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(5,402 posts)Probably inaccurate, but man does that illustrate the desperate need for billions of individuals wanting billions of individuals to recognize their significance. I am reminded of an old Calvin and Hobbes in which Calvin is in the backyard looking at the stars, and he screams out "I'm significant!" and then he adds, "...said the speck."
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)PEACE!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)In the mid-'60s I had my mom's old Brownie box camera. Somehow I discovered that it allowed you to take a longer-exposure pic, so I decided to experiment. I took a long-exposure photo of myself in the bathroom mirror, guessing at the exposure time, and it came out pretty good. I still have that photo around somewhere, and if I find it I'll edit to add it here.
Again, I am very sorry.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)An appropriate pose for my shame.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I only got that photo two years ago when the guy next to me, Dan (with the cup) and I linked up on a new website for our VN company. He's the guy I replaced as platoon leader when he moved up to be the company Executive Officer. Somebody had used Dan's camera to take the shot, so only Dan had the photo.
When I came into the platoon Dan stayed around for a few days with me. When he left, he souvenired me the zinc oxide he used in the field to protect his nose from the sun.
I saw Dan for the first time since Vietnam at a company reunion shortly after we connected on the website. He came to the reunion with a gift for me...a package of zinc oxide.
Thankyou for your kind thoughts, darlin'.