seeing how successful the thread started by wwest about our user names and the amount that so many members learn about each other........it seems the next question would be to tell about our avatars. i'll start off with mine..........i was searching for walrus pictures but could not find one i was happy with. my wife found the picture i am currently using and put it into my profile after i had fallen asleep at the computer. did she choose correctly?

My Avatar was a picture taken when I was 16 at Great Adventures. Everyone tells me its the best photograph that I ever took and I love the old gangster style so I thought it fit me. :cool:

My Avatar was a picture taken when I was 16 at Great Adventures. Everyone tells me its the best photograph that I ever took and I love the old gangster style so I thought it fit me. :cool:
totaly awesome. maybe i'll scare everyone with my driver license picture in high school.:agree:

um, I forgot what was my avatar lemme see first...:p

oh yeah, the blue ric. old pic, got orange ones and one pink, but still searching for a new blue ric. lost it along time ago. just a pretty pic.

deep in a russian underground compound on a computer i was *cough......accessing via a aloha trogen* at the time i found this file on a personal dirrectory! i liked it so much i grabbed it! (as blubber calls it...broke crappywrite laws)

but it sums my character up to a tee!
noble & just but with a hint of kickass power & mystery element

my avatar is a picture of my anemone when i first got him.. im getting ready to change it just not sure what im changing it to :)

Thirty years ago I asked a graphic artist friend of mine to come up with a new logo for my business. He asked me a bunch of questions, one of which was, "What's your favorite fish?". I answered, the Moorish Idol. My avatar is a small version of what he came up with. I've used it or a variation ever since. If you've been to my web site you've seen the current version I'm using. Here it is.......

http://www.theculturedreef.com/LogoImagedblwet.jpg

I still have his original art work.

Dick

not sure what mine is..
found it on a website i was visiting one day.. ;)

not sure what mine is..
found it on a website i was visiting one day.. ;)
a clown fish getting his butt zapped by radio signals? :D

mine is my nano... maybe i'll take photog lessons and get one of my lionfish for my next avatar...

Mine is my emperor angel, god rest his sole. I lost him last Thursday :(
He was maturing into an adult and wasn't eating coral. Got stuck in a rock and perished.

When I designed our house three years ago, I decided to personalize our pool by having my current business logo (see post above) made into a mosaic and placed on the bottom of the pool. Here's a pic I took today of how it turned out.


http://www.theculturedreef.com/Pool%20Logo.jpg

Come on down, the water's fine. :agree:

Dick

Mine is to support the best college football team of all times.


GO BLUE

yoda, sorry to hear about your emperor, how did he die? was he sick before getting stuck?

Amphibious, that is way cool.

mine is a caribbean reef shark picture i took while working in the bahamas, i just like the picture

Mine is from another Big Ten school. The one I attended. We can take Michigan this year. (Oct 14)

Well, my neighbor thinks I look like Mr. Incredible. Although most people tell me (I swear I have heard it 1000 times) I look like Drew Carey. Maybe I should change it to a photo of him!




<---------------- HAHA I found a good one!

i just changed my avatar to the avatar lol :)

Well, my neighbor thinks I look like Mr. Incredible. Although most people tell me (I swear I have heard it 1000 times) I look like Drew Carey. Maybe I should change it to a photo of him!




<---------------- HAHA I found a good one!
oh no.......how can we ever see your posts again and take you serious. :rotfl:

now thats funny stuff lol

oh yea here are some avatars i came across anyone feel free to use them

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:A-6wOdQJQPMkLM:greywolf.critter.net/images/ironclaw/standups/walrus-02.gif

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:3zW0wZoHFeHnEM:nolaj.ca/IMAGES%2520for%2520website/ILLUSTRATIONS%2520at%2520420%2520px/2-2-5-walrus-420.gif

http://www.invision-graphics.com/modules/Wallpaper/gallery/avatars/a521.gif

http://www.invision-graphics.com/modules/Wallpaper/gallery/avatars/osito1ca.gif

http://www.invision-graphics.com/modules/Wallpaper/gallery/avatars/starwarestrooper.gif

Wait, someone is taking me seriously? I feel so special!

i just changed my avatar to the avatar lol :)
yea!!!
its THE Avatar!!!!

