Screen Names

[macmax]

When I first joined CC way back when,  I was using a Mac computer and had just purchased a Nissan Maxima and was trying to be creative.😏

[Dylandude]

I was named after a well known singer songwriter from Minnesota.

[Mackdogmolly]

5 minutes ago, Dylandude said:

I was named after a well known singer songwriter from Minnesota.

I think I can guess - lol

[Travels with Lisa]

For some reason, Azamara and other cruise lines continually sent me letters "Dear Lisa" and my good friend's mother who had dementia started calling me Lisa as well.  We have done trips with a group called Travel with Alan, so I combined the two. 

 

Liz

[Mackdogmolly]

2 hours ago, Travels with Lisa said:

For some reason, Azamara and other cruise lines continually sent me letters "Dear Lisa" and my good friend's mother who had dementia started calling me Lisa as well.  We have done trips with a group called Travel with Alan, so I combined the two. 

 

Liz

So your name is not Lisa? Too funny 

[Mrs.Dukes]

My daughter-in-law has always called me “Mama Dukes”. I couldn’t think of another name when I signed up, so I became Mrs.Dukes

[TeaBag]

Such an interesting thread.  Thank you Betsey for starting it.

[luv2travel90266]

Mine is not nearly as creative but between golf trips, wine tasting trips, driving trips, cruising trips it made sense. The numbers are simply my zipcode. Unfortunately we have been tethered to our home due to the pandemic for too long. Now if we can just stop having trips cancelled on us so we can get back to our passion of visiting new places around the globe. 

[hiccups]

1 hour ago, luv2travel90266 said:

Mine is not nearly as creative but between golf trips, wine tasting trips, driving trips, cruising trips it made sense. The numbers are simply my zipcode. Unfortunately we have been tethered to our home due to the pandemic for too long. Now if we can just stop having trips cancelled on us so we can get back to our passion of visiting new places around the globe. 

Reading that the numbers are your zip code (my guess was birthdate), I immediately thought, thanks to a certain TV show,  "Oh, they must be in California!" 

[hiccups]

My first personal email address was a combination of my initials and my university.  A friend told me once she always incorrectly read it as "hiccups."

[ellbon]

On 6/13/2021 at 5:59 PM, ellbon said:

Mix of my real name. 
was easy to remember 

 

 

yours is a dog you had I am guessing 

Robin Ellen 

[luv2travel90266]

2 hours ago, hiccups said:

Reading that the numbers are your zip code (my guess was birthdate), I immediately thought, thanks to a certain TV show,  "Oh, they must be in California!" 

The birthdate is a quite a few year before. I’m just a very active senior 

[Mackdogmolly]

10 hours ago, TeaBag said:

Such an interesting thread.  Thank you Betsey for starting it.

Thanks, but I got the idea from @excitedofharpenden when he asked me about mine!

[Mackdogmolly]

7 hours ago, ellbon said:

Robin Ellen 

My middle name is Ellen too.

[tgg]

After trying and failing to come up with something clever, I used my initials. Booooooring.

[Ithikan]

Our first Azamara cruise was a 14-night jaunt around the Med in 2009: Athens to Rome via Alexandria, Ashdod, Cyprus, Turkey, several stunning Greek islands, etc., etc.  That itinerary has not been repeated.  I'm a huge Homer fan and grabbed Ulysses for my CC name, later forgot the password and so changed over to his home island of Ithaca.  (BTW I'm a woman, and received a few surprised glances during that sailing's MM get together.)  This is an interesting thread!

[Work in to Cruise 2023]

I am currently employed and very lucky to receive a substantial hourly wage.  I was considering early retirement (my husband retired 5 years ago) then realized my salary provided the funds to allow us to travel extensivly without depleating our investments.  Plus I have the added luxury of the opportunity to take Self Funded Leaves - I work 18 months and the employer will take a  portion of each pay and invest it, then I when take six months off - to travel of course! - and will still receive my monthly salary from the money the employer invested.  Hence Work'n  to Cruise.  

[Mackdogmolly]

2 minutes ago, Work in to Cruise 2023 said:

I am currently employed and very lucky to receive a substantial hourly wage.  I was considering early retirement (my husband retired 5 years ago) then realized my salary provided the funds to allow us to travel extensivly without depleating our investments.  Plus I have the added luxury of the opportunity to take Self Funded Leaves - I work 18 months and the employer will take a  portion of each pay and invest it, then I when take six months off - to travel of course! - and will still receive my monthly salary from the money the employer invested.  Hence Work'n  to Cruise.  

That is basically why I’m still working, too. DH retired 6 years ago.

[Twiga]

Twiga means "giraffe" in Swahili.   I lived in Nairobi during college and after graduation.  My friends at the University of Nairobi called me Twiga because I am tall.  Plus, I love giraffes!

[Mackdogmolly]

5 hours ago, Mackdogmolly said:

My middle name is Ellen too.

And yes, Mack is my husband’s last name and Molly was a dear departed dog.

[Host Jazzbeau]

My CruiseCritic name and profile picture* are a tribute to Al 'Jazzbo' or 'Jazzbeaux' Collins – a DJ and terminal hipster on various stations in NYC and SF back in the day.  You could look it up: https://bayarearadio.org/audio/al-jazzbeaux-collins-jazzbo

 

* I have never worn a goatee!

[PAtravelbug]

Very interesting!    PATravelBug is fairly self explanatory.  It was my mom's account and after she died I was going through her accounts and found this one.  And kept it.  My Dad introduced me to Azamara.

[trk_koa]

Mine’s the combination of the airport identifiers of two of my favorite places I used to live. TRK is Truckee, CA and KOA is Kona.

 

I do wish I hadn’t used the underscore. It’s a pain to type on an iPad. 

[TeaBag]

1 hour ago, trk_koa said:

Mine’s the combination of the airport identifiers of two of my favorite places I used to live. TRK is Truckee, CA and KOA is Kona.

 

I do wish I hadn’t used the underscore. It’s a pain to type on an iPad. 

I think you can ask cruise critic to change it by removing the underscore.

[ellbon]

On 6/15/2021 at 8:08 AM, Mackdogmolly said:

My middle name is Ellen too.

I was named for my fathers mother.. Rebecca Helen..my mother made it more modern,