# What? Yet another Doper picture thread? (Then & Now) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671 "2005-10-04T00:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/1 "2005-10-04T00:27:28Z")
Sure! Only, in this one, post a then and now: A picture from your younger days, and one of you currently. How far back? As young as you like. How current? Within the last year or two. So: _Then:_ [Here I am in my 30s](http://image55.webshots.com/155/3/1/9/467730109DPTMip_ph.jpg), during a visit to a friend living in Paris, in a photo taken for a carte d’orange – a public transportation pass. _Now:_ [Taken last summer](http://image12.webshots.com/13/9/48/81/156994881IXgiAA_ph.jpg), with my Thoroughbred Ben, before our first class at a dressage show. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/2 "2005-10-04T00:29:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Sure! Only, in this one, post a then and now: A picture from your younger days, and one of you currently. > > How far back? As young as you like. How current? Within the last year or two. > > So: > > _Then:_ > [Here I am in my 30s](http://image55.webshots.com/155/3/1/9/467730109DPTMip_ph.jpg), during a visit to a friend living in Paris, in a photo taken for a carte d’orange – a public transportation pass. > > _Now:_ > [Taken last summer](http://image12.webshots.com/13/9/48/81/156994881IXgiAA_ph.jpg), with my Thoroughbred Ben, before our first class at a dressage show. Great, permissions needed to see either. Thanks for not sharing. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/3 "2005-10-04T00:35:11Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > Great, permissions needed to see either. Thanks for not sharing. Shit, really? Lemme get some usable links up. [Here’s then](http://community.webshots.com/photo/145850906/467730109DPTMip). [And here’s now.](http://community.webshots.com/photo/156992723/156994881IXgiAA) Do these work? ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/4 "2005-10-04T00:44:21Z")
[Then - High School](http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/8894/hs5vs.jpg) [A couple of weeks ago.](http://img328.imageshack.us/img328/306/pinkme5dd.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/5 "2005-10-04T04:31:55Z")
[Freshman in High School](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/XavierDamion/me.jpg) [Freshman in College](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/XavierDamion/Picture0071.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/6 "2005-10-04T04:58:10Z")
[1963 Korea](http://members.aol.com:/gusnspot/guskorea2.62.jpg) [The real me](http://members.aol.com:/gusnspot/santagus.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/7 "2005-10-04T05:28:48Z")
[Getting ready for 8th grade graduation with my Scooby](http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TAANA6IXlqIzwljhUazV1HjBhSFeCK2jFl3VhgWVzvzpEWzISJxS4Zz!vkQ5OM8OtW7Fo7Anli7l3jRwTfZkGAvmQf!cqFncZ3XMwI1WK9gk6eoHx!4T1Q/AngelScoobGrad.jpg?dc=4675541933590045746) [Freshmen year of high school](http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RgDiAp8VJQ4qa3F2XQbC95eF4Dj9KN7CmzOeEPXWD3MWzY3mlayQkj3D8KMQQnGinPDRICvFVlrkVc5Qq3DfBok7c*TtnVsHPx06ikNQEr0/freshmen.jpg?dc=4675541933217560731) [Me the other day with my, like, super punk rock purple bit of hair](http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TwAAAAsYE8So*Q5ALVOQJx7W23!yN9klO3XL1gDF!wu!pMwfD8Hv1Gv1XjWc0xy8DdkPGlt4bNty3dsMK5PQ4d0aybBslB9rp8GpA0arM!zUdQz1XIQGYw/Picture%20014.jpg?dc=4675538610524779625) \* \*Ok, it isn’t punk rock at all, but that is as punk rock as my lame ass gets. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/8 "2005-10-04T05:30:12Z")
I should note that the first picture was June of 2000, the next was June of 2001, and the last was, oh, a month ago? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/9 "2005-10-04T05:33:43Z")
[Baby me](http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/3557/stacnov21tv.jpg) [“Nice clothes” grad picture](http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4320/stagrad12in.jpg) The now-ubiquitous [recent picture](http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/2826/smaller1rz.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/10 "2005-10-04T05:38:44Z")
