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Posted: 9/27/2019 1:02:47 PM EST

[#1]

Lockdown = name my girls gave my Dodge 2500

Boltface = cause I’m a 13er looking for legitimacy

Texas flag= Because it’s Texas

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:10:34 PM EST

[#2]

I like hot blondes.

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:11:07 PM EST

[#3]

Im a Scottish Lord

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:14:13 PM EST

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If you use an avatar that's not obvious, what's the story behind it?

I'm guessing mine's pretty obvious. I'll just say I'm careful not to violate anybody's copyright, so my image is put together from several different images, then I photoshopped my own touches on it.

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That doesn't protect you from copyright lol. Only means more people can now sue you for more money.

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:18:31 PM EST

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Im a Scottish Lord

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I might have to change my avatar. DNA testing shows I am from the Argyllshire Clan of Campbells on my fathers side.

Mom’s side is McConoughey. Our father was adopted by the Plantagenets line.

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:19:47 PM EST

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That doesn't protect you from copyright lol. Only means more people can now sue you for more money.

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Yes... I'm sure there are loads of corporate attorneys scouring Arf for jigsaw puzzles of avatar images that parts may belong to them. "Daddy needs a nicer villa/chalet in Aspen!!!"

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:21:43 PM EST

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That doesn't protect you from copyright lol. Only means more people can now sue you for more money.

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That's actually not true. I've copyrighted images before. The complete image is copyrighted in its entirety. If you cut it up and add things so it's unrecognizable as the original picture then it's not the original copyrighted image. I have the documentation from the copyright office in my files somewhere. Disclaimer: Unless they have changed the law since I copyrighted my last cartoon I sent in.

Besides, the comic book avatar was so completely confabulated from different images that I defy anyone to sit there and name each element's origin.

Yes, I'm that good at photoshop.

Anyway, it's a moot point in this case.

I actually changed it since my first post. The comic book image was too blurry in the minds of some people. For the black and white one you see now I took a public domain photo and added some different elements.

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:23:29 PM EST

[#8]

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Lockdown = name my girls gave my Dodge 2500

Boltface = cause I’m a 13er looking for legitimacy

Texas flag= Because it’s Texas

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Uhhh… I'm not sure if that's even possible. Maybe posting pics of your wife's tits in BOTD. Can't really think of any other way to gain Arfcceptance as a 13'er. Would be better off scrapping the account and starting over as a 19er. Just something about that particular year that's "off". Like the 13th floor of a hotel.

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:23:44 PM EST

[#9]

Even though it has been depicted thousands of times in science fiction only one vehicle has ever carried human beings from Earth to another celestial body and back again. How it was designed and built was an incredible story of American ingenuity and skill.

I have travelled to some pretty far places to see models and real ones!

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:26:02 PM EST

[#10]

There is no hotel in this town

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:28:45 PM EST

[#11]

I won the 1984 Colorado State Flintlock Championship with my Custom. 36 Cal. Flintlock named Snipper .

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:29:13 PM EST

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Even though it has been depicted thousands of times in science fiction only one vehicle has ever carried human beings from Earth to another celestial body and back again. How it was designed and built was an incredible story of American ingenuity and skill.

I have travelled to some pretty far places to see models and real ones!

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Very true! Having said that, the lunar module is like the brain of a drop-dead gorgeous woman like say... Linda Carter. Was stunning and impressive when wrapped in the Saturn V rocket "body". But not as sexy looking when you took it out. Nevertheless... the entire program was cool as all hell (I've got an Apollo space program calendar on my office wall as I type this). As cool as the space shuttle was, it was never as sexy to me as a Saturn V.

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:29:21 PM EST

[#13]

It shows my disdain for the world in general.

It also triggers the weak minded who try to point out that somehow it describes me.

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:36:16 PM EST

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I won the 1984 Colorado State Flintlock Championship with my Custom. 36 Cal. Flintlock named Snipper .

