Explain your avatars!

[pgrmdave]

I think this may be even better:

 

what can I say, I love Pink Floyd.

 

from my FIRST avatar, which I'm sure not many people remember, which was the cover of Dark Side of the Moon.

[Rincewind]

We have a similar problem here with deer in some areas. There are a variety of whistles available to fasten to the cars bumper to scare them out of the road as you approach. They go by names like Deer Alarm and Deer Alert and work with various rates of success. Perhaps a similar approach would work there with the wombats.

They don't move that fast, although they can run. I guess what I mean is that they have a great deal of momentum, so have trouble accelerating (i.e. changing direction), and can't get out of your way -- not quick, not bright. I've never hit one (touch wood) but my son has. I was also following a small 4-cyl car once (like a Corolla or something), and it seemed to leap into the air like it had come off a small stunt ramp -- it had run over a wombat.

[zadojla]

We have a similar problem here with deer in some areas. There are a variety of whistles available to fasten to the cars bumper to scare them out of the road as you approach. They go by names like Deer Alarm and Deer Alert and work with various rates of success. Perhaps a similar approach would work there with the wombats.

Don't you have to be going at a fair rate of speed for the whistles to work? Isn't that exactly the opposite of what you want to be doing at dusk in deer country? There's nothing like whipping around a curve to discover a herd of 10 deer crossing the road en masse.

And I've come home at night in rutting season to discover a large, irritable, and unintimidated buck in the driveway.

[zadojla]

They don't move that fast, although they can run. I guess what I mean is that they have a great deal of momentum, so have trouble accelerating (i.e. changing direction), and can't get out of your way -- not quick, not bright.

You have to react differently depending on what runs in front of you. For a squirrel, steer away from the side of the road he started, because he'll see you and turn back. For a pheasant, steer toward the side of the road they started, because they are stupid, and keep going. For a deer, slam on the brakes, and don't steer, because no one knows which way they will jump.

[Rincewind]

For a deer, slam on the brakes, and don't steer, because no one knows which way they will jump.

That's pretty much how it works with kangaroos. I've even had one slam into the side of my car -- buckled the driver's door and scared the daylights out of the driver (me)! :hihi: They jump out of roadside bushes around dawn and dusk. You virtually don't stand a chance of missing them.

[C1ay]

Don't you have to be going at a fair rate of speed for the whistles to work?

For some of them. Some models are electric and sound all of the time, just at a frequency we don't hear.

[C1ay]

my avatar is an endless projection of a toy train hovering omni through the night.

I can't say that I've ever seen a train like that orb ;)

[Queso]

such a train can not be seen. anways, my avatar has changed. now it's an old phonograph. woohoo.

[Queso]

and now it is a sun.

[niviene]

*performs the oglala lakota Sun Dance in honor of orby's avatar*

[Kizzi]

It's just a disguise.

:xx: :hihi:

Kizzi

[rockytriton]

I think that it reflects my political views...

[Queso]

hah. just saw that. mine represents life and creativity. and since it is not a constant, there's some irony.

[Jay-qu]

easy to explain, thats me - go with the new trend, lets see what everyone looks like :Glasses: except turtle of course :phones:

[GAHD]

:Glasses: the new one's me as I look most days now, rewireing killean's server. The eyepatch is photoshopped :phones:.

[BluesMan]

Just a picture I found in a box of old cards and letters.

[Pyrotex]

My company won't spring for Photoshop so I can crop large images.

[grazzle-fraggit!]

Since I am a stamp collector of sorts, I knew of an auction site that posted images of about the right size! I picked Ben Franklin cause he is a hero of mine, and he kinda looks like me in a wig.

If I had a wig.