Your USER NAME...what does it mean?

[Silence Dogood]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Dogood

[qwertyjazz]

I type on my phone and autocorrect plus small letters on my phone.

[NoGambleNoFuture]

An adjective that describes me.

Sick life

[tyro]

tyro is a novice or initiate. That describes me for sure. Then after registering I double-checked and found out she was a princess in Greek mythology who got knocked up by Poseidon and some other shenanigans. Oh well.

[KlingKlang]

Third grade nickname making fun of my actual last name. Also the sound that machinery makes when it is not working correctly.

[CABob]

Nothing exciting here. My name is Bob and am in California. The user name goes back to AOL days (You've got mail!) accessed on a dial up 2400 baud modem using a Compaq computer.

[Walleyewhacker]

My favorite hobby, love to fish.....

[GoldenFinch]

I wanted folks to think I was an author, so I picked an author's name.

Ha Ha Ha! Lol

[KSOC]

I like military acronyms.
K is for my last name, so SOuthern Command as I live down south.
When we lived in the north, we were KNOC. NOrthern Command.
When the kids went to college, my financial spreadsheets for them were named KTAC. TAllahassee Command.
Yes, my family thinks I'm very strange.

[GoldenFinch]

Im going to let GoldenFinch remain a mystery. As my teenage son would say, "It's not that deep."

[cametomysenses]

Happened when I decided to ditch Morgan Stanley for Vanguard and start learning.

[HueyLD]

Take a look at my avatar. It is self explanatory.

[bligh]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bligh

This is a nod to the nautical theme on this board as well as Vanguard itself. I also strangely admire the man. In contemporary boating culture, a captain who is foul tempered, strict and un forgiving is sometimes jokingly referred to as "Captain Bligh". As in "Captain Bligh over here made us hand steer the whole night!"

[fishandgolf]

The replies are really cool.....many folks have put meaningful thought into choosing their USERNAME. When I registered, I was sort of discombobulated as to what it should be.....it was spontaneous and I didn't have a clue what to use.....then "fishandgolf" hit me; actually, I was surprised is worked.

Thanks for sharing your personal insight.....at times it's fun to relax and have a brief hiatus from the money speak.....but only brief

[Bulldawg]

I like English Bulldogs : the one across the pond and the Dawgs in Athens , GA !

[arcticpineapplecorp.]

Episode 4 (second season, referred to in U.K. as second "series") from the Wind In the Willows titled, "Bankruptcy" (two summations of the story below from two different websites):

The weasels intercept Billy Rabbit on his paper round one Autumn morning, hoping to steal Toad's Sporting Times and get ahead of him on betting. In this they are disappointed, as Billy is only delivering financial news to Toad Hall. However, after eavesdropping on a conversation between Toad, Mole and Rat, the weasels learn how keen Toad has become on buying shares in companies. Disguised as stockbrokers from the mythical firm Ballsfoot, Ballsfoot and Carbuncle, they talk and flatter Toad into buying a substantial number of shares in the "Arctic Pineapple Corporation". Suspecting nothing, Toad gives up his Rolls-Royce to the phony stockbrokers as a "temporary" token, and then the real trouble begins. The weasels continue to visit Toad with news of other ridiculous companies and projects, in which Toad invests his other valuables. However, the companies rather conveniently go bankrupt, and Toad is told to hand over the deeds of Toad Hall to pay the creditors. Has his naivety finally proved his ultimate undoing?

source: http://www.tv.com/shows/the-wind-in-the ... cy-266936/

The weasels try to steal Toad's newspapers from paperboy Billy Rabbit, but discover that Toad only reads financial news. The weasels pose as stockbrokers and talk Toad into buying shares in the Arctic Pineapple Corporation. Toad does not have the money to pay for the shares, so he gives the weasels his valuables. He buys more shares in the Rubber Brick Company, the Trans-Atlantic Tunnel Project and the Perpetual Motion Knitting Machine. Toad's friends warn him, but he gives up his last valuables for stock in Square-Wheeled Bicycles. The weasels then break the news that all the companies have gone bust and that Toad must hand over the deeds to Toad Hall. Badger gives the weasels what-for.

source: http://www.kennethgrahamesociety.net/co ... series.htm

The moniker "arcticpineapplecorp." is a reminder how hubris can bring a downfall. It's a reminder to not invest in individual stocks. It's a reminder of how stockbrokers can be like weasels (because they're only concerned with their commissions and they'll churn you if you let them). It's a reminder to do your due diligence and not just take others' word as gospel. And finally, it's a reminder of how important one's friends are, to remind you that building lasting memories with them are much more important than trying to get rich from the stock market.

