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[KG4CGC]

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Because I made it. I've made or stuck together most of mine.
What's the story behind your avatar?



Some of my past avatars.



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http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/tequila-shot.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/IsaacStamp.jpg


And others....

[NY3V]

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Because I made it. I've made or stuck together most of mine.
What's the story behind your avatar?



Some of my past avatars.



http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/8bfb8014.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/c8ab4eac.jpg
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http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/0d1a0ca4.gif
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/DrinkyCrowGIF-1.gif
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/tequila-shot.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/IsaacStamp.jpg


And others....

Hmm...symptoms of a multiple personality.

[W2NAP]

i have like no story.

[NA4BH]

Double knit leisure suits.

[KB3LAZ]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/6353c3fe.gif

Because I made it. I've made or stuck together most of mine.
What's the story behind your avatar?



Some of my past avatars.



http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/8bfb8014.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/c8ab4eac.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/bd66c2b2.gif
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/0d1a0ca4.gif
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/DrinkyCrowGIF-1.gif
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/tequila-shot.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/IsaacStamp.jpg


And others....

You made my avatar as well. I was using the anime photo and you spiced it up a bit. Have had it ever since.

[N8YX]

Carl's fault. He started a C&H thread...some of my favorite panels (and IMHO, Patterson's best work) were the few 'Tracer Bullet' clips.

Orgasmo and the Masked Magician have had their turn, as have the Drake logo and the warp engine from the Event Horizon - but Calvin has outlasted all of them.

[W4GPL]

I :heart: my avatar. I think I stole it from Amarok (a QT media player for Linux)... captures my Linux rebel ways. ;)


http://i.imgur.com/PbQWf.gif
I like this little fella' too.

[n2ize]

The story of mine can be found here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Évariste_Galois

[KC9ECI]

My old avatar was just a picture of me in some breathing apparatus.
http://galesvillefiredepartment.org/kc9eci/scba.jpg

My current avatar is a close up of my eye.

[KG4CGC]

The story of mine can be found here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Évariste_Galois

Oh yeah, I think I used his cigarettes as an avatar for a short while.


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/8733e646-1.jpg





And I believe some us know how this one was inspired.



http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/b0623558.jpg

[n2ize]

Oh yeah, I think I used his cigarettes as an avatar for a short while.





http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/8733e646-1.jpg

Wow. I wasn't even knowledgeable that such a brand existed. Galois was actually the very young "father" of group theory. Quite a brilliant young man. Shame that he ended up the loser in a pistol duel. But in those times "honour" sometimes meant a fight to the death.

[N2NH]

Not much of a story with this one. I saw a book cover that I liked, I adjusted the red, cropped, filled, added my call and state and voila, avatar.

The M83 avatar (just before it) was from the group of the same name. The picture was from a outdoor concert at night in New York's Central Park.

The "Don't Teabag Me" avatar was meant to be the exact opposite of what the Tea "Party" stands for. Opposite colors, opposite facing snake, opposite sentiment.

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I tend to change them often enough. Thanks to Warren who gave me my first avatar, the New Haven Comet shield.

[N2NH]

Oh yeah, I think I used his cigarettes as an avatar for a short while.


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/8733e646-1.jpg





And I believe some us know how this one was inspired.



http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/b0623558.jpg

Yellow and red squares... reminds me of... boxes.

I smoked those cigarettes in college. As well as British ovals and some coffin nails. Enough tar and nicotine to get you high. Legally.

[N8XE]

This thread prompted me to try a new avatar (that I am using on various forums). It is a macro shot of a bank of LEDs and Push Buttons when I built one of these (http://www.willzyx.com/collections/x0xb0x)

I have always liked the look of electronics under the hood.. they always reminded me of little cities with roads. Even when I was a kid.

Jason N8XE

[XE1/N5AL]

I'm still saving up my money to purchase an avatar.

[W2NAP]

I'm still saving up my money to purchase an avatar.

ill trade you mind for an HF rig.

[suddenseer]

I don't change mine very often. Mine displays my attitude of late. To quote a line from Richard Pryor's last line from his often over looked film Which Way is Up?: "If you don't like that, you better shoot me in the ass right now, cause that's that last thing you're ever gonna see of me.......mutha fucka....."

One of my previous avatars:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/414174079_2b52384ea9_o.jpg

I don't change mine often because of my extreme laziness.

[NY4Q]

I couldn't find my normal avatar, so I saw this one in my junk pics folder and stuck it on. I need to update it.

Ok. Updated. Waiting in the ER after a mountain bike ride.

[KB3LAZ]

I couldn't find my normal avatar, so I saw this one in my junk pics folder and stuck it on. I need to update it.

Ok. Updated. Waiting in the ER after a mountain bike ride.

You are supposed to take the road down the mountain, not the overhang. :P

[N2NH]

You are supposed to take the road down the mountain, not the overhang. :P

Looks like he took the shortcut... or it took him. OUCH.

[suddenseer]

I couldn't find my normal avatar, so I saw this one in my junk pics folder and stuck it on. I need to update it.

Ok. Updated. Waiting in the ER after a mountain bike ride.I just thought you where a soccer fan.

[TESLA]

Pretty self explanatory, I pay homage to one of the greatest men to ever live.

[NA4BH]

Pretty self explanatory, I pay homage to one of the greatest men to ever live.

Kreskin?

[kf0rt]

I was just waiting for the bar to open and a beach scene walked by.

[NQ6U]

Kreskin?

No, the guy who invented canned beer and sliced bread.

[NA4BH]

No, the guy who invented canned beer and sliced bread.

Popiel?

[K7SGJ]

Pretty self explanatory, I pay homage to one of the greatest men to ever live.

Trojan Man?

[NA4BH]

Fay Wray?

[NQ6U]

Popiel?

Popiel invented canned beer and sliced bread?? Man, that guy invented more shit than the Chinese...

[VE7DCW]

Pretty self explanatory, I pay homage to one of the greatest men to ever live.

Yup....... a photo of the great Nikola Tesla ...... a man who was way ahead of his time! :yes:

[NA4BH]

Yup....... a photo of the great Nikola Tesla ...... a man who was way ahead of his time! :yes:

He's making cars now.

[N7YA]

My avatar just looks cool, has a rebellious sort of edge to it, i suppose. It will be changed once i find something cooler whenever that may occur, and for however long that lasts.

[NQ6U]

I just decided "One Knob To Rule Them All" needed a little bit more oomph.

[ki4itv]

Pretty self explanatory, I pay homage to one of the greatest men to ever live.
^^^^werd.

[kb2vxa]

My avatar pretty much speaks for itself.

[ki4itv]

I make most of mine...and a few other ones seen around The Island. It's Fun.
Mostly honest portrayals. That's how we roll...:dunno:
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...and more.

[suddenseer]

Yup....... a photo of the great Nikola Tesla ...... a man who was way ahead of his time! :yes:Timing is everything, bad timing can lead to massive sexual dysfunction. Who wants that? Never mind, i forgot some here might be intrigued with that concept.

[suddenseer]

My avatar pretty much speaks for itself.Your avatar speaks gay.

[n2ize]

Yellow and red squares... reminds me of... boxes.

I smoked those cigarettes in college. As well as British ovals and some coffin nails. Enough tar and nicotine to get you high. Legally.

I took up chewing tobacco in college. Started with Skoal dip and then Red Man plug and loose leaf chew/ It was not uncommon to find me studying in the lounge and occasionally (but very discretely) expectorating into a styrofoam coffee cup making it appear as if I was sipping coffee when I was actually spattin out terbacky juice.

When I was in high school I smoked pipes (Borkum riff, Amphora, and Captain Black commercial blends) and later various high end house blends that I would buy in expensive tobacconists shops in Manhattan) and also ceegars When it came to ceegars I usually smoked Garcia Vega "Panatella". or Italian stogies.

[N8YX]

Those bring back memories, John...as does the thought of E.A. Carey (North Canton pipe/tobacconist) and a little news stand at a now-defunct shopping mall which sold custom pipe blends.

Quit in '88 and gave my friend quite the rack of high-end pipes. He's the sort who would be happy to smoke a bowl a month if that.

[N7YA]

There...this one is truly self explanatory. :lol:

[KG4CGC]

Your avatar speaks gay.

Fervently gay.

[N2CHX]

I make most of mine...and a few other ones seen around The Island. It's Fun.
Mostly honest portrayals. That's how we roll...:dunno:
74797480748174827483

...and more.

I love these.

[N2CHX]

Mine is Gansta Daria, courtesy of KB2VXA. My previous was just plain old Daria. My 12 year old daughter and I had a Daria marathon a few months ago. I love her attitude and sarcasm.

I've used this as my avatar before, which is just me being all happy after I found my little Alinco.

[n2ize]

Those bring back memories, John...as does the thought of E.A. Carey (North Canton pipe/tobacconist) and a little news stand at a now-defunct shopping mall which sold custom pipe blends.

Quit in '88 and gave my friend quite the rack of high-end pipes. He's the sort who would be happy to smoke a bowl a month if that.

Yeah, these days I rarely chew tobacco or smoke pipes. The reason is that every time I would get any kind of irritation or sore in my mouth I would worry that it was oral cancer. So one day I said to myself that if it bothers me that much then why not just quit. So I stopped buying/using tobacco. This was back in the early 90's. These days I'll only touch tobacco on rare occaisions.

[w2amr]

Dennis likes to drink from the bird bath.

