10 years can take a lot out of someone. Pic thread on the passing of time.

[swag]

I should have done a better job with that tie. It's a nice one from the Walter Reed Army Medical Museum with pictures of a variety of scalpel blades on it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. How come ya didn't smile in the recent one??

[swag]

2. Because the photographer told me that Snoopy died.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Aw :^( I bet you have a nice smile when you really go for it

[swag]

14. Oh, thanks. I bet you have a nice smile too.

Here's the only recent pic of me smiling that I can stand:

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. See, I was right. Yer a cutie when you flash those pearly whites. :^D

[Connonym]

17. I heard that they don't want you to smile for passport photos

seriously. I don't know if that's an urban legend or not but supposedly a nonsmiling face is easier for them to do facial recognition software on.

[swag]

22. I bet nowadays the Department of Pre-Crime imagines they can

read something into your smile.

On a tangential note, I was very surprised to receive my new passport within one week of applying.

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. I hadn't heard that before. Kinda makes sense in s a weird "post 9/11" way, thgouh

[qb]

4. Whaddaya mean? Both look equally handsome to me.

Not a pass... just a compliment :hi:

[swag]

6. You're very kind.

Thanks for kicking in.

[BarenakedLady]

5. I think you look great

Besides the grey, you haven't aged a bit.

:wow:

[swag]

10. Aw, you're one to talk!

[Parche]

7. Jack Ohman is that you?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:hi:


Oh for Mayor, who are you voting for?

I cant stand Sho-w Dozono, and Sam Adams back stabbed my best friend, so who else is there?

[swag]

11. Wow, what did Sam Adams do to your best friend?

I don't think Sho's going to bankroll his campaign now that he has fucked his public funding.

Are you a business competitor of Dozono?

[Parche]

15. sho-w

Yes we are a competitors, and I have known people who worked for him before, and they run almost a 'sweat' shop with the whip!!

And I put the W at the end of his name , as I know he really is a show boat, likes to be in the spotlight...:puke:


One of my best friends was the President of the Oregon Hotel Association, and Sam really did a number on him........

:hi:

[Ptah]

8. Here's forty years

[swag]

12. That's what good livin' on the high line'll get you: immortality.

Me, I was a bad liver on the high line.

[Ptah]

20. Sounds like a curse.

immorality is more likely.

[TexasBushwhacker]

38. Love the Buddy Holly glasses! N/T

[graywarrior]

9. You look better now.

I'd do you.



*snort*

[swag]

13. Vice versa, if I weren't married, of course.

[laylah]

43. OMG! ...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[1gobluedem]

16. I couldn't believe the difference in my passport pictures...

Which I refuse to post. Mine were taken about 20 years apart; as soon as I saw my new photo I went out and had my hair reverse highlighted.

[swag]

18. How are things in Ann Arbor?

If you ever see Mary from Every Day Wines, tell her a guy she met at Beth's wine bar in Portland says, "hey."

Our downtown is about done being wrecked, so come back for more beers and to see how pretty everything is. Bring that sis of yours!

[1gobluedem]

19. SNOWY

8-10 inches expected tonight. Yuck.

Next time I'm in Seattle, LisaM and I will definitely visit Portland for beers with Swag. We love that town and she could use the R&R; she is pummeled daily in GD-P.

I want to go back to the Portland Saturday Market!

[ScreamingMeemie]

32. You are beautiful now...and I am sure you were beautiful then.

[1gobluedem]

44. That's really sweet, MrsG, thank you

It's been a tough day and that comment made me feel better. :hug:

[bridgit]

21. Tell me about it, you've seen 'the other' pic...

with little else in between this is more like +20, where *have* all the flowers gone?

[swag]

23. You look fabulous.

And look quite dandy in a straw hat.

That's a nice summery shot.

[bridgit]

25. Our friend is oboe/eng horn with, among others, Auburn Symph...

we always get there early and start to booze, cheese & cracker it up, that was one of those 'on the green' gigs

[Ptah]

24. simply fabulous

:hi:

[bridgit]

26. Ptah!

How are those seeds doing :hi:

[Ptah]

30. The volunteer sunflowers are about five inches tall.

The remainder (bell peppers, tomatoes, pole beans, bush beans, radishes, leaf lettuce, jalapeños, mystery seeds) all went in last week in a mass planting.
A couple of the uncovered bean seeds have softened and started to split.

:hi:

[bridgit]

47. Good to hear...

So it's your place for crunchy veggies before too long :thumbsup:

[Sanity Claws]

27. You're handsome in both

but you look a lot sadder and wiser in the later photo.

[Guava Jelly]

31. fucking time..Grrrrrrr

[swag]

33. Cheer's. Life is a killer.

[Guava Jelly]

34. Thank you.

And life is..Cheers!!
You have aged well btw.

[av8rdave]

35. I've posted these before, but they show the passage of time

My daughter and I, 2000:



Same daughter and I, 2007:

[swag]

49. Great shots!

[av8rdave]

56. Thanks...she is way more photogenic than I, but that's ok

[ThomCat]

36. You're still a very handsome guy.

A smile would help in the second picture. But otherwise, you're a cutie. :loveya:

[swag]

50. A handsome fella such as yourself typing that doubles the niceness

of what you said.

[BuelahWitch]

37. 23 years

1980




2003

[swag]

51. Love both pics. Wow!

[TexasBushwhacker]

39. Hmmmm, 12 years and 100 pounds .....

Life happens!

1995, age 38


2007, age 50

[av8rdave]

57. Both pics look great

Lovely bride as well.

[TexasBushwhacker]

60. Thanks Dave

Indeed, she is a lovely bride and my brother is a very happy guy to have found her.

[RainDog]

40. 10 years is NOTHING.

and you look great in both. okay, here's a real passage of time -

mid 1980s



now

[swag]

41. A clear case of Swiffer abuse.

[RainDog]

42. no doubt

that's what's on top of my head

[mwdem]

45. You look great in both pics.

You're aging nicely!

[swag]

52. Thanks, mw. Just need some more exercise now.

[Critters2]

46. I think you've done pretty well. Besides the gray hair, you haven't changed much at all

Congrats! I REALLY look old and haggard in comparison!

[swag]

53. You're v. kind.

And I bet I look more old and haggard than you.

[WCGreen]

48. Hey Swag....

Did you ever read Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen...

Kust wondering....

I just read it and I really liked it but I wouldn't recommend it to most of the people I know...

I thought of you when I was reading it...

[swag]

54. Thanks for the tip, hombre. Will have a go at it.

[JTG of the PRB]

55. The best I can do is 8 years...

Me in spring 2000:


Me last weekend:


Yikes. That first one is... Yeesh!

[Cannikin]

58. 12 years:

1996


2001


2002


2005


2007


2008

[YellowRubberDuckie]

59. Here is a nice transition....

I was a couple of months old here....


I'm the year old baby in this one...


I'm four or five here...


2006


And then I took this one week before last...

[tigereye]

61. aw, you're still a handsome and cool soul, swag

I have a lot more silver hair since I gave birth 12 years ago!

:hi:

[Shine]

62. nice pics, you're a handsome man, swag

:hi:

I don't think I've ever seen you post about having kids, but lemme tell ya, there's NOTHING like having kids to give you the sense of passing Time.

They're like little human clocks, the way they change and grow and evolve.....

and they also emphasize the somber truth that if THEY are getting older, than WE must be getting older, too.

Yup, Time marches on for ALL of us, my friend. That's why we've gotta make a point of enjoying as much of it as we can because, ultimately, we're only passin' through.

[Lorien]

63. Dye your hair and eyebrows and there would be no difference

You're a hottie either way. ;-)