Forum Members, put a human face here !!! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2019, 01:17:07 pm
content: For the life of me, I don't want to start another "show us your cat"(Which I love B.T.W.)However, I've often thought about how impersonal Forums can be... I UNDERSTAND if certainpeople want/need anonymity, for many reasons... but I've always liked the thought of puttinga 'Face' to the many people we regularly hear from !!For what it's worth... here's me !!!Wartz & all...Living outside of Perth, Australia now. (In Bunbury). 63 y/o. Med retired.We recently had a 'commitment' ceremony, as opposed to a wedding. (I'm on the right, haha...)

author: TimNJ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2019, 01:38:00 pm
content: Recently, I've seen a few members who have made their forum profile pictures an actual photo of themselves.Of course, it's not ~necessary~, but it is nice to put a name to a face, even if we'll never meet.

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2019, 02:03:35 pm
content: NIce photo of yours, thanks, I like it and you've gained some sympathy points. I must admit, having seen a photo can cause spontaneous sympathy or antipathy for a person. Anyway, I won't post a photo of mine in public accessible space for general privacy reasons. There's no reason to hide myself from authorities or whatever, so I'd happily meet any forum member in real life - but no photo or any other private information about me in this or any other forum. For the same reasons, I stay away from anything that looks like social media, cloud, whatever ...Anyway, I appreciate your idea.

author: OwO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2019, 02:31:50 pm
content: Here's me:

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2019, 06:06:50 pm
content: Here's me, I really am red.To show how much snow we have on the ground:(some of it melted since I took the picture)

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2019, 07:09:43 pm
content: I /would/ post my face here, but I don't feeling like paying for the display hardware and glasses it would break.

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2019, 12:05:57 am
content: The guy in the dark blue shirt, facing the camera, is me. A couple of my babies are to my right (left in the picture).

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2019, 12:12:48 am
content: A picture from near the end of 2017, along with a solar panel with a very memorable story behind it.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2019, 01:30:08 am
content: Me

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2019, 03:40:53 am
content: Here's a picture of me taken with an Apple QuickTake, in 2016, at a Lincs Amiga Group meeting.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2019, 06:48:53 am
content: Quote from: capt bullshot on April 05, 2019, 02:03:35 pmSympathy points ??

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2019, 09:48:35 am
content: No way Glenno!I can't even stand my face myself when I have to see it in the mirror whilst shaving!

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2019, 09:54:09 am
content: I am one of the rare people here who use my real name and real photo.The photo was taken by a work-mate who was testing a new camera.My facial expression shows me in mid-eye-roll.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2019, 08:32:07 pm
content: From an old thread in late 2014 when I dropped by Siglent HQ for the day.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2019, 09:29:19 pm
content: Nice to see ya Glenn, my avatar is me.

author: larrybl
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2019, 09:39:20 pm
content: Me with my other hobby, You might wonder why I have this in Texas.

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2019, 09:42:23 pm
content: Quote from: larrybl on April 09, 2019, 09:39:20 pmTo clear the tumbleweeds off of your driveway?

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2019, 11:03:17 am
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on April 06, 2019, 09:48:35 amHA !!!... It can't be worse than Dave's Photoshopped picture !!

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2019, 11:09:40 am
content: Quote from: CJay on April 09, 2019, 09:29:19 pmHoly snapin-assholes man!!!.... I see a new movie coming... "CJay Vs. Predator"

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2019, 11:14:25 am
content: Quote from: Ampera on April 05, 2019, 07:09:43 pmYou're too hard on yourself mate ! We're not making fashion statements hereBack near the beginning of this, someone thought/said that "I" gained "Sympathy Points" haha...

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2019, 11:27:55 am
content: Quote from: OwO on April 05, 2019, 02:31:50 pmHewo there OwO !! You have a bewtiful compwection, wwith gweat boundawy wines on your fwace !!!

