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Posted: 07 April 2008 08:46 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 56 ]
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David B. - 07 April 2008 08:39 AM

I was thinking of doing three animated gifs, myself. One that cycles through Jupe, Pete & Bob every few seconds, one that cycles through Pete, Bob & Jupe and one for Bob, Jupe & Pete.

That way all your avatars would swap simultaneously from one character to the next, all the while remaining different.

Yes, that’s wouldn’t be confusing in the slightest, would it? raspberry

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Posted: 07 April 2008 08:50 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 57 ]
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Well the point was for it to be confusing!

Also…

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(Source: http://3investigators.homestead.com/files/jupiter.htm)

Ironically, when I was about twelve, that is exactly what I looked like!

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Posted: 07 April 2008 08:58 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 58 ]
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I have to say I liked mine better, though I’ll stick with the theme.  At least it was from the same cover.

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Posted: 07 April 2008 09:46 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 59 ]
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You know, in that picture, Jupe looks just like my friend Dave…

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Posted: 07 April 2008 10:22 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 60 ]
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I keep a wish list at Amazon for the books I’d like to have.  Kid’s books.  Graeme Base is one of my favorites for KID kids.  The pictures are fantastical.  VanAllsburg is really fun, too.  Probably best known for Jumanji & The Polar Express, he has some really fantastical stories.

I have the lemony snickets books on the list, too.  I’d like Jocelynn & Anicah to read a variety of child/kid/young adult books.  Not just the stuff they’re SUPPOSED to read.  Books that open up the imagination a little.

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Posted: 07 April 2008 11:04 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 61 ]
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Nettie - 07 April 2008 06:31 AM

LOL
It took me that long to type that bloody post that I’m late on mentioning the Three Investigators! I especially loved The three Investigators and the screaming clocks, fantastic book!

Ooh, I remember that one! grin

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Posted: 07 April 2008 11:07 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 62 ]
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Kathleen - 07 April 2008 07:16 AM

Also, I might have missed this, but I don’t think anybody’s mentioned all the wonderful E. Nesbitt books, including Three Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Railway Children.

I love those books - haven’t read them in ages, though.
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Posted: 07 April 2008 01:50 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 63 ]
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I never read the Nesbitt books, but they used to get checked out all the time whenI worked at the library.

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Posted: 08 April 2008 05:13 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 64 ]
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They really are great, Maegan—you might want to give them a try.

Madmouse - 07 April 2008 11:07 AM

I love those books - haven’t read them in ages, though.
*starts making plans to go searching all the city’s charity shops*

I found one of those several-books-in-one-volume collections, so even though it was new, it wasn’t very expensive. But vintage editions would be much, much cooler.

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Posted: 09 April 2008 09:20 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 65 ]
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I have six The Three Investigators books.  Four paperbacks, of which three are silhouettes and one is a keyhole.  The other two are ‘Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Series’ hardbacks (one matte and one shiny, both rather falling apart even though they’ve never been abused - just cheap construction). cheese

Looking at them I noticed my Encyclopedia Brown books.  I’d forgotten about them, and they were great fun.  So were the Danny Dunn and the Alvin Fernald books.

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Posted: 09 April 2008 10:52 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 66 ]
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crap! I forgot Encyclopedia Brown too.

And I can’t believe no one has mentioned Judy Blume yet either - another one I forgot.

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