Mine is long story and hopefully interesting.
It started back in 1996. We had just moved to our first home in the St. Louis area and my wife's car was on its last axle.
We sold Hubby (the car) and picked up a 1994 Ford Escort that was dubbed Edgar before we had even bought it.
After the purchase, we needed to get a driver's plate made for it. I had always fancied having a personalized plate so we thought long and hard on it and my wife came up with the perfect solution.
We both love Star Trek and at that time Next Gen was still the best.
I had just graduated with a BS in Data Processing so my wife suggested Mr. Data which was too many letters and would have looked like MRDATA. Being the retentive individuals that we are, we wanted something that looked nicer. So we made it MR-D8A.
It was a perfect marriage of my chosen profession as a DATA wrangler and our passion at the time of Star Trek (you have to admit that Mr. Data is an irresistable character!)
I was the first to go on-line and I was having the hardest time finding a handle that no one else had used. Out of desperation I tried mr_d8a and low and behold it worked. I've been using it ever since.
That also explains Elisabeth's handle: All4_mr_d8a. It was her expression of undying fealty for the love of her life.
As she said it "I am all for you, forever and ever. I belong to no one else and you shall have me for the rest of your days."
James
