how did you choose yours ?.none gardening..

Hi Joanella thats a good question. Mine Blah13 comes from when i was a kid i was a cheaky bugger to my nanna and whenever she was telling us anything about stuff for our own protection or telling us off i would just go blah! blah! blah! but as the years have went by i have come to realise she was right on everything she told us so in a sense a kind of comemeration to her. And the number 13 i count it as my lucky number its the first number i pick in comps etc. :-))

ha ha ,hope you are lucky in the comps..:o)

It's not as easy as it seems, especially with passwords, as you want one that is easy to type yet most you try are already used. I was lucky with GoY as when I was joining (yes you've guessed it) a Heron landed on my pond.

Hywel is my real name. (Pronounced Howell)

When I first joined in April 2008 I used 'Blodyn' because I thought it was going to be a security word. At that time I didn't realise I would have conversations with people and be called by a cat's name.
So I deleted the page and re-joined using my own name, with which I feel much more comfortable. :o))

so far so good ;-))

easy one for you then heron, i agree with the passwords..:o)
lol hywel, nothing wrong with blodyn :o)
:o) blah..

Funny things are 'user names' we're encouraged to create them yet in time we're often addressed by our real name. Is it a security issue?

No there's nothing wrong with Blodyn for a pretty female cat. But not for a grumpy middle aged man lol - it just didn't feel right ;o)

Mine is self explanatory but I am curious about a lot of members and the reasoning behind their choice, have spent ages at times trying to figure them out...........

let me see why did i choose mine lol can you guess joanella ;o))

No I'm not a sailor as Hywel first thought,lol,mines after our cat who's called symba, but we always call him simbad because he's so naughty,lol, use it on lots of sites easy for me to remember, seeing as he usually tries to help !!!! when I'm on the computer,lol.

I'm with Hywel on the password, I knew nothing about computing until this year, assumed the first thing that came to mine, my cat Megan and 75 for no special reason really. Some Goyers know my real name but I'm happy to be Megan ! : o ) )

My name used to be Mary Angela Dodds - initials MAD. However, my mother never actually addressed me as Mary, so I'm Angela.
My surname was changed when my mother re-married, then it changed again when I got married. Then I had a little go of looking for ancestors and came to a full stop because unknown to the present family my grandfather had changed the whole family's name in 1925. So I'll stick with MAD!

I got stuck with my initials then found it could not be changed.

know what you mean D,, i want to take baz off lol, as he doesnt come on here and hates gardening :o))

You could delete your page and re-join as a new member like I did. I deleted the 'Blodyn' page and joined again using 'Hywel' which I preffer.

i just dont want to have to reset all my pics and blogs though hywel so will just leave it as it is. maybe a function that allows us to change our name would be better :o)

I asked about that but it isn't possible apparently. I can understand how you feel about your photos etc. I felt the same but I haven't reset the photos, only in the process of doing the blogs. My plants will flower again in the summer so I'll put more pics of them then.
We all know you as Sandra anyway :o) x

thanx hywel, your a sweetie :o)) x

lol :o)) x

Last three letters part of surname...first part self explanatory !! Lol

lol jane ;o)

Thought I would pop that on before he comes home ! Lol

Mine's after the film Thelma & Louise !
My sister and i used to be adventurous - just like them and we were dubbed Thelma - for her and Louise - for me :-)

Seems like an age ago now though :-/

lol jane, not long now ;o)
louise i love that film ;o)

I wanted something different to the names I use on other forums......Amble.....that is where I live......Alice...my middle name......simples.....lol :o))

The 'Henry' bit is obvious, and 'Spritz' was my son's lovely dog - so there you are! :-))

my name is after my great grandaughter age 2, just liked the name khayla, good question.

thank you all for your comments ,theres some good names here, lol bb, i wondered where mad came from but i wont say why i thought you had that name mad lol .
it has been interesting finding out how we got our names..:o))

my son peter introduced me to computing and his pen name is piers38
so i am piersdad

as a girl I grew up in a part of sunderland called seaburn. It is a place I always go back to when I need 'spiritual' healing. going 'home' to put everything in to perspective. The beach is fantastic.

thank you piers38sdad :o))
hi sbg,that sounds like a nice place to go :o))

it is a lovely sand beach with proper rockpools too.

I wondered when I would be asked to explain mine. No I`ve never been a lapdancer...lol! I did however once own a beatiful yellow labrador called Hannah who would `dance` around the room when the radio was on, goodness knows why but it made us all laugh all the same. When it came to choosing a email address I though lab-dancer was a good play on words and the 51 was my age at the time. :o)

i can just imagine it bathed in sunshine, :o)

hi labd,that was a good choice for you,you have spoilt it now for all of us who thought you were the dancer lol :o))

Mine goes with my name, and a nursery rhymme.

aww thats sweet ..:o)) cant say i remember the rhyme...:o)

Pretty maids all in a row, silver bells and cockle shells comes to mind . . . .

thanks megan,had a senior moment remembered when id sent comment,its that long since i said the rhyme im not surprised i forgot it lol..

Our avitar is a black and white version of the mask above the temple folly and 'Kensington' comes from the garden address.

Mine is Jacque short 4 Jacqueline my real name ;) & My Lovely German Shepherd Summer is on My Member Pic :)

and a very posh name too kensington , :o))
hi jaque,i love the name summer..pics nice too.:o)

Thanx Joan :) She was given that name @ the RSPCA Rescue Centre where i got her from :)

aww she has a good life now with you and yours.. :o))

:)

Uma is a name of my male cat Umka, but a little bit shortened. :)

hi Uma,quite a lot of people use the names of their pets, it shows how much you all think of them. :o)).

Yes, Joanella, we all love them very much...

i know you do..:o)))

I had no particular reason to hide my identity, also I was starting to get confused with what name I had used where, so I just fell back on the boring truth.- the name given to me originally, omitting my middle name. (the trouble with lies is that you have to remember them).
Luckily Gurth is a pretty rare name so I can get away with naming a website www.gurth.weebly.com for instance. Simply add my surname and I have a pretty unique combination.
I chose the colour because it reminds me of the sun, although blue is really my favourite colour.

thanx gurth,you are right it is a rare name but as you say easy to remember too ..:o))

Joanella I have just seen this blog after asking you the question about your name! Mine is my first and middle names together that's why I was curious about your Ella :-)))

i thought ,you thought mine was Ella,you have 2 nice names there so easy for you to choose :o))