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Apr 3, 2014#1

ThatNickGuy

Like the New Picture Thread, but we're doing this bitch Throwback Style!

First up from me: Christmas 1981!

Apr 3, 2014#2

Dei

I just deleted an awesome throwback on my phone to make room for videos. Dang! Will have to wait until I am not on vacation.

Apr 3, 2014#3

WasabiPoptart

I was about 12 or 13 and wearing my first pair of pointe shoes.

Sorry that picture is huge.

Apr 3, 2014#4

Ravenpoe

Here's a super throwback, a picture from the 70's of my dad and his siblings, when he was almost the exact same age that I am now.

He's in the front left

Apr 3, 2014#5

sixpackshaker

You need to post that on dads were the first hipsters.[DOUBLEPOST=1396550100,1396550033][/DOUBLEPOST]

Apr 3, 2014#6

Ravenpoe

sixpackshaker said:
You need to post that on dads were the first hipsters.[DOUBLEPOST=1396550100,1396550033][/DOUBLEPOST]

You used to be a german shepherd?

Apr 3, 2014#7

Emrys

Ravenpoe said:
Here's a super throwback, a picture from the 70's of my dad and his siblings, when he was almost the exact same age that I am now.

He's in the front left

It's Creedence Clearwater Revival! :aaah:

Apr 3, 2014#8

sixpackshaker

Ravenpoe said:
You used to be a german shepherd?

Yep, now Ima Lab.

Apr 3, 2014#9

ThatNickGuy

Ravenpoe said:
Here's a super throwback, a picture from the 70's of my dad and his siblings, when he was almost the exact same age that I am now.

He's in the front left

You've posted this before and I'm STILL surprised the women don't have beards. It's just not right.

Apr 3, 2014#10

Ravenpoe

Here's another old shot, of a young Poe posing for part of a series of family photos with the before-mentioned Dad. I wonder where I got the beard from.

Please note, picture quality is terrible because it's a cell-phone photo of a framed picture on the wall.

Apr 3, 2014#11

Officer_Charon

Y'all get a twofer! *grins*

Me at 17, studying at school. This was shortly after I sprained my ankle, so there's some crutches off to the side.

This one's from 1986 or so... standing with a daughter of one of my mom's best friends... I had a bit of a crush on this girl for the longest time, growing up. We still stay in contact, which is a lot more than I can say for many friends in my life.

Apr 3, 2014#12

WasabiPoptart

Oh I forgot I had this! I was almost 3 and had won a trophy for having the curliest hair in our 4-H fair's baby parade.

Apr 3, 2014#13

Officer_Charon

ERMAGERD! SHERLY TERMPLE!

Apr 3, 2014#14

WasabiPoptart

Officer_Charon said:
ERMAGERD! SHERLY TERMPLE!

I got that a lot, especially once I started taking dance lessons. Now my daughter gets it instead. She has no idea who Shirley Temple is yet.

Apr 3, 2014#15

fade

Ravenpoe said:
Here's a super throwback, a picture from the 70's of my dad and his siblings, when he was almost the exact same age that I am now.

He's in the front left

Aww. You have your daddy's beard.

Apr 3, 2014#16

LittleSin

Me at about three, during Christmas. Check out my rockin' Ecto-1.

Not sure how old I ma here but I think the dress is cute!

My and my little sister at 17 (I think) and 14 (I think).

Apr 3, 2014#17

Cheesy1

Baby Cheesy!

In a sailor outfit!

In the hospital with leukemia.

First day of school with my little brother and sister!

Apr 3, 2014#18

LittleSin

17 years old me just got called fat on tumblr by an anonymous douche.

Maaaaaaaaan, if they think I was fat THEN well...wait until they see me now.

Apr 3, 2014#19

ThatNickGuy

@Cheesy1 You were wearing a Turtles shirt and Zumba pants? Oh you poor, poor kid.

(Mind you, this is coming from someone who hated wearing jeans and ONLY wore sweat pants right up until Grade 7.)

Apr 3, 2014#20

Cheesy1

ThatNickGuy said:
@Cheesy1 You were wearing a Turtles shirt and Zumba pants? Oh you poor, poor kid.

(Mind you, this is coming from someone who hated wearing jeans and ONLY wore sweat pants right up until Grade 7.)

That was my little brother.

Apr 3, 2014#21

ThatNickGuy

Cheesy1 said:
That was my little brother.

Whoops. Looked at everything too quick.

But I still stand by that "poor kid" remark.

Apr 3, 2014#22

Cajungal

Fun!

I shoulda stayed so cute.

Apr 3, 2014#23

Celt Z

Like Duracell, always the copper top

Bonus! She-Ra cosplay! .....or Halloween. Whatev.

Apr 3, 2014#24

Piotyr

Oldest pic of me I can find electronically at the moment...in Germany in 1999, over 15 years ago:

Apr 3, 2014#25

WasabiPoptart

LittleSin said:
17 years old me just got called fat on tumblr by an anonymous douche.

Maaaaaaaaan, if they think I was fat THEN well...wait until they see me now.

Anonymous people are asshats. Then again, I used to get called fat to my face when I was 12 or 13 (you saw that pic above of me in my ballet outfit, right?).

Apr 3, 2014#26

sixpackshaker

Apr 3, 2014#27

GasBandit

This is a photograph (of a photograph) of myself and my father, taken when I was.. about 3, maybe almost 4 I think. My parents had been divorced since I was 2, and there was lots of bad blood between them. Mom got full custody AND child support, with dad getting kinda shafted on visitation. One day he picked me up from day care (I can even vaguely remember it because it was so out of the ordinary) and took me straight to a photo studio, and got a series of photographs taken of us together, and a couple of just him, for me to have in my room, because he was afraid if my mother had her way I'd forget what he looked like.

I'm still very close to my Dad.

Also, my hair stopped being blonde when I turned 7 or 8 or so.

Man, I remember that batman shirt, too. That was one of my favorite shirts. I got the carrot sticker for good behavior. It had moving googly eyes that I thought were the best ever.

Apr 4, 2014#28

Ravenpoe

GasBandit said:
This is a photograph (of a photograph) of myself and my father, taken when I was.. about 3, maybe almost 4 I think. My parents had been divorced since I was 2, and there was lots of bad blood between them. Mom got full custody AND child support, with dad getting kinda shafted on visitation. One day he picked me up from day care (I can even vaguely remember it because it was so out of the ordinary) and took me straight to a photo studio, and got a series of photographs taken of us together, and a couple of just him, for me to have in my room, because he was afraid if my mother had her way I'd forget what he looked like.

I'm still very close to my Dad.

Also, my hair stopped being blonde when I turned 7 or 8 or so.

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Man, I remember that batman shirt, too. That was one of my favorite shirts. I got the carrot sticker for good behavior. It had moving googly eyes that I thought were the best ever.

Aww, that's a cool story, your dad looks like a totally cool dude.

Re: Blonde hair. I used to have blonde hair too, it changed to brown at some point in my childhood.

WTF genes?

Apr 4, 2014#29

WasabiPoptart

I was blonde until I was 6 or so. I also used to have dark brown eyes. They changed to a green-brown hazel by the time I turned 20.

Apr 4, 2014#30

DarkAudit

Someday I ought to get around to scanning in all our old family photos.

Apr 4, 2014#31

Gusto

It's been brought to my attention that I don't really age. The profile picture I've got on Facebook is nearly 10 years old, and another was taken in 11th grade, which was 11 years ago.

They are good enough pictures, and representative enough of how I look today, that I use them on my dating profile.

Apr 4, 2014#32

Cajungal

It's gonna be creepy when you're 70. "Grandpa, why is your face smooth?"

Apr 4, 2014#33

fade

Cajungal said:
Fun!

I shoulda stayed so cute.

Holy moly. Are you sure you're not related to the Onebanes? They're a Cajun family in Lafayette and you are a dead ringer. I know I asked you that before.

Apr 4, 2014#34

Cajungal

fade said:
Holy moly. Are you sure you're not related to the Onebanes? They're a Cajun family in Lafayette and you are a dead ringer. I know I asked you that before.

Definitely not. Boudreaux, Lege, Langlinais, and LeBlancs, mostly. But I have so many cousins you never know.

Apr 4, 2014#35

GasBandit

Ravenpoe said:
Aww, that's a cool story, your dad looks like a totally cool dude.

He was, and is. I owe my interest in computers and video games to him. When I was little (like the picture) and he got to take me somewhere, he always took me to a video arcade whenever he could. In my protospeech, I called it "boom." Because that was the noise most of them (centipede, space invaders, etc) made when I played them.

Apr 4, 2014#36

fade

1996

1994[DOUBLEPOST=1396628362,1396628254][/DOUBLEPOST]Waiting for @Grytpipe-Thynne to upload some cave wall paintings.

Apr 4, 2014#37

GasBandit

Jeez, only two years difference? That hair grew FAST.

Apr 4, 2014#38

Celt Z

It's like in 2 years time, you discovered alt-rock, or grunge, as it were.

(Not trying to make fun, but it's like looking at a time capsule of the 80's transition into the 90's.)

Apr 8, 2014#39

Grytpipe-Thynne

OK Fade, with the help of Fred and Barney I have copied a few primitive images. As I am now, with wife and one of several grandsons. My second marriage July 4 1992. At my grandparents Golden Wedding anniversary July 15 1939.

Apr 8, 2014#40

Tinwhistler

3rd grade

1992ish

Around 1995ish...

Apr 8, 2014#41

GasBandit

The Navy turned you into Dermott Fictel!

Apr 9, 2014#42

Cheesy1

Graduation Day in the band room, 1996:

Apr 9, 2014#43

Emrys

A fellow band geek. What instrument did you play?

Apr 9, 2014#44

Cheesy1

Saxophone and French Horn.

Apr 9, 2014#45

Gilgamesh

Trombone

Apr 9, 2014#46

fade

I half expect to see little @Cheesy1 with a goatee.

Apr 9, 2014#47

Cheesy1

Nope, still with the pencil stache then.

Apr 9, 2014#48

LittleKagsin

How many of us were band geeks?? I feel like there's a lot of us on here. Should I get to posting my band pictures?

Apr 9, 2014#49

GasBandit

I was not in band, though many of my friends were. It was determined that playing a small instrument was probably not for me in the 3rd grade, when in a fit of frustration at not being able to hit certain notes without squeaking, I bit my recorder in half.

What stuck with me most actually was piano lessons. I actually did very well at music theory.

Apr 9, 2014#50

Dei

I was in Color Guard for marching band, I was in chorus in High School, but I liked to dabble and learn a little bit of every instrument just for fun.

Apr 9, 2014#51

grub

Trombone in HS. Piano and mandolin sometimes but mostly guitar now.

Apr 9, 2014#52

LittleKagsin

Dei said:
I was in Color Guard for marching band, I was in chorus in High School, but I liked to dabble and learn a little bit of every instrument just for fun.

I also did Color Guard! As for instruments, I play the piano.

But man, lots of musical/band geek-y people here.

