The personal photos issue is tricky. I agree that it's risky, but I'm not sure what to think about the level of risk...

I remember thinking many months ago how much I admired Carl (and Lisa Shea, too) for posting his photo in his avatar, in the sense that he isn't "hiding" behind anonymity. On the other hand, we photo-posters are assuming that some whacko won't come up to us in the street, angry about something we posted in the forum........

1. First Name: Nancy
2. Gender: Female
3. Age: old enough to be Zoo's mother but not her grandmother
4. What do you do for work?: Survey Technician
5. What is your favorite color? turquoise
6. Favorite animal? birds, horses
7. How many pets, and what are they? 5; 4 parakeets and 1 green cheek conure
8. Do you collect anything? my babies feathers, books
9. How many times in any given morning do you hit the snooze button before getting up? too many, usually about 4 but I set my alarm for 1/2 hour earlier than I need to get up
10. What is your favorite day of the week and why? Wed is usually my day off except if I substitute teach that day
11. What size shoe do you wear? 9
12. If you had $10 and a popsicle stick, what would you do? recycle the stick and use the $10 for assorted
13. What is the last thing you spoke aloud? "Princess let mommy get to the keyboard", and as I was typing this "Princess dont bite mommy"
14. Do you play any musical instruments? no
15. What is your goal in life at the moment? find a teaching job or a full time job with benefits
16. Favorite TV show? Little Mosque on the Prairie, No Reservations, Bizarre Foods, CSI, Corner Gas, Detroit Swat and reruns of That 70's Show, The Gilmore Girls, Bonanza and Gunsmoke (my keets love Westerns)
17. Why did you join the forum? To learn more about parakeets
18. Why did you stay? Addiction
19. Do you believe in Aliens? yes, I believe there are other lifeforms we dont know about
20. Do you think this survey was random enough? no

I personally feel that there are wackos everywhere especialy on campus, and I am not whering a mask on campus so why should I here?

Nice, Lindsey. I agree

man,i would have posted a pic of myself,but i'm a minor.

lol,i know it is for our own good,but...

same here I would have posted a pic of myself but I'm 15.

1. First Name: Julia (But I go by Arty, Keely, or Kit)
2. Gender: Female
3. Age: 21 (22 on April 18th)
4. What do you do for work?: Receptionist in the Health Center
5. What is your favorite color? All colors. ^-^
6. Favorite animal? Birds fascinate me. I love finches in particular, but I like how smart parrots are. If I had to chose one bird over all, to live with for the rest of my life, I'd pick either parrotlets or lovebirds.
7. How many pets, and what are they? 7. Four cats, two parakeets, one gouldian finch.
8. Do you collect anything? Comic books. ^-^ <3 to Green Arrow.
9. How many times in any given morning do you hit the snooze button before getting up? Once. Anymore and I'd miss my classes.
10. What is your favorite day of the week and why? None of them. Unless its a day I get to see Alex.
11. What size shoe do you wear? 6 1/2-7 1/2
12. If you had $10 and a popsicle stick, what would you do? Probably wrap the $10 around the popsicle stick repeatedly. Then I'd go to the comic store and spend all my money and then find a recycle bin for the popsicle stick.
13. What is the last thing you spoke aloud? "You didn't bite it hard enough!" xD Referring to my new baby budgie with a cracker.
14. Do you play any musical instruments? Er...no. Always wanted to though.
15. What is your goal in life at the moment? Finish school. So close. So far.
16. Favorite TV show? Heroes, Scrubs, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Dr. G: Medical Examiner. (I have more than one favorite.)
17. Why did you join the forum? Because I'd just gotten Scrappy (RIP) and I wasn't sure about his behavior and whether certain things were normal. I figured I'd rather be a part of a database of informed people, than treat him badly.
18. Why did you stay? Because there are many wonderful people here who were immeasurably kind when he passed away.
19. Do you believe in Aliens? To not believe in aliens would be ridiculous. There are billions of billions of billions of planets, and if we're the only ones, then I'll grow feathers and a beak and you can call me budgie-butt.
20. Do you think this survey was random enough? Naw...

All right here it goes:

1. First Name: Amelia (nick name that is :P)
2. Gender: Female
4. What do you do for work?: Think of things to do, do "forum research" :P lol (ie reading and feeding my addiction by commenting on multiple forums), running an Etsy store( here) among other things.
5. What is your favorite color? I don't know most likely blue.
6. Favorite animal? Do you have to ask?
7. How many pets, and what are they? 2: Hiaku (keet) and Jimmy a hamster.
8. Do you collect anything? Scrap paper for my collages, vintage clothes (does that count? ), books, and yarn.
9. How many times in any given morning do you hit the snooze button before getting up? My alarm doesn't wake me up anymore from ignoring it too much. Does that answer the question? lol
10. What is your favorite day of the week and why? Friday
11. What size shoe do you wear? 7 1/2 - 8
12. If you had $10 and a popsicle stick, what would you do? Umm... This is weird a popsicle stick? I'd go to Goodwill for vintage dresses with the 10 bucks.
13. What is the last thing you spoke aloud? "You guys have to go to bed!" lol
14. Do you play any musical instruments? Violin
15. What is your goal in life at the moment? To buy PhotoShop so I can learn graphic design. lol
16. Favorite TV show? Random episodes of The Office (I don't like the some of them too racy lol), The Biggest Loser, and any period costume drama. lol
17. Why did you join the forum? My keet hated my family. lol
18. Why did you stay? "Hello, my name is Amelia and I'm a forum addict."
19. Do you believe in Aliens? No.
20. Do you think this survey was random enough? No.

P.S. For all you minors out there please don't post your ages. It is just a weird world. There really are weirdos out there (unfortunately). You never know who is lurking online. I always think about how much I read on the net when the writers/owners don't know it. Of course everyone has to make up there mind about safety. This is just my opinion.

Amelia

P.P.S.

Wow the people I thought were young are older than I thought and the people I thought were older are younger. te he


I also thought the guys were girls. Sorry.

1. First Name: Rebecca
2. Gender: Female
3. Age: 20
4. What do you do for work?: Trying to sell artwork/nothing/being pregnant and soon a stay at home mom.
5. What is your favorite color? Anything but yellow (though I use it artisticly if it makes sense)
6. Favorite animal? I like most animals except insects/scarey bug-like things
7. How many pets, and what are they? 1 beta fish Tiamat, 2 budgies (but I want maaaany more pets)
8. Do you collect anything? Not really, I like things in general.
9. How many times in any given morning do you hit the snooze button before getting up? If I need to wake up very early Id hit snooze over 7 times. But my husband is a morning person so he'd get up right away and be VERy annoying until I got up
10. What is your favorite day of the week and why? Wednesdays and Saturdays because those are days my hubby has off
11. What size shoe do you wear? 9-10 womens, 8 mens
12. If you had $10 and a popsicle stick, what would you do? Buy some coffee and use the stick to stir it with (on busy days Timmies employees tend to forget to stir the coffee)
13. What is the last thing you spoke aloud? "I guess that was the last thing I spoke aloud" (in trying to figure out what I last said by asking my hubby)
14. Do you play any musical instruments? No, I love music but I totally suck at making it.
15. What is your goal in life at the moment? Be a better artist, ave this baby, do tonnes of research so eventually my hubby and I can open an exotic bird shop
16. Favorite TV show? Medium, The Simpsons, Reba, Extreme Home Makeover (I just got TV for the first time in years, so I am a bit obsessive, that and I am too pregnant to do anything useful)
17. Why did you join the forum? Probably for advice
18. Why did you stay? It's a nice community
19. Do you believe in Aliens? Nope
20. Do you think this survey was random enough? My husband is a pretty random person, and together with his random-but-not-quite-as-much-as-he-is friends this survey can't compare but it was fun and different

hi all, good questions:

1. First Name:
2. Gender:
3. Age:
4. What do you do for work?:
5. What is your favorite color?
6. Favorite animal?
7. How many pets, and what are they?
8. Do you collect anything?
9. How many times in any given morning do you hit the snooze button before getting up?
10. What is your favorite day of the week and why?
11. What size shoe do you wear?
12. If you had $10 and a popsicle stick, what would you do?
13. What is the last thing you spoke aloud?
14. Do you play any musical instruments?
15. What is your goal in life at the moment?
16. Favorite TV show?
17. Why did you join the forum?
18. Why did you stay?
19. Do you believe in Aliens?
20. Do you think this survey was random enough?

1) nicholas, was nick, then nicolo for the lat 30 years!
2) male
3) 59
4) with all my hobbies i don't have time for work but i repair and refinish antique radios as a sideline.
5)i we count black as a color i would say black. The absence of color brings out the beauty in all other colors.
6)My favorites are the ones i am living with at the time, in my family my kids, sisters and brothers and parents always had animals, and we loved them all. ---This goes right right into q. 7) Between my daughter and i we have a rabbit, a keet, 2 mice, various fish indoors and out, and a horse (9 yo paint mare). in our yard we have squirrels, doves and seasonal birds.
8) i collect antique radios, musical instruments, recordings, and books.
9) i don't use an alarm, on most days now the birds wake up early and my keet joins in!
10)Saturday--my daughter Isa spends the weekends with me and we have lots to talk about. We both play instruments and sing. She has lots of friends and i like having kids around.
11) nine or ten--i like moccasins better.
12)Make it into a kazoo and play a song.
13)i dunno.
14)Guitar, violin, mbira(thumb piano), keyboard, dulcimar, harp. My main instrument is voice and it led me into all the others.
15)At the moment? i'd like to learn to type better.
16)i don't watch t.v. Not at all for the past five years or so. My daughter watches horse movies sometimes on videos, but doesn't watch t.v. much either.
17)We joined because we have an interest in birds.
18)Because of folks like all of you guys. When i saw this post and read some of the answers, it was like reading about my own family and folks i have known growing up with for years. Everyone is friendly with each other. i've noticed that folks that love animals are kinder with other people too.
19)i find it difficult to believe that mankind is totally alone, it would be too strange. If we count god as an alien, then i would answer yes.
20)Random i don't know. The survey couldn't have been better--look at how much better we know each other, and that was the purpose. i'm happy to know such a good bunch of folks. thanks,--nicolo

i do have a photo, but i've got to find it later. i guess another goal of the moment is learn how to use the computer better--i'm a newbe (novice)at it.
well, i finally found a photo, my son took it while i was rolling a cigarette.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/nico1089/478d2d9dc7e48me2c.jpg