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2019, 11:39:22 am
content: Ah Bunbury, nice little town. We get over to WA regularly to see our son in Warnbro a bit south of Perth.Last time in Bunbury we bumped into some fabric reps that knew the wife and lived only a few km from us in NZ.4000km trip to meet our locals.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2019, 01:21:12 pm
content: Quote from: tautech on April 10, 2019, 11:39:22 amOnly been here 6 years, so not classed as a 'local' yet !!You mentioned "Fabric Reps". My 'missus' is heavily into Embroidery, and often relies on me forthe specialized computer design/art work. Have a great day, and thanks for the great photo !!

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2019, 11:51:48 pm
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 10, 2019, 01:21:12 pmYep exactly that sort of fabric rep. Mine is into Quilting and worked in a specialist shop were they had all manner of handcraft materials and the local Bernina agency.Needless to say I got lent on to buy a really flash one for her while she could get a great staff discount.And it cost more than any scope I've ever bought !

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2019, 02:21:21 am
content: As for me, click on the small Earth icon below my avatar. You'll see gobs of photos of me...

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 11, 2019, 02:29:40 pm
content: Hopefully, my ugly mug won't sear anyone's eyes out or crash the webpage. And no, that is not Mrs GreyWoolfe. That is my sweet girl Mollie. We have had her since she was 5 weeks old and she will be 9 in October. Still has the same energy levels as when she was 2. I wish I did.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2019, 02:52:10 pm
content: A human face, as requested by the thread starter. We're happy to accommodate your request.

author: electromotive
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2019, 03:09:04 pm
content: Fine, I'll bite.

author: Zbig
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2019, 04:56:28 pm
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 10, 2019, 11:14:25 amI feel like I should chime in and defend capt bullshot and his not-so-fortunate use of "sympathy"It's a language thing. If German "die Sympathie" is anything like Polish "sympatia", it has nothing to do with feeling bad for someone but rather just expressing your positive feelings towards them. That you like someone now that you know them a bit better, basically

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2019, 05:30:42 pm
content: Quote from: Zbig on April 11, 2019, 04:56:28 pmYes, thanks, that's what I wanted to say with "sympathy points". Nothing like empathy or whatever. Wasn't aware of this language "feature" - we call them a false friend (like German "Handy" for English "Mobile Phone").

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2019, 06:55:43 am
content: Thanks 'Zbig' and 'capt bullshot'I've been attempting to learn German for years, but never knew that !!An old German mate years ago tried to get me to understand some of the 'nuances' of the language,like... "durch Blumen sprechen", (speaking through flowers). In other words, the 'voice/words' emanatingfrom the other side of the flowers is modified, so that it comes out nice, instead of 'crude' ?Have a great day...

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2019, 07:38:59 am
content: Like many words "sympathy" has evolved its meaning differently in different languages. The original meaning is "shared feeling". In English "you have my sympathy" would mean "I share your feelings". In Spanish "he has my sympathy" means "I like him" and, more commonly, "he is sympathetic" (es simpático) means "he is nice" , "I like him".There are hundreds or thousands of words which evolved differently in different languages and one should be careful when using them."Egregious" originally meant "outstanding". In English it now means outstanding in a negative way while in Spanish egregio means outstanding in the most positive way.The original meaning of "embarrassment" is "state of being impeded, obstructed, or entangled". In English it now means "feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness". In Spanish it means being pregnant. Both are big leaps from the original meaning. In Spanish it is obviously a euphemism. "She was impeded, obstructed (by her pregnancy)".OTOH, desembarazar "disembarrass" still means to get rid of obstacles or obstructions. "I disembarrassed myself of him" means "I got rid of him".Constipation originally means "pressed together, packed". In English it refers to the colon while in Spanish it refers to the nose. I am constipated means "I have a cold, my nose is clogged".When learning a second language one should not make assumptions about the meaning of words.Matinee is an "afternoon performance" but the word in French means "morning".Entree is a main dish but the original meaning is a starter or "opening" dish.

author: Zbig
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2019, 09:28:44 am
content: Yes, there's many traps like that. I remember how surprised I was back when I learned that the English "pathetic" means "pitiful", "cringe-worthy". In Polish, "patetyczny" means pompous, overly grandiloquent (just learned that's a word).

