mug shots and booking photos

[lady cop]

anyone willing to post their photos? it's kind of fun to put a face with a name. not asking for fingerprints! (watch this thread sink like the :titanic: )

[wade-w]

Oh, you'll find there are many around here that are not afraid to post thier pics.

I'm not one of them, however. There are no digital pics of me that I know of anywhere, and no reasonably recent ones of any description whatsoever. I wouldn't want to ruin anyone's meal time, anyway.

[Petra]

I have a scan from about 3 or 4 years ago on my pc which I'll post. The lighting's all weird 'cos my face is lying on a scanner bed. Can't remember why, exactly, anymore. Foolin' around, I s'pose. :shrug:


I thought I had another pic here somewhere, but I can't seem to find it. It was a proper photograph, and everything. :(

[lady cop]

hey, thanks for being brave, pretty Luna girl :cheer:

[Beth]

anyone willing to post their photos? it's kind of fun to put a face with a name. not asking for fingerprints! (watch this thread sink like the :titanic: )If I show you mine, will you show me yers? :D

[lady cop]

anyone willing to post their photos? it's kind of fun to put a face with a name. not asking for fingerprints! (watch this thread sink like the :titanic: )If I show you mine, will you show me yers? :D go for it! :D

[Petra]

:curtsey:


I'll accept flowers, champagne, strawberries and chocolate.


Cincin, dahlings, cincin! :cincin:


:flirt:

[Godless Wonder]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/cmscdj/steve/steve.jpg
Well, my avatar is my photo, but here's another one.

[Petra]

Beth is beautiful. :yup:

[lady cop]

NO, GW, that's that model dude, what'shisname! (someone help me here)

[Nex]

This is from Halloween a couple years ago. I know it's not a good pic, but I think y'all will survive. :pumpkin:

http://i.xanga.com/Nexxus23/7.21.2002.jpg

[lady cop]

Nex is a witchy woman! (which is a good thing) :witchfly:

[Petra]

GW, you pic reminds me of a guy I worked with in London. We used to work in a chain of secondhand record stores around Notting Hill Gate and Camden, and he was always so cool to work with. He and I were so naughty - we'd disappear to the pub for hours playing pool and smoking hash in the downstairs bar of The Swan - a crazy pub fo'sure. Our boss would eventually have to send someone over to get us before we got too schickered. Fortunately our boss was nuts and had a soft spot for 'rebels', so our jobs were secure regardless. He liked us. :D

Heheh. Thanks for the fun memory. :)

[Godless Wonder]

I know it's not a good pic Liar. :)

[Petra]

Ha! Nex, I thought you were a guy!

Very cool pic. :cool:

[Beth]

Here I am sans make up. Taken this summer.

[Noodlenader]

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/1ca323ea/8848/__sr_/f9a3.jpg?phZqPvBB9QnAgih1

[Beth]

Beth is beautiful. :yup:
Well, Luna, thank you. You are so nice. But the pic I posted shows that I am just plain without make up. :)

[Beth]

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/1ca323ea/8848/__sr_/f9a3.jpg?phZqPvBB9QnAgih1
Oh gosh! I want that wittle kitty! Such an adorable pic.

[wade-w]

Beth is beautiful. :yup:
Well, Luna, thank you. You are so nice. But the pic I posted shows that I am just plain without make up. :)

Umm... I beg to differ. That pic shows that you are indeed a beautiful woman.

[viscousmemories]

I'm a dead ringer for Brad Pitt. It's eerie.

[livius drusus]

Beth, with your hair pulled back under the cap and no makeup I think you look about 15 years old. I say light your makeup kit on fire.

Noodlenader, I don't know who is cuter in that pic. Then again, why compare? You and kitty are both enchanting.

Godless Wonder, I think the larger picture is better than the avatar because it's so much better lit you can actually see your face. I think you'd look great with short hair, btw. You must have been growing it out for ages.

Nex, you're lovely, particularly the shape of your eyes and eyebrows, but the pic washes you out so much I can't see your nose!

[lady cop]

Beth and Noodlenader are lovely ladies with beautiful eyes...well a deal's a deal...give me a minute.

[lady cop]

I'm a dead ringer for Brad Pitt. It's eerie.
yeah...let's see! :chicken2:

[lady cop]

ok , this is me, taken 3 months ago. contrary to how it appears up to now, you don't have to be gorgeous to post a pic in this thread!

[viscousmemories]

Okay, okay. Here's a little collage I put together last time someone asked me for a pic. I think I'm a little thinner now. I don't have access to my actual mugshots (is there some way I can get ahold of them, though? It would be interesting).

[Beth]

ok , this is me, taken 3 months ago.
Great pic. Was it taken in the UK? I want you shirt, BTW. :yup:

[Noodlenader]

Liv, thanks! How about one of you? I've always wondered what you look like :) :)

[Goliath]

Jeez, there are so many beautiful people here, that I'm glad I took my picture off of my profile.

[livius drusus]

I don't post pics of myself online, Noodle, sorry. I'm little and Mediterranean looking, though, if that helps alleviate your curiosity. ;)

[Beth]

Jeez, there are so many beautiful people here, that I'm glad I took my picture off of my profile.I liked your pic.

[Noodlenader]

I don't post pics of myself online, Noodle, sorry. I'm little and Mediterranean looking, though, if that helps alleviate your curiosity. ;)

I am Mediterranean, too! Surprise surprise ;)

[lady cop]

Viscous, you are a cutie! and no, Beth, that was taken at a Brit pub in florida LOL...you can't have my shirt though. i have the matching tattoo on my arm and need the shirt so i am coordinated flag-wise. :unitedkingdom: :D

[Nex]

Since that pic I posted was bad (as in, way too overexposed), here's another one. (http://i.xanga.com/Nexxus23/5-10-2004.jpg)

[Goliath]

Jeez, there are so many beautiful people here, that I'm glad I took my picture off of my profile.I liked your pic.

Really? Thanks. :blush:

[Beth]

This is me on my 13 wedding anniversary before we went out. I took a pic to check the lighting in that room to see if we could get a good group shot. I hadn't had much sleep, hence dark circles and I was completely frazzled from hectic day.

I originally said it was my b-day. but I was mixed up.

[Beth]

Viscous, you are a cutie! and no, Beth, that was taken at a Brit pub in florida LOL...you can't have my shirt though. i have the matching tattoo on my arm and need the shirt so i am coordinated flag-wise. :D
I've been hunting for a nice Brit flag tee. They are hard to find. The Booth reminded me of some Brit pics, that is why I asked.

[Beth]

Jeez, there are so many beautiful people here, that I'm glad I took my picture off of my profile.I liked your pic.

Really? Thanks. :blush:Yes, really. :)

[wade-w]

This is me on my 13 wedding anniversary before we went out. I took a pic to check the lighting in that room to see if we could get a good group shot. I hadn't had much sleep, hence dark circles and I was completely frazzled from hectic day.

I originally said it was my b-day. but I was mixed up.

Wow, Beth.

[Roland98]

This is the one in my II profile:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/roland98/hair_front_1.jpg

(Aack! It's huge here! Sorry...)

Goliath, I don't think I ever saw your profile pic here. Nex, I also thought you were a guy. :) vm is just as cute in person, and beth is lovely as always. ladycop, when do we get a pic of the tattoo? :)

[freemonkey]

I was stalking bugs, with my nifty Nikon swively camera, in my front yard one evening this summer. I swiveled it too far back and caught this pic of me. I'm not sure, but I think its me, but in reverse (or was I upside down?) And my hair was wet because I'd just gotten out of the shower. Anyway, I thought it was kind of cool, so I took a couple more.

[Petra]

Woohoo! Who said this thread would die? We're all so darned fine that our mugs should be posted not just on internet fora, but on billboards across the land advertising fabulousness! Yes, indeedy, 'cos we all are absolutely fabulous. :yup: :cool:


:bow:

[Petra]

Freemonkey, I thought your hair was dark brown but you're really quite fair. Have you dyed it?

[D. Scarlatti]

Well, my avatar is my photo ...

Huh. I thought it was Gerard Depardieu.

[lady cop]

This is the one in my II profile:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/roland98/hair_front_1.jpg

(Aack! ladycop, when do we get a pic of the tattoo? :) it looks exactly like this :unitedkingdom: , on my right bicep, only much bigger! and you are gorgeous!

