Because of all the confusion about the last post I put up (and took down) which showed the writer Jeffrey Bernard in two stages of life (which everyone thought was me...) I thought I would put this one up, which is a rare photo of me aged about 30, sitting in a cafe bar in suitably dim lighting. Much more suitable.
This simple task has taken me about a fucking hour, because the computer's scanner system doesn't recognise the old scanner, but I had to carry on, having started. Streuth.
You can have the 'after' courtesy of The Tweed Pig - maybe.
Now I reckon I was decorative enough - I would have given myself one. Those were the days.
ReplyDeleteOh my. Mr Stephenson. You were decorative...even in dim lighting! x
ReplyDeleteI wish you'd told me that 30 years ago, Bris.
ReplyDeleteYou were hot! So how did you change to tweed and wingtips?
ReplyDeleteThat was the summer, Grouch. I still wear T-shirts in the summer, but I reckon I reached the winter tweed age about 15 years ago. I know you don't approve of posting up pictures of yourself, but I am just trying to work out where it all went wrong. I think the beer and cigarettes are a clue...
DeleteI've just noticed an interesting historical detail - both of us smokers have a box of matches. In those days, gas lighters were taxed so highly, that they cost the equivalent of about £10. Now they are cheaper than most matches.
DeleteI like the 30 year old you. Was that taken last year? Wait till you get to be my age.
ReplyDeletem.
I could say the same, Mark.
DeleteAlmost James Deen-ish...cool!!
ReplyDeleteAnd in a Crèperie, no less.
ReplyDeleteMany happy hours spent in there - see next post.
DeleteYou do yourself a disservice with the title of the photo Tom.
ReplyDeleteOh you found it, Chris? It was created because I kept having to copy different images that disappeared from my scanner having been cropped - it was more out of frustration than low self-esteem.
DeleteEegads, Tom - you must have been really frustrated!
DeleteI also fogot that photos retain their titles for all to see later...
DeleteLet me explain - I kept editing and scrapping the last pic, and everytime I tried to put it on the desktop, the machine kept asking me to retitle it or change the existing... never mind.
DeleteI'm now wishing that I had been in the Woking Wimpy, you gorgeous thing you ..... and, I love the use of the word streuth .... we use it all the time in our family and many people have never heard of it.... Streuth !
ReplyDeleteSounds very Australian, eh? 'God's truth' is a bit too long-winded.
DeleteWhat a fantastic photo. Very moody and timeless. But which one of the boys is you?
ReplyDeleteI'm the one who isn't the short, balding, ginger-haired one.
DeleteDing Dong!
ReplyDeleteQuite decorative indeed!
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