What is your AVATAR symbolize?

Hi Everyone,

I've been wondering since I joined about the symbolism behind your avatars. Some meanings are pretty obvious, but most of them, espcially the military symbols and numbers, I don't "get". i'd love to hear what they mean I know some have stories behind them.

I'm sure you all know that the inspiration for my own avatar was all the joking around about frying pans and FRYDAY (by the way, there really shall be a FRYDAY... one day!) OH, which reminds me, I spotted an animated smiley icon online and couldn't find it again ... one smiley whumping another with a frying pan ... It was made to order for me... sigh ... I could CRY to have not been able to find it again!

Anyways ... it would just be nice to learn what your avatar is all about.

Cheers

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
(by the way, there really shall be a FRYDAY... one day!

In your dreams "confused one"..............

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
In your dreams "confused one"..............

Okay number
55 ...

I've heard it said that : and insanity are the same thing Ah ...yes, justification for FRYDAY!

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
In your dreams "confused one"..............

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
I've heard it said that : and insanity are the same thing

Need I say more................................

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

K,

Where you see numbers on coloured squares, they are regimental tactical signs which would have been painted on vehicles assigned to that unit, and which would have appeared on roadsigns directing that unit to its designated area during a road move. My sign "157" represents the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment which I'm privileged to be a spokesman for ( see http://www.1cacr.org for more info).

BTW, we WILL eventually hold "FRYDAY" here in London, and Marko will get his due. This shall come to pass...

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
BTW, we WILL eventually hold "FRYDAY" here in London, and Marko will get his due. This shall come to pass...

Thanks a lot for the explanation regards the symbols Geoff ... AND for the link which I'm embarrassed to admit that though its on the emails I've NEVER visited it I apologize for that and will remedy PDQ!

On FRYDAY matters "coming down" and "cookin'"(as I fantasize the frying pan in my little grip) I greatly look forward to that milestone moment ... and shall prep with many physio visits to strengthen my useless left hand so I can lift the frypan (I STIR with my right!)

I bide my while
As for the rest of you lot, well, heads up...hypervigilance on FRYDAY ... is wise

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
BTW, we WILL eventually hold "FRYDAY" here in London, and Marko will get his due. This shall come to pass

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
On FRYDAY matters "coming down" and "cookin'"(as I fantasize the frying pan in my little grip) I greatly look forward to that milestone moment ... and shall prep with many physio visits to strengthen my useless left hand so I can lift the frypan (I STIR with my right!)

I bide my while
As for the rest of you lot, well, heads up...hypervigilance on FRYDAY ... is wise

Whatever, bring it on...................

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
I've been wondering since I joined about the symbolism behind your avatars. Some meanings are pretty obvious, but most of them, espcially the military symbols and numbers, I don't "get". i'd love to hear what they mean I know some have stories behind them.

Karmen asked: "What is your AVATAR symbolize?"

Mark replies: "55 is the number after 54 and the number before 56, and if divided by 11 equals 5, which if multiplied by 11, equals 55" ..............

You asked, I answered........ ...

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Half a bee, philisophically,
Must ipso facto half not be.
But half a bee has got to be
Vis a vis it's entity.
-d'you see?

But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee,
When half the bee is not a bee,
Due to some ancient injury.

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
Karmen asked: "What is your AVATAR symbolize?"

Mark replies: "55 is the number after 54 and the number before 56, and if divided by 11 equals 5, which if multiplied by 11, equals 55" ..............

You asked, I answered........ ...

Ah ... THERE! No misunderstanding THAT addition!

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
Hi Everyone,

I've been wondering since I joined about the symbolism behind your avatars.

http://www.alvis.plc.uk/

R.

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Half a bee, philisophically,
Must ipso facto half not be.
But half a bee has got to be
Vis a vis it's entity.
-d'you see?

But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee,
When half the bee is not a bee,
Due to some ancient injury.

Ah ... YES it can.
It's now a NEWBY.

Originally posted by FV623
http://www.alvis.plc.uk/

R.

