POLL: the final step before ninth_wave reveals all!

I vote for # 2 (or #3)

I seem to get distracted by all the movement in the others, but that's just me. Doesn't look like anyone else is here yet...
Need more opinions.

Number 2 probably shrinks too much? I will try number 3 also.
Edit:I don't really like the way number 2 looks once it is shrunken down to fit?

Will leave this avatar up until the votes are in. I kind of like #4 but let the votes begin and majority rules. Voting will close Saturday at 3:00 PM PST (3:00 Auctiva time for our UK participants.)

And here I kind of wish mine WAS smaller..at least the white part..no biggie tho

What sort of like this?
I guess you want to make the forehead less visible? Does this avatar really have a forehead?

Well I have to run. I just got a call that the doorman called off at Magoo's tonight so I am going to go and work.
Will try to check after I am done tonight.

That's EXACTLY it! Love it, how'd you do that? Never mind, you know how computer challenged I am

Right click it and save it and upload it to Auctiva images and copy the URL over to your custom avatar.
Edit: It was just a simple Crop function with a Photo Editor

Simple for you maybe, not for me..

Hey.
Yeh Taz, gotta celebrate gettin' outa that nasty ole playground. Went to that site ya'll were talkin' about and found this new avi to go with it. Check it out Miss M!

I vote for the 3rd one, since you don't like the 2nd shrunk. I found one with an 8 ball on his chest if you want it. lol Not an 8 ball, but an 8 in a circle, anyway it's pretty cute. Have fun at work.

How're you Miss M? You here? Wonder where Ninth got off to. Ya think I scared him?

Hey Miss S,

Here for just a minute...LOVE your new avatar it's perfect

Yeah you definitely scared off ninth now

(but on the other hand, you have cookies...yum)

Are you at work? I had it in my mind somehow that you're home today.
TY 'bout the avi... there's one with a wolf that fits me well, but I like this one too. Since it fits us...lol
maybe I'll alternate them occasionally.

Ninth, I didn't mean to scare you. I have cookies.

No, I'm home today but just a little busy

I'll check back in a bit...

Ok. Meant to tell you those lips you found are pretty cool. I like the eyes best though.
I'll be back in awhile.

Well, I'm off to sleep... Gotta get up really early in the morning. I have to tell ya about this first.

Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with those expensive double-pane energy efficient kind. Last week I got a call from the contractor, complaining his work had been completed a year ago and I had yet to pay for them.

Man oh man, did we go around and around about that. Just because I'm a blonde does Not mean I'm automatically stupid!

So, I proceeded to tell him just what his fast-talking sales guy had told me last year - namely, that in one year, the windows would pay for themselves.... There was silence on the other end of the line, so I just hung up. I haven't heard anything back.

In case I don't make it by... I hope everyone has a very Safe & Happy New Year!!! xo
Talk to ya'll next year, hopefully before.

OK were is Taz with an 8 in a circle?
I have been looking?

G'morning...

Sheesh what a bunch of sleepyheads...no one around yet?? I had to watch my Sat morning cartoons before getting online. Young at heart, right Shirley

This thread seems to be winding down, so just in case, would like to wish a Happy Happy New Year to everyone, in particular to the great Auctiva staff that help us so much throughout the year (and have been SO patient while we tie up space with our crazy ramblings)
THANK YOU for everything!!

EDIT--And once again, huge congrats Auctiva Jeff on your beautiful new baby! Enjoyed the pic on the other thread, he's perfect. What a holiday gift,eh?

I'll check in later to see if anyone has surfaced...remember, we have to try to keep this thread going til New Year's

Can't see that being a problem

Wow no one around at all. You guys must all have lives?
Miss S the new avatar is cool! Where is the Taz with an 8 on his chest? Is it on the site we were talking about?
So far only 2 votes for are in.

Hey Choo I must have taken longer typing than I thought. You snuck in while I had the reply window open!
Yeah I don't think it will be any problem keeping the thread alive. 718 hits and 5715 views so far!

Hi Choo, Hi Taz,

How is everyone today??

Wow the reply button was excruciatingly s l o w for me just now, then I got the dreaded 'page not found-cannot find server'.

Today at least I have no life, just gonna be a couch potato (thank God for laptops HA). Too much snow & ice outside and nowhere I really have to go.

I think Shirley's away for New Year's, Pete is probably sick, and ninth has been MIA for awhile now. Wonder if he's seen Shirley's new avatar..

