Caraccioli Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Brilliant! I don't generally like to copy, but this one is too good. I'm copying you on that one. I salute you, sir. (Is Ed still using Tigger with the paper pirate hat? We could be the Three Amigos. ) "You're supposed to be dead!" "Am I not?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessie k. Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I'm jealous. I officially need a cool avatar now. "When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear, and life stands explained." --Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Thanks Mr C. I give all the credit to Jenny, she's the one who inspired me. Indeed, Ed is still using Tigger. (Note to self... find all my old avatars and post 'em again...) My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraccioli Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 (Note to self... find all my old avatars and post 'em again...) Yes, do! I was hoping you would. jess, here are some ideas for an avatar. (Well, these are ideas I might use...) Or this one... Or (saving the best for last) this: (I bet you thought I forgot all those discussions we had about shucking corn. (Or maybe you just wish I had.) Ha ha!~~ Mission never forgets! ) "You're supposed to be dead!" "Am I not?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Various avatars, in no certain order... He shall wear the jewelled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow. Conan... thinking about kicking ass and taking names. Ditto. The avuncular Master Po. I must've been philosophizin' with Phil or Mission or Duchess or all three. Me, this is actually from the cover of our first album! Hampton BB Fest... '04? You can't see her, but Vera is in this pic! From the big firelock shootout in '05. With rum, and Vera, traipsing through the jungles of Havre de Grace, '05 In the jungles of my backyard, wearing French Army bush hat and British WWII sunglasses. Oct '06 Sir Topham Hat, or if you prefer, The Fat Controller. I must've been pontificating that day. Relatively recent Annapolis for the Volvo Ocean Race, April '06? Not resized... Havre de Grace, and the steel jungle, summer '06? My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Geezie peezie... the First Hampton Blackbeard Festival! Shark! Taken from the sunroof of my suv Blackadder! Blackadder!! Feelin' geeky! Not resized... WC Fields! Kicking butt and taking names... Nick Fury! Now I'm serious! On the f'c'sle of the Kalmar Nyckel, somewhere off the Delaware Capes, 1697. Pike. His doctor once said, "A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away." My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Conan. Still troubled. Jayne. Let's be bad guys. Lionel Jeffries in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... A posh, posh travelling life, a travelling life for me... Polish 1st Armored Div... Getting in touch with my roots... again unresized Call me Snake... one of my faves! From one of my favorite stories... Dickens in musical form, Ghost of Christmas Present! I like life, here and now Life and I made a mutual vow ‘Till I die, life and I We’ll both try to be better somehow And if life were a woman She would be my wife Why? Because I like life! The cryer with his three hats. A classic! Groucho... what can I say?!?!? Calico Mather... Cotton Mather's pirate brother That's it as far as I know. My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessie k. Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 (I bet you thought I forgot all those discussions we had about shucking corn. (Or maybe you just wish I had.) Ha ha!~~ Mission never forgets! ) I still see row upon row upon row of corn every once in awhile when I close my eyes. I have never in my life tipped a cow though, I will have you know! "When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear, and life stands explained." --Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Brand Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Mine is the skull from the Watch Dog ensign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraccioli Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 (I bet you thought I forgot all those discussions we had about shucking corn. (Or maybe you just wish I had.) Ha ha!~~ Mission never forgets! ) I still see row upon row upon row of corn every once in awhile when I close my eyes. I have never in my life tipped a cow though, I will have you know! Y'know... Mission does indeed forget. We were talking about tassling corn, weren't we? There's a big difference. (Isn't there?) "You're supposed to be dead!" "Am I not?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessie k. Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 De-tasseling, to be exact, but I was going to let it slide. "When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear, and life stands explained." --Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraccioli Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I would just like to note that this is one of my favorite avatars to date. Every time I see it on one of my posts I grin like an idiot. (Well, not every time, but a time here and a time there - it's sort of a random occurrence, really.) That's it. Move along, there's nothing to see here. Caraccioli, El Presidente & First Tiger of G.R.O.S.S (Of which Calvin will never again be a member ) "You're supposed to be dead!" "Am I not?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Alyx Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Hmmm took me awhile but I love this sexy old fashioned beauty below. ~~~~Sailing Westward Bound~~~~ Lady Alyx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael Misson Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 My new avatar is actually an old avatar which I believe is from the POTC ride at Disney Land. (I've never been to Disney Land, but I'm pretty sure he isn't at Disney World.) While it could never touch Hobbes as a cool avatar, I actually think he is more representative of my interest in pirates. See, he looks like he's explaining something...probably how to do an amputation in under 2 minutes. And the old ones I haven't listed before that I can remember are: Luna Lovegood - an odd choice, I must admit. Not sure why I did that. Jack from Tales of the Gold Monkey. Kept that one for a long time, I did. Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez...known as the Rat... (Clearly not resized.) “We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” –Carlos Casteneda "Man is free at the moment he wishes to be." — Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelsbagley Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Jack from Tales of the Gold Monkey. Kept that one for a long time, I did. Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez...known as the Rat... (Clearly not resized.) I knew I recognized that dog, but I couldn't place it! I suppose I could have asked, but it never struck me as being important ebough to remember to ask... Now you've got me thinking about that old show, I HAVE to do a search on it to see if it is available on DVD... NetFlix here I come! My avatar, which changes about every few months or so, tends to just be a my favourite photo of myself at the moment... Nothing interesting or exciting... Although I have used a cute pirate themed animated gif from time to time just to amuse myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Sophia M Eisley Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Mine isn't anything of particular significance, just a sunset on the beach. Probably time to get a new one. Hey Mission, I went to Disneyland a few months ago and took a photo of their PoTC skeletons playing chess. The picture is a little fuzzy and the location VERY dark, but I managed to coax the pirates into the frame (sort of). Linky Perhaps we'll meet again under better circumstances. ---(---(@ Dead Men...Tell No Tales. Welcome, Foolish Mortals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael Misson Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Alas, TotGM is not on DVD. Put your name on the officious Amazon "notify me when this comes out" and that might help get the series released. (Everyone is invited. ) Thanks for the pic! That is nice - much nicer than the ones we took when I was there, albeit fuzzy as you noted. (It's the lighting that makes 'em blurry - years of attempted Haunted House photography has taught me that.) It might be a bit much for an avatar, tho' - TMI (TM Digital I) “We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” –Carlos Casteneda "Man is free at the moment he wishes to be." — Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael Misson Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 There! (Best I can do with my crappy tools.) If it were big enough, that would make an awesome avatar. Maybe I'll put it in my profile photo eventually. “We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” –Carlos Casteneda "Man is free at the moment he wishes to be." — Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Alas, TotGM is not on DVD. Put your name on the officious Amazon "notify me when this comes out" and that might help get the series released. (Everyone is invited. )Thanks for the pic! That is nice - much nicer than the ones we took when I was there, albeit fuzzy as you noted. (It's the lighting that makes 'em blurry - years of attempted Haunted House photography has taught me that.) It might be a bit much for an avatar, tho' - TMI (TM Digital I) Ha! I'm on that list too. God I loved that show. I wonder if it would stand the test of time? Hopefully we'll be able to find out someday. My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk the QM Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 My Avatar is "Smilin Stan" from monkey island. He sells crappy boats at terrible prices. He's a used car salesmen in every way. YaaaaaR! I got a ship to sell you guys =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Handed Jill Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Alas, TotGM is not on DVD. Put your name on the officious Amazon "notify me when this comes out" and that might help get the series released. (Everyone is invited. )Thanks for the pic! That is nice - much nicer than the ones we took when I was there, albeit fuzzy as you noted. (It's the lighting that makes 'em blurry - years of attempted Haunted House photography has taught me that.) It might be a bit much for an avatar, tho' - TMI (TM Digital I) Ha! I'm on that list too. God I loved that show. I wonder if it would stand the test of time? Hopefully we'll be able to find out someday. Apparently, it was originally planned to be released this year but was deemed too expensive so it's in a holding pattern. (I'm waiting too!) TV Shows on DVD website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 What a bunch of old TV geeks we are. Like blackjohn, I wonder if it was really that good? It seemed really good in retrospect, but so did Speed Racer. (Seriously, those of you who liked it when you were kids should go back and watch the old Speed Racer cartoons. Awful.) [All philosophical-like]It's funny, but Raiders of the Lost Ark, which is still one of my favorite movies, never did quite get the fan-base and adulation that Lucas' other opus did. There are mammoth and many SW sites on the web, examining every facet and detail of that series, but not so much so for Raiders. The new version of the SW AF line begun in '95 continues to run strong while the nascent Indy line seems already to be languishing on the pegs. Yet, Raiders seems to me to be the superior Action-Adventure film by a good stretch. Maybe it's as Lucas says and Star Wars, for all its warts [like Ewoks and silly, maudlin family dramas] is the better example of the classic heroic epic. [/All philosophical-like] I still want a shot at seeing some old Tales of the Gold Monkey episodes so's I can judge for myself... Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silkie McDonough Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 My avatar ....ummm ...it's a seal ...a sealkie ...and it is blue ...and my signature is now blue ...and the pub is blue and ...well it just looks good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matusalem Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 The avatar at the moment is from a storefront in Bristol, R.I., about a couple of doors down from where my mom grew up. bristol was a true GAOP pirate port in the day, with tales to tell. The photo is just temporary until I have the time to actually put my own head in. The storefront skeleton seems more like an undead british Rev war soldier, but befitting just the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Hmm. A Halloweeney avatar for the season? As one of the (two) masters of an absurd number of avatars, I consider this a challenge. (That one's far too cutesy, though.) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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