Hey, this is fascinating to see how much people change and how much they stay the same over time. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/11 "2005-10-04T07:26:16Z")
OK. here we go: [me, at 7 or there abouts](http://photobucket.com/albums/a82/Pixisis/misc/?action=view¤t=me7orso.jpg) ( i’m on the right ) [my favorite photo](http://photobucket.com/albums/a82/Pixisis/misc/?action=view¤t=fav.jpg) taken, erm, 15 years ago !? nah, couldn’t be … [most recently, in Germany](http://photobucket.com/albums/a82/Pixisis/Germany/?action=view¤t=bce5413d.jpg) . ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/12 "2005-10-04T08:05:35Z")
[About 13 years ago](http://www.glowfoto.com/viewimage.php?img=04-004052L&y=2005&m=10&t=jpg&rand=3095&srv=img2) [About 2 years ago](http://www.glowfoto.com/viewimage.php?img=03-223624L&y=2005&m=10&t=jpg&rand=8621&srv=img2) ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/13 "2005-10-04T09:08:41Z")
[This is me at 17](http://linnocent.tripod.com/huuu.html). It’s not very old, but it’s the oldest picture I had online. I had to link to the whole page, because Tripod hates when I don’t. And [me earlier today](http://www.rinni.iputthedotinthe.com/images/oct03/smirk2.jpg). I’m 25. Trivia: I’m wearing the same sparkly dress in both photos. 🙂 I love that dress. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/14 "2005-10-04T09:11:17Z")
I just need to add that I haven’t given up on dyeing my hair - it’s actually streaked blue in that pic, but it’s faded so much. You can still see hints of it, though! ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/15 "2005-10-04T09:20:52Z")
I do believe I may have the “What? That’s YOU?” award in the bag. [Here’s me yesterday…](http://img282.imageshack.us/img282/9649/me4ao.jpg) […and here’s me in 2nd grade](http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5460/dorkpower9ab.jpg). That was 1992. That picture alone tells you everything you need to know about how popular I was in elementary school and, indeed, beyond. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/16 "2005-10-04T12:19:19Z")
[About 10 years old. I’m the short one.](http://teemingmillions.com/profiles/images/slortar/slortar_photo3.jpg) [Now, about 20 years crankier and more surly.](http://teemingmillions.com/profiles/images/slortar/slortar_photo2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/17 "2005-10-04T15:17:20Z")
[Ellen at 13 c. 1976](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/Soileau/Ellen_at_13.jpg) [With my little sweetie and a friend last May](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/Soileau/Treo-JalapenosMarymommieTrassie1stwaves.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/18 "2005-10-04T22:22:12Z")
[This is me during Christmas freshman year of high school](http://image02.webshots.com/2/7/99/50/81279950FTRvmN_ph.jpg) Colorado, high temps were in the teens, and I was used to lows of the 40’s… I was rocking four layers, nice and cozy infront of the fire! [This is me as of a week ago, after my hair cut](http://i03-6.facebook.com/pics/4/1/n37511458_3348.jpg) Imagine me with a little more messed up hair, and thats how i normally look. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/19 "2005-10-04T22:32:10Z")
Here is a before and after that is much more recent, and one that I’m rather proud of. The first pic of me was taken May 10th of this year, following my graduation from Purdue’s branch campus in Indianapolis. It is also a month before I had my gastric bypass. [Before](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/VunderBob/atgrad3.jpg) The second is me about 3 weeks ago, screwing around with my USB webcam. It’s about 14 weeks after my bypass, and it’s quite evident that I’ve lost 60+ lbs. [After](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/VunderBob/me15sep05283.jpg) Today, I had an official weigh-in at the surgeon’s office, and I’m -70 lbs. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671/20 "2005-10-05T00:37:16Z")
> [@Tamryne](#): > > Imagine me with a little more messed up hair, and thats how i normally look. Houston is a lucky city. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-yet-another-doper-picture-thread-then-now/324671.md?page=2)