Hey Miss M I am extremely tired today for some reason? Heck just woke up a little bit ago!
So much stuff to do that I really have no drive or ambition to do.

Well Steve I left that one over 20 minutes ago, they all get out of synch causing threads like this to get extremely tricky to follow, and then th e-mail notifications sometimes come through before a refresh of this page shows an update.

What's all this about having a life, new one on me, "I type therefore I am"

Must go dinner (evening here) being dished up, back later.

Cor, another just arrived, but dinner first, need food to type !

So Choo you are following the thread by email. I am not sure what kind of delay there is between post and email being sent out.
In your last post you said you just got another email.
If it was Miss M's looks like you have about a 8 minute lag time.
Wow that sure is a lot of email you must be getting then! Wonder why you were not getting them for awhile?

Hi 8880 and Steve, how else do you follow this thread if not by mail, I suppose you could get your browser to auto-refresh or I suppose in a frantic session everytime you submit a reply another one is there as well.

Not much has happened here for the last hour or so

Yeah it is definitely a slow day on here Choo. I guess maybe everyone is off doing something else for the day.
I am sitting watching football and trying to get motivated to list a few things!
I have absolutely NO drive today!

Well I just got done watching a movie (Wild Hogs)..kinda funny, but not as funny as you guys

Other than that I haven't done a darn thing today..

I am so FRIKKIN bored that I just went into my Auctiva photos and deleted over 200 outdated photos.
Maybe that is my penance for our rambling post on here.
I watched Wild Hogs it was an OK movie.
American Gangster was so disappointing and Die Hard 4 was OK.
Getting ready to watch Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix.

I know what ya mean Taz,

Wild Hogs looked so funny in the previews, but I only really LOL a couple of times (SO unlike me) It was still ok tho. One of the funniest movies I ever saw was Throw Momma from the Train. I prolly went thru a whole crate of kleenex during that one

Pete must really be feeling under the weather to not be around. Either that or he is feeling better and did something with his son.?
Being sick during the holidays is really awful.
I had the measles when I was 6 for Christmas and I remember how sad I was.
I've been sick over the holidays since I was older but definitely the worst for me was when I was a kid.
Hope your little boy is feeling better Pete and you were able to figure something special out to do for him

Unfortunately I think he's probably feeling worse..I'm sure he would have stopped in just to say HI. I feel like something is trying to sneak up on me too...

Boooo

I have been fighting a cold for several weeks now but really have not been what you would call sick for awhile.
I get a flu shot every year just to be safe.
Hope that whatever is sneaking up on you does not hit you hard.

Boooo?? BOOOO WHOOO CHOO CHOO?

Better a shock on the forum than a bug any day, when I had flu jabs many years ago I think I preferred the flu, luckily since geting older I rarely catch it now.

Perhaps you have to much sun out there, we prefer (ho ho) damp and gloom at this time of year.

I think Choo is as bored as we are...I'm not used to being such a couch potato..it's ok for awhile but after that...yuck!!

EDIT-----Choo, we rarely have sun in the winter in Chicago, every day is just blah..

Wow my PC says my virtual memory is running low and is going to increase it, great, now I might virtually remember what I forgot to do today

Me bored

Not on here afterall how will the time delays interlace this reply with stateside.

Whoops here comes another mail, ah the one 8880 posted from not so sunny Chicago 8 minutes ago, which agrees what you estimated earlier Steve.

Alright the votes have been tallied. (All 2 of them) and the results are in . So I guess I have my new Avatar unless I find Taz dressed as a Steeler.
Guess ya cannot tell but I am a huge Steelers nut

Just a nut, Taz

(you asked for it)

Steeler ?

How did you know Almond Joys are one of my favorite candy bars?


"Sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I don't"

Surely you jest Choo? Like Pittsburgh Steelers football. But I guess you guys across the pond have your rugby and soccer and more than likely not much exposure to American football. But to have never heard of the Steelers? OH MY!

Taz...my point exactly


Choo....PA Football Team

Go Bears...

oh wait, don't care for football anymore...

I'm an athletic aetheist (not sure I can even spell it) don't follow UK footy let alone any one elses.

Anyway while you reel in horror I bid you both good night as it is just gone midnight here

Take care Choo. Join the festivities again tomorrow if you have the time and need some laughs

'Night Choo,

Nice to see ya, if only for a little while

ps...I am 'reeling in horror' it's barely dinnertime here

Well Miss M. Hate to leave you all alone out here but I have to work the door at Magoo's again tonight so have to get ready

This is really gross, but does anyone want to hear my story about the 2 rats (yes, dead rats) I found frozen in my freezer??? Hubby can be amazingly &^%$#!@ sometimes!

