Originally Posted by Heel n Toe (Post 8203625)

I had a rather generic 40's/50's nickname all of my early years... named after my dad's younger brother who died before he was 5/6 from complications from pneumonia, as I remember it.

I didn't really dislike it until I pondered using it when introducing myself at college, so I dropped it... especially thought it might be a liability with the wimmens... and went with John. One of the girls in my class had been calling me John all through high school, anyway... it just seemed like it was time.

It was a good decision too, because it would have probably followed me into my first summer job in college, and maybe even beyond.

When I'm around my siblings and people I grew up with, it still pops out fairly frequently, but I don't mind it.

No, I'm not going to reveal it. Heh heh.