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KA9MOT
10-06-2015, 01:46 PM
Should I get one too? You know something cool and mysterious. Something descriptive.... yet.....not.
Hell, I believe Bob NA4BH really is Black Jesus.
Whatever boats your float.
WØTKX
10-06-2015, 05:08 PM
The possibilities are endless...
http://img.memecdn.com/trucker-dog_o_530768.jpg
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MOT was the god of death in several old (pre-Islam/Jewish) middle eastern religions. Maybe you could work that into your avatar.
http://api.ning.com/files/wlJlBgd2AkEVbmGNqksNDySo5dd6oUy5CCYjwEBhDViGpYJXhm yvg-HsYLfItoTUAXmmhossBEks97iQiGrD4aIRITm3cWnI/BaalandMot.jpg?width=721
KA9MOT
10-06-2015, 07:14 PM
I once flew and upside down US Flag as my Facebook Avatar......that seemed to piss a lot of people off.
So I switched to a Rainbow Peace Sign, that got those tongues wagging.
I'll look into that god MOT......Might turn out to be interesting.
WØTKX
10-06-2015, 07:27 PM
Umm, yea, the God of Death and infertility? :hand:
However, there is Mr. Mot, the barber from Star Trek TNG.
http://www.dippold.org/startrek/serien/tng/pics/5_3_1.jpg
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/startrek/images/e/eb/Mot.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070430051455
Avatar ready...
14329
Umm, yea, the God of Death and infertility?
Seems appropriate for ham radio...
KG4CGC
10-06-2015, 08:55 PM
14330
Umm, yea, the God of Death and infertility? :hand:
However, there is Mr. Mot, the barber from Star Trek TNG.
http://www.dippold.org/startrek/serien/tng/pics/5_3_1.jpg
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/startrek/images/e/eb/Mot.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070430051455
Avatar ready...
14329
Nah. You should use John deLancie's character: Q
Think about it. Q is a very special thing in Amateur Radio. We have Q signals. We have no call signs beginning with Q. We have limits on the 3 letter Q suffixes, to avoid problems with Q signals. Face it: Q is special. Nay: Q is sacred.
All hail Q!
kb2vxa
10-07-2015, 08:33 PM
Yes, Q is the sacred radio god from the Q continuum with magical RF powers that can be measured with a Q meter and amplified with a Q multiplier.
n2ize
10-07-2015, 10:11 PM
Hey man,it's hard for any avatar to be a drag man. Just dig somethin that's a light cool and jive with it.
WØTKX
10-07-2015, 10:15 PM
Hey man, like don't call me man, man. OK man?
n2ize
10-07-2015, 10:36 PM
Hey man, like don't call me man, man. OK man?
Okay, I dig man...I just don't wanna be a drag man... Er ah I mean sir... :)
ka4dpo
10-08-2015, 03:22 PM
Okay, I dig man...I just don't wanna be a drag man... Er ah I mean sir... :)
Reminds me of Cheech and Chongs Blind Mellon skit.
NA4BH
10-08-2015, 08:51 PM
Is it just me or does anyone else feel the need to beat the compound shit out of the guy in this avatar?
https://forums.hamisland.net/image.php?u=100&dateline=1309912175
Is it just me or does anyone else feel the need to beat the compound shit out of the guy in this avatar?
https://forums.hamisland.net/image.php?u=100&dateline=1309912175
Looks like a little whinny bitch to me.
W2NAP
10-08-2015, 09:57 PM
I am the voice of the voiceless!
KG4CGC
10-08-2015, 11:52 PM
Is it just me or does anyone else feel the need to beat the compound shit out of the guy in this avatar?
https://forums.hamisland.net/image.php?u=100&dateline=1309912175
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Aliens%20Guy/John_GIF_zps2f3234c5.gif
KA9MOT
10-09-2015, 01:19 PM
Done! Q was interesting but Mr MOT wins.
KK4AMI
10-09-2015, 01:40 PM
Done! Q was interesting but Mr MOT wins.
