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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

This is a great Forum, so I thought it would be nice if all of us became
better acquainted



Me......grandson..Ron Peterson....daughter..Zoe Zanidakis



My wife..Charlotte....who fully appreciates our hobby.


LEON....Remember I qualify as "Vintage" since I was born pre-WWII.

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Posted By: jay behrens

Me today


for the old timers that haven't seen since the 80s


Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: Joe Jones

This is me in my hometown (Boyne City, Mi.) and my girlfriend of 8 years who puts up with my addiction to prewar cards.

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Posted By: steve f

I'm the good lookin one on the Left. Oh yea, Sox won

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Posted By: Mark Tylicki

I was lucky enough to attend a Final Game at Busch celebration this past September. Here's a few pics with some former players, a manager, and the latest HOFer...



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MY COLLECTION: http://www.rustywilly.com/MYCOLLECTION.htm

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Posted By: Zach S.

Me at the old homestead....



Me at the job that supports my addiction... I mean collection.

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Posted By: steve f

Zach, Shouldn't that photo be classified! Incidentally, thanks for serving.

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Posted By: Jimi

Here's the beautiful wife along with some handsome dude!



Jimi

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Posted By: scott ingold

My pack.

Wife with oldest son

9 and 6 year old

Me

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Posted By: Zach S.

LOL, nothing classified in that one, buddy...

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Posted By: pete ullman

this is my ex and i at the giants-vikings halloween game 2 years ago...the giants kicked viking ass that day!!

pete in mn

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Posted By: steve f

I wouldn't know the difference between a bilge and a boiler. Shore duty in Mayport on my four. FTN

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Posted By: Zach S.

... never again.


and I would like to add FTC.....'79 (moderator dude)

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Posted By: Lee Behrens

It's Lee back in the playing days:

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Posted By: Josh K.

Me, my wife, and kids.

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Posted By: Tom Hines

Not quite the place for classic cards. This was taken this past June at approx. 79 degrees north latitude. This is why I take a 6 month break from collecting each year (that and the restrictions the wife imposses).

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Posted By: Zach S.

Tom, interesting pic... looks like your standing on water.

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Posted By: Tom Hines

There was about 4 feet of ice below me. That was just a small melt pond on top.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Me; Me and the beast (Henry)

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Posted By: Bryan Long

A year or so old, but you get the idea.



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Posted By: JimB

Yours truly with the Dalai Lama in 2004 when I did some translation work for him.


Yours truly at Namtso Lake in Tibet. Elevation: 15,000 feet. Those are 25,000+ Himalayan peaks in the background. The lake is salt water. Think about that for a minute.
JimB

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Posted By: Scott Mosley

Me in Salt Lake City during the 2002 games...

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Posted By: Ed McCollum

I've gone from looking like Ron Howard ...


to a really pissed-off looking Ned Flanders

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Posted By: Brian E.

Me, last summer at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor #4 in Ukraine...yes same one that melted down in 1986.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_accident
http://www.chernobyl.co.uk/

Brian E.

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Posted By: David McDonald

David McDonald & Jeannette Vander Kooy, Centerfield Icebox, Pac Bell Park, Game 3 2002 WS, Angels 10 Giants 4
In 1972, long before I met her, Jeannette travelled from Alberta, Canada to Russia just to watch Team Canada play the Soviets. She got to see Henderson's winning goal! As our resident Canucks will tell you, in Canada this is Big Time, like being there for Thomson's homer, Armstrong's small step for man, and the invention of French Kissing all rolled into one. Ya gotta love a woman like this!

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Posted By: barrysloate

This is my wife Judy and I at a recent dinner at Peter Luger's Steakhouse in Brooklyn. Standing behind me looking slightly bewildered is good friend and well known 19th century baseball historian Mark Rucker.

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Posted By: Betty

That's me and my son Michael--the photographer always makes him scrunch down so he'll fit in the photo. I'm 5'8",but he's 6'5'. This year just the two of us went the the annual event,and got to welcome the new additions to the team, Frank Thomas and Esteban Loaiza. 3 weeks from today I'll be in AZ watching baseball!! Could anything be finer?

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Posted By: Holstein

This is a photograph of me and my oldest, Paulie, breaking in his new mit.

Paul

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Posted By: tbob

The terrific trio descends upon the National in Chicago:

Tim Newcomb, Me and Mike Peich.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Me and my lovely wife Amy on our wedding day 7+ years ago



And here's one with my wife and my son Nick on vacation last summer

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Posted By: Joe_G.

Now a couple years old, then my girlfriend, now my wife



Just before one of many OU football games.

Joe & Laura Gonsowski

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Posted By: Max Weder

From Vancouver..

Max



Jennifer






Annie




http://www.flickr.com/photos/baseballart>

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Posted By: Glenn

You can't really see me, but here I am doing field work in Dominica with one of the locals.

