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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2008-11-21 10:33 am

Brrm-brrm!



I was a fair-haired kid.  Positively Nordic. This wasn't my car. We were at the fair- and the picture was taken by a pro. Brrm-brrm! Oddly enough- I've never learned to drive. The white thing on the seat beside me is the roof of the toy bus I was carrying round with me at the time.

[identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Your eyes and expression just haven't changed all that much. Did your hair get darker as you got older?

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it grew darker. I'm now mousey-grey

[identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm now mousey-grey

Aren't we all at our age?

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
C'est la vie!

[identity profile] serennos.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh you have the most adorable little face!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you :)

[identity profile] daisytells.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
What a cute little fellow!
Never learned to drive? I did not either until I was stuck "up in the woods" in New Hampshire and sanity was threatened by isolation. As soon as I got back to civilization I let the license lapse and have never driven since.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
We live in an urban area. Good public transport- and taxis if necessary.

[identity profile] sunfell.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to drive- being single and in the US- it's almost a requirement. I think I would have a difficult time being a passenger.

[identity profile] sunfell.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I was a 'fair-haired' kid- more like a cotton-top for the first year. White as a ghost. Then my pigment came in and I went from stark white to gold, and have remained so ever since. There might be some silver in there, but it's hard to see.

I envy people who live in places with decent transportation that doesn't require them to drive. Me- I've driven everything from aircraft to fuel tankers, passenger buses, and forklifts. I've driven both UK and US vehicles, too- and had a US vehicle in the UK. It wasn't difficult learning to shift left-handed. It's been years since I've been in a vehicle with a manual transmission, but I can drive them! Most Americans can't.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Ailz loves to drive. She does it to relax.

I'm surrounded by dedicated drivers. My mother was an army driver in WWII- and still- at 87- is happy to drive considerable distances. My dad was a bit of a boy racer- the way he'd hare round narrow country lanes was terrifying. My youngest son drove military vehicles for the British Army.

I took lessons once, but I just couldn't get the hang of it.

[identity profile] chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
What a cute, crisp little lad you were! i want to pick you up and cuddle you and give you a cookie.

:)

I have a picture of myself somewhere driving my little red fire truck. i'll have to see if I can locate that. I still have the fire truck--actually it is in the rafters in my mom's garage. someday I intend to bring it to my house. i loved my little red fire truck--especially the bell!

My poor cats frequently had (unwilling) rides around the yard in it. heh heh.

They were often dressed in doll clothes as well, poor things.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the cuddle and the cookie.

I had a red racing car. I don't know what happened to it. I suppose my parents got rid of it after I outgrew it.
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[personal profile] sovay 2008-11-21 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
That is adorable. And I love that you had your own eyes even then.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks.

Do I really still look like that?

I guess no-one really knows what they look like.

[identity profile] carl9whalley.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Karen says you was beautiful, what happened. ha ha !!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-11-21 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, Karen. :)
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[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2008-11-22 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.