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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by dualstow » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:52 pm

Mark Leavy wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:32 pm
dualstow, tell us about your current avatar. I love it on so many levels. What is it from?

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Mark Leavy wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:40 pm
Update on the super dooper Ti wallet.

The money clip part is pretty tight, and will only hold a few bills. I'm a big cash guy and carry a gangsta roll. I tried to bend the clip open a bit and it snapped off. Dang! Because I do so like the rest of the package. Back to square one...

I found it after googling "ipad wallpaper" and thought, I have to spread this one around.

As for the Ridge, I opted for the strap not the clip. (Yes, I chose my own gift). I wonder if they'll let you make an exchange.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by shekels » Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:03 pm

Mark Leavy wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:40 pm
Update on the super dooper Ti wallet.

The money clip part is pretty tight, and will only hold a few bills. I'm a big cash guy and carry a gangsta roll. I tried to bend the clip open a bit and it snapped off. Dang! Because I do so like the rest of the package. Back to square one...
This is similar to the RFD wallet I carry.
It does not allow me to carry a lot of crap in my wallet, and i don't care it it scratches or get banged up.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Mark Leavy » Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:00 pm

dualstow wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:52 pm
As for the Ridge, I opted for the strap not the clip. (Yes, I chose my own gift). I wonder if they'll let you make an exchange.
I'll give that a try. It is way to cool to not make it work.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Mark Leavy » Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:02 pm

shekels wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:03 pm
Mark Leavy wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:40 pm
Update on the super dooper Ti wallet.

The money clip part is pretty tight, and will only hold a few bills. I'm a big cash guy and carry a gangsta roll. I tried to bend the clip open a bit and it snapped off. Dang! Because I do so like the rest of the package. Back to square one...
This is similar to the RFD wallet I carry.
It does not allow me to carry a lot of crap in my wallet, and i don't care it it scratches or get banged up.

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Solid :)

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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by dualstow » Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:30 am

dualstow wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:52 pm
Mark Leavy wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:32 pm
dualstow, tell us about your current avatar. I love it on so many levels. What is it from?

moonshot.jpg
I found it after googling "ipad wallpaper" and thought, I have to spread this one around.
By the way, I did search for the original image to at least mention the artist's name or source site, but all I found was other people and sites who ripped it off, like I did.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Xan » Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:14 pm

dualstow wrote:
Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:30 am
dualstow wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:52 pm
Mark Leavy wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:32 pm
dualstow, tell us about your current avatar. I love it on so many levels. What is it from?

moonshot.jpg
I found it after googling "ipad wallpaper" and thought, I have to spread this one around.
By the way, I did search for the original image to at least mention the artist's name or source site, but all I found was other people and sites who ripped it off, like I did.
The EXIF data for the image says "Copyright Apple Inc., 2017", and next to that it says "description: Display P3" (no idea what that means).
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by dualstow » Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:21 pm

Oh I do, Xan. It was the club in Charmed.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by dualstow » Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:21 pm

Mark, did you briefly have an avatar of yourself hiking with a woman — a striking resemblance — or did I dream that?

Edit: I don’t know why I wrote “mom” earlier, except that I was receiving updates from mine on her eye surgery. Scatterbrain, i am.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Mark Leavy » Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:05 am

dualstow wrote:
Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:21 pm
Mark, did you briefly have an avatar of yourself hiking with a woman — a striking resemblance — or did I dream that?

Edit: I don’t know why I wrote “mom” earlier, except that I was receiving updates from mine on her eye surgery. Scatterbrain, i am.
I did. A little mountain goat that spends her vacation time trying to kill me.
She's retiring next year. We're negotiating.

I met her 25 years ago on a hippy bus tour through Mexico. She was the driver and tour guide - and a commanding presence. As I was pretty much the only other adult in the crowd, we hit it off well. You have to take your time with these things...

Edit: Photo removed to reduce the chances that I am murdered in my sleep.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by dualstow » Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:06 am

You have to take your time with these things...
O0 I love it.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Tortoise » Wed Sep 16, 2020 3:08 pm

Mountaineer wrote:
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Lady on the train panicked when I took off my mask after sitting down, but visibly relaxed when she saw I was having a coffee.

Remember: I drink coffee to keep you safe, you drink coffee to keep me safe.
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Love the avatar Tortoise. In that spirit, I heard in order to level the playing field, Ozzy Osborn was going to debate Biden. ;)
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Tortoise » Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:23 pm

@dualstow, what’s the English translation of the text in your new avatar?
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by dualstow » Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:36 am

Tortoise wrote:
Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:23 pm
@dualstow, what’s the English translation of the text in your new avatar?
"Want to take a hike?" (Literally "Climb a mountain together?")
It's just a show that my wife is watching. Very popular now.
It's about evil deeds, not mountain climbing.
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005843/ ... -cuts-deep
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by dualstow » Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:47 pm

It’s on some Chinese website.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Tortoise » Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:44 pm

Loving the new avatar, dualstow! Very topical.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Smith1776 » Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:51 pm

My favourite episode of the Simpsons will always be the Stonecutter one.
I still find the James Rickards portfolio fascinating.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by dualstow » Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:26 pm

Ha, thanks
It was stuck in my mind’s eye, so i went with it.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Xan » Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:45 am

Is it too soon to start dropping the election-related avatars so we can start getting back to normal?
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Cortopassi » Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:01 am

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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by vnatale » Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:29 pm

Xan wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:45 am
Is it too soon to start dropping the election-related avatars so we can start getting back to normal?
Does that mean I should also be getting the Obama / Biden sticker off the back of my car that was there when I bought the car in December 2013?

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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Mark Leavy » Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:33 pm

vnatale wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:29 pm
Xan wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:45 am
Is it too soon to start dropping the election-related avatars so we can start getting back to normal?
Does that mean I should also be getting the Obama / Biden sticker off the back of my car that was there when I bought the car in December 2013?

Vinny
I wouldn't, Vinny. I think it makes a real statement on a never washed car.
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by vnatale » Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:48 pm

Mark Leavy wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:33 pm
vnatale wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:29 pm
Xan wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:45 am
Is it too soon to start dropping the election-related avatars so we can start getting back to normal?
Does that mean I should also be getting the Obama / Biden sticker off the back of my car that was there when I bought the car in December 2013?

Vinny
I wouldn't, Vinny. I think it makes a real statement on a never washed car.
You DO have an EXCELLENT memory!!!!

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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by dualstow » Fri Nov 13, 2020 4:42 pm

All the recent avatars are pleasing to the eye.

If it hasn’t been mentioned, Smith’s is a Russian known as “muscle Barbie.”
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Smith1776 » Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:30 pm

dualstow wrote:
Fri Nov 13, 2020 4:42 pm
All the recent avatars are pleasing to the eye.

If it hasn’t been mentioned, Smith’s is a Russian known as “muscle Barbie.”
https://www.instagram.com/julia_vins/
She's "the one" for sure! ;D
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Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?

Post by Tortoise » Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:51 pm

She’s real?? I thought that photo was shopped. Mind blown.
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