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You are right, Bing. You have NOT aged!

It is funny, my mother is almost 80. I asked her how she feels hitting that age.

She said, "You know, when my mother hit 50, I thought she was an old woman. But, now that I am past that age; I realize, we ALWAYS think of ourselves as when we were 20 or so."

I will never forget that moment with her, and she is right: I always envision myself at that age, and always will.

 

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Well okay, if this is going to be a Post Your Guns thread, I guess I'll play along.

(far far before the digital age...)






My parents generally shrugged and went along with my weird creative ideas. That's my dad posing for his part; Mom took the pictures.

I was only able to make two shotgun art paintings the first time because 1) I was discharging firearms in the city limits and 2) a large lizard crawled up the inside of my pants leg lodging at my crotch and causing me to 3) strip and run shrieking, while 4) the police drove by to investigate the shots fired.

Thereafter, I scheduled The Great Thanksgiving Shotgun Art Extravaganza. Mom, Dad, and I loaded up a van with firearms, various leftover paint, canvases, etc, and drove outside the city limits. 20 gauge shotgun, carbine rifle, luger, mauser. Good clean Texas fun

 

And what year was that?

 

I really can't remember-- probably during my early undergrad years. Maybe 1981 or 1982? Definitely no later than ~1987.

 

Me in Pompeii last summer.



An eastern Sept Sev and Mars. Who could ask for anything more.

 

Not going to lie, you caught me off guard there.
You look completely different from what I imagined.

 

Julia Domna (Augusta)
Coin: Silver Denarius
IVLIA AVGVSTA - Draped bust right.
MATER AVGG - Cybele (Magna Mater), towered, draped, seated on a throne in a car drawn by four lions. She gestures with a branch extended in her right hand and rests her left arm on a drum, set on the throne.
Mint: Rome (205 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.59g / 19mm / -
References:

• Sear RCV (2002) 6592
• RIC IV 562
• BMCRE V p.163, 48.

 

Looking good Ann!

 

Now that I see those pics I stand corrected : you've not aged
Please accept my apologizes

Q

 

You guys are awesome!!

I love old photos ... here are a few stevex1's

 

@TIF, have you ever heard of Niki de Saint Phalle shootings ?



Q

 

TIF, you were a tad hot ... looks like you could have played the chick-lead-role on FootLoose!!

 

One thing is for certain, based on his thread in the event of a zombie apocalypse we should all band together. I think we probably have enough guns and ammo to kill every last zombie.

 

I was just thinking the same thing. Looks like the ancients collectors could go to war if they had to.

 

No, but that looks like a blast! (pun intentional)

The video clip was interesting. Her mention of the different effects with paint bags vs. cans is definitely true.

During the Thanksgiving Extravaganza, I had some old cans of spray paint scavenged from our garage. For one painting I strung an aerosol can of paint from a tree branch. It was a breezy day and the string was long. Sighting the can was tough and the bullet only nicked the can's corner. That cause the paint to be expelled just like pressing on a nozzle. The pressure of release combined with its suspension cause it to spin around and around. As it spun, the string wound tighter and shortened. The result was a very boring "painting": nearly straight lines overlapping with each rotation of the spraying can... a solid block of color. The end result was bland but we were laughing very hard the whole time .

 

Told you guys I was the reincarnation of Constantius II.
From a few years ago.

And yes my eyes are black, not brown. I know, I have no soul

 

It's me. And my only one gold coin :


Not my period of collection, but find with my metal detector 8 years ago.... A nice "souvenir" !

 

That's a nice picture of you mat, but who's the guy stood in front of it?

 

Great to finally "meet" you., Siliquae!!

 

Anyone tell you you look Josh Peck? Seriously you could probably pass as him, at least from this photo

Are you a CEO by any chance? I just get that kind of vibe from your photo lol