Apr 9, 2014#53

Celt Z

Color Guard here, too! I did try the flute for a couple of years, but I decided I preferred singing over playing an instrument, so chorus/concert choir was my music choice.

Apr 9, 2014#54

Ravenpoe

I can play a kazoo....

.......

...........................

Can I still hang out in the bandroom? :oops:

Apr 9, 2014#55

Emrys

Ravenpoe said:
I can play a kazoo....

.......

...........................

Can I still hang out in the bandroom?

One of us! One of us!

Apr 10, 2014#56

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
The Navy turned you into Dermott Fictel!

Actually, it turned me into MacGyver...

Apr 10, 2014#57

jwhouk

You want "old pictures", huh?

The woman sitting on the right, with her sister in her lap?

That is my great-great grandmother.

Apr 10, 2014#58

Just Me

Ravenpoe said:
I can play a kazoo....

.......

...........................

Can I still hang out in the bandroom?

Join me and together we can rule the galaxy.

Or more like, play our instruments and clear people out of rooms that way...
Also, I was forced to learn accordion in my early teens.

Apr 10, 2014#59

Celt Z

Just Me said:
Also, I was forced to learn accordion in my early teens.

Hey, don't knock it. Look how it turned out for Weird Al.

Apr 11, 2014#60

sixpackshaker

Apr 11, 2014#61

Gilgamesh

sixpackshaker said:

Puttin on the Ritz!

Apr 11, 2014#62

Just Me

Took me a while to get on this train. No scanner availabale, so I had to get a new battery for my camera and take pictures of pictures.

Prepare to go back to the time of atrocious window dressings and wallpapers, in this case the year 1970!
The place is my maternal grandparents house, I wish we still had those vintage lamps around.

That dashing young fellow is me, the guy feeding me is my dad

The nice young lady is my mum.

I could stand upright, but I probably would have rolled as well...

1977, wallpapers still atrocious. My first day of school, obviously my great-grandmother is way more enthusiastic than I...

Apr 11, 2014#63

Tress

You look like a perfect copy of your dad (at least your avatar picture does).

Apr 11, 2014#64

sixpackshaker

Gilgamesh said:
Puttin on the Ritz!

Actually I think I sang that song while wearing that...

Apr 11, 2014#65

Emrys

The year was 1987. I had to march in 100F+ heat. That's the only reason I'm giving for the hair.

Apr 11, 2014#66

GasBandit

Emrys said:
The year was 1987. I had to march in 100F+ heat. That's the only reason I'm giving for the hair.

That hair comes with its own soundtrack by Michael Sembello.

Apr 11, 2014#67

Emrys

GasBandit said:
That hair comes with its own soundtrack by Michael Sembello.

Apr 11, 2014#68

GasBandit

Emrys said:
<not sure if this is or isn't an insult, so am holding the doomweasels in reserve>
View attachment 14575

Look, I know you're just a small town girl on a saturday night looking for the fight of your life, but there's no reason to be a maniac.

Apr 11, 2014#69

Emrys

I was not a maniac, maniac on the floor.

Apr 11, 2014#70

GasBandit

Emrys said:
I was not a maniac, maniac on the floor.

I wasn't exactly an Automatic Man myself, but I can say with Gravity that if we go Backwards In Time, Dangerous Questions might put you on the Road to Lonely.

Apr 11, 2014#71

Emrys

<swoon!>

Apr 17, 2014#72

GasBandit

Was going through some old stuff... found this picture of me and my younger brother when I was 18 (and he was 10)

Apr 17, 2014#73

Gilgamesh

Your brother looks like every likeable nerd friend in 80/90ss movies. (The Haircut/Glasses combo)

Apr 17, 2014#74

Tinwhistler

1987...heh

Apr 17, 2014#75

GasBandit

Gilgamesh said:
Your brother looks like every likeable nerd friend in 80/90ss movies. (The Haircut/Glasses combo)

Oh, he was such a twit. Still is, to a degree. I guess you could say he was a nerd, he ended up majoring in engineering. He never seemed to suffer the social stigma of it, though. He was socially very outgoing, had several girlfriends by an age I hadn't even had one yet, played soccer and ran track. The real funny thing about it all is, no sooner does he graduate college then he joins the peace corps, withdraws his savings, cashes in his CDs, and tries to open a bar in Uganda. Fortunately that fell apart before he'd actually sunk any appreciable amount of money into it, so he came home and now he's doing well as an investment advisor. Putting that engineering degree to use, right?

Apr 17, 2014#76

Gilgamesh

Tinwhistler said:
1987...heh

It doesn't matter what picture you post of old you, they all look like MacGuyver.

Apr 17, 2014#77

Emrys

Gilgamesh said:
Your brother looks like every likeable nerd friend in 80/90ss movies. (The Haircut/Glasses combo)

@GasBandit, on the other hand, looks like a young Wolfman Jack.

Apr 17, 2014#78

Tinwhistler

Gilgamesh said:
It doesn't matter what picture you post of old you, they all look like MacGuyver.

oh yeah???

Apr 17, 2014#79

Gilgamesh

Yep I just see young Richard Dean Anderson.

Apr 17, 2014#80

Gusto

GasBandit said:
Was going through some old stuff... found this picture of me and my younger brother when I was 18 (and he was 10)

Sorry, but:

Apr 17, 2014#81

GasBandit

Gusto said:
Sorry, but:

Did you know that the kid that played Fuller in home alone (the one who would wet the bed if he had too much pepsi) was Macaulay Caulkin's RL little brother?

