Show Us Who You Are

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 19 Sep 2009 9:18 am

A good proportion of Forum participants have no Avatar, or they use a cartoon, a picture of a guitar, or somesuch.

Is it just a matter of not knowing how to attach an avatar to your profile ? Check this out...

http://www.shrinkpictures.com/create-avatar/

and this..

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... ght=avatar

If you're worried that you're just too butt-ugly, don't worry, we won't laugh. If the Sheriff is after you, and you're afraid someone will recognise you, then wear a false beard. (No, mine is real, and, as far as I know, the Sheriff isn't after me yet.

)

I would like to see who you are. Who knows, I could pass you on the street and not know it.

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 19 Sep 2009 9:30 am

Alan.........I second your fine suggestion.

I've long wanted to visualize who in the heck I was conversing with. I met a great gentleman down in St.Louis a couple of weeks back, a player I'd conversed with numerous times on the phone, and yet had no idea WHO he was until he was thoughtful enough to identify himself as 'my mystery telephone caller'. Enjoyed chatting with him but felt like a fool because I'd not been able to personally identify him on sight.

Same theme: While walking thro' the hotel in St.Louis I chanced to encounter David Hartley. Had it not been for his Forum photo's I'd have missed this wonderful opportunity to shake his hand and talk with him.

I think the photo's SHOULD BE a MUST!!! I also feel that somewhere there should be a BIO on all members so that when one espouses large volumes of expertise on this subject or that, that we each could have the opportunity to go quietly and verify for our own satisfaction, the true measure of that posted material.

Let's vote on it?

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 19 Sep 2009 9:50 am

Thanks Alan!
I have been trying to get that done for
a long time and could not get the resize
right.
This is from a photo taken a few years
ago and I am going to stick with it.

Robert Dominick · Post by **Robert Dominick** » 19 Sep 2009 10:27 am

Thanks Alan! Was wondering how to do that.

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 19 Sep 2009 11:02 am

Changing my avatar, no. I like mine "as is", and it's the result of a local voting process.

If it's just about "showing face" and back up ones identity with some info, that's fine with me. Most of us have web sites, so no problem for those who want. Those who don't shouldn't have to, so no use voting on the issue, IMO.

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 19 Sep 2009 11:17 am

Fools' names, like fools' faces..

EJL

Besides, they should at least have been taken in the last half century Ray...

Dick Sexton · Post by **Dick Sexton** » 19 Sep 2009 11:30 am

Should have done it long ago. Thanks for the nudge guys.

Cartwright Thompson · Post by **Cartwright Thompson** » 19 Sep 2009 11:36 am

My boy Roy is much better looking than I am.

ray qualls · Post by **ray qualls** » 19 Sep 2009 11:45 am

I didn't want to put my real face on here Alan, but if you insist!

Scott Henderson · Post by **Scott Henderson** » 19 Sep 2009 11:45 am

OK But remember You asked for it!!! Hope I don't break your PC

David Collins · Post by **David Collins** » 19 Sep 2009 11:50 am

It's Me

Rick Schmidt · Post by **Rick Schmidt** » 19 Sep 2009 12:00 pm

Ok what the heck.

Alan Tanner · Post by **Alan Tanner** » 19 Sep 2009 12:41 pm

..dang...it worked....wish I had a better pic....no ....I wish I TOOK a better pic........

Jimmie Martin · Post by **Jimmie Martin** » 19 Sep 2009 1:27 pm

ok Alan. Here i am.

Jack Dillard · Post by **Jack Dillard** » 19 Sep 2009 1:37 pm

Ok, here you go.

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 19 Sep 2009 2:06 pm

You may see my mug by clicking on my photobucket link in my signature line.
For now, a home made steel in my avatar will have to do.
More, or less, value can certainly be placed on an avatar picture to give people a true impression of your face.
Hadn't it been for Alan Brooks' signature beard I would not have recognized him.
Ray Montee's pic is good because it's a close-up.
David Collins' pic is taken from too far away to be able to tell what he looks like.

So we see that avatars don't always give a true depiction of the individual.

I suggest, if you want to post your pic, get a quality close-up like in Ray's avatar.

Georg, I respect your decision; obviously the majority won!

A very good portrayal. Maybe after a while you should try a cow avatar.

For those who choose to post your pic in the avatar, sure no problem. It's a free country (ies) meaning we are free to do what we wish.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 19 Sep 2009 2:24 pm

Thanks for that, Alan - here's my new avatar!

My late-friend, Rick Alexander, used to do this for me, as technically-challenged as I am. He was always happy to help me out with any computer-related issues. A good chap....

I was getting pretty tired of that hackneyed old pic of me and my Emmons, so here's my latest toy!!!

Stuart Legg · Post by **Stuart Legg** » 19 Sep 2009 2:24 pm

Ray Montee

I think the photo's SHOULD BE a MUST!!! I also feel that somewhere there should be a BIO on all members so that when one espouses large volumes of expertise on this subject or that, that we each could have the opportunity to go quietly and verify for our own satisfaction, the true measure of that posted material. Let's vote on it?

Ray, are you saying we should judge the merits of what we read here on the forum based on a person's bio? I'm sure I've misunderstood your meaning because that is so obviously prejudicial.

Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 19 Sep 2009 3:52 pm

Remember Alan, you asked for it.

Ray, looks like a touch of swine flu.

This was when I had just started back playing after a 20 year layoff, stuck between Joe Wright, and Joe Turner...talk about pressure....Bill

Kenny Martin · Post by **Kenny Martin** » 19 Sep 2009 4:54 pm

Guess which one is me?

The good looking one is me!!!

Mel Taylor · Post by **Mel Taylor** » 19 Sep 2009 5:13 pm

OK here I am.
Mel

Mike Wilson · Post by **Mike Wilson** » 19 Sep 2009 5:26 pm

Now that I know how to do it I might make some more interesting ones. Anyway this is I.

Ward Skinner · Post by **Ward Skinner** » 19 Sep 2009 5:29 pm

Thanks Alan! Just added mine too. Took this picture some time ago but never could get it small enough to work. I love chiles.

I'll use this photo, our last fishing trip. A limit of Red Snapper, 2 Amberjacks, a Bonita and a Wahoo. I'm on the left, my good friend Capt George and his wife Mary Beth, and their nephew William from SC on the right, who soon will be joining the Marine Corps.

Charley Wilder · Post by **Charley Wilder** » 19 Sep 2009 5:36 pm

Well, I tried but nothing!

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 19 Sep 2009 6:04 pm

Bent Romnes wrote:... Maybe after a while you should try a cow avatar.

Maybe ... they sure got both "tone" and "volume", and aren't bad on "sustain" either

Anyway, I'm usually behind the camera...

...so this is a rare picture of the bearded man. Enjoy

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Show Us Who You Are

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