My forum name is my real name and as at the time I was the only 'furriner' kicking round the Yard, I thought I'd add the national reference.. I am very proud of being JYD 3- the first non yank to get the coveted title! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I've also never had any trouble buying knives off Dan and Patti- so thanks for that guys! I love my Yard knives. (Some American stores think the rest of the world are all thieves and liars)

My avatar was found on a Yahoo image search but it just screamed British and was just perfect for the Yard with the spike colar and the traditional 'two fingers up' rude salute! (I did check you guys didn't mind the rude salute, family forum after all).

(By the way the origin of the two finger salute is from the 100 year war if I remember correctly. The mean nasty French cut the fingers off captured English longbow-men (the French didn't like having their knights shot to pieces from a great distance!) so the salute just means 'you haven't caught me yet frog!' In fairness to the French I think we may have started the 100 year war by trying to steal the French throne..)

Oh yes, Whichdog, bless him, edited my avatar to give it a black background as he thought it looked better! He also did a pumpkin head dog too, during the craze a couple of years ago! Anybody else remember that? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />