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He did you notice Thomas is getting a pro at this computer stuff.. good job Thomas.. when we figure that we can email a picture to you then more will come.. i am certain of..its the fear of 1 time technology.. Joli
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Well, last night I went through all three of my photo albums, and I have to say it was a painful journey, but anyway, that's another story. I only have three photo albums. One could basically be titled "Childhood/Family of Origin". Next we have one that I would title with the name of the dear summer camp I went to along the Chesapeake Bay. Finally, we have one I titled with the name of my first college. After that, the pictures cease. When I graduated from college, left my beloved Vermont, and came back home to Maryland, it was a very rough time for me. Without getting too detailed, there I was back in my hometown with my oh-so-screwed-up family, and I was pretty lost about how to get a career started (never did figure that one out *lol*), not to mention I was culture-shocked because Vermont is basically a whole different mindset and world than the DC suburbs, especially during the Reagan era. I went from the land of Birkenstocks and Chinese slippers to the land of bright red business suits with huge shoulder pads and brass anchor buttons. I went from a quiet, beautiful, spiritual, counter-culturey place to the hustle and bustle and plastic world of my childhood. Extreme shock on so many levels. But I digress. The point is: I didn't take any pictures of that time, and then after a bit my health problem (nosebleeds, to drastically oversimplify it for the purposes of this post!) began and life got progressively less and less liveable and my entire focus in life became just surviving and trying to figure out what to do and trying to get referrals and navigate the HMO Hell I was in. So, no glamour pics from that era. And since I moved to Florida, for some reason, even though things have certainly been much better down here, I haven't sort of thought to take pictures of MYSELF. I have a few of the first house I rented, my pets, my current house, but myself? Why would I take a picture of myself? ANYWAY, I took a trip through Photo Lane last night, much of it sort of made me very sad for various reasons, and the long and short of it is, the only pictures of me that I can stand are from like DECADES ago. I talked to Stan last night and he can't find the ONE I like, which still dates back to Vermont, but at least it was taken after the invention of electricity! Anyway, it is apparently MIA.
Soooo...should I post one from like a hundred years ago, or what?
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Okay, I will try to scan one to a .jpg manana. one problem, I've never scanned anything to a .jpg before and I'm wondering if:
a. I can figure it out (I think I can, I can usually figure out anything with computers)
b. I can do the entire thing without getting fired (that may be hard, as my fab co-worker is history and the one in that cube now is a real no-nonsense, wired type of hot-tempered wildness who might freak out, and loudly, something to the tune of WHY DO YOU NEED TO SCAN A PICTURE OF YOURSELF? IS THAT FOR WORK? WHAT'S GOING ON?)
Anyway, I'll try.
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if you have the negatives, you can go to a photo shop and have them put it on a disc. Just an idea - I don't want to see you fired for scanning pix. love thomas
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Well, I was exaggerating about the firing part, I hope! Judging by how many personal e-mails and web pages people print out, not to mention all the photos I see them looking at when I pop into various cubes, I should be okay. I sure do miss my ex-co-worker, though. She was so cool in so many ways. Now I'm stuck with ...oh, I can't even describe it. But it could be worse, as I basically love where I work and the people and, these days, the job picture is so scary that I'm just very grateful to have ANY co-workers, pain-in-the-a$$ ones or otherwise. So, I'll be careful when scanning, no worries mate! I'm gonna ask her in a moment, actually, if she minds if I scan a pic in the a.m. I'll get a read on her then....bye!
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YES A hundred years ago.. why not / I did.. and it gave me more courage than all my self incrimination..from the lovely compliments..
the way I see it... if I don't look good it is because the lover I am supposed to have is not making me look as good as I could.. so never mind.. cut out a pic from the nearest mag and send it in as a pic for us to envision your dream..
who cares about lives little stuff.. in Europe they are not fat so far.. yet now they are getting all the fat-free food stuff and food advice from the US..hahaha what a lough in 10 years they will look like us.. and eat pills galore.. hahahaha
please laugh with me and find my pic and see how good I felt that day when my then fiancé took that pic.. Maybe I married the wrong guy.. ?
Use whatever pict you feel ok about. It is a little weird but ok once it is out there. You are among friends!!!!
Hedging? Pffft, I'll have you know, missy, that I spent HOURS in my boiling hot house (it is at least 95 degrees in there, and could be more but the gauge only measures up to 95!) getting more and more depressed about my life by looking through all my photos, and why? Just so that I would NOT be accused of "hedging" by the likes of certain Giants fans . So, trust me, you'll get a stinkin' pic but don't blame me if it is from a time before Britney Spears was even a Mouseketeer, let alone born!
Geez.
And, btw, it is easy for you to post one, what with being GORGEOUS and all!
