Mine was given to me by my Grandfather (who passed away this past spring).

When I was in elementary school, I would ride a different bus after school during the spring and fall to help on the farm. It was also one of the last stops of the day, so it wouldn’t be light out for too much longer once I arrived. (That happens when you live right on the border of a time zone). So, once I arrived on the farm, my grandfather would radio my dad and tell him “Your nightly rider is here.” so he could find out where my dad was so my grandfather could take me there.

Nightly rider became night rider when I started pulling garden tractors (someone made a spelling error when they painted the name on the hood) and then it became niterider when I needed a login name for my first dialup internet account...and it had a limit of 9 total characters.