QUOTE (Kuma @ Dec 31 2008, 08:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Jinx,
you may want to concider changing your name
you may want to concider changing your name
True.
For anyone curious of how this nickname came about:
Several years ago I was building a TT banshee. I stopped at a local dealer to look at a banshee they had there for a trail bike to replace the one I was building to race. A guy was in the back kicking his TT race banshee over many, many times and it wouldn't start. I looked over at him and said, "the CDI box is out". Anyone that has rode banshees knows that you can ride it one day, and the next day it may not start because the CDI box suddenly went bad. I have seen it happen a few times. Anyway, he said, "It can't be. I just rode it yesterday. It has to be the plugs."
Well, about 2 weeks later I was at a bar in town, and that guy walked up and said, "YOU JINXED ME!!!" I had a puzzled look and he explained that it was him trying to start his bike, and it did in fact end up being the CDI box.
I started racing a couple weeks after that and he raced the same class as me. He started calling me Jinx, and the name stuck so I started using it as a login name as well. Everyone I raced with called me Jinx, and now that its used as a login name as well, anyone I met racing or on the internet knows me by that name.
I have had nicknames my entire life. The only time I was called by my real name was when I was in trouble with my parents or a teacher. So hearing someone say my real name now kind of scares me. LOL
