Avatars

[Atheist]

Why do some people here show avatars which are photos of their heroes? E.G. Johnson, Farridge, Thatcher, etc. It seems a bit puerile to me. Sorry if I offend some people, but I do find it odd.

[Atheist]

Tilly, I'm sorry about the avatar, but I haven't been able to make it appear. I was coyly referring to N. F. If he was a real Brit he'd pronounce his name farridge, but he seems to prefer a more european pronunciation.

[Tilly2]

Carriage, Carrage.
Marriage, Marrage.
Cabbage, Cabbage.
:-)

[fiction-factory]

I say 'gararge' but my mum says 'garidge'

[fiction-factory]

barrage balloons not barridge ballons

[alavahalf]

"mouth as wide as his eyebrows, eyes as bulgy as a frog, never unknowingly seen without a big grin, comedian"

Only 24 hours ago you were digging out a "self potrait'

[Atheist]

alava... I must confess, I am Nigel. I'm a closet nice person, and only here can I reveal my sensitive side.

[Atheist]

Anyway, ABers, I must retire to my bed soon. I managed to reduce my word count from 74500 to 73000 over the last three days, and I have become slightly hysterical. I'll be back as soon as I can. Sorry to have been rather voluble. Have a good evening.

[Buenchico]

If you've uploaded an image to Gravatar, and it's not appearing here, the usual reasons for that problem include:

(a) using the wrong email address to register on Gravatar. (It MUST be the same one that you used to register on AB, as that's the only way that your avatar can be linked to your account here) ;

(b) failing to activate your avatar in your AB account settings. (Click 'View your profile', then 'Edit My Profile' and make sure that there's a tick in the 'Your avatar is currently active' box at the top of the page) ;

(c) failing to give your avatar a 'G' rating on Gravatar. I've never had this problem myself; indeed, I can't even recall being asked to 'rate' my avatar at all but some ABers have stated that it's necessary to to give your avatar a 'G' rating in order for it to appear here. (Gravatar uses the US film classification system to rate avatars, with 'G',for 'General', being their equivalent of our 'U', for 'Universal').