Huloo! Miss M! and you let the minions hanging here!
BTW I knew you were married! I guessed that a few pages ago!

Hi Taz,
Went out for a little bit (had to kill the boredom) but back now...you still here??

Hi folks, just a quick surface before going back to curl up for a while. Thanks for your thoughts! Stevie is MUCH better now, thankfully. I am still feeling like carp, but it is improving, so on my way back. Sally seems to be over it too now. Last night my boy was watching his favourite TV program, You've Been Framed (don't know if you guys over there have that, or anything like it?) - anyway, he came over and sat on the arm of my chair and leant against me and put his arm round my neck, and spent the hour like that! And that from a kid who doesn't think cuddles and hugs are cool - I was well chuffed, I can tell you!

Still haven't decided what treat to give him yet, but we will. OK my lovelies, I'm back off to bed for a while now, see y'all

aaaah, moment to treasure Pete

G'morning
G'morning
G'morning

Great day here, sun is out for a change, snow is melting, yippee

Hate snow

Where the HECK is the Ninth? At least stop in to say Happy New Year

G,morning/evening all.

Perhaps she, sorry he is having an identity crisis

Hi Choo!

And what is YOUR name BTW.......hmmmmm???

Oooo he's not gonna like THAT little sentence

Maybe he's not here because Shirley's gone for the weekend..the rest of us must just be peons Methinks the Ninth needs another whackin'

Hi just trying to provoke Ninth into responding as well.

I tend to think on any forum connected to eBay in anyway one is better to keep undercover and BTW apart from references by Steve to you as Ms M (presumeabably a shortening of Member ...)cannot say I recall seeing your name either.

The time delays on this forum need tobe quickened up.

Perhaps we suggest that Auctiva supply us with alive chat room to save overloading the servers with this thread of epic proportions.

Well Choo, you've skipped through alot of posts haven't you (can't say as I blame you either)

But oh yeah, my name is out there and so is the chat room suggestion. (Miss M is for Member etc) So I think these folks are at least trying to keep what little privacy we have left

I love that..."Thread of Epic Proportions"
How right you are!

Aha found you back on the 22nd (S....e) whilst I wasn't receiving any mails from this thread, and I have noticed that some I have received mails about such as the rainbow lips avatar the other days did not appear on the thread when I looked.

Personally I thought someone had kissed a blender when i saw it

Ok now, don't YOU get me started! I don't have any kleenex nearby (you guys know how easy I am)

I don't have the email setting enabled (thank goodness), I just keep coming back & clicking on our thread....Oh listen to me, 'OUR thread'

Everyone is welcome but I think they're getting sick of us

Why certainly this is OUR thread Miss M but visitors are welcome to contribute. OHH Perhaps a PayPal contribution button is in order!

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Everyone is welcome but I think they're getting sick of us

Probably just sitting back laughing their arses off at at our frivolties!

Sick of us, not with over 6000 views as of now,if they think we are barmy what about those who are just watching our ramblings.

Come on anyone reading this join in the fun of this interactive lunacy, otherwise you will just have to watch TV or something else like being sociable face to face, oooh yuk

Hi Taz,
Forgot to tell ya, I can't get that stupid jingle out of my head...

"sometimes you feel like a nut etc"

Grrrr

I believe somewhere in this thread I posted that I wondered if we could have 5,000 hits by New Years! We have BLOWN that one away!
I am truthfully quite surprised that Auctiva Jeff has not stopped in to say hello or to tell us to BEHAVE ourselves!
Edit: AHHH see what you started Miss M all this ESP and stuff and now I have gotten stuck in your head. "You are getting SLEEPY" keep your eyes on the gold watch.

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believe somewhere in this thread I posted that I wondered if we could have 5,000 hits by New Years! We have BLOWN that one away!

I remember seeing that too somewhere, but NOT gonna go back & look for it! At least we are entertaining to some, and probably ridiculous to others. Oh well

I bet Auctiva Jeff would LOVE to contribute to this thread, but I'm sure it wouldn't be 'proffessional' for him to do so. (Too bad, too)

And BTW I don't need a gold watch to get 'sleepy' Got up way too early today!

