[bwilson4web]

As a Wilson, elementary schools liked to put us in sorted lines and I grew to hate being at the end. Then my first name, Robert, and middle name, John, were both fairly common. So in school, we had Robert, Rob, Robby, Bob, Bobby, and 'you Robert in the back.' Then as a young Marine with a somewhat stern visage from deep set eyes, I needed to soften my image and adopted "Bob" as my nickname. So when I had to choose a username, 'bwilson' came to mind. But as the Internet grew, I kept bouncing into other 'bwilson' users. <gerrr>

The common approach is to append a number but what to choose. The number '2' is not much better but '4' had possibilities. I was active in USENET so I had a 'bwilson4use' account and when doing business, 'bwilson4web' for Ebay and support services. But USENET descended into madness from binary porn and SPAM and has all but disappeared so 'bwilson4web' remained.

Bob Wilson