Just for fun.

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

roughbarked said:

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

Love it!

roughbarked said:

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

The younger of the two I assume?

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

The younger of the two I assume?

:)

did mention older brother .. the handsome one I grew up to be even uglier.

I don’t have any baby photos in digital, but here are a couple of me as a kid…

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

The younger of the two I assume?

:)

did mention older brother .. the handsome one I grew up to be even uglier.

…and livelier?

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

The younger of the two I assume?

:)

did mention older brother .. the handsome one I grew up to be even uglier.

I think you were cute.

bluegreen said:

I don’t have any baby photos in digital, but here are a couple of me as a kid…

I only have sooooo many because I was the youngest and Mum was into baby shows. BLAH

bubba louie said:

I only have sooooo many because I was the youngest and Mum was into baby shows. BLAH

Bonds Baby of the Year, in my age group, not overall.

I really must get hold of some! I don’t think there are many of me on my own, as I’m the youngest of four.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

I only have sooooo many because I was the youngest and Mum was into baby shows. BLAH

Bonds Baby of the Year, in my age group, not overall.

How I HATED those ringlets!!!!!!!

bon008 said:

I really must get hold of some! I don’t think there are many of me on my own, as I’m the youngest of four.

Being the youngest back fired on me. Mum lost a couple before me and I was only given a small chance of survival so I was wrapped in cotton wool for far too long. Made for a VERY rebellious teenager.
My eldest sister tried to intervene on my behalf but was told I was “Too Precious’. Nauseating!!!!!!

That’s one reson my boys had so much freedom.

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

The younger of the two I assume?

:)

did mention older brother .. the handsome one I grew up to be even uglier.

…and livelier?

hmm well he is an international sports coach has done three Olymipcs and relevant Cwealth Games.. So we are lively both, in different areas.

bubba louie said:

bon008 said:

I really must get hold of some! I don’t think there are many of me on my own, as I’m the youngest of four.

Being the youngest back fired on me. Mum lost a couple before me and I was only given a small chance of survival so I was wrapped in cotton wool for far too long. Made for a VERY rebellious teenager.
My eldest sister tried to intervene on my behalf but was told I was “Too Precious’. Nauseating!!!!!!

That’s one reson my boys had so much freedom.

Gawd I was sooo the opposite, an accident , my bro was 11 months old when I arrived..and from then on it was a hell of a fight to survive and the more life chucked crap at me the more I was determined to throw it back even harder!
The earliest pic of me was when I was 8 yo.

You’se were all so adorable :D

I’m just that long haired lout next door.

roughbarked said:

I’m just that long haired lout next door.

Hippie :)

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

I’m just that long haired lout next door.

Hippie :)

Well I had weirder plants on my side of the fence. Tristania.. or whatever it is called now.. AFlame tree.. You may note no plants on the neighbours side.

Happy Potter said:

Gawd I was sooo the opposite, an accident , my bro was 11 months old when I arrived..and from then on it was a hell of a fight to survive and the more life chucked crap at me the more I was determined to throw it back even harder!
The earliest pic of me was when I was 8 yo.

that explains a lot :D

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Gawd I was sooo the opposite, an accident , my bro was 11 months old when I arrived..and from then on it was a hell of a fight to survive and the more life chucked crap at me the more I was determined to throw it back even harder!
The earliest pic of me was when I was 8 yo.

that explains a lot :D

Just what I was thinking! :)

And, apparently, when I was little my older brothers doted on me and did everything for me. Hmm, and now I have ended up a bit on the lazy side??

Mind you, I’m still not convinced it’s not all a big lie. My childhood memories involve chinese arm burns and carpet burns and not too much doting…

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Gawd I was sooo the opposite, an accident , my bro was 11 months old when I arrived..and from then on it was a hell of a fight to survive and the more life chucked crap at me the more I was determined to throw it back even harder!
The earliest pic of me was when I was 8 yo.

that explains a lot :D

I didn’t know what you meant until I re-read it ,lol. Well if the past and present is any indication, I best roll up my sleves as the fight has only just begun! LOL!

