Thread: Nic and Avatar . . . why and what does it mean?

Originally Posted by docmartin

Technical question - can you guys see my avatar ?

Nope (and never have)

Same...till yesterday, but I'm known to be slow.

Originally Posted by docmartin

Ta for that.
Turns out that I'd thought a profile picture was an avatar.

Originally Posted by docmartin

Ta for that.
Turns out that I'd thought a profile picture was an avatar.

No idea either what the profile picture is for.

I just use the space to store my Christmas avatar ...

Bogon was what my girl used to call her grandmother for some reason when she first started talking.

The avatar because it looks like me.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Huang Lao.
A Confucianism method and philosophy.

I always read that as Hung Lo..

I saw this...

Originally Posted by Takeovers

find it fascinating

Yea, but is she moving in a CW or CCW rotation?

^ I remember that shitfest.


tbh, I can only ever see her rotating CW, so find it fascinating for a different reason.

I'd never been on a forum before. Just signed up...a decade ago....to read one article a Bangkok-based friend had told me to take a look at....involved the arrest of a mutual friend. I signed in in true name because I thought you had to......as it's an expat forum....except for a few......I used my first passport picture as my avatar.

The avatar is a Victor Moscovo poster design to promote a concert by the Chambers Brothers in San Francisco back in the 60s.
It caught my eye when browing the internet one day.

I've had a few nics over the years. My very first last century was Zevon simply because I liked his music but found out he was a real dick so dropped it (should have kept it)
I chose the current name as I was pretty depressed at the time and thought it apt

My avatar is a cartoon version of myself and my children plus its their favourite movies.

My name come from a movie we have watched hundreds of times and my favourite tipple when in Thailand.

Originally Posted by happynz

When I joined Teakdoor all those years ago it was suggested that I join in on the fun and get myself an elephant avatar. And so I did.

The elephant avatar was a thing on the Ajarn many millennia ago.
Didn't know it crossed over.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

I'd never been on a forum before. Just signed up...a decade ago....to read one article a Bangkok-based friend had told me to take a look at....involved the arrest of a mutual friend. I signed in in true name because I thought you had to......as it's an expat forum....except for a few......I used my first passport picture as my avatar.

Always liked your old muscle man avatar. It's how I imagine you after enlistment lol.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Nic: a name I randomly chose and created

Luckily no-one knows your real name is Tim Smeg

Originally Posted by CSFFan

The av is of a good friend of mine. He died Thursday after a long battle with COPD.

Sorry to hear that . . . smoking related?

Originally Posted by Bogon

Bogon was what my girl used to call her grandmother for some reason when she first started talking.

Originally Posted by Takeovers

I chose my nic because I had been in Thailand twice and both times there was a military takeover. The tradition held when I visited many years later for the third time and again there was a military takeover. The tradition was broken in my very recent visit for the simple reason that the military was already in power.

GSG9 oder BND?

Originally Posted by CSFFan

I was rereading the Hornblower series when I joined, so C.S. Forester fan.

The av is of a good friend of mine. He died Thursday after a long battle with COPD.

Sorry to hear that.

Got a couple of questions from post #19.

The reported bogan capital of Australia I read about and lived in was Wyoming on the Central Coast, just north of Sydney. I was in Singapore late 2009 till end 2012, lived at Simei since I was consulting to a business out near the airport.

Originally Posted by Bogon

Bogon was what my girl used to call her grandmother for some reason when she first started talking.

The avatar because it looks like me.

Damn, all these years I thought you were Bogan, not Bogon.

Originally Posted by Bogon

Bogon was what my girl used to call her grandmother for some reason when she first started talking.

The avatar because it looks like me.

I think I'm calling on the second statement...

Celebrating my new more appropriate avatar. Thought I'd go for a younger look, retain the mullet while being a little modern and out there on the front of head hair. Currently looking for a lowered second hand pre-2000 Commodore so I can upgrade my wheels. Life is good! Anyone seen my thongs?

Lookin flash, bruh.

Originally Posted by BoganInParasite

Anyone seen my thongs?

If you were a real Bogan, you'd have said 'me fongs' . . . but noice mullet, maite



and talk about thongs . . . "busted me plugga" . . . "singlet and stubbies party"

...tomcat: sly and devious forum ass bandit...SD came up with the avatar...

I joined here to ask about a TH-Cm border crossing that wasn't popular, as I was planning my route for a backpacking trip. When I finally did that trip, turned out that I used the popular border crossing after all - for safety & logistics reasons.

My nic is one of the names my friends call me. The pic is of my backpack + shoulder bag that I've used in many trips, including the one mentioned above. Those bags are retired now. Have new ones which are similar in look!