Whats the background on your computer?

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:01 am

Geez you make it hard.

I've got over 200 of them including some of KirkDs, and some that I promised not to share.

Here's one of my own,
leather work by JEDA and Buckle made in Bali

My grandson and a "meowie" that he found in Bali

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:45 am

home computer
this is a Guadalupe bass, endemic to the Texas hill country

though you won't hear it described this way, they are a threatened species, their genetics being wiped out by smallmouth stocked by TPWD during the 70s. There are only a few A-strains left in headwaters creeks, where they're isolated by waterfalls or aquifer sinkholes. They're extinct in the Blanco River, and TPWD has a hatchery program, stocking them in the Guadalupe (which is almost pointless) and they're trying to save the species by stocking them westward where there are no native bass.
We call these Texas brook trout, and a 12" fish is a good one.
She would be a "world" record fish at 22" and over 4 lbs. Where I caught her has a vent to a bat cave, and I'm sure she got this size eating baby bats. Her blue sheen shows she is probably a pure strain fish. When I caught her, there was no catch and release record program, and I wasn't about to kill her for a liver test and record, or try to haul her to a state hatchery.
I released her and told her to, "go spawn"

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:03 am

bulldog,
You sir,
are a gentleman & a scholar!
Thank you.

veeman · Post by **veeman** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:22 am

on my laptop

on the main computer

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:29 am

mescalero2 wrote:bulldog,
You sir,
are a gentleman & a scholar!
Thank you.

thank you, friend.
Here's a Cibolo Creek A-strain baby

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:37 am

perhaps one day I could walk with you as you do this.

Idahoser · Post by **Idahoser** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:03 am

hey it's OT but did you know you can use a moving image for a background in Windoze? My mom sent me the a moving .gif of a stream she said would move as the background and although I don't use it myself, I set it up just to see it work, I didn't believe it. But it did.

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:57 pm

Well thanks to OS's Pictorial reminder I now have one
that is very appropriate for this months background.

Unfortunately probably not appropriate enough for some to show here.

"Deer season has started
So I thought I’d better send out a reminder
About what a Whitetail Looks Like!"

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:16 pm

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:44 pm

"I'm sorry, did I interrupt you? You were finished? Well allow me to retort."

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:45 pm

Dave wrote:

Jules wrote:If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.

Mescalero wrote:perhaps one day I could walk with you as you do this.

mescalero, if you want to meet in Boerne, Comfort, Center Point, or Fredericksburg some day next spring or summer, I would be delighted to take you for a wade - I could put you on fish.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:54 pm

I use these two quite a bit.

OJ · Post by OJ » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:16 pm

Got a good pic of these litter mates - brindle girl & fawn boy - sadly, we lost them both last year prematurely to in curable bone cancer & spinal cord disease - but - love them still and use this aS wallpaper for both computers -

"Dunno where we are or who they are, but we're together"

We owned & showed Mastiffs for decades but, these two were special - RIP

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:17 pm

picture of my wife and little dog, Cupcake --- unfortunately, dont have a copy re-sized to post yet. The dog is likely my favorite photography subject, the wife after that, then its the rest of my little flock of dogs and cats.

I usually keep a firearm or two near my desk to admire as i work (yes..... i work from home, not in an office cubicle somewhere

), so i have little need for them on my desktop, especially with my suspect photog skills.

Funny, with my job as an insurance adjuster, some days i take over 700 pics, you'd think i'd be better at it than i am, but taking pictures for an insurance claim is far different from taking nice portrait quality pics others can admire

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:19 pm

[quote="jeepnik"]I use these two quite a bit.

Where is this lighthouse?
Or is it a lighthouse?
very cool

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:46 pm

casastahle wrote:
jeepnik wrote:I use these two quite a bit.

Where is this lighthouse?
Or is it a lighthouse?
very cool

Yes, it's a lighthouse. It is located at Point Fermin on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Southern California. It's been restored and is now a museum, with a pretty nice park surrounding it.

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:14 pm

Very cool

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:17 pm

One of my favorite's is my pride and joy 1900 Parker GH .12ga.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:57 pm

OJ wrote:Got a good pic of these litter mates - brindle girl & fawn boy - sadly, we lost them both last year prematurely to in curable bone cancer & spinal cord disease - but - love them still and use this aS wallpaper for both computers -

"Dunno where we are or who they are, but we're together"

We owned & showed Mastiffs for decades but, these two were special - RIP

Doc.
That picture just breaks my heart. I lost my Lab going on six months ago and
it still hurts.

jb

Dan 444 · Post by **Dan 444** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:33 pm

casastahle wrote:One of my favorite's is my pride and joy 1900 Parker GH .12ga.

Oh my, that's a terrific shotgun. Couldn't miss the Adirondack chair, also!

Dan

Woodtroll · Post by **Woodtroll** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:44 pm

Renee Zellweger as Ruby Thewes in Cold Mountain:

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:10 am

This is my current desktop photo.

wolfdog · Post by **wolfdog** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:08 am

A picture of my father's burial flag flying at my brothers house on Memorial day.