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Gawd I was sooo the opposite, an accident , my bro was 11 months old when I arrived..and from then on it was a hell of a fight to survive and the more life chucked crap at me the more I was determined to throw it back even harder!
The earliest pic of me was when I was 8 yo.

that explains a lot :D

Just what I was thinking! :)

And, apparently, when I was little my older brothers doted on me and did everything for me. Hmm, and now I have ended up a bit on the lazy side??

Mind you, I’m still not convinced it’s not all a big lie. My childhood memories involve chinese arm burns and carpet burns and not too much doting…

My sisters are quite a bit older than me so I was a bit spoilt too.

roughbarked said:

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

excellent jumpers roughy, you on the right?

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

The younger of the two I assume?

:)

did mention older brother .. the handsome one I grew up to be even uglier.

don’t forget hairier.

pain master said:

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

The younger of the two I assume?

:)

did mention older brother .. the handsome one I grew up to be even uglier.

don’t forget hairier.

True that I was always the one with the longer hair. Mine was always longer than my wifes.

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Gawd I was sooo the opposite, an accident , my bro was 11 months old when I arrived..and from then on it was a hell of a fight to survive and the more life chucked crap at me the more I was determined to throw it back even harder!
The earliest pic of me was when I was 8 yo.

that explains a lot :D

Just what I was thinking! :)

And, apparently, when I was little my older brothers doted on me and did everything for me. Hmm, and now I have ended up a bit on the lazy side??

Mind you, I’m still not convinced it’s not all a big lie. My childhood memories involve chinese arm burns and carpet burns and not too much doting…

chinese arms = doting.

pain master said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

that explains a lot :D

Just what I was thinking! :)

And, apparently, when I was little my older brothers doted on me and did everything for me. Hmm, and now I have ended up a bit on the lazy side??

Mind you, I’m still not convinced it’s not all a big lie. My childhood memories involve chinese arm burns and carpet burns and not too much doting…

chinese arms = doting.

Sounds like children playing to me.

My brother put the garden fork straight through my upper arm. It was probably the only time he ever picked it up.

roughbarked said:

pain master said:

bon008 said:

Just what I was thinking! :)

And, apparently, when I was little my older brothers doted on me and did everything for me. Hmm, and now I have ended up a bit on the lazy side??

Mind you, I’m still not convinced it’s not all a big lie. My childhood memories involve chinese arm burns and carpet burns and not too much doting…

chinese arms = doting.

Sounds like children playing to me.

My brother put the garden fork straight through my upper arm. It was probably the only time he ever picked it up.

Hmm. Maybe. I was a sensitive kid, and it took me until my mid to late teens to work out that my brothers didn’t actually hate me.

roughbarked said:

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

Love the clothes. You were both well dressed.

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

:) I don’t recaall many or any photos of me as a baby as my elder brother and younger sister got all that. This is probably the youngest surviving photo of me.

The younger of the two I assume?

:)

did mention older brother .. the handsome one I grew up to be even uglier.

Looks mean nothing to me. Never have. Who said you were ugly in that pic anyway?

bluegreen said:

I don’t have any baby photos in digital, but here are a couple of me as a kid…

And you’ve still got that red hair. You also wore those sherred elastic swimmers. I had some of those.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

I only have sooooo many because I was the youngest and Mum was into baby shows. BLAH

Bonds Baby of the Year, in my age group, not overall.

Take it from me, she is still a cutie too.

pomolo said:

And you’ve still got that red hair. You also wore those sherred elastic swimmers. I had some of those.

not red anymore! lots of grey now with a warm brown.
Shirred swimmers would have been pre-elastine or lycra type fabrics. I think they are nice actually :)

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

I only have sooooo many because I was the youngest and Mum was into baby shows. BLAH

Bonds Baby of the Year, in my age group, not overall.

How I HATED those ringlets!!!!!!!

We still have one of my ringlets. It’s in an envelope but it’s gone very yellow over the years.

pomolo said:

Love the clothes. You were both well dressed.

:) My parents did their best under the circumstances.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Love the clothes. You were both well dressed.

:) My parents did their best under the circumstances.

I’m sure my mum used that pants fabric for shorts etc when I was a kid :)

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Love the clothes. You were both well dressed.

:) My parents did their best under the circumstances.

I’m sure my mum used that pants fabric for shorts etc when I was a kid :)

It was probably inexpensive.. ;) I can’t remember which one of my aunts knitted the jumpers or made my sisters dress but I’m sure they played a part. At this stage dad would have still been in hospital from a horrific argument with a backfiring tractor crankhandle. From which he had to be the first to survive having his entire intestines and stomach removed to be untangled and put back together, from which he had to endure 18 major operations over the 17 years more he managed to squeeze out of life. … and that was just the tractor incident.. The war finally caught up with him and his leg had to come off.

pain master said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

that explains a lot :D

Just what I was thinking! :)

And, apparently, when I was little my older brothers doted on me and did everything for me. Hmm, and now I have ended up a bit on the lazy side??

Mind you, I’m still not convinced it’s not all a big lie. My childhood memories involve chinese arm burns and carpet burns and not too much doting…

And horse bites was my brothers favourite. Gees they hurt. How come my Mother never saw any of this going on anyway.

chinese arms = doting.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

:) My parents did their best under the circumstances.

I’m sure my mum used that pants fabric for shorts etc when I was a kid :)

It was probably inexpensive.. ;) I can’t remember which one of my aunts knitted the jumpers or made my sisters dress but I’m sure they played a part. At this stage dad would have still been in hospital from a horrific argument with a backfiring tractor crankhandle. From which he had to be the first to survive having his entire intestines and stomach removed to be untangled and put back together, from which he had to endure 18 major operations over the 17 years more he managed to squeeze out of life. … and that was just the tractor incident.. The war finally caught up with him and his leg had to come off.

gosh! you dad sure was a fighter then! those crankhandles could sure put out a kick when they backfire.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

I’m sure my mum used that pants fabric for shorts etc when I was a kid :)

It was probably inexpensive.. ;) I can’t remember which one of my aunts knitted the jumpers or made my sisters dress but I’m sure they played a part. At this stage dad would have still been in hospital from a horrific argument with a backfiring tractor crankhandle. From which he had to be the first to survive having his entire intestines and stomach removed to be untangled and put back together, from which he had to endure 18 major operations over the 17 years more he managed to squeeze out of life. … and that was just the tractor incident.. The war finally caught up with him and his leg had to come off.

gosh! you dad sure was a fighter then! those crankhandles could sure put out a kick when they backfire.

Not just my dad.. my mum was in hospital having my sister when dad was in the operating theatre being brought back to life via open heart massage.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Love the clothes. You were both well dressed.

:) My parents did their best under the circumstances.

That’s a lovely photo. You were all so blond.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

It was probably inexpensive.. ;) I can’t remember which one of my aunts knitted the jumpers or made my sisters dress but I’m sure they played a part. At this stage dad would have still been in hospital from a horrific argument with a backfiring tractor crankhandle. From which he had to be the first to survive having his entire intestines and stomach removed to be untangled and put back together, from which he had to endure 18 major operations over the 17 years more he managed to squeeze out of life. … and that was just the tractor incident.. The war finally caught up with him and his leg had to come off.

gosh! you dad sure was a fighter then! those crankhandles could sure put out a kick when they backfire.

Not just my dad.. my mum was in hospital having my sister when dad was in the operating theatre being brought back to life via open heart massage.

hard times indeed :(

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

gosh! you dad sure was a fighter then! those crankhandles could sure put out a kick when they backfire.

Not just my dad.. my mum was in hospital having my sister when dad was in the operating theatre being brought back to life via open heart massage.

hard times indeed :(

They were hard times but today times are just as hard but in a very different way now.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Not just my dad.. my mum was in hospital having my sister when dad was in the operating theatre being brought back to life via open heart massage.

hard times indeed :(

They were hard times but today times are just as hard but in a very different way now.

I think my life has always been hard times though the good parts weren’t so hard to deal with.. As my father always said.. You are lucky that you are doing it in Australia. Which turned out to be quite exact. As everything he uttered was. Even the times he said BULLDUST.
I can’t complain. I married and raised two new Australians who have both gone on to be at the top of whatever field they have chosen.

roughbarked said:

I can’t complain. I married and raised two new Australians who have both gone on to be at the top of whatever field they have chosen.

something you can be proud of :)

pomolo said:

And horse bites was my brothers favourite. Gees they hurt. How come my Mother never saw any of this going on anyway.

Hmm, we had a thing called a camel bite, I wonder if that is the same? Rapid application of a cupped hand? Man, those hurt.. not as much as being hit by a BB gun pellet, though.

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

And horse bites was my brothers favourite. Gees they hurt. How come my Mother never saw any of this going on anyway.

Hmm, we had a thing called a camel bite, I wonder if that is the same? Rapid application of a cupped hand? Man, those hurt.. not as much as being hit by a BB gun pellet, though.

Your camel bite must be the same as our horse bite for sure. Fortunately there weren’t any bb guns.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

I don’t have any baby photos in digital, but here are a couple of me as a kid…

And you’ve still got that red hair. You also wore those sherred elastic swimmers. I had some of those.

Same (the swimmers)…from an Enid Gilchrist pattern…

pomolo said:

We still have one of my ringlets. It’s in an envelope but it’s gone very yellow over the years.

:0!!

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

Love the clothes. You were both well dressed.

:) My parents did their best under the circumstances.

Always best dressed for the photos, in those days…Colour, too!

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

I don’t have any baby photos in digital, but here are a couple of me as a kid…

And you’ve still got that red hair. You also wore those sherred elastic swimmers. I had some of those.

Same (the swimmers)…from an Enid Gilchrist pattern…

ah – my mum probably made them then, as I have some of her Enid Gilchrist patterns :)

I have no photos of me when little….

Lucky1 said:

I have no photos of me when little….

is this because you were never little.
i was a 10 lb baby too. yeah i know – poor mum – but hey i didn’t know!. anyrate the 2 photos are posed and sickening.

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

I have no photos of me when little….

is this because you were never little.
i was a 10 lb baby too. yeah i know – poor mum – but hey i didn’t know!. anyrate the 2 photos are posed and sickening.

My dad has all our photos……… but I can tell you this….I was called “Legs” and am still called this by my family.

I was so skinny and my legs went way………past my bum…lol

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

And you’ve still got that red hair. You also wore those sherred elastic swimmers. I had some of those.

Same (the swimmers)…from an Enid Gilchrist pattern…

ah – my mum probably made them then, as I have some of her Enid Gilchrist patterns :)

Can’t get over the all-over dimple-y, smiley cheeks…

Lucky1 said:

My dad has all our photos……… but I can tell you this….I was called “Legs” and am still called this by my family.

I was so skinny and my legs went way………past my bum…lol

then they started getting cheeky?

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

My dad has all our photos……… but I can tell you this….I was called “Legs” and am still called this by my family.

I was so skinny and my legs went way………past my bum…lol

then they started getting cheeky?

hehehe…..well said/written there…..

Here is one of the very few photos of me as a baby.

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Apparently my Dad had a lot of film waiting to be developed when he could afford it
but before he could do so my older brothers mucked around with it and exposed the film. :(

AnneS said:

Here is one of the very few photos of me as a baby.

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Apparently my Dad had a lot of film waiting to be developed when he could afford it
but before he could do so my older brothers mucked around with it and exposed the film. :(

sad indeed…

AnneS said:

Here is one of the very few photos of me as a baby.

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Apparently my Dad had a lot of film waiting to be developed when he could afford it
but before he could do so my older brothers mucked around with it and exposed the film. :(

I hate to think what the punishment would have been! I bet your dad was upset about that!

bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

Here is one of the very few photos of me as a baby.

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Apparently my Dad had a lot of film waiting to be developed when he could afford it
but before he could do so my older brothers mucked around with it and exposed the film. :(

I hate to think what the punishment would have been! I bet your dad was upset about that!

Probably as I am the only girl (4 brothers) and I think I was the apple of his eye