Did you ever wonder how a member of an alien species that has no hair would want to become a barber in the first place.
KA9MOT
10-09-2015, 04:36 PM
Not until now
WØTKX
10-09-2015, 06:00 PM
:cool2:
n2ize
10-09-2015, 06:27 PM
Is it just me or does anyone else feel the need to beat the compound shit out of the guy in this avatar?
https://forums.hamisland.net/image.php?u=100&dateline=1309912175
No need to. He died in the 1830's in a pistol duel at age 20. His political affiliations and gripes with the Ecole' Normale probably would have made him "whiny" and objectionable to some. It is rumored that he tossed an eraser at one of his professors. Then again it was early 17th century France so many griped were abound. Nonetheless he did solve a 300-400 year old mathematical problem and has a branch of mathematics named after himself. Not a bad record for a man who barely made it to 20 years old.
n2ize
10-09-2015, 06:29 PM
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Aliens%20Guy/John_GIF_zps2f3234c5.gif
Cool animation. I saved it and soon may make it my new avatar.
kb2vxa
10-10-2015, 12:07 PM
Yeah, but unless it's a joint smoking ISN'T cool.
n2ize
10-11-2015, 06:31 AM
Yeah, but unless it's a joint smoking ISN'T cool.
Is there a difference between a joint smoking and smoking a joint ? :)
Is there a difference between a joint smoking and smoking a joint ? :)
Yes. Smoking a joint comes before really vigorous sex, a joint smoking comes afterwards.
KA9MOT
10-11-2015, 04:25 PM
No need to. He died in the 1830's in a pistol duel at age 20. His political affiliations and gripes with the Ecole' Normale probably would have made him "whiny" and objectionable to some. It is rumored that he tossed an eraser at one of his professors. Then again it was early 17th century France so many griped were abound. Nonetheless he did solve a 300-400 year old mathematical problem and has a branch of mathematics named after himself. Not a bad record for a man who barely made it to 20 years old.
Interesting story. Who is he?
n2ize
10-11-2015, 06:45 PM
Interesting story. Who is he?
His name is Evariste Galois Pronounced "Gal-Wah"). He was a sort of non conformist student with some brilliant ideas who has earned a place in Mathematical History namely for his ideas of the solution of polynomial equations vis radicals.. Today a branch of Mathematics exists called "Galois Theory". And ironically He was also deeply involved in radical French Politics of the time. You can read more about him here. I always fellt that he deserves recognition for his works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois
K7SGJ
10-11-2015, 07:40 PM
Yes. Smoking a joint comes before really vigorous sex, a joint smoking comes afterwards.
I've never had sex that was vigorous enough to cause my joint to smoke, but I can see if it's really fast, really snug, and really poorly lubricated, it could happen. Really...
KG4CGC
10-11-2015, 08:10 PM
His name is Evariste Galois Pronounced "Gal-Wah"). He was a sort of non conformist student with some brilliant ideas who has earned a place in Mathematical History namely for his ideas of the solution of polynomial equations vis radicals.. Today a branch of Mathematics exists called "Galois Theory". And ironically He was also deeply involved in radical French Politics of the time. You can read more about him here. I always fellt that he deserves recognition for his works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/8733e646.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/8733e646.jpg
Those things are nasty.
KG4CGC
10-11-2015, 09:45 PM
Those things are nasty.
I used to love them. Used to get a pack every few months. Like a cigar you could inhale. Nothing available that even compares. No, I don't smoke anymore.
WØTKX
10-11-2015, 11:52 PM
I used to enjoy the heck out of these...
http://www.cigarettespedia.com/images/9/96/English_ovals_philip_morris_selected_mild_blend_s_ 20_b_usa.jpg
KG4CGC
10-12-2015, 12:59 AM
I used to enjoy the heck out of these...
http://www.cigarettespedia.com/images/9/96/English_ovals_philip_morris_selected_mild_blend_s_ 20_b_usa.jpg
Those were also awesome.