[The Lone Ranger]

This is me . . .

Cheers,

Michael

[LadyShea]

Great pics everyone, we have a damn good looking group here.

I don't have any recent pics on this 'puter...Frankie has em all. This is us at our company Christmas party at the Beverly Hills hotel a few years back. Had to get all dolled up because of the venue and all. I got that 100 inch strand of freshwater pearls so cheap I felt I was stealing, and that's a vintage fur that belonged to my great Aunt.

[freemonkey]

Freemonkey, I thought your hair was dark brown but you're really quite fair. Have you dyed it?

No, just the ambient light, I guess. Sometimes it looks light, sometimes medium, sometimes red, sometimes dark.

[lady cop]

Lone Ranger you are very handsome! and LadyShea you are absolutely lovely! character is written on the face, don't be afraid to post a pic! i love this, everyone is so forthcoming. your beauty is in your personality... we got to know each other without superficial bar-scene crap. now..back to superficial bar-scene crap.... :D

[Sweetie]

Great pics everybody. :)

[wildernesse]

Here's a pic I made RA take of me today. I'm always surprised at how straight my hair gets when it grows just a little bit longer than it usually is. Hopefully, I've uploaded this right.

Edited to add: I love seeing everyone's pictures--they're great!

[Petra]

Great pics everybody. :)

Aren't they, though. I was just looking over them again, and it is lovely to see everyone's eyes and smiles. It's neat to see the new pics of faces I already know - Beth, Tom, Brandi, Frank, Roland and Michael; you all look gorgeous. Beautiful. And it's so great to see the 'newer' people, too. Such wonderful faces; serene, relaxed, happy...

Thanks for posting them.

:)

[Sweetie]

Eyes and smiles are always awesome to connect with bodiless and soundless voices on the net.

Me, I'm a terrible critic, particularily of myself and particularily in photos, I can always find something wrong with any pic of myself. I'll see if I can get some faultless photos over the holidays, wish me luck. :D What good is being photogenic if you never like any pic you ever take? Well, I like a few but it would take fifteen pics of me to say, "this is what I look like." I look different in every picture, you could entitle them each and say, "The Mother," "The Child", "The Vulnerable," "The Bitch," "The Imp," etc. :D and none would just say, "Me."

[lady cop]

Viscous, you are a cutie! and no, Beth, that was taken at a Brit pub in florida LOL...you can't have my shirt though. i have the matching tattoo on my arm and need the shirt so i am coordinated flag-wise. :D
I've been hunting for a nice Brit flag tee. They are hard to find. The Booth reminded me of some Brit pics, that is why I asked. i took his ENGLAND rugby shirt right off his back, but he is generous and an angel.they ARE hard to find over here.

[Petra]

...and none would just say, "Me."

Oh, man...ain't that always the way! As we look at ourselves in pics, we always look so one-dimensional to ourselves - but when we look at others, especially people we only know in text, we see their shine. I call it the straight hair/curly hair syndrome. Or I did just then anyway. :chin:


...ENGLAND rugby shirt...

Worthless! The only rugby shirts that can truly been worn with pride are the Black ones. :D :wink:

[lady cop]

...and none would just say, "Me."

Oh, man...ain't that always the way! As we look at ourselves in pics, we always look so one-dimensional to ourselves - but when we look at others, especially people we only know in text, we see their shine. I call it the straight hair/curly hair syndrome. Or I did just then anyway. :chin:


...ENGLAND rugby shirt...

Worthless! The only rugby shirts that can truly been worn with pride are the Black ones. :D :wink: oh hell..it's on now....i could give a rat's corpse about rugby, but my honey will assail you!

[xorbie]

Me...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/shadows_edge/P1010090.jpg

[Shaguar]

So the only shirt to be worn is the All Black one eh, that is why the current world rugby champions are err let me think.. Oh yes it's England, All Blacks never even made the final as I recall.

[Godless Dave]

This is kind of big but it's the only one I have handy.

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~teeg0011/images/seattle2004/oktober-dave.jpg

[Shake]

xorbie, you've got that Trent Reznor thing going on. I mean that as a compliment, btw.

Hmm, I think I just posted a photo here somewhere recently. Too lazy to go look for it, so here's one of me at Mardi Gras 2K in a t-shirt shop. No goatee anymore, but the hair is just as short.

[Shake]

... and 'cause the ladies like the "man in a uniform" thing ... here's one from a few years back when I was in the USAF:

[Clutch Munny]

wildernesse, dave, roland, everyone... great pics. Very expressive. Makes you all seem even more likeable. (as if that were possible!)

[Roland98]

Heh, I love that one, Dave. It just seems so...you. :)

xorbie, no hat??

wildernesse--damn you and your naturally straight hair. I'm insanely jealous. And for some reason, I'd pictured you as a brunette. Is it kind of strawberry-blond? Hard to tell exactly on my crummy monitor.

Shake, adorable as always. ;)

Clutch, I seem to remember a pic or two of you floating around somewhere...

[xorbie]

I actually wear a hat every other day or so.. when my hair is acting up (I don't believe in combs, really).

[Shake]

Shake, adorable as always. ;)
Right back at'cha, babe! :wink:

[viscousmemories]

Thanks for the compliments, liars. :P

[Beth]

Thanks for the compliments, liars. :P
They are not lying. I was suprised, I saw a pic of you from a distance before, but none really close up. You are a good looking man, Tom. Specially wit dose shades, bro. :pimpin:

[viscousmemories]

They are not lying. I was suprised, I saw a pic of you from a distance before, but none really close up. You are a good looking man, Tom. Specially wit dose shades, bro. :pimpin:
Thanks Beth, that's sweet of you to say. :yup:

Our own Lauri D. picked out the shades for me. I have no fashion sense of my own. :bag:

[Godless Dave]

Heh, I love that one, Dave. It just seems so...you. :)

That photo pretty much sums up my personality, or at least the personality I want the outside world to think I have. Not pictured: the girl sitting to my left whom I have a crush on but can't have.

I won't bother complimenting your picture, Roland, as I'm sure you're tired of people telling you how hot you are.

[RevDahlia]

This is a couple years old, but more or less representative now that I've dyed my hair dark again.

(I was not naked, just wearing a REALLY ugly tube top that made my tits look weird, so I cropped it out.)

[Beth]

This is a couple years old, but more or less representative now that I've dyed my hair dark again.

(I was not naked, just wearing a REALLY ugly tube top that made my tits look weird, so I cropped it out.)Wow. You are really beautiful.

[RevDahlia]

This is a couple years old, but more or less representative now that I've dyed my hair dark again.

(I was not naked, just wearing a REALLY ugly tube top that made my tits look weird, so I cropped it out.)Wow. You are really beautiful.
Right back atcha. :) (I'm not beautiful, though; actually I'm kinda funny-looking. I just photograph well on occasion.)

[godfry n. glad]

So...Here's the irascible godfry:

[wildernesse]

Whee! More great pictures of people! :cheer:

wildernesse--damn you and your naturally straight hair. I'm insanely jealous. And for some reason, I'd pictured you as a brunette. Is it kind of strawberry-blond? Hard to tell exactly on my crummy monitor.

Well, I can finally say that my hair is auburn--much better than the carrot orange it was when I was a kid.

[Scotty]

Why did you post a picture of your avatar godfry, you could have just pointed it out...?

-Scott

[Dingfod]

Prepare yourself for broken computer monitors and a desire to wash your eyes out with lye soap, here I come. Don't say I didn't warn you.

[RevDahlia]

Prepare yourself for broken computer monitors and a desire to wash your eyes out with lye soap, here I come. Don't say I didn't warn you.
I think you look very nice.

[LadyShea]

Prepare yourself for broken computer monitors and a desire to wash your eyes out with lye soap, here I come. Don't say I didn't warn you.


I like your pic. I like everyone pics so far.

[godfry n. glad]

Why did you post a picture of your avatar godfry, you could have just pointed it out...?

-Scott

Uh...thank you, Scotty. I think.

I can tell the difference, because the avatar has hair on his forehead. I don't.
Otherwise, yeah.... It could be me towelling off after a shower.