Apr 17, 2014#82

Gusto

GasBandit said:
Did you know that the kid that played Fuller in home alone (the one who would wet the bed if he had too much pepsi) was Macaulay Caulkin's RL little brother?

Yup, Kieran, who later went on to place Wallace Wells.

Apr 17, 2014#83

GasBandit

Gusto said:
Yup, Kieran, who later went on to place Wallace Wells.

And the actor who played Buzz made a "documentary" in 2007 in which he attempted to win the heart of Condoleeza Rice.

Apr 17, 2014#84

Gusto

GasBandit said:
And the actor who played Buzz made a "documentary" in 2007 in which he attempted to win the heart of Condoleeza Rice.

I found out about that maybe a year ago, and said the following:

Apr 17, 2014#85

David

This was 9th grade, the 2003/2004 school year. Everyone called me "Harry Potter" that year.

Apr 18, 2014#86

WasabiPoptart

Getting ready for senior prom 1989

It took my mom almost an hour to straighten my hair this much.

Apr 18, 2014#87

Celt Z

There's something about your photo that makes me think of this

But you said "going to prom", so it's more like this, isn't it?

Apr 18, 2014#88

WasabiPoptart

It felt more like Sixteen Candles. My boyfriend and I just got back together two week before the prom.

Apr 20, 2014#89

CynicismKills

My mom's got a whole bunch of old photos on FB.

This is probably very early 90's (91 or so, maybe), not sure exactly when. My younger brother, me, and my dad in an old bowling alley in Michigan. It was abandoned but never torn down. Still have a pool ball from the place.

Mid 90's, again not sure exactly when.Probably like 1995 or so.

Apr 20, 2014#90

Sparhawk

My aunt posted this on facebook, probably from 1971 or 72. I'm on the right.

Apr 22, 2014#91

LittleKagsin

Kags in high school ya'll!!

It was dress up day for Marching Band and every section had to have a theme, which for 35 Color Guardians was hard - we were all a version of Barbie. And I was Work-Out Barbie. Oh, SO MUCH PINK! Also, back when I was tan.

Apr 25, 2014#92

Krisken

My wife and I after we got engaged.

[DOUBLEPOST=1398402958,1398402590][/DOUBLEPOST]Ok, rare (like, most pictures disappeared) image of me as a little kid.

Apr 25, 2014#93

WasabiPoptart

December 2003

Apr 25, 2014#94

Cheesy1

Me, John Rhys-Davies, and my friend Nick at GenCon 2003.

May 10, 2014#95

Cheesy1

My mommy and me:

May 10, 2014#96

Sparhawk

Old picture...nope, not that one, nobody else needs to be exposed to that "suit" again... Not that one, just because... here's one

Spring 1987, my (at that time) future wife on the right...

May 10, 2014#97

Celt Z

Cheesy1 said:
My mommy and me:
View attachment 14793

1st- that's adorable
2nd- you've probably heard this before, but you look a lot like your mom.

May 10, 2014#98

Dei

That couch. Did anyone NOT have that couch in the 70s/80s?!

May 10, 2014#99

WasabiPoptart

Dei said:
That couch. Did anyone NOT have that couch in the 70s/80s?!

Haha! Ours was that same material, but in red & black.

Jun 19, 2014#100

Bowielee

My aunt just posted this picture of me, my brother, my sister, and one of my childhood friends on facebook.

I'm the one on the right in the kicky little red shorts.

Oct 14, 2014#101

GasBandit

Was cleaning up some stuff last night and found this, my old High School student ID.

Jesus, look at me! HOW was I not DRIPPING in bitches?!

Oct 14, 2014#102

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
HOW was I not DRIPPING in bitches?!

MHS, dude.

--Patrick

Oct 14, 2014#103

fade

First name starts with either an I or an L. Lawrence?

Oct 14, 2014#104

GasBandit

fade said:
First name starts with either an I or an L. Lawrence?

You're assuming they went "First Last" on the label.

Oct 14, 2014#105

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
MHS, dude.

--Patrick

Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility?

Oct 14, 2014#106

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility?

I'm sure that would've taught you something.

--Patrick

Oct 14, 2014#107

Dei

I know that GB's first name has come up before. It started with neither I nor L.

Oct 14, 2014#108

fade

I tried to figure out his name once. I mean I invested all of 10 minutes of googling in it. The funny thing is it's the mystery that makes it interesting to go after. If he just came out and said his name was Bob McSugartits, I wouldn't care. Well, not for the same reasons, anyway.

Oct 14, 2014#109

Dei

I mean it has been flat out said either from a link or on the forum.

Oct 14, 2014#110

GasBandit

Two people know my full real name and location, and one of them actually got it by detective work.

Oct 14, 2014#111

fade

Bob. McSugartits.

Oct 14, 2014#112

GasBandit

fade said:
Bob. McSugartits.

Close. Bert.

Oct 14, 2014#113

BErt

What a stupid name...

Oct 14, 2014#114

PatrThom

fade said:
Bob. McSugartits.

GasBandit said:
Close. Bert.

Aha! It's...Bert McAspartame?

All this time you've had us chasing red herrings!

--Patrick

Oct 14, 2014#115

Simfers

The quality is rather horrible because it's a cell phone picture of a picture hanging on my fridge, but this is me and my little sister when I was 16 (and she was 11):

This would be in... 1996 or so. We've both changed quite a lot.

Oct 14, 2014#116

Dei

Oh shit, slap band and backwards hat, all she is missing is the flannel shirt over her tee and she would be authentic 90s.

Oct 14, 2014#117

fade

Hey, look! It's back when cartoon network was still awesome.

Oct 14, 2014#118

Simfers

No flannel, but not pictured is her stuffed Bugs Bunny that she carried EVERYWHERE she went.

I'm sorry, I have a bit of nostalgia stuck in my eye...[DOUBLEPOST=1413323508,1413322976][/DOUBLEPOST]Here, while I'm at it, here's a picture of a picture of me when I tested for my first black belt, in Olympic Tae Kwon Do. This would be in 2002 (note that I still have the same glasses). I'm in the middle. The older gentleman on the right held pads for me to kick during the exam, while the big black belt on the left wound up being my sparring partner. I remember him hitting like a frickin' truck. I also have no idea what that weird gunk is on my left pectoral... :confused:

(Edited because I hit Post too quickly)

Oct 14, 2014#119

GasBandit

*Hypercolor Tee.

Apr 16, 2015#120

ThatNickGuy

Welp, it's Throwback Thursday, so I'm necroing this thread!

Back to 2005, when I went to New York and got knocked out by Rocky.

In retrospect, it looks more like I'm doing a Greg Land-like pornface. I imagine @Cheesy1 will find ways to exploit/photoshop this.

Apr 16, 2015#121

Ravenpoe

ThatNickGuy said:
Welp, it's Throwback Thursday, so I'm necroing this thread!

Back to 2005, when I went to New York and got knocked out by Rocky.

In retrospect, it looks more like I'm doing a Greg Land-like pornface. I imagine @Cheesy1 will find ways to exploit/photoshop this.

Man, Stallone has had a -lot- of plastic surgery.

Apr 16, 2015#122

WasabiPoptart

These are my maternal grandmother's parents and sisters. My grandmom is the shortest one, third from the right.

Jun 18, 2015#123

LittleKagsin

Got a hold of my baby book (for any future parents, please don't glue your kids' birth certificates in there! Getting a passport later in life will not be fun.) and found a pretty stellar baby picture.

Baby Kags everyone.

Haha, so chubby! :heart:

Jun 18, 2015#124

Emrys

Adorable then and adorable now.

Jun 19, 2015#125

PatrThom

LittleKagsin said:
Got a hold of my baby book (for any future parents, please don't glue your kids' birth certificates in there! Getting a passport later in life will not be fun.) and found a pretty stellar baby picture.

Baby Kags everyone.

Haha, so chubby!

Great Elora Danen cosplay, Kags.

--Patrick

Jun 19, 2015#126

LittleKagsin

PatrThom said:
Great Elora Danen cosplay, Kags.

--Patrick

AHAA! Yes!

Jul 21, 2015#127

GasBandit

My stepdad had a bunch of our old home movies digitized onto DVD, and sent me a copy of the set.

So here's a picture of 4 year old GB getting read a story by his grandmother.

I forgot how blonde I was when I was a kid. It turned brown pretty fast after I got to be about 10 or 12, though.[DOUBLEPOST=1437523854,1437523582][/DOUBLEPOST]THE ORIGIN OF A LIFELONG INTEREST. PC MASTER RACE FOR LIFE YO

[DOUBLEPOST=1437524201][/DOUBLEPOST]1987: I HAD A BABY BROTHER! AND HE WAS PERFECT! SHINY AND CHROME!

[DOUBLEPOST=1437524712][/DOUBLEPOST]Christmas 1988: Ever so briefly, Playing With Power (tm).

[DOUBLEPOST=1437525170][/DOUBLEPOST]Uhm... I don't remember this part of the family.

Ha ha ha.. ok, apparently SOMEBODY (shifty look) must have decided to tape over part of the VHS tape with a copy of the old animated Return of the King adaptation... and nobody caught it before the tape was sent in to be digitized...

Jul 21, 2015#128

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Ha ha ha.. ok, apparently SOMEBODY (shifty look) must have decided to tape over part of the VHS tape with a copy of the old animated Return of the King adaptation... and nobody caught it before the tape was sent in to be digitized...

Just think, if it had been Return of the Jedi, no one would have noticed the difference.

Jul 21, 2015#129

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
Just think, if it had been Return of the Jedi, no one would have noticed the difference.

If only my childhood HAD involved lightsabers and spaceships. It would make putting up with Ewok jokes a cakewalk

Jul 21, 2015#130

PatrThom

It's hard to recognize you without the beard.

--Patrick

Jul 22, 2015#131

Null

See, I thought this was going to be a thread where the forum photomanipulation maestros took current pictures and shooped them so we look old.

Jul 22, 2015#132

fade

Jul 23, 2015#133

PatrThom

I didn't know those old Compaqs came with SVGA color monitors!

--Patrick

Nov 27, 2015#134

Dei

My grandmother gave me a pile of old pictures and I found a marching band picture from the year we won state, some number of years ago that is definitely not nearly two decades ago. (I'm in the middle)

Jan 21, 2016#135

ThatNickGuy

Apparently, I once bared a striking resemblance to Gary Busey.

Jan 21, 2016#136

Null

ThatNickGuy said:
Apparently, I once bared a striking resemblance to Gary Busey.

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Jan 21, 2016#137

Tinwhistler

1989

Jan 21, 2016#138

Dei

Oh god, the weird 80s mustache.

Jan 21, 2016#139

fade

And the acid wash.

Jan 21, 2016#140

Tinwhistler

Dei said:
Oh god, the weird 80s mustache.

That was the only kind of stache I could grow back then

Jan 30, 2016#141

Grytpipe-Thynne

Me, rear right, at RAF Tech School, seventeen years old.

Me, hiding behind glass, early twenties.

Jan 30, 2016#142

Cheesy1

These are awesome!

Jan 30, 2016#143

PatrThom

Grytpipe-Thynne said:
Me [...] at RAF Tech School

Well, this explains the sig.

--Patrick

Jan 30, 2016#144

Cajungal

Handsome devil.

Jan 30, 2016#145

fade

Now when you say early twenties...

Jan 30, 2016#146

Ravenpoe

Grytpipe-Thynne said:
Me, hiding behind glass, early twenties.View attachment 20331

I'm not sure about you, because you're hidden behind the glass, but the other three look really drunk.

Also, really cool pics. I bet you were quite the lady killer. And judging from your post in the other thread, are still a lady killer.

Jan 30, 2016#147

Grytpipe-Thynne

PatrThom said:
Well, this explains the sig.

--Patrick

Well done. I had expected comment on that before now.[DOUBLEPOST=1454199971,1454199883][/DOUBLEPOST]

Ravenpoe said:
I'm not sure about you, because you're hidden behind the glass, but the other three look really drunk.

Also, really cool pics. I bet you were quite the lady killer. And judging from your post in the other thread, are still a lady killer.

A Gentleman doesn't tell. :cool:

Jan 30, 2016#148

Dave

Dude, these pictures are amazing! More!

Jan 30, 2016#149

Emrys

A man in uniform! <swoon>

Jan 30, 2016#150

PatrThom

Grytpipe-Thynne said:
Well done. I had expected comment on that before now.

There are flyboys and then there are fanboys, and I didn't want to assume either incorrectly.

--Patrick

Jan 31, 2016#151

Grytpipe-Thynne

Emrys said:
A man in uniform! <swoon>

NOW it happens, sixty years too late!!

Jan 31, 2016#152

Grytpipe-Thynne

Dave said:
Dude, these pictures are amazing! More!

Just a couple Dave, I don't want to monopolise the thread.

Suave in Italy.

Relaxing in Germany.

Being ecstatic with the sheer luxury of the accommodation provided while attached to the Dutch Marines.

Jan 31, 2016#153

PatrThom

Grytpipe-Thynne said:
Just a couple Dave, I don't want to monopolise the thread.
View attachment 20337 Relaxing in Germany

It might be unavoidable. You might have more pictures than the rest of us.
Also, I'm not sure if the Germany pic reminds me more of Harry Houdini or Dr. Strangelove.

--Patrick

Jan 31, 2016#154

Emrys

PatrThom said:
Also, I'm not sure if the Germany pic reminds me more of Harry Houdini or Dr. Strangelove.

--Patrick

I came up with both of those too, especially Strangelove. Glad I wasn't the only one.

Jan 31, 2016#155

Grytpipe-Thynne

Emrys said:
I came up with both of those too, especially Strangelove. Glad I wasn't the only one.

I reckon Strangelove. But then I'm a Peter Sellers fan.

Jan 31, 2016#156

WasabiPoptart

Grytpipe-Thynne said:
Just a couple Dave, I don't want to monopolise the thread.

View attachment 20336 Suave in Italy.

Is that a Fiat 600? I love those cars.

Jan 31, 2016#157

PatrThom

WasabiPoptart said:
Is that a Fiat 600? I love those cars.

Looks like it's actually the Jagst variant (can just see what is probably the chrome "Jagst" logo to the R of the license plate).
Yay, Internet.

--Patrick

Feb 4, 2016#158

ThatNickGuy

All right @Officer_Charon, I'm ready for you.

Feb 15, 2016#159

Bubble181

Mar 4, 2016#160

Celt Z

I was going through some old photos, and I found this! Taste the 90's-ness of it all!

This was my entry for Wizard Magazine's 2nd or 3rd annual costume contest (1995). The costumes were made over one weekend, using only a few Spawn comics and some action figures as reference.

Sadly, this isn't one of the better photos. All the good shots were mailed in, although I think we may have missed the submission date by a day.

And my mother lost the negatives (ah, the days before digital), so I never got to make more copies. I'm amazed this one still existed. I really wish I still had some of the better cemetery shots, or the ones we took on the top of a parking deck to get the whole city. (And by city, I mean New Brunswick, because I wasn't walking around NYC dressed like that!)

Mar 4, 2016#161

WasabiPoptart

Bubble181 said:

I did something similar on FB once when the big Throwback Thursday thing was to post pics of yourself as a kid. I posted this pic of a zygote.

Apr 28, 2016#162

ThatNickGuy

From 1990, when me and my family went to Florida. MGM Studios had a place set up to do this, including a big wardrobe of costumes. This was the result of mine.

Nov 28, 2016#163

ThatNickGuy

I'm bringing this thread back from the dead!

Nick, Age 6! From 1984.

Nov 29, 2016#164

jwhouk

(cue "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"...)

Nov 29, 2016#165

Dave

I graduated high school and joined the Marines in 1984.

Nov 29, 2016#166

Bubble181

I was born in 1984.

Nov 29, 2016#167

ThatNickGuy

Dave said:
I graduated high school and joined the Marines in 1984.

Nov 29, 2016#168

Tinwhistler

This was me in '84

Nov 29, 2016#169

PatrThom

Tinwhistler said:
This was me in '84

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You look like a person with some kind of death wish.

--Patrick

Nov 29, 2016#170

Tinwhistler

It's amazing how much can change in 2 years. (Me on the far right, if you couldn't tell)

Nov 29, 2016#171

PatrThom

Tinwhistler said:
It's amazing how much can change in 2 years. (Me on the far right, if you couldn't tell)
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Yeah, the later picture of you looks even MORE like him.

