Hey Pete!

Doubs · 12-03-2002, 12:35 AM

Here's the same handsome guy more than half a century ago. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

Pete Ebbink · 12-03-2002, 11:35 AM

Hey Walker,

I like this one much better. The only thing better would have been to have had a luger in that empty, small hand...

Your other photo I found on a gun site for Spanish pistols...(I think I am starting to incubate a "fever" for Bergmann-Bayard pistols made for Spain and Denmark...).

You might want to use your "Early Years" photo here in the Forum's Rogue Gallery. You would then appear to beat our "Brandon" as the youngest member... [img]wink.gif[/img]

p.s. Did not think about it until just now, but I may have posted a photo before securing your permission. Let me know if objectionable, and I can delete the photo (that I posted...).

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

John Sabato · 12-03-2002, 01:17 PM

Too late Pete... I already 'captured' it [img]wink.gif[/img]

Doubs... have you read my addendum to the post where Pete put your current photo?

I think the current photo belongs in the Rogues Gallery and this one should be your avatar!

Whatyathink?

Doubs · 12-03-2002, 01:49 PM

Pete, posting the picture is OK by me. It's been on the Largo site for several years and I'm surprised that it wasn't "discovered" before now!

John, you're more than welcome to use the pictures as you've suggested. It's a good idea. I kind of like the older one too. It was taken by my father about 1948 at my maternal grandparent's house. The quarter moon on the wall had a staircase on it that held knick-nacks. Even though it's been more than 45 years since I was in that house, I can still "see" the downstairs rooms in my mind. Spent a lot of Sundays there over the years.... great memories.

John Sabato · 12-03-2002, 01:52 PM

Thanks Doubs... BTW, we had exactly the same half moon knick-knack shelf in the house as I grew up too... small world... [img]wink.gif[/img]

Your "older" photo has now been posted in the Rogues Gallery...

and as you can see your new avatar has also been posted...

If you later decide that you want the 'older' photo for your avatar as well as the rogues gallery... just let me know.

Doubs · 12-04-2002, 12:41 AM

Thanks, John. The avatar looks good. It's a bit disconcerting to realize that my granddaughter is almost as old as I was when that picture was taken! <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

12-03-2002, 12:35 AM	#1
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	Hey Pete! Here's the same handsome guy more than half a century ago. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

12-03-2002, 01:17 PM	#3
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Too late Pete... I already 'captured' it [img]wink.gif[/img] Doubs... have you read my addendum to the post where Pete put your current photo? I think the current photo belongs in the Rogues Gallery and this one should be your avatar! Whatyathink? __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

12-03-2002, 01:52 PM	#5
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Thanks Doubs... BTW, we had exactly the same half moon knick-knack shelf in the house as I grew up too... small world... [img]wink.gif[/img] Your "older" photo has now been posted in the Rogues Gallery... and as you can see your new avatar has also been posted... If you later decide that you want the 'older' photo for your avatar as well as the rogues gallery... just let me know. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

12-03-2002, 11:35 AM	#2
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hey Walker, I like this one much better. The only thing better would have been to have had a luger in that empty, small hand... Your other photo I found on a gun site for Spanish pistols...(I think I am starting to incubate a "fever" for Bergmann-Bayard pistols made for Spain and Denmark...). You might want to use your "Early Years" photo here in the Forum's Rogue Gallery. You would then appear to beat our "Brandon" as the youngest member... [img]wink.gif[/img] p.s. Did not think about it until just now, but I may have posted a photo before securing your permission. Let me know if objectionable, and I can delete the photo (that I posted...). Regards, Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

12-03-2002, 01:49 PM	#4
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	Pete, posting the picture is OK by me. It's been on the Largo site for several years and I'm surprised that it wasn't "discovered" before now! John, you're more than welcome to use the pictures as you've suggested. It's a good idea. I kind of like the older one too. It was taken by my father about 1948 at my maternal grandparent's house. The quarter moon on the wall had a staircase on it that held knick-nacks. Even though it's been more than 45 years since I was in that house, I can still "see" the downstairs rooms in my mind. Spent a lot of Sundays there over the years.... great memories.

12-04-2002, 12:41 AM	#6
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	Thanks, John. The avatar looks good. It's a bit disconcerting to realize that my granddaughter is almost as old as I was when that picture was taken! <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />