The *new* Barrow Downs photo page! - Page 18 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Farael · 05-23-2006, 01:42 PM

I'll second and third what has been said before. =) I surely appreciate your hard work on the photo page and it is really a nice way to make the fourm experience less impersonal. This way we can have a face for the comments we read and it is a bit more like a community of people rather than of very inteligent humanoid text producing robots

But all jokes aside, I thank you and wish your cat, car and yourself good =)

Mithalwen · 05-25-2006, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Anguirel

I don't know if it's bad form to post pictures straight to this thread, but I'm so startled at my own ability to make a photobucket account that I can't resist...

I'm dressed up as King Philip II as France for the Mediaeval Banquet I attended last Thursday...

Ang - have you got a "Room without much of a view" or are you becoming an anchorite?

Anguirel · 05-25-2006, 01:05 PM

Sort of both. I love my room actually. It's far longer than it looks and it's always dark and forbidding, which makes me feel as if I'm ruling over some medieval hall...sort of serious here...although the walls are covered in Titian posters...so quite Renaissance. (Not to mention Venus of Urbino desktop)

While the view is a bit, ah, austere, the window's also got access to the roof and I can hear anyone coming in by the boy's entrance if I want. If I were to conquer my boarding house, this would be the place to start...

And the housemaster's kitchen is close by for possible raiding.

As Mith pointed out by PM, a painting commemorating my recent murder of Glirdan can be spotted left of the window, ho ho...

Diamond18 · 05-25-2006, 01:28 PM

But Glirdan was not a pheasant.

Anguirel · 05-25-2006, 01:47 PM

Actually I think it's a grouse. Though that's a fairly uneducated guess...not flamboynt enough for a pheasant, too fat for a quail or partridge...

Azaelia of Willowbottom · 05-27-2006, 05:40 AM

Nice photo, Ang. Where did you get your costume, if you don't mind my asking? It looks awesome. I wish there were medieval banquets around where I live, but we don't usually get that kind of thing.

Once my dad gets his roll of film developed, you might actually see some pictures of me...I don't have anything recent at the moment.

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 05-27-2006, 06:38 AM

That is one cool outfit, Ang. And, if I may say, you remind me very much of one of the men of ancient times, of the line of Túrin you may well pass for.

Anguirel · 05-27-2006, 06:38 AM

My dressing up cupboard at home. As you can imagine, I spent my entire childhood as a knight (with occasional interludes of gentleman piracy...).

Tigerlily Gamgee · 06-12-2006, 04:03 PM

Another update done today, June 12th. It looks like this one per month update trend may be the way it ends up going. So, allow at least a month for your picture to show up, depending on when you email it to me.
The good news... we're on to page 3 now!

I may have fun photos to share in a few weeks... I'm going to Toronto to The Gathering of the Fellowship (hopefully... assuming it still goes... which it probably will) and to see the musical! I'm excited!

narfforc · 06-14-2006, 07:50 AM

Hey Davem, who is Pallando?, I think I have met him..................................

davem · 06-14-2006, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by narfforc

Hey Davem, who is Pallando?, I think I have met him..................................

Pallando? I thought it was Gandalf......

Rune Son of Bjarne · 06-14-2006, 12:54 PM

It must have been Elrond The Swindler !

narfforc · 06-14-2006, 02:11 PM

It can't be Gandalf, the fellow (I presume a male) is dressed in blue?

Lalwendë · 06-14-2006, 03:18 PM

I think its some kind of Smurf convention.

Which one is the smurf though?

narfforc · 06-14-2006, 11:31 PM

I am not sure Davem will be happy with you calling him a Smurf Lal, however where did you meet this fellow, was it at a convention, or was he shopping in Asda?

Brinniel · 06-18-2006, 01:21 PM

Ah, it feels good to be back on the photo page. I feel like I'm part of the BD family again.

Tigerlily Gamgee · 06-19-2006, 02:16 PM

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Pallando? I thought it was Gandalf......

The email you sent in said "DaveM and Pallando"... does this need to be changed to say "Gandalf", then?

davem · 06-19-2006, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Tigerlily Gamgee

The email you sent in said "DaveM and Pallando"... does this need to be changed to say "Gandalf", then?

No - Pallando is correct. It was a bit of a joke...... Er, you had to be there

narfforc · 06-20-2006, 12:44 AM

I object to it being called a bit of a joke Davem , that beared chap I believe is The Great U.R.R Jokin, I thought I had seen him before, wasn't that picture taken at Aston University on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary, I knew I knew him, met him loads of times, mad as a March Hare by all accounts, did he bore you silly with his book There or Thereabouts, The Quest of Errorbore and The Halfbit?

Mattius · 06-24-2006, 05:55 PM

I haven't posted on here for a long time but here's a newish picture of me if you want to replace my old one. Thanks!

Brinniel · 06-24-2006, 07:56 PM

Wow, Mattius.

Long time no see.

Btw, nice picture.

Balin999 · 06-25-2006, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

Ah, it feels good to be back on the photo page. I feel like I'm part of the BD family again.

And I have to say, your pic is quite cute

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-25-2006, 10:41 AM

Mattius! Welcome back. Sweet shades.

Brinniel · 06-26-2006, 11:01 AM

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And I have to say, your pic is quite cute

Aww, how nice of you to say so.

I have about a dozen senior pictures like that one getting posted on my family kitchen wall. It's rather awkward to be staring at yourself while eating....

Balin999 · 06-28-2006, 03:21 AM

As long as your other self doesn't speak to you, it's ok

Kath · 06-28-2006, 04:19 AM

*coughNilpLhunacough*

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 07-02-2006, 11:34 AM

This is quite tiresome and for that I apologise, but last time I tried to upload pictures onto this thread they were slightly too big and I have no clue as to how to edit them. Apparently, pics must be under 100KB, but there are some pics bigger than that on this thread.

Diamond18 · 07-02-2006, 03:39 PM

Those images are hosted on different sites (such as photobucket.com) and posted with the IMG tags. Ex: [ img ] http://photobucket.com/blahblahblah/blah [ /img ]

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 07-03-2006, 05:44 AM

Thanks everyone. I had no idea.

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 07-07-2006, 02:53 PM

The second one is really to prove that I am, in fact, Scottish and am free to wear a kilt. I would have liked to show you a better picture and I did honestly take about a thousand photographs, but the quality is generally poor (I'm no photographer) and I don't know how to make it better on the computer. The others look quite fuzzy and so I show you this image of a rather shy-looking me.

The first one is really to prove that I have eyes.

All these years, and I haven't been lying to you.

Hookbill the Goomba · 07-07-2006, 03:18 PM

Well, Eomer, that first picture said only one thing to me. Due to the blur effect and sheer Collin Baker nature of your hair...

Hope you're not offended.

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 07-07-2006, 03:34 PM

I don't watch the show, and I don't see the connexion, but I love it all the same!

Did I ever tell you you're a genius, Hook?

Rune Son of Bjarne · 07-07-2006, 03:35 PM

There is just something about men in kilts. . .

My friends loves to weare them as well. (are they allowed?)

Anyways I have realised that I will probably never get the photo I want. . . Me wearing a chainmail, a viking helmet and holding a viking sword. However these things are expensive, so I might submit a normal photo next week. (after my return from Finland)

Celuien · 07-07-2006, 05:16 PM

Those pictures are great, Eomer.

And Hookbill -

! The resemblance is striking!

Hookbill the Goomba · 07-08-2006, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

Did I ever tell you you're a genius, Hook?

Its just a shame Oxbridge didn't share this view.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-08-2006, 08:20 AM

Eomer, my dear, *swoon*. Kilt? How wonderful.

Glirdan · 07-08-2006, 08:47 AM

Well, maybe you can't see the glint in my eyes, but you can definetly see it in his in the first picture!! Nice pics Eomer!

Diamond18 · 07-08-2006, 03:37 PM

Ooooh, the long awaited Kilted Scotsman picture!

And what a yellow room.

Quote:

I would have liked to show you a better picture and I did honestly take about a thousand photographs, but the quality is generally poor (I'm no photographer) and I don't know how to make it better on the computer.

I scoff. Not only do 99% of my pictures turn out horribly because I'm so photographically inept it's disgusting, but they get worse when I scan them onto the computer (because the scanner is generally old and decrepit, and leaves odd specks and streaks on the image). My photography is way worse than yours.

Er, yeah, I'm just complainig because all the pictures I took of the cat didn't turn out, and so all that premium cuteness I thought I was capturing is lost forever. And ever! *sob* But I digress.

My hair is short now. This is, like, big news.

Kath · 07-08-2006, 03:40 PM

Wow Di, you look exactly like my aunt.

Diamond18 · 07-08-2006, 03:50 PM

Maybe I am your aunt.

05-23-2006, 01:42 PM	#681
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	I'll second and third what has been said before. =) I surely appreciate your hard work on the photo page and it is really a nice way to make the fourm experience less impersonal. This way we can have a face for the comments we read and it is a bit more like a community of people rather than of very inteligent humanoid text producing robots But all jokes aside, I thank you and wish your cat, car and yourself good =) __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

05-25-2006, 01:05 PM	#683
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Sort of both. I love my room actually. It's far longer than it looks and it's always dark and forbidding, which makes me feel as if I'm ruling over some medieval hall...sort of serious here...although the walls are covered in Titian posters...so quite Renaissance. (Not to mention Venus of Urbino desktop) While the view is a bit, ah, austere, the window's also got access to the roof and I can hear anyone coming in by the boy's entrance if I want. If I were to conquer my boarding house, this would be the place to start... And the housemaster's kitchen is close by for possible raiding. As Mith pointed out by PM, a painting commemorating my recent murder of Glirdan can be spotted left of the window, ho ho... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

05-25-2006, 01:28 PM	#684
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	But Glirdan was not a pheasant. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-25-2006, 01:47 PM	#685
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Actually I think it's a grouse. Though that's a fairly uneducated guess...not flamboynt enough for a pheasant, too fat for a quail or partridge... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

05-27-2006, 05:40 AM	#686
Azaelia of Willowbottom Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: By the Sea Posts: 446	Nice photo, Ang. Where did you get your costume, if you don't mind my asking? It looks awesome. I wish there were medieval banquets around where I live, but we don't usually get that kind of thing. Once my dad gets his roll of film developed, you might actually see some pictures of me...I don't have anything recent at the moment. __________________ "Wherever I have been, I am back."

