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harrietsfriend — Me At 19. Img692, with story

Published: 2019-04-07 17:29:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 750; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 2
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Description Summertime.

The mating rituals of the 19 year old male.  I was playing my classical acoustic guitar while leaning on my 1962 Oldsmobile F 85, 3 speed on the column, mobility machine.  It was many years old, (7 years) costing $ 850.00 dollars in those days.  It was my method coming and going to the university, 3 hours away.  As a young male I was considerable interested in women of talent and personality, but first I had to catch their attention, before we could begin the auditions.

Once again, the hand the camera over to others has recorded this passing moment in my life.  Taken with my Zeiss Contarex with 55mm F1.4 Planar, on Kodak 135mm Tri-X panchromatic film.

Click on the photo to enlarge.  Feel free to download.

eugene spiegel

I gave it a nostalgic sepia wash.
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Comments: 13

morningstarskid [2019-08-22 12:14:37 +0000 UTC]

Nice Classical Guitar....

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lilfixit [2019-05-31 21:49:47 +0000 UTC]

Mating rituals at 27 aren't a whole lot better. One of my boyfriends has a BMW and one of the other guys is a musician. Haha.

Nice cars are fun, but guitars have soul.

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harrietsfriend In reply to lilfixit [2019-06-01 02:57:10 +0000 UTC]

it seems women like the bad boys, musicians, and the owners of great cars.  same as before, same as now, same in the future.  the rumor of I like a man with a sense of humor, or a good man isn't applicable until women are much older, or wiser. so it seems.

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lilfixit In reply to harrietsfriend [2019-06-03 23:47:03 +0000 UTC]

I'm not really a fan of bad boys. Tattoos and drugs are a bit of a turn off, for example. I also like men who respect their parents, even if they don't agree with them. Sense of humor and being a good man is pretty subjective. You might be friends with a "good man" that I think is not a good man at all. But if you mean sense of humor as a guy that's relatively happy and confident, that I do like.

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harrietsfriend In reply to lilfixit [2021-07-07 16:28:04 +0000 UTC]

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kunnings [2019-04-08 16:19:14 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful

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NotWithoutHonor [2019-04-08 12:36:25 +0000 UTC]

Classic scene

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HarryBelton [2019-04-08 03:43:57 +0000 UTC]

Yep, remember those days!

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PaigeMillsArt [2019-04-08 00:16:18 +0000 UTC]

A man and his guitar. Love it! 

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Manlarr [2019-04-07 19:55:21 +0000 UTC]

I had a sixty two Impala Convertible about the same time. My guitar was a bit different but I had one for pretty much the same reasons. 

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DelphineHaniel [2019-04-07 17:59:08 +0000 UTC]

nice photo!

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AlberichPotter [2019-04-07 17:49:43 +0000 UTC]

Great photo! What a cool dude you were Eugene (and still are I'm sure!), but no mention of how you came by that injury to your left knee? From one of the aforementioned mating rituals perhaps!  

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harrietsfriend In reply to AlberichPotter [2019-04-07 18:05:50 +0000 UTC]

no memory of how, but likely taking a picture from a low angle.  I've done this before.

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