Post Content vs Appearance - Page 2

Elspode · 11-03-2006, 01:58 PM

Um...glatt. I meant glatt.

Sundae · 11-03-2006, 02:01 PM

Shawnee I admit I had pictured you differently (after saying I pictured no-one!)

Because of your name I have always included you in the Aussie contingent. And because you have quite a I'm-A-Real-Woman-And I-Don't-Care attitude I expected you to be blonde (more the Aussie thing I think)

But what I have to remember is how people change when they speak. I saw a pic of one of my colleagues before she started work. B E A U tiful woman. And she had a really arrogant sneer in the photo. Then I met her and she became my best friend. Have seen that "sneer" since - it's a prelude to a smile! and the arrogant demeanour isn't there in real life.

Photos are life frozen into place. And life is never frozen til they cut your head off & put it in a cryogenic coolbox with the beers.

Shawnee123 · 11-03-2006, 02:05 PM

I am 42. Most people I tell my age to nearly fall over...I don't look 42 and I act about 12. Working at the college, I have friends of all age groups, and my 20-something friends think I am outright lying when I tell them my age. I guess that is good. I have a crazy sense of humor, and provide much comic relief in my office (when I'm not mired in depression.) I wouldn't trade anything in my life, and there are things I have been through that I can't tell anyone. But it all makes me who I am. The only thing I would change right now is to lose these extra 25 lbs so I physically feel as young as I mentally feel. That and move ahead a month or two so I am in my new place and starting my new life and getting things back on track.

Thanks for your kind words, 'spode and SG. I basically pulled acompliments out of you like a beggar, but you rose to the occasion nicely and I appreciate it.

I think you are both wonderful people. So many people here are! (Well, not BDu)

Shawnee123 · 11-03-2006, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

life is never frozen til they cut your head off & put it in a cryogenic coolbox with the beers.

I have been trying to come up with a new sig line! This is awesome! :p

Sundae · 11-03-2006, 02:15 PM

Too great an honour for me, chick. But did make me laugh

Shawnee123 · 11-03-2006, 02:18 PM

I'm also thinking of adding it to the quotes I have hanging in my office!

lumberjim · 11-03-2006, 02:33 PM

stevedallas looks like my mental image of griff

I've said from early on that elspode has a smoking jacket on in my mind. pencil mustache, ascott, and pomaded jet black hair.

sycamore was the one that fucked me all up, tho.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-03-2006, 02:34 PM

Pictures are interesting but it doesn't change the content or attitude in the posts.

I've been tromping the earth a long time, long before the internet, and one thing I've learned well. When communicating with women by letter, phone, internet, anything but face to face.....they never, ever, look as bad as they say(think) they do.

Elspode · 11-03-2006, 02:50 PM

Well, Shawnee, I was going to guess 36ish, so there you go. I don't think that the appearance of youth means anything except that one feels and acts younger, and it shows on one's face.

Elspode · 11-03-2006, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I've said from early on that elspode has a smoking jacket on in my mind. pencil mustache, ascott, and pomaded jet black hair.

Kinda like Dan Akroyd doing his sleazy impressario on the original SNL, huh?

lumberjim · 11-03-2006, 03:25 PM

no, more like the liar guy....john something....that does the actor bit

"I'M ACTING!"

Shawnee123 · 11-03-2006, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

no, more like the liar guy....john something....that does the actor bit

"I'M ACTING!"

Jon Lovitz. Master Thespian!

footfootfoot · 11-03-2006, 04:34 PM

My mental image of BigV was way off, I pictured him looking a lot like Stephen Colbert with the white shirt and tie. It was odd how much he looked like another friend of mine.

BigV · 11-03-2006, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I am 42. Most people I tell my age to nearly fall over...I don't look 42 and I act about 12.--snip--

I am coy about my age, but a funny thing happened the other night in line at the grocery store.

SonofV and I have just left the weekly scout meeting and we needed to get provisions for the upcoming camping trip, so off to Safeway. We were both still in our Class A uniforms, boots, over the calf socks, shorts, belt, shirt, badges, neckerchief, slide, the whole nine yards. Anyway, SonofV was in fine form, in an excellent mood. I let him pick his whole menu (never underestimate the eternal appeal of dinosaur shaped mac and cheese) and when we got in line he was still happily wound up. He began unloading the cart with...enthusiasm, rolling the cans toward the checker, stacking the boxes into pyramids of pasta, no look over the shoulder hook shots with the produce (true story). I had to intercede there. Hey, hey big guy, slow down. Don't throw the food, I have to eat that, you know. The checker suffered in silence, but the guy behind me chuckled and helpfully offered "Hey don't worry, when you get to be forty, you'll look back on this and smile."

I almost gave the checker an additional twenty for his groceries...

Griff · 11-03-2006, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

stevedallas looks like my mental image of griff

Only in my dreams could I pull off the full General Jackson beard. *sigh* SD's facial is just gorgeous.

11-03-2006, 01:58 PM	#16
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Um...glatt. I meant glatt. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-03-2006, 02:01 PM	#17
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Shawnee I admit I had pictured you differently (after saying I pictured no-one!) Because of your name I have always included you in the Aussie contingent. And because you have quite a I'm-A-Real-Woman-And I-Don't-Care attitude I expected you to be blonde (more the Aussie thing I think) But what I have to remember is how people change when they speak. I saw a pic of one of my colleagues before she started work. B E A U tiful woman. And she had a really arrogant sneer in the photo. Then I met her and she became my best friend. Have seen that "sneer" since - it's a prelude to a smile! and the arrogant demeanour isn't there in real life. Photos are life frozen into place. And life is never frozen til they cut your head off & put it in a cryogenic coolbox with the beers. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-03-2006, 02:05 PM	#18
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I am 42. Most people I tell my age to nearly fall over...I don't look 42 and I act about 12. Working at the college, I have friends of all age groups, and my 20-something friends think I am outright lying when I tell them my age. I guess that is good. I have a crazy sense of humor, and provide much comic relief in my office (when I'm not mired in depression.) I wouldn't trade anything in my life, and there are things I have been through that I can't tell anyone. But it all makes me who I am. The only thing I would change right now is to lose these extra 25 lbs so I physically feel as young as I mentally feel. That and move ahead a month or two so I am in my new place and starting my new life and getting things back on track. Thanks for your kind words, 'spode and SG. I basically pulled acompliments out of you like a beggar, but you rose to the occasion nicely and I appreciate it. I think you are both wonderful people. So many people here are! (Well, not BDu) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-03-2006, 02:15 PM	#20
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Too great an honour for me, chick. But did make me laugh __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-03-2006, 02:18 PM	#21
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'm also thinking of adding it to the quotes I have hanging in my office! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-03-2006, 02:33 PM	#22
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	stevedallas looks like my mental image of griff I've said from early on that elspode has a smoking jacket on in my mind. pencil mustache, ascott, and pomaded jet black hair. sycamore was the one that fucked me all up, tho. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-03-2006, 02:34 PM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pictures are interesting but it doesn't change the content or attitude in the posts. I've been tromping the earth a long time, long before the internet, and one thing I've learned well. When communicating with women by letter, phone, internet, anything but face to face.....they never, ever, look as bad as they say(think) they do. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-03-2006, 02:50 PM	#24
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Well, Shawnee, I was going to guess 36ish, so there you go. I don't think that the appearance of youth means anything except that one feels and acts younger, and it shows on one's face. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-03-2006, 03:25 PM	#26
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	no, more like the liar guy....john something....that does the actor bit "I'M ACTING!" __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-03-2006, 04:34 PM	#28
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	My mental image of BigV was way off, I pictured him looking a lot like Stephen Colbert with the white shirt and tie. It was odd how much he looked like another friend of mine. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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