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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

Long story...

Long, long time ago, far far away, on IRC, I used the nick Robbo... it relates to the manager of a football team I support. Robbo became Rob, and my backup nick because became Robzster (don't know why, I just chose it!).

The 1977 part many people think refers to my year-of-birth. It's not. If that were the case, it'd be 1982. The 1977 actually refers to an album by my favourite band, Irish punk-rockers Ash.