On the back of the recent thread about how long people have been Forum members, it seems like a lot of us have been on here for many years.
What I’ve recently noticed is when people post pictures of themselves now, as opposed to their profile pics is how different they look. For want of a better description they have errr….mellowed or become something of a later later vintage 🤣
Of course lots of reasons for this. Favourite avatars with fish could be a memorable fish from many years ago. Some people may have put up a pic of themselves years ago and quite simply never updated it. My own avatar is of a nice fish I caught some 15+ years ago, not a PB but a nice fish now no more. And yes, I no longer look like that.
Thereby is the rub. Many of us know each other through snippets of info let slip on here - age, marital status, specific ethos, beliefs, and even inner thoughts. With all this, if there is a picture of said person on their avatar then this is how we view them. To see them in an up to date picture can be surprising to an extent. One members avatar showed him to be quite new ageish, slightly hippyish, albeit a truly nice guy. Then a recent picture showed this middle aged bloke, pillar of society look and well fed shall we say, definitely not vegan🤣
I can be quite a surprise when pictures reveal the change we’ve gone through.😎👍
What I’ve recently noticed is when people post pictures of themselves now, as opposed to their profile pics is how different they look. For want of a better description they have errr….mellowed or become something of a later later vintage 🤣
Of course lots of reasons for this. Favourite avatars with fish could be a memorable fish from many years ago. Some people may have put up a pic of themselves years ago and quite simply never updated it. My own avatar is of a nice fish I caught some 15+ years ago, not a PB but a nice fish now no more. And yes, I no longer look like that.
Thereby is the rub. Many of us know each other through snippets of info let slip on here - age, marital status, specific ethos, beliefs, and even inner thoughts. With all this, if there is a picture of said person on their avatar then this is how we view them. To see them in an up to date picture can be surprising to an extent. One members avatar showed him to be quite new ageish, slightly hippyish, albeit a truly nice guy. Then a recent picture showed this middle aged bloke, pillar of society look and well fed shall we say, definitely not vegan🤣
I can be quite a surprise when pictures reveal the change we’ve gone through.😎👍
In reply to Post #1
My avatar is of a capture of the pretty one from Larkfield 2 (Larky) back in 2005. Assume that one is swimming in the big pond in the sky by now?
And yes, I look and feel like I’ve aged 35 years in the last 20 and also put on about 3 stone, which I cannot shift 😂.
Also, it’s funny how you build up a mental image of what some of the regulars look like and then when they put up a photo, somehow you’re completely shocked that they look nothing like you imagined!
My avatar is of a capture of the pretty one from Larkfield 2 (Larky) back in 2005. Assume that one is swimming in the big pond in the sky by now?
And yes, I look and feel like I’ve aged 35 years in the last 20 and also put on about 3 stone, which I cannot shift 😂.
Also, it’s funny how you build up a mental image of what some of the regulars look like and then when they put up a photo, somehow you’re completely shocked that they look nothing like you imagined!
I'm a bit more rusty nowadays. Some say it's age but I blame it on Duraglit. It's not as good since they took out one of the ingredients due to carcinogenic concerns.
I've recently fished with a well known chap on here ,lovely bloke and his wife makes a wicked breakfast as well..
Anyway how I visualised him before ,actually meeting was the mental picture I had was similar to the real person,which was good,plus he can fish for sure. .
I asked him same questioned about me ,I was told I'm very outspoken especially on those wonderful bait boat topics ,but in reality I'm very helpful and passionate about fishing ..
Another chap on here doesn't post much never controversial stuff,nice chap,quite possibly one of the best anglers around just written a book too..known him since year dot ,etc..goes to show how different perceptions can be..
Anyway how I visualised him before ,actually meeting was the mental picture I had was similar to the real person,which was good,plus he can fish for sure. .
I asked him same questioned about me ,I was told I'm very outspoken especially on those wonderful bait boat topics ,but in reality I'm very helpful and passionate about fishing ..
Another chap on here doesn't post much never controversial stuff,nice chap,quite possibly one of the best anglers around just written a book too..known him since year dot ,etc..goes to show how different perceptions can be..