Master R., I "googled" for "FV623" and found this as the first link to pop up. NICE TOY

http://www.stalwart.org/htm/fv623.htm

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
Master R., I "googled" for "FV623" and found this as the first link to pop up. NICE TOY

http://www.stalwart.org/htm/fv623.htm

Greetings Venerable Dame,

But that one has no swim-board so we can assume it's perhaps a non-swimmer, quite common as the mil officially took a load of stuff out to negate the capability; as only 117 FV623s were made full swimming ones are not common, but mine does

R.

Well whoop-dee-doo LUCKY YOU Master R. (I mean that ) I guess it would be silly and redundant for me to say ENJOY!

Gawd ... I'm blown away by all of the man-made AND woman-made thinga-ma-bobbies whatchya-ma-jiggers for whatchya-ma-callits for whateveryah-callit ... what next? Amazing.

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
Well whoop-dee-doo LUCKY YOU Master R. (I mean that ) I guess it would be silly and redundant for me to say ENJOY!

Yeeeeess, but the maintenance overhead is fearsome and since our fuel is $ CAN 8.86 a gallon and the RR engine that shoves it all along has a thirst for one gallon every 2 miles, trips to the gas station are a frightener too. Filling the 100 gal tank in one go is completely out of the question of course.

R.

Wow... and I complained about my lousy $11.oo Canadian per day for gas to perform my delivery route driving job!

Do you-all have to buy special licences and permits to put these things on the road toget to events and such? Special insurance too I presume?

I wish you all MONEY to continue ( I wish ME money to play too dammit! )

Venerable Dame

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
Wow... and I complained about my lousy $11.oo Canadian per day for gas to perform my delivery route driving job!

This is a bit off your original topic, but what the hell as it's in the Mess anyway and Ball, Spinning, Geoff, Mk.1* can always give me a bollocking as appropriate.

As for the fuel costs, I just save it up over the winter to provide summer playing, we don't socialise much and don't drink so the money goes on other pastimes.

Do you-all have to buy special licences and permits to put these things on the road toget to events and such?

For the UK:
No, in fact in most cases the licence is free if the vehicle can be proven to be made before 1973.

We have a stringent annual inspection/test of the vehicle systems by law as you will see referred to as the "MOT", heavy goods vehicles have an even more detailed test but many army trucks fall between the weight limit stools being too heavy for a car test but too light for a full HGV.

With a licence (the "tax disc") and an MOT cert as needed you can drive them to your hearts (and pocket's) content.

The (my) Stalwart is accepted as "untestable" because of its dual purpose amphibious nature and the peculiar all wheel drive. This is fortunate as the test would be expensive and it would likely fail several technicalities of the Construction and Use regulations.

We do need a special licence class for tracked vehicles, but its not too difficult to pass the test once you get the hang of the peculiarities of these types. Finding a loan tracked vehicle and space to get acquainted is the problem.

Special insurance too I presume?

A specialist company, but its unbelievably cheap. The Stalwart is £90pa fully comprehensive, whereas my car is £425. http://www.footmanjames.co.uk/site/default.asp
http://www.roadsure.ltd.uk/millitary.htm
To name two.

I wish you all MONEY to continue ( I wish ME money to play too dammit! )

It just depends for most of us what you choose to waste it on

Incidentally if you can read the scan of the paper previously, don't believe it all; to the media anything in OD camo and large is "a tank", anything that goes in the water is "a landing craft".

R.

Thanks for the insights O' Master R. It's all interesting to find out what some of you have to do, and do without, to be bitten by this history and collectors bug

I myself don't currently have enough money to "choose" to spend on extras ... smoking and internet is pushin' the envelope bigtime for me, but I NEED both as survival tools right now (that's my justification and I'm stickin to it)

By the way ... what does "track" mean in ref to "tracked vehicles"? I may have been told but I've forgotten already? (perhaps tell me somehow connected to AVATARS to keep this on topic? GRIN)

Thank you.

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
Thanks for the insights O' Master R. It's all interesting to find out what some of you have to do, and do without, to be bitten by this history and collectors bug

You're more than welcome, my pleasure.

By the way ... what does "track" mean in ref to "tracked vehicles"?

Singular I guess; tanks and the like are "tracked" meaning they have no wheels directly on the ground and utilise a continuous "chain" of links, but I'm sure you know this.
Each side then is a set of tracks or just plain track.

Maybe it gets confusing when wheeled vehicles are the topic since here "track" means the distance or width across the vehicle between the centre lines of the tyres and when you have the steering alignment checked/adjusted you could say "I'm having my car tracked" or "the tracking is out (of alignment)"

http://www.familycar.com/alignment.htm

Gen up on Ackerman angles, we'll ask questions later.


How the hell did I get into this at 04:30 in the morning :

Oh well, hungry large black cat has appeared, breakfast for one and more T and for me I guess.

R.

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally posted by FV623
Greetings Venerable Dame,

But that one has no swim-board so we can assume it's perhaps a non-swimmer, quite common as the mil officially took a load of stuff out to negate the capability; as only 117 FV623s were made full swimming ones are not common, but mine does

R.

Well...Alvis and Haaglunds are an item, are they not?

The Bv 206 was always a favourite of mine. We had a few near here, at Canadian Forces Base Meaford, about 15 years ago, during a particularly horrible winter exercise.

They performed admirably, in all roles.

Our Defense Department made a White Paper commitement to purchase 800+ of the Bv 206, somewhat in part to exercise sovereignity in the Far North of Canada.

Our politicians binned that thought with a new government being elected.

Only in Canada you say,...pity!

The Bv 206 is most suitable to Canadian domestic operations. Over bog, marsh, snow, ice...its tracks leave a pressure imprint less than a human footprint.

Even now, one can buy a near-zero mileage unit from Withams Specialist Vehicles in Lincolnshire for a price ranging from 12,500 to 30,000 pounds.

A bit off topic, but topical anyway.

MASTER R. said:How the hell did I get into this at 04:30 in the morning

Oh well, hungry large black cat has appeared, breakfast for one and more T and for me I guess.

R.

I say ... Thanks for the TRACKING 101 course ... now I can follow "tracking" conversations a little better and I'm thinking of having my bicycle "tracked"...winter is coming ... and I shall give it an avatar.... 1954and a MAPLE LEAF UP so I remember to face front at all times

I hope you enjoyed your cuppa T and Black Cat enjoyed it's large brekki!

MASTER SKAG said: The Bv 206 is most suitable to Canadian domestic operations. Over bog, marsh, snow, ice...its tracks leave a pressure imprint less than a human footprint. Even now, one can buy a near-zero mileage unit from Withams Specialist Vehicles in Lincolnshire for a price ranging from 12,500 to 30,000 pounds.

A bit off topic, but topical anyway.

I SAY: Bv 206 was MADE for Winnipeg and Manitoba I see! I'll have one of those in case my bicycle doesn't track well ... winter is a cumin in ... please send one immediately, with an avatar plain to see (on topic)

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
I say ... Thanks for the TRACKING 101 course ... now I can follow "tracking" conversations a little better

A picture is worth a thousand words, just for 's education......

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
[B]MASTER R. said:How the hell did I get into this at 04:30 in the morning

Oh well, hungry large black cat has appeared, breakfast for one and more T and for me I guess.

R.

I say ... Thanks for the TRACKING 101 course

Careful, a "101" is a military vehicle. http://www.oldrover.com/101/101FC.htm

... now I can follow "tracking" conversations a little better and I'm thinking of having my bicycle "tracked"

They do check the tracking of motorbikes here as part of the MOT, usually done with a straight edge from both sides of the rear wheel to check the front is centrally disposed.

Tracked motorcycles have been done:
http://www.tybrainstorm.de/review/mulo-e.html

I hope you enjoyed your cuppa T and Black Cat enjoyed it's large brekki!

Veare did indeed and essential too because of keyboard walking antics that focus the attention.

MASTER SKAG said: The Bv 206 is most suitable to Canadian domestic operations. Over bog, marsh, snow, ice...its tracks leave a pressure imprint less than a human footprint. Even now, one can buy a near-zero mileage unit from Withams Specialist Vehicles in Lincolnshire for a price ranging from 12,500 to 30,000 pounds.

http://www.witham-sv.com/infopage.php?ID=32&Overide=0
Indeed the Bv202 and 206 were MADE for Canadian conditions, I understood the petrol versions were only about 4K GBP. Many find their way across the pond and there is a good trade for the electricity companies and Scottish land-owners.