Non-sequiter: My mom seems to feel that your Giants are going to go all the way this season. As for my Rays, if they win the World Series this year, I'll post a naked pic of myself on here!
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If I could figure out how to send a pic I would but I am not a technical genius like you guys! My daugters have digital cameras. I am wondering if I can some how have them take a pic and down load it here? I will take one of me now then, warts and all or should I say with happily healing acne??? m.e.
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take picture. save it on your hard drive go to web page it's free and you can upload pictures. once on the website, copy properties, & post it here. it really is easy (even I can do it)
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I have a picture I need to get a copy of that my dad took of my boys, my nephew and me at my niece's wedding in March. I'll try to get a copy made and send it to T. This is fun! Jane
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These pics are just to good to be true.. just the fraze not the realiyty !!... Good idea Thomas.. it makes for instnat recognition of a friend.. nice submissions .. its like having a reunion.. I like it.. so now who is coming to my house on vacation.. for a visit or a cup of tea?? Joli
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Hey OG! It's great to see your face. My house is on the market. The past few weeks my boys and I have been slaving to get the house ready to show. First showings are tomorrow and there are 3 appointments already scheduled. I had to schedule them so we could get the dogs out. The last thing I need is a nippy pointer barking nonstop or biting someone. Blitz also wouldn't be happy with someone she doesn't know coming into the house with none of us at home. I had the floors refinished. They are now light instead of walnut colored, new carpeting (which the dog has already christened), almost everything painted and lightened up...it's truly a vanilla house, boring but marketable, new railings, etc. Anyway, back to the subject. My pictures are buried somewhere and as soon as I can find them and get a picture copied, I'll either find a way to upload it or just send it to Thomas. Now if I can only get the P&S done and financing approved on the new place! Jane
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Thanks Joli, The doors are already painted. They are a dark red, almost brown. It wasn't quite the color I had planned on but it looks nice. Jane
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quote:Originally posted by jeanb O Non: Wow Peppermint Twist!!! What a great looking, athletic, young woman!!!Jeanb
Nah, it is all smoke and mirrors. First of all, both of those pics are outdated, as virtually no pics of me exist since the 80's concluded. Secondly, "athletic" is not a word usually associated with me. I was very tan in that one pic because it was taken in Israel and I had spent all summer outdoors picking pears and the like. I'm outdoorsy but not athletic. I was always the last kid picked for any given team sport in school *lol*! I love being outdoors, swimming, snow sledding, hiking, river rafting, etc., and can do any of the above for hours, yet I s*ck at team sports, can't even do a cartwheel or a backwards roll (I'm not flexible AT ALL and never have been), and I have no upper bod strength (chin ups? fuggedaboutit).
Anyway, those two pics were the only ones that had a combo of being: 1.) Taken after the invention of electricity, and 2.) Not totally hideous. I'm sorry they aren't any more recent, but they are fairly representative of how I look, except that I was VERY tan in that second one, and that I am, sad to report, way fatter now. But, as y'all are my witnesses, I WILL get back to the weight I was in that last one (I know I will probably never be back at the weight I was at in the first one!), not that I remember what it was exactly, but I know the ballpark and at some point I will be standing centerfield in that park again.
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P T / O G Edna ..someday I will get back to loosing my pounds too.. 'til' it is good to see me as I wish I was in spirit.. who knowes if I look at me long enough maybe I will go back to being my 'innocent' me.. just wiser..
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Eeew! Hey, T, what happened under my right eye, there in the second pic? The original photo and the scanned .jpg aren't like that at all. WEIRD! !
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It's a weird splotch thaaang under the right eye. Weird. Oh well. No biggie. Just a computer gremlin that landed under my eye *lol*! I did a doubletake and checked the original photo and .jpg just to see if that was actually there and it isn't, so it must have popped on and hitched a ride from cyberspace *L*.
COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU: CYBERBLOB!
Don't try to run. Don't try to hide. It will get you!
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"COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU: CYBERBLOB!"
Peppermint Twist.. Being persistent in your downgrading of who you are..?! Since when is the US judgementalness worth the condemnation of the human race..I thought that went out the window with the last big wars..
As for my aunts they all were overweight and yet they were nice people.. and in my life I had more fun with them then with all the skinnies put together..
I like my picture because it is radient with who I am.. or at least once was.. that in the end is the picture I would want to put on my epitath.. and if I could again find that radience I would be pleased with my self..
I am always surprized at how downisch I feel as compared to that pic.. so long ago.. where did I go to?
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Joli, I wasn't referring to myself as a "cyberblob". I was referring to the strange little doo-dad that somehow got in there under my right eye.
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These pics are just to good to be true.. 
Good idea Thomas.. it makes for instnat recognition of a friend.. nice submissions .. its like having a reunion.. 
I like it.. so now who is coming to my house on vacation.. for a visit or a cup of tea?? 
Joli 
