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Fantastic!!
Though I do in fact have the standard number of toes...
Love Denmark I have visited a couple times and I love your Stetson Thank youMy Avatar includes the Danish word for Path Wanderer and my trusty Stetson that is a perfect companion in the rainy conditions that we have even in the summer period ( if you can call it that).
That particular year it was heavy w rain on the Danish trail water but securing me a perfect dry scalp ....
My forum name dates back to one I used on a motorcycle forum years ago. It was when I had a Kawasaki ZRX 1200S, so hence the name 'ZREXER.' Motorcycling is one of my other passions and I currently have a Suzuki Bandit 1250S.
My forum avatar was taken on my second Camino in April 2015 just before we walked through Villares De Orbigo.
Who doesn’t like a bit of fun? You guys keep my spirit riding high.You are such a good sport, Iriebabel! thanks for this bit of fun. I changed my avatar around 25th January, to a tartan I do not have a right to, as my surname is Irish, although I am certainly Scottish. My name for the forum is a shortened version of my home town, Kirkintilloch, in Scotland.
Your icon or figure representing yourself .... Per wikiWhich one is the avatar?
Brilliant!O Cebreiro, October 2016
Phoenix
- Overall - death of my old life & resurrection to the new.
- Life application - every time I'm knocked down, I will rise up better than before.
I remember that walk ..I called it holy hell ZubiriMy name is Kiernan
My avatar is me, beginning my first Camino (2012), somewhere between Roncesvalles and Zubiri. Walking on snow, snow from the right side, from the left side,....snow everywhere
I have not been on this camino but I will..i’m sure, eventually . thanks for sharingPeople in my event services world have been calling me jungleboy for 17 years now. It began because I was travelling in Indonesia in 2003 for several months and visiting lots of jungles. In a pre-smartphone and wifi era I checked my email only once every few days or once a week and I was hard to reach ahead of an upcoming event (the 2003 Rugby World Cup).
My current avatar is a Buen Camino sign towards the end of the Camino de Madrid. @Wendy Werneth is walking in the background of the full pic:
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I always wondered where the name Kirkie came from...now I know!You are such a good sport, Iriebabel! thanks for this bit of fun. I changed my avatar around 25th January, to a tartan I do not have a right to, as my surname is Irish, although I am certainly Scottish. My name for the forum is a shortened version of my home town, Kirkintilloch, in Scotland.
I thought your avatar is you practicing for "bush squatting" on your upcoming first camino.Quite plain & Simple
CWBuff (as in American Civil War).
Did 13 years of Living History\Re-enactment portraying Lt-Gen.James Longstreet.
Wife for a long time had a Sweatshirt that stated Civil War Nut's Wife
The avatar is me sitting in the cutout of The CSS Hunley. It was used in the 1999 movie The Hunley (starting Donald Sutherland and Armand Assante) and currently located at Warren Lasch Conservation Center in N.Charleston, SC along with THE actual submarine and many interesting artifacts (incl. THE $20.00 Lt.Dixon's golden coin)
P.S. To those who are familiar with "Old Pete" I was on vacation "off season" when I took the photo, hence the absence of the beard (I would shave it off pretty much right after Remembrance Day "to let the wife remember (however briefly) who she married")
WOWI thought your avatar is you practicing for "bush squatting" on your upcoming first camino.
Well as you can see, I'm just plain Annette ...Ok so I am bored post 2 weeks foot surgery doing ok have a follow up for stitches removal tomorrow.
I thought I’d jump on the Fun thread train. No offense meant @Pelen but no poll attached. By the way I enjoyed the where you are from thread.
So just in case you are wondering what my avatar name means “iriebabel” is mainly from the Jamaica word “Irie” (eye-ree). Which means nice, good, feeling pleasant and friendly. A friendly greeting that everything ok, everything is cool, everything is relaxed...evryting is jus Irie in Jamaica’s official language Patois And of course”babel” means confused noise (as in to speak or talk in this case). Yes I know I‘m complicated
And just in case you want to learn more about Jamaican Patois (fascinating)
the cyborg turtle came from my first camino (camino Frances in 2018) many people saw me walking with my giant heavy metal brace...and of course im a slow walker due to my injuries thus the nick name “cyborg turtle”
the recent avitar picture I snapped a photo of a mural I saw on a playground while visiting Dusseldorf GE this past christmas.. It reminds me of how uncomplicated and fun is when we are children ...my current goal to make my life more uncomplicated and more fuN..... enjoy it as if I were still a kid but with an adult view of the world.
So now that you know what mine means, what’s your story ? Please don’t let me die or wither away from boredom...