:D

its funny though that most people that know who the avatar is has kids. and then there people like me that just like cartoooooooons :)

Mine is from another Big Ten school. The one I attended. We can take Michigan this year. (Oct 14)


I read this on the somewere on the web

Date Rank # Opponent W/L Score Record Attend.
Oct. 15 / 8 Penn State* W 27-25 4-3 , 2-2 111,249


ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Freshman wide receiver Mario Manningham (Warren, Ohio/Warren G. Harding HS) caught his second touchdown of the game with no time on the clock to lift the University of Michigan football team to a 27-25 victory over previously unbeaten No. 8 Penn State on Saturday (Oct. 15) at Michigan Stadium in front of 111,249 fans. Trailing 25-21 with 53 seconds on the clock, the Wolverines drove 53 yards for the game-winning score. On fourth-and-4 from the Penn State 10-yard line, sophomore quarterback Chad Henne (Wyomissing, Pa./Wilson HS) fired the ball to Manningham on a slant from the right side in the end zone as time ran out to give the Wolverines the victory.

I changed mine to reflect my alma mater and to make the definitive Big Ten statement! Sorry guys!

its funny though that most people that know who the avatar is has kids. and then there people like me that just like cartoooooooons :)
the avatar rocks...
i watch it even without my daughter around.. :D

the avatar rocks...
i watch it even without my daughter around.. :D

:confused: ok fill me in- what cartoon am I missing out on??

i agree however i hate how there is only like 10 new episodes a year lol. they should just make a 468 hours long comercail free episode. buddy me and dr. pepper would be best freinds for that one lol

I read this on the somewere on the web

Date Rank # Opponent W/L Score Record Attend.
Oct. 15 / 8 Penn State* W 27-25 4-3 , 2-2 111,249


ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Freshman wide receiver Mario Manningham (Warren, Ohio/Warren G. Harding HS) caught his second touchdown of the game with no time on the clock to lift the University of Michigan football team to a 27-25 victory over previously unbeaten No. 8 Penn State on Saturday (Oct. 15) at Michigan Stadium in front of 111,249 fans. Trailing 25-21 with 53 seconds on the clock, the Wolverines drove 53 yards for the game-winning score. On fourth-and-4 from the Penn State 10-yard line, sophomore quarterback Chad Henne (Wyomissing, Pa./Wilson HS) fired the ball to Manningham on a slant from the right side in the end zone as time ran out to give the Wolverines the victory.

You guys might as will give it up! You are both in the Horseshoe this year!

:confused: ok fill me in- what cartoon am I missing out on??
Its called "Avatar"
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/avatar2/index.jhtml
on nickelodeon

Thanks Rob & Wes for the PM

http://www.notredamefootballtickets.net/cms_images/nd/images/helmet.gif

Bob, don't forget about the Sept 10th 2005 game at Michigan, Notre Dame 17, Michigan 10.

Don't even open your mouth Carmie! :)

http://www.notredamefootballtickets.net/cms_images/nd/images/helmet.gif

Bob, don't forget about the Sept 10th 2005 game at Michigan, Notre Dame 17, Michigan 10.

Don't even open your mouth Carmie! :)

You knew it was coming! Shall we just leave it at Fiesta Bowl 2006?

You knew it was coming! Shall we just leave it at Fiesta Bowl 2006?
war! its sad wishful thinking that any team east of california can ever be best. :D

Mine is the picture I have on my name tag at work. All I hear at work is "Nemo Nemo Nemo Dori Nemo Dori" It gets old quick. Most the people I work with think its wrong for me to have it on there, then I show them its not just sushi and then they give me that look and walk away and I feel a little better inside.

Mine is the picture I have on my name tag at work. All I hear at work is "Nemo Nemo Nemo Dori Nemo Dori" It gets old quick. Most the people I work with think its wrong for me to have it on there, then I show them its not just sushi and then they give me that look and walk away and I feel a little better inside.
what is your work? :o

I am the supervisor of the saltwater dept. at the LFS.

I am the supervisor of the saltwater dept. at the LFS.

its big enough to have a supervisor for each department?
remind me not to drop my guts in there. with the resulting stampeed for the front door people could be killed! u like that for a job, it doesn't kill the hobby in anyway for u?

I am the supervisor of the saltwater dept. at the LFS.
that tag would be a little strange! lol
my favorite lfs is next door to a sushi resturant and the jokes get a little old for the lfs-owner. worse yet, the food-fish delivery vans for some reason, always have cartoon fish painted on the sides. :D

I am the supervisor of the saltwater dept. at the LFS.
that tag would be a little strange! lol
my favorite lfs is next door to a sushi resturant and the jokes get a little old for the lfs-owner. worse yet, the food-fish delivery vans for some reason, always have cartoon fish painted on the sides. :D

its big enough to have a supervisor for each department?
remind me not to drop my guts in there. with the resulting stampeed for the front door people could be killed! u like that for a job, it doesn't kill the hobby in anyway for u?
I enjoy the hobby for what it does for me but it kills me to see what people do no matter what you try and tell them. You can try to teach people but there are always those who don't care what you say. Those who listen have success and stay in the hobby, the other 90% just rush and shoot themselves in the foot. The store I work in is actually pretty expensive when it comes to inverts and corals but I am working on making the store more hobbiest friendly. This is the store www.bbpetstop.com

Mine is just a picture I took and really liked it. My two clowns hosting my Monti.

mine is of me while on vacation to san diego california. god i'd love to live there, but instead i have to live in the colorado mountains.

Mine is Edna E mode from the movie the Incredibles. She cracks me up. Also, we're kind of alike: Short... very short, with a strange accent :D

I got bored one day and decided to play with photoshop. not sure if anyone can see it, but its got elements of my favourite ocean creatures. All of them are marauders :P
The teeth of a great white, and the squiggles are a hammerhead shark and a manta ray.Not sure if anyone else see's it, but I like it

Now that you explain it Craig I see the hammerhead and ray.

I got bored one day and decided to play with photoshop. not sure if anyone can see it, but its got elements of my favourite ocean creatures. All of them are marauders :P
The teeth of a great white, and the squiggles are a hammerhead shark and a manta ray.Not sure if anyone else see's it, but I like it
haha. that explains it all now! i thought it was a marsupial smoking a cigarette inside the shark jaw. :rotfl:

my favorite lfs is next door to a sushi resturant

This must be a common thing, mine is next to a sushi place as well. If I remember, I will get a pic!

Oh no...how do i explain this one. My avatar is the Abaca, the symbol of Astrivianism and Religous Spiritualism. I could write for a long long time on this so i will be quick. If you saw The Da Vinci Code, you should know what two interlaced triangles, one pointing up, one down, mean: the unification of male and female. The square and the circle are from Gnosticism and Alchemy, and imply the unification of heaven (circle) and earth (square). In alchemical terms it was called "Squaring the circle" which was a symbol of the Lapis Philosophorm (Philosopher's Stone).

As for your next likely question: i can't say what Astrivianism is unless you ask me directly and privatly (sorry, it is against our traditions to evangalize).

Oh, and big ten shmig ten! GO HOKIES! (that's a seriously buff turkey...yum yum)

My Current (8/4) Avatar is of a Northwest style dive helmet built for Portland divers Fred Devine and Art Zimmerman in the mid-1940's. This helmet was used on the Diamond Knot salvage job, and has many features typical of a NW Helmet.

Great - now I need to find an avatar! Hmmmm ...

Yeah, now you can get in touch with your expressive side!

OK - I have an avatar! It's a picture of an Orca I took while surfing. Ok - it's a picture of an Orca I took while at Sea World in San Diego. The surfing story sounded more exciting. Why an Orca? They are my favorite, period. I could watch them for days and not get bored.