I certainly wish I had the body that goes with my avatar....:deepsigh:

Before I had pix to post up, I used to send folks searching for a bust of Socrates and once they found it, I'd recommend that they imagine a pair of wire frame spectacles on that face and they'd have a very close approximation of my face. (My beard is a bit shorter, too.)

godfry

[HelenM]

I'm glad someone started this thread; I like seeing what people look like.

I think I posted a photo of me in my trip photos from August, probably this one (of me and my son):

http://www.geocities.com/mildenhall@sbcglobal.net/photos/aug04/images/IMG_1039.jpg

There are a few other photos of me on my website.

Helen

[lady cop]

Hi Helen...nice photo, may i ask where it was taken?

[freemonkey]

I agree, its very cool to see pics of all you people, you're all so good, and normal, looking!

OK, here's a clearer pic of me, working. Its from last spiring, I think. I've since cut several inches off my hair.

[HelenM]

Hi Helen...nice photo, may i ask where it was taken?

Thanks and yes you may :). It was at the top of one of the towers of Conwy Castle in Wales.

Helen

[Dingfod]

I think you look very nice.

I like your pic.

You are both too kind. And, beautiful, I must say. I almost didn't post my pic because it seemed like throwing mud on the walls of the Louvre.

[HelenM]

I think you look very nice.

I like your pic.

You are both too kind. And, beautiful, I must say. I almost didn't post my pic because it seemed like throwing mud on the walls of the Louvre.

I like it too, Warren. I feel like I know people better when I've seen their photo and I like that feeling.

Helen

[freemonkey]

I think you look very nice.

I like your pic.

You are both too kind. And, beautiful, I must say. I almost didn't post my pic because it seemed like throwing mud on the walls of the Louvre.

Warren, I've seen pics of you before and always thought you look like a really nice man, as friendly & good natured as you are in writing.

[Ymir's blood]

This was taken a few years ago at work.

[Beth]

I think you look very nice.

I like your pic.

You are both too kind. And, beautiful, I must say. I almost didn't post my pic because it seemed like throwing mud on the walls of the Louvre.

Warren, I've seen pics of you before and always thought you look like a really nice man, as friendly & good natured as you are in writing.Same here, Warren! :)

[Dingfod]

Aw, shucks.

/me shuffles feet and looks down

[Beth]

This was taken a few years ago at work.
Nice! :yup:

[maddog]

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/1ca323ea/8848/__sr_/f9a3.jpg?phZqPvBB9QnAgih1
Waaah! I din' get ta see no kitty an' no noodlenader! Waaah! :cry:

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[Roland98]

Aww warren, you're too hard on yourself. Goliath sent me a link to his pic as well and I think you both look absolutely charming.

freemonkey, you're lovely! Is that actual work-work, or fun-work?

ymir's blood--what exactly do you do?

And Helen, both of you look wonderful. Your son has that Harry Potter quality about him. :)

[godfry n. glad]

Aw, shucks.

* warrenly shuffles feet and looks down

You deserve it, big guy. Every thing they said is true.

I'd say you look positively avunucular. Friendly and true.

Snide as all get-out, though.

godfry

[Ymir's blood]

ymir's blood--what exactly do you do?
Short answer: As little as I can get away with.

Long answer: I work as an inspector for NCDOT. We administer contracts for road building and improvement projects. I work with the contractor's supervisory staff to make sure that the work is performed according to the plans and specifications. The job is a mix of record keeping, materials sampling and testing, alongside of a lot of observation.

[Dingfod]

And Helen, both of you look wonderful. Your son has that Harry Potter quality about him. :)
I know where they are in that photo, atop Hogwarts Castle.

[Ymir's blood]

I'm little and Mediterranean looking, though, if that helps alleviate your curiosity. ;)
Well you're salty enough, but I hope your complexion isn't quite that blue.
:giggle:

[HelenM]

And Helen, both of you look wonderful. Your son has that Harry Potter quality about him. :)

Thanks. It's the glasses that do it - although they aren't really the right shape...

I know where they are in that photo, atop Hogwarts Castle.

Actually, no :) but we did go there too...you might recognize this if you saw the scene in HP I where Harry flies for the first time to rescue Neville's remembrall. This is the only castle I've seen with figures like this on top of its battlements; and you can see those in the movie.

http://www.geocities.com/mildenhall@sbcglobal.net/photos/aug04/images/IMG_1420.jpg

HP III was filmed somewhere else; I love all those beautiful slopes in it. visually HPIII is the prettiest, I think.

All of the movies have Glenfinnan Viaduct in (that huge railway viaduct the train to Hogwarts goes over), which I saw years ago when I went on vacation to Scotland with my then-fiance, now-husband. (Or that's what the viaduct looks like, anyway)

Helen

[Beth]

Helen, I showed my kids the vacation pics you posted. They both recognised the castle from the film, somehow. Anyway, I love that pic of you and your son and the backdrop is great.

[HelenM]

Thanks, Beth :)

[Ex-zombie]

I look quite a bit like Rob Zombie which is why I chose his pic as my avatar(currently on hiatus due to Christmas). I don't have any digital photos of myself.

[Goliath]

Awww, okay, what the hell...here's my pic...don't say I didn't warn you.

This was taken about a year and a half ago...right now, my hair is longer and my beard shorter.

[lisarea]

Thank you. I love that picture, Goliath. You widdle cutie-pie, you.

There's just something about round faces and slightly wild beards that brings out the maternal instinct in me, I reckon.

Oh. While I was looking for that Little Muffin picture, I found what I used to think was a pretty bad picture of me, until one day, I saw this one picture some guy took of me and the ODB where we totally look like Punch and Judy, if Judy had a big wattle and no eyebrows. So now, I figure this picture is probably pretty good and I just didn't know it before.

[Goliath]

Thank you. I love that picture, Goliath. You widdle cutie-pie, you.

:blush3:

...So now, I figure this picture is probably pretty good and I just didn't know it before.

Wow...who is that really cute young lady in that second pic? :)

[Dingfod]

Oh. While I was looking for that Little Muffin picture, I found what I used to think was a pretty bad picture of me, until one day, I saw this one picture some guy took of me and the ODB where we totally look like Punch and Judy, if Judy had a big wattle and no eyebrows. So now, I figure this picture is probably pretty good and I just didn't know it before.You don't look old enough to have a son that can grow a beard.

[lisarea]

You don't look old enough to have a son that can grow a beard.

Yeah, well, those pictures are a year or year and a half old. As I'm sure you're painfully aware, since that time, my eyebrows fell out and I grew a wattle. You can ask that guy--Wayland or Walford or Wayne or something--who took that one picture of that!

Oh, wait. I meant: Thanks, youse guys.

[Dingfod]

I wasn't talking about the picture. I've seen you in real life. Wattle? I didn't notice, but if you do have one, it's cute.

[Dingfod]

Punch and Judy with Deacon Doubtmonger damn near drunk in Denver.

[lisarea]

Punch and Judy with Deacon Doubtmonger damn near drunk in Denver.

You bastard!

See, and I was just thinking I forgot to mention your pretty blue eyes there. Now I'm glad I forgot! HA!

PS: I only drank two or three beers total that night, and he only drinks the sody pop. Apparently, we just make a lot of really retarded faces for no good reason.

[Dingfod]

Blue-eyes? Like I'm supposed to be embarassed about that. I'm just glad you didn't mention my gravitational field.

[Dingfod]

You bastard! You want me to remove it? What will you give me to do that? Hmmm?

PS: I only drank two or three beers total that night, and he only drinks the sody pop. Apparently, we just make a lot of really retarded faces for no good reason.It was Deacon Doubtmonger that was damn near drunk, I don't know about you two, you just kept going out for a hit off the bong or something.

[wei yau]

Alright, here I am during the Habitat blitz builid in Mexico. It's about as recent a pic as I have at the office. Had to crop out my wife, as she doesn't like having her pic online.

I'm not terribly photogenic, but I'm pretty comfortable with this pic. The shadowing caused by the hat and the dust mask covering my chin(s) obscure it just enough for me to post it online.

I'm not terribly comfortable with my physical appearance, but the important thing is that I'm working on losing the weight.

[livius drusus]

Oh, eldar... You're so adorably cute caked in plaster. :hug:

[lisarea]

Alright, here I am during the Habitat blitz builid in Mexico. It's about as recent a pic as I have at the office. Had to crop out my wife, as she doesn't like having her pic online.

I'm not terribly photogenic, but I'm pretty comfortable with this pic. The shadowing caused by the hat and the dust mask covering my chin(s) obscure it just enough for me to post it online.

Ha ha! I have Paintshop open, so I just copied your picture in, adjusted the brightness, and I SAW YOU, ELDAR! I SAW YOU!

HA HA! You can't fool me!

You're even cuter with the brightness and contrast adjusted. If you just cut and paste the picture in and adjust the brightness and contrast both to around 30%, you can pretty much negate the shadow.

Everybody go look at Eldar!


I'm not terribly comfortable with my physical appearance, but the important thing is that I'm working on losing the weight.

Well, then, you should have worn earmuffs. The only thing wrong with you is that your earlobes appear to be attached, which proves that you're a devil. The rest of you is cute, though. Which is all too often the case with devils.

Oh, crap. I just looked at the other pages I hadn't seen, and now I'm mad at freemonkey. I thought she was just a nice middle-aged lady, but now I don't like her anymore because she's all hot and stuff.

[wei yau]

Now, I'm conflicted.

On the one hand, l have grown to love lisarea even more. Her wit never fails to make me laugh like a mentally deficient goon.

On the other hand, I'm now self-conscious about my ears, which I'd never been before.

I could solve the problem by re-directing my displeasure at all the other hot-looking posters (much as lisarea has done with regards to freemonkey), but then I'd end up hating just about all of you...including lisarea...which pretty much leaves me right where I started.

A vicious circle, indeed.

[LadyShea]

Jeezus fuck a duck lisa you look like a 20-something. You look younger than me and you have a kid with a beard?

So you be pissed at freemonkey for being all hot, I am gonna be pissed at you for having no wrinkles, laugh/worry lines, pockmarks or weird growths. Bitch.

[wei yau]

Otherwise, yeah.... It could be me towelling off after a shower.


Given the facial expression on that avatar, either you're towelling off with sandpaper or you're spending an inordinate amount of time towelling off a specific area.

I certainly wish I had the body that goes with my avatar....:deepsigh:

But then your body would be rock hard and chiseled...oh wait...nevermind.

[LadyShea]

I like your picture Eldar, you're adorable and a working hard man is always a turn on!

And Goliath, I always liked your picture and don't know why you took it out of your profile.

[lisarea]

Jeezus fuck a duck lisa you look like a 20-something. You look younger than me and you have a kid with a beard?

So you be pissed at freemonkey, I am gonna be pissed at you for having no wrinkles, laugh/worry lines, pockmarks or weird growths. Bitch.

See, though. There's a sort of counterintuitive thing about camera flashes. You'd think that they'd highlight shit like that, but if they're bright enough, they actually disguise them. I look a little more like Richard Nixon and a little less (at least I like to tell myself) like Mrs. Potato Head than the photographs might indicate. Plus, the flashbulbs change my boring hair to different and exciting new colors. It's like cameras see kind of generic brown hair, and they're all like, "Oh, man, not THIS shit again!" and they just make an executive decision and turn it dark brown or red or something.

I used to like that about cameras. Until that guy, Warthog or Wassily or "Whatever," illustrated so memorably how that kind of thing can be turned around on a guy.

Oh, and Eldar? Maybe you could try using some contouring shadow on your ears--sort of paint little triangles right where they connect, to give the appearance of detachment. Ladies do this kind of thing to create the illusion of cheekbones and things like that sometimes. Or else, you could grow some kind of dog-ear hairstyle, where you would have long pieces on the sides like a basset hound or something, to cover them up. And while you're waiting for it to grow out, you could just get a hat with earflaps or maybe just a Loverboy-style headband that you could wear kind of low on your head.

[wei yau]

The pics of all the women here remind me of why most of my friends have always been female. :madlove:

And to join in the chorus of hatred for all those who are better looking than me, I hate most of the men.

Especially those of you with facial hair. I could stop shaving for a year and still would have no more facial hair than a teen just starting puberty.

[wei yau]

I like your picture Eldar, you're adorable and a working hard man is always a turn on!

Thank you, milady.

I'd point out the possible transposition of words in your post, but I'm fine with letting it stand.

Consider my day made!

[wei yau]

Oh, eldar... You're so adorably cute caked in plaster. :hug:

And that's just me at the start of the day. You should've seen how much plaster I had on me when I showered at the end of the day.

[Shake]

Nah, that's a nice picture lisa! And I have to agree that you can't possibly have a child that old! ;)

[Goliath]

And Goliath, I always liked your picture and don't know why you took it out of your profile.

:blush: Thanks.

[lisarea]

Actually, the Little Muffin picture is from a year or two ago. He's a lot hairier than that now. He's got a regular Taliban thing going on now.

Unfortunately, though, both my scanner and my camera are haunted right now, so I don't have anything more recent. However, I made my mom some refrigerator magnets of the Little Muffin because she moved out of state and misses him, so I just used Paintshop to update them a little.

This is one of my efforts at age-enhancing the Little Muffin.

Edit: Sorry! I accidentally uploaded the humongous version!

[wei yau]

This is one of my efforts at age-enhancing the Little Muffin.

Hey are those attached ear lobes?

Wow, there just might be something to that devil connection.

:giggle:

[LadyShea]

I like your picture Eldar, you're adorable and a working hard man is always a turn on!

Thank you, milady.

I'd point out the possible transposition of words in your post, but I'm fine with letting it stand.

Consider my day made!

ROFL, I did it on purpose just to change things up doncha know ;) Seriously, in that picture you are working hard...this is different than being generally hard working though both may be true. So, whatever, I didn't want an adjective so I made up some new English rule.

[Dingfod]

eldar, I expected you to be elder. Maybe it's just the name.

Can't grow facial hair, huh? I didn't shave at all until I was 25 and then it was only a couple times a week. I didn't have to shave daily until I was about 34-35. Then I finally reached puberty, now I cannot stop the shit from growing everywhere but my head. I'm still not nearly as hairy as my dad, who had to shave again in the evening if he was going out, he had one of those George Clooney 5 o'clock shadow things going on all the time. Not me, I tried growing a goatee a couple months ago, it's still pretty darn sparse. Maybe one of these days I'll grow up. ................ Naw, it'll never happen.

[Dingfod]

I used to like that about cameras. Until that guy, Warthog or Wassily or "Whatever," illustrated so memorably how that kind of thing can be turned around on a guy.Why don't just come right out and name the bastard?

Before Photoshop came along, I was always told photographs do not lie, at least not like your own image in a mirror can. Have you ever been surprised by your own reflection and seen your true self? I have, and I had a horn like Little Muffin, only in a different place. It was disgusting.

[Adora]

Bebi mee. Because you're meant to be generous and stuff at Christmas.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/TheAnimeSchoolgirl/fatarse.jpg

I miss that hat so much.

[dave_a]

Well those at HH have already seen me or can. For the rest of you, you will not see me until the terminally shy Livius or Adora post a recent shot of themselves.

I didn't say both, I said either one.

[Shake]

My fat arse
You know, they say the camera adds 10 lbs. ...

[lady cop]

it's back. heh heh :D ...... :flashpic:

[Sweetie]

it's back. heh heh :D ...... :flashpic:

You working for America's Most Wanted or something? Huh, huh? :chin: :D

:P

[lady cop]

it's back. heh heh :D ...... :flashpic:

You working for America's Most Wanted or something? Huh, huh? :chin: :D

:P
just updating the photos on the board in our squad room...waiting for Brimshack to show up, it's a trap. note: this is highly confidential, law enforcement only. :yup:

[Sweetie]

Pictures so alter the way people see you or treat you, for better or worse. Lots of people won't post them.

I said if there was a pic over the holidays I could stand to look at then I'd post it so here's my funny face for consideration. I don't like the pic because I'm still in it, but I can stand it. :D

Nevermind, the picture totally got stretched.

[Socratoad]

Oh wow, what a fine looking bunch we have here. The women are all so ..... how do I say this, so sumptuous and so damned intelligent and competent looking. The men handsome and so damned ...... again words fail me .... oh yes so reliable looking. All of you are people I'm so very proud to know even if it, unfortunately is from afar.

Me ? well I have always been more than just a little camera shy. I don't even have a picture of myself. Women have always carried them off. I really don't think I'm much to look at, but what the hell is my opinion compared to the opinions of thousands of women.

