New Years Fun and Challenge

[NMarti]

Way to go Sherry - you're almost there - but you haven't got me yet:p

Tony - I think I have you now for my final final submission. ;) We'll see tomorrow.

[jazzfisher]

Nancy,
You little devil!!!--I keep trying to match your eyes to one of the babies!!!

Well, I can't play anymore till Sun or Mon cause we are going out of town as soon as I get home---so I hope I keep the lead til then. I can't wait to pay my way bi-coastal!!!! And all that great airplane food---I just love little tiny snacks!!! & really small bottles of water!!!!:D
Good luck all---I guess I was an easy one!

[NMarti]

Sherry - actually I got you wrong the first 2 guesses because my daughter kept saying ..... oops - can't say that yet. Brice has to give out clues. My eyes look so obvious to me...:D

[jazzfisher]

Nancy,
You'll have to tell what she said when this is over & done with!!!

[Pauline]

Nancy I thought your eyes were so obvious too and picked the same number twice and got it wrong. Third attempt and wrong again. Tony are you a girl?? :( I only got an extra 3 right!

[jazzfisher]

Pauline,
Hehehe!!! I can't say anything or I'll give a clue!!!!:D

[NMarti]

Pauline,
Tony already gave a clue and so did Sherry - sort of..... I picked up only after putting the two together.;)

Don't feel bad Pauline - there are two there that I would pick for me if I didn't know better. Boy this can drive you crazy.

Hey Brice - just noticed - did you just graduate to year 2 of 35?

[CarolLHB]

Just tried again-#2 this is so hard-all my guesses changed-we'll see. If I do worse, I'm done!:D

[NMarti]

Carol,
Only 2 tries? I'm at 4 already. :eek: But then I didn't count my second because it was so miserable that I went down to 2 right - me and Mike. Took me 3 tries to find you.

[CarolLHB]

Well, it is the weekend-I guess I'll keep trying-I was 10 minutes late to work when I tried the first time!:D

[bwolford]

Yes I graduated to year 2. Purely a social advancement, barely made it by based on academics... So sad...

Our clues so far:

A person's actions speak volumes about who they are
Tony, I wouldn't take this sitting down.
Smiles help brighten your day... ooo an extra clue.
New-Wendy sits in a position to become an enlightened elder
New-Eva you are a bedeviling little witch and I mean that in a good way.
New-Jodi is riding her first and only answer to victory
New-Robyn, just a couple of more letters and I'd get your name based on what I see in your picture.
New-Linda, if I thought about it your picture would give it away in a snap.
New-This time I included the average of all of the answers. These should help you figure out the direction to error for your answers for those that are almost all right and where not to lean for those that are all wrong... Or not, they are just numbers.That should help you, or not... :twisted: They are clues for some of the most difficult pictures in the list. also #9 was given to confound you... Oh well.

http://www.thewolfords.com/Challenge/answer-key.gif
Brice

[NMarti]

Whoa... I'm moving up - :eek: Boy - I had Wendy from the start and kept changing my mind when I posted. ;) :rolleyes: Glad I didn't this time. Should have went with my first instinct on several others too! Well off to study more clues!

[Diana]

Well, finally, I've moved up a little to 6. I was feeling really dumb there for a while. It's so good to be able to put a face with a name on the posts now (some, at least). Ray, I really wanted to see your baby picture.:(

Diana

[CarolLHB]

Hmmm, still at 4! At least I'm a consistent idiot!:D :D

[Jodi Frye]

OK, is this going to go on until everyone gets it right ? I'm happy to settle for my loser stance on this one. :)

[Pauline]

Jodi, you must make at least more than one attempt!! I can't believe you didn't get more right! What happened to the artist in you? The eyes are one of the biggest clues I found. At least it helped pick out a lot of the pretty blue ones. You can't give up this easy. :eek:

[virgo1]

Jodi,
Sophmore slump has set in after a 2nd try. :confused:
Eva ;)

[Jodi Frye]

Pauline, I just can't relate well to all you humanoids...ya all look alike to me ;)

Eva, Did you say 'slump' ? Gosh, that has been my middle name for over a year now. I need change. Freekin' Wacom had me drooling this morning...I got a DVD in the mail ' Digital Innovator series ' (freebie gift from Wacom) the host was using a Wacom Cintique to show us his talent....so cool !!! You have to see it to believe it....Anyways, the one I want is $3000.00 !! :eek: :eek: :eek: ...Of course that is just a drop in the bucket to Graphic Artists who are actually employed in Real World 3D Animation.

[Robyn]

EEeeeek!
I didn't get myself.......must have pressed the wrong button.

[karen donnybrook]

Now Robyn, that is a bit of a worry!! I have only had one try and that is it. I mulled over it for days, even had a friend helping me.

[bwolford]

This ends when people stop trying or Wednesday.

Brice

[Jodi Frye]

Brice, please oh please pick a new Avitar ! You look ridiculous :D :p

[Wendy]

I give up !!


Wendy

[Robyn]

Wendy,

I know what you mean! I was moderately pleased with my results until I saw that I didn't guess myself (pressed wrong button I guess) so when I went to correct that I got all mixed up with what I had done previously and so my latest submission will probably be worse than the last one. :confused: :confused:

[NMarti]

Brice - when will you post new results again?

[virgo1]

Jodi,
I got the same DVD and I am also drooling over the Cintiq. Woo wee, that thing is sweet but not the price. Jodi, I did worse on a 2nd go. Oh well, it's a game. I know what the problem is, I need a glass of wine. I've been doing this sober. :eek:
Eva ;)

[GaryK]

Bricey poo

Don't change your avatar.. I think it is lovely. :D :D :D

BTW .. I remember the whole picture

[virgo1]

Brice,
A dye job on the 'stash and brows would work but then you'd have to worry about dark roots. :D
Eva ;)

[mayva]

You guys are a hoot!!!!:D :D :D

Anna

[Jodi Frye]

Brice, I hope I didn't hurt your feelings...it's just that everytime I see that Avitar I think of days I'd much rather leave behind....days of wasted youth ;) ^i^

[Pauline]

Jodi, you always make me life. You were a wild child, weren't you!!
I'm not givingup yet!! I have 6 more to match!!! What's wrong with you people? I have a chart going here to keep track otherwise it just was too confusing! I'm just happy I finally got Tony!!

[GaryK]

Jodi

I guess I'm lucky .. I don't remember those days :cool: :cool:

[Jodi Frye]

Pauline, hey, the world is a big place and I had to experience it...it was on my list of 'things to do' ....I'm not done yet :D Soon my life will take an unexpected turn and I will be on cloud 9 just hoping that the bubble never bursts....hey, a girl can dream can't she ? Anyways, mine was easy for everyone to guess...I think ;) ..Yes Pauline I know you paid attention. :)

Gary, I can see why you wouldn't remember...it was that night in Cape Cod....you should have known better.

[lindajay]

Pauline, I have 8 more to go, and I have my spreadsheet going, too. I think you're going to beat me to the end, though. You're doing really well. Can't wait to see the next results. I'm still trying to get Tony, and think MAYBE my last entry has it.

Jodi -- you're a "hoot!" :D

--Linda

[NMarti]

I didn't use a spreadsheet, I printed the baby pictures and wrote my guesses next to them. When one was wrong - I crossed it off and then knew not to guess them again but still knew who all I had guessed in the past. I'm down to six and feel pretty confident I know 3 for sure. We'll see when the next tally comes up. I'm glad it's almost done though.

[lindajay]

Good method! I'm not as confident as you about my latest submission. I got all the easy ones, and now I'm stuck with the sticklers.

--Linda

[CarolLHB]

Jodi-Remember the words of the esteemed Meat Loaf http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/rockf.gif (http://www.millan.net) "A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age..."

[Jodi Frye]

Carol, but I want both...2 out of 3 is just not good enough for me :)

[lindajay]

Brice -- You're killin' me :eek: :eek: :eek: When will we see the latest scores? I'm going to need a lot more tries to get them all :o

This has been fun, so I do want to thank you, Brice, for all the time it must be taking to keep it going. Muchas gracias!

--Linda

[GaryK]

Carol

Now there's two ....well three actually, words you don't see together too often.
Esteemed and Meat Loaf. :D

[Jodi Frye]

Yes Brice, I feel like a Shmuck as I meant to comment on your wonderful work of putting this together. It has been a delight and I appreciate all the efforts you have put forth for us.....Thank You !

And it was nice seeing what people I talk to everyday look like beyond the written word :) Funny, you get an idea of how someone looks but then you see them and it's completely different !!!

[jazzfisher]

Brice,
Can you double check the last score you put up for me--I know I had Wendy (cause I already had her) unless I hit a wrong button--don't think I did though!!!:)
Whine Whine Whine

[TonyW]

Funny, you get an idea of how someone looks but then you see them and it's completely different !!!

Funny how we all look like babies now :D

Tony

[CarolLHB]

Gary, you've never had my meatloaf! :D :D

[CarolLHB]

Gary, you've never had my meatloaf! :D :D It's highly esteemed!

[bwolford]

No feelings hurt Jodi. I just felt left our because I've been too lazy to do something more creative and this was the "funniest" picture I have of myself.

I'll work on a new avatar. I wouldn't want to remind you of wasted youth. Perhaps the one of me mooning Miami...

Brice

P.S. Thank you Gary. :o You mad me blushy wushy. Eva, who said I would have roots? :eek:

[Jodi Frye]

Brice, the one of you mooning miami would be fine....just as long as we can't see your insides falling out I'll be happy :)

[bwolford]

First, Thank YOU all for letting me drive you crazy. I'm getting a great deal of pleasure watching you all try and do this. A little mischievious side of me likes the tease. I think Jodi recognizes that, she's must be intuitive, and she won't give me the pleasure of driving her crazy too!:twisted: :D Tee Hee

New scores come out tomorrow. I had to get back to real life for a day. Probably late in the day or tomorrow night. I haven't been keeping old submissions so if you think a score is in error you have to resend. Sorry :(

Brice

[GaryK]

Carol

Steamed meatloaf???? We put ours in the oven up here:D :D


Brice

Moon over Miami...wasn't that a movie? :eek:

[Jodi Frye]

Ah Grasshopper, you have given in to the weakness of disclosing your pleasures....tell me more of how you plan to drive them crazy. :D

[NMarti]

Linda - I think he's holding out so this thread can get as long as Finished Photography Lessons. ;) :D

Just kidding ya Brice - you have done a wonderful job on this. http://smiliesonline.com/smilies/happy0158.gif

[jazzfisher]

Brice,
I have resent---Possibly I noticed if you use the wheel on your mouse to scroll it can change the selected numbers--& I use my wheel alot--so that's probably where my problem came from.
Thank you soooo much for hosting you're doing a fantabulous job of it!!! And you are not driving me crazy!!!! ;)

[CarolLHB]

Yuk, yuk, Gary...:p

[kerriann85]

This has been a real hoot to watch. Sorry I didn't get around to gettig my guesses in but I'm the absolute worst at figuring out who babies look like.

Last time I told a kid she looked just like her mom the mom said she was adopted. Oy.

Enjoyed seeing everyone tho. Would be fun if there was a place for this little "gallery" to live so I can refer back to it when I forget who someone is. :)

[virgo1]

Brice,
I'm not going crazy playing, it's fun.
Thanks for putting this together. :)
Eva ;)

[Wendy]

I think that Brice has done a great job on this ... and I am now wondering what he is going to do next :)


Wendy

[NMarti]

Wendy -
Well .... summer is just around the corner - it better not involve swimsuits or I'm outta here!:D :D

[Mary]

Good Morning Brice - Thank you for this fun project :) I am going to give it one more try today. On my first try I got one right besides myself. The clues are all going right over my head and I can't figure out why I am still smiling over something that makes me feel soooooo stupid! Probably a sure sign that it was a well designed - well executed game.:)

[CarolLHB]

Third time's a charm, right??? If not, then it's 3 strikes, I'm out!:D :D
Sooo much fun-thanks Brice. I can't wait to see all revealed...:)

[bwolford]

I must try harder to drive you crazy... See you are taking all the fun out of it for me! :twisted: Just kidding. Jodi, my plot is both fiendish and sinister. I won't share it with you lest you throw me to the dogs. And Linda, you have found my secret. I want a thread longer than any other. I can't win by post volume like Wendy, therefore I shall recruit the masses to give me a superior (in posting) thread!!! I must have more posts hoooo wahhh haaa hahha hhhhhhaaaaaaa

Expect results soon.... You guys are doing a great job.

Brice

[bwolford]

Here are the latest results... Some of you changed answers that were right...

KTNoon is almost there...

http://www.thewolfords.com/Challenge/answer-key.gif

Instead of a new hint, I'll explain some of my old hints... This may make it far too easy...


A person's actions speak volumes about who they are. This means what they are doing in the baby and new pictures might be a clue to the match. Or the baby picture action may be a clue to their names.
Tony, I wouldn't take this sitting down. If Tony isn't sitting down he could only be doing one of 2 other things...
Smiles help brighten your day... ooo an extra clue. Some of the smiles are dead give aways... or lack thereof.
New-Wendy sits in a position to become an enlightened elder. Enlightened = educated = smart = bright = you get the idea. Her placement might also be a clue to her name.
New-Eva you are a bedeviling little witch and I mean that in a good way. Devils have pointy ears. Eva posed as a witch in her adult picture.
New-Jodi is riding her first and only answer to victory. What are the babies riding?
New-Robyn, just a couple of more letters and I'd get your name based on what I see in your picture. Play with the letters in Robyn and think phonetically.
New-Linda, if I thought about it your picture would give it away in a snap. Perhaps this little cookie is just an American goody. I don't know if our European or Canadian friends enjoy this treat.
New-This time I included the average of all of the answers. These should help you figure out the direction to error for your answers for those that are almost all right and where not to lean for those that are all wrong... Or not, they are just numbers. You really have to be looking at the counts over time to see the trend as correct answers appear. For example almost all of the guesses for Mike are correct and his average number is 67. So you know it can't be low or really high. It must be near 67. Wendy's number has been inching up as more correct answers come in for hers... That might indicate that Wendy's number is higher or it could indicate that more incorrect answers are getting higher... Don't you just hate numbers?Brice

[NMarti]

hmmm.... KTnoon - that's gonna be a tough one! :D

[Robyn]

I've gone from quite good to very bad. I give up!

[lindajay]

Okay -- I'm ready to take you all on! I think I just sent in the winning submission :D . Guess I'd better start packing my bags for Florida (ummm, and working overtime to pay for it). ;)

--Linda

[bwolford]

Great, now I have to time stamp these!!! It's getting close. Robyn I know what you mean about going from good to worse. I keep getting them wrong and I have the answers!

Brice

[karen donnybrook]

Bill, if that is the case, the rest of us have no hope :rolleyes:

[Pauline]

Brice are you sure you marked my paper right? I got the same six wrong again!! :mad:

[NMarti]

Pauline
Same here - wonder if our went through?

[Pauline]

Well I just did it again and I used the same number twice!! I'm getting tired I think. It's time to go plunk myself down in front of the tv for a while.

[NMarti]

I did the same thing - so corrected and re-submitted - but I'm giving up.

[jazzfisher]

OK this is bad, I have almost everybody's number memorized--I submitted once this afternoon--from memory--then again tonight after I checked my charts--These last 4 are giving me fits!!! But it looks like KT has it anyway--maybe we could fly companion tickets!!!:D

[kayser]

I have a few I just have no clue about. And Brice didn't give us any clues for them. I'm spending way too much time on this!

[bwolford]

Well, we have a winner. KT came in about 2:16 ahead of Linda with a complete list of correct answers. I will now share the answer key with your and explain my idiotic clues :D KT, I've sent you my Hooter's Halloween costume full body picture. No vomiting please. Linda, I'll share it with you if you'd like to see it. Again, no vomiting.

First the clues.

A person's actions speak volumes about who they are. This means what they are doing in the baby and new pictures might be a clue to the match. Or the baby picture action may be a clue to their names. A baby driving could be an adult driving. Bill drove in both, for example. Wendy was sitting in a Window. Or Winder as we call it in the south.
Tony, I wouldn't take this sitting down. If Tony isn't sitting down he could only be doing one of 2 other things... He was either laying down or standing up. In this case he posted a beautifully colored picture of himself laying down. So beautiful it looked like a little lass.
Smiles help brighten your day... ooo an extra clue. Some of the smiles are dead give aways... or lack thereof. Just like it says, some smiles were dead give aways. Some folks weren't smiling and their lack of smiles gave you clues. That means if they weren't smiling as an adult, they may not have smiled in the baby picture.
New-Wendy sits in a position to become an enlightened elder. Enlightened = educated = smart = bright = you get the idea. Her placement might also be a clue to her name. Wendy sitting in a window would put her in a position to be in "bright" light or become enlightened. I was rather pleased to see Wendy in such a provocative pose. Sitting in a window with no shirt on... I kept looking for the red light in the window. Perhaps I went to far with that... No offense Wendy.
New-Eva you are a bedeviling little witch and I mean that in a good way. Devils have pointy ears. Eva posed as a witch in her adult picture. Eva was dressed in a cape. She was holding a baloon or something as a child that looked like it had little devil ears.
New-Jodi is riding her first and only answer to victory. What are the babies riding? Jodi was sitting on one of 2 doberman pincher dogs.
New-Robyn, just a couple of more letters and I'd get your name based on what I see in your picture. Play with the letters in Robyn and think phonetically. Robyn = Rybon = Ribbon = Robyn had a ribbon in her hair in the baby picture. See, I told you these weren't the best clues.
New-Linda, if I thought about it your picture would give it away in a snap. Perhaps this little cookie is just an American goody. I don't know if our European or Canadian friends enjoy this treat. Ginger cookies are sometimes called Ginger Snaps.
New-This time I included the average of all of the answers. These should help you figure out the direction to error for your answers for those that are almost all right and where not to lean for those that are all wrong... Or not, they are just numbers. You really have to be looking at the counts over time to see the trend as correct answers appear. For example almost all of the guesses for Mike are correct and his average number is 67. So you know it can't be low or really high. It must be near 67. Wendy's number has been inching up as more correct answers come in for hers... That might indicate that Wendy's number is higher or it could indicate that more incorrect answers are getting higher... Don't you just hate numbers? Completely useless until more right answers came in. It does point you away from some wrong answers, but doesn't really point you at right answers.So here you are in all of your glory:

http://www.thewolfords.com/Challenge/answer-key.gif

I hope you enjoyed our little game. KT, feel free to call when you come to Florida on your self funded trip. I'll let you buy me dinner as a bonus. :p

Brice

[kayser]

And thanks, Brice, for doing all of the work for this. It was fun! I never did get the clue for Robyn/ribbon. I got all your others, though!

[jazzfisher]

Brice,
Thank for being such a lovely host!!;) This was fun!!!!:D

I should have had one more though--cause I had Tony--the numbers must have moved on me--darn!!!:rolleyes:

[GaryK]

Congrats Kt

Thanks so much Brice.
I know I didn't submit much (my numbers didn't change anyway:rolleyes: ) but I did spend a lot of time looking and getting nowhere :)

[Jodi Frye]

Thanks for the entertainment Brice !
Next show ? I'm ready !
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[Robyn]

Thank you Brice,
It's fun now being able to see the matchups.

[NMarti]

Eva
:eek: You thought I was a boy?? Gosh - thought I hid it better. :D
Wow - those were hard! I think Shane's picture threw me the most.

Brice - your clues helped me get Wendy, Bob, Eva, and Linda but I already had Jodi. Great job - lots of fun!

Mary - I would have picked your picture for me if I didn't know better. I have a very similar picture. The one I used is the youngest my mom has of me. (I was the 4th child so pictures didn't happen) It's actually a proof. She couldn't afford the prints so all she got was the free proof and it has adopted a lovely sepia tone over time. It's of both me and my younger brother but I cropped him off.

Don't feel bad Tony - my mom dressed my brothers in pink too. :p

[virgo1]

Brice,
This was fun. What's next?
Go KT! :D
Eva ;)

[Diana]

Thanks, Brice, for organizing this 'game.' It was a lot of fun. It was so nice of you to take the time to make the web page and create all the clues and compile all our scores. You know, we all would like a peek at your hooters.:eek: :D

Diana

[TonyW]

And I thought I had them all right last time :mad:

The pink wasn't my mothers idea - that was a B&W pic that I thought I'd colorize just to confuse you all and I guess it worked :) . It could have been pink though - that baby pic was taken in London (UK) during the war so you got dressed in anything that happened be around.

Thanks for the entertainment Brice and congrats to KT for winning the Florida trip :) .

Tony

[bwolford]

How do we top this? Match you to a picture of your children? Or spouse? Or Pet? Or House? Or...

It was fun. I'm going to work on a composite of all of our pictures. I have to be home and using my tablet to do it and I publish from a different computer...

Thank you all so much for playing along or tagging along as the case may be. You are such lovely people. It's nice to say I hang with you! Some day we'll have to have a PET convention and meet in some nice city that represents the average geological difference from all of our locations so we all have to travel equal distances. Tony or Gary can you work on calculating the geographical center of the PET universe?

Brice

[Wendy]

This has to be the most fun thing !! ... I have enjoyed it so much.

... and so sorry about the before photo of me. I just wasn't my sunny self when that photo was taken :) :)

Wendy

[kayser]

I was trying to think of more things to do like this. It would be hard to do the match the pet or kid to the family, because we've seen a lot of our kids/pets. The house is an idea I hadn't thought of. We could also do a thing where we each submit an obscure fact or two about ourselves and people try to match them (like Jodi is a secret chocolate eater!) Another idea would be to each do a collage or something and then try to match the creator with the collage. (And if we were still doing reputation points, I would give a 100 to anyone who said my work was one of the pros!:))

[Wendy]

Kay ...

I like the idea of Houses ... another though is who drives which car :)

Wendy

[virgo1]

Nancy,
The scroll wheel slipped. :o
Wendy,
I don't drive. Everyone will have to match me with a pair of shoes. :D Hee hee.
Eva ;)

[ktnoon60]

Thanks Brice..
Everytime I see a tennis ball I will have a smile o my face!
Kt

[lindajay]

Hey, KT, Congratulations! Ha! After reading your post, KT, I don't think I'll take Brice up on sharing his halloween picture with me. I'll already be having nightmares from what I'm imagining :eek: :D

Brice -- such fun! Thanks for your efforts on this. Everyone was so cute as babies! And it was great to see what all of you look like now, too.

