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 :rolleyes: (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 :D

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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 :rolleyes: (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 :D

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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.

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

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...

adina

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. :-)

you beautiful mama you...

we just need to see the depth from which you rose--- hee hee---jk

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

share the love :D

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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 :rolleyes: (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 :D

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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 :D

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

adina

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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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 :D

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http://www.space.com/images/h_home_b..._061600_03.jpg

Chunk

(no pun intended) THAT HAS TO BE the best and maybe the closest pic of Paul we could ever see...lol

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!:D

BTW no pressure :rolleyes:

ANYWAY was there any other haircut in the 70's that wasn't modeled after a Tupperware party?????

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Originally Posted by adina

Can you believe people actually dressed their kids like this? Wow, am I a dork.

adina

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check out my last post with my dad...what looks to be a ruffled swim cap sort of jumper...ugh

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

BTW no pressure :rolleyes:
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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....

give it away, that and the shy look....not much has changed my friend :p

btw..... shot on an upward angle to get rid of the glare from lights..... best you'll get today though

nighty night! :)

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
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...u=63633&is=USA

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 :D

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!!!!!!! :mad:

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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!:D

BTW no pressure :rolleyes:

ANYWAY was there any other haircut in the 70's that wasn't modeled after a Tupperware party?????

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O.K. so maybe it isn't exactly what you hoped for ;)

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

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

thanks for playing :D I appreciate it....

Fun post. Here is mine, approx 2yrs old and now.

Is it authentic buffalo skin? :)

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

adina

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Originally Posted by natatbeach

Please post before and afters...
thanks :D

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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... :D

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

Post more pictures of me...

1.) Me as a baby. Aww, aren't I cute. I won a cute baby contest once!

2.) Me as a kid. Still a cutie.

3.) Me as a stressed-out junior in high school.

4.) Me, my mom, a goatee, and a high school degree.

is that an actual SMILE we get to see...you have teeth...who would have thunk it...

so used to the signature half smile and smirk <grin>

you know I'm just teasing you right?

feel the love....

thanks for playing....;) you really were a cutie....

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Originally Posted by adina

Is it authentic buffalo skin? :)

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

adina

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LOL if I remember right, the fur was fake - I loved that vest and wore it until it fell apart. My mom still has those little cowboy boots. The vest was eventually replaced with a genyoowine naugahide jacket witch I called my liver coat (couldn't pronounce leather). I wore that til it fell apart too.

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Originally Posted by Asylum Steve

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... :D

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

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You and Rick have very distinct smiles...it's neat to see that they last the span of time...as far as heredity or environment---I think I hear the next thread calling he he...thanks for posting the evolution of the smirk :)

I lost all my teeth in a fight in 2nd grade. Hence, no smile since ;p

Just kidding.

Actually, the "smile" muscles on the left side of my face were paralyzed at birth and I haven't ever had an "even smile" - hence, the smirk :)

Rick

Actually I had to look pretty hard to find an early photo to match the mood of the more recent one. I was a happy normal kid, despite the scowl.

it still shouldn't keep you from showing some teeth m'man!

it looks like you have a fine cutie patooty smile going on....

You'll ever see :D

Shot with my Vivo panoramic just before I descended in to Grand Canyon.

Well i know this is an old thread but i remembered seeing it and after i finished this 21st invite i just had to post it here!
Well what do you think?

you're just a youngster ;) just kidding-sorta

Thanks for breathing life back into this thread---when your big day?

That's a great 21st birthday invite...what a cutie before and after :D

thanks again for remembering to post

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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 :rolleyes: (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 :D

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Here I am, but I have no kid pictures of me so I posted the next best thing, My little nephew. (hey, you like is pic? I i took it. Like the shadows myself)

April 19, so i guess i am still just a youngster, which i am happy to be for the timebeing! i dont really wanna grow up, not ever! well no more then i have too!

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Originally Posted by Jezz

April 19, so i guess i am still just a youngster, which i am happy to be for the timebeing! i dont really wanna grow up, not ever! well no more then i have too!

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I'm not far ahead of you. April 21st and I'll be 23. If it becomes a tight race to the finish line, I'll let you win. ;)

Daiv.

Okay Nat, I'll do this again...but just for you! Perhaps in 2015 I'll smile again. :)

Ray