Post a Pic in Your 20's...Your Prime! :)

These are so cool and I wish I had some. My one and oldest photo is on my ID. I moved around so much over the years, they just got lost.
 

For all of us who were part of the Sixty's as teenagers, and transitioned as young adults at the end of the Sixty's, into the Seventy's, there will never be a more transformative two decades.

A time that will be never be repeated. The best of times, and at times, the worst of
times, (Vietnam), but as history will recall, Iconic!

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CooCooforCoCoPuffs said:
Keeping the same weight is impressive! Intentional I assume?
Nice looking hubby!
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Thank you @CooCooforCoCoPuffs i didn’t meet him till he was 39 ( both on second marriages ) but so far so good …coming up 39 …years …

He is very lucky can seem to eat anything and never really gains any weight …at the moment he’s about 75 kg
and he’s 6 foot 2” and it helps we eat a fairly ( but not a strict ) low carb diet..we still have bread but …

no pasta / rice or what I call “heavy carb” meals ..like pastries / pies ..pastry based deserts~ any desert is usually our own home grown preserved fruits / yoghurt

It helps we are ..both ..fairly active as well …we still dance (most weeks) ,twice a week ( Social ballroom )
my hubs is popular with single women who have sadly lost their husbands or partners ( it’s far easier dancing ballroom with a tall man ) …..but he only dances with others ….. if I don’t want to do certain dances …hubs is a foot taller then me.
 
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Re my comment up here ^^^ about my DH still being about the same weight now as he was in his younger years this is a photo of him taken in sept …..

this was taken in Australia’s capitol city ( Canbera )

Canbera is where all our politicians hang out
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Saigon, 1965—I was 23 years old and teaching English at the British School, which was owned by a Vietnamese family. I was a civilian and not involved in the war effort in any way, shape, or form. I was looking over a building that had just been damaged by an explosive device.002.jpg
 
I haven 7 times since the 1970’s. My son asked if he could have all the family pictures and he knew someone that would put them on DVD’s, so I gave them to him. That was about 2 or 3 years ago and I completely forgot about them. I am going to ask him the next time he calls. He lives in Hawaii.
 
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My wife and me on our wedding day. Picture has faded over the years.
 
Inept said:
I don't remember if it was called Truman Plaza but I'm sure you're right. I do remember it was walking distance from Onkel Toms Hütte. Wasn't the American embassy also near there on the same road? I just now remembered there was also a restaurant at the PX (or next to it) where I ate hamburgers! There were several places there but I don't recall if I (as a civilian) could use more than the PX and that restuarant. And a book shop? I think I had to pay in US Dollars.

I was living near Nollendorf Platz and it was fun to go all the way over to the PX just for the enjoyment of it. Those were the days, huh! I suppose the Americans, Brits, and French are all gone from Berlin or are they still there?
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Truman Plaza, aka the PX complex, was on the NW corner of Argentinischeallee and Clayallee. Directly across Clayallee to the east was Clay Headquarters and to the north of Clay HQ is the American Consulate. The Consulate is still there, as are the buildings that comprised Clay HQ, but Truman Plaza was razed maybe 15 years ago. Before Reunification, the embassy had to have been in Bonn, but these days the embassy is located not far from the Brandenburg Gate. The Consulate is still there, providing passport services, visas, etc.

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) ran most of the PX-type retail establishments at Truman Plaza, including a snack bar/burger bar. But in about 1985 or so, they got rid of the snack bar and installed a Burger King. Yes, there was a book store as well, along with an American Express bank, small shoppette (for sundries), the post office, laundromat, and the Class VI store. Across the parking lot were the PX itself and next to it, the Commissary. Yes, all payment was in U.S. dollars. But just to the north of Truman Plaza, not far from the library, there was a KFC restaurant, run by the Berliners.

All of that is gone now, as is the entire American, British, and French military presence while the city was occupied after WWII. I imagine there are a few Marines at the embassy but once Reunification happened in October 1990, the occupied status of Berlin ceased and the pullout of all the former Allies, including the Soviets, continued up until the latter part of 1994.
 
Jesus, you just gave me an overdose of nostalgia! I didn't go to that part of town very often but it is a vivid memory and you describe it so well.

Eupher said:
Truman Plaza, aka the PX complex, was on the NW corner of Argentinischeallee and Clayallee. Directly across Clayallee to the east was Clay Headquarters and to the north of Clay HQ is the American Consulate.
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Yes you're right, Consulate, not embassy. West Berlin was not part of the BRD (it was an entity unto itself) while East Berlin was the capital city of the DDR, demonstratively & repeatedly referred to as "Hauptstadt der DDR" just in case we might forget. :)
Eupher said:
Just to the north of Truman Plaza, not far from the library, there was a KFC restaurant, run by the Berliners.
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I don't remember that.
Eupher said:
The Consulate is still there, as are the buildings that comprised Clay HQ, but Truman Plaza was razed maybe 15 years ago. Before Reunification, the embassy had to have been in Bonn, but these days the embassy is located not far from the Brandenburg Gate. The Consulate is still there, providing passport services, visas, etc.