The folly of the name reminded me of the story about why Warren Buffett kept the name of his company Berkshire Hathaway even though he now considers his purchase of Berkshire Hathaway in 1964 to be his biggest investment mistake. For those who aren't aware of the origin of the name of Warren Buffett's company (he's discussed it before -- the name Berkshire Hathaway is a constant reminder to him regarding the importance of keeping an even temperament when investing):

In 1962, Warren Buffett began buying stock in Berkshire Hathaway after noticing a pattern in the price direction of its stock whenever the company closed a mill. Eventually, Buffett acknowledged that the textile business was waning and the company's financial situation was not going to improve. In 1964, Stanton made an oral tender offer of $11 1⁄2 per share for the company to buy back Buffett's shares. Buffett agreed to the deal. A few weeks later, Warren Buffett received the tender offer in writing, but the tender offer was for only $11 3⁄8. Buffett later admitted that this lower, undercutting offer made him angry.[8] Instead of selling at the slightly lower price, Buffett decided to buy more of the stock to take control of the company and fire Stanton (which he did). However, this put Buffett in a situation where he was now majority owner of a textile business that was failing...

In 2010, Buffett claimed that purchasing Berkshire Hathaway was the biggest investment mistake he had ever made, and claimed that it had denied him compounded investment returns of about $200 billion over the subsequent 45 years.[8] Buffett claimed that had he invested that money directly in insurance businesses instead of buying out Berkshire Hathaway (due to what he perceived as a slight by an individual), those investments would have paid off several hundredfold.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Hathaway

[whonoze]

Spur of the moment decision.
Maybe.
What do you think?

[Kosmo]

It's a nickname from work. Nicknames from my rugby team most likely wouldn't go over well here.

[Sheepdog]

We love Old English Sheepdogs. I was involved with Old English Sheepdog rescue for several years (Old English Sheepdog Rescue of the Southeast). We have our third one. She loves her computer as you can see.

[Peter Foley]

One of my great grandfathers. I don't think he ever had a penny to his name but he donated his house to become the church rectory.

Genealogy is one of my hobbies.

[TheTimeLord]

It's a wibbly, wobbly, timey, wimey thing.

[Sandtrap]

The Arnold Palmer Signature design golf course at Turtle Bay Resort on the Island of Oahu in Hawaii is a challenging golf course with over 70 sandtraps.http://www.turtlebayresort.com/Hawaii-Golf/Courses/Palmer-Course
As a teenage golfer, I spent a lot of time in those bunkers. Decades ago I resolved to be the best bunker player I could be no matter the cost and time. The effort improved my entire game. Precision. Touch. Improvisation. Like life. One swing at a time. But, we can never predict when we're going to land in another sandtrap nor how many strokes it will take to get out.

[Watty]

It is my nickname since I was a kid.

[Toast_the_Knowing]

I like toast and I know things.

[Sandtrap]

. . . . . . . they talk and flatter Toad into buying a substantial number of shares in the "Arctic Pineapple Corporation". Suspecting nothing, Toad gives up his Rolls-Royce to the phony stockbrokers as a "temporary" token, and then the real trouble begins. The weasels continue to visit Toad with news of other ridiculous companies and projects, in which Toad invests his other valuables. . . . . . . .

Thanks. That story is incredible.
j

[Pajamas]

Had to come up with a user name when signing up for an account. Bent my head down to think without closing my eyes and saw the pajamas I was wearing. So "pajamas" was the first word that came into my consciousness and I went with that as it was the easiest thing to do. I capitalized it because it is a name.

[retire57]

Since I encountered my first Retirement Calculator in my 30s, I figured that a retirement age of 57 was possible. As it happened, those calculators, along with predicted savings rate and returns, were spot-on.

[Tamarind]

It's a wibbly, wobbly, timey, wimey thing.

Goes ding when there's stuff?

[trystero]

It's an underground mail system in Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, a novel that had a profound effect on me when I read it in college.
W.A.S.T.E.

[retire57]

In the movie "Murder by Death," the eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain lives at 22 Lola Lane.



I also happen to be a railroad buff.

LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MN-Investor]

What does my User Name mean?

It means I have a decided lack of imagination!

[b4real]

b4real is my homage to Leonard Cohen.
It is a rare Cohen cover. In this case of a Frederick Knight song.
At the end of the song he acknowledges the author by saying "Thanks for the song Mr. Knight".
http://cohencentric.com/2016/02/24/25206/

[Miriam2]

. . . . . . . they talk and flatter Toad into buying a substantial number of shares in the "Arctic Pineapple Corporation". Suspecting nothing, Toad gives up his Rolls-Royce to the phony stockbrokers as a "temporary" token, and then the real trouble begins. The weasels continue to visit Toad with news of other ridiculous companies and projects, in which Toad invests his other valuables. . . . . . . .