My local friend had several cut n' shut to make outlandish stuff for the "Thunderbirds" film.

I SAY: Bv 206 was MADE for Winnipeg and Manitoba I see! I'll have one of those in case my bicycle doesn't track well ... winter is a cumin in ... please send one immediately, with an avatar plain to see (on topic)

Quite so. Here we are:


R.

[cmperry4]

Carman said: I SAY: Bv 206 was MADE for Winnipeg and Manitoba

If Carman drives south on Kenaston, turns right on Taylor and looks to her right, she might very well see a Bv206 among other wheeled and tracked green things in the PPCLI vehicle park. I do believe I have seen the odd one there once upon a time - of course, ours might be in Afghanistan at the moment.

http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-vehbv206.htm

Mmmmmm, Land Rover 101 FC, every Roverhead's ultimate dream machine - and now I have a 101FC - but it's a HUP!

Originally posted by cmperry4
Carman said: I SAY: Bv 206 was MADE for Winnipeg and Manitoba

If Carman drives south on Kenaston, turns right on Taylor and looks to her right, she might very well see a Bv206 among other wheeled and tracked green things in the PPCLI vehicle park. I do believe I have seen the odd one there once upon a time - of course, ours might be in Afghanistan at the moment.

http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-vehbv206.htm

That's an excellent and concise overview of the Bv's. Interestingly these fall into an untested anomaly of UK law, tracked vehicles need a separate category of driving licence here (H) and another driving test. However, the law is quite clear that this applies to vehicles "steered by their tracks", the Bv206 is steered by articulation. . . . . . . . . . . .

Mmmmmm, Land Rover 101 FC, every Roverhead's ultimate dream machine - and now I have a 101FC - but it's a HUP!

Ah, LR 101's. Chocolate camshafts and iffy oil pumps! All fixable and should you ever need parts my very good friend nearby is the 101 club spares officer and has four of them including a Luxembourg ambulance and radio truck, not altogether common as just two of each were made.

The army has just one left on-charge in active service and located a few miles from here on Whale Island which is a few acres of space attached to Portsmouth and the Naval Gunnery School.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/galle...495321,00.html
You'll never find this 101 as it resides at the bottom of the old Whitehead torpedo test and calibration tank being used for diver training.

R.

cmperry4 said: If Carman drives south on Kenaston, turns right on Taylor and looks to her right, she might very well see a Bv206 among other wheeled and tracked green things in the PPCLI vehicle park.

Carman says: I just pulled out my magnifying glass and looked at the "Peg" map on my office wall ... Taylor and Kenaston are quite the long bicycle ride from N. Kildonan I see but I may make it there anyways

P.P.C.L.I. ... I thought they'd already moved out to SHILO though? Guess I can check the phone book and call to double-check.

Thanks for your post cmperry

And thank YOU too Master R. ... shall I call you "MASTER STRETCH-R"? ... being such a lofty fellow, you know? (anyone taller than me is lofty though : )

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
cmperry4 said: If Carman drives south on Kenaston, turns right on Taylor and looks to her right, she might very well see a Bv206 among other wheeled and tracked green things in the PPCLI vehicle park.

Carman says: I just pulled out my magnifying glass and looked at the "Peg" map on my office wall ... Taylor and Kenaston are quite the long bicycle ride from N. Kildonan I see but I may make it there anyways

P.P.C.L.I. ... I thought they'd already moved out to SHILO though? Guess I can check the phone book and call to double-check.

Thanks for your post cmperry

And thank YOU too Master R. ... shall I call you "MASTER STRETCH-R"? ... being such a lofty fellow, you know? (anyone taller than me is lofty though : )

Repeating Yourself Are You :.............Me thinks the bunker is getting to you. By the way, Garry Shipton & Shadow have reported you MISSING!.........we would only be so lucky

Yesssssss... I agree... you SHOULD only BE so lucky ..... imagine that, an A.P.B. out on !

IN YORE DREAMS BUCKOS

Yesssssss... I agree... you SHOULD only BE so lucky ..... imagine that, an A.P.B. out on !

IN YORE DREAMS BUCKOS