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Title: How did you get you nickname or username?
Post by: damascusdave on October 10, 2010, 10:26:00 PM
Just checking to see if this is too far off topic before proceeding
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Post by: lpcjon2 on October 10, 2010, 10:28:00 PM
Nope not to far off,but Mudd beat you to it.
 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=082099#000000
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Post by: Friend on October 10, 2010, 10:59:00 PM
Tried several when I was first joining, however every one I chose had already been taken. I must not have been very creative.

I just knew I wanted to be an active contributing member of this group and chose 'Friend'.
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Post by: champ38 on October 10, 2010, 11:10:00 PM
Im lacking a little in the creativity dept my darn self. champ38 has nothing to do with my shooting, winning etc, , its just my last name and age.
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Post by: S.C. Hunter on October 10, 2010, 11:12:00 PM
Well I use USMC 82-86 on another site and tried to use it here. But it seemed some or all was in use and since I was born and raised in South Carolina I went with S.C. Hunter. It's where I started hunting and it will always be home in my heart.
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Post by: OkKeith on October 10, 2010, 11:17:00 PM
There were a few Keith's on here already. I would have felt bad if some thought they were me.

I'm from Oklahoma. so OkKeith worked.

OkKeith
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Post by: on October 10, 2010, 11:21:00 PM
Mine is a common name for a movement of music from Renaissance lute suites.
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Post by: 57Loader on October 10, 2010, 11:34:00 PM
I always have a hard time coming up with something creative for a name.  When I worked in a parts department for caterpillar there was an order next to me for the 57Loader.  Which is a 994F Wheel Loader that can pick up your house in one scoop.  My screen name is the same on about 4 different forums since that day.
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Post by: jarhead_hunter on October 10, 2010, 11:47:00 PM
Mine was easy.

I was an active duty Marine for 22 years.

I have been bowhunting for 40+ years, started when I returned from VietNam.

Charles.
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Post by: Coonbait on October 10, 2010, 11:52:00 PM
I'm an avid trapper and make all my own lures and baits. One day me and my family were fishing at Pymatuning Lake for carp without any luck. There was a gentleman and his wife fishing right beside us pulling 10 pounders in one after another. I asked him what he was going to do with them since he had about 6 of them in this huge cooler and was letting the rest go. He said he was going to eat them and he didn't have room in his cooler for any more. I then asked him if he caught anymore (since I stink at catching fish) could I have some? He said sure but what did I want them for and I said coon bait. He gave me 2 really nice ones that he had just caught and I thanked him over and over. I turned to show my wife the big carp the man gave me and her and the boys were heading to the truck. I carried the fish and all of the fishing tackle back to the truck myself. I get back to the truck and ask my wife why and the world would she leave me there to lug all of our stuff, and she said she didn't want the boys to see me get punched in the mouth! Women?
GLENN
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Post by: straitera on October 10, 2010, 11:55:00 PM
When I was a kid growing up on the farm, a man's word was good. Or, he was straight as a string. Straight era is naturally a play on straight arrow.
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Post by: Red Tailed Hawk on October 11, 2010, 12:08:00 AM
Always loved the screech of a red tailed hawk to break the silence when hunting.
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Post by: Claypipe on October 11, 2010, 12:42:00 AM
Mine came when I was doing some living history of the 1840's.  A good friend of mine is living history interpretor at the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton, OK.  One weekend they were having a rendevous to educate the public and I was volunteering.  Some of the guys there asked me what my camp name was and I said I didn't have one.  I bought a new clay pipe that friday and broke the stem several times while holding it in my teeth.  By sunday the bowl was mighty close to my face and everyone in camp was calling me "Claypipe" and it stuck.  Every time I go to the museum to help out, I am Claypipe to all.
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Post by: GWC on October 11, 2010, 01:17:00 AM
mine really isnt very original.i own a small window cleaning company.Its called Gareys Window Cleaning.My last name is Garey.Hence "GWC".
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Post by: magnus on October 11, 2010, 01:56:00 AM
Mine is from my German heritage and from my favorite broadhead. Knew the second one was easy to figure out.

Keeping the Faith
Magnus
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Post by: SourOwl on October 11, 2010, 02:19:00 AM
Just an old military saying;  "This food's as bad as sour owl manure!"  

