love this dog

lil splash at the beach

#Sally

xxacidnekoxx

spookybokchoy

Artwork of a shopping mall with various references to cartoons, games and other media.

“Hey, wanna go to the mall today?”

a personal challenge to see how many characters/references I could fit into one picture, could definitely still do more!

Source: spookybokchoy #good art #i love this so so much

pangur-and-grim

odddogs

just another uniquely stunning pinterest dog, might be one of the tallest set of ears ever featured, this dog is just tall in general

(not sure if this is the source but this is as far back as i could trace it)

odddogs

thanks to the detective work of @eregyrn-falls we now have a source and a Name!!!!

meet again, the enchanting Nubi who turned 9 in september of last year

Source: odddogs #never underestimate tumblr looking for the name of a dog

maroonracoon

Stay tuned, the Two Gay Little Animals animated short is dropping tomorrow. I had fun animating it, I hope you will have fun watching it!

Source: maroonracoon #soooo excited!!!!

dykebeckett

xanaxfarts

Dragon Sculpture sitting at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel. Location: Romandy, Switzerland

dykebeckett

@voltdragoon

Source: xanaxfarts

taking matters into my own hands. idc if it’s always gray I’m going to see a lil blue in the morning!!!

#this is not me walking up i already bought a hedge trimmer I'm a good egg

ejacutastic

mousegirlheart

GETTING YOU MOTHERFUCKER

Source: mousegirlheart

flockofteeth

axiolotl

its 1am and i am overwhelmed with love for a person who kindly and knowledgeably answered questions on a forum about niche topics. this is not the first time and it absolutely will not be the last

axiolotl

I wanted to figure out how to identify/describe a silver blade vs a steel blade for a fic, and I found a post on silver-collecter.com from 2010, and answers from a man named uncle_vic:

Hi there olewheat and thanks for joining us. Your pocketknife was probably made by the Whiting & Davis Co. of Plainville, Mass. sometime after 1907. That company made a number of novelty items such as pocket knives and souvenir spoons. It was common back then for one company to make the silver handle and have another compnay make the blades. German steel was considered superior about the turn of the 20th century, so identifying the blades as such was a badge of quality. Regards, Uncle Vic

in this same thread, olewheat asked about another silver piece; uncle_vic explained that blades were not made from silver, because it'd be too soft - often carbon steel would be silver plated, and eventually get pitted.

after a volley of questions, several users asked if they could contact uncle_vic directly. vic responded, very kindly:

You folks are quite welcome. I usually check this forum often unless I’m at our weekend place (no computer, and like it that way) or away on a fishing trip. I’m retired so time is my commodity…you may contact me directly, Regards, Uncle Vic

I am always, always charmed by a clearly veteran hobbyist helping out new people on a forum, and i wanted to see what else uncle_vic posted, what other nuggets about his life i could learn, and it turns out he was a pillar of the community:

He joined in 2006, when the website was only 2 months old, and throughout the next 6 years, he helped many identify their silver pieces, and welcomed them all with: "Hi there and thanks for joining us", and always ended with a "Regards, Uncle Vic"

He helped so often, he'd post on the social thread to let people know he'd be gone without internet access for an extended period of time!

These often didn't get many interactions, but he did so anyway, like a journal made public: one about how a hurricane was reaching him in Baton Rouge; several about his fishing trips, like this one in 2011:

I’ll be away fishing in Panama until August 27th. Hooray!!! Uncle Vic

I’m back from Panama…and…caught & released a Black Marlin estimated at 500 pounds. Scratch that from ole Uncle Vic’s “bucket list”…and on my 69th birthday to boot…the old Cajun ain’t dead yet. Uncle Vic

A year later, he wrote a similar vacation post, which became his final topic on the forum, titled: "Gone fishin'".

uncle_vic Mar '12 I’m headed out for a 10 day fishing trip and no computer where I’m going. See y’all when I get back. Uncle Vic

In May 2012, 3 months later, a newer user asked Vic what type of fishing he liked.

Vic replied: (content warning for cancer)

uncle_vic May '12 Hi Mike - I’m into just about any kind of fishing, but my reeal pasion is blue water big game fishing. I own my own boat - a classic 31 Bertram I’ve had for over 25 years. My favorite spot - no, don’t take my own boat that far - is the Tropic Star Lodge in Pinas Bay Panaama. www.tropicstar.com I caught and relesesed an estimated 500 lb. black marlin there last Auguest at a time my cancer doctors doctors doubted I’d be taking out the garbage. Now for the bad news…I have beeen fighting cnceer now for some 5 or 6 years and its about to get the best of me. I’ll be 70 in a couple of months. Effective last week I’ve checkeked myself into a Hospice programe to ease things for my family in my final days. Some of the drugs I’m takig make me type like a third grader but I’m still able to function in a near normal fashion. Entering a Hospice program takes some thought as there isa definite negative connotation to doing it, but the advantages far outwiegh those. In any event, I’ve enjoyed participating in this forum for many years and hope to continue until The Lord finally calls. Keep the Faith, Uncle Vic

This was Uncle Vic's last post on the silver-collecter.com forums. Unflinchingly honest, and this time, instead of his usual "Regards", he ended with "Keep the Faith".

According to the obituary posted in the same thread, he passed away the next day, at his camp on the Tickfaw river -- well known for fishing.

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This isn't the first time I've come across kind, dedicated forum users, usually knowledgeable retirees, who suddenly stop posting; it certainly won't be the last. But everytime I fall in love with them, and in turn, with humanity even more, to see what we leave behind.

A retired Cajun lawyer from Baton Rouge found a silver collecting forum from a hobbyist magazine in 2006, and decided to spend the next 6 years, up to his dying day, sharing his life, his love, and his knowledge with strangers.

Thank you, Uncle Vic, for the forum users you helped; thank you for the countless, anonymous users who found your posts through search engines like me.

I'm glad your corner of the internet exists so that, 12 years since you've been gone, I can visit and you can still teach me a whole lot about identifying silver and silver makers.

Source: axiolotl #people