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Picture thread. (Original Post) RiffRandell Aug 2014 OP
Toads are so cute. You must have more that one in your yard. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #1
We get a little guy too. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #2
what does a pressure wash have to do with toads? n/t orleans Aug 2014 #39
In the backround our siding is filthy. nt RiffRandell Aug 2014 #40
um...because of toads? n/t orleans Aug 2014 #65
No, because of dirt. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #66
SORRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! orleans Aug 2014 #67
Ummm....okay. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #68
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I LOVE toads!!! BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #11
Toadly awesome In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #14
Too cute! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #15
I love wild and crazy toads Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #71
I love the songs of their people... Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2014 #30
Looking good, RR! Love the glasses! Aristus Aug 2014 #3
Thanks! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #4
You wear them well... Aristus Aug 2014 #5
hubba hubba In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #6
Aww... Aristus Aug 2014 #7
Never gonna get tired of that one. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #8
... Aristus Aug 2014 #9
You don't look like that in my head. Wait Wut Aug 2014 #12
That's really me, and I'll take it as a compliment, but... Aristus Aug 2014 #13
It is very much a compliment. Wait Wut Aug 2014 #17
That's very nice. Thanks. Aristus Aug 2014 #18
LOL! Wait Wut Aug 2014 #19
Soon... Aristus Aug 2014 #20
selfie with my old lady kitty fizzgig Aug 2014 #10
Cute! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #16
he's looking pretty lumberjack - like right now fizzgig Aug 2014 #21
Me on my New Year's cruise 2014 Callmecrazy Aug 2014 #22
I remember the first time you posted this. Aristus Aug 2014 #31
Hey! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #32
Here Callmecrazy Aug 2014 #83
On top of Temple II, Calakmul a la izquierda Aug 2014 #23
i am so stoked to have a face to the name fizzgig Aug 2014 #24
Thanks for making me smile a la izquierda Aug 2014 #80
Nice ink. Aristus Aug 2014 #26
Thanks! a la izquierda Aug 2014 #81
You take the best pictures! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #33
Aw thanks! a la izquierda Aug 2014 #82
Couple recents... bluesbassman Aug 2014 #25
Your son is very handsome! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #34
Thanks. bluesbassman Aug 2014 #62
here's 2 OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #27
Both are so sweet! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #35
Oh I wish he could have asked Josh OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #42
Love all of the photos! jen63 Aug 2014 #28
Nice to meet you Jen! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #36
Nice to meet you too! jen63 Aug 2014 #41
From May pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #29
That is so nice pinboy. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #37
Construction is not done yet pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #38
What a great story. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #44
Great teens with an inspirational teacher pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #46
Thanks, I was going to look him up anyway. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #47
he is a great person, indeed nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #50
You'll rethink that when you see what I posted below :) nt pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #55
Some think Jerral's pics there "graphic," though they're just pics of him today with his shirt off pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #59
good pic Pinboy ! nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #49
A toad followed me into the house last night. murielm99 Aug 2014 #43
So your toad pics are too NSFW to post here? pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #45
If I can get a good picture murielm99 Aug 2014 #51
I think a web pic would be especially appropriate pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #85
My neighbor has them under her foundation. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #53
Great pics Riff steve2470 Aug 2014 #48
Cool pic, steve! pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #52
*starts jotting down notes on Pinboy muahahahaha* steve2470 Aug 2014 #56
Hey! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #54
It's a good pic of steve--shows character pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #57
My pleasure! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #69
my unfunny-trying-hard-to-be-a-comedian character steve2470 Aug 2014 #78
Wonderful pictures, everyone! frogmarch Aug 2014 #58
I love your pics, too pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #60
Thank you. :-) It's frogmarch Aug 2014 #61
Awww...what a difference! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #63
He is, but he's afraid of men, frogmarch Aug 2014 #64
Cuuute! They work out their differences... marzipanni Aug 2014 #77
From the Barrow Family Reunion this past weekend (As in Joe Louis Barrow) MrScorpio Aug 2014 #70
nice pic MrScorpio ! nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #72
Nice! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #73
About a hundred, give or take MrScorpio Aug 2014 #75
Wow! RiffRandell Aug 2014 #76
Looking good! All of you! Aristus Aug 2014 #74
Mr. Scorpio NJCher Aug 2014 #79
. pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #84
OK, I'll play mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #86
Thanks for playing! RiffRandell Sep 2014 #87
Cool pic! pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #88
Very cool. We stayed in touch all these years (25!) mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #91
I was an American Exchange Student finalist in HS pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #92
When my youngest son--not in the photo--was in high school mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #93
Kickin' it at the Puffy Taco. Iggo Sep 2014 #89
Very cool! RiffRandell Sep 2014 #90
Ha! Iggo Sep 2014 #94
OMG Puffy Taco! denbot Sep 2014 #95
That place never changes. Iggo Sep 2014 #96

