Mystery solved
Just got word from the great and powerful guru master of the web site

to quote


"Lemme put 'em back.

I guess I got into a "housecleaning" fit and should have run these
changes past the group before implementing them. I was trying to make
the board easier to use and less cluttered. Probably dumb to implement
changes affecting the community without consulting the community <g>

Please let the poster know that avatars are back up."

so I guess we can once again see such famous pictures of Blinky the 3 eyed fish and others!

I like avatars, they break up all the blue space with some new colors.

Thank you Tom. I like the avatars.

Woot!

For those of us whose computer monitors face our office doors, avatars can optionally be turned off under My Controls, Board Settings.

I'm guessing that Masteff never read any wild west dime store novels...

btw thanks for the tip. Just turned them off. I like them but I cringe every time I see Austin's posts.