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Pompano
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Time out, por favor!
Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, "Surely I can't look that old!"
My name is Alice, and I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist.
I noticed his DDS diploma on the wall, which bore his full name.
Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my high school class, some 40-odd years ago.
Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back then?
Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought.
This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was WAY too old to have been my classmate.
After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended Morgan Park High School.
"Yes...Yes, I did. I'm a Mustang", he gleamed with pride. "
when did you graduate?" I asked. He answered, "In 1975. Why do you ask?"
"You were in my class!", I exclaimed.
He looked at me closely.
Then, that ugly, old, bald, wrinkled-faced, fat-burroed, gray-haired, decrepit son-of-a-b-tch asked,.
"What did you teach???"
[Edited on 12-18-2013 by Pompano]
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Barry A.
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Ain't it the truth!!!! I see myself in the mirror and think, "hmmm, not that bad". They I see a recent photograph of me and think, "Oh My
Gawd"!!!!!! 
Barry
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55steve
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Classic!
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wessongroup
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Thanks ... 
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Tbone
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Why is it the photo is so much worse then looking in the mirror?
Mas Pacifico
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Loretana
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tbone
Why is it the photo is so much worse then looking in the mirror? |
Perception vs reality 
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
-Nikola Tesla
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Loretana
| Quote: | Originally posted by Tbone
Why is it the photo is so much worse then looking in the mirror? |
Perception vs reality |
La senorita is correct.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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desertcpl
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very funny, but true
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Marc
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I look into the mirror and see my father.
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BajaBlanca
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It is so true! Looking at a photo is not so fun any more. But I have learned to just smile and know that I sure looked different once.
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Skipjack Joe
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In my younger days we used to joke around with -
"You is uglier than sin"
The great thing about aging is that it doesn't happen suddenly. It gives you time to adjust.
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Cypress
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Yep! All my old classmates have grown old and grey. 
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bledito
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no grey yet well not too much, a few happy wrinkles, and the eye twinkle. middle age ? when does that end?
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Pompano
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Sent from my hospital bed....
I was walking across the street an hour ago with my camera.... just had time to take this shot before it was lights out!
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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DavidT
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Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger.
"Here's a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man?
Mitch Hedberg
David
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
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Skipjack Joe
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Great thread. I think we should each post the most unflattering current picture we can find of ourselves.
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Great thread. I think we should each post the most unflattering current picture we can find of ourselves. |
...and the silence was deafening...
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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55steve
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
I look into the mirror and see my father. |
My father is precisely who looks back at me also...
[Edited on 12-20-2013 by 55steve]
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DianaT
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Oh, that is just too funny and too real.
OK, Igor, I will go first. Here is a picture of me two days ago walking around the petroglyphs in Chidago Canyon. I am in the rocks, a bit behind
and to the left of Tommy Dog.
That is as close as I like to be to a camera.
[Edited on 12-20-2013 by DianaT]
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Pompano
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Two can play at that game, Diane.
Get out the magnifying glass...it's bit scary.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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