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:55 am

Casastahle, I'm not normally a scattergun fan but that's a real nice pic.
Although not the kind of real nice pic I was expecting when I saw your name as the poster

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:31 am

This is turning out to be a very cool post....
great pisc guys....

my favorites so far are the "indian ambush"
"the cross"
and the gun pics of course....
I want one of each!

KCSO · Post by **KCSO** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:42 am

Well it was born at Dedll in 2008 and...

Deer camp with deer hanging from the meat pole and a 1886 leaning on the cabin door.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:25 am

This is one I sometimes use, especially after watching too many war movies.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:45 am

I see she has her Wellington's on,
you were expecting rain?

Irelander · Post by **Irelander** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:57 am

My wife and I relaxing after hiking in one of the most beautiful places in the world (to me).

Lake Bowman in Glacier NP earlier this year on vacation. What I wouldn't give to live in a place like this.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:59 am

Currently it's this:

But it's been the following of different ocassions and for different lengths of time:

H_Talon · Post by **H_Talon** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:46 pm

I bounce between these three .... ( well for now

my latest Zombie killer

in 358win uses HK-G3 mags

and my old beat up scrambler .. in Johnson Valley

and last me and the wife @ big bear going Jeeping ..

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:53 pm

H_Talon wrote:I bounce between these three .... ( well for now

my latest Zombie killer in 358win uses HK-G3 mags

and my old beat up scrambler .. in Johnson Valley

and last me and the wife @ big bear going Jeeping ..

Like that license plate. Can you guess what mine is.

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:50 pm

A few more from my collection

When Tyler travels he does it in style

and he thinks that when it comes to girls, you can never have too many

sharing peanuts with his friends

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:44 pm

gundownunder wrote:Casastahle, I'm not normally a scattergun fan but that's a real nice pic.
Although not the kind of real nice pic I was expecting when I saw your name as the poster

Yeah I know

Ya’ll wanted to see something else
sitting in that Adirondack chair.

Bullard4075 · Post by **Bullard4075** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:15 pm

For now.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:51 pm

bullard 40-75,
Correct me if I am remembering this incorrectly:
but was it not:
" armed men, on the roof; with thier faces covered: are to be considered bandits; and dealt with accordingly"!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:58 pm

For years I had a tiger picture, then decided to start changing it up frequently. I have used a lot of Kirk's pictures, as well as family photos. I also try to find funny stuff to lighten up my day. Here's the most recent one:

This reminds me that it can always be worse!

Derailed · Post by **Derailed** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:05 pm

This is on the living room comp. My gran daughter strutting her stuff.

This is on my office comp. Me strutting my stuff.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:15 pm

I would be willining to bet that was not far from my brothres place!

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:44 am

This is the background on my computer. My 1937 Austin sedan:

Looks a little different today:

Molasses · Post by **Molasses** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:01 am

There's another member over on the VRCC site that's been graciously making calendar pages based on different owners' pictures of Valks, so each month the current one gets put up as my new background. This month's is here: http://photo.vrccservices.com/thumbnails.php?album=776

damienph · Post by **damienph** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:47 pm

casastahle wrote:
gundownunder wrote:Casastahle, I'm not normally a scattergun fan but that's a real nice pic.
Although not the kind of real nice pic I was expecting when I saw your name as the poster
Yeah I know Ya’ll wanted to see something else
sitting in that Adirondack chair.

Well, um, yes, we do!

Molasses · Post by **Molasses** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 4:26 pm

[quote="H_Talon"]I bounce between these three .... ( well for now

my latest Zombie killer

in 358win uses HK-G3 mags

quote]

I hadn't heard that anyone makes an AR10-type lower that took G3 mags. Since I've got somewhere over a hundred of those mags laying around, I'd be obliged if you could give some info or point me in the right direction to find out more.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:22 pm

Which Computer?

Normally I run with the standard Windo$e Space Telescope stuff, but that's because I'm too lazy to put together a different slide show.

However, I do have These:

here's a couple of the ones I've been known to use on my non Win7 boxes...

Nothing Like Jedi Squirrels...

I took these...

Because I hate Smurfs...

Demotivation is cool.

But then, there is the Traveling Wall. Always a reminder.

H_Talon · Post by **H_Talon** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:30 pm

Molasses wrote:[quote="I hadn't heard that anyone makes an AR10-type lower that took G3 mags. Since I've got somewhere over a hundred of those mags laying around, I'd be obliged if you could give some info or point me in the right direction to find out more.

mine was from SI-Defence. http://shop.si-defense.com/SI_Defense_B ... 0ms-g3.htm

yep real pricey gut real cheap mags ... you might also look @ CMMG they were talking about making one ...

my upper came from Accuracy Systems .. http://www.ar-10-rifles.com/index.php

Talon

66GTO · Post by **66GTO** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:52 pm

My turn. 1955 Chrysler wagon.

KWK · Post by **KWK** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:18 am

A picture of a pre-war Cessna Airmaster.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:38 am

I like this one .