I used to love them. Used to get a pack every few months. Like a cigar you could inhale. Nothing available that even compares. No, I don't smoke anymore.
I would like a hat like the one on the package.
n2ize
10-12-2015, 01:46 PM
I used to enjoy the heck out of these...
http://www.cigarettespedia.com/images/9/96/English_ovals_philip_morris_selected_mild_blend_s_ 20_b_usa.jpg
I wanted to try these when I was a kid. Back in those days they sold them at the local drug store. The other interesting thing was that back then, even as a minor, I had no problem buying any kind of cigarettes, cigars, pipe or chewing tobacco. Neither the drug store nor Raymond's Luncheonette next door ever requested ID. In those days if they knew you were a regular in the neighborhood they would just sell them to you, no questions asked. Those days are gone now.
When you were a kid, smoking and smokers did not have the stigma it has now. The Surgeon General hadn't yet announced the smoking was bad for you. Cigarette and other tobacco ads were prevalent across most or all media... even doctors endorsed cigarette and cigar brands, and many major (and not so major) radio and (later) TV shows were sponsored by tobacco companies in the form of one brand or another. The iconic Marlboro Man was just coming into his own, and we had yet to sing jingles about "a silly little millimeter longer", though there were many other jingles to sing.
Indeed, those days are gone now.
n2ize
10-12-2015, 05:03 PM
When you were a kid, smoking and smokers did not have the stigma it has now. The Surgeon General hadn't yet announced the smoking was bad for you. Cigarette and other tobacco ads were prevalent across most or all media... even doctors endorsed cigarette and cigar brands, and many major (and not so major) radio and (later) TV shows were sponsored by tobacco companies in the form of one brand or another. The iconic Marlboro Man was just coming into his own, and we had yet to sing jingles about "a silly little millimeter longer", though there were many other jingles to sing.
Indeed, those days are gone now.
Tell me about it. :) And those ads and jingles were extremely effective as I can still recite many of them today, from the ones I heard in early childhood on radio to the TV jingles that ran well into the 1970's.. Not to mention the easy access to almost any tobacco product. And think about the movies and TV shows from the 1930's, 40's, 50's and 60's that glamorized smokes. Beautiful dames smoked, war hero's smoked, cowboy stars smoked... smoking ran the gamut from the bottom dregs of society to the highest and most refined element of society. I remember in junior high school a social studies teacher discusses with our class a bill that if put into effect would ban TV cigarette ads. I thought the bill was a good idea even though I enjoyed sneaking a smoke myself.
So, while we reminisce about "101's" (a silly little millimeter longer) and Benson & Hedges (that extra puff got me 5 years) it did indeed have an impact, even for many of us who never became regular habitual smokers.
WØTKX
10-12-2015, 05:08 PM
http://i.imgur.com/gWqfEff.gif
KA9MOT
10-12-2015, 05:12 PM
When you were a kid, smoking and smokers did not have the stigma it has now. The Surgeon General hadn't yet announced the smoking was bad for you. Cigarette and other tobacco ads were prevalent across most or all media... even doctors endorsed cigarette and cigar brands, and many major (and not so major) radio and (later) TV shows were sponsored by tobacco companies in the form of one brand or another. The iconic Marlboro Man was just coming into his own, and we had yet to sing jingles about "a silly little millimeter longer", though there were many other jingles to sing.
Indeed, those days are gone now.
I quit smoking 39 days ago.... my wife was s'posed to quit 39 days ago also. I haven't had a cigarette since....my wife, about 10 a day. The smell is fuckin' killing me.
Drifting off tangent... or, smoke gets in your eyes... :cool2:
I've always wondered about the correlations between smoking and the increased health issues. What I mean is...
- Why wasn't smoking considered more dangerous back through the 18th, 19th, and early 20th Centuries than it is now? Was it that no one noticed, or is it something else?
- Was the more sophisticated and polished marketing, starting with the rise of radio and later television, responsible for the majority of the health issues that came about (or were noticed, finally) in the late 1950's & 1960's?