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
66. No, because of dirt.
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 10:26 PM
Aug 2014

WTF? We live in an association and have to follow the rules, unfortunately. Satisfied? Jesus Christ.

orleans

(34,051 posts)
67. SORRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 10:33 PM
Aug 2014

DAMN!

"I love toads. My man needs to pressure wash our house badly!"

SORRY I MADE A FUCKING CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE APPARENTLY SEPARATE AND RANDOM THOUGHTS OF YOURS

Aristus

(66,373 posts)
3. Looking good, RR! Love the glasses!
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 01:50 PM
Aug 2014

Here's me on the left with a friend at a concert in Seattle a couple of years ago:



Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
12. You don't look like that in my head.
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 04:36 PM
Aug 2014

But, if that's really you, you look a little like a young Richard Dreyfuss.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
17. It is very much a compliment.
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 05:00 PM
Aug 2014

I had a huge crush on him when I was a kid.

It's tough to explain what you look like in my head. I get visuals of everything...and everyone on DU. From your posting style and content, I pictured a slight man with thick, rather unkempt (because you always seem so freaking busy) black hair on the longish side. It could have to do with your compassion. It might be some sort of trigger in my past that I don't remember. Someone that treated me with kindness. If it helps, I like the real you better than my brain's version.

bluesbassman

(19,373 posts)
25. Couple recents...
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 09:53 PM
Aug 2014

Band photo from a gig last weekend.


This was a real treat, that's my son on the left. Just turned 22 and got to see our show before heading back to college.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
27. here's 2
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 10:21 PM
Aug 2014

Me and my daughter 24 years ago:


And me and my wife a couple weeks ago on the occasion of our 28th aniversary

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
35. Both are so sweet!
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 01:00 PM
Aug 2014

Been to any shows lately? My husband went to the Lowlands music fest in the Netherlands a couple weeks ago as he was there on business and his bro was working a gig...tons of Euro metal band.

He went backstage and Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age was behind him in the food line.

I haven't been to any.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
42. Oh I wish he could have asked Josh
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 03:28 PM
Aug 2014

if he plans any more Crooked Vulture stuff with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones. Love that record!

Last saturday I went to the Southern Darkness Fest:


Best Surprise was Immortal Bird - a 3 piece from Chicago - Lady drummer who did the vocals too.
Here she is just singing - they must have lost a drummer since then:



Favorite band of the show was Phobia and very honorable mentions go to Maruta and Magrudergrind and Order of the Owl and Scrog. But everyone I saw did a great job. 3 venues all within about a half mile of each other in Ybor City in Tampa. Got my exercise for the year trucking back and forth between clubs! lol

jen63

(813 posts)
28. Love all of the photos!
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 10:30 PM
Aug 2014

I'm fairly new to DU, so I'll introduce you to my small family sans dogs. I'm the old lady, the handsome Midshipman is my son. This was taken at the US Naval Academy a year ago. He's a little lib too! Makes mama proud!



Kyle on a service trip to an AIDS/HIV "orphanage" in Honduras in 2011. Beautiful kids who smile all the time.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
29. From May
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 11:21 PM
Aug 2014

I'm on the right, at the groundbreaking for a home for a wounded warrior in my community. Next to me is the high school teacher whose students created the project and raised the funds to provide a home for the Iraq War vet and his caregivers.

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
37. That is so nice pinboy.
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 01:07 PM
Aug 2014

Has he moved in yet? Did the kids go through a charity or raise the money themselves?

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
38. Construction is not done yet
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 01:31 PM
Aug 2014

It's a complete reconstruction of 2 existing homes on a property to the extent that they will practically be new homes--one for the vet and his kids and one for his caregivers.

