What Do Your Usernames Mean?

[Matt308]

Ugh too much information

 

[DBII]

I went through the Cavalry School at Ft Knox. Tanker is one of the terms for the Armor types but I think DAT works better (Dum A$$ Tanker).

DBII,
clank, clank, I'm a tank!

 

[Becca]

Thanks for the explination, DBII.

 

[DBII]

Tread head is another favorite.

DBII

 

[Wildcat]

Left stick, right stick, f*ck wit was the common saying around our tankies.

 

[Screaming Eagle]

I like that wildcat,

 

[Negative Creep]

'Tis an old Nirvana song. Not even one of their best, I was first starting to use the net and was stumped for a name. It was on at the time and it sounded cool, so I now use it on every forum

 

[cougar32d]

i also am a tanker ,cougar32d is my call sign of sorts

 

[DBII]

Clank, clank, Wildcat. What do you call dismounted Inf?......crunchies! That is the sound they make when you run over them. Speed bumps also work.

DBII

 

[pbfoot]

I think Zipperheads is what we called ours

 

[DBII]

Cougar32D, wich unit? I was in 1/11 ACR.

DBII

 

[A4K]

I think we used the Aussie version for the tankers in NZ too (kiwimac, k9kiwi am I right there?)

 

[cougar32d]

1\66ar 4ID

 

[<simon>]

I couldnt think of some witty username like some of the others round here

I just used my name but it looked boring so i put 'wings' on it!!

 

[eddie_brunette]

I think it is me.....

 

[Trebor]

my UN is my RL name backwards

 

[RabidAlien]

Rabid Alien. My avatar is Stitch, from the Disney movie "Lilo and Stitch". Disney put out a movie about a psychotic blue alien, what's not to love about the little guy? Now....if I could just find a way to Photoshop him into the cockpit of a P-38....

 

[parsifal]

I took the spelling "parsifal" from a book that I read many years ago, called the spear. there is of course the Wagnerian version of Parsifal, but I based my selection of the name from the 13th century poem German epic "parzival".

Parzival is a major medieval German epic poem attributed to the poet Wolfram von Eschenbach, written in the Middle High German language. The poem is commonly dated circa the first quarter of the 13th century. The poem is, in part, an adaptation of Chretien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail and mainly centers on the Arthurian hero Parzival (Percival in English) and his long quest for the Holy Grail, following his initial failure to achieve it.

Among the most striking elements of the text are the scope of its plot and its emphasis on the virtues of compassion and spiritual questioning.

Parzival's heroic traits are (eventually) his empathy and wisdom

 

[parsifal]

The spear of destiny figures very prominently in both the original 13th century poem about parsifal, and the wagnerian adaptation of the story. It is believed by some to also have had a big impact on Hitler

According to the account of Dr Walter Stein, the young Hitler whilst living as a down and out in Vienna undertook a penetrating study of the Occult meanings underlying Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Thirteenth Century Grail Romance, 'Parsival'. Stein through various contacts with Hitler became convinced that he was deeply involved with the Occult and had an experienced spiritual mentor, possibly linked to the infamous 'Blood Lodge of Guido Von Liszt.

Hitler later claimed in Mein Kampf, that these had been the most vital years of his life in which he learned all he needed to know to lead the Nazi Party.

Stein got to know Hitler because of their mutual interest in the Spear of Destiny - a relic on display in the Hapsburg's treasury at the Hofmuseum in Vienna.

The relic was said to have phenomenal talismanic power having once been used at the Crucifixion to wound the side of Christ. According to legend, possession of the Spear would bring its owner the power to conquer the world, but losing it would bring immediate death. The relic had been owned by a succession of powerful European rulers down through the centuries and eventually came to be in the possession of the Hapsberg Dynasty.

Hitler confided to Stein that the first time he saw the Spear he had witnessed extraordinary visions of his own destiny unfolding before him.

In 1923, on his deathbed, Hitler's mentor Dietrich Eckart, a dedicated Satanist and central figure in the Occult Thule Society and a founder member of the Nazi party, said:


'Follow Hitler ! He will dance, but it is I who have called the tune !'
'I have initiated him into the 'Secret Doctrine', opened his centres in vision and given him the means to communicate with the Powers.'

'Do not mourn for me: I shall have influenced history more than any other German.'

On 12th March 1938, the day Hitler annexed Austria, he arrived in Vienna a conquering hero. He first port of call was to the Hofmuseum where he took possession of the Spear which he immediately sent to Nuremberg, the spiritual capital of Nazi Germany. I have read that the relic finally arrived (or was unveiled I cant recall) at its new home on the 30th April 1938.

At 2.10 on 30th April, 1945, exactly seven years later during the final days of the war, after considerable bombing of Nuremberg, the Spear fell into the hands of the American 7th Army under General Patton. Later that day, in fulfilment of the legend, Hitler committed suicide. The number 7 is considered by some to be a magical number, mentioned many times in the bible. hitlers membership number to the Nazi party was , you guessed it, 7......

Parsifal possessed the purity of heart to stop the magical powers of the spear of destiny

Do I believe any of this....nah, not a bit, but it makes for some intersting mystique dont you think???

 

[Njaco]

Cool reading, Parsifal!!