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) ran most of the PX-type retail establishments at Truman Plaza, including a snack bar/burger bar. But in about 1985 or so, they got rid of the snack bar and installed a Burger King. Yes, there was a book store as well, along with an American Express bank, small shoppette (for sundries), the post office, laundromat, and the Class VI store. Across the parking lot were the PX itself and next to it, the Commissary. Yes, all payment was in U.S. dollars.
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I can see that you are feeling the nostalgia as much as I am right now.
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All of that is gone now, as is the entire American, British, and French military presence while the city was occupied after WWII. I imagine there are a few Marines at the embassy but once Reunification happened in October 1990, the occupied status of Berlin ceased and the pullout of all the former Allies, including the Soviets, continued up until the latter part of 1994.
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I was employed as a civilian at RAF Gatow and I see on Google that it's still there, as a museum now. Just up the road was Spandau where Hess decided to do himself in. If he could have waited a bit longer he would probably have been set free. Oh well, who could have foreseen the arrival of Michael Gorbatjov?
 
Inept said:
Jesus, you just gave me an overdose of nostalgia! I didn't go to that part of town very often but it is a vivid memory and you describe it so well.


Yes you're right, Consulate, not embassy. West Berlin was not part of the BRD (it was an entity unto itself) while East Berlin was the capital city of the DDR, demonstratively & repeatedly referred to as "Hauptstadt der DDR" just in case we might forget. :)

I don't remember that.

I can see that you are feeling the nostalgia as much as I am right now.


I was employed as a civilian at RAF Gatow and I see on Google that it's still there, as a museum now. Just up the road was Spandau where Hess decided to do himself in. If he could have waited a bit longer he would probably have been set free. Oh well, who could have foreseen the arrival of Michael Gorbatjov?
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Nostalgic? Maybe a wee bit. I spent almost 9 years in Berlin in one continuous assignment, something of a rarity. I was an Army bandsman and I think I just got lucky with timing and was allowed to extend my tour 2-3 times. My favorite time, oddly enough, was before the Wall came down. Things changed substantially after the Wall came down, and not always for the good.

I very much remember when Hess committed suicide in 1987. One of the incredible things that occurred was how quickly the Brits tore down Spandau Prison -- thousands of tons of bricks and rubble disappeared within 2-3 months. The Allies did not want the prison to be any sort of shrine for Hess, although my own research showed me how the Western Allies had wanted to release Hess so he could finish his last few years with his family.

At 93 years old at the time of his suicide (and it wasn't the first time he attempted it), incontinent and embarrassed because of it, it would've been the humane thing to do -- but the Soviets nixed the effort time and again. After all, Hess and the Spandau guard rotation was their ticket to West Berlin (they could actually come over at any time) and they just didn't want to give that up.

But I was fortunate in that I could participate in events calling on my linguistic skills and interacted with the Berliners in organizing musical happenings. Played alongside with a Soviet band after the Wall came down -- who were very accomplished musicians.

I finally left Berlin in 1991, about a year after formal Reunification. I've been back several times since then and, well, it just isn't the same.
 
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Eupher said:
.... I spent almost 9 years in Berlin in one continuous assignment,
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9 years? Holy schmolly!
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..... when Hess committed suicide in 1987. One of the incredible things that occurred was how quickly the Brits tore down Spandau Prison --
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I didn't know they did that.
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.... my own research showed me how the Western Allies had wanted to release Hess so he could finish his last few years with his family.
-- but the Soviets nixed the effort time and again.
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Yes, the popular belief was that while the Sovjets stood watch they removed all of Hess's creature comforts like his TV. I don't know if it was true but I believe it was.
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I finally left Berlin in 1991
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I left in 1979.
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I've been back several times since then
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I went back only once.
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... it just isn't the same.
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I have also that gethunk. :)
 
Murrmurr said:
My dad built similar racecars called super-modified hardtops.

This is one of them....

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That's my dad with the glasses. The kids are the driver's kids. It's not a great pic of the car but I can't find the others. (or, too lazy to....too many files)

I raced in one of his cars a few times, just 2 exhibition races and a time-trial for the heck of it, but my mom had a cow over it, so I didn't pursue a "career" in racing. I was way too hot-tempered back then, anyway, and dad got into a fist fight almost every race, so she had enough to deal with.
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@squatting dog

I'm about 100% sure the driver in this photo is Jimmy Sills. He was just a kid when he drove something like 1,000 miles all the way to Roseville, CA, to race super-modifieds (or, so the story goes), so those kids in the photo aren't his. Fan's kids, probly.

Sills didn't stay with the Roseville-Sacramento tracks for very long...a couple years, maybe. He raked in a lot of trophies and impressed a lot of people, and he did stick with super-modifieds, but he moved on to higher profile tracks.
I'm sure he was in demand by number car-owners.
 
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