Know the feeling, been a member nearly 21 years! 19 when I joined and 40 now, no longer have my own teeth and am bald 😂 - more of a reader than a poster nowadays (tried to help a few people and others just jump in and want to argue for some reason - cant be asked!😂)
In reply to Post #1
My avatar is also 15yrs+ old . . . I don't look a day older of course, but have since stopped wearing silly Diem Camo beanies . . .😉
My avatar is also 15yrs+ old . . . I don't look a day older of course, but have since stopped wearing silly Diem Camo beanies . . .😉
Avatar from 2010 (I believe that 55+ is 80+ now)
Fashion sense from 1985.
Attitude from 250BC.
Fashion sense from 1985.
Attitude from 250BC.
Avatar from 2008
2004 Korda cap
Lea Valley Baits T-Shirt and borrowed waders 😀
Dentures and more hair on my chin than on my head nowadays 🙁😂
2004 Korda cap
Lea Valley Baits T-Shirt and borrowed waders 😀
Dentures and more hair on my chin than on my head nowadays 🙁😂
Haven't changed a bit in my profile
but looking back over almost 25 years, comparing a capture from on an estate lake in 2001 and a picture from this May.
All I could think was 'who is that old tw@t?'
Mat shots from now on unless it's a proper lump😂😂
but looking back over almost 25 years, comparing a capture from on an estate lake in 2001 and a picture from this May.
All I could think was 'who is that old tw@t?'
Mat shots from now on unless it's a proper lump😂😂
Attitude to this sport still the same as it was when I started in 1996.
Still overweight, still wearing Tackle Box attire, still spending as little as I possibly can. Bog standard hair rigs and tactics, yet wtill as grumpy about it as I was when I was 18 during the "bubble". If anything, it's got worse, but as long as you find your own thing, then there's no point complaining about it. Happy just doing my own thing, 4 hours here and there when the situation dictates, not because I have to be first at the gate. My idea of hell.
I think in the future, my UK carp fishing will be very limited, and i'll enjoy having the north sea on my doorstep as of the end of this month.
Still overweight, still wearing Tackle Box attire, still spending as little as I possibly can. Bog standard hair rigs and tactics, yet wtill as grumpy about it as I was when I was 18 during the "bubble". If anything, it's got worse, but as long as you find your own thing, then there's no point complaining about it. Happy just doing my own thing, 4 hours here and there when the situation dictates, not because I have to be first at the gate. My idea of hell.
I think in the future, my UK carp fishing will be very limited, and i'll enjoy having the north sea on my doorstep as of the end of this month.
In the near future my carp fishing will be limited
But I’m quite excited to know that I want to start to get back into my river fishing for barbel and chub something I haven’t done in 20+ years 😀
But I’m quite excited to know that I want to start to get back into my river fishing for barbel and chub something I haven’t done in 20+ years 😀
Best one was Jon - who accidentally ended up with a kids profile pic with a bright blue (I think) coat. He kept that profile pic for years.
My profile pic is France 2008 I think.
this was my original one, from the Ebro 2001
My profile pic is France 2008 I think.
this was my original one, from the Ebro 2001
My attitude has greatly improved with age and also with a change of work, from high pressure job of 30 odd years to a job I genuinely enjoy, I sleep through the night and am so much happier. I missed my kids growing up to consumed in a career and earning more and more - luckily I got off the hamster wheel.
I don’t have more time to fish, still about the same, but I enjoy it so much more. The thing for me is I no longer see others spoiling my enjoyment, they may stop it momentarily but I will go back another day, or move swims or just go home. I have no wounds to lick from fishing as there are so many more important things to do.
I’m about a stone over what I’d like to be, but run regularly and whilst yes I have aged and had what I consider a hard life personally I smile so much more that I ever did in my younger fishing days. I weigh less fish, photograph even fewer and have really squared the fishing circle. Am genuinely happy when someone else catches - not jealous- my day will come. I LOVE tales of tenacity and bounty hunting, but no longer have the commitment needed or want for the sacrifice it brings.
Get wound up (you will have seen) on some subjects but that’s just my tolerance levels and age given the lessons learnt, but unlike some aggressive posters I hope I never come across as I’m right you’re wrong, I think my opinion is valid, but I have no desire to debate and try and change people minds. I love the posters on here that bring genuine insight especially on their specialist subjects - I don’t so much like those who are so called experts in everything.