[N2NH]

He's making cars now.

I thought it was coils?

[N2NH]

I took up chewing tobacco in college. Started with Skoal dip and then Red Man plug and loose leaf chew/ It was not uncommon to find me studying in the lounge and occasionally (but very discretely) expectorating into a styrofoam coffee cup making it appear as if I was sipping coffee when I was actually spattin out terbacky juice.

When I was in high school I smoked pipes (Borkum riff, Amphora, and Captain Black commercial blends) and later various high end house blends that I would buy in expensive tobacconists shops in Manhattan) and also ceegars When it came to ceegars I usually smoked Garcia Vega "Panatella". or Italian stogies.

Used to love Garcia y Vega. Even had a cuban cigar once. Nothing else compares. During the Christmas season, I'd smoke cherry blend Panatella slims. Most of the time it was Winston's in the winter, Benson & Hedges in the summer (this would keep me from getting jaded on one brand). For a few years it was Dunhills but my favorite was Rothman's from England. Not the Canadian stuff. Of course I fell in love with the only cigarette you couldn't get in the Western Hemisphere...

http://cigarettesonlineuk.com/images/rothmans-international-ciga.jpg

[n2ize]

Used to love Garcia y Vega. Even had a cuban cigar once. Nothing else compares. During the Christmas season, I'd smoke cherry blend Panatella slims. Most of the time it was Winston's in the winter, Benson & Hedges in the summer (this would keep me from getting jaded on one brand). For a few years it was Dunhills but my favorite was Rothman's from England. Not the Canadian stuff. Of course I fell in love with the only cigarette you couldn't get in the Western Hemisphere...

http://cigarettesonlineuk.com/images/rothmans-international-ciga.jpg

I believe Arnold's Tobacco Shop in Manhattan used to sell Rothman's. I used to see them there when I came in to buy pipe tobacco. Never tried them though. I have tried Davidoff's a few times. All in all I was never much of a cigarette man. I was mainly about pipes and chewing tobacco. yeah, Garcia y Vega was a pretty good cigar and easily available at most drug stores, luncheonettes, etc. Never tried a Cuban ceegar. Most people who have tell me exactly what you are saying. Few cigars can compare.

Unfortunately Arnold's is no longer in business. I believe they might have an online presence these days, but no more store in Manhattan.

[KC9ECI]

I've used this as my avatar before, which is just me being all happy after I found my little Alinco.

I think I was around 12 when I found mine.

[N2CHX]

I think I was around 12 when I found mine.

Ummmm, what? :shifty:

[KC9ECI]

Ummmm, what? :shifty:

Ohhhhh.....you were...I see now, an Alinco is a radio...I thought....nevermind. :shifty:

[N2NH]

Ummmm, what? :shifty:


Ohhhhh.....you were...I see now, an Alinco is a radio...I thought....nevermind. :shifty:

Hmmm... smilies in sync, talking about their Alincos... hmmm... :whistle:

[kb2crk]

I forgot what my avatar is..



Ok, it was the hamshack before I moved it downstairs.......LOL

[W3WN]

Mine? Some poor schmuck whose family are fanatics of a certain local baseball team.

[NQ6U]

Mine? Some poor schmuck whose family are fanatics of a certain local baseball team.

A certain local baseball team which is almost as bad as the San Diego Padres.

[KG4CGC]

I like you new new avatar, Carl.

[NQ6U]

I like you new new avatar, Carl.

Thanks. The file name is "Sauron's Knob."

[kb2vxa]

"A certain local baseball team which is almost as bad as the San Diego Padres."

Strange, that doesn't look like a Cubs uniform, possibly worse or at least the name is. Then there are the Lakewood Blue Claws, you have fish, we have crabs. (You don't have to say it, I'm WAY ahead of you.)

[NQ6U]

Ya know, I wonder if the Padres' historical level of suckage does not arise from their namesake. After all, when one thinks of fierce and dangerous competitors, a guy with a shaved head, wearing brown robes and sandals is not the first thing that comes to mind.

[WØTKX]

I've had quite a few avatars. They are scattered all over between three PC's. Just changed it back to a big favorite that I asked permission to use from the artist, the "Monkey Roger". My most recent one is an actor who portrays Ben Franklin signing "hang loose" and "call me" which I find very funny.

Here are a few others that happen to be on my laptop:

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[W3WN]

A certain local baseball team which is almost as bad as the San Diego Padres.No, worse than the Padres.

The Padres ownership didn't sabotage the team's last two months of the season, two years running.

[NQ6U]

No, worse than the Padres.

The Padres ownership didn't sabotage the team's last two months of the season, two years running.

Hah! The Padres ownership has sabotaged the team's entire season every year since 1999 (the year after San Diego voters approved financing for a downtown ballpark, but that's merely a coincidence, I'm sure) by refusing to spend the money for decent players. In 2012, the team had the lowest payroll in the National League.

