Author Topic: Avatars (Read 10357 times)

LadySmith · « **on:** October 25, 2006, 12:13:11 AM »

Now that we can have avatars, what is yours, why did you choose it and what does it mean (to you, to others, both)?
Ill go first&
What it is: Mine is a Black Widow spider.
Why: I like them.
Meaning: To me, theyre small, solitary, dark and dangerous when need be, like I am. To others, they offer a visual warning to be left the hell alone with the means to back it up.

280plus · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2006, 01:00:04 AM »

You're scaring me... shocked

No avatar yet, I'm thinking about it though.

spinr · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2006, 02:09:40 AM »

Mine is cut down (to retain proportions) from this photo I took:

Tis one of the better photos, I think, produced by my lackluster photography skills.

The subject is a Civil War memorial statue located in my town; and while it was specifically designated for those soldiers, I think it for some it may represent more than just that.

280plus · « **Reply #3 on:** October 25, 2006, 02:48:38 AM »

Nice shot!

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #4 on:** October 25, 2006, 02:57:51 AM »

Spiders yucky. I've always found avatars to be distracting eye-candy for those raised on MTV. I'm leaving them on for right now, though, to see how I like them.

280plus · « **Reply #5 on:** October 25, 2006, 03:01:37 AM »

Not me, here's mine. A lovely parting shot of my home for 48 months.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #6 on:** October 25, 2006, 03:07:30 AM »

You lived on the ship, or in the general area?

280plus · « **Reply #7 on:** October 25, 2006, 03:16:44 AM »

On the ship...

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #8 on:** October 25, 2006, 03:27:36 AM »

In the words of that guy on "A Mighty Wind," wha' happen?

280plus · « **Reply #9 on:** October 25, 2006, 03:47:23 AM »

SinkEx

Sink Exercise. Her last duty was to be a target. Look up USS Buchanan (DDG-14) and you'll get the whole story. It's actually a pretty good one. One note was she was in the same squadron as the Turner Joy and was involved in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. She was also the third with that name, the first being given to the Brits and used as the battering ram during the Raid on St. Nazaire. ANOTHER good story! Buchanan was a Confederate Officer and she was the only ship in the fleet named after such. There is speculation that there will not be a 4th Buchanan because of that and PC kind of stuff. I served under the reign of "Jolly" Roger Barnett who was the only Captain in the fleet authorized to fly the skull and crossed bones and did.

grin

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #10 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:10:03 AM »

Quote from: 280plus on October 25, 2006, 02:47:23 AM

I served under the reign of "Jolly" Roger Barnett who was the only Captain in the fleet authorized to fly the skull and crossed bones and did.

OK, now explain that. You wild and wacky squids.

Ezekiel · « **Reply #11 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:10:33 AM »

Um, "I can't figure out how/where to add an avatar."

I presume this is somewhere under my personal setings, right?

[Edit: I figured it out. Note that I went with mine own ugly mug.]

280plus · « **Reply #12 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:30:44 AM »

The "Jolly Roger" is the black flag with the skull and crossed bones that pirates flew when at sea. The Navy considered it an illegal flag but authorized Barnett to use it as our battle flag. He had pull, he had a Doctorate in PoliSci and had worked with Nixon on SALT II. Each ship had a "battle flag" that it flew while out to sea. Ours was the Jolly Roger. So you're "talking" to one of the few people in this day and age that has sailed under the Jolly Roger. How impressive is THAT? laugh

Meanwhile, Barnett was only there cause he needed a command under his belt to get his Eagle. He was a miserable SOB for the most part. He was bucking for promotion and we were the stepping stones, always volunteering us to do one inane thing or another. Last I knew he was teaching at the Naval War College in Newport RI but has probably retired by now. He got his Eagle but never any stars. Which would have been expected for the career of someone with his attitude. Believe it or not only the REALLY good people get the stars.

charby · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:34:13 AM »

I have a squirrel, all you have to do is hang out with me when I'm on a comedy roll and you'll know why.

wingnutx · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:42:58 AM »

I like kittens.

Avatars are good as a way to identify authors with a glance.

erik the bold · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:44:29 AM »

Just 'cause I could.......... cheesy

spinr · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:54:42 AM »

Quote from: 280plus on October 25, 2006, 01:48:38 AM

Nice shot!

Thanks!

Quote from: 280plus on October 25, 2006, 02:47:23 AM

SinkEx

Sink Exercise. Her last duty was to be a target. Look up USS Buchanan (DDG-14) and you'll get the whole story. It's actually a pretty good one.

Taken from navsource.org:

Quote

The ship, decommissioned 1 October 1991 and stricken from the Navy List 20 November 1992, was hit by three Hellfire missiles, three Harpoon missiles and a 2,400-pound laser-guided bomb, but did not sink. The job was finally done by 200 pounds of explosive charges set by an EOD team.

Frakkin' frak! shocked

Stubborn old gal, huh?

cool

wingnutx · « **Reply #17 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:00:36 AM »

My first ship was gutted to make a berthing-barge.

USS Proteus.

She was in Tokyo Harbor when the Japanese surrendered.

280plus · « **Reply #18 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:22:21 AM »

Yup, the exercise was done on the 13th, what the blurb doesn't mention is the torpedo that was supposed to finish the job failed to detonate. So they sent EOD in on the 14th. Everybody likes to think she refused to go down on the 13th but was ok with it on the 14th. Her hull number. :cue Twlight Zone music:

BTW, it turned out my old XO was a 3 star when the exercise took place and pretty much in charge of the whole damn Pacific fleet. We had known each other fairly well in the old days. So when I heard about the Sinkex I emailed him and asked if he wouldn't mind dropping a nice big bomb on her just for me. So to this day I claim the 2,400 lb bomb as MINE!!

grin

CatsDieNow · « **Reply #19 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:27:26 AM »

I'd rather we didn't use avatars. One of the reason I liked THR and APS was I don't have to worry about NSFW pictures.

It's a more mature user base here, so I probably still don't have to worry...please keep them out of sig lines, though. Nothing is more annoying than having to look at someones ugly car or cat every other post.

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:28:35 AM »

I dunno. It just felt like me, and I like it.

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #21 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:30:43 AM »

i had another one, but yesterday i saw El Tejon's web gallery and i could not resist

280plus · « **Reply #22 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:31:37 AM »

I DO note a bit of a resemblance there gewehr cheesy

280plus · « **Reply #23 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:34:10 AM »

Hey Wingnut...

Preacherman · « **Reply #24 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:42:57 AM »

Well, I am an administrator and moderator, so why not a watchdog?

grin

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