How did you pick your Avatar?

Nadia · 02-12-2009, 06:25 PM

So I found the thread that This'N'That started very interesting in regards to how people picked their user names. I thought I would be a creative copy cat and start this thread. How did you pick your avatar? Is there history behind it? I see some very interesting and funny ones on here, and with that many that I would love to know the meaning behind.

Mine is a picture of my one-year-old daughter Jenna

kaj · 02-12-2009, 07:29 PM

I am fascinated by giraffes!

codeman671 · 02-12-2009, 07:34 PM

Mine was just damn funny...And fitting being that my wife makes jokes about the stuff that is probably in the lake.

Just Sold · 02-12-2009, 08:45 PM

My avitar is simple. It is me driving the family boat the ELBO II when I was 13 (1964) in Alton Bay just off the shore from our cottage. My dad wanted pictures of the boat as we had just bought it. So being the only other one available to drive & dock I was selected. Mom couldn't even start the boat let alone drive or dock it.

upthesaukee · 02-12-2009, 10:57 PM

I live here, I am always "upthesaukee", and that is my avitar: Winnipesaukee as seen from by Plum Island in Roberts Cove, looking toward Rattlesnake.

trfour · 02-12-2009, 11:23 PM

Only cause that I enjoy all four seasons here, I do change my avatar, on occasion not flip, for the awesome time of year!
T

NightWing · 02-12-2009, 11:43 PM

I needed something to go with my user name, which I pirated from the 1979 movie of the same name. The byline is also from the movie.

hazelnut · 02-13-2009, 02:03 AM

Pretty self explanatory. Die hard fan.

mcdude · 02-13-2009, 07:28 AM

Well...I thought it captured a "fun" lakes region scene, was a postcard (of course) and was very colorful. Upon closer inspection one can see that the woman sitting on the raft is not pregnant but is holding a beach ball! Remember my old avatar, the "dancing man", that used to drive everyone nuts?

rander7823 · 02-13-2009, 09:30 AM

Greatest golf movie ever made.

And that's all she wrote

Island Life · 02-13-2009, 09:32 AM

It's about time I changed my avitar. Can someone please remind me how to do it? Thanks.

RLW · 02-13-2009, 09:35 AM

It just reminds me of the Ole Geezer (me) keeping our Little Slice of Heaven warm on the lake. It will change as the seasons change.

Go to your User CP and click on edit avitar

jmen24 · 02-13-2009, 11:19 AM

It is me Poling a section of the St Croix River in Maine just before sundown at the beginning of a midnight paddle, this was night three on river of a yearly trip.

jeffk · 02-13-2009, 11:26 AM

It kinda looks like me (before I got my ears sharpened).

gravy boat · 02-13-2009, 12:47 PM

We rescued this Old English Sheepdog in May 2007 (she is somewhere between 7 and 9). She's my first dog (been a cat person for years) I've learned what joy a dog brings to your soul. She's my angel!

chipj29 · 02-13-2009, 01:26 PM

One of my dogs...being bad!

SIKSUKR · 02-13-2009, 02:01 PM

Mine is an actual photo of me after hearing about the new speed limit.

Merrymeeting · 02-13-2009, 04:50 PM

Calvin is (was?) one of my favorite fictional characters, and it seemed to be lake related even though I don't fish.

brk-lnt · 02-13-2009, 05:32 PM

I have a large collection of various avatars, I thought this one had a good sense of geeky humor.

Pine Island Guy · 02-13-2009, 05:49 PM

This is the view from our deck as the Mount passed by (same view as the webcam that is still down, thank you very much Fairpoint... but I digress). We turned the pic into a label for a batch of homebrews we made with Misty Blue and friends, and then used it for my avatar!

PIG

Pineedles · 02-13-2009, 07:38 PM

I do change my avatar from time to time; but the current one is a view from the dock of our very old cottage on the Lake, and we love it!

Regarding my Title claim, I would love to see challenges, as long as your family owned the original cottage. I am such a snob.

I'll start a new thread for this question.

ApS · 02-14-2009, 06:35 AM

After sighting my first bald eagle back in 2001, I first used the bald eagle as my avatar. Since then, I've adopted the "fouled anchor", which symbolizes the US Navy family I'm a part of—plus the years of USNR "Bosun's Mate" training I received.

Upon learning of my pre-Medical background, the Navy then placed me into Electronic Warfare.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pineedles

"...Regarding my Title claim, I would love to see challenges, as long as your family owned the original cottage. I am such a snob..."

I'm working on a better claim, but I think you've got everyone beat.