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That's cool! I never even heard of a .36 cal. I grew-up in the 80s doing flintlock, and mountain man rendezvous stuff. My dad built me a kid's sized .45 cap and ball muzzle-loader from a hunk of wood and barrel that he bought from Dixie Gun Works (not a kit). I haven't shot it in almost 40 years, but it's still in my safe and I still think it's cool as hell. I think about getting my crap together and using it again... but black powder it just such a hassle compared to modern smokeless. Just not into it enough to go through the hassle of all that. I've also got the same exact model of the 'yuge Colt Walker 1847 .44 revolvers that Clint used as Jose Wales that I don't shoot. Thing is a friggin beast!

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:39:44 PM EST

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It shows my disdain for the world in general.

It also triggers the weak minded who try to point out that somehow it describes me.

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Wait... wut? Your avatar pic is designed to show your disdain for the world. But it's supposedly triggering people who somehow weak-mindedly assume that it's indicative if your personality trait of disdaining the world? Que?

P.S. Part of the reason I started using my daughter's scrunched-up facial expression as my avatar many years ago here, is because it can be quite indicative of my general mood or stance on issues discussed here. There are many exceptions, but I own it and think that it shows better than words my general mood in many threads here. I'm more complicated than one facial expression, but part of the allure of picking one's avatar is telling other members here what to expect from the member who chooses it.

Posted: 9/27/2019 1:57:04 PM EST

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Yes... I'm sure there are loads of corporate attorneys scouring Arf for jigsaw puzzles of avatar images that parts may belong to them. "Daddy needs a nicer villa/chalet in Aspen!!!"

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Yes... I'm sure there are loads of corporate attorneys scouring Arf for jigsaw puzzles of avatar images that parts may belong to them. "Daddy needs a nicer villa/chalet in Aspen!!!"

There are actually people who buy copyrights to generic images that are strung out all over the internet, then sue unsuspecting small time bloggers.

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That's actually not true. I've copyrighted images before. The complete image is copyrighted in its entirety. If you cut it up and add things so it's unrecognizable as the original picture then it's not the original copyrighted image. I have the documentation from the copyright office in my files somewhere. Disclaimer: Unless they have changed the law since I copyrighted my last cartoon I sent in.

Besides, the comic book avatar was so completely confabulated from different images that I defy anyone to sit there and name each element's origin.

Yes, I'm that good at photoshop.

Anyway, it's a moot point in this case.

I actually changed it since my first post. The comic book image was too blurry in the minds of some people. For the black and white one you see now I took a public domain photo and added some different elements.

Well if it's in the public domain then you're good all around. And if the image is so unrecognizable that they couldn't prove it was theirs, then there's no conceivable way they would find it in the first place.

In general, though, modifying someone else's work doesn't protect you. It just makes it worse because not only have you used it without their permission but you've also modified it without permission.

Posted: 9/27/2019 2:00:20 PM EST

[#17]

I think mine is fairly obvious - it is an inflight map before takeoff of the route between Hong Kong and New York, which is a route I have flown many times and the one I took when I returned to the US for good in 2017.

ETA: Taken in biz class aboard a big, beautiful Cathay Pacific B777-300ER.

Posted: 9/27/2019 2:17:54 PM EST

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In general, though, modifying someone else's work doesn't protect you. It just makes it worse because not only have you used it without their permission but you've also modified it without permission.

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It's been several years since I delved into this, so I hope I'm remembering it correctly.

I think the key is that there can't be enough of the original left to be recognizable as coming from that original. You can't take a picture of Charlie Brown and put your face on it and call it your own....

....BUT...

... there is "fair use" which means if you take an image and distort it to make a parody of the original, then that's okay because you are creating something new, i.e., the parody. (I'm not a legal scholar or lawyer; I'm just recalling my understanding of how it was explained to me). That's why people can't sue you for memes you create IIRC. (I hope I'm not quoting this all wrong, so somebody correct me if you have more up-to-date information).

What I did with my original comic avatar was to take a small piece from this source, a tiny piece from that source, a snippet from this source, etc. so that no one could say "Oh, that's so-and-so picture but you added blah blah." No, I was way more thorough than that.

Now, if you take several elements from several sources and chop them up and reconstitute them so that the resulting final product is nothing like its source material, then it's not that "several people can sue" because there's really no way to prove that the piece you borrowed came from a particular source (if you're good enough). (Again: my understanding only).

