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Anchor · 03-09-2009, 03:29 AM

Fun thread!

I called myself Anchor - so I found a picture of an Anchor.

Initially I saw myself as a kind of Anchor, but now the name has stuck and I dont want to use my real one.

It turns out that the picture I chose is of a "fouled anchor". Once I had been told that I looked up what that meant and why it is a common symbol - it turns out that it often is used on maritime symbols to represent challenges.

A..

03-09-2009, 03:29 AM	#33
Anchor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 2,280	Re: Is There a Story Behind Your Avatar, or Does It Symbolize Something? Fun thread! I called myself Anchor - so I found a picture of an Anchor. Initially I saw myself as a kind of Anchor, but now the name has stuck and I dont want to use my real one. It turns out that the picture I chose is of a "fouled anchor". Once I had been told that I looked up what that meant and why it is a common symbol - it turns out that it often is used on maritime symbols to represent challenges. A..