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Title: Holy sheets and curtains, MB!!.........
Post by: Raineypark on August 26, 2002, 02:43:40 AM
Has the Shaman taken a vacation and left the finger-pointing Ghost of Rev. Trask in his place????!!!  :o

What IS that thing?!!!

Raineypark
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Post by: Paul on August 26, 2002, 03:30:52 AM
?!?I don't understandwhat you mean?Paul
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Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 26, 2002, 04:09:55 AM
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Has the Shaman taken a vacation and left the finger-pointing Ghost of Rev. Trask in his place????!!!  :o

What IS that thing?!!!

Those are my summer robes. I figured it was time I updated my avatar. [wink2]

If you're really lucky, I might send you an autographed frame, suitable for printing so you can frame and keep it on your nightable so that I'm the first thing you see in the morning and the last you see at night.  :-*
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Post by: Paul on August 26, 2002, 04:13:59 AM
?!?What is an avator?Paul
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Post by: Craig_Slocum on August 26, 2002, 04:24:33 AM
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I figured it was time I updated my avatar.


I like the old one better!  ;)


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Post by: CandleLighter on August 26, 2002, 04:30:43 AM
I hope that is a wolf throwing back its head and howling.. cause if it's not... I shudder to think what it might be!
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Post by: CandleLighter on August 26, 2002, 04:35:16 AM
or is it a bear eating a hotdog?  lol  

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Post by: VictoriaWintersRox on August 26, 2002, 04:40:07 AM
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?!?What is an avator?Paul


It's the image under your name on the left part of the screen. Your avatar is of Boba Fett.
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Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 26, 2002, 04:44:55 AM
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I hope that is a wolf throwing back its head and howling.. cause if it's not... I shudder to think what it might be!

Here are two frames from the original video that might give you a better idea:


(http://www.dsboards.com/images/warning439.jpg) (http://www.dsboards.com/YaBBImages/width.gif) (http://www.dsboards.com/images/warning485.jpg)

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Post by: Raineypark on August 26, 2002, 04:46:15 AM
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If you're really lucky, I might send you an autographed frame, suitable for printing so you can frame and keep it on your nightable so that I'm the first thing you see in the morning and the last you see at night.  :-*

REALLY!!!!?  An actual, tangible THING that I can KEEP?  With your AUTOGRAPH?!!!

[sure].....yeah, right.  I'll believe it when I see it.  You send it and I swear I'll hang it over the computer (AND over the objections of my husband, too!!!)

By the way, my daughter wants to know if Giles really introduced you to your wife. [smrtasb]

Raineypark
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Post by: Connie on August 26, 2002, 05:52:48 AM
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Here are two frames from the original video that might give you a better idea:

I've studied this and studied this, and I still don't know what it is.  Hell - I never figured out what the previous avatar was.  Looked like a mushroom or something.

-CLC  (Totally bewildered)
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Post by: Minja on August 26, 2002, 06:58:05 AM
It looks like two hands reaching out from the "robes" and Arm Rasslin' and I'm not gonna venture as to what the "digit" sticking out is.  Afterall this  a "Family Board!"

So, is this the next trivia question where whoever guesses what it is gets a personalized title or a trip to Martinique or somethin'?
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[shadow=purple,left,300]Always, Minja [vryevl][/shadow]

PS: Yes, Midnite...I'm 'spectin' to wake up covered in Monkey Fur cuz I called the Forum a Family Board![/color]
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Post by: CandleLighter on August 26, 2002, 07:03:52 AM
yeah thats what it is...a finger pointing at us! "Always lurking in the shadows watching YOU!"
 :o
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Post by: Midnite on August 26, 2002, 08:00:50 AM
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I've studied this and studied this, and I still don't know what it is.

I can attest that it's MB. :D

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Hell - I never figured out what the previous avatar was.  Looked like a mushroom or something.