BTW: I'd like to see this forum adopt a feature "imposed" by another lakes region forum. Each member gets this image until they change it to something else.

Silver Duck · 02-14-2009, 09:29 AM

Mine is a photo of our boat (not much imagination there!)

Silver Duck

Argie's Wife · 02-15-2009, 11:19 AM

I picked mine because no one else had adopted it yet.

It's rather appropriate for me; here I am on the web!

AB_Monterey · 02-15-2009, 06:02 PM

The next thing that Letterman says that's funny will be the first but Triumph is hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FfeOgRx_yU

mneck1814 · 02-15-2009, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pineedles

I do change my avatar from time to time; but the current one is a view from the dock of our very old cottage on the Lake, and we love it!

Regarding my Title claim, I would love to see challenges, as long as your family owned the original cottage. I am such a snob.

I'll start a new thread for this question.

195 years and going strong! Built in 1814 and passed down on my Mom's side.

Pineedles · 02-16-2009, 08:57 AM

I started a new thread in the history category and pay homage to the new leader. All hail mneck1814.

Seeker · 02-17-2009, 12:50 AM

Mine was my first boat named Seeker (a 69 Bertram 31) - how original. There's been about 7 more since then but I still miss her.

BigLake · 02-17-2009, 09:42 PM

Picture of My Lake home, My first job was at Harts Turkey Farm Restaurant 48 years ago. I always wanted a home on the Lake, my dream came true 25 years ago.

02-12-2009, 06:25 PM	#1
Nadia Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Laconia/Vegas/Florida Posts: 160 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 24 Thanked 19 Times in 10 Posts	How did you pick your Avatar? So I found the thread that This'N'That started very interesting in regards to how people picked their user names. I thought I would be a creative copy cat and start this thread. How did you pick your avatar? Is there history behind it? I see some very interesting and funny ones on here, and with that many that I would love to know the meaning behind. Mine is a picture of my one-year-old daughter Jenna

02-12-2009, 07:29 PM	#2
kaj Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weirs Posts: 56 Thanks: 17 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am fascinated by giraffes! __________________ Absolutely the best place in the world to live or play

02-12-2009, 08:45 PM	#4
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,615 Thanks: 1,083 Thanked 434 Times in 210 Posts	My avitar is simple. It is me driving the family boat the ELBO II when I was 13 (1964) in Alton Bay just off the shore from our cottage. My dad wanted pictures of the boat as we had just bought it. So being the only other one available to drive & dock I was selected. Mom couldn't even start the boat let alone drive or dock it. __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata

02-12-2009, 10:57 PM	#5
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,597 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,455 Thanked 1,979 Times in 1,080 Posts	Simple here too I live here, I am always "upthesaukee", and that is my avitar: Winnipesaukee as seen from by Plum Island in Roberts Cove, looking toward Rattlesnake. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

02-12-2009, 11:23 PM	#6
trfour Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lakes, Central NH. and Dallas/Fort Worth TX. Posts: 3,694 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 3,069 Thanked 472 Times in 236 Posts	Here Too.... Only cause that I enjoy all four seasons here, I do change my avatar, on occasion not flip, for the awesome time of year! T __________________ *trfour* Always Remember, The Best Safety Device In The Boat, or on a PWC Snowmobile etc., Is YOU! Safe sledding tips and much more; http://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-safety.html

02-12-2009, 07:34 PM	#3
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,488 Thanks: 221 Thanked 810 Times in 486 Posts	Mine was just damn funny...And fitting being that my wife makes jokes about the stuff that is probably in the lake.

02-12-2009, 11:43 PM	#7
NightWing Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 410 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	I needed something to go with my user name, which I pirated from the 1979 movie of the same name. The byline is also from the movie. __________________ In the dead of night they come - Swift - Silent - Savage

02-13-2009, 02:03 AM	#8
hazelnut Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,348 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 508 Thanked 462 Times in 162 Posts	Pretty self explanatory. Die hard fan.

02-13-2009, 07:28 AM	#9
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,367 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,057 Times in 495 Posts	Well...I thought it captured a "fun" lakes region scene, was a postcard (of course) and was very colorful. Upon closer inspection one can see that the woman sitting on the raft is not pregnant but is holding a beach ball! Remember my old avatar, the "dancing man", that used to drive everyone nuts? __________________

02-13-2009, 09:30 AM	#10
rander7823 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 303 Thanks: 549 Thanked 40 Times in 24 Posts	Cinderella Story Greatest golf movie ever made. And that's all she wrote

02-13-2009, 09:32 AM	#11
Island Life Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 273 Thanks: 12 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	It's about time I changed my avitar. Can someone please remind me how to do it? Thanks. __________________ Island Life the way my grandparents' grandparents enjoyed it - but with a faster boat!!!

