Saturday, February 23, 2008

What's with the Nick??

Hi,
Ever wonder what's with the Nickname Rusty_Coyote??
Well sit back and I'll tell you the tale....
Way back I was on CompuServe (Gawd do you remember that??) and my original nickname was TCB. For my initials as well as "Taking Care of Business" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (think you can sign that one MikeSZZ??). I met a guy online by the nick of RandyCyoT. Now CompuServe limits the number of characters in a nickname and he couldn't put in RandyCoyote. So he used the phonic spelling Cy-O-T.
Well we dated online for 2 years and another online friend offered him a job where I was so he moved up. One year later we were married. My initials then became TCS and "Taking Care of Sh*t" doesn't sound very appealing (even if there's more sh*t to take care of after marriage). So I changed the nick to MrsCyoT.
About 4 years ago, my hearing became worse and I couldn't hear anybody talking even from across the dinner table. I decided to get a C. I. (Cochlear Implant). I joined an online support group for CI users to ask questions and get information. No place better to get information than from actual users eh?
After my surgery I had 22 staples in my head and the doctor ordered me not to wash my hair until the post-surgery checkup in 14 days. Well, being a woman with very long hair and having vaseline in my hair from the incision I couldn't resist trying to wash my hair. I tried to just sit in the bathtub and wash a strand at a time but after 45 mins I said "Screw this" and took a full hot shower. After I told my friends on the online group, one lady teased me "Have your staples rusted up yet?" So as a joke I signed on with RustyCyot and the nickname stuck.

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