--Patrick

Nov 29, 2016#172

Celt Z

Tinwhistler said:
It's amazing how much can change in 2 years. (Me on the far right, if you couldn't tell)
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Getting contacts will do that to ya.

Nov 29, 2016#173

GasBandit

The pictures I previously posted on page 4 were from 1983 and 1987, sooo... I guess average them out and there ya go.

Nov 29, 2016#174

Tinwhistler

Celt Z said:
Getting contacts will do that to ya.

Nah..I was just vain enough to go around blind for a few years. I can't wear contacts.

Dec 26, 2016#175

BErt

Found this rookie card looking through an old drawer, I should probably get it PSA graded. i mean, it says All Star right at the top there...

Dec 26, 2016#176

jwhouk

GOLDBERG!

Dec 26, 2016#177

BErt

jwhouk said:
GOLDBERG!

Hey, fuck you

I was at least good, I wasn't only the goalie because I was fat like Goldberg

Honestly i miss playing, but i just dont think i can justify purchasing all the pads again

Dec 27, 2016#178

PatrThom

BErt said:
Hey, fuck you

I was at least good, I wasn't only the goalie because I was fat like Goldberg

Honestly i miss playing, but i just dont think i can justify purchasing all the pads again

I usually ended up in goal because I was better than anyone else on my team at tending, I just enjoyed playing defense more.

--Patrick

Dec 27, 2016#179

BErt

PatrThom said:
I usually ended up in goal because I was better than anyone else on my team at tending, I just enjoyed playing defense more.

--Patrick

I loved playing net. There was always a place for you in pick up games because nobody else wanted to. And you got some pretty cool bruises lol

Mar 9, 2017#180

Squidleybits

Yes, believe it or not, this is us. Before hair bleach and grey hair.

Mar 9, 2017#181

Krisken

You've inspired me @Squidleybits, here is my wife and I when we got married, more than 10 years ago-

Yes, she is prettier than I am

Aug 3, 2017#182

ThatNickGuy

I'm necro'ing this thread because I discovered a bunch of old pictures on my Photobucket account. Remember Photobucket? I remember Photobucket. I used it all the time for LiveJournal. Remember LiveJournal? I remember LiveJournal.

So, not sure if I've ever shown this frightening photo, but me in 2000, when I thought having blonde bangs would be cool. (It wasn't.)

TINY DIOMEDES! (2004)

And then there's this from Easter 2006.

And one more, from 2004. Apparently, I thought this was badass and cool. (Again: it wasn't.) I was going for a "'General? Would you care to step outside?' pose."

But goddamn, I miss that massive Crisis on Infinite Earths poster. I think I threw it away when I moved to Toronto.

Aug 3, 2017#183

Celt Z

ThatNickGuy said:
I'm necro'ing this thread because I discovered a bunch of old pictures on my Photobucket account. Remember Photobucket? I remember Photobucket. I used it all the time for LiveJournal. Remember LiveJournal? I remember LiveJournal.

So, not sure if I've ever shown this frightening photo, but me in 2000, when I thought having blonde bangs would be cool. (It wasn't.)
View attachment 25132

I have to find it again, but we have a picture of Mr. Z from around the same time period with almost the same hair. Why did you guys insist on doing that to yourselves?!

Aug 3, 2017#184

PatrThom

They wanted to look like DiCaprio?

--Patrick

Aug 3, 2017#185

GasBandit

Hah, my best friend did the same thing then, too! His girlfriend (now wife) got him to do it.

Aug 3, 2017#186

ThatNickGuy

You guys are gonna laugh. Do you know what I was trying for? Seriously, full disclosure. I've NEVER told anyone this:

I was obsessed with the younger version of Cable at the time. Nate Grey. X-Man.

And I thought "Hey, white bangs look cool. Let's see if I can pull off blonde like that."

I couldn't. And it was terrible.

Aug 3, 2017#187

sixpackshaker

In the Easter pic you look like Booji Boy.

Aug 3, 2017#188

ThatNickGuy

Screw it. I shared them on Facebook and Twitter. Here's a few more. I'll put them behind spoilers. And edit the other post so they're not taking up so much scrolling room, either.

2006. UUUUUUGH. I tried way too hard to look like a badass for far too long. The part of Vin Diesel will now be played by...

2006. UNCROSS YOUR ARMS, IDIOT! IT LOOKS TERRIBLE.

NO! STOP! THAT'S WORSE!

2006. When I went bald for the first time and I have NO clue what I'm doing here.

2007. Okay, 2006 was bad. Surely 2007 can't be...OH FOR GOD'S SAKE, 2007 NICK. NO PANTS DAY IS NOT A THING ANYMORE (I think.)

Aug 3, 2017#189

Celt Z

ThatNickGuy said:
You guys are gonna laugh. Do you know what I was trying for? Seriously, full disclosure. I've NEVER told anyone this:

I was obsessed with the younger version of Cable at the time. Nate Grey. X-Man.
View attachment 25137
And I thought "Hey, white bangs look cool. Let's see if I can pull off blonde like that."

I couldn't. And it was terrible.

You know what? This is a decent reason. Mr. Z didn't even have a good reason.

Aug 3, 2017#190

Null

Wasn't that around the time that little shit from Home Improvement had the frosted bangs and was on the covers of all the teenie bopper magazines?

Aug 3, 2017#191

ThatNickGuy

Celt Z said:
This is a decent reason.

I based my hair off a bad 90s reject character. There is no such thing as a decent reason in this context!

Aug 26, 2017#192

GasBandit

This is the picture my parents have of me on the refrigerator. This would be about 1998 or so, and I'm posing with my grandmother.

Aug 26, 2017#193

Dei

Well you *are* wearing the 90s uniform.