However: the team was just sold to a group of investors that includes the O'Malley family, former owners of the NY/LA Dodgers. Given the historic performance of that club over the years—especially after the move to California—there's reason for hope.

[KG4CGC]

Now with ''wink.''

[AE1PT]

Now with ''wink.''

Sort of sets me to mind of a snapping crotch clam... :lol:

[KC9SQR]

Not sure if I put this one in here or not, but I've been using it.. I found it somewhere, I don't even remember where, but I've liked it for a while :)
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[N7YA]

I could use this fella....

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But I like the tree man...i have numerous Druidic images that ill change up as i feel like it.

[wa6mhz]

Mine is a pic of my 2 fluffy and furry girls Phoebe and Penelope! Just petted them less than an hour ago, and can't wait to get home to pet them some more!

[W9JEF]

My dear Aunt Ethelyn wrote children's books, mostly about kids age 11 & 12.

Her generosity enabled me (first licensed at age 15) to get on the air

with a homebrew 100 watt xmtr and triple-conversion receiver (both using WWII surplus parts).

In 1968, with technical assistance from my brother W9JDG and I, she wrote Today I am a Ham.

She "borrowed" my callsign for her main character, Eric, a boy, like me, not too athletically inclined.

Over the years, it's been gratifying to receive letters and email from hams

who attribute their introduction to our hobby to her book. :)


http://www.amazon.com/Today-Am-Ham-Ethelyn-Parkinson/dp/0671295675

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;view=text;rgn=main; didno=uw-whs-mss00951

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.arts.books.childrens/2006-09/msg00028.html

[kb2vxa]

I use this on AM Fone where the golden boys are more golden than I am.

[NM5TF]

HAL 9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey"....with a little extra text thrown in...

[KG4CGC]

My avatar is not to mock Que Are Zed Fred. That is what I look like, every day. It was taken in Hot Springs NC this year before taking a soak in the mineral waters.

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[KC9ECI]

My old avatar was just a picture of me in some breathing apparatus.
http://galesvillefiredepartment.org/kc9eci/scba.jpg

My current avatar is a close up of my eye.

That's a bit dated now. My avatar currently in use is a glass of beer I enjoyed one pleasant afternoon in Madrid.

[kb2vxa]

This thread is a trip in the Wabac machine, Sherman. I even saw a pink Bell 47 helicopter equipped with an APU fly by... hello?
"My avatar is not to mock Que Are Zed Fred."
That never crossed my mind, but it's Easley to see the future's so bright you have to wear shades... or are those photochromic lenses? Then there is the nagging question, what's with the thin lipped stone face? Don't you EVER smile? Careful now, mum said don't make silly faces or one day it would freeze like that, and she was RIGHT.

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[KG4CGC]

I received a PM asking if it was a parody of a 7 lander's sig.

[WZ7U]

Well, if not it should be :lol:

[kb2vxa]

He takes me deep-sea fishing in a submarine
We go to drive-in movies in a limousine
He's got a Bell 47 with an APU and a 12-foot yacht
Ah, but that's-a not all he's got

He's got tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka dot vest and man, oh, man
Tan shoes with pink shoelaces
And a big Panama with a purple hat band

Hello?

[kb2crk]

well my avatar is dated. It is the same avatar I put up when I joined the forum. It was my Hamshack at that time. It has moved around the house since then a couple times and right now is waiting for me to get on the roof to rehang the wire and reroute the other antenna cables back to the room where the picture was taken to begin with.I may change it one of these years.

[koØm]

I no longer post with an avatar; potentially, it can distract from or be prejudicial to the readers of my post.

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[N7YA]

<---we should all know what these are.

[kb2vxa]

A beat to hell soldering copper and a Chinese torture device ca.1910. Along the same lines, if you don't know what THIS is shame on you!

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[AA1OH]

My avatar is a photo of my self snapped by a NBC interviewer of me at the MIT flea market (April-October) for a story.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8280449/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/mit-flea-market-all-things-nerdly/#.XOhKy6YpBsY

[VE7DCW]

I've had my avatar for years as well as it was displayed on radar and other high voltage equipment I used to work on when I was younger. X-rays and all that neat stuff! :mrgreen:

[K4PIH]

Full of shit as a Christmas turkey!

[WY1P]

This is my old antique Vibroplex paddle. With a customized brass plate. I got it as parts. I used to be a CW fanatic. Now it doesn't get used all that often, though I still have the skill.

[WY1P]

<---we should all know what these are.

Wouffhong and Rettysnitch!

[VE7DCW]

Wouffhong and Rettysnitch!

Typically 'merican type devices...unheard of in Canada! ....but we are informed on them :mrgreen: