I recently did a posting titled, Magical Macaroni Memories., where I mentioned how a box of macaroni cheese brought back thoughts of my youthful days of the seventies. In that posting, I received a comment from Julie at the following site, Empty Nest Insider . Julie and I quote, noted the following, "I would love to see pictures of you from back then!" Also had this comment from Dixie at, dcrelief , who stated, "Too bad you didn't post a photo of you and Rob, that would have been a blast from the past, eh? Peach fuzz sideburns and all." And who could forget Joylene's comment from over at this site, Joylene Nowell Butler, who recollected, "Oh Gary, I'm back there with you, only without the fuzzy sideburns." Unfortunately, I have few photos to look through in regards to my days when I was young and part of the "disco inferno" that was sort of the seventies. I could not find one of my dear buddy, Rob.
However, I did put up a photo of me that has caused a 'feverish frenzy' on 'Farcebook'. Yes Farcebook, everyone's favourite social 'notworking' site. So below here is a photo of me in 1974 at my parent's house in Vancouver. I was a fairly fresh-faced twenty one year old dude. I am about to go to a wedding as the best man. Which does make me wonder. If I was the 'best man', why was she marrying him?
That's a great stache. You should definitely have kept that.
ReplyDeleteHey PT,
DeleteOh, I still got the stache! It still looks okay. The rest of me...oops!
Seventies porn! Glad you said it first.
ReplyDeleteHey Alex,
DeleteI thought somebody might think that. No, I'm going to be starring in a new film titled, 'Porn Free'.
Smokin' hot! "stayin alive, stayin' alive" and I don't know the rest of the words....sorry.
ReplyDeleteHey lotta joy,
DeleteOh yes, "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I'm a woman's man, no time to talk."
Excuse me while I go see if I can find my flared jeans! :)
Aww..you were a cutie. That was the year I got married. Those ruffle fronted tuxedos bring back memories don't they?
ReplyDeleteHi Delores,
DeleteAlas and now, gravity has caught up with me :) Interesting you got married in that year. Those were the days, eh. Ruffled front tuxedos and paisley patterned shirts. I still have a collection of my very wide, very colourful ties. Memories, for sure.
Thanks, Delores.
Why is it the stache/sideburns thing always reminds us all of "those" '70's movies? Never ceases to make me wonder on that. Everyone wore that look, just like you here in the photo.
ReplyDeleteYou were all set to hit the dance floor, weren't you? Nice photo, Gary, and wonderful to see you as a young man :)
Hi Kim,
DeleteYes, funny how one can equate a stache and sideburns to a particular genre of seventies' movies. I've never seen such a movie, but I have heard about them :)
Yep, I grooved on the dance floor and was the envy of everybody who wanted to disco dance!
Thanks for thinking the photo was nice. Ah yes, a young man. Oh well, I still feel young :)
Love it! I remember those days - so much interesting facial hair! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jemi,
DeleteSo much interesting facial hair. I recall that some of the ladies at the office I worked for in Vancouver, called me "Cornelius". Wondered why. Then I watched "Planet of the Apes" :)
A photo for the ages!
ReplyDeleteHi Susan,
DeleteA photo for my son to look at in disbelief :)
Great post and like your photo.
ReplyDeleteI changed my template and it only fully works on Google chrome, Internet explorer is playing up and not being being good with pcs I have to leave it at as it is.
Yvonne.
Hi Yvonne,
DeleteThanks for liking the post and the photo :) I use Google Chrome and I find it so much easier. Computers scare the heck out of me.
Thank you,
Gary
Those were the days when a tache was a tache! Loving the big bow tie too. Everything we did in the 70s was done big from platform soles to sleeves like parachutes - happy days :-) x
ReplyDeleteHi Teresa,
DeleteAh yes, such days. Big droopy taches, long fuzzy sideburns, platform boots and big, big hair!
Thanks, Teresa.
Gary :) x
Hahahaha, that's great. I can't believe you're that old. Are you telling porkies? lol. Great pic, love the shirt and the 'tashe :D x
ReplyDeleteHey All Consuming,
DeleteI'm old enough to remember the original series of "Bill and Ben", yep the flowerpot men and who could forget "Little Weed"? Weed, that might explain things. Of course, I would never ever tell a porky pie? No way, not ever! Thanks for liking the shirt and tashe. Shame about the rest of the photo:)
Thanks x
Hot from the desk of the fabulous Sir Tom Eagerly:
ReplyDeleteI'm slightly confused Gary (no change there). Who is that handsome young stud whose photo you have used here?
By the way, I have flown in helicopters with smaller rotor blades than that bow-tie!
Toodle-pip old chap.
Greetings hot from under the desk Sir Tom Eagerly,
DeleteI thought you would recognise the photo. Do you not remember? It was you after a night of being a bit of a rascally rogue at the young ladies dormitory over in Upper Lower Upon Tiddly Wink.
Sir Tom, the helicopter you are referring to was the one just inside your local supermarket. I believe your escort placed the pound coin in the slot.
Cheerio and tally ho!
Oh wow!!!! You look like Magnum PI!!! :-) Take care
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Aha, Old Kitty,
DeleteI look like an ice cream bar? Sorry, that was silly :) You mean Tom Selleck looks like me!
You take care and I hope Charlie is better.
x
That is quite a picture! I have to agree with Old Kitty. You do have a Magnum quality here. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I will be following. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Craziness abounds,
DeleteThank you and I taught Magnum everything he needed to know about hanging around and looking cool in Hawaii :)
I have been over to your entertaining blog on a number of occasions. I know my poem was crap. However, I can always send you some virtual pie :)
Gary
I think I saw you in "Debbie Does Canada"....
ReplyDeleteAh Static,
DeleteYou did and then I found out you were "Debbie", eh...
I haven't read the other comments yet, so hopefully nobody beat me to this. Best man comes from Germanic Goth. In short the best man protected the groom from the bride's family, he stood guard over their room on the wedding night, and he made sure all his knives and swords were sharp and hidden beneath the altar at the church. Really. The best man for the job, I guess.
ReplyDeleteHey Joylene,
DeleteThanks for the info and you were the first to note the historical reference. Thank you. I was thinking of becoming a "Goth". What do you reckon to me with really dark make-up and eye-liner....
Thanks, Joylene,
Gary :)
I like it!
DeleteThank you, Joylene! Now where did I leave my make-up kit....
Deletehi i found your blog via crazy world and became a follower
ReplyDeletei would love for you to visit my blog and follow if you like it.
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thanks
new follower bev
Hi Bev,
DeleteHow's it goin', eh? Thanks for linking into my blog and I have linked into yours. I'm sensing a bit of a Canadian theme on your site. And Jim Perry, the host of "Definition". There you go.
Hope you liked this posting.
Gary :)
Wow! You and my old pal Ricky could've been twins, right down to the ruffled shirt! What a hoot! Sweet and hilarious to see that, thanks. I gotta get a scanner. We should all show off our funny clothes from the 70s.
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Hi Laura,
DeleteAh yes, Ricky my 'twin'. That awesomely good looking hunk of dude! :) I took a photograph of a photograph. A scanner would probably make me grab every old photo album I could find. Or not. It would be a blast to expose ourselves from the seventies. Hmmm..maybe that didn't sound right.....
Gary
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You were absolutely cute. Love the 70s tuxedo. Laura is right--we should have a fashion show of our 70s photos.
ReplyDeleteHi Susan,
DeleteThanks and now I wonder where the years went. Yes, Laura is onto something there. Let's scare, I mean delight the young ones with our fashion sense of the seventies! :)
Thanks, Susan.
Gary
i think i remember the seventies ok maybe not
ReplyDeleteHi becca,
DeleteI'm trying to forget about the seventies. Oh no, what have I done! :)
Thanks for making my wish come true! This is a great photo, and you do look like a 70's action star! Will I receive a percentage when the poster comes out?! Julie
ReplyDeleteHi Julie,
DeleteYour wish was my command! :) Thanks for thinking it was a great photo. You can have a percentage on the poster sales, the action movie and of course, the video game!
Thanks, Julie.
Gary
Dear Gary,
ReplyDeleteWhat a handsome, hairy chap you are (or were, but of course you're still a fine looking gentleman!). In fact, I'm sure I saw you in a seventies movie once, although what type of movie I'm not willing to say. And, didn't they use you as the body double for Mark Wahlberg in the scene at the end of "Boogie Nights"? You'll have to have seen the film to know what I'm talking about. Let's just say that if it was you, you made a BIG impression!
Very Best Wishes, your way, my fuzzy, hirsute, seventies-inspired friend,
David.
Dear David,
DeleteAh yes, haven't I aged well. Somewhat like a block of cheese. Speaking of 'cheese', you may well of seen me in a seventies movie about fishing, named 'Deep Trout'.
How dick, sorry, how did you know that I'm actually Dirk Diggler?
And a very hairy, disco dancing, flared jeans, "Boogie Nights" and 'Saturday Night Beaver', your way, Gary
Great photo ~ handsome you! Those ruffles take me back to a prom night that was a lot of fun. (Thank you for the post presenting my blog!) P.S. I really liked disco... still do.
ReplyDeleteHi Dixie,
DeleteThanks and wasn't I just adorable n'stuff :) Oh I almost remember prom night. Always a pleasure to make note of your clever blog and good to note you have been writing more, just recently :)
Oops, suddenly the song "Get down tonight" by "Kool and the Gang", is discoing in my head! Argggghhhh....:)
What a dashing gentleman, I suppose ladies could barely resist your charms. You remind me a bit of a younger version of Rhett Butler...:).
ReplyDeleteHi unikorna,
DeleteWhy thank you. And I'm still um 'dashing'. Dashing to this shop and that shop:) Most ladies resisted my "charms", quite well :)
Rhett Butler, thanks. Sometimes I feel like I've "Gone with the Wind".
Thank you, my dear friend.
Gary
Whose is the cock....oops I meant clock, in the background. Well it was you who mentioned those dubious 70's films!!
ReplyDeleteHi GEM.