Perhaps , just perhaps I'll get a digital camera some day and then possibly I will post a picture. I want one so that I can post creature pictures. The best I can do is to describe how I look. I was somewhat shocked upon peering at everyone's photos to see that I almost have a twin right here on the board. Up until ten years ago Godless wonder and I would have been mistaken for at least brothers if not twins. I have aged a hell of a lot recently unfortunately. I'm an even six foot. I weigh 180 LB. I've weighed that since my early twenties. I always had very dark hair until very recent years. Now its very gray. I have a small well trimmed beard and mustache. My beard is now snow white. Guess thats about it.

I recognize several of you from photos on other boards. I was really surprised to see that my wonderful friend Lisa could pass as my granddaughter. ya know I never would have found this board had not Lisa feared for my health over at IIDB and so invited me to try my luck here. The political threads were just away too much for some who had two heart attacks in a row, and yet my indignation drew me into the damnedest arguments there. Without exaggeration Lisa very well may have saved my life.

Oh yes godfry, I recognized you instantly as I saw your photos from your trip throughout Asia and parts of the former Soviet Union. By the way I was very ill at the time and so I want to thank you for bringing me so much pleasure during those dark days with your commentaries over at Gurdur's site earlier in the year. I want to thank you all for just being the people you are. Your a great bunch, every one of you, and please forgive this damned old curmudgeon if my sarcasm sometimes overcomes my better judgment. I try not to post when I'm ill. If some days my grumpiness and cutting judgementalism seems a bit much just say to yourselves, " old Toad must be having a rough day, his sanity will return soon."

[Sweetie]

Socratoad,

Methinks you are most likely the cutest one here, you sound like such a sweet man.

[lady cop]

hey Toad...i for one think you are damned fine-looking! but more importantly, smart as hell. :vibes:

[wade-w]

Toad, you can say that only because I haven't posted a picture of myself. Nor will I; I wouldn't want to ruin anyone's appetite, or scare young children.

[Socratoad]

I'm sitting here in a semi- dark room with my pet woodchuck and old dog by my side and you women have got me blushing like a pubescent youth.

I do thank you for your kindness though. Every dog thrives on gentle pats on the head.

[Socratoad]

Toad, you can say that only because I haven't posted a picture of myself. Nor will I; I wouldn't want to ruin anyone's appetite, or scare young children.

Ah hell wade, you're far too modest methinks. Your sincerity and personality would make a dead elm appear handsome.

[Sweetie]

[QUOTE=wade-w]Toad, you can say that only because I haven't posted a picture of myself. Nor will I; I wouldn't want to ruin anyone's appetite, or scare young children.

It is of no matter anyway, what difference does it make to any of us what any of us looks like, I wonder. To me it just helps put people in perspective and it hasn't been an issue yet for me to have difficulty in deciding how to take what you say, wade-w, you seem pretty sincere and straight-forward. :wave:

[lady cop]

[QUOTE=wade-w]Toad, you can say that only because I haven't posted a picture of myself. Nor will I; I wouldn't want to ruin anyone's appetite, or scare young children.

It is of no matter anyway, what difference does it make to any of us what any of us looks like, I wonder. To me it just helps put people in perspective and it hasn't been an issue yet for me to have difficulty in deciding how to take what you say, wade-w, you seem pretty sincere and straight-forward. :wave:
you are right of course...it's just a bit of fun. it does not matter what anyone looks like. only hearts and souls matter. it's just kind of nice to put a face to a name.

[viscousmemories]

I'm mostly just curious what people look like, there's not really any more profound reason I want or need to know. I probably wouldn't ever post pics of myself if not for the fact that I've met some of the board members in life and pics from our joint gatherings have already been posted in various places.

[Socratoad]

Yes Sweetie, looks really don't make the person so much as things like sincerity, and other such characteristics. As a man I cannot speak for women, well I mean in what some women may or not find attractive in men.

However the most attractive, dare I say, sexy , attribute in any woman is the quality of her brain, her sincerity, her refusal to play mind games or to appear to be the helpless maiden, batting her eyes, etc. I really don't suppose the criteria for women can be that different.

I'm sorry because I really had something to say here, alas my brain is rapidly winding down, so I better quite before I make a damned fool of myself.

I guess what I'm trying to say is its character, not image that turns my crank, and always has.

[Ronin]

Well, everyone's seen the :piggy:, but here's one of the Bassmaster:

No...I don't listen to Country music or play gitar.

[xouper]

Being new here, I hadn't the chance to see this thread until now.

So, speaking of scaring young children . . .

http://www.xoup.net/img/me1998.jpg (http://www.xoup.net/img/meskating.jpg)

[livius drusus]

Hey cool! Another hockey thug! (Clutch Munny is our other one.) You know, never in a million years would I have expected that xouper had a mullet. :thumbup:

[Weaselboots]

This is me playing dead.
Hiking through Katherine Gorge National Park, Northern Territory mid 03.


(hmm hope this works....)

[TomJoe]

I thought about posting my pic but...

... I imagine some people think I'm an ugly, annoying troll, and so view me as such. I also imagine that some people think I'm the next Don Juan ( how humble of me :P ), and so view me as such as well.

I would prefer to disappoint neither group. :P

[Ms.Babylon]

I thought about posting my pic but...

... I imagine some people think I'm an ugly, annoying troll, and so view me as such. I also imagine that some people think I'm the next Don Juan ( how humble of me :P ), and so view me as such as well.

I would prefer to disappoint neither group. :P

LOL

Well you could post that lovely pic of Michaelangelo's "David" you had as your avatar a while back.

[TomJoe]

LOL

Well you could post that lovely pic of Michaelangelo's "David" you had as your avatar a while back.

You mean this one? :D

Some people avoided me for weeks after I put that one up. :P

[livius drusus]

Oh please, that's so obviously a fake. The real one has far better definition in the, um, abdominal region.

[godfry n. glad]

I thought about posting my pic but...

... I imagine some people think I'm an ugly, annoying troll, and so view me as such. I also imagine that some people think I'm the next Don Juan ( how humble of me :P ), and so view me as such as well.

I would prefer to disappoint neither group. :P

Nah... I just figured you didn't want to show off your mitre and vestments.

:wink:

godfry

[TomJoe]

Nah... I just figured you didn't want to show off your mitre and vestments.

:wink:

godfry

As a covert Jesuit operator, I have a dispensation to forego my clericals and wear "civilian clothing". ;)

[godfry n. glad]

Oh please, that's so obviously a fake. The real one has far better definition in the, um, abdominal region.

Oh, yes... And it makes it absolutely clear that the person represented is NOT David, king of the Israelites.

godfry

[godfry n. glad]

Nah... I just figured you didn't want to show off your mitre and vestments.

:wink:

godfry

As a covert Jesuit operator, I have a dispensation to forego my clericals and wear "civilian clothing". ;)

uh-oh....guns in the basement.

:P

[Weaselboots]

Not that i want to throw my pic around, but i found this one which i like.
Its from 1997, so its a bit old and i'm looking just a tad freaked out, more of a grimace than a grin.

It was in Rwanda, Parc National de Volcans, the largest wild group of mountain gorillas left. Amazing is all i can say.

[livius drusus]

Damn, Weaselboots, both of your pictures are just astonishing. :bow:

[godfry n. glad]

Is that beyelzu with his hand on her knee?

What was he doing there?

godfry

[Weaselboots]

My charming sister tell me its the most :yawn: gorilla ever. Just waiting till the tourist leave to collect her "be nice and don't eat anyone" pay. She did grab my hand and looked at it for abit.
I reckon she is just jealous (no smilie for that).

[Ms.Babylon]

You mean this one? :D

That's the one! I think the pretty sunflower brings out David's feminine side. :yup:

Some people avoided me for weeks after I put that one up. :P

Mmmph! Some people just have no appreciation for the arts.

[beyelzu]

Not that i want to throw my pic around, but i found this one which i like.
Its from 1997, so its a bit old and i'm looking just a tad freaked out, more of a grimace than a grin.

It was in Rwanda, Parc National de Volcans, the largest wild group of mountain gorillas left. Amazing is all i can say.
damn that is cool.

[godfry n. glad]

This is me playing dead.
Hiking through Katherine Gorge National Park, Northern Territory mid 03.


(hmm hope this works....)

Ophelia!

[Weaselboots]

Ophelia!