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Posted By: Jon & Jennifer

A few from our small, at-home wedding in August 2004. It's the 2nd time up at bat for both of us (second and LAST, we can only hope...) The little people are my darlings from my previous marriage, and Jon's stepdarlings.




Comedy relief from our littlest one (now almost 6, then just a little over 4 yrs.) -- making it clear he'd had just about enough of all this wedding stuff, thankyouvery much. Having already ripped off his vest and stomped off in a huff, he had at this point just returned, only to inquire about having some of that wedding cake he'd seen earlier.



Trying not to melt in the 90+ degree heat (sans air conditioning)...



Having gotten his fill of wedding cake, all was right with the world once more...

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Posted By: t206King

Me after a long night working on my chevelle
stupid camera says 2004 lol it was 2005

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Posted By: jay behrens

Is the swing set exploding?

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: Glen V

The kids' first National ('05)

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Posted By: Joe_G.

I love all cars that can put some power to the ground.

Here are a couple shots of me at the Silver State Classic (US highway 318) doing around 140mph on a straight stretch.



And me with Bo Duke (John Schneider) before the race. His Hemi powered '69 Charger wouldn't make it the full 90 miles but would live to race another day.



Regards,
Joe Gonsowski

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

t206King

Cool looking set of "wheels"....what year is your Chevelle ?

I am a Ford guy; however, I appreciate all "American Heavy Metal" cars.
I have 2 classic Thunderbirds and both are the same Green color as
your Chevelle. Being newer, yours has more a metallic Green than my
1957 or 1960 T-Birds; which are more of a pastel color.

Also, what engine is under the hood ?

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Posted By: t206King

Hey Ted,
Well its a 1972 300 deluxe coupe. theres only 441 made with this option. altra-rare car. and only one exist to today that i no of. the engine is a 350cu in. with a quada-jet 4 barrel. has about 265 hp(not original engine)and 360 foot pounds of torque. 4:10 posi rear end minimum slip differential. the pic in the thread was a awhile ago, now its a different color, and a supercharger on it. has everything else original. since the enigne isnt original the car isnt worth more than 15K. i paid alot less for it when i was restoring it.
i like older cars and t-birds r it also lol happy restoring!

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Posted By: barrysloate

I've seen both of Ted's T-Birds and their beauts, especially that '57. Great year for cars, jazz, and Topps baseball cards. My Honda CRV goes from 0 to 55...eventually.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

It's the year I graduated High School. 1957 Chevys were the
hot car with their Fuel Injection. JAZZ was "jumping" in a
great NY nightspot called Birdland. I saw Dizzy Gillespie,
Jack Teagarden, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck Quartet, and
the inimitable Gene Krupa at Birdland back in the late '50s.

But, in Hillside, NJ "there was no joy in Mudville" in 1957
because our hope was fading fast that we'd ever again open
up those Red, White & Blue wax packs to have our favorite
Bubble gum and 5 colorful Bowman BB cards.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Those are impressive specs. on your Chevelle. Here are my numbers.

1957 T-Bird

312 cu. in V-8, 245 HP, 4-barrel Holley carb., Torque = 332 ft/lbs,
and a 3.70 rear end ratio.
It has a 3-speed floor shift with Overdrive (I love that feature).
Like yours, this one is a rare "bird", only 300 of 27,000 models in
1957 were Willow Green.

1960 T-Bird

352 cu. in. V-8, 300 HP, Torque = 381 ft/lbs, 4-barrel Holley carb.

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Posted By: pete ullman

its so funny to see everybody. i had perceived images of what some of you guys/gals looked like based on name, my experience and what is said on the board...all were wrong!!! My current ride is this baby audi...i wish they offered the diesel in the states! nice sleds everybody...love the muscle! we share a love of cards and cars.

pete in mn

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Posted By: barrysloate

I've spoken to customers over the phone for years and I make a mental picture of what I think each of them looks like by the sound of their voice- and when I meet them they never look anything like I imagined. I know exactly what you are saying.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

"Look at that flying red tomato!" "Look at that flying lemon!"--only the Chevettes...

This is me in my 19th century sets shirt, last year:

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Posted By: Jim Rivera

Rockfishing at Chesapeake Beach

cfc1909 -children, fishing and cards from 1909

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Posted By: Chris

Wife and myself and taking the kids for a ride on my homemade theme park.

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Posted By: Jim Rivera

Family -Christmas 2005 -wife Ruth, Janna 14, Sara 11, Jim Jr 7.

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Posted By: Jon Canfield

I, too, am a fan of the automobile, although my tastes may be somewhat different than the rest of the boards. I have grown up around classic's so after a lot of saving and the shrewd stock decisions in the late 1990's, I bought myself these babies (well the new Jag came last year)...




Now, I love to get my hands dirty as well, and I restored this classic from a bushel basket of parts with my father over the last 5 years (starting when I was a freshman in college).



Now, I'm not one to shy away from speed either, so this is to make up for the lack of speed that above pictured roadtser has...