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Old Family Photo

Revealing a lot of personal details is not just indiscreet, it may be embarrassing. So instead, here’s an old photo that one of my sisters recently ran across and emailed to me. This is me, my siblings, our mother, and her mother at Grandmom’s 75th birthday.

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Because, how could this possibly be embarrassing? You can stop laughing now. Really. Get up off the floor….

[Edit: Okay. I'm standing behind the chair. I also feel compelled to explain that, while it was fashionable at the time for men to get perms, my hair is really that curly. I just wear it a lot shorter these days. And I have no idea what was happening off to the side -- it would be a pretty good guess that one of my uncles was ~~doing something stupid~~ distracting us....]

Posted on June 6th, 2007 Tim 16 comments

HNT, humor, otoh, photo
16 responses to “Old Family Photo”
1. Polt June 7th, 2007 at 05:45
  
  Look at the bright side, at least we can’t see your bell bottoms.
  
  HAPPY HNT!
2. Mark Leslie June 7th, 2007 at 06:52
  
  Ah yes, I remember those hair styles quite fondly! Happy HNT!
3. oldfashionmomma June 7th, 2007 at 07:52
  
  no laughing here
  
  happy hnt
4. tkkerouac June 7th, 2007 at 07:59
  
  Happy HNT! hehe
5. Bunny June 7th, 2007 at 08:26
  
  The paneling is more embarrassing that anything else, eh? HHNT!
6. jenn June 7th, 2007 at 08:54
  
  Which one are you? I think it’s a lovely photo.
7. Daisy June 7th, 2007 at 11:08
  
  OMG! You must be a long lost brother, cause I could SWEAR that’s MY family picture! I could go head to head with ya on this one LOL
8. Susie June 7th, 2007 at 11:20
  
  Yes but you didnt say which one was you, thereby sparing yourself! Not fair, fess up!
  
  HHNT!
9. charlie June 7th, 2007 at 11:59
  
  Oh im seriously digging the glasses on your sisters! Embarassing photos..we all have them!
10. Webmiztris June 7th, 2007 at 12:56
  
  lol! are you the one in the front or the one behind the chair?
  
  and what’s going on to the left? 1/2 of you are looking to the left. must have been something really exciting going on over there.
11. Janet June 7th, 2007 at 17:25
  
  I’m not afraid of revealing old photos, though I must say some of them are quite frightening! I don’t have a current scanner though. It’s what prevents me, or protects me…you choose:)
12. Snow White June 7th, 2007 at 21:33
  
  Great picture! We all have ‘em… we’re just not brave enough to post ‘em. Happy HNT!
13. Shibari June 8th, 2007 at 18:11
  
  I loved it … no laughing was done!
14. Aymiee June 9th, 2007 at 11:18
  
  echoing again “Which one is you”… ?
15. Janet June 11th, 2007 at 18:49
  
  Ahh photos like me remind me why I’m so happy I was just a toddler in the seventies:)
16. Group Photography with Pyramid Pose | FotoFamilyMemories.com June 19th, 2007 at 03:55
  
  [...] Recently, Tim VanSant shared an old family snapshot taken years ago on his grandmother’s 75th birthday. What a great thing is it to have a snapshot of his grandmother, mother, and brothers and sisters to record such an auspicious occasion. The picture not only records that moment, but through the period dress of the subjects and background decor, the viewer of the photograph is transported back in time to epoch in which when the picture was taken. [...]