Just liked the sentiment - -
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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on October 11, 2010, 02:57:00 AM
Mum and Dad named me that when I was born.
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Post by: saumensch on October 11, 2010, 03:28:00 AM
saumensch means pig-man, and thats not because i hunt them but because i sometimes smell like em.
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Post by: seabass on October 11, 2010, 04:40:00 AM
i got mine because i troll for striped bass.also from the movie dumb and dumber.one character says kick his *ss seabass.a guy yelled this to me at work one day.of coarse i don't condone fighting.the name just kind of stuck.i can't wait to get home from work today so i can read the rest of these posts.have a great day guys,steve
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Post by: Igor on October 11, 2010, 04:46:00 AM
There was a old timer wrestler named Igor Putski who claimed to be the strongest man in the world. I was a young man and was throwing 150lbs kegs of spikes on a truck by myself (I weighed about 160lbs) and one of the crew called me Igor and it stuck.

Glenn
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Post by: vtmtnman on October 11, 2010, 05:07:00 AM
Everyone calls me a mountain man at some point so figured it was a good screen name.
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Post by: centaur on October 11, 2010, 07:22:00 AM
My callsign from an all expenses paid vacation to southeast Asia many years ago.
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Post by: Mudd on October 11, 2010, 07:30:00 AM
My dad always said "Boy! If you don't(whatever) your name is Mudd" or "Boy! If you do(whatever) your name is Mudd" but the one I feared most was "Boy! I will stomp a Muddhole in you and walk it dry!"

So when folks asked me my name I'd reply "About half the time it's Mudd." It's been my handle ever since and the only one I use everywhere.

I think the only person who doesn't call me Mudd is my wife but there are times I wish she would, it would be a lot nicer than the name she uses instead...lol

God bless,Mudd
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Post by: Tajue17 on October 11, 2010, 07:32:00 AM
my hunting nick name with my friends is DOE BOY cause I never see bucks and shoot only does I guess,,,,,, handle is my name in Polish and 17 is the day of my B-day
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Post by: buckeye_hunter on October 11, 2010, 07:37:00 AM
Mine is easy as well. Buckeye state
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on October 11, 2010, 07:44:00 AM
Mine is TOP SECRET.......nobody can know....
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Post by: SteveB on October 11, 2010, 07:47:00 AM
My parents - never understood the "handle" thing.
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Post by: bornagainbowhunter on October 11, 2010, 07:52:00 AM
Mine is fairly easy to figure out.  I have been born again by the Blood of Christ and I am also a bowhunter.
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Post by: Prairie Drifter on October 11, 2010, 08:06:00 AM
Mine is the first part of my businesses name ie;

Prairie Drifter Taxidermy
Prairie Drifter Rods
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Post by: adeeden on October 11, 2010, 08:37:00 AM
Mine came from an old e-mail address. Me and my wife were trying to setup a new account. My name is Dennis her's is Dee. We tried dennisdee, deedennis, deeden, dendee, everything was already used. Finaly we just slapped an a in front and ended up with adeeden. It's just kinda stuck since them
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Post by: ductape on October 11, 2010, 08:42:00 AM
A late friend of mine gave me mine because parts of my Harley are literaly held on by ductape.
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Post by: Elksong@WORK2 on October 11, 2010, 08:44:00 AM
Mine has to do with a Native American Story. Also I love it when the Elk are singing!
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Post by: Tim on October 11, 2010, 08:48:00 AM
My Mom......not very original   :dunno:
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Post by: Raging Water on October 11, 2010, 08:50:00 AM
My Grandmother was named Owana, which is Chickasaw for "Flame on the Water". She was Half Chickasaw Indian. I am "Raging Water" but I can't remember what the Chickasaw Name is.
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Post by: mmisciag on October 11, 2010, 08:50:00 AM
Mine has nothing to do with archery. I work in the Computer Security field. Back in the darkages; users would be given account names that were eight characters in length. First inital and seven of the last name. I have kept that format for the most part.

Martin
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Post by: Night Wing on October 11, 2010, 09:02:00 AM
I have been using my user name since 1979. It came from a 1979 movie titled "Night Wing".

 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3QwFOp4Gnv4/S5nsnda1RlI/AAAAAAAAAQg/dB-zaTyfX78/s1600-h/NightwingPoster.jpg
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Post by: beetlebailey1977 on October 11, 2010, 09:09:00 AM
Co workers at my 1st job gave me the nickname.
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Post by: damascusdave on October 11, 2010, 09:22:00 AM
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Originally posted by jarhead_hunter:
Mine was easy.