You might be thinking of Luciaphil's cloche, though mushroom wasn't my first thought when I saw it. ;)
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Post by: Nancy on August 26, 2002, 08:34:10 AM
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You might be thinking of Luciaphil's cloche, though mushroom wasn't my first thought when I saw it. ;)


Mine neither.;)
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Post by: Craig_Slocum on August 26, 2002, 08:46:46 AM
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You might be thinking of Luciaphil's cloche, though mushroom wasn't my first thought when I saw it. ;)


I thought it was someone with a lampshade over their head.  ;D
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Post by: Connie on August 26, 2002, 09:22:23 AM
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I can attest that it's MB. :D
You might be thinking of Luciaphil's cloche, though mushroom wasn't my first thought when I saw it. ;

Oh yeah...that IS Luciaphil's.  All I see is a mushroom.
Whatever happened to the good old days, when avatars were avatars and you knew what you were looking at??   ?!?

That 'thing' in MB's looks like a heart beating with a nipple popping in and out.

No wait!!  I know what it is!  It's that 'lung' or something, that killed Paul Stoddard during the Leviathan fiasco.

Yes.  That's it.

-CLC   :)
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Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 26, 2002, 09:55:46 AM
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By the way, my daughter wants to know if Giles really introduced you to your wife. [smrtasb]

Please gently explain to your daughter that the only Giles I've ever known was a guy I went to high school with - Giles Moran. I haven't seen him since the day we graduated - and I have no idea if he's alive or dead. So, I suppose that means the answer is no. (http://www.dsboards.com/YaBBImages/smirk.gif)
Title: Re: Holy sheets and curtains, MB!!.........
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 26, 2002, 10:00:40 AM
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Afterall this  a "Family Board!"[/color]

Just for the record, this forum never has, nor will it ever be a "Family Board!" [wink2]
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Post by: Carol on August 26, 2002, 11:23:31 AM
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Just for the record, this forum never has, nor will it ever be a "Family Board!" [wink2]

In that case, we're getting the NY salute but in a new direction.

It certainly isn't the forefinger pointing at us ala Uncle Sam saying "We want you!".

It also looks like the ghostly bride that was seen on Friday's episode.

MB's old avatar is the Avatar on Port Charles right now.

Am I close or do I have to strain these eyes some more?
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Post by: Luciaphile on August 26, 2002, 05:51:12 PM
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Oh yeah...that IS Luciaphil's.  All I see is a mushroom.
Whatever happened to the good old days, when avatars were avatars and you knew what you were looking at??   ?!?

Ahem.  It's a hat, people.  A vintage 1920s cloche hat.   8)

Since we're talking about avatars though, I have to tell you, Connie, for the longest time I thought your's was some weird shot of David Selby wearing some sort of ersatz Native American headress  ;)  You can well imagine my moment of enlightenment when I realized they were just his hands  ;)

Luciaphil
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Post by: Midnite on August 26, 2002, 06:39:12 PM
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In that case, we're getting the NY salute but in a new direction.

It certainly isn't the forefinger pointing at us ala Uncle Sam saying "We want you!".

Oh, it really is a forefinger.  It's not a "family board" and though I hadn't thought about it before I'm pretty sure I'd draw the line at an avatar (and smiley too-- yes, I know they're out there) that flips readers off.

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MB's old avatar is the Avatar on Port Charles right now.

It was from Buffy, as are at least 3 other avatars in use right now.

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Am I close or do I have to strain these eyes some more?

Raineypark's title is actually kinda prophetic. ;)
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Post by: Afan on August 26, 2002, 06:49:30 PM
;DWhile we are talking about avators, I would like to have one.  When will the Quentin and his "girls" be available?   Afan
Title: Re: Holy sheets and curtains, MB!!.........
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 27, 2002, 04:33:30 AM
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I've studied this and studied this, and I still don't know what it is.
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It certainly isn't the forefinger pointing at us ala Uncle Sam saying "We want you!". ... Am I close or do I have to strain these eyes some more?
Well, since some people still seem to be having a problem recognizing what's depicted in my new avatar, here's another (and final) chance.

First, two frame captures:
(http://www.dsboards.com/images/warning71.jpg)
The figure...


