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mklotz said:
My god, Rick, were you playing Prince Valiant in the school play?

Actually I was playing lead guitar in a garage band at time.
I have Before and After's of that as well.

Age 16....
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Age 48
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There have been a couple of major upgrades in the equipment since that first picture.

It's great to see the photos guys.
Please keep them coming!

Rick
 
Rick, the bike is a Honda Shadow ACE. Don't want you to strain your eyes looking too hard. :D

Tony, that must have been a wild ride when you went through the trees. I haven't had that experience and don't want to. The main thing is that you flew the plane all the way through the crash and made the best of a bad situation.

Charlie
 
Metal Butcher said:
Zee, your pic floored me. I'm totally shocked! You look like a guy that can handle himself well. I wouldn't be afraid to walk into the baddest biker bar in town, with you covering my back. All you would need is a leather jacket.

I weighed less than 140 and was under 6' when I left high school...talk about a stick figure. Then I hit 6'2" and 170. Now I'm less than 6'2" but 230 (down from 245)
...but inside...I'm still that stick-figure kid. I may look 'big' (and your compliment explains why I always noticed my daughter's boys eye's got a little bigger when they met me)...but I'm still that little kid inside.

Sorry MB...when it comes to confrontation...I'm an overweight mouse. :big: But I'd be happy to cover your back...lemme get my binoculars.

This thread was a great idea Trout...it's really nice to put the face to the post.
 
Metal Butcher said:
Seeing all of you guys in reality shots is just amazing! ...Trout, your beard does you justice. It conceals any resemblance to your younger avatar picture. But the "What, me worry" attitude you can't hide!

MB, I'm one of the few people I know who has normal blood pressure at nearly 60 yrs old and it can't be from eating right. I think my hobbies help in this regard. And Dude, 18 wheelin' a 120k lb load? Now that's a machine.

Tel, your cartoon avatar really does look just like you!

Zee, of all the pics yours did surprise me the most, it didn't match up to the image in my head at all. But then, that was the reason for the original post as I wasn't sure what image to conjure up for most members. You're right, it is great to see everyone's pics and to see their spouses, kids, grand kids and favorite machines of all types.

I have a whole new perspective now with respect to the fine folks on this forum.

Oh and Chuck, the rest of your body looks way different from the way I imagined it. :big:

-Trout
 
I agree, this thread was a great idea. It is nice to see all the faces behind the posts.

Chuck
 
zeeprogrammer said:
Managed to grab a couple of photos from my wife's facebook...

This is me in Brussels. I was visiting my wife who had been assigned there last year (she's home now).

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Can you see the resemblance to my avatar?

Here's my family.

Teresa (T)...my wife and best friend for 34 years.
Margaret (Maggie)...my younger daughter.
Katherine (Katy)...my eldest daughter.
Sydney(Syd)...my grandaughter (Katy's).
Brian (idiot, meathhead, thief of daughter)...Katy's husband.

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I may be lacking in many respects...but I done well here. I'm a most fortunate man.
Thanks for the opportunity to show them off.

Wow, no wonder you're so laid back, taciturn and polite. Surrounded by three very lovely women, who wouldn't be? You are indeed a very fortunate man.

Like you, I have two lovely (adult) daughters although they don't seem to have the same mollifying effect on my cynical, misanthropic outlook.

Of course, you yourself don't look anything like the mental picture I constructed. Aging your avatar led to a much different image than the reality.

That square in Brussels looks very familiar. I'm reasonably sure that I spent some time there, perhaps in the same cafe. Small world, eh?
 
mklotz said:
Wow, no wonder you're so laid back, taciturn and polite. Surrounded by three very lovely women, who wouldn't be? You are indeed a very fortunate man.

Thanks Marv. But actually, it's all due to Mom. People think the wife trains the husband...but for me...it was Mom...who I thank very deeply for making me the kind of man that my wife found interesting. (Can you spell sappy? ;D ) And I might argue, having 3 women in the house is in direct opposition to being 'laid back'. ;D

mklotz said:
Of course, you yourself don't look anything like the mental picture I constructed.

Apparently I've surprised several people. This was the one thing that concerned me about putting my pic up. I get this a lot too from people that get to know me...that is..."I'm not anything like I look I am." Well folks...this is what an old kid looks like. ;D

I think one's avatar plays a big role in this. When someone chooses an avatar...they're saying something about themselves.

mklotz said:
That square in Brussels looks very familiar. I'm reasonably sure that I spent some time there, perhaps in the same cafe. Small world, eh?

The "Grand Platz". Yeah..I suspect you've been there. Did you know there's a 'Pissing Girl' too? I hadn't.
 
Here's a couple of my family:

Barb, myself, and #1 son Curt, who has since been promoted to Lieutenant in the Navy Reserve
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And here's me and #2 son Dave, frightening the deer in south-eastern Ontario last fall (scared them right out of the county, dang it). David is a 2Lt in the Army reserve.
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Cheers, Joe
 
This picture shows me on day #1 of retirement carefully contemplating a diesel engine belted to a generator to operate a fan to keep me (and the beer) cool. I had visions of spending my remaining days in this position. But soon after this photo was snapped SWMBO reminded me that the lawn needed mowing :'(

And thus began the long twisted road trip that led me to make model engines and arrive here.

Cheers,
Phil

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I thought I'd post a pic to keep the thread going

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My friend said she needed to cut my hair after she took this one That's a Stuart Turner
10v in my hand, it was shy cause it was having a bad hair day too.

Dave
 
Me and the family:
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A pic for 428 Cobrajet (I'm on the front right):
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And my old job:
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Sean
 
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I like to wear this shirt so folk know who I am. This is my son and I at the wheel of a Massey; well the title of the thread is Men and their machines.
 
Continuing on with the tractors theme .....

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I get the privilege of taking people for a wagon ride around these flower fields in Carlsbad, CA (pic from last Sunday 3/28/2010)

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http://www.theflowerfields.com

Tractors/wagons/drivers/assorted other volunteers provided by the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista, CA.

OOOOOOPSSSSSS :-[ This was supposed to be metal working machines .... :p My bad :big:

I'm gonna try out one of these this coming Sunday. As the saying goes, "Nothing runs like a Deere!"

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Mike
 
Here is the work shop. Picked the JET lathe on craiglist to use in the hanger.

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A friend and I are building a Skybolt bi-plane. The lower wings are off in this picture. All wings and control surfaces are ready to cover. We are making the fuselage skin and cowling now. It has a three bladed Hartzell constant speed propeller. The engine is a Lycoming IO-540. We modified it for inverted flight, high compression pistons and had the cam ground to pep it up. Should have around 300 hp. It has two elevator trim tabs and I made it so we have variable speed electric trim. The front cockpit has a compass, altimiter and air speed. The rear cockpit has a Grand Rapids 8" glass panel with full engine monitering, two GPS. King radio and transponder.


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Here's my machine. Now for sale.

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Here's one of me. The one with the hat.

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80 Lb White Marlin brought to the boat and released, Atlantic East of Eluthera. (The water really is that blue)

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And a good day fishing with friends.

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And more. Those are Blackfin Tuna.

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Jerry
 
Hi All

I am going to give this thread a bit of a boost so that some of the newer members that may not have seen it get a chance to see it without having to go looking for it. Enjoy. :bow: :bow:

Cheers :)

Don

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