@remi3241 -- So where did remi come from? I always recognize you as the inventor of the remi reverse shot.

After visiting the seniors forum, I decide to come here. My nickname has nothing to do with the hippie era. My husband named me Sunshine and it stuck. I love to cook and bake, so the name of my cottage industry is Mary Sunshine's Tummy Yummies. :)

@mvnla2 the hubby is a bit older then me, (clear throat) he always says, "If you remember the 60's, you weren't really there". ;)

@cosmo2503 that would be awesome!!!! Metric units work for me!!!! :D

Thanks @remi3241
I should also ask @TienShenLong to tell the long version of his names meaning.

@Mumsie Crystal Maze and Hitchhiker's Guide... that's cult, right there :) Mumsie was a fortune teller in Medieval Zone, if memory serves, and even if the contestants didn't visit that game in that week Richard always used to call out to her as he went through :D Good times.

are you a medium too?

My nick name "Aman".... means "peace" in India

It started when I signed up on YouTube a few years ago. I just wanna get a unique yet simple username, and the first thing I came up is heaps of bullet shells (don't ask why, though). That's how "Bullet" come from. I've been using this name everywhere since then.

(I didn't say that it would be interesting. :P)

@cosmo2503 Yes, I'm from India. And Aman is my personal nick name & it came from first four letters of my full name.

Hey @cosmo2503 in case I am busy next Monday - Happy Birthday for Monday!!

@mvnla2 the hubby is a bit older then me, (clear throat) he always says, "If you remember the 60's, you weren't really there". ;)

Hey, Dahlinx, I remember the 60's and was REALLY there. Heard MLKing give his "I Have a Dream" at the WA monument. Know almost exactly where I stood.
Man, "Time it was, and what a time it was, it was A time of innocence, a time of confidences."
The Filmore, Avalon, Winterland. Music back then was really MUSIC! Had a bike [cycle] and loved going about 60 mph up the SF hilly streets and flying over the intersections.
Had friends who went to Woodstock & Altamont.
Yup, Twas a time, it was. Loved that bike and lived through the 60's. I'm still here @66.

Wow, didn't realize I had so much catching up to do on this really interesting discussion!

@TienShenLong - I love both the sound of your name and its meaning. And given that there's a bit of mystery and secrecy involved, you'll forgive us if we also consider it somewhat Romantic -- in the sense of the Romantic poets. Thank you for sharing the insight with us, and now I can envision you as very elegant dragon. And, since a dragon is a creature that has much in common with birds, I shall also take the liberty of picturing you nonchalantly protecting other birds from naughty piggies who are trying to steal their eggs!

@sunshine - What a charming story! And I adore the name of your business. Also want some. I don't care what you make, with a name like that, whatever it is must be delightful.

And @cosmo2503 how nice to know that you bake as well! (I'm much more of a cook than a baker.) But making food for other people is something I love to do, although over the years I've been heavily influenced by Marcella Hazan, to the point where I've become a rather Opinionated Cook in my own kitchen. I'm very minimalist and "locavore" these days, although I am fascinated by all things related to food. I used to haunt Egullet.com quite a bit for a while -- wonderful resource, that is. Just don't have the time anymore.

Also, thanks so much for starting this discussion, and Happy Birthday from me, too!

@remi3241 - I like Remi with an "i". Isn't it funny the way tiny, random bits of our past cling to us, like splatters of paint that won't quite wash off, but eventually change color and take on a different appearance and meaning?

@Mumsie - I like the story of your nickname, but to me, it doesn't matter where it came from. It's just a great nickname all by itself! And it makes me want to hug you. Just because. Sorry -- inappropriate random display of affection from complete strangers on the internet!

@Xanadude - Good on you for being so creative; it's a great-sounding name that refers to something you care about and that has meaning for you. No surprise that everyone else wants it too, though that's a bummer for you. Oddly, I don't seem to run into that problem. :-)

@Aman - I love both the meaning of your name, and how beautiful your full name is. Thank you for sharing that with us.

@Bullet - I like your nickname; simple and powerful. You also have a very well designed avatar that isn't showing up here in the forum; perhaps you could join Gravatar so everyone could see it, especially since you've joined our No PUs movement? BTW, I see you list your profile lists your location as Hong Kong, my hubby is headed there for a sales meeting in a few weeks! He's been there briefly before, and has flown in and out a number of times on visits to Asia, but this will be his first chance to really spend time there. He's excited about it; or would be, if all the work involved in getting ready for his presentations and some additional training he'll be doing in a side-trip to South Korea weren't frazzling him to a crisp.

@bowzerbird -- What a wonderful story and thank you for sharing such evocative memories!

There, sorry for the long chirpy post; and sorry if I left anyone out. Thanks to everyone for sharing your stories -- it's always so interesting to meet other birds, uh, people!

@mumsie thank you very much. I started thread for Angry Birds Seniors, but actually I am living my life to full now that I am in my forties.
@junkenmetel thank you. Baking and cooking is my hobby and I really enjoy very mutch discovering new recipes and tastes. I miss my food writing, but it is so hard to begin once again after losing so much.

My daughter introduced me to Angry Birds on her iPod Touch. I set up my first profile on Crystal (which I assume doesn't exist anymore) which allowed you to compare scores with those in your province (in Canada), country, or across the world. I set my first profile to be ABegger. AB for Alberta (the province in Canada where I live) and 'egger' for my fascination with Angry Birds. As this was before I discovered the nest, AB as a shorthand for Angry Birds had never occurred to me. Eventually my daughter complained about missing her Touch to the point where I had to buy my own and I began playing all over again. My new profile became ABeggerToo so I could easily compare my new scores to my old. Once I found the nest, I wanted to maintain this profile.

No, I pick it on my sister folder (on computer), i'm not well in picture design.

I will tell you the honest truth about my nickname: I kept trying to find a username that wasn't already taken so I could make a Roblox account a few years back. I came up with this. I've used it ever since. Period. Sandwich. End of story.

Interesting @rd

history behind @bowzerbird, @rd and @sunshine :D intriguing names, them :) thanks folks! Rain Man is ace.

that's a great name for a business too :)

@rdnzlrips82, wow, that's complicated but really makes nick name.

I love Fire bomb bird so my nickname is Firebombbird :)

My name is Karen but my high school friends called me Kayreen. I selected my avatar from a folder of graphics I use for an online undergraduate course I teach -- it represents the one excuse I haven't heard (yet) from students as to why they can't turn in an assignment on the due date.

Thanks @mvnla2 for your help with this -- worked like a charm.

@hunnybunny Bunny Warren? think I heard that somewhere, and you don't get much more rabbity than that :D

I know of the tennis player, and the character in Porridge, but thought I'd read that somewhere. Failed :D

@hunnybunny- have you got confused? I, too, thought Bunny Warren was the character in Capt. Corelli's Mandolin. Bunny Austin on the other hand (first names Henry Wilfred) was the last British tennis player to reach the finals at Wimbledon (1938) before Andy Murray!
Methinks you may owe @hinarei that drink!