- Or was it something else? Was Big Tobacco's research into making a "better" cigarette actually designed to make a "better" smoke, or a more addictive one?
(And yes, I know that these aren't necessarily "true/false - yes/no" answers... that these and other factors are all interrelated.)
KG4CGC
10-13-2015, 09:09 AM
Drifting off tangent... or, smoke gets in your eyes... :cool2:
I've always wondered about the correlations between smoking and the increased health issues. What I mean is...
- Why wasn't smoking considered more dangerous back through the 18th, 19th, and early 20th Centuries than it is now? Was it that no one noticed, or is it something else?
- Was the more sophisticated and polished marketing, starting with the rise of radio and later television, responsible for the majority of the health issues that came about (or were noticed, finally) in the late 1950's & 1960's?
- Or was it something else? Was Big Tobacco's research into making a "better" cigarette actually designed to make a "better" smoke, or a more addictive one?
(And yes, I know that these aren't necessarily "true/false - yes/no" answers... that these and other factors are all interrelated.)
1) People didn't live as long back then.
2) The more industrialized we became the more carcinogens (or possibility of) we were exposed to. Add smoking and it became a 1, 2 punch.
3) The tobacco and process was manipulated to make a more addictive cigarette. Basically they turned it into crack. This is the part where you're supposed to say that you wouldn't know what that's like. The addition of chemicals also created more chemicals as a result of combustion.
KØWVM
10-13-2015, 09:46 AM
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n2ize
10-13-2015, 10:39 AM
1) People didn't live as long back then.
2) The more industrialized we became the more carcinogens (or possibility of) we were exposed to. Add smoking and it became a 1, 2 punch.
3) The tobacco and process was manipulated to make a more addictive cigarette. Basically they turned it into crack. This is the part where you're supposed to say that you wouldn't know what that's like. The addition of chemicals also created more chemicals as a result of combustion.
Also people most likely didn't smoke as much. An occasional pipe or an after dinner cigar. A friend of mine described his grandfathers idea of smoking. It consisted of lighting up a 5 cent stogie after dinner, taking a puff or two and then dropping it in the ashtray and letting it go out while he fell asleep.
1) People didn't live as long back then.
2) The more industrialized we became the more carcinogens (or possibility of) we were exposed to. Add smoking and it became a 1, 2 punch.
3) The tobacco and process was manipulated to make a more addictive cigarette. Basically they turned it into crack. This is the part where you're supposed to say that you wouldn't know what that's like. The addition of chemicals also created more chemicals as a result of combustion.
WRT # 1 & #2 above, yes, absolutely, these are also additional factors.
WRT # 3... the only crack I'm familiar with has to do with certain female articles of clothing, or more accurately, what portions of the female anatomy that get exposed when, while wearing said articles of clothing, they, ah, well,, contort in the proper direction. Well, that, and concrete sidewalks that have been excessively weathered, and things like that.
KG4CGC
10-13-2015, 11:23 AM
WRT # 1 & #2 above, yes, absolutely, these are also additional factors.
WRT # 3... the only crack I'm familiar with has to do with certain female articles of clothing, or more accurately, what portions of the female anatomy that get exposed when, while wearing said articles of clothing, they, ah, well,, contort in the proper direction. Well, that, and concrete sidewalks that have been excessively weathered, and things like that.
Fertilizer is already present in the plant due to over fertilization in the fields. Add to that carbamide peroxide, allantoin, hydantoin and ammonium chloride. You have something that makes it absorb in the lungs faster and causes an instant increase in heart rate delivering every one of those 7000 chemicals to the brain faster and harder. This ain't your grandpa's Lucky Strike.
NM5TF
10-14-2015, 07:55 AM
I used to enjoy the heck out of these...
http://www.cigarettespedia.com/images/9/96/English_ovals_philip_morris_selected_mild_blend_s_ 20_b_usa.jpg
I used to prefer Park Lane brand myself......not familiar ???
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cigarette+dinky+dow
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