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01-18-2011, 06:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Your avatar, forum name and signature
We've done this in the past, but not in a while so I thought it might be interesting. I'll start:
Avatar: A Budda type kitty cat
Forum Name: Purron - means "purr on" - a take off on "right on"
Signature: "I purr therefore I am" - my love of kitties and all companion animals is important in my post w*rk life
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I purr therefore I am.
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01-18-2011, 06:50 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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Avatar: Today's avatar is a photo of beignets , a New Orleans treat.
Forum Name: W2R, shortened from Want2Retire after I retired
Signature: A line from Melville's Moby Dick that has meant a lot to me for over twenty years. It is almost a definition of the spirit of adventure. When read aloud the rhythm of the sentence is reminiscent of the rocking of wooden decks beneath your feet when headed out to sea.
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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01-18-2011, 06:58 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
Posts: 22,983
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Avatar:jazz drummer Elvin Jones
name-self explanatory
Sig: are you sure you want to know?
Ha
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"As a general rule, the more dangerous or inappropriate a conversation, the more interesting it is."-Scott Adams
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01-18-2011, 07:01 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,433
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Quote:
Originally Posted by W2R
Today's avatar is a photo of beignets , a New Orleans treat.
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For some unknown reason, I always associate you with your original avatar.
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I'd rather be governed by the first one hundred names in the telephone book than the Harvard faculty - William F. Buckley
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01-18-2011, 07:03 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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Maybe I should bring her back. Every now and then I try some different avatars for variety, but that photo of Eva Habermann is one that I really do like.
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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01-18-2011, 07:08 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
Posts: 9,296
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Avatar....a Comanche arrowhead necklace given to me by someone very special and close to my heart.
Forum Name.....bewitched bothered bewildered am I
Sig....An American Indian quote...author unknown.
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There's no need to complicate, our time is short..
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01-18-2011, 07:11 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Lake Livingston, Tx
Posts: 4,204
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Avatar: An F-111 dumping fuel in afterburner. (My first AC out of flight School
Forum Name: South East Asia Call Sign
Sig: self explanatory. Quite often it is after 5 when I post, or at least it feels like it.
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If it is after 5:00 when I post I reserve the right to disavow anything I posted.
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01-18-2011, 07:12 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,250
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Avatar: Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes) DBF is Calvin, and I am Hobbes
Forum Name: Planning on retiring in 2020 when I "FIRE"
Signature: Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich. - A. P. Gouthey...Just love this statement...some of the "richest" people I know are not billionaires!
Wow - not until this posting did I realize I passed the 1,000th posting...
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Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich. - A. P. Gouthey
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01-18-2011, 07:15 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,433
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bbbamI
Forum Name.....bewitched bothered bewildered am I
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Very interesting; and I always thought your forum name meant you were a fan of lower medium grade bonds.
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I'd rather be governed by the first one hundred names in the telephone book than the Harvard faculty - William F. Buckley
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01-18-2011, 07:16 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,901
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Avatar: edelweiss flower, a hint about my origins.
Forum name: FD. Used to be FIREdreamer, but that name was retired when I reached FIRE.
Signature: none at this time.
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01-18-2011, 07:16 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 13,566
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Well, this is easy:
Who I am and where I'm from.
My current fave picture of me at a music fest.
A great quote that I first heard from our own Nords, regarding being a moderator IIRC.
Fun idea, purr-on!
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“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.”
Gerard Arthur Way
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01-18-2011, 07:21 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Purron
We've done this in the past, but not in a while so I thought it might be interesting. I'll start:
Avatar: A Budda type kitty cat
Forum Name: Purron - means "purr on" - a take off on "right on"
Signature: "I purr therefore I am" - my love of kitties and all companion animals is important in my post w*rk life
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Avatar: Khan
Forum name: actually Khan is my cat & the first name that came to mind when registering.
Signature: A line from a song by Kris Kristofferson; & a personal philosophy.
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"Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone..."
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01-18-2011, 07:36 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Southern Louisiana
Posts: 519
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My Avatar is obviously a plate of "dessert".
My forum name came from the idea that dessert is to the meal, as retirement is to the job.
My signature is appropriate for the times I think. It may change later.
I was recently reading a book titled "Comfort Zones" by Elwood N. Chapman and wouldn't you know that there was a statement in the book that actually said "retirement was like having dessert after a good meal". I think the author is a member of this forum!
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Officially retired........Class of 2011
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01-18-2011, 07:36 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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Avatar : woman on a scale I put this on to remind me to keep on track with my weight watching
Name : It's my nick name plus my intials
Signature : none at the moment
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01-18-2011, 07:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Location: No fixed abode
Posts: 8,765
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Avatar: Krahe (Crow) by Rudi Hurzlmeier.
Forum name: Me
Signature: W.C. Fields makes me laugh out loud
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"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement." - Anonymous (not Will Rogers or Sam Clemens)
DW and I - FIREd at 50 (7/06), living off assets
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01-18-2011, 07:45 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern IL
Posts: 26,888
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Avatar: NONE
Signature: NONE
Forum name: Some combination of letters and numbers that weren't taken, sort of a vague reference to (Early) RetireD at 50, which was only a round number anyway. Didn't put any thought into it as I only intended to post once anyway (he says, some 7,300 posts later).
Actually, I have a slight aversion to avatars and sigs, as they change to their current version even when looking at some old post when they were different. Sometimes people comment on them, and then the comment is all out of context. But they're fine as decoration, or a mood change or whatever, or something to tie a visual with the name (but if they change often, you lose that connection).
Quote:
Originally Posted by haha
Avatar:jazz drummer Elvin Jones
Ha
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Ahhh! Elvin Jones of "A Love Supreme" era John Coltrane. I honestly thought it was a boxer. Now I see what I thought was a boxing glove closing in on him is a cymbal!
That's another problem with avatars, they are so small it's tough sometimes to know what they are.
-ERD50
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01-18-2011, 08:20 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 23,037
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My forum name is an acronym. I change my avatar and signature periodically.
Currently, my avatar is the traditional signpost for the famous Mille Miglia motorcar race in Italy.
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Living an analog life in the Digital Age.
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01-18-2011, 08:20 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Atlanta suburbs
Posts: 899
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FD
Avatar: edelweiss flower, a hint about my origins.
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Anton aus Tirol - is it really you?
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01-18-2011, 08:31 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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Quote:
Originally Posted by W2R
Maybe I should bring her back. Every now and then I try some different avatars for variety, but that photo of Eva Habermann is one that I really do like.
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And Eva is low calorie, too!
Meadbh: powerful redheaded queen in ancient Ireland
Current avatar: retirement nestegg (no interpretation required)
Signature: none
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01-18-2011, 08:31 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,901
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Nein. Ich bin Markus aus Genf.
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