It has been an experience reading how everyone got their names but through sadness and happiness of many these handles pay tribute to individual lives. As for me being All Thumbs, it stemmed from me machine quilting so long one week that my thumbs had cracked and nothing would heal them. So when I joined this group, I grumbled to my dh that I needed a screen name and went to the kitchen for another cup of coffee. Well, when I returned through the hallway, dh whom I thought was sleeping and not paying any attention to what I had said, simply stated, "Hi All Thumbs." It stuck; hence here I am All Thumbs!