Avatars -WARNING, This thread is HILARIOUS! & A MUST READ!

[Dean Harrison]

Our Forum is populated with fantastic people who contribute amazing thoughts and views. Most of you have been with us for many years.

Behind the scenes, it has been heavily discussed that we would like this Forum to be more personalised.

Again, we have had Members here for many years, however we cant see you?

If we can encourage people to use their own pic as an Avatar, please do. If not, that is your choice, and we understand. To those who can, yes, please do and we are doing the same along with you!
DMH

[iwanttobelieve]

Hi All.

I've noticed the recent trend amongst the moderators to start using mug shots.

Good to see you leading by example!

Gotta say my mental image of members based on their avatars and comments was waaaaay different to their photos.

A pleasant surprise and I agree it's a lot more personal.

Sticky's avatar creeps me out a little bit (not sure why) but Lasso's drag queen monkey is always good for a laugh. Can't wait to see the faces behind those images.

I've grown attached to my little green alien friend but if I find a photo that's a little more "me" I'll be sure to post it.

[Michael Williams]

I am not using my head...I have the funniest avatar for a start..

Mike

[topender]

OK FINE...there ya go, i was going to wait until after my botox treatment before i displayed my well used mug, ooooohhhh i feel naked in public

[stickyfingers]

Hi All.

I've noticed the recent trend amongst the moderators to start using mug shots.

Good to see you leading by example!

Gotta say my mental image of members based on their avatars and comments was waaaaay different to their photos.

A pleasant surprise and I agree it's a lot more personal.

Sticky's avatar creeps me out a little bit (not sure why) but Lasso's drag queen monkey is always good for a laugh. Can't wait to see the faces behind those images.

I've grown attached to my little green alien friend but if I find a photo that's a little more "me" I'll be sure to post it.

...lol!... quite a few years ago one of my grandchildren used to say to everybody when she was a little younger... "Speak to the Hand" all the time and cut the conversation off and walk away when she didn't want to hear anymore...and it annoyed the hell out of me (I considered it to be a disrespectful Americanised type saying)... I bided my time but decided to teach her a lesson in good manners...so one day she sent me an email to ask me to allow me to... "be her friend" ...on one of those Facebook type things back at that time as she had only JUST got a computer and the internet... so I sent her that picture that I found on the internet and wrote nothing back...just sent the picture...

... when she recieved it... (just the picture and nothing written)... she rang me up... she was really upset and almost crying... but she realised what it meant... she apologised to me about a dozen times over... I then accepted her as my friend while she was speaking to me on the phone... it made her day and she was happy again... she has never said... "Speak to the Hand" ... to me since and not to anybody else again!... as far as I was concerned... my lesson was finished... she has since grown older and is now becoming a young well mannered lady...

... as an "older" member on these forums...(I'm 55)... I feel that I can probably give the young 'uns on these forums a little word of advice in these type of situations for when YOU get to my age or older... and that advice is not sentimental rubbish like...

..."turn the other cheek"... or something like... "forgive and forget"... or even... "gosh!... I was a child once... I should understand and let her grow out of that phase"... my motto in life when it comes to that kind of behaviour in little kids is...

..."DON'T GET MAD...GET EVEN!!!!!"...

...(I believe that it toughens them up for more worse things that are heading their way as they grow older!)... lol!... as I said before... she is now becoming a more refined young lady with MANNERS ... (who would've thunk it huh?)... perhaps I had something to do with that... I like to think so!... ever since then... whenever I go onto any other forums... I ALWAYS use that Avatar for that very reason!...I'm basically a very sentimental type person...that's why I use it!!!... lol!... cheers... Stickyfingers.

[topender]

Hey sticky

nothing wrong with being in your 50's, as i am, i liked the story, it surprises me a bit when i see a face to a name. Me i feel like a 25 year old. I guess it.s only when i'm trudging through the scrub that my age shows

cheers

[iwanttobelieve]

Gee Tops.

You don't look anything like a flying unicorn.

What gives man?

[stickyfingers]

Gee Tops.

You don't look anything like a flying unicorn.

What gives man?

...I'm guessing that the flying unicorn represents that he is a free spirit with a big horn!... lol!... hey Topender... as you say... nothing wrong with being in your 50's... if we live to be 100... we're only half way through our lives!!!... yeah ... I'm 55 going on 14 according to my wife!!!...cheers... Stickyfingers.

[hillbilly]

yeah its about time you all put up your own pics.
as I have been showing mine all along.......

seriously, if I find one that i like, i'll put it up

[Yowielover1]

This is my "Blue Steel" look

[Dean Harrison]

At first I didn't know what it was, but SOMETHING was missing.....

Then it came to me.....

DMH

[Yowielover1]

lmao

[forestguy]

Ok - here you go. First time I've actually used a photo of me for my avatar...

[Steve Mason]

Your too far away. We can't see you face.

[forestguy]

Baby steps for me Steve... baby steps

[_Daniel_]

lol @ ForestGuy, is that a pic of you? We could never tell without getting Alex to run it through photoshop for enhancement... and Steve your photo looks like it was taken in 1983?
Ok, ok, i'll have a look for one of me i suppose...

[Steve Mason]

It was taken last year at my nannas house.

[Steve Mason]

I diddn't want to put it up.

[Lasso]

but Lasso's drag queen monkey is always good for a laugh. Can't wait to see the faces behind those images.

iwanttobeleive......I show you mine if you show me yours!

You guys are so funny ...forestguy I love your pic. Do you think you could get further away it's a little close.

Steve your photo looks like it was taken in 1983?

I can only agree.

[Dean Harrison]

Hi Reegs,

If you can't do it yourself, feel free to send it to me (however there may be an element of danger involved).

[email protected]

DMH

[deadpool]

Or me! (once again, element of danger will be involved (photoshop - awesome for shenanigans))

[Dean Harrison]

Far better idea Alex.

DMH

[Stainmaster]

ill send you mine alex to play with :-) pm your email i like to live dangerous

[mikka]

Action shot

[Lasso]

Hi all, can anyone tell me how I add my avatar to the signature at the bottom please.

[deadpool]

Hi all, can anyone tell me how I add my avatar to the signature at the bottom please.

Thats the real you?! Whats with the sudden influx of attractive women on the forum?

Go to your user control panel, click profile, then edit signature. wherever you found that image, upload it to somewhere like imageshack.us or something, then once you get the link for it simply put in something like this [img]link-to-your-old-pic[/img]

Easy!

Its cool to see who's actually behind the posts now. Little bit scary in a way (sorry Dean, I did jump out of my seat a bit)

[Lasso]

Thats the real you?! Whats with the sudden influx of attractive women on the forum?

Yes that is the real me. The photo was taken a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks for the info on the picture upload. I will give it ago.

Wow Steve Mason I dig your rugged good looks....hot! I bet you wear camo undies??(bitting nails)

[Dion]

Good to see some more Faces appearing on the boards keep’ em coming peoples.

Lasso love what you have done to your top with the AYR symbol looks great.

Mikka great to put a face to the name after all these years

Forestguy baby steps indeed maybe you can take anonimust’s lead

topender, yowielover1, steve and even stormfreak great to see some faces to register with.

[deadpool]

Lasso, i'm tempted to turn your avatar into a more Lara Croft type image (the glasses, backpack type thing) for some reason.

[Lasso]

Cool......cannot wait to see it. Give it to me baby!


Chewy...yes I wore it to the last AYR conference meeting.....by the way where were you???


Hey stickyfingers where is your picture......would like to put a face to that sense of humour of your.