Nicknames! Yeah, I've had a few...probably the best I ever had was "Lucky"...We moved to a small Alabama town (pop. 7000) back in the mid 90's, didnt know a soul, I traveled for business and was always coming and going at odd hours on an unset schedule...folks were naturally curious and wondering.....
I would stop in at a little baitshop/gas station Old guy gathering place and buy a pack of Lucky Strikes, fuel up and chatter fishing and weather with the old guys there...Well, er'body started calling me "Lucky" on account of they dint know my name...and the word spread throughout the Community...
It turned out to be a good thing! Being called "Lucky" is a whole lot better than some of the other Nicknames I've had! As trust earned developed, We had some lively times dicking around together and conversations...
We Helped each other, had each others back, One of us had some skill, knowledge, experience or tools in any situation that was good for the well being of the entire group...We helped each other get through Life and protect each others Wives and Children as if they were our own.....yeah..tribal regional nicknames...good memories...
I moved away up North, chasing the dollar, left all my Alabama Baitshop boys behind...Cotton, Woody, Frizz, Pigger, Yogi, Whitey, Rugs, and Tree...Lawyers,Guns or Money..borrowing a bearing puller or roofing a house? You gotta earn a nickname!....
Nobody up here calls me "Lucky" or gives one diddly damn...and I am the poorer one for it...although, if any of my Alabama Baitshop boys called with an emergency, needed help to create or bury a body......I'm freaking there!