Your Username - why & what does it mean?

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[Firn]

Growing up in the winter playground of Northern Minnesota i miss the snow.

Firnification is the process by which snow transforms into firn, a dense layer of compacted snow. Firn is a key component of glaciers. [1, 2, 3]
How it happens [3]

• Snow that survives a melt season becomes firn. [3]
• Firn is created when old snow melts and then refreezes. [1]
• As more snow accumulates on top of firn, it's buried and the density increases. [3]
• Over time, firn is transformed into glacier ice. [3]

Firn in glaciers [2, 3]

• Firn is a key component of glaciers. [2, 3]
• The weight of accumulated ice creates enough pressure to melt the bottom layers of firn, which creates a slick surface that gravity pulls the glacier down. [2]
• Much of the ice on Antarctica is firn. [4]

Etymology [5]

• The earliest known use of the word "firnification" was in 1923 in a text by Ahlmann and Tveten.

 

[FreshDaddyE]

Needed a screen name for ICQ back in the mid 90s. It was a joke at the time, but it’s never taken when I sign up for anything so I stick with it.

 

[Bushwood CC]

So I was caddying for the Daili Lama and he stiffed me. And I say, 'Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.' And he says, 'Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.' So I got that goin' for me, which is nice!

 

[Sgt. Carter]

Career Marine, son of a Marine sergeant.

 

[Bushwood CC]

Career Marine, son of a Marine sergeant.

Loved you in Hogan’s Hero’s and Gomer Pyle.

 

[FloridaMan655321]

I mean, first part is obvious. Numbers are from A Clockwork Orange

 

[Warp Asylum]

"Warp Asylum" is the last song on White Zombie's La Sexorcisto album.

Both the song and the album are masterpieces.

 

[TMND]

Initials + state

 

[3rdgenfan]

Had a few 3rdgen Camaros and Firebirds when I was 16/17 and was a fan of them.

 

[NYCLABORER79]

Well im a NYC Union laborer local 79

 

[K6CCC]

K6CCC is my amateur radio callsign. I use it in lots of places.

 

[B177y]

I saw this on the Mach-E forums and thought it was cool.

Copy/paste of my post on the Mach-e forum as well:

Many moons ago during the infancy of the interwebs, I had to come up with a handle for some newsgroup or email or something like that. The instructions said not to use your real name. Since creativity isn't my strongest quality, I turned the "ill" in the middle of nickname upside-down.... Billy became b177y. Amazing

 

[rdr854]

From my AOL days - my initials. 854 is for the Volvo 850 sedan.

 

[CRAIGC540]

Copy/paste of my post on the Mach-e forum as well:

Many moons ago during the infancy of the interwebs, I had to come up with a handle for some newsgroup or email or something like that. The instructions said not to use your real name. Since creativity isn't my strongest quality, I turned the "ill" in the middle of nickname upside-down.... Billy became b177y. Amazing

I like that one!

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