DeleteGreat question. That's a Grandfather cock and it has been holding up very well and is still upright in my parent's house. I know, it doesn't look anything like a Grandfather, but it does look like a cock, oops, clock :)
Kind wishes and a dubious 70's video, your way, Gary :)
I'm stopping by to let you know that you've been tagged in today's blog post. Report to the Transporter Room.
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Hey Spacerguy,
DeleteI appreciate the thought of being tagged. However, I'm going to have to give it a miss. And the Transporter Room has been acting up. Last time it left me in bits, beside myself and all over the place :)
Thanks anyway and make it so.
Gary
I don't know how to do it, but I think it would be good fun to do a photo post blogfest from the 80's. For women we had great hair and fashion.... Maybe I'll try and figure out how to organize a blogfest.....When we get back from the cabin on the 9th.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week, Gary. I'm going to send my ms to you....tear it up. I know it needs some more work....
(((hugs)))
Hi Sharon,
DeleteOr maybe even stretch it a bit further and submit photos of ourselves from various times in our lives. Perhaps a bit of reflective post could be involved. Laura suggested we show of our "funny clothes from the 70's".
If you find the time when you get back from the cabin, a blogfest would be fun. Although, I'm going to doing an initial posting in regards to it.
You have a peaceful week. I've got your ms and shall thoroughly read it through. I'm sure I wont be tearing it up :)
Kind wishes to you and happy writing,
Gary
70? You can always subtract one.
ReplyDeleteHey Aliza,
DeleteIndeed and then divide by two which gives you 34 1/2. Cause that's about it and it sure wasn't my um equatorial region :)
Hey, Gary;
DeleteI wouldn't bend either.
Hey Aliza,
DeleteI just had to unwind myself to read your comment. Thanks :)
hey wait a minute! That is my mustache. We looked good back then didn't we!
ReplyDeleteHey Ray,
DeleteYou can have your moustache back. It's got a few grey hairs in it now. Hope you don't mind. Dude, you still look good!
Very nice. Love the shirt. Very 70s. :-D
ReplyDeleteHey Misha,
DeleteThanks for that. Yes, that's a great 70's shirt. As far as the guy wearing it...oops! :)
Your double entendres crack me up. Great pic, but I don't know what the big deal is about the clothes from the '70s... I still wear some of 'em!
ReplyDeleteHi Susan,
DeleteDouble entendres. This lady ask me for an example of a double entendre. So I gave her one.
Seventies clothes were well cool and funky. Yes, that word is "funky". You must of purchased your seventies clothes from a retro shop. You are far too young to have been around back then :)
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Guess what? we're almost the same age! in 1974 I was 22, but I missed the whole disco scene, since I was already married with a baby girl and another baby on the way. I remember the clothes though. My brother-in-law had the velvet suit and ruffled shirts, he even had one of those glittery disco balls at his wedding reception!
ReplyDeleteHi River,
DeleteI tried to avoid the whole disco scene! :) I would never admit to owning the "Saturday Night Fever" double album....
Oh no, now I've got a visual of glittery disco balls. That doesn't sound right.
Take care and thanks :)
It is nice to see you post happy entry. Be happy and keep remembering happy things.
ReplyDeleteHi Munir,
DeleteThanks for that. I try to write a balance. The whole ethos of my blog has always been to maintain a positive focus and rejoice in happy times.
Hope you are having a peaceful weekend.
In kindness, Gary
I think you look quite handsome in your picture. And for the record, that's just how the guys looked in the seventies so you fit right in.
ReplyDeleteHi Michael,
DeleteWhy thanks for that. And indeed, being around back then and experiencing the seventies, me, my paisley shirts and my elevator boots, fit right in.
Thanks, Michael.
Gary
Ah ha... So that was your "best man at a wedding pic". I was wondering about that when I saw it on Fartbook, Mark Zuckerberg's favorite cash cow. You were a "sharp-dressed man", back then, dude. Suddenly, I have a hankering to listen to the ZZ Top song of the same title.
ReplyDeleteTake care, Gary.
Hi Kelly,
DeleteYes sir, I was the best man and now you know why the best man was being proudly displayed on Fartbook or Farcebook or Fakebook.
"Everybody's crazy bout a sharp-dressed man..."
Now then, must go find my funky fake beard...how weird :)
This is Kelly's aunt speaking. Don't be too hard on the seventies. It wasn't a bad decade. I usually refer to it as the,"sex,drugs, and rock'n roll" decade. At least that is what it was for me and I graduated high school in '77. I never owned a disco record, rock'n roll only. Yes, I wore bell bottoms and big platform shoes, but I was cool man. Your photo looks like a pic of my ex on our wedding day, also in 1977!
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly's aunt,
DeleteI know you and you are one heck of a nice lady. This was a good natured celebration of the seventies. I think some of the best music ever recorded was during the seventies. I almost remember the seventies :)
I've no doubt you were a groovin' in your bell bottoms and big platform shoes. Looks like a picture of your ex on your wedding day. Oops, hope that's okay :)
Lovely meeting you, Kelly's aunt.
Kind wishes and no disco music for you, Gary