02-13-2009, 09:35 AM	#12
RLW Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alton Bay on the mountain by a lake Posts: 2,023 Thanks: 563 Thanked 444 Times in 311 Posts	Warmth in our slice of heaven It just reminds me of the Ole Geezer (me) keeping our Little Slice of Heaven warm on the lake. It will change as the seasons change. Go to your User CP and click on edit avitar __________________ There is nothing better than living on Alton Mountain & our grand kids visits.

02-13-2009, 11:19 AM	#13
jmen24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,139 Thanks: 223 Thanked 319 Times in 181 Posts	My Favorite Things It is me Poling a section of the St Croix River in Maine just before sundown at the beginning of a midnight paddle, this was night three on river of a yearly trip.

02-13-2009, 11:26 AM	#14
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,168 Thanks: 205 Thanked 433 Times in 250 Posts	It kinda looks like me (before I got my ears sharpened).

02-13-2009, 12:47 PM	#15
gravy boat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Gilford year round, West Alton summers Posts: 589 Thanks: 596 Thanked 200 Times in 100 Posts	avitar We rescued this Old English Sheepdog in May 2007 (she is somewhere between 7 and 9). She's my first dog (been a cat person for years) I've learned what joy a dog brings to your soul. She's my angel!

02-13-2009, 01:26 PM	#16
chipj29 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bow Posts: 1,874 Thanks: 521 Thanked 308 Times in 162 Posts	One of my dogs...being bad! __________________ Getting ready for winter!

02-13-2009, 02:01 PM	#17
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Mine is an actual photo of me after hearing about the new speed limit. __________________ SIKSUKR

02-13-2009, 04:50 PM	#18
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	Calvin is (was?) one of my favorite fictional characters, and it seemed to be lake related even though I don't fish.

02-13-2009, 05:32 PM	#19
brk-lnt Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Down Shores Posts: 1,944 Thanks: 544 Thanked 570 Times in 335 Posts	I have a large collection of various avatars, I thought this one had a good sense of geeky humor. __________________ [insert witty phrase here]

02-13-2009, 05:49 PM	#20
Pine Island Guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: pine island of course! Posts: 406 Thanks: 244 Thanked 246 Times in 112 Posts	our view... This is the view from our deck as the Mount passed by (same view as the webcam that is still down, thank you very much Fairpoint... but I digress). We turned the pic into a label for a batch of homebrews we made with Misty Blue and friends, and then used it for my avatar! PIG

02-13-2009, 07:38 PM	#21
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,542 Thanks: 1,071 Thanked 667 Times in 366 Posts	The Oldest Cottage on the Forum I do change my avatar from time to time; but the current one is a view from the dock of our very old cottage on the Lake, and we love it! Regarding my Title claim, I would love to see challenges, as long as your family owned the original cottage. I am such a snob. I'll start a new thread for this question.

02-14-2009, 09:29 AM	#23
Silver Duck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Billerica, MA Posts: 364 Thanks: 40 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Mine is a photo of our boat (not much imagination there!) Silver Duck

02-15-2009, 11:19 AM	#24
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	I picked mine because no one else had adopted it yet. It's rather appropriate for me; here I am on the web!

02-15-2009, 06:02 PM	#25
AB_Monterey Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 293 Thanks: 86 Thanked 78 Times in 49 Posts	The next thing that Letterman says that's funny will be the first but Triumph is hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FfeOgRx_yU

02-16-2009, 08:57 AM	#27
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,542 Thanks: 1,071 Thanked 667 Times in 366 Posts	I started a new thread in the history category and pay homage to the new leader. All hail mneck1814. Last edited by Pineedles; 02-16-2009 at 08:58 AM. Reason: spelling

02-17-2009, 12:50 AM	#28
Seeker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Effingham Posts: 408 Thanks: 37 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	Mine was my first boat named Seeker (a 69 Bertram 31) - how original. There's been about 7 more since then but I still miss her.

02-17-2009, 09:42 PM	#29
BigLake Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Andover, Ma /Kona Point Posts: 16 Thanks: 9 Thanked 9 Times in 2 Posts	My Dream Came True Picture of My Lake home, My first job was at Harts Turkey Farm Restaurant 48 years ago. I always wanted a home on the Lake, my dream came true 25 years ago.