Thats what inspired it, and the Lady of Shallot (but she was in a boat) plus the hiking for about 5 hours in 35 degree heat and no crocs in the waterhole.
The light off the water works really well, i look all mystical and otherworldly (sortof :P )

[seebs]

LOL

Well you could post that lovely pic of Michaelangelo's "David" you had as your avatar a while back.

You mean this one? :D

Some people avoided me for weeks after I put that one up. :P

...

Oh, that's funny.

Was that a response to some concerns some people expressed about another statue being used as an avatar?

[beyelzu]

Is that beyelzu with his hand on her knee?

What was he doing there?

godfry
nah, I am not nearly that hairy or friiendly.


:tmgrin:

[RevDahlia]

Damn, Weaselboots, both of your pictures are just astonishing. :bow:
I totally agree. Weaselboots, I'm so jealous.

Does anyone else have a hard time thinking of the great apes as "animals"? They're just so damn human. Whenever I watch a Discovery Channel documentary on gorillas or orangutans and the narrator refers to them as animals, I get kinda upset. To put them in the same category as a cat or a hoary marmot or even an elephant seems so wrong.

[Sweetie]

Argh, I keep wishing that so many people would post their pic so I can put a face to a bodiless voice over the internet but if I wish they would do so, then I guess I have to be brave too. :blush:

Keep in mind, this file was massive and the system won't accept any other clearer and better defined photos so it's prone to distortion. :kookoo: :D

Nevermind prone to, is distorted as in width. Oh well, I'll let it stay this time. :sadcheer:

[godfry n. glad]

Ophelia!

Thats what inspired it, and the Lady of Shallot (but she was in a boat) plus the hiking for about 5 hours in 35 degree heat and no crocs in the waterhole.
The light off the water works really well, i look all mystical and otherworldly (sortof :P )

Yeah, well... Something gauzy to wear, rather than hiking togs with screaming logos would've have helped. I suppose one could photoshop it.

Otherwise, the composition and the waterlilies made me think of the Waterhouse version immediately. All mystical and otherworldly, indeed.

Thanks for the pix...I really to like the one with the gorilla, too. Have you ever passed it around and told everybody that this was one of your boyfriends?

godfry

[godfry n. glad]

Argh, I... it's prone to distortion. :kookoo: :D

Nevermind prone to, is distorted as in width. Oh well, I'll let it stay this time. :sadcheer:

Um...Distorted? How?

[Sweetie]

Um...Distorted? How?

Oh, I'm just longer and leaner than that. 5'5", 120 lbs, those pants I'm wearing are a size 4, the original is good but once uploaded the pic just widened everything, made me look stockier, my face wider, etc. drive me nutz. :irked:

Ha, sorry I'm a bit :kookoo: about it, I'm a perfectionist about some things so, thank God only a few things, pics of me are one of them.

I'll survive it. :poke: Leave me to my insanity, carry on. :D

[Beth]

Now, here is me as a child bride:
http://g.myspace.com/00047/94/01/47341049_m.jpg

[Beth]

Sweetie, you are lovely and look very thin. In no way do you look stocky. In fact, you have the body shape I want. *sigh*

[Weaselboots]

Yeah, well... Something gauzy to wear, rather than hiking togs with screaming logos would've have helped.

Nooo not screaming logo, my fav Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds tshirt, but i see ya point :P Note to self- Next time remember to pack flimsy nightgown


I really to like the one with the gorilla, too. Have you ever passed it around and told everybody that this was one of your boyfriends?

Don't worry that joke has been made many a time. I think half my freinds have that photo in thier house, all wanted a copy.

[Godless Dave]

I'm little and Mediterranean looking

http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Images/da-Vinci-Mona-Lisa-1.jpg

[Beth]

This is me playing dead.
Hiking through Katherine Gorge National Park, Northern Territory mid 03.


(hmm hope this works....)
Cool pic. It almost looks supernatural the way the glare is...But hon, sticking your ears in that water. Well, it is very brave. Gosh I would be sick for months.

[Johnny Pneumatic]

It's Meeeeeeeee!
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-8/808504/me.jpg

[Beth]

It's Meeeeeeeee!

Aw! Cute puppy dog eyes. :)

[lisarea]

It's Meeeeeeeee!

Aw! Cute puppy dog eyes. :)

And the best eyebrows in the world.

I do not say that lightly. Those are fabulous eyebrows.

[Johnny Pneumatic]

I do not say that lightly. Those are fabulous eyebrows.

Hey, thanks. The better to raise the right one in disbelief at bunko claims.

[Shake]

I've got a couple of pics of me (and my son) in this thread (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1650) from this past summer's trip to Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, the Hoover Dam, and Phoenix (for a baseball game).

[Ensign Steve]

What a fun sounding trip! One year, my mom, cousin, and I did a road trip that included Yosemite, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. I heart the southwest! :)

[CARLA]

OK THIS IS ME..@@!!

[lady cop]

i always thought you were a beautiful lady Carla, inside and out! :hug:

[Ensign Steve]

Carla looks just like her avatar! :)

[godfry n. glad]

Carla looks just like her avatar! :)

Yeah...hot.

[Ronin]

Here's one of me and my son Connor at last week's Mardi Gras parade.

The little humanist is covering my ears from the bothersome noise of the sirens as the Harrison County motor unit rumbles towards us.

Overall, I'd have to say that the crowd was bigger...the goodies were better and more in abundance and the problems were few. (http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/10851424.htm)

Laissez Le Bon Temp Roule!

:hands1:

[lady cop]

great photo Ronin! :wave:

[Sweetie]

You guys are all so gorgeous and all so real! :wave:

[lady cop]

You guys are all so gorgeous and all so real! :wave:
you mean you looked at all 190 posts?? you ARE a 'Sweetie'.

[Beth]

Ronin, I think that pic with you and your son is adorable.

[Beth]

Ok, here is an old pic of my kids and me at a fall festival at their school. It is from '98 and we all look very different, so I don't think hubby or kids would mind me posting this. I am also about 37 pounds bigger in this pic than what I am now.

The pic was scratched and edited from a scanned scrapbook page.

[Dingfod]

You guys are all so gorgeous and all so real! :wave:
you mean you looked at all 190 posts?? you ARE a 'Sweetie'.No way. Sweetie couldn't have seen my pic and called us all gorgeous.

[Sweetie]

you mean you looked at all 190 posts?? you ARE a 'Sweetie'.

Yeah I think so, over the course of time as it's been up and at the pace it has grown. :chin: :yup:

[lady cop]

Ok, here is an old pic of my kids and me at a fall festival at their school. It is from '98 and we all look very different, so I don't think hubby or kids would mind me posting this. I am also about 37 pounds bigger in this pic than what I am now.

The pic was scratched and edited from a scanned scrapbook page.
what a beautiful family Beth!! :fl14:

[Beth]

Ok, here is an old pic of my kids and me at a fall festival at their school. It is from '98 and we all look very different, so I don't think hubby or kids would mind me posting this. I am also about 37 pounds bigger in this pic than what I am now.

The pic was scratched and edited from a scanned scrapbook page.
what a beautiful family Beth!! :fl14:
You are such a sweetheart, have been since I first read your posts::) I chose this pick because my son's face was kind of blocked out by the scratches from my daughter's failed attempts to scrapbook a couple of years ago. My son gave permission that this one particular pic be shown. He no longer attends this school so there is no signifigant safety threat, which is my main concern.

[lady cop]

Beth....do NOT let that vicious rumor that i am a "sweetheart" get around!! :eek: ..nighty-night! :yawn:

[Beth]

Beth....do NOT let that vicious rumor that i am a "sweetheart" get around!! :eek: ..nighty-night! :yawn:
OKAY, BABE, I will tell you that you are a really hawt cold-hearted beotch whom I really like... is that a better way to proclaim you a sweatheart whom I really like?

Oh, I am a really dumb bizzitch who has *omitted felony really stupid florida state admission:-p* in Hillsborough State Park so my opinion may mean zilch!:-p

Oh, if you ever went to that park, my dear Lady Cop, I used to swim in the rapids as a child, despite me mums cries to stop. Every week when I hike there (currently), I desperately want to jump in once again, I will in Spring. If I go away in Spring, I am either dead from being dashed on rocks or am in coma, but I doubt that will occur! :yay:
REmoved drunken shpelling of desperatelately and replaced with hopefully propper spelling!Also hopefully changed my mispelled rabids to its propper spelling

[lady cop]

Beth you are cracking me up!! watch out for those gators girlfriend!..... :hug: love you too, and i am definately going to bed now! ...p.s. i have done some cave diving in the springs, alexander and ginnie. i do not like it. it's dark as a pit.