Anyway, as I said, it's moot, because I changed my avatar since my first post. (Hint: Maybe my current avatar is my face on a photo from the 1800's? Could be? Who knows?

)

Posted: 9/27/2019 2:33:19 PM EST

[#19]

Really simple, I like the style of pin-up art. Weather it's in the form of posters, airplane nose art, etc. I find them to be an exaggerated illustration like Rockwell or the "impressionists" in a more formal setting as opposed to something exacting, except in sculpts, which I can spend hours just staring at any given one and wonder how the hell, though I truly appreciate the talent, or something off the deep end.

JETA: This is my second one. I was asked to change the first one as the mods said it was a bit too risqué. Most unfortunate.

Posted: 9/27/2019 3:32:07 PM EST

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There is no Spoon.

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He's my hero.
And I love that they fucked around all movie just for that one throw away joke.

Posted: 9/27/2019 3:58:42 PM EST

[#21]

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<-- My daughter used to like to make goofy faces. She was a character before teenage dopiness set in. I have hopes she'll pull her head out as she gets older.

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She will, most do. But will deny anything ever changed.

Posted: 9/27/2019 4:05:37 PM EST

[#22]

My five year old boy when he was a few months old. And my nine year old girl when she was four.

Posted: 9/27/2019 4:13:22 PM EST

[#23]

The picture is a character from a British line of kid's books, Mr. Bump.
He is clumsy, always hurting himself. That describes me very well too, and my last name happens to be Bump.

Posted: 9/27/2019 4:26:32 PM EST

[#24]

always liked the image from many moons ago; also sorta feels fitting at times.

Posted: 9/27/2019 4:44:33 PM EST

[#25]

Easy, I shoot my FN SCAR rifle and I love it. Found a cool pic from the movie Inception.

Posted: 9/27/2019 5:35:27 PM EST

[#26]

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Since we're doing this...who is she?

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Her Professional name is Aria-R

Good luck finding more pictures of her.
The external Links I had of her are now gone.

Posted: 9/27/2019 5:58:47 PM EST

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Her Professional name is Aria-R

Good luck finding more pictures of her.
The external Links I had of her are now gone.

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@GiggleSmith

Add the word p.0.r.n after her name...plenty of pics out there.

Posted: 9/27/2019 5:59:51 PM EST

[#28]

if this requires explanation, you have deeper problems.

Posted: 9/27/2019 6:01:00 PM EST

[#29]

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@GiggleSmith

Add the word p.0.r.n to her name...plenty of pics out there.

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There are The Original ones, downloaded long ago and saved.

NEW ones....Not so easy to find.

Posted: 9/27/2019 6:01:49 PM EST

[#30]

Wife was teaching Harley (our ferret) to take treats out of her mouth.

He was getting really good at it, then he decided her lip looked tasty (or made a mistake).

Just so happened to snap a pic when he was latched on to her.

Posted: 9/27/2019 6:06:21 PM EST

[#31]

Randy Travis's mugshot

Posted: 9/27/2019 6:06:37 PM EST

[#32]

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I might have to change my avatar. DNA testing shows I am from the Argyllshire Clan of Campbells on my fathers side.

Mom's side is McConoughey. Our father was adopted by the Plantagenets line.

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McDonald clan here

Posted: 9/27/2019 6:08:14 PM EST

[#33]

I bought a Pre B CZ85 and really liked it.

I bought a CZ75 Compact to carry and missed the CZ85 ambidextrous safeties and slide release levers. And I like that spur hammer that's on the older Pre B's so put a spur hammer on it, too. I made my CZ75 Compact into a CZ85 Compact. Did a lot of measuring, test fitting, bought parts, bought some specific sized drill bits and turned my CZ75 Compact into what I liked. I carried it for a year or two before I got that P01 Omega. I've worn the finish off parts of it, reblued those worn spots a couple times and wore the cold bluing off again. I need to get it refinished with a durable finish and start carrying it again.

Then I made a full sized version. The CZ75B .40 came with ambidextrous safeties so I only had to install the spur hammer and CZ85 ambidextrous slide release levers.