[quote author=scottydl].... it was scottyL... turned out that was often already taken at various e-mails and websites I tried....[/quote]
He he, join the club. I was able to snag TomJ at one of our prior hosts many years ago, but things changed when they were acquired by AOL. I finally got desperate and tried Disney characters, but others had beat me to it. I could get mickeymouse972349871 or donaldduck3827152309, neither of which seemed any better than tomj42865141827.
I also managed to snag welshman (my heritage) at my first cable modem provider (we happened to be one of 3 beta cities for the first cable modem service). The company was sold several times, and I managed to hang onto the name until they were eventually acquired by Comcast who already had someone with that name. Their offer was T...J...123x, but that's when I got creative.
Having our own server, forum software, and email system made it easy, especially since I was first here ;D