On the other hand some of these hits may result in new customers unles we crash the servers, I hope these servers are giggerish proof like e-mail servers need to be

Edit - they certainly don't spell check - gibberish

Yeah but how will I mesmerize you if I do not first HYPNOTIZE you?
OH my single life is changing me in so many ways!
Hurry up New Years Eve. Wonder if it is true what they say that what you are doing at midnight New Years Eve will follow you through the New Year?
OH great now I have to worry about being stalked by a 23 year old HOTTIE all year.
I just may crawl under a rock instead!

Sorry Taz, but I'm 'mesmerize-proof' these days

I remember (sorta) what it was like to be single, SO long ago

Choo, I would think they'd shut us down if there was any dangers to their servers, right?? I'm sure they will eventually, I'm getting the feeling this thread's gonna go on forever.....


edit---I'll bet they have ALOT of new customers because of this.

I think Choo was joking about crashing their servers.
They may have picked up a few new lunatics.
Boy eBay sales stink right now!Anyone else having problems?

Hello there all you wild and wacky denizens of the BIG thread. I just know you really missed me (not really) but it seems like I have been doing the light fandango all over the Reno/Lake Tahoe playground. It's nice to have people in from out of town, but it can get awfully busy showing them around, not to mention a drag on the pocketbook. Well it will definitely go back to the usual boredom after the 1st when they're all gone. (Boo Hoo).

I've just been doing a lot of quick reading trying to get caught up on all the posts but it is nearly impossible, this thread is gigantic! I 'm glad to see Choo back in the game (you were gone a long time, Choo). Pete, glad you and your's are over the worst. There's nothing worse than being sick, especially during the holidays. Taz, great save getting Miss S out of that playground fiasco. I copied the link just in case it happens to me. Great move. Speaking of great moves, sounds like you're revved up to make a few yourself.

Miss M, what's with a frozen rats? Is hubby a demented psycho or what? (Rhetorical, you don't need to answer that). Glad you are getting a day of sunshine at least. Miss S, love your new avatar, and the cookies sound delicious, can't wait to try one or two (or three or four).

Anyway it's good to be back on the big board with all you highjinxers, but now they want to go to the casinos at the Lake and win some more money. Personally, I suck at gambling, it's just not my thing. If I don't check in by New Years, then I want to wish everybody a very Happy New Year, may we all get rich in 2008! Yeah!

Good luck at the gaming tables Ninth, my sister lives in Vegas but I have never made it out there. One of these days I guess.
I am going to have to re-read a few things I missed the frozen rats somehow?
Happy New Years Ninth and everyone else!
Edit: OK went back and found the rats. Having had a pet shop before Miss M, my guess is you guys have a snake or some other meat eating reptile? Either that or your hubby picked up some frozen rats as a favor for a friend with one of the above?
I do not know how I missed that one as that was the post were I figured out you were married. Gee figured out? That just does not sound right, it was there in black and white!

Hi Taz - Vegas is a great place to visit, but I haven't been there for years myself. I keep meaning to get down there. I'd like to add my vote for your current avatar, definitely the best one.

How could you miss the frozen rats in the freezer? Miss M only mentioned it in one post, so it was easy to miss. I'm dying to know more about that, but don't want to push any buttons. Although your explanation sounds quite reasonable. Edit- I had a pet snake once, it ate baby mice but the hassle of keeping it fed was just too much, plus it escaped from it's cage once, so that was enough of that - bye bye Mr Snake.

Hi Ninth,

Really glad to see you back, thought maybe you were sick too but NO you're out having a good time IN THE SUN no doubt

No, the rat thing isn't for a pet snake (I wish it was) I was just so shocked when I went to get some ice and thought, hmmm what's in these baggies..YUCK!! Almost had a heart attack! Our neighborhood is overrun with rats because of SO many illegals living in each household the garbage is just overwhelming. City won't do anything about it...god forbid they "offend" anyone by insisting they abide by housing codes...

Anyway, hubby ran over 2 rats with his car in the alley so he bagged 'em and he's gonna drop them off at our alderman's office.

Does anyone else think this is just wrong to keep them in the freezer next to the food?? (which is already thrown out) *shudder*

To his credit at least, he tried to keep them frozen outside cos it's been so cold but our Rott kept getting ahold of them anyway.

Just one big EWWWWW from me.........

BTW ninth, baby mice are so cute I could NEVER feed them to a snake ... Big ole' rats however are another story

Anyway, glad you checked in!!

