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castaway$
Senior Nomad
Posts: 742
Registered: 7-31-2007
Location: Gold Hill, Oregon
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Mood: Fish on!
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Whats in a name or an avatar?
Anybody got a good story behind their Nomad name or Avatar, some are obvious some aren't, tell us your story so we can get to know our fellow
Nomads.  
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jodiego
Nomad
Posts: 317
Registered: 2-16-2007
Location: San Diego
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Mood: ever hopeful
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I am Joe from San Diego, hence jodiego and my avatar is a coyote skull that we found hiking through the desert at Punta Rosarito one day when the surf
was flat and the winds were mild. He/she's got a whiffle ball in his/her mouth, which is something else we did to pass the time away on our trips.
Amazing what a whiffle ball can do when the offshores are about 30-40 knots. The cap belongs to a friend who donated it for el coyote and the purple
ribbon is of unknown origin. Try to get down to baja 3-4 times a year, usually for surf and mostly to relax and get away from the big city.
[Edited on 5-3-2008 by jodiego]
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bajalera
Super Nomad
Posts: 1875
Registered: 10-15-2003
Location: Santa Maria CA
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What's a whiffle ball?
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Diver
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4729
Registered: 11-15-2004
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalera
What's a whiffle ball? |
A hollow, hard plastic ball with holes in it to let the air through. Usually a kid's toy.
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64835
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Nomad Name is MY name and last initial... like when in school and there was more than 1 David in the class... I figured there was more than 1 David
who loves Baja, so when I started posting on Amigos de Baja, I used 'David K'.
My nick name in high school was 'Baja' and that was my CB handle, too (we're talking mid 1970's)... because I was going to Baja all those years, and
wrote 2 small Baja guidebooks while I was in high school... so yelling out "Hey Baja" to me was natural! However, everyone on Amigos and Nomad loves
Baja... so there is nothing unique here in using just 'Baja' for a handle!
When the new Baja Nomad forums were created by Doug in 2002, I registered with the same name here... I had an avitar on Amigos that was a smiling sun
and asked Doug if he could find one close to that one... Doug's is a really happy sun, and I like it!
Here's me in 1972 (age 15) on the 'new' road to the 'new' observatory... Mt. Diablo is in the distance
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jodiego
Nomad
Posts: 317
Registered: 2-16-2007
Location: San Diego
Member Is Offline
Mood: ever hopeful
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Diver
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalera
What's a whiffle ball? |
A hollow, hard plastic ball with holes in it to let the air through. Usually a kid's toy. |
Grab yourself a whiffle bat (also made of plastic) and you're all set to play a wild and crazy version of baseball. If you're good and the wind is
blowing, you can make the ball dance crazier than a Hoyt Wilhelm knuckleball (for all you old timers out there)
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BAJACAT
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2902
Registered: 11-21-2005
Location: NATIONAL CITY, CA
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BAJACAT
Real name -JOSE
Putting,National city Ca. in the map.
Heavy equipment operator, for 12 years.
Now with the nameB^J^C^T
BAJA- the place I love to explore?
CAT-Short for CATERPILLAR, the brand of machine I operated.
My Avatar,is the logo from and 80"s cartoon,"THE THUNDER CATS.NOT A FORD EMBLEM FOR COUGAR.i DRIVE DODGE ALL THE WAY.
Short ,story about my handle.While buying stuff in E-BAY, the seller wich it was a girl, sent me an e-mail that read like this.
"Hi, i didn't know you like cats!,that's the reason for your Internet handle , right?." to wich i reply, I don't hate cats, but that is not the reason
for my handle,and then I explain her the real reason behind my handle
[Edited on 5-3-2008 by BAJACAT]
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
Member Is Offline
Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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My "handle" is one of my license plates.
It started in 1992 a couple of years before I started going back to Baja after a long respite. My new wife and I drove a heavily modified half ton
Ford camper van to Belize and back. 8400 miles. When the old truck got us home without difficulty I awarded her with her own plate: VGABNDO It was
all I could do with just seven letters!
I've had a lot of avatars since. Only the one with the monkey wrench going into the gears has attracted much attention when one of the denizens of
the off-topic forum used it as an excuse to cast insults and espersions. 
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Mexitron
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3397
Registered: 9-21-2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Member Is Offline
Mood: Happy!
