Avatar discussion

[Dina]

Er, I should say no: We are a reputation of being kind of show-off and to speak in loud voice. For example, my boss and two people from my lab were in France and people there asked her if the other two were arguing a lot (as they didn't understand the words they though that the two Argentinians were angry because of the high volume of the conversation). But people from some of our provinces (that are like your states) are quieter. Do you know if your coworkers are from Buenos Aires or where?

[Mickey Finn]

Nope! Eduardo sounds not unlike The Most Interesting Man in The World, although less fluid...he thinks his english is terrible and speaks very slowly (it's VERY good, actually). Jorge just grunts alot.

Meanwhile, my Brasilian "partner" in Belgium is exceedingly flamboyant...it's hard to get a word in when she's speaking

[Dina]

Well, I don't know who TMIMiTW is, but perhaps they are only shy. Anyway, that it is not usual for Argentinian people, we have quite the opposite reputation.

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

Countries getting together

[Shecky]

Well, I don't know who TMIMiTW is, but perhaps they are only shy. Anyway, that it is not usual for Argentinian people, we have quite the opposite reputation.

The guy in the Dos Equis commercials here in the US:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI58wj4b4g0

[Dina]

Thanks Shecky!

[Shecky]

Thanks Shecky!

If you're familiar with the recent Chuck Norris internet meme (e.g., "Chuck Norris doesn't jump. He pushes the Earth down."), TMIMitW is a LOT like that.

[Dina]

Yes, that was the first thing I thought while watching the ads. 

[Shecky]

Yes, that was the first thing I thought while watching the ads. 

The Internet is strong in this one...

[Ms Duck]

I disagree. I wasn't fond of the HP & Draco avatar, but that's because they looked so incredibly young. I quite like Blaze's tapestry, and mourn the passage of THE DUCK. Puppy avatars FTW, but many other avatars are fine.

I agree. But when I got involved in this, one other (much more) tech savvy computer user had resorted to blocking it, and another poster spoke of nightmares. Just like art and pornography are something Supreme Court Justices know when they see it, so are distressing images. And I've looked at the full doll head, that is actually less creepy, imo. But why are those of us creeped out required to make the extra effort? With all the images in the world and on the web, what greater purpose/ideal is being served by this partial head? Just to creep people out? (I totally reject any Halloween connection.)

Certain verbal speech is not allowed on here. I see no reason the same does not apply to avatars.

youa re the sixth person to mention that so..quack.

[tallgrrl]

Oh snap on the quack! 

All I can say is that I'm looking forward to being able to customize my avatar, though I can't bring myself to just post utter nonsense to get there.  Perhaps I'm being a little extra verbal as a means to that end, but not to an insane extent... or so I tell myself.

My avatars tend to be more subtle than not, even when I'm attempting to make a statement... that statement may only mean something to me, and since it makes me feel better, that's ok... I doubt that any avatar I ever put up would be sledge hammer-ish enough to offend anyone since they're mostly meaningless to others.

I like ducks!  There!  (>.>)  *shifty eyes*   after all, I already have chickens and guinea fowl,   so this spring I think it's time to get some ducklings!   

[AcornArmy]

Take the meat and add some condiments and egg (as if you were planning to do meat balls). Then take a rectangle of aluminium foil. Extend the condimented meat over the aluminium, making a thin layer. Press well, to make the meat compact.  Then, put some raw veggies and/or some boiled egg (you can also add cheese) near one of the long laterals (parallel to it). Mine had some bell peppers today. Then began rolling the meat with the aluminium to help you (as if it were a mini carpet that you wanted to transport). Each time you complete a turn  you have to press the meat to make it firmer, more compact. (You don't have to make an aluminium roll, just use it to help you working with the meat). It looks like a bread (that is why it is called "meat bread" here). Then, just put it in the pre-heated oven. When it is quite cooked, add some parmesan to melt over the meat!

Ah-Ha!  That would be a Roulad!  Meat, either a regular cut either cut thin, then sometimes pounded thiner, or why the heck NOT ground beef(?), laid out flat then spread with a 'stuffing' of some kind, can be actual bread stuffing, a rice stuffing, or a vegetable mixture, then rolled up and cooked!  I've had pork with a spinach rice mixture in it... very tasty, and seen it on a cooking show with beef with an Italian mixture in it.  The ground beef sounds very good too!  Verry verrrrry good!  Hmmmm! 

Hrm. So, you could maybe take some ground beef, add some garlic and onion to it, maybe basil and oregano, layer on some pasta sauce, then line some mozzarella, ricotta, and parmesan cheese over it, roll it up, and cook it? Kind of like a burrito, only with a meat shell instead of a tortilla shell?

Hrm. That sounds really good now.

[horsehearted]

Speaking of Mickey's Ave (and I use that loosely, it was about 4 pages ago) I freaked out when you changed it. You went from being no older than about 30 to probably 40/45 in a matter of months... It took me some hunting to find out that you were, indeed Mickey one of the Gods, and the same Mickey as before.

*sigh* Sometimes my brain can't add one and one... It gets lost in "But... One of what?" 

[Ms Duck]

For da Horsey:



http://s1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc457/Duck_Linsenmayer/th_Belleaveav.jpg?t=1289000443

[horsehearted]

I COULDN'T RESIZE IT RIGHT!!!! And I have no idea what I was doing wrong! I'm sorry if I jammed anything... I saw it and nearly peed myself! it was HUGE! and then TINY and no in between...

Thank you Ms. Duck!