What did your FT Handle/Name come from? (Merged Threads)
Apr 21, 2007, 11:03 pm
#601
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Brisbane AU, Planet X
Programs: QC Life, QFF Gold, VA Gold, HH nothing,IHG Gold
Posts: 1,605
I joined FT in Jan 2001 and at that time I had just booked a trip to Bundaberg.
One thing to come from Bundaberg is Rum and their mascot is the polar bear.
http://www.bundabergrum.com.au Bundaberg Rum has some great TV adverts featuring the Bundy Bear.
I never have the same name between different message boards.
PlatinumScum you never read the Qantas section of FT until you signed up with FT.
One thing to come from Bundaberg is Rum and their mascot is the polar bear.
1961 - Square bottle and Bundy R. Bear are born.
Sam McMahon invented the square bottle, the three piece yellow label and the polar bear.
Sam McMahon invented the square bottle, the three piece yellow label and the polar bear.
I never have the same name between different message boards.
PlatinumScum you never read the Qantas section of FT until you signed up with FT.
Apr 21, 2007, 11:08 pm
#602
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: PHL (and sometimes BKK)
Programs: aa/ua gold; mar titanium. SPG till I die.
Posts: 15,648
Sold it last July. 280+k miles on it at time of sale.
It's still on the streets of San Diego so...
Redbeard911 is just being an airhead 
but yeah UA Fan, I still get that all the time... I was in the TalkMail as "civicmom" so it just goes with the territory.
It's still on the streets of San Diego so...
but yeah UA Fan, I still get that all the time... I was in the TalkMail as "civicmom" so it just goes with the territory.
Apr 22, 2007, 4:16 am
#604
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: PDX
Programs: TSA Refusenik charter member
Posts: 15,978
similar tale to the previous poster's:
sxj890 was my unix login (based on my initials and employee #) back in my newsroom days, which then migrated to my first ISP account (AOL c.1993) in its splinched form, sxj.
one pivotal day about five years later, needing an anonymous but memorable (to me) handle for FT, I just phoneticized my aol handle for kicks.
nothing terribly arresting, I'm afraid.
sxj890 was my unix login (based on my initials and employee #) back in my newsroom days, which then migrated to my first ISP account (AOL c.1993) in its splinched form, sxj.
one pivotal day about five years later, needing an anonymous but memorable (to me) handle for FT, I just phoneticized my aol handle for kicks.
nothing terribly arresting, I'm afraid.
Apr 22, 2007, 7:32 am
#606
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Currently in Bloomington, IN, but Normally NYC, CDG, and even POZ or wherever FT takes me.
Programs: Northwest Airlines. MTA pay-per-ride Metrocard; zero-balance Oyster card.
Posts: 14,021
I am, alas, exactly as my handle describes me. 
Apr 22, 2007, 10:35 am
#608
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Lahaina, Hawai'i
Programs: HA Pua. Platinum WP, PR, QF, UA, AA, DL, NW Prince Preferred
Posts: 4,786
kaukau: k-a-u are the first three letters of our last name; since there are two of us (Mr. & Mrs.), double it up to kaukau; and kaukau is pidgin in the Islands for "food" (n.), or "to eat" (v.): one of our
hobbies! So it's a double entendre!
hobbies! So it's a double entendre!
Apr 22, 2007, 12:24 pm
#612
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NYC, CDG, NCE
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 2,634
When I started to travel for work I often found myself in places with only satellite phone access.
At the time, that meant around 9600 baud max on a very pricey connection, just as the age of spam was dawning. I created a separate e-mail account that I never used on any commercial site or put on any websites that I distributed to colleagues and family so that I could get critical mail without watching garbage download for hours.
When I joined FT, it just seemed appropriate.
At the time, that meant around 9600 baud max on a very pricey connection, just as the age of spam was dawning. I created a separate e-mail account that I never used on any commercial site or put on any websites that I distributed to colleagues and family so that I could get critical mail without watching garbage download for hours.
When I joined FT, it just seemed appropriate.
Apr 22, 2007, 12:28 pm
#613
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Either at the shooting range or anywhere good beer can be found...
Posts: 51,059
Mine is from Kipper the Dog, which is a very cute book/cartoon series. One of the first presents DH gave me was a talking Kipper the Dog stuffed animal.