Moonraker wrote:Sorry Michael, I should have said "MJE hasn't posted for a while" rather than "No longer posts".
No, Nigel, I wasn't taking offence at your choice of words - merely commenting on the way one tends to get thought of in the past tense after a (to me) surprisingly short period of non-posting. I'm beginning to think time goes slower for me than it does for most people.
Moonraker wrote:It's good to see you back.
Thank you - glad you like to have me post. (I lack a bit of confidence about this at times, especially after I was rubbished by a few brainless people on a Facebook page where I posted what I thought (and still consider) to be relevant and thoughtful messages. They were reduced to saying stupid things like "Get a life", but it hurts all the same, even though I think they were wrong, and just rather arrogant and intolerant. But I've decided not to waste my time further in the company of such people, so don't post there any more.)
Moonraker wrote:I found this picture whilst searching my old photos for something else, and thought I'd use it for a short while as my avatar. It is of me when I was about 5 years old. I know some people like familiarity, so I will revert to my 'usual' one soon!
Well, what is your usual one? You've been through a few, not repeating any as far as I recall. But I think they all included both a moon and a rake - surely not an easy combination to find!
Mine really is me, although about 10 years ago - it is the only digital photo of me in existence, so I have none other to change to. (I've probably changed a bit since, but I don't think hugely.) (I mention it, because I have encountered people who used a picture of a person; but it wasn't them at all.) And I really can't think of anything else I could use that would be suitable - just some random Blyton picture doesn't seem to cut it for me, somehow.
And I do wonder about changing such a thing anyway. Since it's meant to represent you in a sense, *should* it be changed or not? Or should it remain the same (without good reason for changing, at least), because you as a person remain the same? (I'm not criticizing you for changing it - just asking the question as a philosophical proposition.)
Moonraker wrote:Is this the one, Michael?
No, it wasn't that one. My memory of it is vague, as to describing it in words, although I'm sure I'd recognize it without difficulty if I saw it - but could it have feature a man standing in a swamp or field with a rake, and the moon is in the sky above? Even that, I'm not sure of - but does it ring a bell?
Regards, Michael.