What's in a name?

[fmrUSMC_0844]

U S Navy, 1955/1958. I was a boatswain mate striker on board the USS Merrick AKA 97. The vessel was identified as an attack cargo ship. We were in the amphibious navy, the amphibs, the gator navy, ship to shore, we delivered the Marines and all their gear through the surf to the beach. My job was coxswain of of an LCM, (Landing Craft Mechanized) which was a boat 56 feet long, weighed 55 tons, and was powered by twin grey marine diesel engines.
A boatswains mate (pronounced Bosn) was the deck force that sailed the ship and manned the landing craft. A coxswain's (pronounced coxn) job was to drive the boat. Trust me, it's a heck of a rush to take a 55 ton boat through the surf, deliver the cargo, and then back off the beach. While in the Navy, there were some hen house times, but I remember the good times, and I'm proud of being a sailor, so chose my user name BosnMate, and my avatar is a picture of an LCM with the bow ramp down on the beach in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, hence no surf in that picture, more like in a lake than an open ocean beach. I was in the still WWII Navy, although jet aircraft were coming on strong, and change was in the wind. There is still an Amphibious Navy, but not the same as the one I was in. Helicopters and hover craft are now what is used to take troops and cargo to the beach.

Here is a video that will show you what I've been talking about. This video was shot in Sesabo, Japan, so again there is a lack of surf adding excitement.

I spent some time on LCU's aboard the now decommissioned USS Nassau. I was on the 22ND MEU in 2000 to 2001. You guys brought ashore a lot of our vehicles and artillery pieces!! Without you guys we would never make it to shore!! Semper Fi!!

My username is I am a FORMER (Not ex) Marine and 0844 was my MOS. Field Artillery Fire Direction Controllman. We had towed M198 155MM canons.

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

First name, initial of last name and my location. Pretty boring.

 

[jakester]

My name was chosen because I like to turkey hunt and like a jake turkey is a rookie gobler I am a rookie metal detector.

 

[Butter Hat]

Mine's based on some mis-heard song lyrics.

 

[treasuresalvor]

Mine is not very original, kind of a Mel Fisher rip off. I often wish I could change it but it does reflect my interests.

 

[Tahts-a-dats-ago]

My favorite author is Louis L'Amour. At one time I had a copy of every book he had published. In one of his books, I don't recall the title, one of the main characters was a person by the name of Tahts-a-dats-ago. The character was a somewhat rogue Apache brave whose main purpose in life appeared to be terrifying everyone else. The name supposedly means "Quick Killer."

My use, as a moniker, is simply a means of expressing appreciation for L'Amour's books. It does reflect, somewhat anyway, upon my tendency to be a loner and upon my love of nature.

 

[Argentium]

Mine (Argentium) is based on the Latin word for Silver . I think the actual word would be argentum. I chose it because I'm crazy for silver , coins , spoons, all manner of domestic silver . I also dabble in Silversmithing and jewelry fabrication.

 

[Peyton Manning]

mine is obvious as well, I think danica patrick is the best driver in the world

 

[Duckman Willcox]

Mine comes from what a Duck does to get something to sustain life--- he is constantly probing the mud to find things so I became Duckman who uses "the bill" (My current detector) to hunt with.

 

[Duckshot]

I'm more likely to find spent steel shot than gold in my pan. Also, I duck shot.

Mine is from another hobby that has been pushed aside by this one

OK, just one more question Pinball. You ever play Midway/Bally Addam's Family? It is the epitome of pinball IMO. "Thing flips, get the extra ball!".

 

[Molewacker]

My name was chosen because I like to turkey hunt and like a jake turkey is a rookie gobler I am a rookie metal detector.

A Jake Turkey - ya learn something everyday!

Love it Jakester, welcome to T-net

 

[Coach Stack]

I coached football for 14 years.

 

[watercolor]

My dad was a watercolor artist and after he passed away in the mid 1990's, I started painting watercolors using many of the brushes & paints that were in his studio.
Many of the subjects I choose to paint are inspired from black & white photographs I made back in the day when "analog" film was the norm.

 

[markmopar]

I'm Mark and I'm a Mopar guy. Since there are fewer of us than other brand car guys, in my area if you say Markmopar, pretty much everybody knows who you mean.

 

[68kaiser]

Mine is my truck a 1968 M715 KAISER
Its my other hobby.. Love building trucks... Just put a 12v Cummins in this thing.

 

[Truth]

Mine is from another hobby that has been pushed aside by this one

My fishing poles have thick dust on them. My best friends think I lost my mind. I wonder how've they been?


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[DannyB.]

Mine is my truck a 1968 M715 KAISER View attachment 1409480
Its my other hobby.. Love building trucks... Just put a 12v Cummins in this thing.

12v sweet! Can I get a under hood shot?

 

[68kaiser]

Don't have many good pics just deleted most of pics in my phone as luck would have it.

 

[roaddust66]

I like to travel. I grew up two blocks off old route 66. I am a wanderer , I have a lot of road dust on me. Thus ROADDUST 66

 

[fish1on]

The name applies to my other hobby. I wanted "fishon" but it was already taken. Just a saying that you would call out while fishing. I used to live in Alaska and when fishing for salmon in the rivers people would say fish on and you would know to reel in so they could fight the fish while they ran up or down stream.