Aug 26, 2017#194

sixpackshaker

Dei said:
Well you *are* wearing the 90s uniform.

Man, I was wearing flannel back in the 70s. Flannel shirts aren't what they were back then, they used to be thick and warm. Now I have to wear a jacket when it gets cold here. You know, about 65 degrees.

Aug 26, 2017#195

PatrThom

Dei said:
Well you *are* wearing the 90s uniform.

And nobody seems to know where the camera is actually located.

--Patrick

Aug 26, 2017#196

drawn_inward

Dei said:
Well you *are* wearing the 90s uniform.

How do you know he's wearing combat boots and torn jeans?

Aug 26, 2017#197

PatrThom

drawn_inward said:
How do you know he's wearing combat boots and torn jeans?

You can see it in his facial ~~hair~~ expression.

--Patrick

Aug 26, 2017#198

Null

Dei said:
Well you *are* wearing the 90s uniform.

I was just thinking, I wore that exact same type of shirt and t-shirt all the time.

Aug 27, 2017#199

GasBandit

You just wish your boyfriends were swass like me.

Aug 27, 2017#200

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
You just wish your boyfriends were Swatch like me.

FTFY

--Patrick

Sep 28, 2017#201

sixpackshaker

Ye Olde Backyard Skateboard Ramp. We actually had a pro-tour come and skate the ramp.

My Mother just found out the lumber was stolen... on Facebook.

Sep 28, 2017#202

PatrThom

Looks...splinter-y.

--Patrick

Sep 28, 2017#203

sixpackshaker

Na, the danger was the loose nail heads stopping your board at 30 mph.

Sep 28, 2017#204

GasBandit

sixpackshaker said:
Ye Olde Backyard Skateboard Ramp. We actually had a pro-tour come and skate the ramp.

My Mother just found out the lumber was stolen... on Facebook.

Stolen to make the ramp, or stolen from the ramp?

Sep 29, 2017#205

sixpackshaker

GasBandit said:
Stolen to make the ramp, or stolen from the ramp?

Actually both. My brother and a cadre of friends stole the lumber to build the ramp. Once the boys were done with the ramp, my father stole the lumber to build a shed.

Sep 29, 2017#206

Celt Z

sixpackshaker said:
Actually both. My brother and a cadre of friends stole the lumber to build the ramp. Once the boys were done with the ramp, my father stole the lumber to build a shed.

"It's the ciiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiife..."

Sep 29, 2017#207

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker said:
Na, the danger was the loose nail heads stopping your board at 30 mph.

Did I ever tell you guys how my brother lost his spleen? ^that's how.

Sep 29, 2017#208

fade

sixpackshaker said:
Na, the danger was the loose nail heads stopping your board at 30 mph.

Oct 4, 2017#209

Far

I have and never will be cooler than this.

Aug 13, 2018#210

Cheesy1

Luckily, we're all wearing our parachute pants, so we're safe!

Dec 21, 2018#211

ThatNickGuy

It's been 9 years since I introduced Gremlins to my niece. My other niece, her sister, joined us once she was old enough. Now it's my favorite annual tradition.

Dec 21, 2018#212

Emrys

ThatNickGuy said:
It's been 9 years since I introduced Gremlins to my niece. My other niece, her sister, joined us once she was old enough. Now it's my favorite annual tradition.

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You have got to be the best uncle ever.

Jul 26, 2022#213

ThatNickGuy

Sorry to necro this thread. Facebook Memories popped up with this old pic of me. Cripes, it doesn't feel like 12 years ago. This was the summer I was a bike courier. Biking all over Toronto, every day, for hours. I look so frigging lean. I was probably in the best shape of my life then.

Oct 8, 2023#214

ThatNickGuy

It's throwback Sunday. I'm going through old pictures with my sister and discovered this. Not sure what year, exactly, but I'm thinking early 90s.

This is with my old dog, Digby, and my sister's dog, Raffi.

The "collar" is actually handcuffs from My Pet Monster, linked together to make a collar.

Oct 8, 2023#215

Dei

My parents are visiting this weekend, and showed me this old pic of me and my brother.

Oct 8, 2023#216

Ravenpoe

ThatNickGuy said:
It's throwback Sunday. I'm going through old pictures with my sister and discovered this. Not sure what year, exactly, but I'm thinking early 90s.

This is with my old dog, Digby, and my sister's dog, Raffi.

The "collar" is actually handcuffs from My Pet Monster, linked together to make a collar.

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I have a picture that looks almost exactly like this.

It's a little more recent and I won't be sharing it here.

Oct 8, 2023#217

ThatNickGuy

Ravenpoe said:
I have a picture that looks almost exactly like this.

It's a little more recent and I won't be sharing it here.

Were, uh, were there dogs also involved?

I mean, no judgment!

Oct 8, 2023#218

PatrThom

ThatNickGuy said:
Were, uh, were there dogs also involved?

I mean, no judgment!

Dogs, no.
Canines? Welll....

--Patrick

Oct 8, 2023#219

Cheesy1

Me and my brother back in Alaska, rocking our hats while eating our hot dogs on Roman Meal bread.

Jun 11, 2024#220

figmentPez

Twenty years ago.

While sharing this photo with friends I realized I'd already been going by figmentPez online for 7 years at that point.

I'm playing on a Gameboy Advance SP, and on my hip is a pouch containing a PDA. Probably a Handspring Visor.

Jun 11, 2024#221

Bubble181

If it makes you feel any better, that's pretty much exactly what you still look like in my mind's eye.

Jun 11, 2024#222

evilmike

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