Lotus07
Joined: 3 Aug 2012
Posts: 1221
Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 18:02
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Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 18:02
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Why do quite a lot of members have and alpaca avatar?
Is this a new hype or something like that?
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
manxcat12
Joined: 14 Jul 2012
Posts: 1004
Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 18:10
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Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 18:10
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They were llamas, the "hype" must have been about a month ago now, and mostly on the French forum. I had one.
Catalogue referee for British, English and Scottish coins.
Le référent pour des pièces britannique, anglais et écossais.
ZacUK
Numista team
Joined: 3 Jan 2011
Posts: 16710
Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 18:34
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Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 18:34
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https://fr.numista.com/forum/topic16721.html
And here are some French topics where at least three members have them ...
https://fr.numista.com/forum/topic16721.html
https://fr.numista.com/forum/topic17962.html
https://fr.numista.com/forum/topic14713.html
Maybe we on the English side should have our own avatar craze, such as beavers - lol.
Obviously I mean like on the Canada coins, for example.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 19:52
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Posted: 22 Apr 2013, 22:42
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This is the reason
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Llama-Week-on-the-Web-for-World-Peace/164995893534767
I guess some just like them and haven't changed them back afterwards
Lotus07
Joined: 3 Aug 2012
Posts: 1221
Posted: 23 Apr 2013, 07:55
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Posted: 23 Apr 2013, 07:55
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Ah, I already thought it would be something like that, but now I'm sure!
Maybe I start a new Ostrich-hype for the Dutch members on Numista!
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato