AVATARS AND NAMES...

...I live in Alaska and am part Inupiaq Eskimo, and am as sweet as a tasty frozen dessert. The avatar is a pic taken at an Alaskan airport. Tho I'm on the fence about AK I love the polar bear, and it's disappearing due to global warming - to me it's an emblem of the changing world. Also I work for an airline. I'm going to change the avatar tho as soon as I get a new computer. (Hence, you guys haven't seen me on here as much as usual.) Here in spirit tho!

have really enjoyed reading where all the names and avatars came from....its amazing this internet thing you correspond with people from all over the world and know hardly anything about them so its nice when these little threads come up and you get a little glimpse of the people behind the scene....kid setzer is so funny..rickabillys detailed explanations...carbon cats smileys etc etc...theres a great lot of people out there in setzer land......
anyways onto my own name, i never had a nickname growing up (boo hoo) and when i married himself i took the name cosgrave, the brain started thinking and came up with cosbird, wahey i finally found one....as for the avatar i googled rocka/psychobilly and as soon as i saw this i thought thats the one for me, was feeling a bit old and frasseled and it reminded me of what its like to be young and eager and raring to go....

Aww thanks Cosbird.. infact my nickname as a baby was maggot, because I was small, white, and wriggled around alot.. I probably smelt like a maggot at times as well..


Kid.

My name is Eddie Lee Funn!*

My avatar is Brian last summer in KC, MO Stray Cats show, taken by my pal, Daddio!

*On stage or Online, anyway! Band name is "The Funn Brothers" and we all use "Lee"
as a middle name, to honor David Lee Roth!
My first name is Edwin, and I use Eddie to really honor Eddie Cochran.

Eddie Lee sounds very 50ish or rockabilly to me.....great stage name!!

I know I have told about my name in a different thread but I figure I would post it here too......you know, get it in the right thread for all the neat nics out there.

The first time I sat in with my guitar teachers band he introduced me (with my orange hollwobody guitar) as Brian Setzers brother Alka....Setzer. For those outside the USA alka seltzer is antacid.

As for the Avatar....I finally took time to load one. Its simply a Pic of "Bathsheba"My Ibanez Af75d. Yeah I named her silly as it may sound.

alka-setzer wrote:

As for the Avatar....I havent taken the time to figure out how to post it.

Ah, man, I couldn't figure out how you set up that invisible avatar!
-Eddie Lee

Ah, man, I couldn't figure out how you set up that invisible avatar!
-Eddie Lee[/quote]

Ancient Chinese Secret!!

1954inMemphis wrote:

1954 in Memphis.... hmmm where it all began... I just tried to be poetic.
My avatar is showing me posing for official band pics. Looks at least a little 1954ish?

Looks like Jarvis Cocker to me - lol

Mikey x

Hi Pinkpiratekitty
Have you ever heard of a band called the Pirates, they used to be Johnny Kid and the Pirates,but now it's just the Pirates.They were big in the 70's as The Pirates, but they may still be going,they are sort of R&B and R&R
Have a look for them.It's alright I just read you like pirates so I thought I would tell you about this band.
all the Best
Carbon Cat UK

carboncat wrote:

Hi Pinkpiratekitty
Have you ever heard of a band called the Pirates, they used to be Johnny Kid and the Pirates,but now it's just the Pirates.They were big in the 70's as The Pirates, but they may still be going,they are sort of R&B and R&R
Have a look for them.It's alright I just read you like pirates so I thought I would tell you about this band.
all the Best
Carbon Cat UK

I'll check them out - thanks for the info.

6 MORE HOURS TO THE CONCERT!!!!!

Pinkpiratekitty wrote:

carboncat wrote:

Hi Pinkpiratekitty
Have you ever heard of a band called the Pirates, they used to be Johnny Kid and the Pirates,but now it's just the Pirates.They were big in the 70's as The Pirates, but they may still be going,they are sort of R&B and R&R
Have a look for them.It's alright I just read you like pirates so I thought I would tell you about this band.
all the Best
Carbon Cat UK

I'll check them out - thanks for the info.

6 MORE HOURS TO THE CONCERT!!!!!

And im sitting in Sweden!

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And im sitting in Sweden! [/quote]

I think you missed your plane

Kiki is a name my Blue and Gold Macaw gave to me. She whispers it to me and only uses it for me. She says her name when I point to her and my new name when I point to myself.

Yes, that's her picture in the avatar.

rickabilly wrote:

Back in the 30s and 40s, it wasn't all that uncommon for boys named "Richard" to be given the nickname "Dick," a fate sadly bestowed upon my father. Luckily, my mother was a Ricky Nelson fan. I'd rather be known as "Little Richard" than "Little... Edith."

Do You Know What I Mean-a-billy

I like it!!! My next door neighbour is called Richard,so that would make him a Di*k-a-billy
Carbon Cat UK

Well my name is Patrick!

And my avatar is naturaly a great pic of Brian Setzer. Note the boots!
It must be from his solo period that I like very much.
I had to cut it down because the size was to big. On the original there's a bass player who reminds me of Johnny Winter.
I will try and find the original.

Patrick wrote:

Note the boots!.

Talkin of boots: Anyone knows if the original Pirates (Gonna Ball era) are still available? I'd appreciate any hint, I've been wanting those for about 25 YEARS NOW!

My avatar is the man himself, Mr Elvis Presley, drawn by my then 6 years old daughter. This picture became sort of our family logo, I like it very much.

PeroxideBlonde wrote:

My avatar is a photo of myself I uploaded to a website called "SimpsonizeMe." So I guess if I was a Simpson character this is what I'd look like.

Wow you look great!!

I went to the site but you have to log in.
But after that, can I do more "Simpsonizers" or just one?

Dopey me just realised I haven't posted on this. My name refers to my 65 Mustang. My avatar is me in Dubai earlier this year.



René

Berndt, You've got to win the award for the best avatar, You're a handsome man, son!

pony65k wrote:

Dopey me just realised I haven't posted on this. My name refers to my 65 Mustang. My avatar is me in Dubai earlier this year.



René

*droooooool* That is sweet, René!!

What color is it?

My avatar is the ticket of my first concert ever- I was 15. In fact I wanted to take a picture of 3 of my Cats Tshirts dating back from that period but was too lazy to do it!
My nickname dates back from when I was in high school : from 83' to 86' most of the teens with a look were into punk or new wave , and I was the only one to wear rockabilly stuff; so there was that group of punky-rocky guys who called me "la rocka" because they didn't know my name! that's it!

[quote="WildCat"]

pony65k wrote:

*droooooool* That is sweet, René!!

What color is it?

Hey WildCat.

It's Rangoon Red.

René

Rene, that's a HOT car, man... I'd sell both my kidneys and my soul for that thing - 'cept I always wanted a '68 fastback, blue.

Cristo wrote:

Rene, that's a HOT car, man... I'd sell both my kidneys and my soul for that thing - 'cept I always wanted a '68 fastback, blue.

Hey Cristo.

Thanks man. I'll make a mental note of that should I want a kidney or another soul for my collection

René