05-27-2006, 06:38 AM	#687
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	That is one cool outfit, Ang. And, if I may say, you remind me very much of one of the men of ancient times, of the line of Túrin you may well pass for. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

05-27-2006, 06:38 AM	#688
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	My dressing up cupboard at home. As you can imagine, I spent my entire childhood as a knight (with occasional interludes of gentleman piracy...). __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

06-12-2006, 04:03 PM	#689
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Another update done today, June 12th. It looks like this one per month update trend may be the way it ends up going. So, allow at least a month for your picture to show up, depending on when you email it to me. The good news... we're on to page 3 now! I may have fun photos to share in a few weeks... I'm going to Toronto to The Gathering of the Fellowship (hopefully... assuming it still goes... which it probably will) and to see the musical! I'm excited! __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

06-14-2006, 07:50 AM	#690
narfforc Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muddy-earth Posts: 1,297	The Blue Wiztari Hey Davem, who is Pallando?, I think I have met him.................................. __________________ [B]THE LORD OF THE GRINS:THE ONE PARODY....A PARODY BETTER THAN THE RINGS OF POWER.

06-14-2006, 02:11 PM	#693
narfforc Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muddy-earth Posts: 1,297	It can't be Gandalf, the fellow (I presume a male) is dressed in blue? __________________ [B]THE LORD OF THE GRINS:THE ONE PARODY....A PARODY BETTER THAN THE RINGS OF POWER.

06-14-2006, 03:18 PM	#694
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I think its some kind of Smurf convention. Which one is the smurf though? __________________ Gordon's alive!

06-14-2006, 11:31 PM	#695
narfforc Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muddy-earth Posts: 1,297	I am not sure Davem will be happy with you calling him a Smurf Lal, however where did you meet this fellow, was it at a convention, or was he shopping in Asda? __________________ [B]THE LORD OF THE GRINS:THE ONE PARODY....A PARODY BETTER THAN THE RINGS OF POWER.

06-18-2006, 01:21 PM	#696
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	Ah, it feels good to be back on the photo page. I feel like I'm part of the BD family again. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

06-20-2006, 12:44 AM	#699
narfforc Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muddy-earth Posts: 1,297	I object to it being called a bit of a joke Davem , that beared chap I believe is The Great U.R.R Jokin, I thought I had seen him before, wasn't that picture taken at Aston University on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary, I knew I knew him, met him loads of times, mad as a March Hare by all accounts, did he bore you silly with his book There or Thereabouts, The Quest of Errorbore and The Halfbit? __________________ [B]THE LORD OF THE GRINS:THE ONE PARODY....A PARODY BETTER THAN THE RINGS OF POWER.

06-24-2006, 05:55 PM	#700
Mattius Soul of Fire Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: City of Steel Posts: 666	I haven't posted on here for a long time but here's a newish picture of me if you want to replace my old one. Thanks! __________________ A problem shared is a problem halved, so is your problem really yours or just half of someone else's?

06-24-2006, 07:56 PM	#701
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	Wow, Mattius. Long time no see. Btw, nice picture. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

06-25-2006, 10:41 AM	#703
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Mattius! Welcome back. Sweet shades. __________________ peace

06-28-2006, 03:21 AM	#705
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	As long as your other self doesn't speak to you, it's ok __________________ ...Nichts ist gelber als Gelb selber... ...The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, but conformity... ...Everything is possible, except to ski through a revolving door...

06-28-2006, 04:19 AM	#706
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	coughNilpLhunacough __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

07-02-2006, 11:34 AM	#707
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	This is quite tiresome and for that I apologise, but last time I tried to upload pictures onto this thread they were slightly too big and I have no clue as to how to edit them. Apparently, pics must be under 100KB, but there are some pics bigger than that on this thread. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

07-02-2006, 03:39 PM	#708
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Those images are hosted on different sites (such as photobucket.com) and posted with the IMG tags. Ex: [ img ] http://photobucket.com/blahblahblah/blah [ /img ] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

07-03-2006, 05:44 AM	#709
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	Thanks everyone. I had no idea. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

07-07-2006, 03:34 PM	#712
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	I don't watch the show, and I don't see the connexion, but I love it all the same! Did I ever tell you you're a genius, Hook? __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

07-07-2006, 05:16 PM	#714
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	Those pictures are great, Eomer. And Hookbill - ! The resemblance is striking! __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

07-08-2006, 08:20 AM	#716
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Eomer, my dear, swoon. Kilt? How wonderful. __________________ peace

07-08-2006, 08:47 AM	#717
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Well, maybe you can't see the glint in my eyes, but you can definetly see it in his in the first picture!! Nice pics Eomer! __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

07-08-2006, 03:40 PM	#719
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Wow Di, you look exactly like my aunt. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

07-08-2006, 03:50 PM	#720
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Maybe I am your aunt. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.