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Tubby should give it a rest.	4	15.38%
Keep it movin', ace!	10	38.46%
I'm still reeling from the shock. Give me a minute.	7	26.92%
[moderators only]Change it or I'll change it for you.	5	19.23%
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dick-richardson
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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Aberdeen, SD
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I'm working on creating animated .gif's, and I found some over at dvdtalk (blasphemy!). I hijacked this one and photoshopped (photodeluxed actually) my face onto each frame and reanimated it. I emailed my mother and my mother-in-law a copy and am waiting for their call right now.

You have to admit I'm pretty active for a big guy!

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03-14-2001 11:14 PM

MarkEagle
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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

Can you say m-o-d-e-r-a-t-o-r?

It's... um... er... different... and I'd love to hear what mom has to say.

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03-14-2001 11:47 PM

dick-richardson
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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Aberdeen, SD
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Mom-in-law says I look thinner with my shirt on. My mom was still laughing when she called. She's forwarding it to the rest of the family.

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03-15-2001 12:07 AM

bradhaak
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Registered: Oct 2000
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Posts: 380

OMYGAWD
It's...
It's...
It's alive

(shudder)

Very cool, but you may have started a very ugly form of competition here. I'm sure gonna participate.

LOL

03-15-2001 12:20 AM

D ev R ay 4Real
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Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Enumclaw, Wa
Posts: 268

It would probably be funnier if I knew you in real life

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03-15-2001 12:22 AM

dick-richardson
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Location: Aberdeen, SD
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quote:
Originally posted by D ev R ay 4Real
It would probably be funnier if I knew you in real life

It's actually quite amazing how accurate it is to real life. The only difference is I'm anemically thin.

quote:
Originally posted by bradhaak
OMYGAWD
It's...
It's...
It's alive

(shudder)

Very cool, but you may have started a very ugly form of competition here. I'm sure gonna participate.

LOL

This'll be interesting.

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03-15-2001 01:19 AM

miradu
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Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 1429

Please get rid of it..

My little brothers, said "What site are you on?" (Like I was at some p0rn site.) So..

Maybe.. umm with clothes on? great!

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03-15-2001 02:10 AM

lennonhead
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Registered: Mar 2000
Location: NJ
Posts: 517

Looks like you've got 3 moderators that have voted to get rid of it. That's a rather high percentage don't you think? (I voted to keep it moving, hehe)

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03-15-2001 04:16 AM

Matthew Nichols
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I was horrified and left speachless. You look a lot like that Matt Damon in that picture, thats who I thought it was when I first saw it.

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03-15-2001 04:29 AM

septimus
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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Them Twin Cities
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quote:
Originally posted by Matthew Nichols
I was horrified and left speachless. You look a lot like that Matt Damon in that picture, thats who I thought it was when I first saw it.

I think that you are Matt Damon and using a pseudonym.

...and I continue to be in shock. Points for the most noticable avatar, but I'm not sure I can look at VC while at work... It's one thing for my boss to see a Visor on the web page, it's another entirely to see chubby chippendale.

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03-15-2001 01:37 PM

BobbyMike
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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: "Children are a gift from God, they are a reward"
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Interesting avatar, but I think you had too much control in the making of it. I find Photoshop results to be too sterile and cartoonlike. My avatar was constructed (with my wife's vital assistance) using some techniques we've worked out. The results are more spontaneous and much more lifelike. You should try it. The only downside to this type of avatar is the long processing time (up to nine months).
If you and your wife have problems with this program initially, don't panic, it'll work itself out in time.
Good luck!
Michael

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03-15-2001 02:06 PM

Helen5
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Registered: Dec 2000
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Oh My God... I had to open this thread first when logging in this morning????

ROTFL... this is a better wake-me-up than caffeine.

Helen

03-15-2001 03:07 PM

dick-richardson
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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Aberdeen, SD
Posts: 2531

quote:
Originally posted by lennonhead
Looks like you've got 3 moderators that have voted to get rid of it. That's a rather high percentage don't you think? (I voted to keep it moving, hehe)

Yep. Unfortunately he'll have to go. I'll put him in your anniversary thread. Back to the Native American images I had before (for now).

I'm not Matt Damon, and we tried your method, BobbyMike. I wanted to put my son's face there, but I found my wife's opinion to be quite...persuasive.

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03-15-2001 03:22 PM

Matthew Nichols
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quote:
Originally posted by dick-richardson
I'm not Matt Damon

Ohohoho, I never said you were, just that you looked like him...but since you started by denying you're him it makes me wonder...

As for Matts go...hes an okay one (Once in my economics class we had 6 people with the name Matthew, it caused a rift in the time continuum & we all entered an alternate universe....populated by your former avatar, we swore never to speak of it again...)

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03-15-2001 10:34 PM