The students came up with the idea themselves when the vet, Jerral Hancock, came to speak to Jamie Goodreau's history classes at Lancaster HS (Lancaster, CA) along with other vets. When the students questioned him, they learned that Jerral was living with his two kids in a mobile home where he barely had room to turn his wheelchair.

The students thought Jerral, his kids and his caregivers needed a better living situation and they made it their mission to make it so. They called it "OATH"--for Operation All the Way Home, and the pledge they took to make this happen.

Besides raising tons of money themselves, the students also got Gary Sinise involved. He gave them a check for $60,000 and then came back to do a benefit concert that raised a lot more money. But on their own the students had already raised something like $200,000 or more even before he got involved.

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
44. What a great story.
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 03:51 PM
Aug 2014

What thoughtful, great kids. I can't wait until he and his family are in their new home.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
46. Great teens with an inspirational teacher
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 04:33 PM
Aug 2014

Jamie brings out the best in them, making her classes come up with and take on a joint project each year. I've worked on projects with Jamie and her students, and it's always my honor and privilege.

There's a link for more info on Jerral and the status of his new home:

Operation All the Way Home http://www.operationallthewayhome.com/

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
47. Thanks, I was going to look him up anyway.
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 04:41 PM
Aug 2014

You're a great person pinboy. That's awesome about the teacher. My son's favorite subject is social studies (it will be history next year) and we always talk about what he's learning.

Our veterans should never struggle; it breaks my heart.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
59. Some think Jerral's pics there "graphic," though they're just pics of him today with his shirt off
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 06:11 PM
Aug 2014

He spent an hour in a burning tank after it got hit by an IED and when they came to pull him out, his arm came off. He has only partial use of his remaining arm, and he also has burn injuries. Those are just the facts. That's what happened.

Jerral will sometimes invite someone to feel his shoulder, to feel the jagged end of the bone under his thin skin. No big deal. That's just his body. That's his life.

I remember when those photos first came out. Jamie and I were working as co-chairs on a totally unrelated, week-long project. On the biggest day, Jamie couldn't be there. A story had hit the news about OATH and the students and Jerral, and Jamie was suddenly inundated with media interview requests. When I got home from the project site late that night I found that there were 35 or so results for my search on Jerral's name (though many were repeats of an AP story).

I had a friend who jumped on a grenade in Vietnam to save his squad. One of a very small number to do that and survive (he was awarded the Medal of Honor). The impact of that didn't fully hit me until we were together at a pool party with our shirts off and I saw what that had done to him.

Jerral's shirtless pics are very tame compared to what could be shown of other war casualties living today. Something we should be shown more often, lest we forget.

murielm99

(30,741 posts)
43. A toad followed me into the house last night.
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 03:51 PM
Aug 2014

I went outside for a minute to shake out a tablecloth, and found it hopping around on the rug.

We used to get lots of them, but then we had the foundation of our old house sealed. I used to leave them in the basement, until there were three or four of them hopping around, then I would put them outside. They would eat the bugs downstairs, and that was fine with me.

I like toads.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
45. So your toad pics are too NSFW to post here?
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 04:05 PM
Aug 2014

I understand completely. It's hard to find a toad pic that's not pornographic.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
48. Great pics Riff
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 04:47 PM
Aug 2014

My most recent pic would crack monitors, IMHO. Let me go find an old one.

eta:

That's about 11 years old, but still the same with some gray hair added.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
57. It's a good pic of steve--shows character
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 05:21 PM
Aug 2014

I like that one, as well as all the others here. Thanks for the thread, Riff!

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
58. Wonderful pictures, everyone!
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 05:47 PM
Aug 2014

In keeping with the hoppy amphibian theme, here’s a picture of my sleeping grandson Zay and a hoppy little green fellow. The picture was taken a couple of years ago on a camping trip.



I’ve posted this pic before of me ‘n’ my beloved pooch Ty. The picture was taken about 3 years ago the minute I brought him home from the pound. Poor little guy was scared and had infected gums and a bad ear infection.



Here’s Ty nowadays, feeling great.

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
61. Thank you. :-) It's
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 06:36 PM
Aug 2014

a picture dear to my heart.

