The (Old Photos Only) Dgrin Game - Comments Thread

Andy

Guys, post your comments on the game, photos, etc, here in this thread.


Here's the Game Thread

I'll start: Read the rules. Pics only, no chatter. Only ONE pic in the game thread, at a time, until someone associates with yours. Short captions are OK in this game - date/location/something unique

:thumb

JamesJWeg

Andy wrote:

Guys, post your comments on the game, photos, etc, here in this thread.


Here's the Game Thread

I'll start: Read the rules. Pics only, no chatter. Only ONE pic in the game thread, at a time, until someone associates with yours.

oops, I some how missed the one photo thing. IMHO, the info with the photos, who, where, what made it worth doing, rereading now with that info missing makes it a waste.

James.

Thusie

Ben,

That photo of yours cracks me up, I LOVE IT!

Andy

JamesJWeg wrote:

oops, I some how missed the one photo thing. IMHO, the info with the photos, who, where, what made it worth doing, rereading now with that info missing makes it a waste.

James.

That's what this thread is for - if someone wants to know more, you can tell them

JamesJWeg

Andy wrote:

That's what this thread is for - if someone wants to know more, you can tell them

contextual info is lost if it is out of context. I doubt many people will view the thread and scroll the comments thread at the same time. I understand keeping comments out of that thread, I do not understand taking out pert info about the shot.

James.

Andy

JamesJWeg wrote:

contextual info is lost if it is out of context. I doubt many people will view the thread and scroll the comments thread at the same time. I understand keeping comments out of that thread, I do not understand taking out pert info about the shot.

James.

We can, of course, change it -- let's see what people say, ok? Maybe a short caption wouldn't be a bad thing?

wholenewlight

Andy wrote:

We can, of course, change it -- let's see what people say, ok? Maybe a short caption wouldn't be a bad thing?

On the other Photo Association Game thread, I like the "no talking" rule. But for this game, some context for the shot would make it more interesting. But only a few words. Subject, year, relationship, etc. No comments on association to previous pic.

Thusie

wholenewlight wrote:

On the other Photo Association Game thread, I like the "no talking" rule. But for this game, some context for the shot would make it more interesting. But only a few words. Subject, year, relationship, etc. No comments on association to previous pic.

I rather agree with that

Andy

OK I modded the rulez - cool?

JamesJWeg

Andy wrote:

OK I modded the rulez - cool?

Thanks, with this thread I think that makes it much more interesting. However you didn't edit your first post in that thread.

James.

Andy

JamesJWeg wrote:

Thanks, with this thread I think that makes it much more interesting. However you didn't edit your first post in that thread.

James.

Fixed.

Thusie

Andy wrote:

OK I modded the rulez - cool?

That be cool

DoctorIt

Funny you should put up this game now, Andy. The smugmug account and scanner I gifted my mom for xmas are really getting a workout! Get ready to see lots of little Doctorit's...

Andy

Ivar,

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=226263#post226263

Very cool! There was an article in "American Photo" recently about a guy who went to a small town area in Arkansas and purchased every photo made by a certain portrait photographer in the early 1900s - he amassed a colleciton of thousands - they were very similar to yours!

ivar

Andy wrote:

Ivar,

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=226263#post226263

Very cool! There was an article in "American Photo" recently about a guy who went to a small town area in Arkansas and purchased every photo made by a certain portrait photographer in the early 1900s - he amassed a colleciton of thousands - they were very similar to yours!

Thanks, i love those old photos. Alot of them, including this one, are from Kosice, Slovakia (used to be from Hungary i believe) All the ones i have posted are from people somehow related to me. Our family has 1000s of them, and they are slowly but surely being digitized, mainly by my dad. I think we are up to 6Gb already. Quite a few in good condition. Even a few from the 1800s!

I have heard about stories similar to the one you mentioned; people going somewhere to find pictures of a certain photographer. I have a hard time keeping up with my own fotos, let alone got time to find others. Almost all my fotos are film, and i need to scan nearly all of them...:D

DoctorIt

ivar wrote:

Alot of them, including this one, are from Kosice, Slovakia (used to be from Hungary i believe)

what do you mean by used to be from Hungary? Like way back, when it was all the Austro-Hungarian empire? Kinda funny as I was educating Andy on the history of Czechs and Slovaks, not Czechoslovaks, the other day.


Kosice is a really nice city, btw. It's second in size to Bratislave, but in my opinion, a nicer place to visit.


Ivar, you have quite a collection! wow!

ivar

DoctorIt wrote:

what do you mean by used to be from Hungary? Like way back, when it was all the Austro-Hungarian empire? Kinda funny as I was educating Andy on the history of Czechs and Slovaks, not Czechoslovaks, the other day.


Kosice is a really nice city, btw. It's second in size to Bratislave, but in my opinion, a nicer place to visit.


Ivar, you have quite a collection! wow!

Slovakia used to be a part of Hungary, till somewhere in the 1910s i believe, i don't remember the exact year. After that the Czechoslovak period, and then the Czech and Slovaks, not too long ago. Even I can remember that happening, and i am not that old

The problem is that the collection keeps on growing, and growing. The bigger problem is that with most photos i have no idea of what or who is on them. My grandparents who are still alive know most of them, my dad already knows alot less, and i know hardly anything about them. So alot of notes and folders

Andy, did the article give a reason as to why the guy was buying all the photos?

ivar

ivar wrote:

Slovakia used to be a part of Hungary, till somewhere in the 1910s i believe, i don't remember the exact year. After that the Czechoslovak period, and then the Czech and Slovaks, not too long ago.

some more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosice

DoctorIt

New line of comment: is it me or was anyone else a bit surprised to see our own rahmonster was a wee baby in 1987! She makes me look like an old goat!

Heya kiddo!

gus

DoctorIt wrote:

New line of comment: is it me or was anyone else a bit surprised to see our own rahmonster was a wee baby in 1987! She makes me look like an old goat!

Heya kiddo!

Yikes !! I bought my 1st house in '87. :uhoh

wholenewlight

Cool Watch!!

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=227084&postcount=57

Andy

DoctorIt wrote:

New line of comment: is it me or was anyone else a bit surprised to see our own rahmonster was a wee baby in 1987! She makes me look like an old goat!

Heya kiddo!

I have shoes, and something in the freezer, that date before 1987

Angelo

wholenewlight wrote:

Cool Watch!!

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=227084&postcount=57

That's my Hopalong Cassidy watch. I still have it!

rahmonster

Andy wrote:

I have shoes, and something in the freezer, that date before 1987

I have just had my bithday (Jan 11th) I was born in 87 that makes me 19 I'm pretty sure

(now the jig is up)

rahmonster

It must have been taken around Xmas 87.

ivar

I love this game thumb

DoctorIt

rahmonster wrote:

I have just had my bithday (Jan 11th) I was born in 87 that makes me 19 I'm pretty sure

(now the jig is up)

Well in that case: :bday

rahmonster

DoctorIt wrote:

Well in that case: :bday

Thanks:D

rahmonster

Andy this is fantastic!

Wonderful idea.

ivar

photodoug, very cool, is that santa claus?

ivar

No one wants to play anymore? Should I make it easier?