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[PAHuskeyFan]

Mine is the Rupert Covered Bridge, Bloomsberg, PA. The Bridge was built in 1847 over the Fishing Creek in Bloomsberg, PA at a cost of $1637. It was named after the near by village settled by Leonard Rupert in 1788.

The "why I chose it as my Avatar" is a bit unique... When I became a Boneyarder, I chose the moniker "PAHuskeyFan," since that's where we were living,... and decided I needed an Avatar to represented something PA was known for. Well, every year, My Wife and I held a big holiday party. One of our traditions was to make a homemade holiday ornament for our guests as a "party favor" so to speak. We always tried to put a local flavor representing something in the State we were living in. It was easy to come up with something different while moving every 1 to 3 years while in the Coast Guard, but when I retired in 2007 to PA, it got more challenging. One year I did Google search for covered bridge photos and found the Rupert Bridge in winter. It was a perfect choice for that year's holiday party favor and since I had an electronic copy of the bridge photo, it was perfect for my BY Avatar. In July 2020 we moved (in the midst of COVID...what were we thinking????) to Maryland to be closer to family. I decided to keep my Boneyard name and the Avatar.

 

[JonathanXIV]

Self explanatory.

 

[Aluminny69]

Showing my age, I grew up reading MAD magazine, cover to cover. You even had to read in the margin for a clever quip. The quote, partially hidden, "What, me worry?" is a semi-veiled reference to some BY posters who seem to worry about everything.

 

[oldude]

Showing my age, I grew up reading MAD magazine, cover to cover. You even had to read in the margin for a clever quip. The quote, partially hidden, "What, me worry?" is a semi-veiled reference to some BY posters who seem to worry about everything.

I was a big fan of “Spy vs Spy.”

 

[Golden Husky]

Now 11 years old and a decade removed from his show ring championship plaudits but still the alpha of my five-canine Golden Retriever team.

 

[Argonaut]

I did my undergrad at the University of Great Falls (now the University of Providence) and we had, IMO, one of the best mascots in Jason the Argonaut. Then I went to grad school at UConn and fell in love with the wbb team. And while I love my Huskies (A LOT), my Argos will always be #1 in my book.

So my avatar showcases both mascots.

 

[Aluminny69]

I was a big fan of “Spy vs Spy.”

This is the cover that is hard to forget:

 

[huskeynut]

My avatar is the US Navy flag. Our third son is on active duty in the Pacific.

 

[Biff]

My avatar is actually a selfie. Unfortunately, while I was taking it I lasered my hand off.

 

[CL82]

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Still a great looking dog!

 

[MSGRET]

Made Las Vegas my hometown when I got married in 76. So I didn't have to pay Indiana income taxes while being stationed all over the place. Have never really thought about living anywhere else since then.

 

[ochoopsfan]

My avatar is actually a selfie. Unfortunately, while I was taking it I lasered my hand off.

"Klaatu barada nikto"

 

[MainefanSC]

Mine was given by a mod as well. It fits the name. I had tried to get a shot of my Grands at the water but not very tech talented. Nan has offered to change it for me and I greatly appreciate the offer, but the Avatar given is perfect! My thanks to the mod who gave it.

 

[geordi]

Ireland is a great place. The golf is magnificent. The climate is perfect - rarely above 80/rarely below 40. And life revolves around the pubs...ahh for a pint of real Guinness. Mine is the Bridge Bar, one of Ireland's finest watering holes in Portmagee, County Kerry.

 

[Kmoney]

My pic is a naked woman with her back to the camera. She Is part of a beautiful art display.

 

[JordyG]

My avatar is actually a selfie. Unfortunately, while I was taking it I lasered my hand off.

Thankfully you didn't take your selfie in a mirror. Thanks for your insights.

 

[Kmoney]

Mine used to be from the HBO show "Watchmen", the single season of which is one of the best TV has to offer. This one is from the incredible "Black Summer" which is a jaw dropping, original take on herdism, tribalism, humanity, humanism, and survivalism. It also shows how many (as all of these type of shows do) so called type "A" personalities fall to the wayside under high stress circumstances and true leadership comes from the most unlikely of places.

Those are two great series. Maybe you just have a thing for lead actresses named King. Jamie and Regina were great in their respective roles.

 

[Sifaka]

With a name like Sifaka, what else could one choose for an avatar?
Around 1990, due to what I choose to remember as a delayed mid-life crisis, I spent a few weeks wandering around Madagascar, looking a lemurs and blue chameleons. At daybreak in the Berenty Reserve I awakened to the sound of a troop of sifakas. I shareed my fresh lychees with them; a good time was had by all until we had eaten all the wonderful fruit.

 

[veryolddog]

Mine is the emblem of the United States Marine Corps. I enlisted in 1967 and retired in 1991. I am very proud to have served and to have served specifically in the Marine Corps.

 

[oldude]

Mine is the emblem of the United States Marine Corps. I enlisted in 1967 and retired in 1991. I am very proud to have served and to have served specifically in the Marine Corps.

Retired in 1991? What happened to, “Once a Marine, always a Marine?”

 

[triaddukefan]

I tend to switch them up weekly or bi-weekly during the off-season. My current one is just a Tibetan Mastiff Puppy. He will stay for now. Perhaps later I'll switch to avatars of my future ex-wives.

 

[Cuango]

Mine is this because I don’t know how to make a different one.

 

[UcMiami]

Mine dates back to a long thread when Breanna Stewart was at Uconn and someone had the audacity to write that she looked sort of goofy at times on court. I defended the poster from lots of angry fans and used this picture as a defense of the statement - decided it would be a good avitar.

 

[huskeynut]

My avatar is actually a selfie. Unfortunately, while I was taking it I lasered my hand off.

Biff - you are a classic!

 

[Aluminny69]

My avatar is actually a selfie. Unfortunately, while I was taking it I lasered my hand off.

Klaatu barada nikto!​

 

[CL82]

Mine is this because I don’t know how to make a different one.

First...

Then...

 

[Rixxx]

I chose Brianna (Polly) for she made the last basket on the last UConn championship team. I see into the future that Saylor could be my new avatar.

 

[HuskyNan]

Mine is the emblem of the United States Marine Corps. I enlisted in 1967 and retired in 1991. I am very proud to have served and to have served specifically in the Marine Corps.

Thank you for your service

 

[mbr33ct]

Grinding to 12, (stalled at 11 NC)... a reference "borrowed" from the LadyVols slogan back, I believe in 2008? "Grind to 9"

 

[quavik]

When i moved to Kivalina (AK) i found out the Inupiaq give "eskimo names" to every newby after their first year. Too many naluagmiu (eskimo for a white person) leave Kivalina after a VERY short stay. One new prospective teacher upon landing on the short gravel strip that connects the village with the outside refused to get off the plane. Another lasted one month. I made it for three years, but then transferred to teach at Noatak. Kivalina is a tough place for naluagmius. Early on in my second year teaching in Kivalina i was given the name Quavik - Inupiaq for wolverine. My avatar is an Alaskan quavik. I have used the name off and on for over thirty years now; it's rarely used down here (now living in IL) so it comes in handy to filter out some of the "noise" i encounter sometimes. Didn't mean to write a book here!