[Beth]

Beth you are cracking me up!! watch out for those gators girlfriend!..... :hug: love you too, and i am definately going to bed now! ...p.s. i have done some cave diving in the springs, alexander and ginnie. i do not like it. it's dark as a pit.
I plan on watching ooot(Canadian pronunciation as SnowBirds currently abound l'il ole moi. Friuckin nurtherners, learn you must either drive the limit or speed at least 5 mi. over...going under the limit and and a nurthern tag is something that irrationally inflames! ) aboot the gators; I am rather frightened of them.

Cave diving, well, I WISH!
My crazy SIL used to do that before she got hooked on legal drugs. *sigh*

[xouper]

Beth: ... learn you must either drive the limit or speed at least 5 mi. over...
Is that, like, a law or something in FL? :D

[Beth]

Beth: ... learn you must either drive the limit or speed at least 5 mi. over...
Is that, like, a law or something in FL? :DYuppers! I get passed all of the time on 301- even when I am doing 65 (ok, really 70 which is illegal). It is just really infuriating to see a northerner in front of me, going underthe limit(I usually see them driving illegally under the limit, after 15 mi. undewr the limit it is illegal). We, in my county, are ruthless with the locals, seeing a Yanks going under is just an extra burn.

Yesterday, I tried to beat a train, a Yank, who was freaking driving like a slow poke (illegally 35 in a 65 mph zone) nearly caused me to lose to to the Amtrack train. Grrr, it was annoying to see Virginian tags in front of me.

[Dingfod]

Not just Yankees, but Damn Yankees. Right?

[Beth]

Not just Yankees, but Damn Yankees. Right?
Nope, if the kids are not in the car, I say, "That goddamn, fucking, motherblastating, freaking , sonnuvabitch Yankee,...DRIVE THE FUCK LIKE YOU KNOW SOMETHING!"

Hubby and most other natives I know say worse.

If the kids are in the car, I usually just mumble to myserlf "that fucking yank should drive the fuck faster or he'll get someone killed.", or worse, "that freaking old snowbird should lose her lisense if she can't freaking drive"

Anyway, I don't deny bigotry on the road. I notice most of my problems and near accidents occur from Yanks (well, mainly Cannucks), although I have only beenbumped by a local before, ---in a storm.

[xouper]

Beth: ... learn you must either drive the limit or speed at least 5 mi. over...

xouper: Is that, like, a law or something in FL? :D

Beth: Yuppers! I get passed all of the time on 301- even when I am doing 65 (ok, really 70 which is illegal). It is just really infuriating to see a northerner in front of me, going underthe limit(I usually see them driving illegally under the limit, after 15 mi. undewr the limit it is illegal). We, in my county, are ruthless with the locals, seeing a Yanks going under is just an extra burn.

Yesterday, I tried to beat a train, a Yank, who was freaking driving like a slow poke (illegally 35 in a 65 mph zone) nearly caused me to lose to to the Amtrack train. Grrr, it was annoying to see Virginian tags in front of me.
Was that 65 zone on a "highway that comprises a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and have not fewer than four lanes"?

If I may ask, do you have a cite for that other "under the limit" speed law you mentioned (that I highlighted in red above)? I couldn't find it here:

http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0316/SEC183.HTM&Title=-%3E2004-%3ECh0316-%3ESection%20183#0316.183

I assume lady cop would have such a cite, especially if she has ever written a ticket for going under the limit.

[Beth]

Beth: ... learn you must either drive the limit or speed at least 5 mi. over...

xouper: Is that, like, a law or something in FL? :D

Beth: Yuppers! I get passed all of the time on 301- even when I am doing 65 (ok, really 70 which is illegal). It is just really infuriating to see a northerner in front of me, going underthe limit(I usually see them driving illegally under the limit, after 15 mi. undewr the limit it is illegal). We, in my county, are ruthless with the locals, seeing a Yanks going under is just an extra burn.

Yesterday, I tried to beat a train, a Yank, who was freaking driving like a slow poke (illegally 35 in a 65 mph zone) nearly caused me to lose to to the Amtrack train. Grrr, it was annoying to see Virginian tags in front of me.
Was that 65 zone on a "highway that comprises a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and have not fewer than four lanes"?

If I may ask, do you have a cite for that other "under the limit" speed law you mentioned (that I highlighted in red above)? I couldn't find it here:

http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0316/SEC183.HTM&Title=-%3E2004-%3ECh0316-%3ESection%20183#0316.183

I assume lady cop would have such a cite, especially if she has ever written a ticket for going under the limit.
http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0316/SEC183.HTM&Title=-%3E2000-%3ECh0316-%3ESection%20183

The speeds listed rarely go under the 15 MPH limit. Occasionally on 75 or 0n I-4 peeps will legally go 40 (http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-12032003-150846/) on a 65-70 MPH interstate road, but the minimum speed is listed. Other than that, on regular roads, from what I understand, 15 mph under is considerred illegal. I've known people ticketed and I was pulled over for going under on a back road- I had hazzards on and was in car distress at the time.

[Beth]

Anyway, whayt I am talking aboot is people who pull out in front of a driver going the legal limit and mantaining a speed well under the limit. I have seen many crashes over this and about highway systems that post a minimum speed but people-in a nontraffic block situation- drive extremely slow. It does cause a hazzard. Normally I do drive right around the limit, I almost slammed into a pole the other day because a person from Michigan pulled out in front of me and did not speed up. It happens all of the time and most peeps I talk to around here can give an earfull about those with Yank tags.

[xouper]

Beth: http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0316/SEC183.HTM&Title=-%3E2000-%3ECh0316-%3ESection%20183

The speeds listed rarely go under the 15 MPH limit. Occasionally on 75 or 0n I-4 peeps will legally go 40 (http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-12032003-150846/) on a 65-70 MPH interstate road, but the minimum speed is listed. Other than that, on regular roads, from what I understand, 15 mph under is considerred illegal. I've known people ticketed and I was pulled over for going under on a back road- I had hazzards on and was in car distress at the time.
That's the same exact statute I posted. I must be blind because I could not find where it says that 15 mph under is illegal.

[Beth]

Beth: http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0316/SEC183.HTM&Title=-%3E2000-%3ECh0316-%3ESection%20183

The speeds listed rarely go under the 15 MPH limit. Occasionally on 75 or 0n I-4 peeps will legally go 40 (http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-12032003-150846/) on a 65-70 MPH interstate road, but the minimum speed is listed. Other than that, on regular roads, from what I understand, 15 mph under is considerred illegal. I've known people ticketed and I was pulled over for going under on a back road- I had hazzards on and was in car distress at the time.
That's the same exact statute I posted. I must be blind because I could not find where it says that 15 mph under is illegal.
Are you from around here? Our interstate and sometimes highway signs list the minimum speed by law.

[Dingfod]

Minimum speeds on Interstate and other limited access highways are usually posted at about 20-30 mph less than the speed limit, like 45 mph for a 65 mph or a 70 mph highway. I've seen some that were 40 mph on a 65 mph speed limit highway. I don't recall ever seeing minimum speed limits any lower than that or minimum speed limits anywhere other than multi-lane limited access highways. On two lane highways, where farm tractors and other slow moving equipment share the same roadways, minimum speed limits don't make any sense at all.

[xouper]

Beth: Are you from around here? Our interstate and sometimes highway tags list the minimum speed by law.
I was a FL resident from 1991 to 2000. Oldsmar. I even did time at USF for a few semesters. :)

Most states have such minimum speeds listed on the interstate highways, but I have not yet seen one less than 40 mph in any of my driving between the cities of Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Boise, Atlanta, Memphis, St. Louis, Denver, Cheyenne, Birmingham, and Tampa (just to name a few :)).

