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hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: June 01 2005, 11:12 I figured this would be the best place for an item about those avatars. Some of them I've wondered about: - Why is Sir Mustapha in a cow suit? - Alan D's is too dark to make out anything. What is it? - is Raven4x4x's spy avatar inspired by "Mastermind" ? At this time, mine is of an actual Native American (Dakota) leader who held sway in the area referred to in the "Song of Hiawatha' in my SIG. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: June 01 2005, 19:55 Actually, my avatar is the icon from the msagent program that I found in my Windows folder. I don't know what the program does (I'm not game enough to try) but I loved the icon. I just put a little border around it. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: June 02 2005, 04:43 Perception is an interesting thing. I'd no idea that mine was hard to decipher. There's a passage in Tr3s Lunas (one of the most beautiful), where you are carried through space to Earth by a burning rose, to the accompaniment of stunningly beautiful music. My avatar is the burning rose, but you can see the rest of the picture that it's taken from here. Another picture of the flight with the rose can be seen here. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 02 2005, 06:49 Oh, well, my avatar is actually Fernando Toro, from a children's show. I kept him mostly because of the name, but also because he's a really, really nifty character. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Vinz Group: Members Posts: 253 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: June 02 2005, 09:51 Mine is Mount Teide ! -------------- Rejoignez la Tubular Mailing List francophone ! http://www.tubular.free.fr/tubular.php Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: June 02 2005, 18:43 Since I'm too lazy to look for an avatar on the Net, I just picked the one I liked best from the list here on this board, and it just happened to be the one I have now. But, it some way, it also represents the way I am. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

The Big BellEnd Group: Members Posts: 971 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: June 03 2005, 17:02 To Vinz, have you been fortunate enough to go to the top of mount teide, I did in 1992, it was really great,  saw an eagle in flight, really great. -------------- I, ON THE OTHER HAND. AM A VICTIM OF YOUR CARNIVOUROUS LUNAR ACTIVITY. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: June 03 2005, 19:07 Mine is me with longer hairdo,and the way the avatar is dressed up is quite similar to real life -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: June 03 2005, 20:59 Thanks to Kebawe for mine.. a thief in the night i am. Plus I always wanted on that moved. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 641 Joined: April 2000 Posted: June 04 2005, 21:49 Well, I used to have Bootleg from the back cover of the Hergest Ridge LP as my avatar, but forgeting that avatar images aren't uploaded to the tub.net servers I made the mistake of deleting it from my webspace. For some reason that I don't know of I also deleted it from my hard drive. D'oh! So now I am aspiring to the likes of Korgscrew and Olivier by having no avatar. Perhaps one day I might be bothered to scan the Hergest Ridge LP again, but I did think it was a bit difficult to get right in a small graphic area I wondered if Tati created her avatar herself or it was found elsewhere on the net. Some good graphics work there Back to top

Vinz Group: Members Posts: 253 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: June 06 2005, 08:40 To The Big BellEnd : No, I haven't unfortunately, not yet, but I wish to... Since I'm french, I'm not so far of Mount Teidi and Tenerife. So why not ? It will be like a pilgrimage -------------- Rejoignez la Tubular Mailing List francophone ! http://www.tubular.free.fr/tubular.php Back to top

Satyagraha Group: Musicians Posts: 103 Joined: June 2003 Posted: June 06 2005, 09:03 Er ... I never thought of this before: I use a photograph of myself. Is that considered wrong? I'm kind of new to the forum world, and a slow adapter to new rules. Please tell me if I'm doing the wrong thing, and I will replace that rather silly party-mood picture with something more appropriate. -------------- Byrði betri berrat maðr brautu at en sé mannvit mikit Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: June 06 2005, 09:42 Quote (Satyagraha @ June 06 2005, 14:03) Please tell me if I'm doing the wrong thing There isn't a 'wrong thing', is there? I expect most people just chose something they felt comfortable with - something that they felt vaguely reflected some part of their character, or taste? That's what I did, anyway. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 06 2005, 09:50 Using your own picture as your avatar is only "wrong" if you feel uncomfortable with it. Otherwise, it's all perfect. It's just very common to see someone using some other kind of picture as his avatar because he identifies with it, somehow (and yes, I do identify myself with good ole Ferny). It's a matter of style. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 641 Joined: April 2000 Posted: June 06 2005, 20:37 At least you can say you're being unique in choosing your own pic as an avatar. I've never really noticed a lack of avatars like that A few of our photos can be found at Tim's site - http://www.oldfield.info/portal/people/ Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 12 2005, 16:07 I don't know if it's clear enough for everyone to see, but I'm back to Lisa. Even though it looks like she's sad, she's actually reading. There's another fairly disturbing detail about the picture that I'd better not talk about here. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Ratty Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: June 12 2005, 16:41 Mines the Leeds United "Smiley" emblem from the late 70s / early 80s.   -------------- Far away across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spells Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: June 12 2005, 20:09 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ June 13 2005, 05:07) I don't know if it's clear enough for everyone to see, but I'm back to Lisa. No, it isn't clear at all. It looks to me like something that's on fire. I can't make out anything that's more than vaguely person-like I'm afraid. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 12 2005, 20:53 Oww, groan. Why do the pics I really like don't look any good in 4096 bloody square pixels? If too many questions appear, I'll just have to switch to Bob the Builder eventually. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: June 13 2005, 04:27 I can't use the word 'avatar' because to me that means something else entirely, but my picture is of a hippie playing an organ. Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

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