Author Topic: The GOPBR Official Throw Back Thursday Thread (Read 22401 times)

alicewonders · « **Reply #100 on:** May 23, 2014, 10:32:51 am »

Quote from: DCPatriot on May 23, 2014, 10:19:46 am

The xmas tree looks familiar....did they borrow it from Charlie Brown and Lucy? LOL!

That's exactly what I was thinking! I guess they splurged on the dolls, tea set and the little red and chrome table and chairs and had nothing left for the tree. But hey, if you put enough tinsel on it.....it makes it look fuller.

Luis Gonzalez · « **Reply #101 on:** May 23, 2014, 10:49:16 am »

Quote from: alicewonders on May 23, 2014, 10:32:51 am

That's exactly what I was thinking! I guess they splurged on the dolls, tea set and the little red and chrome table and chairs and had nothing left for the tree. But hey, if you put enough tinsel on it.....it makes it look fuller.

I know that this was sometime ago, and memories may be fading, but do you recall any neighbors complaining about missing landscaping?

alicewonders · « **Reply #102 on:** May 23, 2014, 11:00:25 am »

Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on May 23, 2014, 10:49:16 am

I know that this was sometime ago, and memories may be fading, but do you recall any neighbors complaining about missing landscaping?

Good question Luis! Knowing my parents, I would not discount the possibility. However, from the looks of the tree, I think they might have done someone a favor!

mountaineer · « **Reply #103 on:** May 23, 2014, 12:02:44 pm »

Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on May 23, 2014, 10:49:16 am

I know that this was sometime ago, and memories may be fading, but do you recall any neighbors complaining about missing landscaping?

That reminds me of the time in the late 70s when my brother, sister and my sister's best friend crammed themselves into our Ford Pinto, went to a Christmas tree lot late on Christmas Eve - and proceeded to steal a tree. Three people and a pine tree, all stuffed into a Pinto.

I'm glad I wasn't there.

Lando Lincoln · « **Reply #104 on:** May 24, 2014, 11:13:54 pm »

1985 - North Dakota

Lando Lincoln · « **Reply #105 on:** May 24, 2014, 11:48:52 pm »

Me (with the beard), my twin brother, and my twin boys.

Lando Lincoln · « **Reply #106 on:** May 24, 2014, 11:50:28 pm »

mountaineer · « **Reply #107 on:** May 25, 2014, 07:54:48 am »

Nice photos, Lando!

alicewonders · « **Reply #108 on:** May 25, 2014, 10:28:32 am »

Quote from: Lando Lincoln on May 24, 2014, 11:48:52 pm

Me (with the beard), my twin brother, and my twin boys.

That's cool that twins run in your family! Handsome twins!

Chieftain · « **Reply #109 on:** May 25, 2014, 10:44:26 am »

From the left, my twin Loren, my Dad and Me....reading a comic book around 1958 or so.....

Chieftain · « **Reply #110 on:** May 25, 2014, 10:46:22 am »

Christmas Mass at the Vatican, 1984. His Holiness Pope John Paul II is greeting our delegation from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). My beak is apparent right behind His Holiness' head in this picture....

alicewonders · « **Reply #111 on:** May 25, 2014, 11:48:11 am »

Quote from: Chieftain on May 25, 2014, 10:44:26 am

From the left, my twin Loren, my Dad and Me....reading a comic book around 1958 or so.....

More twins on TBR! I love that picture Chieftain, I'm sure that's a nice memory for you. I wonder how many other twins there are here?

Luis Gonzalez · « **Reply #112 on:** May 25, 2014, 12:29:49 pm »

Quote from: alicewonders on May 25, 2014, 11:48:11 am

More twins on TBR! I love that picture Chieftain, I'm sure that's a nice memory for you. I wonder how many other twins there are here?

Well, there's me and Eric Roberts.

Lando Lincoln · « **Reply #113 on:** May 25, 2014, 09:05:21 pm »

Quote from: alicewonders on May 25, 2014, 10:28:32 am

That's cool that twins run in your family! Handsome twins!

Thanks! Yes, I hope one of my boys has a set (or both!). Our larger family has a lot of twins - on Mrs. Lando's side as well.

DCPatriot · « **Reply #114 on:** June 12, 2014, 06:43:55 pm »

circa 1975

Ford289HiPo · « **Reply #115 on:** June 12, 2014, 07:18:26 pm »

1962 = Getting ready for the Army obstacle course:

1998, shortly before retirement:

Afghanistan, 2002

Southern Philippines, 2004

Al Faw Castle, Victory Base Complex, Iraq, 2009

alicewonders · « **Reply #116 on:** June 12, 2014, 07:39:26 pm »

Quote from: Ford289HiPo on June 12, 2014, 07:18:26 pm

Those are some real cool pictures Ford! Very impressive.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #117 on:** June 12, 2014, 07:49:16 pm »

1956-57 England
Feeding the Queen's swans

mystery-ak · « **Reply #118 on:** June 12, 2014, 07:50:39 pm »

Alaska

My dad holding me

Ford289HiPo · « **Reply #119 on:** June 12, 2014, 07:59:51 pm »

Quote from: alicewonders on June 12, 2014, 07:39:26 pm

Those are some real cool pictures Ford! Very impressive.

Thank you!

Luis Gonzalez · « **Reply #120 on:** June 12, 2014, 08:41:23 pm »

TBT honoring Father's Day.

Me, Grandpa, Dad and my little brother. Havana 1961.

DCPatriot · « **Reply #121 on:** June 12, 2014, 09:04:27 pm »

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Great pics, Ford289!

Thank you for your service!

alicewonders · « **Reply #122 on:** June 13, 2014, 12:38:48 am »

Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on June 12, 2014, 08:41:23 pm

TBT honoring Father's Day.

Me, Grandpa, Dad and my little brother. Havana 1961.

That's a nice picture.

DCPatriot · « **Reply #123 on:** June 19, 2014, 10:18:34 pm »

An usher for my cousin Jackie's wedding in Rochester, NY...circa 1956

Machiavelli · « **Reply #124 on:** June 19, 2014, 10:53:39 pm »

I'm going to have to look for earlier pictures.

With my dear wife, early 1988:

With Michael Medved, early 2005:

Late 2006 (I look pretty much the same now, except older):