Seems like only yesterday 'ol commanderpete was asking how a person might upgrade out of the dreaded Newbie rank. And now, a mere four hundred and seventy or so informative, provacative, spellbinding or downright hilarious postings he is authorized to display a cool smiley guy. Outstanding work, c'pete. Congrats on a well deserved Vice Commodore.
Dan,
At my age it's pretty neat to be called a newbie; same deal as being carded at the bar!
Jim
If you have more than 200 posts, you too can have a custom "avatar." Rank has its priveliges.
Click on the "user cp" at the top and go to "edit options."
It will only accept pictures with very few pixels.
Thanks for the kind words, Dan. I'm all broken up