(http://www.dsboards.com/images/warning82.jpg)
& the pointing finger


And for those who still can't see it, here's the original video (minus the soundtrack, which was a purely personal message):

[rvid=200,180]http://www.dsboards.com/Warning_1.rpm[/rvid]
The size of the video file in 1.06MB.
It shouldn't take more than 5-6
minutes to download using a
56K modem.
Title: Re: Holy sheets and curtains, MB!!.........
Post by: Carol on August 27, 2002, 04:58:34 AM
Okay, I see the forefinger now but it looks like a gloved hand.

Can't access the video file. Which episode is it from?
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Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 27, 2002, 05:08:46 AM
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Okay, I see the forefinger now but it looks like a gloved hand.

Exactly - I'm wearing a white glove. ;)

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Can't access the video file.

It does work. Perhaps there was too much Internet traffic at the time. The thing is that you might have to wait a while before it reports that it's downloading. It might not begin to show progress until the download is already 48% of the way through.
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Post by: abbeymarch on August 27, 2002, 05:53:44 AM
Raineywoman....
Looks more like curtains to me, Batman....
Maybe a pillow case?
ROFL  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


MB,
We need a laughing smiley.
Abbeymarch
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Post by: Raineypark on August 27, 2002, 05:56:45 AM
Okay, it's not an episode of anything.

It's really you....dressed up in sheets and curtains....making a video of your own,  to use as your own avatar.

Is it your own 'version' of something else?....or an entirely original prodution?

YOUR little friend "Benedict" Abbey  is going to plotz when she sees this....it strikes soooooo close to home!!....only we never taped ourselves for posterity!!  [lghy]

Raineypark
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Post by: Raineypark on August 27, 2002, 06:02:01 AM
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MB,
We need a laughing smiley.

We HAVE one!! It's the bracket sign ( [ ) plus the letters lghy and then the close bracket sign ( ] ).  Don't use the parenth's....just the brackets.
Rainey [lghy]
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Post by: abbeymarch on August 27, 2002, 06:06:46 AM
MB....
Oh, I get it, one must be a prolific poster to have access to the "special" smilies.  :(

Quite an interesting avatar I might add. Looks more like draperies in the larger version. Was it??
Abbey March
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Post by: Raineypark on August 27, 2002, 06:12:15 AM
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MB....
Oh, I get it, one must be a prolific poster to have access to the "special" smilies.  :(

No...you just have to know where to find them.  Call me (NOT NOW) and I'll talk you through it!!

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Quite an interesting avatar I might add. Looks more like draperies in the larger version. Was it??
Abbey March

".....either draperies or lingerie!!".......said my teenaged Buffy fanatic. [lghy]

Rainey
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Post by: abbeymarch on August 27, 2002, 06:13:20 AM
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We HAVE one!! It's the bracket sign ( [ ) plus the letters lghy and then the close bracket sign ( ] ).  Don't use the parenth's....just the brackets.
Rainey [lghy]

And I would know this....how?
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Post by: Raineypark on August 27, 2002, 06:16:28 AM
We are now officially WAY off topic and really should take this conversation home.

Talk to ya.....

Rainey
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Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 27, 2002, 06:44:04 AM
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Is it your own 'version' of something else?....or an entirely original prodution?

It's a video that I made last Halloween as a joke for someone - and its point had absoloutely nothing to do with DS or the forum. It was actually a grave warning of impending catastrophe. But that's as much I'll say. ;)

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Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 27, 2002, 06:46:07 AM
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Looks more like draperies in the larger version. Was it??

[lghy] No. [wink2]
Title: Re: Holy sheets and curtains, MB!!.........
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 27, 2002, 06:53:05 AM
abbeymarch,

The topic of where to find the extra smileys comes up every now and then on the Testing. 1, 2, 3... board. If you go there and check out the topic entitled "Smilies", currently on the board's second page, you'll find an explanation of how/where to find them. [winkb]
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Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on August 27, 2002, 06:56:24 AM
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And I would know this....how?

By having read the forum's Help topics.

Links to Help are provided at the top and bottom of most pages on the forum. :)