Thanks. That story is incredible.
j

Every time I see "arcticpineapplecorp" I smile because I enjoy so much the financial tales of Mr. Toad.

As Arctic noted, this tale of the Arctic Pineapple Corporation and the lessons to be learned about weasels and individual stocks are from "Toad of Toad Hall" by Kenneth Grahame, who published the book in 1908 after he retired from his position as secretary of the Bank of England. He wrote it to teach investing to his young son as bed-time reading. It was adapted by A.A. Milne as "The Wind in the Willows." Some more fun reading:

Ah, the Arctic Pineapple Corporation, a corporation that grows pineapples in the arctic - what a marvelous idea for a business venture!

Mr. Toad, a rich, jovial toad who read the Financial News and was easily manipulated by current fads, told everyone including his friend Badger that becoming wealthy was easy!

It's simple, he said, all you do is buy shares in some little company and buy them cheap and then the company does fearfully well and then everyone wants its shares and you sell 'em for thousands more . . . we'll all be rich as rich!!!

But all Toad's plans came to naught. The Weasels, posed as stockbrokers, visited Toad with news of ridiculous companies and projects and flattered Toad into buying a substantial number of shares with all his money. Why Toad even gave up his Rolls Royce to the phony Weasel stockbrokers.

But alas, the Atlantic Tunnel Scheme collapsed and the Square Wheeled Bicycle had a rough ride, the Rubber Brick Company bounced, the Perpetual Motion Knitting Machine unraveled, and the assets of the Arctic Pineapple Corporation were frozen, then melted into bankruptcy and Toad was told to hand over the deeds of Toad Hall to pay the creditors.

[9-5 Suited]

I used to make significant side income playing online poker until it was banned in the US. After the ban, some clever folks on the 2+2 poker forums posted memes about words or phrases that changed meaning after we could no longer play poker.

My favorite was 9-5 Suited ... before it described a poker hand and after it described a day at the office

[CABob]

As a teenage golfer, I spent a lot of time in those bunkers. Decades ago I resolved to be the best bunker player I could be no matter the cost and time. The effort improved my entire game. Precision. Touch. Improvisation. Like life. One swing at a time. But, we can never predict when we're going to land in another sandtrap nor how many strokes it will take to get out.

I'm trying to remember a movie from a number of years ago wherein a character was proficient at getting the ball almost covered with sand out of a bunker and getting very close to the pin. He would make money betting whether could do it.

[111]

My real name is a number, which is pretty uncommon, so I typically don't bother with a fake one on forums (since people will just assume it is fake anyway). But, it was already taken so I tried shifting it to a different base number system.

[an_asker]

Once in a while, I answer as well

[TinkerPDX]

It means the forum rules won't let you change your user name... oh well.

[NOLA]

I live in New Orleans, LA

[songman52]

I have sung my whole life. At one time, at least for a year anyway, the number was my age. More descriptive than creative.

And I'm enjoying this thread!

[likegarden]

I like to garden, gives exercise, fresh air and nice vistas.

[beardsworth]

It means the forum rules won't let you change your user name... oh well.

This can be done. Contact a moderator.

[beardsworth]

I'm an Anglophile, and the name just popped into my head one day, sounding like some character in a Masterpiece Theatre costume drama or, as the case may be, a British comedy show making fun of class distinctions. I'm actually clean-shaven, but I hope, when I offer information or an opinion here, that the reader is, at the very least, getting more than my beard's worth.

[harrychan]

I have absolutely zero correlation to my username. It is obviously not my real name.

[Nearing_Destination]

Now that we're retired I guess I will have to change my username...

[TTBG]

TTBG = try to be good.
In real life, I can get a little snarky; this was my reminder to keep it out of my posts.

[Nicolas]

It is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), a compound of νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός; laos 'people', that is, victor of the people.

[2comma]

Started with my real name but read some security posts and decided to change (BTW, all my old posts got my new name). Sometimes wish I'd stuck with it like Mel and Taylor but at the time I'd just reached the 2comma club/milestone, thought it was taken but it wasn't so the rest is history. Now that we are each approaching 2comma I may have to come up with a new fake name, maybe 2mil? I never thought we'd be here but consistently saving and following BH guidance over the long term works! We literally became the millionaires next door.

[red5]

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there was this guy who did a lot of cool things.

[Tylenol Jones]

Idiocracy - monday night rehabilitation officer Tylenol Jones. Here's the scene: https://youtu.be/cLts-sXlLEM