If you were named after someone, spill and tell a story if there is one. I was actually named after Ronald Reagan. I had no part in that, but I'm proud of it nonetheless, since I've always admired the man.

Late Uncle.........Awarded the Silver Star in the Pacific theater in the Army-Air corp. A P-38 Lightning pilot that died 4 yearas before I was born.

__________________
Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
---------------------
Section 609 MVAC Certified
---------------------
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Mom told me years ago how they came up with my name, but can't remember the story anymore. But I'm pretty sure it wasn't after anyone in the family.
We named our son after an uncle I had that died back in '62. We wanted something different from the usual Tom, Dick & Harry, and I always kind of liked that uncle's name, Vernon. It was kind of a 2-for-one way to go. My uncle's middle name was Charles, which also happened to be my maternal grandfathers first name, so we went with that and made both sides of the family feel important.

__________________
past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)

Simple. My Dad liked that western movie Shane so...

__________________
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!

That's two Presidents, so far. Is there a Grover in the crowd?

Named after my Uncle who was killed in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII.

__________________
95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

...some dude that struck out and crashed a train.

A tradition in our religion is to name a child after a dead relative.

For that reason, believe it or not, my dad didn’t have a first name for 6 years and never had a middle name.

Mine was the only one available at the time.

Hey Z, cool name!

__________________
...Tracy

'00 ML320 "Casper"
'92 400E "Stella"

Probably Zeitgeist.

But it would be the Sesame Street character, not the prez.

Oh, having read the posts above, I see I was wrong. He was named for a baseball player.

What did they call him?

Well undedrstand I wasn’t there, but the story is that his folks and siblings mostly called him “boy” and doubtless a few other choice terms on occasion. He was a middle child.

__________________
...Tracy

'00 ML320 "Casper"
'92 400E "Stella"

The full name on my birth certificate is that of the most famous British musician. Figure it out. Clue: jjl. I've hear ALL the jokes...but try if you like.

__________________
'79 280SE
'87 560SEL
'83 280CE
'01 Nissan Micra
'98 VW Passat
'83 911 turbo

Jumpin Jack LeFlash?

When we first PM'd it was a mighty effort on my part to say nothing. I knew you'd heard it all, though for a second I thought you might be having a bit of fun with me.

Then there's our very own Kerry Edwards. he should thank his stars that Kerry didn't get elected. It would never have ended for him.

Botanist at Tulane University, named Darwin. First time I answered the phone when he called I paused a couple seconds just to take that in.

My Mormon dentist is also named Darwin. I've never asked...