not follow…be your own boss…take charge of your life.  It was more about being accountable and an Alpha in your life than being an Alpha to others.  
 

A couple years later I got hired at a mortgage company when I was like 24 and we had 15 mortgage brokers in our office.  I’m 6’4” so people would often call me “big dog” because I’m tall.  
 

First full month I was there, the whole office closed 18 loans, and I closed 15 of them and the manager started calling me “Alpha Dog” (a play off “Big Dog”).  Second month I was there the whole office closed 16 loans and I closed 14 of them.  There was no third month there because I quit and opened my own mortgage company after those 2 months.  
 

I have been self employed ever since for past 20+ years.  But the nickname I liked because it brought me back to those early days with an early business mentor.  

 

So for a little while I started using the name “Alphadawg” as a web site login name for fantasy sports.  And created this account back then too.  Funny, haven’t used it as a login in a least 10+ years now, plus most sites now ask for your email instead of a handle anyway.  
 

But the name Alphadawg was always more of a homage to someone I saw as an early business mentor and business mentality.  My dad was my original business mentor and had by far the biggest impact on me, but this mentor came along like 4 years after my dad was murdered and just added more fuel to the fire my dad had already started.  
 

Funny thing is, I only worked for this mentor for like 6 months, but I learned a lot more than I realized then by being around him during that short stint.  Although, a lot of what I learned didn’t even become apparent to me until after I was gone and starting my own businesses.

 

Agree! This was a great thread!

3 hours ago, Ponch said:

Stay Golden! 

@Ponch. My PonyBoy screen name is not even close to The Outsiders. It's a funny story, but I can't share it on this board. 

[US Egg]

I’m almost beginning to regret not using Buff or Bill in my screen name. 🥸

[T&C]

2 minutes ago, I am the egg man said:

I’m almost beginning to regret not using Buff or Bill in my screen name. 🥸

Meh... the Beatles reference is just fine, don't you worry now.

[RJ (not THAT RJ)]

Back in the previous century, during the Flutie-Johnson debate, I was tired of people saying how much they hated "RJ," which also happens to be two of my initials.

[US Egg]

3 hours ago, mushypeaches said:

We had to do fake elections back in grammar school in the 80's, and our group came up with the Mushy Peaches Party as just something meaningless and juvenile.  Have used it as my team name for football pools and other assorted nonsense ever since

Geez, you’re sort of a pioneer.

[LeGOATski]

Mine's obviously self-explanatory 

[f0neguy]

Back when Al Gore invented the internet I was working for Bell Systems.  Had to have an email account and surprisingly “phoneguy” was taken… ☎️

[TampaBillsJunkie]

5 hours ago, Allen2Diggs said:

I'm a big fan of Tim Allen and Taye Diggs

That's the name of one of my fantasy teams. 

[Clark Rotary]

4 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Playing football in the neighborhood growing up, EVERYBODY was Bobby Chandler. Make a diving catch? “BOBBY CHANDLER!’. Toe drag catch at the sideline or end line of the endzone? “BOBBY CHANDLER!” 3 reasons; like every kid in the ‘hood, he was smallish & white & then he was Great!

Yeah but I'm pretty sure I was the FIRST neighborhood Bobby Chandler (in my mind at the time)

[NORWOODS FOOT]

Well, it all started many years ago one fateful Sunday night... 

[Clark Rotary]

4 hours ago, HOUSE said:

Sarcastic TV character that best exemplifies truth justice and the American way...

 

I want to make a snarky comment but actually, you've been delivering and extending his legend for all these years!   

[NORWOODS FOOT]

24 minutes ago, I am the egg man said:

I’m almost beginning to regret not using Buff or Bill in my screen name. 🥸

"I am the buf man"?

[TampaBillsJunkie]

I feast off boards like this and all Buffalo sports news. I've been addicted to the Bills and Sabres since birth, even though I left WNY after high school.  My parents still lived in Buffalo until 2017 and now we all live in Tampa.  I am forever a Bills Junkie.

[US Egg]

1 minute ago, NORWOODS FOOT said:

"I am the buf man"?

Have to tweak it.

 

"I am in the Buff"

[Solomon Grundy]

5 hours ago, I am the egg man said:

Egg Head was taken.

 

Eggscellent!! 

[MiltonWaddams]

44 minutes ago, skibum said:

When I set up this account, I was many years deep into livin' the dream in the northern Rockies. Another many years have passed, though, and that handle is now totally inaccurate! But I'll always be a ski bum at heart.

Where were you living? I spent 11 years living the ski bum lifestyle in resort towns.

[Gugny]

I’m Polish. 

[RunTheBall]

The site wouldn’t let me be RunTheFuc**nBall, which I scream at least once a game every game. Latest example was second and goal from the 2 with 3 straight passes against KC. Never gets old.

 

 

 

[Virgil]

My maiden name