I am keeping mine because it was picked for me by a very dear friend 😊

I will always keep it for that reason 

Moonie posted:

I am keeping mine because it was picked for me by a very dear friend 😊

I will always keep it for that reason 

I can understand that Moonie and that is fair enough. 

Although, you might want a change of clothes for one month and then go back. 

How about using one of these - they are wonderful and would make for an interesting change. Assuming you like fungi.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

Moonie posted:

I am keeping mine because it was picked for me by a very dear friend 😊

I will always keep it for that reason 

I can understand that Moonie and that is fair enough. 

Although, you might want a change of clothes for one month and then go back. 

Nah, I feel comfy in my dirty ones fankoo EC  

The second one down is very unusual as is the last one 

I can see your point EC

Shake off the old - bring in the new

There are several I use elsewhere - but I love the one I use here

It epitomises me - Dickie Greenleaf is a bit of an alter-ego

Saint posted:

I can see your point EC

Shake off the old - bring in the new

There are several I use elsewhere - but I love the one I use here

It epitomises me - Dickie Greenleaf is a bit of an alter-ego

But...but I like my old 

I’m keeping mine ....but I do like that blue one ....very you EC

I wouldn’t feel like me without Keira in my avi 

Baz posted:

I’m keeping mine ....but I do like that blue one ....very you EC

Yogi19 posted:

I wouldn’t feel like me without Keira in my avi 

Exactly Yogi and Bazzy 

Just me then 

As this is about old to new can I ask what changes are people making next year?

I hesitate to say  "New Years Resolution"

I plan to get fit, making exercise my regular hobby

I'm getting back into mountain biking - and weight lifting 

Mine is just to try harder to apply the adage that :

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery , and today is a gift , which is why it’s called the present 

Saint posted:

As this is about old to new can I ask what changes are people making next year?

I hesitate to say  "New Years Resolution"

 

I plan to get fit, making exercise my regular hobby

I'm getting back into mountain biking - and weight lifting 

As you wisely hesitate (as most get dropped within 2 weeks of making them) I have for a couple of weeks now been eating a lot healthier, cutting down meal sizes and not just eating for the sake of it. Almost stopped eating sugary things, kept this going through Xmas. Also tried to keep up my walking each day.

So not exactly new, but a determination to keep on going with it.

What I am hoping for (something out of my control to some degree) is that I find the right home to move into. I have been looking for sometime now and not really found the right place. New year means people might start putting property on the market.

I only got an 82% success rate in my hits at work and will try much harder before my next review in April.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Saint posted:

As this is about old to new can I ask what changes are people making next year?

I hesitate to say  "New Years Resolution"

 

I plan to get fit, making exercise my regular hobby

I'm getting back into mountain biking - and weight lifting 

 

As you wisely hesitate (as most get dropped within 2 weeks of making them) I have for a couple of weeks now been eating a lot healthier, cutting down meal sizes and not just eating for the sake of it. Almost stopped eating sugary things, kept this going through Xmas. Also tried to keep up my walking each day.

 

So not exactly new, but a determination to keep on going with it.

 

What I am hoping for (something out of my control to some degree) is that I find the right home to move into. I have been looking for sometime now and not really found the right place. New year means people might start putting property on the market.

 

I only got an 82% success rate in my hits at work and will try much harder before my next review in April.

 

Does that mean liquidating the enemy? 

I'm sure you're James Bond

Seriously though I feel for people who have their performance constantly 'reviewed' - it's akin to slave driving.

Me - I hope to become a Landlord and work for myself

Saint posted:

As this is about old to new can I ask what changes are people making next year?

I hesitate to say  "New Years Resolution"

 

I plan to get fit, making exercise my regular hobby

I'm getting back into mountain biking - and weight lifting 

I want to lose weight and increase my fitness level (which is non existent atm)

Saint posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Saint posted:

As this is about old to new can I ask what changes are people making next year?

I hesitate to say  "New Years Resolution"

 

I plan to get fit, making exercise my regular hobby

I'm getting back into mountain biking - and weight lifting 

 

As you wisely hesitate (as most get dropped within 2 weeks of making them) I have for a couple of weeks now been eating a lot healthier, cutting down meal sizes and not just eating for the sake of it. Almost stopped eating sugary things, kept this going through Xmas. Also tried to keep up my walking each day.

