House flippers?....Not a term used here in the UK, i suspect the term means to buy and sell for profit?
User names
Yes, like the TV shows lol. Buy, fix, sell.
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It comes from a geographical name referring to the county of Devon in England.
Mine is just my name and my birth year. probably about time to stop using that 
Devon is beautiful....Lucky you DL 
4 days later
People said I was eccentric but of course I couldn't have a username that was spelled correctly.
Ok I will bite 
my name chosen in the season of life I was in at the time was deliberate to effect change. In other words, I wasn’t happy. I was an island. Everybody goes through ugly storms and we had more than enough to claim our experience in the muck and mire. I was lonely, burned out, and not optimistic. We had dealt with my disease over the years. Then we had the experience of my daughter going through cancer and though she lost a kidney, we were fortunate to have her still. Then we had the experience of my wife having cardiac arrest while our daughter was in treatment. She lived after 30 minutes or so of cpr. Then I lost friends I used to know from work. Then 2020 and all the anxiety and isolation from the pandemic. I wasn’t happy. I was isolated and burned out. Then I rediscovered Bob Ross just to keep my mind off things. I’m a person of faith, and Jesus has brought me through a great deal. Didn’t have anywhere else to focus on so I focused on Him and would watch Bob Ross for nostalgia. When I finally decided to try it, I chose happy island because I wanted to have a different outlook. With a large family we still go through the muck and mire but my outlook is hopeful, painting gives me much joy and I’m thankful to Him for giving me that gift. Now it’s my passion.
that’s my short story on it anyway
Yeah, we really don't know what crap life will throw at us next, glad you found your "happy" place.
a month later
My initials, that's all, lol
Ha..Not your career then? 
flippergirlpaints I always wanted to flip a house. Could not convince my husband. Great career or side gig.
My mom calls me Ninoum (Chicky). It’s supposed to be a “short” for Nancy! 
Really......Not actually shorter
12 days later
I too have a rather plain and uninspired handle; it's just my first name and the first two letters of my last name. It's easy and typically unused on most sites. Probably not the safest choice however 
4 days later
Interesting. A bit like Jeff, mine is not hard to guess - 1st name and initial of 2nd. It actually says a lot about me. Cheers
mine it's jsut a mash up of name and surname I use around on the web XD not much meaning behind it
2 months later
Since I dislike cleaning the brush, I'm always delighted when Bob says "using the same dirty brush"!
4 months later
Hi, any recent members care to share?
14 days later
JIN7 is derived from the word “JIN”which signifies love or compassion towards others
Additionally the number7 represents my birth month July. Of the 40+ letters in the word pronounced "Jin," only one letter has that meaning. Japanese people usually use 4 kinds of characters (Chinese character, Hiragana, Katakana, and Alphabet) for reading and writing and the combination of these characters is really complicated and Most Japanese people, including myself, cannot speak English well because it takes a huge amount of time to learn the native language and the language is unique.