I was an active duty Marine for 22 years.

I have been bowhunting for 40+ years, started when I returned from VietNam.

Charles.
Did you ever make it up to the Maple Flag exercise at 4 Wing, Cold Lake, Alberta?
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Post by: damascusdave on October 11, 2010, 09:41:00 AM
Well we are still on here so I am guessing this to be an appropriate thread. I was shocked and gratified to see so many responses when I checked this morning.

I got my name when I went to be a vice principal in a Northern Alberta native community.

The principal and the board member who were responsible for hiring me over the phone are both firearms safety instructors. In their instructors training they had been frequently cautioned to ensure that everyone taking the course knew not to use smokeless powder in damascus shotgun barrels.

Andy, the principal, asked all of us new staff to email a picture for a newsletter. We had talked on the phone and he knew that like him I am an avid hunter and shooter.

When he and John, the board member, were looking at my picture John turned to Andy and said, "I wonder if that old guy (actually I was a youthful
54 at the time)has any damascus barrels".

When I finally met them they told me the story and the name stuck.
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Post by: Peachey on October 11, 2010, 01:44:00 PM
Mine came off a bag of chewing tobacco. Oh well!!
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Post by: BEA on October 11, 2010, 01:55:00 PM
when i first got on the internet and found hunting websites, i was running a little guiding outfit for baited blackbears.....it was call Bears East Adventures....so that was my user name....but i found it too long, and so did folks when they were referring , or, talking to me....and somehow it just got shortened to bea, which indicated bears east adventures....
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Post by: HATCHCHASER on October 11, 2010, 02:00:00 PM
I love fly fishing and chasing those tough hatches.
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Post by: Red4arm on October 11, 2010, 02:42:00 PM
Mine comes from learning to shoot and not having an arm guard!
Funny now i don't use a guard and never hit my arm.
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Post by: Bowwild on October 11, 2010, 02:51:00 PM
Like many of you here I'm simply "wild about bows" so I picked this handle back in the 1990's when I first started visiting forums on KYHunting.com and the Bowsite.  I abandoned all these forums for several years after tiring of the bickering and mean-spiritedness.  

One day I was on the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C. and someone hollered out "Bowwild"!  I didn't even know this person visited such forums but he knew me from there.

Weird.
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Post by: cbCrow on October 11, 2010, 02:53:00 PM
Mine came from my paternal grandmother, she was half Cherokee and when she visited she saw me feed a crow that used to come around beggin for scraps. When I'd give him some bread I would talk real soft to him. She gave me the name "Boy talking with crow". I shortened it to crow and added my initials.
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Post by: Bowwild on October 11, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
born-again.

I wish there were about 3 billion folks on the planet with your identical handle!
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Post by: GREATBROWNKNOCKEMDOWN on October 11, 2010, 03:04:00 PM
I'm Mexican, German and Irish, but have my Hispanic skin color, any ways my uncle from my German side got me into bowhunting, and one year i killed 6 deer with my bow and while tracking one he said " we are going to call you GreatBrownKnockemDown!'  and it stuck!!
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Post by: damascusdave on October 11, 2010, 04:53:00 PM
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Originally posted by Bowwild:
born-again.

I wish there were about 3 billion folks on the planet with your identical handle!
That might just take the prize for the longest username anywhere on the net!
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Post by: David Mitchell on October 11, 2010, 05:34:00 PM
Guess!  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: huntnfool62 on October 11, 2010, 06:04:00 PM
For me it was simple hunt and fool  fit like a glove ! I worked with a lady that said her indian name was running dummy , something to do with being indian and polish , I thought about using that but not for very long
Dean
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Post by: nd chickenman on October 11, 2010, 06:26:00 PM
I raise broiler chickens every year here in North Dakota, a friend started calling me chickenman
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Post by: caleb7mm on October 11, 2010, 08:09:00 PM
I shot long range rifle competitions for a few years and was the only one who shot a 7MM. So they named me caleb7mm.
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Post by: SERGIO VENNERI on October 11, 2010, 08:11:00 PM
My Parents.LOL.
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Post by: 3arrows on October 11, 2010, 08:14:00 PM
I carry two extra arrows.
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Post by: wango on October 11, 2010, 08:15:00 PM
Mine came from what my dad called me when I was young
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Post by: Hot Hap on October 11, 2010, 08:16:00 PM
Nickname has been Hap since I came out laughing. I Was playing basketball 40 some years ago, and was having a very good game and a Razorback said I was hot. Hot Hap I became. Hap
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Post by: doubleo on October 11, 2010, 08:20:00 PM
My nickname is Otto,but that was already taken. Some of my friends call me doubleo. So i went with that name.
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Post by: damascusdave on October 11, 2010, 08:48:00 PM
Oops, clicked in the wrong place. I was referring to
GreatBrownKnockemDown's username.
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Post by: MercilessMing on October 11, 2010, 08:56:00 PM
From the movie Flash Gordon.
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Post by: Wal on October 11, 2010, 09:04:00 PM
Wal, from "wally gator" just something my old man called me right from when I was a little tacker.

Horse, would have been better, as in, hung like, but genetics let me down  :(    :(  

Cheers
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Post by: Kapellmeister on October 11, 2010, 09:13:00 PM
I do some 18th century re-enacting and my "persona" is that of a Pennsylvania German immigrant.  I'm also a church choir director in both the 18th century and 21st century "persona's".
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Post by: Kash on October 11, 2010, 09:23:00 PM
Well I put my two boy's names together. Kadin & Ashlon.
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Post by: Canyon on October 11, 2010, 09:49:00 PM
I was the Deputy Sheriff at the South Rim of Grand Canyon for almost 17 years. I often was referred to by my peers as the "Canyon"
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Post by: damascusdave on October 11, 2010, 10:30:00 PM
Great stuff, keep em coming.
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Post by: droptine82 on October 11, 2010, 10:48:00 PM
Biggest buck i ever took had 23 inches of droptines and the year I was born.
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Post by: mookie on October 11, 2010, 10:51:00 PM
I am an Okie but worked in northern Missouri (which is a hunting and fishing paradise) for 8 years then moved back to Oklahoma when I entered my user name I forgot to capitalize the M and second O and ended up with mookie instead of MoOkie.
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Post by: mooseman1967 on October 12, 2010, 12:05:00 AM
Mine actually has nothing to do with hunting. It came from my highschool football coach. As a offensive guard sometimes I had to poll and one time I really took out a guy. When I got back to the sidelines the line coach hit me on the pads and said " You took him out like a bull moose man!" After that some of the other players started calling me mooseman and it just kinda stuck.
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Post by: mooseman1967 on October 12, 2010, 12:07:00 AM
Oh and mooseman is already on some forums so I stuck my birthyear on the end.
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Post by: Cal bow on October 12, 2010, 12:17:00 AM
I live in California and I like my bow.
Plus it's only 6 letters which works well with my lack of typing skills.
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Post by: Flingblade on October 12, 2010, 12:37:00 AM
I like mustard and biscuits.  Just not together.  Reference to movie "Slingblade".  I like flingin' arrows; particularly when there is a blade on the end and I'm out there after the critters.
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Post by: Tom on October 12, 2010, 06:21:00 AM
Shortened version of my birth name,lol. Sorry-couldn't resist.
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Post by: Drakho on October 12, 2010, 06:42:00 AM
a customized version of my favorite fantasy animal... the dragon  :)
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Post by: damascusdave on October 12, 2010, 07:12:00 AM
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Originally posted by Tom:
Shortened version of my birth name,lol. Sorry-couldn't resist.
Actually pretty impressive. Try to get that one today and you would be Tom4623 at best.
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Post by: Mint on October 12, 2010, 09:07:00 AM
Well my last name is Milano and a friend started calling me Mint because of the cookies and it stuck. Of course when I was hunting with Fred Eichler and my friend called me that he had to change to just "Cookie" and his wife Michelle had to announce that at the Muzzy Shoot so some people call me "cookie" now. I'll get him back one day.

 (http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo137/jm9862/MintMilano.jpg)
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Post by: Ray Hammond on October 12, 2010, 09:08:00 AM
my Mom gave it to me.
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Post by: trapperzeke on October 12, 2010, 10:11:00 AM
The trapper part is pretty obvious.  "zeke" is not my real name, but a future good friend in college misheard my name (steve) when we were first introduced, and kept calling me that and I never corrected him.  My other friends decided it fit my outdoorsman and living history hobbies, and I liked the uniqueness compared to my more common real name, so it stuck.
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 12, 2010, 10:43:00 AM
I have had the nick name Guido for Years, In 1996 I moved to a town in New Jersey called Mystic Islands. That is when I added Mystic to Guido to get mysticguido.