What's the story behind your avatar?

[Birds Away]

USS Dale (CG-19) firing an SM-2(ER) from her aft launcher. I didn't pull the trigger but I did assign the target and send the OFE (order for engagement). That ship is now an artificial reef off the east coast. I was on a ship in the battle group that sank her for target practice. She took a lot of ordnance.

 

[Slade]

I like the wood on my deck.

 

[Jacobm]

I posted this some time ago.

My avatar is a picture of the Greek goddess Artemis. She was the daughter of Zeus, carried a longbow and was considered to be the goddess of the hunt. Artemis is a name I affectionately called my wife after she took her first deer with a bow. The avatar is to honor and remind me of her. And in my eye, the wife looks every bit as good as the avatar.

 

[rhinoabe]

I ride a Rhino in my spare time.

 

[NavyVet]

Just a reminder of some of the toys I used to get to play with.

Same story as Birds Away above... My last missile shoot, didn't get to pull the trigger..... but I still have the decals from the missile!!!

 

[BDBHoover]

<<< INGO Elite bacon patch.... Nuff said

 

[KJQ6945]

I like the wood on my deck.

Like the steel better

 

[KJQ6945]

Because my life is quite like Al Bundy's sometimes






Not really. Just the best tv show. Ever

Anything you say comes out in an al bundy voice.

 

[Ted]

Three months ago, I asked for an INGO smiley some time back, believing it to be a fitting addition to convey our thread messages.

".......We'll let you know", was the response.

 

[tbhausen]

<<< If you have to ask...

 

[KJQ6945]

<<< If you have to ask...

Between the logo and the signature, I think we might be related!

 

[SmileDocHill]

I'm a fan of Classical Liberalism...(John Locke)

That guy from the TV show "Lost"?

 

[tv1217]

Bender from the show Futurama. It's from an episode where he joins a robot boxing league and at one point he's wearing that fur coat and has robot "hoes" and bling.

I added the pistol(Ruger SR1911) into his hand.

 

[Magneto]

Well, I like brunnettes. I have been meaning to change it to Magneto, just haven't gotten around to it.

 

[tatic05]

Because I own one......hehe

 

[K_W]

He's the protagonist from the original "Doom" video game series, the game I grew up playing, despite news stories suggesting it would train me to be a heartless serial killer.

The face he is making is shown whenever he acquires a new weapon.

 

[KJQ6945]

Thanks to everyone who has responded. Love the stories and the background. A special thanks to all the veterans!

The pics mean a lot to most of you and that's very cool!

 

[Mackey]

The wood thrush is my favorite bird - it represents my love of the outdoors.
The song of the wood thrush (only sung by the male) has been said to be one of the most beautiful in North America. It essentially has two voice boxes and can harmonize with itself. If you've ever been in the woods and heard a lone wood thrush, you won't forget it.
Of the wood thrush Henry David Thoreau wrote:
"Whenever a man hears it he is young, and Nature is in her spring; wherever he hears it, it is a new world and a free country, and the gates of Heaven are not shut against him."
It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: "..do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them."
My video for the gun contest features a wood thrush song at the beginning and end ... if you're so inclided to listen.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwp_uj9NQBI[/ame]

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Anything you say comes out in an al bundy voice.

Probably more so than you think...you ought to be here when my wife goes shopping



Just kidding Peg...um I mean honey.)

 

[Sylvain]

Mine is obvious.
It looks just like me.Same beret, moustache, scarf ...

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*Note: Actual picture might not be an actual picture.