Wow, heres an oldie of me....

[Ray in CA]

Wow, here's an oldie of me....

I just came across this photo in my office and thought I would share it. It was probably taken somewhere around 1986/87 when I was about 21 or 22 years old and worked for the Lodi Grape Festival, a yearly event that lasted only a couple weeks. My job was to cart people from the parking lot to the front gate of the festival grounds. It was decent extra money, and I had a lot of fun meeting people.

Get a load of that mullet!

Feel free to share your old pictures here!

Ray

 

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[Johnny Ringo Silver]

Re: Wow, here's an oldie of me....

Man, they could have at least called you a "TRANSPORTER SPECIALIST". I got some of those photos around with the mullet and all. 8) 8)

 

[Ray in CA]

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Man, they could have at least called you a "TRANSPORTER SPECIALIST".

Hi Johnny, keep in mind those were the days before jobs got euphemisms!

A few years later I worked as a janitor, and received the title of Environmental Specialist I, LOL.

Ray

 

[Ray in CA]

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Here's a couple more I found, much more dated however. And in tune with the Christmas holidays.

The first was probably taken in 1967, when I was around a year and a half old. That's my older brother, John, to the right. Look how Santa made me cry. Bad Santa!

The second photo was something I made for my mom for Christmas when I was about 4 years old. I must have been in pre-school. Notice how wild my hair was even as a child. I kept it that way until about 23, and it has been kept short and neat ever since. :-)

Both photos were taken when we lived in the Mission district of San Francisco. Not much later my brother and I were placed in a good foster home in Hayward, Ca. While that might sound traumatic, it was actually the best thing for us.

Ray

 

[Ray in CA]

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And finally a recent one (last year around Christmas), with my daughter Adrienne, 17, at the Long Beach Airport. I've since lost the beard.

Ray

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Re: Wow, here's an oldie of me....

Welcome to Mugs, buddy.

Hey, I looked like you, too, back in the 80s.

BDD...Kirk

 

[Gypsy Heart]

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Fantastic pics Ray....Your daughter is just beautiful! Love the hairdoos !

 

[CarolinaDigs]

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Ray the daughter is lovely and the dad is OHHH my GOSH HANDSOME You need an agent !!!!!!!

 

[SgtSki in MI]

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Cool Pics Ray, looks like you're just about the same age I am, I was in California also in '86. I was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin in Orange Co. I was actually in that area from '85 to '93

HH,
SgtSki

 

[River Rat]

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Howdee Ray!! Great to see ya! I kinda like the "people mover" ID tag...I can see you picking up people with your arms & placing them elsewhere. Very nice pic of you and your daughter.

RR