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    Before and after

    I was asked to wait till the new forums got started---- so here goes...hope there are some takers seeing as i don't wanna be the only fool doing this (although I see Steve has already posted one on his profile )

    Please post before and afters...pick your favorite childhood pic (in my case--- a scary hairy pic) and your most current available photo (no funky angles no --half faces) just your best mug forward...

    thanks
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    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    Talking Whose Idea Was This?

    Quote Originally Posted by natatbeach
    I was asked to wait till the new forums got started---- so here goes...hope there are some takers seeing as i don't wanna be the only fool doing this (although I see Steve has already posted one on his profile )

    Please post before and afters...pick your favorite childhood pic (in my case--- a scary hairy pic) and your most current available photo (no funky angles no --half faces) just your best mug forward...

    thanks
    Hmmm, post a childhood photo? I'll have to see if I can dig one out. I gotta warn you though, I was incredibly cute back then! :-)

    In the meantime, here's a fairly recent shot. June 2003. Self portrait, taken with a Coolpix 3500 balanced on my desk.
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    I'm going to dig one up

    I just deleted all this old stuff off the computer. But I have some good ones..or not so good ones, depending on how you look at it.

    adina

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    Princess of the OT adina's Avatar
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    Also, are you sure you were two in that first pic? When I was two, I still had a head like a cue ball. Come to think of it, I was probably four before I got some decent hair...

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    Geez, I'll have to take a current photo and dig around to find a child pic...I think I looked like Opie, from the Andy Griffith Show when I was little. :-)

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    we know what you look like

    you beautiful mama you...

    we just need to see the depth from which you rose--- hee hee---jk
    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    almost three

    I have a pic of me at 18 months with full pigtails...here's the pic..I already had a few haircuts by then-lol
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    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    awww

    share the love
    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    Quote Originally Posted by natatbeach
    I was asked to wait till the new forums got started---- so here goes...hope there are some takers seeing as i don't wanna be the only fool doing this (although I see Steve has already posted one on his profile )

    Please post before and afters...pick your favorite childhood pic (in my case--- a scary hairy pic) and your most current available photo (no funky angles no --half faces) just your best mug forward...

    thanks

    you are crazy if you think I AM posting a pic of me in my childhood........ NOPE!!!!

    SO THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT TO YOUR IMAGINATION

    shh ... i was once a cute polite little boy and my barber was hired at a tupperware party
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    Scanned from a polaroid

    Which I have just learned, doesn't scan very well. So here I am, must have been about 5.

    adina
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    age 7, I think.

    Apparently back in the old days, when you wanted to crop a photo, you took out your scissors and cut it, because this is exactly how I found this one. Can you believe people actually dressed their kids like this? Wow, am I a dork.

    adina
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    Thought this was you, Paul...

    Quote Originally Posted by paulnj
    you are crazy if you think I AM posting a pic of me in my childhood........ NOPE!!!!

    SO THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT TO YOUR IMAGINATION

    shh ... i was once a cute polite little boy and my barber was hired at a tupperware party
    http://www.space.com/images/h_home_b..._061600_03.jpg

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    I see it I see it

    (no pun intended) THAT HAS TO BE the best and maybe the closest pic of Paul we could ever see...lol
    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    I'll send you a box of Velveeta---

    come on join the cool kids on the playground....don't stand by the wall.

    you can't get any cuter---come on--- Please Please Please Please

    pretty please with sugar on top

    and a cherry

    and whipped cream and

    some sprinkles

    and a scantily clad girl on top....PLEeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaase!

    BTW no pressure

    ANYWAY was there any other haircut in the 70's that wasn't modeled after a Tupperware party?????
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    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    I hear ya

    Quote Originally Posted by adina
    Can you believe people actually dressed their kids like this? Wow, am I a dork.

    adina
    check out my last post with my dad...what looks to be a ruffled swim cap sort of jumper...ugh
    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    [QUOTE=natatbeach
    and a scantily clad girl on top....PLEeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaase!

    BTW no pressure
    /QUOTE]

    ok a quick shot(at 1/4 second handheld) of a crappy flatbed scan/print that i have on my wall.... 1977

    BRING IT ON....... hold the whipped cream!

    BTW.. i'm in the back, middle bro (bill age 4) on the right and the kid with the HUGE lips is youngest bro mike age 3

    yes mike grew into those GIANT lips....
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    the eyes

    give it away, that and the shy look....not much has changed my friend
    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    btw..... shot on an upward angle to get rid of the glare from lights..... best you'll get today though

    nighty night!
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    close, but i own these now http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=211999&is=USA

    and had i been a birder in my youth, i would have owned these.... http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=216833&is=USA

    OR THESE
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    those HUGE terrestrial binos are not good for birding. my close focus needs to be under 15 feet and most big binos are 25 ft+

    i buy top quality gear with a life time idiot proof warranty when ever i can....... i'm an idiot at times

    btw... don't think i paid the inflated prices that B&H charge.... $745 for my leica 10x50BN's in NYC too hotbuyselectronics dot com shhhhh they are tough to deal with though!! typical "only have the kit which is MORE" line, but they come one way......KIT!!!!!!!
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    A promise fulfilled--ATTN PAUL

    Quote Originally Posted by natatbeach
    come on join the cool kids on the playground....don't stand by the wall.

    you can't get any cuter---come on--- Please Please Please Please

    pretty please with sugar on top

    and a cherry

    and whipped cream and

    some sprinkles

    and a scantily clad girl on top....PLEeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaase!

    BTW no pressure

    ANYWAY was there any other haircut in the 70's that wasn't modeled after a Tupperware party?????
    O.K. so maybe it isn't exactly what you hoped for ;)
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    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    I'm in

    OK, I'll drop my internet guard since I've already posted the childhood picture once before, and a self portrait as well. Both photos were scanned, not very well because I'm not used to scanning. Oh well. I chopped my maid of honor out of the current picture; I'm sure she'd understand.

    Spike
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    you're bootiful

    and your smile is the same, lovely and confident---- except a few more teeth...

    thanks for playing I appreciate it....
    "I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer.
    I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time.
    I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important.
    I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."
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    Fun post. Here is mine, approx 2yrs old and now.
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    That's a nice vest!

    Is it authentic buffalo skin?

    Aren't you a cutie! Always had a soft spot for a cowboy!

    adina

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    A lifetime of smirking...

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    My life as a wandering smartass. I guess the burning question is: am I a product of HEREDITY or ENVIRONMENT?

    Well, considering I was raised by very funny parents in the suburbs of New York City, I'd have to say the answer is BOTH...

    Anyway, here are four small snaps to document parts of my snickering journey through life...
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