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2019, 12:07:12 pm
content: Yes, all so true...I never thought the reply was being 'negative' by the way, due to the rest of the dialogEnglish is funny, as it is a mixture of a bastardization/mis-interpretation of numerous 'foreign'languages... Anglo-Saxon, Greek, French, Latin etc etc.A German lady I was with years ago, complained about our 'beachside' road called an 'Esplanade'.She pronounced it 'esplonaid' like 'lemonaid' quoting English standards. I explained to her that itis actually a French word, so we pronounce it the way they do. She was most pissed off !!And trying to explain the (generally correct) " i before e, except after c " as in Receipt.'Bromine' is an anglicized version of 'Bromos' in Greek meaning 'Stinky-Stuff' !! ?A Zero score in Tennis (English 'Love'), is from the French word 'Oeuf' meaning Egg.We thought that is what they were saying!!, as an egg is shaped like a number zero .I'm sure an Italian will correct me here, (and that's ok!), let's consider the word 'Bankrupt'...EVIDENTLY... (haha), centuries ago, there were unscrupulous money lenders amongst all theother dealers/sellers in the market place. If they were proven to be false/cheating, then thepolice would march through the market place with sledge-hammers and smash up his bench!!!This was referred to as 'banco rotto' (?) and from that we get... BankruptThe point I'm making is that 'English' is not really a language of it's own

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2019, 01:39:33 pm
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 13, 2019, 12:07:12 pmHaha, so true. When I was young, well past the last century turn, I was a lad in 5th grade. The teacher had us read out loud in class from her suggested reading list from different books. She used this, of course, to bolster our english reading and comprehension skills. I was asked to read aloud a paragraph this day and, although, I was an avid reader at the time and utilized the school library to check out books (mostly science fiction) and read them voraciously, I did not pick up the habit of looking up words that I was not familiar with and trying to pronounce them properly, according to the dictionary pronunciation.I was reading along and came across a word that I did not know, "rendezvous", and, having learned from previous times to sound out the vowels and consonants, i pronounced it in the same way, ren-dez-vous, in the english way. I received laughter all over the class and looked up at the teacher with my questioning eyes, because I had sounded it out the way that she had taught us. She looked at me sympathetically and pronounced it in the french way to correct me, and I continued to read on.From that time onward, having been laughed at in class, I started doing as suggested and looking up words that i did not know in the dictionary. Websters will show the proper pronunciation and also give the origins of the word, i.e. French, German, Latin, Greek, etc. I was always astounded at the origins and original meanings of so many english words.

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2019, 01:53:51 pm
content: Oh, and I forgot to add the ugly mug...

author: IanJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 13, 2019, 08:30:24 pm
content: Well, I do have a YT channel but here's me anyways......just after I got out of hospital last year.......all fixed up and ready to go albeit 54yrs old.....:-)Ian.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2019, 11:26:45 am
content: Quote from: tpowell1830 on April 13, 2019, 01:53:51 pmA GREAT photo.... Wow, I'm jealous of the Flight Sim Hardware !!!!!You make mine look like a mock-up of the Wright Brothers !!

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2019, 11:30:56 am
content: Quote from: IanJ on April 13, 2019, 08:30:24 pm54 ?? You don't look a day older than 40 ! Must be the cold air / climate....Really neat, (as in tidy too), work area. Most impressed !!

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 15, 2019, 05:27:37 pm
content: Quote from: MasterTech on April 15, 2019, 11:36:09 am

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2019, 05:43:41 pm
content: Dog belly! Scritch me, scritch me!

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 16, 2019, 12:32:33 pm
content: Quote from: bsudbrink on April 15, 2019, 05:43:41 pmOh, yes, she loves her belly rubs!!!

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 17, 2019, 02:05:51 am
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 05, 2019, 01:17:07 pmWell, I'm afraid the only readily available picture of me includes Gilmore (aka Lab Cat), so, you're gonna get to see a cat, too..(I'm the one in the back)-Pat

author: Zucca
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 17, 2019, 08:17:42 am
content: Quote from: IanJ on April 13, 2019, 08:30:24 pmLove your channelIan, although it is difficoult to me to understand your cool scottish accent.The very last one in blue kissing the medal herehttps://youtu.be/VCv4FiuZwToit's me!

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 17, 2019, 12:51:00 pm
content: Quote from: IanJ on April 13, 2019, 08:30:24 pmLove your channelIan, although it is difficoult to me to understand your cool scottish accent.HA !!... The Father of a Scottish mate years ago, spoke VERY broad !!! When I complained to hisfather that I didn't understand, he would say.... (phonetically...)... "Mook ya Loogs man!!"?Which sort of translated to 'English' as.... "Muck your Lugs man ! "....Which 'Rhodes' Scholars later worked out, that 'Lugs' are 'Ears', and he meant "Clean out your ears"

author: MT
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 17, 2019, 01:08:17 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 06, 2019, 01:30:08 amMe!

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2019, 12:36:46 pm
content: A close enough resemblance for all practical purposes (it also explains my slightly cryptic Sig line for those who don't get it).

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2019, 01:21:18 pm
content: To keep this 'post' slightlytechnical/electrical,to suit the purists !!......We took our 'recently-assumed' 'Grand-Daughter' to the Park today.(Some might remember me talking recently about my best mate next door dying).His daughter, and Grand-Daughter still live next door, and 'We' have taken overas the GrandParents, for these two beautiful people!! (A new life's joy for us!!).Anyway, on this long plastic slide, she generated enough Static Electricity, thather hair was literally standing on end !!!!It reminded me of 45 years ago, playing with Ye-Olde"Van de Graaff Generators".P.S. Regarding... 'Ye-Olde'....It was never pronounced that way !!!The 'Y' of 'Ye' was a modified symbol, that meant/replaced-by 'TH'. So they werealways saying 'THE' phonetically. SOMETHING like the capital 'B' with a tail in German,that represented the double-s, "ss". 'Olde' is just a 'bastardization' of the word 'Old'.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2019, 01:43:22 pm
content: QuoteAlso known as a Thorn.

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2019, 06:29:26 pm
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 27, 2019, 01:21:18 pmIn ye olden times, there was no such thing has hard and fast spelling. Words were spelt as the writer thought they should be. If the reader could understand - that was good enough.This explaination may get you noticed in History class but really doesn't work in English.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 27, 2019, 07:12:33 pm
content: Quote from: TimNJ on April 05, 2019, 01:38:00 pmMine used to be of me but when I found it had become part of the hall of shame of a now banned users personal site calling me a nasty moderator I thought maybe i don't want my picture out there. These days reverse image seaching is possible. I even contemplated changing my user name.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 29, 2019, 10:50:15 am
content: Quote from: Neilm on April 27, 2019, 06:29:26 pmYep...One of the worst, centuries ago, was the English Poet/Writer...Geoffrey Chaucer, who actuallycreated a lot of words used today, (though he would often spell the same words differently in a paragraph!).Here's an extract from one of his writings, at the time....I wolde I hadde they coillons in myn hond. . . (I wish I had their testicles in my hand)Lat kutte hem off, I wol thee helpe hem carrie, (Cut them off and I will help him carry them)They shul be shryned in an hogges toord!(They should be enshrined in a hog’s turd)Quote from: Simon on April 27, 2019, 07:12:33 pmI understand mate, but after your massive number of posts, many thousands must know & respect you.I've never 'shied' away from using my Real name anywhere. If/when I cop personal 'flak', I guess I deserve itand it pulls me in check !! (I'm NOT saying this relates to you mate).