Nor I have ever heard of the 15-under-the-limit law in any state, and I have had driver's licenses in South Carolina, Idaho, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida. If I'm wrong about such a law, then I really need to be corrected, is why I'm asking. :)

[Beth]

It was in my FLA Handbook, but that was many years ago. I can find nothing online right now, but I have been pulled over just for gong 15 mi under with no one around me I only got out of the tickets because it was close to home. I know many police officers, they all claim it is law, unless the flow of traffic is slower...the flow of traffic can well exceed 70 mph on 75 and on 275, they generally do not single out cars going with the flow, even if the flow is 90 mph.

[xouper]

Beth: I know many police officers, they all claim it is law,
Then they should have no trouble citing the relevant statute. :)

Lady Cop maybe? Ronin?

[Beth]

I no longer own a Handbook and I don't often debate cop IRL like I might online. don't think Ronin is a Florida cop, either. From what I am getting from PDL handbooks is that driving under the limit is illegal. Driving under min. interstate speed or highway min speed 40 mph (http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-12032003-150846/), is illegal. In my particular county, I do believe traffic ordinaces are exactly as I said.

[lady cop]

well damn i was supposed to go to bed! and i am! Ronin is a Miss. officer... and i sure as hell don't know the statute number at this hour. but those old snowbird fuckers are rolling roadblocks and can be cited for it. goddamn emergency vehicles can't get past them having their little sunday stroll in the fast lane. with their turn signal on since they left home that morning.... i have turned on the outside loudspeaker and yelled at them ( it is mind-bendingly loud) and have probably caused a big upsurge in the sale of "Depends". heh heh ....there is a notorious bumpersticker down here.."when i get old i am going up north and drive slow". :yup:

[Ronin]

great photo Ronin! :wave:

Thanks, lady...he made out like a bandit that day.

:wink:

[Ronin]

Ronin, I think that pic with you and your son is adorable.


Thanks, Beth...I can't wait until vm and liv consider the upgrade that includes the potential for a forum strictly for member photos as I suggested earlier somewhere around here.

Imho, I think the whole idea of an easily accessible photo forum lends to exactly the sentiment expressed by Sweetie...it makes us all more real to one another...which can only be beneficial for strengthening a community.

:snapshot:

[Dingfod]

Beth is right except it doesn't state a certain amount below the speed limit. From the Florida Driver's License Manual (http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/handbooks/English/ch_203.html#anchor164839):
Driving Too Slowly is also Against the Law

Drive with the flow of traffic (within the speed limit). You should not drive so slowly that you block other vehicles moving at normal, safe speeds. You can be issued a ticket for driving too slowly.
Edit: Oklahoma has this wording too, but it only applies to the minimum speed limits on Interstates.

[xouper]

warrenly: Beth is right except it doesn't state a certain amount below the speed limit. From the Florida Driver's License Manual (http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/handbooks/English/ch_203.html#anchor164839):


Driving Too Slowly is also Against the Law

Drive with the flow of traffic (within the speed limit). You should not drive so slowly that you block other vehicles moving at normal, safe speeds. You can be issued a ticket for driving too slowly.
That is similar to what is in the statute that I posted previously, which has legal precedent over the manual in any case. The question is, how much is "too slowly"? What are the legal precedents for issuing a ticket for going too slow?

From Florida statute 316.183:
(5) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
No mention of any specific number, such as 15 under. It seems you can drive as slowly as you want as long as you are not blocking or impeding other traffic. Can you really get a ticket for driving too slowly if you are the only one on the road?

Also, according to that same statute:

(4) The driver of every vehicle shall, consistent with the requirements of subsection (1), drive at an appropriately reduced speed when:

(a) Approaching and crossing an intersection or railway grade crossing;

(b) Approaching and going around a curve;

(c) Approaching a hill crest;

(d) Traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway; and

(e) Any special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions.
How much is an "appropriately reduced speed"? Are there any court cases setting some kind of legal precedent?

Enquiring minds wanna know®. :)

[Ronin]

Well, I haven't been a steel cowboy in about ten years (and never on an Interstate - prior to annexation we didn't have I-10), but here is the MS statute:

MS Minimum Speed (http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/63/003/0509.htm)

[RevDahlia]

A year and a half after the fact, we're finally getting our wedding pictures! I can't blame the photographer, because he's been having a rough time and anyway we didn't pay him (cash... we did get him a fifty-dollar bottle of cognac.)

[Beth]

Beautiful, Rev! What type of wedding did you have? And did you know that there is now a gallery (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/index.php?) that you could store your pics in, if you wanted?

[Crumb]

You are very beautiful RevDahlia. :homdrool:

Where did you have this wedding? What is that in the background?

[livius drusus]

All good questions. Another key one is does Princess Leia know that you raid her wardrobe?

But seriously folks, what a gorgeous picture, both in its subjects and its execution.

[Ensign Steve]

I like the bouquet.

[RevDahlia]

And did you know that there is now a gallery that you could store your pics in, if you wanted?
Wow, I didn't. That's great. Thanks for the heads-up!

You are very beautiful RevDahlia.
Thanks, you're sweet. When I look at that picture all I can think is omg NOSTRILS! and incipient double chin!

Our wedding definitely fell into the "weird bohemian" category. We got married at Burning Man (http://www.burningman.com) 2003. That's this guy (http://images.burningman.com/index.cgi?image=16456&results=20314,16456,15849,16230,16198,15850,15844,15843,15842,15827,15824,15825,15574,15633,15624,15590,15610,15608,15606,15602&ord=2/110&skip=0&q_photog=&q_category=&q_keyword=the%20man&q_year=2003) in the background. We were looking at our wedding as the equivalent of a not-secret elopement to Vegas, but all our friends were there, and my dad and brother besides. It was great fun. Our friends supplied the food and music, and another friend (ULC minister, natch) performed the ceremony. The hubby and I met at Burning Man and it seemed appropriate to get spliced out there.

In retrospect I am extremely happy that we didn't do the foofy-dress, country-club, DJ-playing-the-Macarena, going-into-massive-debt thing. It's never appealed to me; I've been to a number of such events and they all turned out to be pretty unmemorable. I don't think anyone will ever forget ours, though -- when we were saying our vows a small plane dumped a dozen skydivers with rainbow-colored parachutes right over our heads, and they had all landed by the time the "I do"s rolled around. So our wedding was attended by a bunch of curious drop-ins (literally!) Then there were the fire performers who crashed the reception... it was great.

Another key one is does Princess Leia know that you raid her wardrobe?
You know, I didn't even realize that I was wearing Princess Leia's dress until one of the aforementioned skydivers pointed it out. But I kinda was. I'm glad I decided to do just one bun instead of two...

[wei yau]

Another key one is does Princess Leia know that you raid her wardrobe?

I read new posts in reverse chronological order.

So, when I read this, my first reaction was "Return of the Jedi". This was followed by heated scrolling upwards to find the pic in question. Once I saw the pic, I realized we're talking "A New Hope" here.

Still, a lovely photo and equally lovely subjects. I really dig the B&W photos, wish we had that done instead of color.

[Shake]

Rev, I think you look kinda like Hillary Swank in that photo. More so than Princess Leia. Hmm ... can't find a good profile pic of Swank to compare, but I do mean this comparison in a good way.

[RevDahlia]

Rev, I think you look kinda like Hillary Swank in that photo. More so than Princess Leia. Hmm ... can't find a good profile pic of Swank to compare, but I do mean this comparison in a good way.
I get that all. the. time. Probably because I actually do look a hell of a lot like Hilary Swank. I hope she wins the Oscar for "Million Dollar Baby", so I get to pretend I'm her and get good tables at restaurants like I did after "Boys Don't Cry".

[bobeh]

The slow snowbirds are probably OLD...sorry for the emphasis. They sure as hell don't drive on the 401 through Ontario. You get run over by everything on the road if you are going less than 115 (km/hr = approx. 70 mph), and the average speed is 125 mostly (more or less 80 mph). And the speed limit is 100 (60 mph). Go figure. Cops give you 20 km. and then only stop people if it's not too dangerous - ie. not through the city.

I've never seen the sign that sends all the old people to Florida...but it must be there somewhere.

I have to drive through Toronto tomorrow. Wish me luck. My Corolla rocks a bit at 125 but its better than finding yourself under a semi.

[Shake]

Good luck, bobeh!

Oh yeah, Rev, thanks too for trying to get this thread back on-topic with your photo. Although, now that there's a gallery, I'll bet this thread doesn't see much more action. I just (yesterday) posted a handful of pics in various parts of the gallery.