Fishing captures (!) your life story like no other thing, you have photos of pretty much every month of every year - behind those pictures are the real stories, what was the weather, the row to get out the house, the car breakdown or the day you snapped your rod.
Growing old suits me - being tense and anxious certainly didn’t - and whilst I would love my black hair back (it’s grey now) - my 20 year old body - I like my smile today. I now get invited to more funerals than social fishing trips - so growing old ungraciously should be celebrated by all.
40 odd years later both from Kent and about 12 miles between the lakes
I don’t have more time to fish, still about the same, but I enjoy it so much more. The thing for me is I no longer see others spoiling my enjoyment, they may stop it momentarily but I will go back another day, or move swims or just go home. I have no wounds to lick from fishing as there are so many more important things to do.
I’m about a stone over what I’d like to be, but run regularly and whilst yes I have aged and had what I consider a hard life personally I smile so much more that I ever did in my younger fishing days. I weigh less fish, photograph even fewer and have really squared the fishing circle. Am genuinely happy when someone else catches - not jealous- my day will come. I LOVE tales of tenacity and bounty hunting, but no longer have the commitment needed or want for the sacrifice it brings.
Get wound up (you will have seen) on some subjects but that’s just my tolerance levels and age given the lessons learnt, but unlike some aggressive posters I hope I never come across as I’m right you’re wrong, I think my opinion is valid, but I have no desire to debate and try and change people minds. I love the posters on here that bring genuine insight especially on their specialist subjects - I don’t so much like those who are so called experts in everything.
Fishing captures (!) your life story like no other thing, you have photos of pretty much every month of every year - behind those pictures are the real stories, what was the weather, the row to get out the house, the car breakdown or the day you snapped your rod.
Growing old suits me - being tense and anxious certainly didn’t - and whilst I would love my black hair back (it’s grey now) - my 20 year old body - I like my smile today. I now get invited to more funerals than social fishing trips - so growing old ungraciously should be celebrated by all.
40 odd years later both from Kent and about 12 miles between the lakes
In reply to Post #12
I was very fond of the nipper in his bright blue coat. We coexisted happily for over 10 years, until some humourless mod who I'd annoyed removed it.
I need a photo of him 23 years later, preferably wearing a nice brightly coloured coat or jumper.
I was very fond of the nipper in his bright blue coat. We coexisted happily for over 10 years, until some humourless mod who I'd annoyed removed it.
I need a photo of him 23 years later, preferably wearing a nice brightly coloured coat or jumper.
In reply to Post #14
I was very fond of the nipper in his bright blue coat.
erm.... 😱😂
I was very fond of the nipper in his bright blue coat.
erm.... 😱😂
In reply to Post #14
Maybe Karlos should add this Jon
Maybe Karlos should add this Jon
In reply to Post #15
Alright, alright.. 'I was very fond of my random avatar, the nipper in his bright blue coat.
And I use the word 'nipper' as people of my age tend to - meaning a 'young man under 25 years old', not 'a child'. 😀😉
Alright, alright.. 'I was very fond of my random avatar, the nipper in his bright blue coat.
And I use the word 'nipper' as people of my age tend to - meaning a 'young man under 25 years old', not 'a child'. 😀😉
In reply to Post #17
Love that I'm partially responsible for that new profile pic 😂
Love that I'm partially responsible for that new profile pic 😂
Cosmic. Can't I have the original back?
In reply to Post #19
I couldn't find a nipper with a coat. not sure if the server still has it somewhere
I couldn't find a nipper with a coat. not sure if the server still has it somewhere
In reply to Post #20
His first name was Jonathan, which I think was the source of the original mix up.
His first name was Jonathan, which I think was the source of the original mix up.
In reply to Post #20
Not on server.
Jon, maybe you'd like to suggest an image rather than me being easily lead by Martin
Not on server.
Jon, maybe you'd like to suggest an image rather than me being easily lead by Martin
In reply to Post #21
Will these fella do
Will these fella do
Updated, but the old one might show as it could be cached.
On a computer, Ctrl-F5 should force a refresh
On a computer, Ctrl-F5 should force a refresh
In reply to Post #24
Thanks Karlos
Thanks Karlos
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