 

So not exactly new, but a determination to keep on going with it.

 

What I am hoping for (something out of my control to some degree) is that I find the right home to move into. I have been looking for sometime now and not really found the right place. New year means people might start putting property on the market.

 

I only got an 82% success rate in my hits at work and will try much harder before my next review in April.

 

A: Does that mean liquidating the enemy? 

I'm sure you're James Bond

Seriously though I feel for people who have their performance constantly 'reviewed' - it's akin to slave driving.

B: Me - I hope to become a Landlord and work for myself

A: Possibly 

B:I am already.

Well . . .

Getting fit = short term

Landlord = long term

Not working and supporting my parents instead has been a God-send for me.

Not only am I not a slave to relentless grind but it's given me space/time to be at home and enjoy their company ... and just time to breath.

I hope this continues in 2018

Saint posted:

Well . . .

Getting fit = short term

Landlord = long term

 

Not working and supporting my parents instead has been a God-send for me.

Not only am I not a slave to relentless grind but it's given me space/time to be at home and enjoy their company ... and just time to breath.

I hope this continues in 2018

Me too Sainty  

 I adjusted my avvie. 

And for his next trick - a rabbit from the (xmas) hat  !!

I pondered this as a possible new avatar

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 

Saint posted:

I pondered this as a possible new avatar

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 

And happy New Year to you too Renton 

HAPPY NEW YEAR BAZ

Here's to a great 2018   

Saint posted:

HAPPY NEW YEAR BAZ

 

Here's to a great 2018   

Best wishes Gaga

To those past, present and those lurking  

Happy New Year Everyone!

velvet donkey posted:

Happy New Year troops!         

Best wishes for a peaceful New Year 

Happy New Year friends  

Saint posted:

I pondered this as a possible new avatar

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 

I like that, a lot. 

EC it's all yours

MOONIE - best wishes matey 

*Nips in wearing her new outfit* Thank you @Enthusiastic Contrafibularities (I think.  ) It's cropped the J's off though 

Happy New year everyone 

Jen-Star posted:

*Nips in wearing her new outfit* Thank you @Enthusiastic Contrafibularities (I think.  ) It's cropped the J's off though 

Happy New year everyone 

Happy 2018 to you  and yours too Jen 

Happy New Year Baz 

Happy New Year @Jen-Star

Liking the new clothes 

To keep the J's a slight adjustment may be required to fit the avvie sizing. 

I've been well aware from the very beginning that my avatar is rather "low tech", but it is directly related to my username, and it's very difficult (so far, read "impossible") to get a better quality picture that "works".

There are one or two other related images I'd like to use, but I've never been able to get a decent image of them...

Eugene's Lair posted:

I've been well aware from the very beginning that my avatar is rather "low tech", but it is directly related to my username, and it's very difficult (so far, read "impossible") to get a better quality picture that "works".

 

There are one or two other related images I'd like to use, but I've never been able to get a decent image of them...

@Eugene's Lair

I'm assuming it's a character from a game (I'm not a gamer myself). But it also looks quite 8-bit, you could use an application to create a better quality picture, but keeping the low tech look.

I found this doing a quick reverse Google look-up. 

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Eugene's Lair posted:

I've been well aware from the very beginning that my avatar is rather "low tech", but it is directly related to my username, and it's very difficult (so far, read "impossible") to get a better quality picture that "works".

 

There are one or two other related images I'd like to use, but I've never been able to get a decent image of them...

@Eugene's Lair

 

I'm assuming it's a character from a game (I'm not a gamer myself). But it also looks quite 8-bit, you could use an application to create a better quality picture, but keeping the low tech look.

 

 

I found this doing a quick reverse Google look-up. 

 

Yeah: I've mentioned this before, but my name comes from one of the levels of the old Spectrum game "Manic Miner" (the baddy "Eugene" was an in-joke aimed at rival games programmer Eugene Evans). Although I'd been lurking since BB3, I finally joined the old C4 forum during BB6, and my username was meant as a jokey reference to my favourite HM of that year (and still one of my all-time favourites), Eugene Sully.

My avatar's from a screen shot of the game, whereas that picture is a reconstruction of what the sprite is meant to look like.

It feels a little too "clinical" to me, but it's still a lot cleaner so if I find the time I may adjust the size and replace it. I'd really like to have a moving avatar from the game (or related), though...