[Mary]

That was great fun - thanks again Brice! Although I only submitted once you should see the chart I created and erased and created and erased. I thought we had until tomorrow and I was going to input my final answers tonight. Saved myself the embarassment - I would have gotten 7 correct. Wendy I think your picture was the farthest from the mark! I think we were a group of very cute youngsters though and I know what a great group of people you are now! It is great to be among you all.:)

[Jodi Frye]

well you already know what my kids look like since I've posted enough pics over time and my house is not mine...just renting so if i had a house it wouldn't look like this and my vehicle is also something that I aquired that was not my choice...a minivan...yick...hate it..I'm more of a sporty smaller SUV or 2006 v8 charger type. Tho, you haven't seen a pic of my husband !!!

Let's match husbands and wives !!!

[lindajay]

Mary - I would have picked your picture for me if I didn't know better. I have a very similar picture.

Diana -- I had a similar feeling about your picture as Nancy did about Mary's. In other words, I have pictures of me that could be a twin of your little girl picture, except that my hair wasn't straight -- it was always kind of wavy. But the face -- wow :eek: -- it looks so much like some of my own baby pix. Maybe we were separated at birth ;)

--Linda

[lindajay]

Woops, Wendy! I guess the picture I submitted as my adult picture in this contest gave away my husband's identity! But I'd be willing to be an observer in this next game. I'd love seeing the spouses.

--Linda

[kerriann85]

Yeah, that hubby/wife match up would be a blast if most of y'all didn't already know my little secret! :D

Would be kinda interesting to see what people drive. And to see Eva's shoes. ;)

Thanks again Brice, sadly I didn't get to submit answers but it was fun none the less.

[GaryK]

Brice

I think if you ask Tony and myself ...London, Ontario would be a nice middle point. :D maybe even a bit further west.

Thanks again...it was frustrating but fun.

[karen donnybrook]

Thanks Brice for your time and effort with the 'match the baby'; it was great. :)

You would to be careful matching the house because the background scenery could give it away :D

[CarolLHB]

Congrats KT! What fun this was, thanks so much Brice
http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/thankyou.gif (http://www.millan.net)

I'm up for whatever's next!

[Wendy]

Kerri ..

Ummm ... picking out your husband would be just a little too easy :) :)

We have to think of something ... :confused: :confused:

Wendy

[CarolLHB]

How about taking a photo of someplace (thing) that's representative of where we live, but not overly familiar, like Fenway Park or lobsters or Bunker Hill for me for example, and trying to match person with location?

[Diana]

Okay, Kerri, what's the big secret? Is your husband a movie star or something?

Diana

[Diana]

Maybe we were separated at birth--Linda

Linda, that's funny:D . Were you born on Valentine's day? My hair has always been straight, but I have some photos of myself as a little girl with very wavy-kinky hair--from being braided all the time, then let out of the braids.

Diana

[Pauline]

Thanks Brice and congrats to KT. That was fun. I'm both sad and relieved it's over!! It sure took up a lot of my time!! Wendy I never guess that was you hanging out the window topless!! What were your parents thinking?! :D

[Wendy]

Diana ....

I'll let Kerri explain that one :) :)


Wendy

[NMarti]

Nancy,
The scroll wheel slipped. :o


Thats okay Eva - it got me too - twice :o

[bwolford]

I think it will be hard to top this one. Matching with a house or a car would be interesting, but difficult. Matching with a spouse might be a hoot. Although KT has seen my wife dressed as a vixen biker... Don't ask.

I can't wait to see Kerri's explanation for her remark.

No more thanks folks. I had as much fun as you and all thanks are mutual.

Brice

P.S. Diana, I have never had anyone ask to see my hooters before...

[lindajay]

Linda, that's funny:D . Were you born on Valentine's day? My hair has always been straight, but I have some photos of myself as a little girl with very wavy-kinky hair--from being braided all the time, then let out of the braids.

Diana

Diana, my mom usually put my hair in French braids! Maybe we should share more pictures! Ha :D

--Linda

[kerriann85]

No Diana, nothing like that....although he's been in a commercial. And has his picture on bill boards. And on the side of a historical monument across the interstate.

Actually he's just.....well.....funny looking. :D

He's been posted in challenges a couple times so some of the gang around here have seen him.

[Diana]

Linda--
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5975/diana0ck.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=diana0ck.jpg)

Kerri--thanks for the explanation. But I'm sure he's not that funny-looking....is he:confused: .

Diana

[Wendy]

Kerri ...

Now everyone is wondering what you mean :) :)


Wendy

[kerriann85]

Well, I think he's funny looking. (And he's old, but that's beside the point)

We could take a vote of those that have seen him.....is he funny looking?
:p :D

[Wendy]

Kerri ...

I think that he is fairly distinctive :eek: :eek:

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Kerriann,
If I'm remembering right he looks like my brother (only my brother is younger). When my brother travels the third world countries, they think he looks like Jesus..

