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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   07 Feb 2008, 21:15
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Travel09: To travel a lot before I start B'school in 09.
But this thread has got me thinking about whats on my mind MBA or travel before MBA? I should get my priorities right :)


Travel - I'm definitely thinking a lot about my trip for before b-school right now! Considering that I'm going traveling before I'm going to b-school, I think its ok to have it on my mind.... right? :)
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   07 Feb 2008, 21:25
Mine is a combination of the names of my two dogs (shown in the picture). They were named after characters from Caddyshack.
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   07 Feb 2008, 21:30
pelihu wrote:
Mine is a combination of the names of my two dogs (shown in the picture). They were named after characters from Caddyshack.



I know one refers to Judge Smails (Elihu), what is your other dog's name?
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   07 Feb 2008, 21:49
djhouse81 wrote:
I know one refers to Judge Smails (Elihu), what is your other dog's name?


That's good, a lot of Caddyshack fans couldn't come up with that. My other dog is named Porterhouse.
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   07 Feb 2008, 23:47
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Oh wow.. why did the Audi get rid of the twin turbo engine??? that must be awesome!


I believe there were reliability issues with the turbos. I remember reading about alot of people having to replace them right around 100k miles. Most of them went to bigger K04 turbos, so I think alot of people didn't mind. With ECU, exhaust, and bigger turbos (and usually) larger injectors, people were hitting over 450hp. In a pretty nondescript car too. I love sleeper sedans.

I haven't gotten to drive one of the V8 S4s. I would sure like to.
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 09:10
You guys have been pretty creative with your user-names. My reasoning was simple .. Neo is my nickname. But since "Neo" user-name was already taken, I just added an "m", as in, "I am Neo". That's why the small "m" in "mNeo".

Pretty dumb, I know. :)
As for the avatar, it's just a standard Linux Penguin.
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 09:22
Well, mine's pretty self-explanatory, I think. When I started this whole process, I found the GMAT very daunting, so in a fit of self-pity, I came up with my current moniker. I do have hope that my personal playing field is leveling out a bit, though... :lol:
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 13:28
pelihu wrote:
djhouse81 wrote:
I know one refers to Judge Smails (Elihu), what is your other dog's name?


That's good, a lot of Caddyshack fans couldn't come up with that. My other dog is named Porterhouse.


My second guess was going to be from palloy (or however you spell it), as in Spaulding's "Ahoy palloy"
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 13:33
LOL

for me, it's where I live (Time Square) and my background/nationality - Desi = indian. ;]

(even though I was born and raised here in the US)

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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 13:41
I fell in love with Darden business school last year. As any other stupid girl would, I created my nickname with my love in mind. This year I found someone better (Tuck, Ross) but my nickname remained the same for the good old times sake.
The 2010 part is the year I will be graduating from Tuck or Ross :)
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 14:18
"nick_sun" because I really love Sun - as silly as that :)
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 14:21
Who is Sun? or are you referring to THE sun? :P

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"nick_sun" because I really love Sun - as silly as that :)
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 14:45
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Who is Sun? or are you referring to THE sun? :P

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"nick_sun" because I really love Sun - as silly as that :)


absolutely, just omitted the article "the" :roll:
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 15:17
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I fell in love with Darden business school last year. As any other stupid girl would, I created my nickname with my love in mind. This year I found someone better (Tuck, Ross) but my nickname remained the same for the good old times sake.
The 2010 part is the year I will be graduating from Tuck or Ross :)


Once I thought about asking why this nickname and the avatar, now I got it :lol:
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 20:23
naturallight = Natural Light, my favorite beer in college. Lots of folks call it "Natty Light" as well.
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2008, 23:32
and... I am the one with no creativity in user names...

its my first name.. nothing more to say to that.

but nobody calls me by it since that name has been truncated ever since I grew up in Japan... the Japanese folks would have fits by the time they pronounced the end syllable of my name..

it sounded more like poop than roop..

i seriously wanted to change my name to something japanese like ken or ryoshi..

that would be hilarious.. my dad threatened to disown me while my mom did an indian housewife drama + major invoking to the gods..

so I use my first name on all forums..sad!!!
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2008, 02:10
Mine goes back to my hardcore IT days, these days I got other loves, although I still kinda like my avatar :)

https://www.freebsd.org
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2008, 09:50
You biased, you! Link to https://netbsd.org/ and https://openbsd.org/ as well (If nothing more). BSD ain't freebsd. :P
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2008, 13:59
No - hence my nick is just bsd_lover (not freebsd_lover). I just like the freebsd daemon avatar ;)
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Re: etymology of your user name.... [#permalink] New post   12 Feb 2008, 21:20
The "Emory" comes from the school I wanted to get into. The "Hopeful" comes from the school I was hopeful to get into. Talk about creative!
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