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My real name is Steve...after a couple beers in Baja my friends started calling me Esteban...after a couple beers more it morphed into Exetron, and
finally a few shots of tequila later it became Mexitron. Cool side fact: unknowingly my friends gave a name that in Mexi-slang means "really
smart".
My avatars lately have been paintings I have done...the current one is an Agave shawii bloom and was done on a 7'x3' door panel during the El Nino of
1998 in San Clemente when I couldn't work because of so much rain.
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jodiego
Nomad
Posts: 317
Registered: 2-16-2007
Location: San Diego
Member Is Offline
Mood: ever hopeful
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| Quote: | | My avatars lately have been paintings I have done...the current one is an Agave shawii bloom and was done on a 7'x3' door panel during the El Nino of
1998 in San Clemente when I couldn't work because of so much rain. |
Mexi, that is a beautiful painting. I love those plants.
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AcuDoc
Nomad
Posts: 331
Registered: 9-3-2003
Location: The Seven Seas and Thailand
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I am a state licensed and nationally certified acupuncturist in traditional oriental medicine, thus AcuDoc
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Oso
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2637
Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: on da border
Member Is Offline
Mood: wait and see
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Fairly obvious, my name's Barry. Friends have called me the bear, da bear or just Bear for years. Funny thing on the spelling, the original Gaelic
is "Bearrach", so Obama is not far off when he says his first name is Irish In
fact, he was called Barry Obama in school.
My memory is so bad I can't remember where I got the avatar. Maybe another Nomad gave it to me.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Oso
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2637
Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: on da border
Member Is Offline
Mood: wait and see
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| Quote: | Originally posted by castaway$
Anybody got a good story behind their Nomad name or Avatar, some are obvious some aren't, tell us your story so we can get to know our fellow
Nomads. |
So... You gonna tell us about yours?
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Bob and Susan
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8813
Registered: 8-20-2003
Location: Mulege BCS on the BAY
Member Is Offline
Mood: Full Time Residents
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castaway$...my guess is...
Camp Castaway (miliitary) is 90 miles from Gold Hill, Oregon and that's where castaway$ says he's from...
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Roberto
Banned
Posts: 2162
Registered: 9-5-2003
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
castaway$...my guess is...
Camp Castaway (miliitary) is 90 miles from Gold Hill, Oregon and that's where castaway$ says he's from... |
So, where does YOUR handle come from?
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Bob and Susan
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8813
Registered: 8-20-2003
Location: Mulege BCS on the BAY
Member Is Offline
Mood: Full Time Residents
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bobby...i can't say someone MAY complain...again 
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turtleandtoad
Senior Nomad
Posts: 730
Registered: 1-20-2005
Location: Wherever I park. See sig for current location.
Member Is Offline
Mood: Good if fishing
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Turtle; as in "I travel with my home on my back".
Toad; as in "my car is toad (towed) behind me".
Hence; TurtleandToad.
We are full time RVers. The RV license plate is "TRTL-1" and the truck license plate is "MYTOAD". Both from Texas, where our homebase is.
Of course, my website is www.turtleandtoad.com
The avatar was given to me by MulegeMarv.
Thanks again Marv. I've had a lot of fun and comments about it.
Mike & Robin; Full-Time RV\'ers
37\' Georgetown w/3 slides & 275 Watts of Solar Power
06 Taco TRD
www.turtleandtoad.com
I am here
To paraphrase Frank Lloyd Wright; I\'m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let\'s start with keyboards. --
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sylens
Senior Nomad
Posts: 584
Registered: 4-6-2005
Location: Ensenada
Member Is Offline
Mood: ando bajando
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my avatar (also given to me by mulege marv--gracias) is the eclipso, a frequently used symbol in mexican art. like the chinese yin and yang, it
speaks to the dualities that pervade living--night/day, male/female, life/death, etc.
lili
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bajalera
Super Nomad
Posts: 1875
Registered: 10-15-2003
Location: Santa Maria CA
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"Bajalera" is the name I chose because it seemed unlikely that anyone would suspect that it is being used by a terrorist.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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sylens
Senior Nomad
Posts: 584
Registered: 4-6-2005
Location: Ensenada
Member Is Offline
Mood: ando bajando
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalera
"Bajalera" is the name I chose because it seemed unlikely that anyone would suspect that it is being used by a terrorist. |
now, if you only had a sense of humor, i'm sure we'd get along great, us "ilk" folk.
lili
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