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On The Road – Holidays When We Were Little – 12/20

by WaterGirl|  December 20, 20215:00 am| 23 Comments

This post is in: Albatrossity, Holidays When We Were Little

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?Send in your holiday pics, everybody!   We’ll run them from now until New Year’s Eve. ?

? All holidays matter. ?

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It’s Monday, so it’s only right that we start with Albatrossity.  Welcome to 1952!

Christmas Card (1952), Helen, John, David

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HinTN – it’s not clear whether he’s the oldest or the youngest.

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This is Dan B. c.1955, Wadsworth,, Ohio.

From the left my father, behind the baby tree my brother, me, my grandfather.

 

Dan B on his Howdy Doody inflatable!

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Something Fabulous celebrating Purim
in her Mom’s lap, with her Dad’s Mom, her Dad, her brother.

circa: 1970 or so?

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One of the big hits from last year:
I think of this as “Do not even think about fucking with my sister, bub!”
It’s not just the look, it’s the body language.


Raven, of course.  But I’ll bet you knew that already.

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23Comments

  1. 1.

    rikyrah

    December 20, 2021 at 5:47 am

    So cute?????

  2. 2.

    OzarkHillbilly

    December 20, 2021 at 6:04 am

    Bah! Humbug!

  3. 3.

    Rich2506

    December 20, 2021 at 6:15 am

    Me, Cindi and Dave. 1965 or so.

  4. 4.

    JPL

    December 20, 2021 at 6:16 am

    The pictures are wonderful.

  5. 5.

    raven

    December 20, 2021 at 6:22 am

    Good Mornin Captain. . .

    Dolly for you who are worried about my tunes.

  6. 6.

    raven

    December 20, 2021 at 6:22 am

    @Rich2506: Mine is around 1956.

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    evap

    December 20, 2021 at 6:51 am

    Remind me how to send pictures. I’m sorting through all the stuff in my mom’s house and I found a series from 1959 – 1964 with my brother and I on Santa’s lap. So cute (if I do say so myself).

  8. 8.

    Rob

    December 20, 2021 at 6:54 am

    Awww ?

    A great way to start the morning!

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    raven

    December 20, 2021 at 6:56 am

    @evap: Are they scanned? What kind of computer (PC of Mac)?

  10. 10.

    evap

    December 20, 2021 at 6:56 am

    @raven:  scanned to pdf on my macbook

  11. 11.

    raven

    December 20, 2021 at 7:00 am

    @evap: You can send each as an attachment or import them into iPhoto and use the “share” function to email them as jpg’s.

    How to convert PDF to JPG using Acrobat:

    1. Open the PDF in Acrobat.
    2. Click the Export PDF tool in the right pane.
    3. Choose Image as your export format, and then choose JPEG.
    4. Click Export. The Save As dialog box is displayed.
    5. Select a location where you want to save the file, and then click Save.
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    evap

    December 20, 2021 at 7:04 am

    @raven:  Thanks.  What email for BJ?   and is pdf or jpeg better?

  13. 13.

    Morzer

    December 20, 2021 at 7:06 am

    My theory of Manchin, should anyone care to know: he’s a rather stupid man who doesn’t understand half the things he talks about and has convinced himself that he’s right to the point where he can’t handle anything that demonstrates the contrary. That’s what all the nonsense on Fox News was about – he’s refusing to talk any further because he can’t face the fact that he is flat wrong on matters into which he’s invested his credibility and self-image as a brave truth-teller to a foolish caucus.

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    Geo Wilcox

    December 20, 2021 at 7:15 am

    @Morzer:  Maybe but I think the $500K he gets from his coal investments outweighs the $174K he gets to represent his WV people.

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    HinTN

    December 20, 2021 at 7:15 am

    Would that I could have the insouciance and golf game of my younger brother.

  16. 16.

    debbie

    December 20, 2021 at 7:18 am

    These are great!!!

  17. 17.

    raven

    December 20, 2021 at 7:24 am

    @evap: Jpg, there is a Submit Photo’s To On The Road link in the navigation bar on the right side of this page under “Calling All Jackals.

     

    Images *
    Max of 8 images. jpg, jpeg, png formats only.

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    NotMax

    December 20, 2021 at 7:36 am

    @raven

    Submit Photo’s

    Those dang greengrocers sure do get around!

    ;)

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    WaterGirl

    December 20, 2021 at 8:30 am

    @Rich2506:  In case you were trying to add a photo, and for everyone else who might…

    You aren’t able to add a photo to the comments, unless it’s a link to a photo site or something.  Please use the On the Road form if you have several or send photos to my nym at balloon-juice.com

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    WaterGirl

    December 20, 2021 at 8:33 am

    @evap: Looks like Raven has all the details covered.

    If you have a whole series, which would be awesome, it’s best to use the On the Road form.

    If you are just sending one or two or three, you can send photos to my nym at balloon-juice.com

    I will add that .jpg or .png is what we can put up on Balloon Juice.

    edit: and I see that Raven got to that, also.  thank you Raven!

  21. 21.

    laura

    December 20, 2021 at 8:46 am

    All of these wee’uns are adorable.

  22. 22.

    zhena gogolia

    December 20, 2021 at 8:52 am

    Love these. Very reminiscent of the world I grew up in.

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    something fabulous

    December 20, 2021 at 6:18 pm

    All holidays matter! :)

    Especially Purim, to my grandmother Esther, the holiday for which (whom?) she was named. So fun to remember this early happy time with my family. Thanks everyone for sharing theirs!

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