You and Your Screen Name

I wouldn't use either of my M.O.S. lol im not that motto
 
Circa 2001 I was driving home from one of my first aquarium maintenance clients in College Station TX. I was sitting at an intersection and "Intrinsic Reef Design " popped into my head. I guess it sounded cool to my 20 year old brain. Weirdly enough, I vividly remember that intersection and moment. Fast forward to 2008 when I formed my company, and that is the name that went down. Too late to change it now.
I guess I had the notion of creating aquariums that had the intrinsic elements of a natural reef.
Funny how memories work. I can't remember most details from 40 years ago, but there are a few stand out memories where I remember what I was wearing, where I was, what I was doing and what I was thinking. It's simply amazing.
 
I’m very creative with usernames. My first name is Greg and my last name is Tinnel.
I think it was a school username for something many years ago and I’ve just been using it since.

Anytime I try to come up with an interesting username I end up thinking it sounds stupid so now I just stick with gtinnel.
 
I’m very creative with usernames. My first name is Greg and my last name is Tinnel.
I think it was a school username for something many years ago and I’ve just been using it since.

Anytime I try to come up with an interesting username I end up thinking it sounds stupid so now I just stick with gtinnel.
Your gtinnel your stuck with it now...
 
My name is Gregg. My company is ADP. I’m usually creative with screen names, but I just wasn’t feeling it the day I joined.

Not sure why I chose the name I did, because I’m not here trying to drum up business. If anything, all the dumb things I do and say here is costing me business.
 
Yes! lol and I had the EK wind up motorcycle jump action figure. Jumped that s#@t over everything. Simple times
I had that toy too!
 
I’ve had the mrpontiac80 handle for everything for many years because well I like cars and Pontiac. I’ve been in the reef hobby now for just over 3 years but it’s something I’ve always wanted to do and finally decided to try it after my friend/co worker started his up a couple years prior.
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I’ve had the mrpontiac80 handle for everything for many years because well I like cars and Pontiac. I’ve been in the reef hobby now for just over 3 years but it’s something I’ve always wanted to do and finally decided to try it after my friend/co worker started his up a couple years prior.
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My eighth grade art teacher, who happened to also pose in playboy. We bonded over fish tanks...
That summer she bought a new 79' Trans Am, gold with the the black firebird. I don't think my jeans ever felt tighter riding around in her passenger seat going to the local LFS (which happened to be a Amilings garden center)
 
I'm resurrecting this thread. This was a fun thread we had going, and we have had a lot of new members since the creation of this thread!
 
Still flying high with the X-37B remote spacecraft screen name.
Last post I had no systems running. I now have 5 with #6 starting as we speak.
Amazing what you can do with a reef tank in 1.5 years.
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Food. Last nights peas cooked in a frying pan with butter. Makes the peas bubble and squeak.
This no longer makes sense 😀
 
Well I ended up with my name a a username . Hadn’t realized noobishly how the people set up the user name and then it was like “who the heck are you?” If I changed it. So here we are.
 
I'm a JRR Tolkien enthusiast. But I add letters to the end because there are a lot of us
 
If I named my fish, it would be things like Frodo, Samwise, Gandalf, Imrahil, Laramie, Eowyn, Rose. Really nothing to do with fish.

My favorite is Green Mandarinfish hands down. The one I lost during an ice storm was very fun to observe
Laramie should have read Faramir
It is spelled "Laramie" but pronounced "Faramir."
 
lol, my og xbox gamertag
 

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