[Pauline]

:D Kerriann he looked like a hill billy to me. :D I'm trying to remember an old show that I used to watch with a mountain man in it. It's somewhere on the tip of my brain but I can't quite remember!

[jazzfisher]

Pauline,
Rawhide???

[willpresley]

I bet it was Grizzly Adams -- for the mountain man show.

[jazzfisher]

Will,
Where was your baby photo?????

[Pauline]

That's it Will!! :D I don't even remember what the show was about. Did he have a pet bear or something? :confused:

[jazzfisher]

That's right,
It was like Lassie except only with an old man & a bear......:D :D :D

[Wendy]

Kerri's husband is much better looking than that ... :)

Wendy

[Pauline]

Wendy, that show was on so long ago, I can't really remember what grizzley adams even looked like. I know he was all hair and wore a similar hat! :D

[Jodi Frye]

http://www.frontiernet.net/~jlfrye/cast.jpg

Grizzly Adams ran for two seasons (1977-1978), and was very loosely based on the life of James Adams, a 19th century pioneer. In the tv show he talks to the animals (who evidently understand and respond to spoken English) and hangs out with a grizzly named Ben

[jazzfisher]

Jodi,
Thanks for renewing those memories for us!:D

[Jodi Frye]

Oh ya...it all comes back when you get a look at those two ! Well, kind of ;) I used to think he was the greatest thing around when I was little...thought I'd love to live in the woods like that. Well, I still do...as long as civilization is not too far down the road :) Tho a nice vacation up in the mountains with nobady around for miles and miles would suit me fine just now.

[jazzfisher]

Hey Jodi,
I see you are senior contributor!! That's new!
Hey so am I!

[kerriann85]

Jodi, I was just about to post that same picture. Amazing what you'll find when you Google.
So here, in comparison, is Grizzly Garrison. (aka Crazy Meek)
http://archway.org/education/reenactmenttour.php

(bottom right and top center picture, for those who don't know. :) )

[jazzfisher]

Kerriann & Jodi,
Did you have those pics of Grizzly Adams under your pillows???

Kerriann,
Handsome devil!!!

I see I went from senior contributor to frequent:confused: What's up with that?

[kerriann85]

In fact, if you google "Crazy Meek" you'll find a listing that gets you back to the forum! :D
And this nice picture that some tourist took of ol' Meek and posted on her travel website.
http://www.roamingamerica.com/travelog/starwars/04crazymeek.JPG

[Wendy]

Kerri ...

Now that is fame :)

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Kerri
There's somebody for everybody--you just have to find each other!!!:D

[kerriann85]

But he didn't look like that when I found him (15 years ago). Really he didn't!!

:D

[Wendy]

Hi Kerri ...

I have to ask ... how did he get into doing "Crazy Meek" and where did the name come from ??

Wendy

[Pauline]

Well now that I see old Grizzly Adams again, they really don't look alike!

[jazzfisher]

Kerri,
Sure, sure--we all believe that!!!:rolleyes:
Well, none really look like we did 15 years ago anyway--re: check baby photos!!!:D

[kerriann85]

Well Wendy,
He was growing a beard for a small role in a play at the U where he's a theatre instructor. The arch was just opening and he went out to talk about internships for his students. His interviewer (former student of his) said they could use an older guy to play a mountain man. He said ok and needed to find a character and a story to work around. After researching he found an old mountain man named Joe Meek and adopted him as the model for his character but choosing to use the name Crazy Meek (kind of a play on words)
So there's the background.
He's such a flamboyant guy he soon became the "icon" for the archway and gets into the publicity and such. Only works during the summer when he's not teaching but has been requested for a wedding reception and other special events. He's been asked to MC when the Nebraska state quarter is unvieled. It's kind of fun does bring in some play money but I could sure live without that beard the rest of the time. :)

[kerriann85]

So true Sherry. Maybe we could have a showing of our wedding pictures. Or our favorite outfits from the 70's/80's? That could get to be a hoot. Remember the "big hair" days?

[Wendy]

Kerri ...

Wedding Photos !! ... now that would make a good new Challenge :)

Its facinating how he got into playing Crazy Meek ... and sounds like he enjoys it a lot !! ... Umm but I know what you mean about the beard ... :)

Wendy

[Diana]

Kerri,

My husband is a woodcarver by hobby and last year he made a woodcarving of a mountain man....kind of similar.

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/9489/mountainman3gk.th.jpg (http://img54.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mountainman3gk.jpg)

Diana

[Wendy]

Diana ...

Oh that is just so good ... !!

Wendy

[Diana]

Thanks, Wendy. Don has been carving since he was about 11. Since he's retired he's has time to really do a lot more of it. He is very active in a couple of woodcarving clubs, exhibiting at woodcarving shows, won some awards, and does some instructing. It's his creative outlet.