I love DU picture threads and getting to match faces with names.

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
64. He is, but he's afraid of men,
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 08:22 PM
Aug 2014

except for mr. froggy and finally at long last, our grown sons. It's good that our vet is a woman.

He plays and plays with little Abby. They're very close and have never had a disagreement.

marzipanni

(6,011 posts)
77. Cuuute! They work out their differences...
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 02:54 PM
Aug 2014

I'd like to see world leaders taking out their aggressions by playing tug-o-war with a fox-with-no-stuffing.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
75. About a hundred, give or take
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 12:27 PM
Aug 2014

Last edited Sat Aug 30, 2014, 02:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Extended Barrow family members from all over.

It was a beautiful thing.

Edited to take off a hundred.

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
76. Wow!
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 12:29 PM
Aug 2014

This summer I went to my cousin's daughter's college graduation party. Hadn't seen them in like a decade since a funeral.

It was a blast!

Glad you had fun!

NJCher

(35,675 posts)
79. Mr. Scorpio
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 06:06 PM
Aug 2014

I note the "Knockout! Joe Louis" illustration in the lower left of the photo.

Have you ever read Maya Angelou's essay about the Joe Louis knockout event?

I just included it in my readings for English. Wonderful essay.

I miss Maya!


Cher

mnhtnbb

(31,389 posts)
86. OK, I'll play
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 04:35 PM
Sep 2014

This was taken in Paris last May. Left to right: My oldest son, our French "daughter"--who lived with us for almost a year as a foreign
exchange student from 1989-90--my husband, and me.




mnhtnbb

(31,389 posts)
91. Very cool. We stayed in touch all these years (25!)
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 07:18 PM
Sep 2014

She lives outside Paris--has a family with two of her own kids--and the day after
this photo was taken we were invited to Sunday lunch in the garden with her family.

It was really fun.

We have seen her a couple of times in the intervening years. We visited her once in Paris
before she had a family of her own, and she was here visiting us in 2009.

I highly recommend the experience of hosting a foreign exchange student, if at all possible.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
92. I was an American Exchange Student finalist in HS
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 07:31 PM
Sep 2014

I was aced out by a girl I dated once.

Marie was a great selection, but unfortunately they were short of placements that year and she didn't get to go to Japan as an exchange student as she'd hoped. Later, while she was in college, she went on her own.

We stayed in touch over the years and I always agreed that she was the best choice.

Hosting a foreign exchange student is a real service, and I salute you for doing that.

mnhtnbb

(31,389 posts)
93. When my youngest son--not in the photo--was in high school
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 07:42 PM
Sep 2014

his German teacher would arrange an exchange project every other year.

We hosted a boy from Germany for 3 weeks, and then our son went to live with
his family for 3 weeks after school was out. We're still in touch with him, but
haven't seen him as he's now in medical school in Austria.

It was the start of something serious for our son. He majored in German in college;
went for a semester abroad his junior year; and just returned from 10 months in Berlin
on a Fulbright scholarship.

In fact, we all--my oldest son and his SO-- visited the youngest son in Berlin after we
left Paris last May.

The younger son is now back in the US and attending grad school.

Foreign exchange experiences can definitely be life changing.

BTW, I was pregnant with the younger son the year we hosted our French "daughter".

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
90. Very cool!
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 06:55 PM
Sep 2014

You do look ready to rumble though, and coming from me who has had some scrappers in my time (if you can believe that!) I wouldn't mess with you!



Iggo

(47,552 posts)
94. Ha!
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 08:37 PM
Sep 2014

Lookin' tough is half the game! (The only half I'm any good at...lol.)

You ever see me around kids and my cover would be totally blown.

denbot

(9,899 posts)
95. OMG Puffy Taco!
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 02:36 AM
Sep 2014

I finished high school at Lowell, after my parents moved us to La Harbra. Many a munchie was slaked there, I haven't thought of Puffy Taco in years.

Iggo

(47,552 posts)
96. That place never changes.
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 08:59 AM
Sep 2014

Picture of Kevin & Bean on the wall, signed James Worthy jersey in the corner, tables and benches from the 70s. They're still cash-only, but they did finally get an ATM so you don't have to go over the the liquor store to get cash anymore.

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