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Guess the Reader

Monday, 26 February 2018, 12:08 BFH Uncategorized 62

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  5. Looks like the kind of kid who gets away with swearing, teasing the dog, stealing cookies before supper, leaving the toilet seat up because he blames everything on his innocent little brother.

    Reboot or Czar.

  14. Getting mixed signals; jarhead hair, but top button fastened (gay before we knew what gay was). I think the military made a man out of him, so I’m going for a longshot either cato or VietVet.

  17. Tony R, As for the button thing. I think you may be forgetting what you look like when Mom gets you ready for a picture and when you dress yourself at that age.

    And also, along with this, they stole a lot of things that weren’t gay at all to begin with. I’d like mu rainbow back.

  28. @AbigailAdams – You are right, it isn’t I. But that photo looks more like me than any photo I have at that age, butch wax and all.

    Except for the teeth. And the chin. And maybe the eyes and ears.
    And I had dimples but not freckles… (-:

  37. The haircut is deceiving. My Uncle Don had that same cut from 1950 until his death in 2012 at the age of 83.

    Me? I sported that cut from my first haircut(1957) until 1968/69. Dad decided that if he could grow lamb chop sideburns then I could have hair to comb….

  41. Yeah, in some ways this could be BB. Hard to say, though. He’s not old enough to fit this era picture and be this young man’s age. Don’t know. I’m going off my (six years’ older) brother who was in VietNam in the late ’60’s.

  46. I had a “Crew Cut” in ’55. Freckles before that. By 57 it was a “Flat Top”.
    But my nick name was “Whitey”; my Beaner friends said “Juero”; so its not I here.

  55. Funny, Tom; I had a crewcut until 1960/61, and then i got (wait for it) the “JFK” (more beach boy, really). Still have it today, after a few side-trips in the 60’s and 70’s.

  56. had a crew cut ’till ’63 (brylcreem man myself), then I started to notice that girls smelled good … & I didn’t get too many cooties if I talked to them
    so, I found my natural hair part & started to grow it out … like Troy, Ricky, Phil & Don
    … & then they went crazy for The Beatles …..

  57. RosalindJ

    I feel as though I have met everyone here, through their comments and opinions…..I had previously mentioned that I have a picture in my mind’s eye of what everyone looks like.

    Much like when reading a book I get a sense of character and create a mental image.

    Thus far my mind’s eye mental image creations remain bewildered with the youthful pictures.

    It would be presumptuous for me to say I know you.

  58. @Tony R
    No doubt at 18 the Military made a man out me. I found out how easy life was at home. My reality was shattered standing on those yellow footprints. Whole new world and a whole lot more responsibility, the discipline was about the same.
    @ Dan Ryan Galt
    Behind the smile and eyes lurked a mischievous mind.
    Luckily I got caught and got squared away at about that age.
    I am a viet vet, but not our Vietvet.
    1960 photo.
    @ riverlife_callie
    I Had a friend that looked just like Jerry Mathers

    Dad was a WWII Pacific Marine … haircut time was always high and tight time. I still smell the butch wax. Haircut was 35 cents…….until mom bought hair clippers for us 3 boys to save money. I had so many nicks in my head I went to school with a stocking cap. I started paying for my own haircut out of my Paper route money. Usually spent my money on pin ball machines and pool, …. in the pool hall I was NOT supposed to be in. Yep, I got caught several times and paid the price.
    I always went back in through the alley door. WWII Vets stayed in the smoke filled back of the pool hall playing poker, cussing and telling war stories. I didn’t know anything about poker, but I hung around to learn new words and listen to the stories.

  59. @cato (at 12:40 am): Great comment. You’re right about the Military making a man out of you. Eisenhower thought that everyone (men only, of course, at the time) should have a mandatory 2 years in one of the Armed Services before taking up their civilian careers, and I think he was correct. We’d have a whole lot fewer Snowflakes and Pajama Boys today, that’s for sure.

    Glad you made it back from the ‘Nam, because a whole lot of Marines didn’t. Could it be that the war stories and having a Marine Dad gave you an edge that made the difference?
    Never can tell.

    Anyway, you got through it all, and that’s what counts. Semper Fi, bro.

  61. @Vietvet

    I think you would agree nothing in civilian life prepares you for the challenges many face in the Military. Hell, a lot of the military training didn’t prepare me for what was to come.
    It sure wasn’t like any John Wayne movie.

    As a Marine stationed with ANGLICO I was assigned to the US Army, 199th Light Infantry Brigade, 1st Air Cav. and 11th ACR, temporarily with special forces when training Cambodians at Baria and the Australian Army at Nui Dat (III Corps), Later after the draw down of US troops I was in IV Corps with the ARVNs.

    I too am a proponent of a two year mandatory enlistment.
    The tide pod generation, snow flakes, basement dwellers and kneelers need discipline, responsibility, a sense of pride and appreciation for their country.

    Always Faithful, Always Thankful

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