I noticed the frozen rats but who am I to criticise what you gals and guys have to eat at Christmas, yuk,

Choo, we have more than enough to go around, I could send you a couple...........

quote:

I noticed the frozen rats but who am I to criticise what you gals and guys have to eat at Christmas, yuk,

But some of the stuff you guys eat sounds a bit funny too! "bangers and mash, or toad in the hole"
What exactly is a "toad in the hole"

How is it that gifts around Christmas are more likely to be what people don't want rather than what you would like to receive.

Think I will risk a diplomatic incident and say I prefer squirrels any day, especially as the foxes usually catch the wood pidgeons first.

Everthought of letting the snake loose to eat all the rats ?

Due to our imaginative cuisine toad in the hole is bangers in a batter pudding

And for the 'greens' among us - Cabbage and Brussel lovers unite, or if you can't boil it it ain't British !

No prob with squirrels here (aren't they kind of 'stringy'?) but what are those things Taz mentioned" Especially 'toad in the hole'? egads!

Edit - Ok, but what is a 'banger'?

Choo, that's just what I wanted for Christmas .. a big snake! There are tons of stray cats around here and they can't even keep up with the rats. It's gettin to be like one of those horror movies

Bangers are hot dogs right??

Bangers are sausages, probably called so because if the skins are not pricked before cooking the can explode.

They are very similar to what I have seen as hotdogs but I thought the term hotdog included the 'bun' or 'roll' the sausgages were put in.

Errm, don't the cats catch the rats or is it the other way around ?

The rats are probably eating the cats.

Just looked it up: 'bangers and mash' are sausages and mashed potatoes. Ain't I smart. (sounds pretty good)

edit - Just when I was acting smart, Choo pops in with the explanation! I bet forgetting to prick the sausage can result in a really memorable explosion.

"Luverly grub" as my dad used to say.

Keep the fancy stuff give me a squirrel pie any day.

When he was in the army during WW2 in mainland Europe sparrow pie was on the 'menu' (or rather eat this or nothing) it was a case of leaving the beak at the side of the plate. Not sure what they did with the head though, rather not pursue that.

Yes, big sausages in a frying pan of hot fat, everyone gets something to take to the A&E department

A good case for not getting too drunk while frying up a few bangers heh? Kaboom!

OK I'll bite..(since we're on the subjuct of food)

What's the A&E Dept????

Accident & Emergency department of a hospital, what do you call it stateside ?

We call it ER (emerg. room)
The hospitals call it ED (emerg. dept)

That's where I work some of the time, which is why someone couldn't get it thru his thick head why I was so creeped out at rats in the freezer

Can't quite see the connection

Can't believe some of the stuff I see at work, I mean the worst of the worst, burns, gunshots, etc. But rats?? Again I say EWWWWW!

EDIT---when I said "someone couldn't get it thru his thick head' I was, of course, referring to hubby
However, you're all guys, so I have to wonder if any of you'd do the same thing?????

Hey now, he DID put them in a baggie, right? Come on now, be fair.

No way, goodness only knows where they had been before being roadkill, and besides your guys car tyres were probably dirty too and contaminated them

Edit - Well ninth I thought they got in there by themselves (big clever rats) or had just been dropped in there

Just like I thought...the kind of responses I would expect from guys

(I wish Shirley were here to help me out)

For once we have a numerical advantage! (Guess we always did) However, I'm off to the movies with my daughter, going to see 'I am Legend', Oh boy. But I know Choo can handle things while I am gone. Where is that Shirley Girl any way?

edit - outnumbered but not outgunned.

The way you two were laying in to Steve last night

I think you are doing alright here at the moment as there is only two of us guys at present so we are out numbered 1 to 2 !

Edit - Ninth going, help !

You are all so funny!!

Shirley is w/daughters for New Years. (you missed a few posts yourself)

Did you see her new avatar, Ninth?

Yuppers, great avatar, especially the 'cookies' part, yum yum! See ya later.

Have fun at the movies Ninth--let us know if it was any good.

I'm gonna start trying to get some dinner together. Should be a neat trick since I can't cook

I never found not being able to cook was ever a problem, when you are hungry enough you read what it says on the side of the can and go from there.

I survived long enough to tie the knot with a good cook. Good night all

Gee I missed all this food talk and conversation about rats and ERs and A&E. I thought A&E was our TV network!
Miss M I use to own a pet shop and sold frozen rats, mice ,pinkies and fuzzies. Kept em in the freezer right by the TV dinners and ice cream I would eat for lunch.