Thank you in advance and blessings upon you all
I meant no offence, Buffy...just havin' a bit of fun!WOW
Here I was thinking to myself - the moment Chrissy sees the post she'll come back with her 'usual' Buffy stuff
Who are you and what did you do with CC?
hey - that thing is TINY and actually is to scale! 4 feet high thats all The Hunley was. So yeah... bush squatting for camino!
None is ever taken - you know thatI meant no offence, Buffy...just havin' a bit of fun!
Ah @Iriebabel ...the plight of a walker laid up! Hope you're soon back on your feet & clocking up the k's...at whatever speed.Ok so I am bored post 2 weeks foot surgery doing ok have a follow up for stitches removal tomorrow.
I thought I’d jump on the Fun thread train. No offense meant @Pelen but no poll attached. By the way I enjoyed the where you are from thread.
So just in case you are wondering what my avatar name means “iriebabel” is mainly from the Jamaica word “Irie” (eye-ree). Which means nice, good, feeling pleasant and friendly. A friendly greeting that everything ok, everything is cool, everything is relaxed...evryting is jus Irie in Jamaica’s official language Patois And of course”babel” means confused noise (as in to speak or talk in this case). Yes I know I‘m complicated
And just in case you want to learn more about Jamaican Patois (fascinating)
the cyborg turtle came from my first camino (camino Frances in 2018) many people saw me walking with my giant heavy metal brace...and of course im a slow walker due to my injuries thus the nick name “cyborg turtle”
the recent avitar picture I snapped a photo of a mural I saw on a playground while visiting Dusseldorf GE this past christmas.. It reminds me of how uncomplicated and fun is when we are children ...my current goal to make my life more uncomplicated and more fuN..... enjoy it as if I were still a kid but with an adult view of the world.
So now that you know what mine means, what’s your story ? Please don’t let me die or wither away from boredom...
Thank you in advance and blessings upon you all
Thank youA geat and interesting thread, Iriebabel! I'm always up for some lighthearted fun!
My avatar is a photo I took along the Camino Frances, somewhere near Villafranca del Bierzo. It is brass and mounted on a piece of carved wood. I thought it unique because it was painted a lovely shade of turquoise...I love shells! My name speaks for itself.
Thanks @davebugg a fellow military medic and the most knowledgable gear man I know but don’t actually knowMy username is just my first and last name. My avatar is from my days as a Dustoff flight medic during two tours in Vietnam, and then in Schweinfurt, Germany (Conn Barracks). A picture of our unit patch below.
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Totally cool and you should be interested in knowing I live 10 minutes from the site of the Brooksville raid in Florida , they do a reenactment every year las t one just 2 weeks ago I thinkQuite plain & Simple
CWBuff (as in American Civil War).
Did 13 years of Living History\Re-enactment portraying Lt-Gen.James Longstreet.
Wife for a long time had a Sweatshirt that stated Civil War Nut's Wife
The avatar is me sitting in the cutout of The CSS Hunley. It was used in the 1999 movie The Hunley (starting Donald Sutherland and Armand Assante) and currently located at Warren Lasch Conservation Center in N.Charleston, SC along with THE actual submarine and many interesting artifacts (incl. THE $20.00 Lt.Dixon's golden coin)
P.S. To those who are familiar with "Old Pete" I was on vacation "off season" when I took the photo, hence the absence of the beard (I would shave it off pretty much right after Remembrance Day "to let the wife remember (however briefly) who she married")
Thanks @davebugg a fellow military medic and the most knowledgable gear man I know but don’t actually know....still my brother from another mother
Thank you so much I will give an update tomorrow after my surgical follow -upAh @Iriebabel ...the plight of a walker laid up! Hope you're soon back on your feet & clocking up the k's...at whatever speed.
My username is pretty obvious & follows true to being an Aussie; its a nickname combo of my 1st & surnames. Aussies can make a nickname out of any name; if it's a long name we'll shorten it & if it's short, we'll lengthen it!
My avatar will be familiar to anyone who has walked the Way of 88 Temples in Shikoku, Japan. It's Mican...the mascot of Ehime Prefecture. Mican also has a an alter-ego, Dark Mican (for reasons unknown...) but that would elude to being more mysterious (@Bad Pilgrim..!) than I am...
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Best wishes & thanks for the fun thread.
Hah! Small world indeed. Im from Philly area so Jerom Brown of The Eagles is from BrooksvilleTotally cool and you should be interested in knowing I live 10 minutes from the site of the Brooksville raid in Florida , they do a reenactment every year las t one just 2 weeks ago I think
Best wishes for your recovery...good thread.
Carolam was my Compostela name with the S from my surname. And my avatar is a photo of me setting off from home on a training walk. I did mean the photo to be temporary but haven't got around to finding another!
Amen brother!From traumatic amputations and cut-downs, to blister treatment and crotch-rot medications, combat medics get to see it all. We are, indeed, a brotherhood/sisterhood.
I live next door ...next town over not next door to Jerom Brown or Sen Brooks but my next door neighbor is from Philly ...6 degrees of separationHah! Small world indeed. Im from Philly area so Jerom Brown of The Eagles is from Brooksville
Of course I also tend to think of it due to its namesake - Sen Preston Brooks and his cane
Thank you so much I will give an update tomorrow after my surgical follow -up
..lived in Japan Aomori Prefecture 6 years I was working too hard to walk that pilgrimage but will be going back since my oldest daughter just accepted a job in Japan . Can you say free place to stay?
Aaahhhh @badpilgrim at it again
You know I always wondered what Purky referred toI was given the pet name Purky by my staff when I was working in a videostore. I started working there during my study, because rent and food, planning a real job after graduation. But then life happened, and after a year abroad I ended up back at the videostore as a manager. My staff, mostly young and student, decided that my real name wasn't good enough, and Purky was born. I wore that name with pride, as I felt it was given as a term of endearment.
My avatar is a (cropped) photo I took between Castrojeriz and Fromista, almost at the end of my camino in 2016. It was sort of an accident: I climbed up the side of a hollow road to have a look around and was blown away by that vista. It ended up being my favorite photo of the complete voyage, but I can't exactly explain why.
thank youYou're among friends here so you can say 'free accommodation' In other company I'd pre-empt it with a bit of gushing about missing her & quality time together...
Good luck tomorrow!
Absolutely...Totally agree...I'm loving every reply and many of the stories are fascinating to me...a little window into "who" they each are!
No test part general joke and part joke on me. I have been lost technologically for years since my daughters grew into womanhood. It used to be so easy. When i had an issue I would hand it to them and say make it work. They usually resolved the problem in moments and then would verbally abuse me and remind me that they were embarrassed to call me dad.Your icon or figure representing yourself .... Per wiki
Or was that a testwhich I failed miserably ?
my children are adults too and live far from home...I try not to take that personallyNo test part general joke and part joke on me. I have been lost technologically for years since my daughters grew into womanhood. It used to be so easy. When i had an issue I would hand it to them and say make it work. They usually resolved the problem in moments and then would verbally abuse me and remind me that they were embarrassed to call me dad.
I really miss those days so much. That part is no joke!
I stayed at Corazon Puro in 2015 on my first camino; lots of good memories and I was exultant, too! I made two special camino friends from the communal dinner table who were also from midwestern USA. We stay in touch and meet up for a "mini reunion" every fall.I love koi fish, and the avatar is of my oldest son out behind Corazon Puro the evening before we went over to SJPdP. He was rather exultant at completing the plane, train, and automobile ride to get that far. A week later he was rather less than exultant . . .
Ok so I am bored post 2 weeks foot surgery doing ok have a follow up for stitches removal tomorrow.
I thought I’d jump on the Fun thread train. No offense meant @Pelen but no poll attached. By the way I enjoyed the where you are from thread.
So just in case you are wondering what my avatar name means “iriebabel” is mainly from the Jamaica word “Irie” (eye-ree). Which means nice, good, feeling pleasant and friendly. A friendly greeting that everything ok, everything is cool, everything is relaxed...evryting is jus Irie in Jamaica’s official language Patois And of course”babel” means confused noise (as in to speak or talk in this case). Yes I know I‘m complicated
And just in case you want to learn more about Jamaican Patois (fascinating)
the cyborg turtle came from my first camino (camino Frances in 2018) many people saw me walking with my giant heavy metal brace...and of course im a slow walker due to my injuries thus the nick name “cyborg turtle”
the recent avitar picture I snapped a photo of a mural I saw on a playground while visiting Dusseldorf GE this past christmas.. It reminds me of how uncomplicated and fun is when we are children ...my current goal to make my life more uncomplicated and more fuN..... enjoy it as if I were still a kid but with an adult view of the world.
So now that you know what mine means, what’s your story ? Please don’t let me die or wither away from boredom...
Thank you in advance and blessings upon you all
@davebugg , Thank you for your service Sir.My username is just my first and last name. My avatar is from my days as a Dustoff flight medic during two tours in Vietnam, and then in Schweinfurt, Germany (Conn Barracks). A picture of our unit patch below.
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My name, ELHS220, part of my e-mail address, represents the school (East Longmeadow High School) and the classroom (220) in which I taught Spanish for 35 years. The avatar is me, doing the scripture reading, at the Pilgrim Mass in the Cathedral.Ok so I am bored post 2 weeks foot surgery doing ok have a follow up for stitches removal tomorrow.