Dana,

My favorite Shamu story is from when my son was 5. We were visiting Sea World of Ohio and all he wanted was to pet Shamu. It was his birthday and we were able to get him in the Shamu Show! He was in seventh heaven. After giving Shamu several commands and feeding him some fish the trainer said "OK, now do this" and wiped her hands on her wetsuit. Our son wiped his fishy hands down the front of his shirt and then smelled so bad that we bought him a new shirt!

Great story. I bet he will never forget that day. But I thought Shamu was in the San Diego Sea World. Are you telling me there are more than one Shamu? Say it isn't so - I would be devastated!

My son (13) wants to become a marine biologist. Each summer he spends a week at a program at Seymore Marine Lab in Santa Cruz. Part of the program is working with dolphins, seals and seal lions. How come kids get to have all the fun?

I think the orca is named Shamu at every Sea World. :(

How come kids get to have all the fun?
Not to mention Space Camp

if i remember correctly, there are more than one shamu's in each location. i remember hearing some time back that there might be around 6 or 7 per location for all the shows. but i could be mistaken on that.

I see. This might also explain why each year I see Santa Claus at dozens of different stores ...

Carmie - I would be all over Space Camp (the camp, not the movie!) as a kid. Heck, as an adult even!

In order to be all over Space Camp you would have to suffer being in ALABAMA!!! I hear it is a great experience (had a friend do it growing up)

Our neighbor's son was given a scholarship to go and he loved it! Mom, I wanna go too!

in 7th grade my class went to SPACE CAMP for a field trip!! it was awesome! except that i rode G-force 4 times in a row and puked! but other than that it was fantastical! lol

Koby,

Gosh, we never had a field trip to any place as cool as Space Camp! I do have to say though that I did the same thing with the "Rotor" at Cedar Point when I was in 6th grade. The line was really short so I just kept getting back on it. I've never ridden it again!

My new avitar is my target mandarin

My Avatar is the first purchase I made after my tank had been established a few months. I know now how wrong it was especially since I had normal output lighting for the first year.

I am still laughing at the Storm Trooper.




now thats funny stuff lol

oh yea here are some avatars i came across anyone feel free to use them

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:A-6wOdQJQPMkLM:greywolf.critter.net/images/ironclaw/standups/walrus-02.gif

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:3zW0wZoHFeHnEM:nolaj.ca/IMAGES%2520for%2520website/ILLUSTRATIONS%2520at%2520420%2520px/2-2-5-walrus-420.gif

http://www.invision-graphics.com/modules/Wallpaper/gallery/avatars/a521.gif

http://www.invision-graphics.com/modules/Wallpaper/gallery/avatars/osito1ca.gif

http://www.invision-graphics.com/modules/Wallpaper/gallery/avatars/starwarestrooper.gif

i know everytime i see it it kills me lol.. i wish it would show up all the time..

well heres a good one for the walrusnusss!! he he.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ghostbear29/oldmanmanatee.jpg

im not sure on resizing but you geeks can figure it out. I also have storm trooper one also....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ghostbear29/stormtroopers_taking_a_break.jpg

gawd, i need that suit! If only...

I love the walrus picture, I thought only kids did that!

is someone making fun of walruses? huh? speak up!

There are many new members since this was active. If you haven't posted tell us about your avatar.

Mine is a green abalone I cultured.

Mine is the 2.4L Turbo sticker on the hood scoop of my old car. i just sold it and bought one of these:

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e332/pearsonhurst/saab-9-3-convertible-4.jpg

Guess i need to find a new avatar, huh?

mine is of my Falco Hawkfish, who likes the occasional hermit snack...

well heres a good one for the walrusnusss!! he he.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ghostbear29/oldmanmanatee.jpg
It was a bad moment................should have worn a seatbelt. :unsure:

<grin> I hate it when I make nose prints on the windshield!

I won't ask about how you get your noseprints on the windshield, Carmie Jo.


My avatar is pretty simple... goes with the nickname. Originally, the nickname was to mean the flower. But, I like Petunia Pig better. She's so dang cute.