Diana

[kerriann85]

Diana, that is so awesome! I hate to even emagine what a commision would cost me from someone with that talent, but it would be a cool gift for the old man.

Don't know if you'd seen this post but Crazy Meek has a critter hat too.
It's in this thread if you scroll down just a little bit
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5069

[NMarti]

Brice
Had a brainstorm! (I know - careful....:rolleyes: ) Most people have posted their spouses, pets and children on here at various times..... but how many have posted parents? How about a mother's day challenge where you match the person's current picture with their Mother's picture? Whadda ya think?

[jazzfisher]

Oh Nancy,
Now you're thinkin'!!! That's an idea!
I also like the fashion do's & don'ts from our past lives...

[Wendy]

I like both those ideas .... :)

Wendy

[karen donnybrook]

If we do use a Mother's Day theme be sure to post the exact date of Mother's Day. In Australia it is May 14th (I think, in May anyway) - I know the UK has a different date.

[Wendy]

Hi ...

Mothers Day in the UK is the church festival of Mothering Sunday which is the 4th Sunday in Lent. Traditionally it is the day when servants were given a day off to visit their mothers ... but it goes back much further in time than that. It dates back to when it was considered important that each year people went back to their "Mother Church" (the main church in the area).

This year it is Sunday 4th March ... :)

Wendy

[karen donnybrook]

What about the USA and Canada an all the other countries around the world?

[Wendy]

Hi Karen ...

USA is the second Sunday in May ... and I think that Canada is the same date :)

Wendy

[bwolford]

Well, should I be insulted? I'm now a "known forum contributor" rather than a senior member.

I like the Mother's Day posts, but Mother's day diverges in all of our nationalities. If you can agree to the date to do it, I'll host the pictures again.

Brice

[karen donnybrook]

How about the 2nd Sunday in April - betwist and between the two dates?

[TonyW]

That is a good idea Nancy (even if it does show a bit of bias - what's wrong with fathers :D ). There are some other Mothers day dates - December 8th in Spain and last Sunday in May in France.

Another wild thought for a future challenge (if no one's suggested it yet - haven't read all the posts) would be a current self-picture but with disguising allowed - dress, wigs, make-up, photoshopping whatever you want. Best disguise (eg last one guessed) wins :)

Tony

[NMarti]

Great idea Tony on the disguise. I had thought of Father's day but it isn't until June and that's too far away so just went with Mother's day.

We could do it just about any time actually as just a salute to parents. If we do the disguise, perhaps April Fools Day would be fitting. ;)

Would we sent Brice a layered photo so he could peel away our disguise as clues?

[TonyW]

Maybe we should let Brice play too. One of us could sit out, collect the pics and email them to Brice so he doesn't know who's who.

Then of course we could all have a go at disguising Brice and see if he recognizes himself :eek:

Tony

[lindajay]

Hmmm . . . "Memories of Mom" scrapbook page challenge entries are still available from the subscriber and home pages. Nobody peek ;)

Maybe a "dad" challenge wouldn't be such a bad idea.

--Linda

[NMarti]

Linda,
Oh - forgot about that - I wasn't around much then. Hmmm - guess that won't work then. Well if we do dad's then can it be any age? I posted my dad's pic a while back.

[Wendy]

...

Ummm ... well how about Wedding Photos ... but with the face obscured :)

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Don't have a dad, never been married--but I'll still play!!:)

[NMarti]

hmmmm - don't have a wedding photo - but do have a husband!:D (I'll make one up);)

[jazzfisher]

Yeah, I guess I could fake one!!

Linda is a "known forum user"--that doesn't sound too good---who's making these things up?????:D

[NMarti]

Yeah - that one sounds kind of like you have to be on a registry in your state - and can't live too close to a computer:D

[jazzfisher]

That's what I was thinking!! At least I'm contributing something (not that it's worhtwhile-just my 2 cents)

[NMarti]

Kerriann
Looks like Wade may know your husband. :D :D
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/view_img.php?id=4044

[kerriann85]

Nice find there Nancy, that's pretty wild! Wonder what the sketch effect would look like on hubby's rabbit hat picture......
If I ever catch up from my conference weekend maybe I can go play with it!

[randy_nacol2002]

The problem I have is the only Babies near me have lots of fur and go meow;)
Randy

[NMarti]

Kerri,
After the one you did on your boys there's no doubt it would be really great. Love to see it!

[Jodi Frye]

Randy, ya, and they have such a tough life !

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1rtqMVom1IKxpUxMDMDlYueFzu6tT

I was actually testing out the raw vs jpeg in the dark living room...gloomy wet and cold day today. Raw brought out more detail in cats fur than the jpeg.