I thought I’d jump on the Fun thread train. No offense meant @Pelen but no poll attached. By the way I enjoyed the where you are from thread.
So just in case you are wondering what my avatar name means “iriebabel” is mainly from the Jamaica word “Irie” (eye-ree). Which means nice, good, feeling pleasant and friendly. A friendly greeting that everything ok, everything is cool, everything is relaxed...evryting is jus Irie in Jamaica’s official language Patois And of course”babel” means confused noise (as in to speak or talk in this case). Yes I know I‘m complicated
And just in case you want to learn more about Jamaican Patois (fascinating)
the cyborg turtle came from my first camino (camino Frances in 2018) many people saw me walking with my giant heavy metal brace...and of course im a slow walker due to my injuries thus the nick name “cyborg turtle”
the recent avitar picture I snapped a photo of a mural I saw on a playground while visiting Dusseldorf GE this past christmas.. It reminds me of how uncomplicated and fun is when we are children ...my current goal to make my life more uncomplicated and more fuN..... enjoy it as if I were still a kid but with an adult view of the world.
So now that you know what mine means, what’s your story ? Please don’t let me die or wither away from boredom...
Thank you in advance and blessings upon you all
If you have only ever taken one selfie, I can assure you you cannot possibly be boring!I hope I'm not as boring in real life as my avatar/name. I've been meaning to change my name here, as I (Priscilla was living in North Carolina when I first came onboard -- I'm not living there now. And the avatar is probably the first and last selfie that I ever took.
Ok so I am bored post 2 weeks foot surgery doing ok have a follow up for stitches removal tomorrow.
I thought I’d jump on the Fun thread train. No offense meant @Pelen but no poll attached. By the way I enjoyed the where you are from thread.
So just in case you are wondering what my avatar name means “iriebabel” is mainly from the Jamaica word “Irie” (eye-ree). Which means nice, good, feeling pleasant and friendly. A friendly greeting that everything ok, everything is cool, everything is relaxed...evryting is jus Irie in Jamaica’s official language Patois And of course”babel” means confused noise (as in to speak or talk in this case). Yes I know I‘m complicated
And just in case you want to learn more about Jamaican Patois (fascinating)
the cyborg turtle came from my first camino (camino Frances in 2018) many people saw me walking with my giant heavy metal brace...and of course im a slow walker due to my injuries thus the nick name “cyborg turtle”
the recent avitar picture I snapped a photo of a mural I saw on a playground while visiting Dusseldorf GE this past christmas.. It reminds me of how uncomplicated and fun is when we are children ...my current goal to make my life more uncomplicated and more fuN..... enjoy it as if I were still a kid but with an adult view of the world.
So now that you know what mine means, what’s your story ? Please don’t let me die or wither away from boredom...
Thank you in advance and blessings upon you all
Wishing you a speedy recovery !Like Iriebabel I’m laid up at the moment - in my case a post-Camino knee replacement. I left for Portugal with a torn meniscus but no time for surgical repair. I did have an injection of synthetic gel that is meant to provide some degree of cushioning. On my return I had an arthroscopy to repair the tear, but the underlying issue of bone on bone contact remained so I had the replacement last month. I’ve found myself loitering on the forum during my recovery and have started planning a CF for 2020.
There is no meaning to my user name - it’s simply a nom de plum.
My avatar is a crop of a picture of a hat-rack that I made for my wife after our first Camino (her second). The hooks I purchased from a shop near the Burgos cathedral and the Camino shell etc are on a small slate that I purchased near Sarria. I carried them fp for the rest of our Camino and they made it back to Australia without damage and now my wife uses it for her horse tack in a feed shed - a little reminder of the Camino each day.
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Not boring at all, it is the real you and in this life that is enoughFeeling all kinds of boring, as my avatar is my face and my name...well, is just my name. LOL . I'll have to reassess. Fun thread.
My forum name is straightforward. I created it because with it there is a better chance that forum members and visitors might associate me with the couple they met on the CF in 2015.
UPDATE:
Just came back from the foot surgeon everything looks great and I am healing well...still a bit swollen but surgical stiches removed and I can bear more weight and finally get the foot wet and take a proper shower
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View attachment 69393 I would post a pix of the wound but dont want anyone to loose their dinner. Scaring is minimal and after a while won’t even be noticed. but if you are interested and contemplating surgery for plantar faciatis send me PM and I will send the photo and explain more in a private message.
.. will take your word for it.
PF is bad if you have to go under the knife, so treat it proper....
Good healing....
One of my friends was related to EVERY Royal house in Europe (pre WWI)... that is according to HER, of courseMy given name, Rex, is my late Irish mother's private joke that she had a king in the family ...
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