DON D's CENTERFOLD PHOTO

Don D

I finally got my t-shirt and managed a photo. The $5000 Margaret sent was instrumental. I hesitate to post this since only two have been posted, I think, and both of them (Paul and Christy) have disappeared. Anyway, here's my first bottle tree, the bike and the infamous T-Shirt. The Carona is under the helmet. For those of you who want a dart-board, I don't know how to blow it up.

[url]http://www.hrhero.com/forum/don.jpg[/url]

ritaanz

Spectacular. Now you have to guess, was I referring to the bottle tree, the bike, the hidden Corona or you? x:P

scottorr

Nice Don D, nice. I mean the motorcycle.

ray a

Looks like you have a beard or goatee. I've always said, "Never trust a guy with a beard." Oops, I just shaved mine off last February after 25 years.

So, where is the black leather jacket?

cebudragonlady

That is a good picture !

Chari

Don D

The photo actually makes me look bald which I'm not. The Forum editor should enlarge it a bit to prove that. When a man turns 50, he has to do a couple of really stupid things. In my case it was a bike and a goatee.

ritaanz

I may be going out on a limb (Get it? Bottle tree?) here, but you can park your bike in my driveway any time. x;-)

sonny

Yeah, but are you going to let HIM stay?

mamhradm

>The photo actually makes me look bald which I'm not. The Forum editor
>should enlarge it a bit to prove that. When a man turns 50, he has to
>do a couple of really stupid things. In my case it was a bike and a
>goatee.


OK Don, 'fess up -

Ifn's it wuz really you in that Memoir in usadeepsouth, you turned 50 'bout 7 yars ago.

I have yet to see a rebuttal that the guy in the pic is really you and not some younger version of yerself/kin.

But, if it is, and I'm willing to give you a reasonable doubt, I'd like to drink what you're drinking - and it must be something other than the Corona under the helmet!

(is that goatee/vandyke's color au natural? HR must not have been that stressful for you!!!)

AprilShowers

This is exactly the reason I visit this forum! Great Picture
Never seen (or heard) of a "bottle tree" before. Is this something unique to you Don or is it a Southern culture thing?????

April

Leslie

Don:

Perfect. And of course you're not bald. Just thinning on top. x;-)

sonny

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 06-26-03 AT 12:37PM (CST)[/font][p]don is responsible for getting me interested in bottle trees. .He can add more, but this is what I have learned..It is a tradition that came from Africa. The bottles are supposed to trap spirts. .evil and ancestoral and keep them from coming into your home and causing harm. It is largely a Southern thing. Blue was one of the favorite colors..apparently best at keeping away evil. Though I understand that bottle trees have become scarce, in the rural south you still lots of blue doors. I am saving bottles now for mine.

AprilShowers

I see...very interesting....

sonny

Very nice, but since you chose to wear long pants, Paul and Baby Cole will remained tied for best legs prize..Speaking of which. .Paul should be back soon and I'm sure will add editorial comment being the only other Forum pin up boy. . well at least the only one that can talk.

System

Don: I had to shrink the image so it wouldn't bog down everyone's computer. I put larger versions of the photo on a separate web page. There's a dartboard-sized photo (8x10 inches) and, for prospective brides, a poster-size photo (2 feet wide, 3 feet tall):
[url]http://www.hrhero.com/forum/DonD.shtml[/url]

James Sokolowski
HRhero.com

Rockie

Hey Don! Where are your staples and fig leaf?????

Forrister7

I think I'm in love. Don, would you consider bigamy?

Don D

Perhaps, assuming you are not BRAD FORRISTER who helps run this Forum thing.

sonny

Oh, I'm sure his wife will love the prospective brides!

ray a

Don, I'm jealous with all these women falling for you. But, I'm afraid if my picture were posted I would get the opposite reaction.

ritaanz

Mr. James, that's incredible! I think I'm gonna print the 8x10 on glossy paper and frame it. I'll call it "Babe, Beast & Bottles". x:P

sonny

You could make some money Rita, no doubt . the babe of course is the bike?

ritaanz

Soony, you are not being a good girl today. Quite naughty as a matter of fact. If you continue on your errant ways, Mr. James is going to punish you and take away your Forum priviledges. And.... we'll never get Don to pose alfresco with his fig tree again.

sonny

You are right Rita, I will head back to my cell now

Don D

If you seriously want more scoop on this bottle tree, go to [url]www.usadeepsouth.com[/url] and search the articles on the left column for my bottle tree article. This particular tree was wrestled out of the local reservoir and weighed about 240 pounds and I brought it home and dressed it up. On the other side of the yard I have a solid black, square iron tree with 20 cobalt blue quart bottles on it with a rooster weathervane on top who has cubic circonia eyes. The flamingos stay pissed at the rooster constantly. My house is full of evil spirits so Sonny's theory must not work. Rockie: the fig leaves are in the background...that is a 19 foot tall fig bush/tree! Ritaanz: Send gas money. Forrister: I'm still thinking. Ray: I don't do much leather. Leslie: The bike has a fifth-wheel trailer hitch. x:-)

ritaanz

Let's see. I figure it's about 1500 miles. The Beast gets @30 miles per gallon? We'll need 50 gallons at $1.90 per gallon, that's comes to $95.00. Sounds like a bargain to me. Look for my debit card to arrive shortly. x:-)

Margaret Morford

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 06-26-03 AT 03:09PM (CST)[/font][p]I've been on the East Coast for four days working with clients, only to return and find that the Forum has been turned into a porno site!!!

Now that you've seen the picture. Does Don D look like what you've pictured? If not, what did you think he looked like?

He looks nothing like Andy Rooney, (the Grand Daddy of all curmudgeons) which is what I pictured!

Margaret Morford
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mamhradm

"looooooooooooooooooooooooooong whistle"

You look MUCH younger than your wisdom and experience would suggest.

(dealing with insurance and just had to get away for a sec)

HRCathy

Don, I always enjoy reading your posts. The information you give has always helped me with sometimes difficult questions. Now to know what you look like is just the icing on the cake.

Sunny

Margaret:

I agree that Don looks wrong. (Sorry, Don.) His appearance is way too kindly and normal to suit either his writing style or its content. I pictured him older (sorry, again), slightly overweight and graying. I also pictured him in a three piece suit, with a watch chain. My sartorial expectations were probably colored by the way the managers dressed when I worked for the government lo these many years ago, as for the rest, he just doesn't look like a curmudgeon.

Sunny

scottorr

He definately does not look anything like I thought. I was picturing someone more like Grandpa Walton, sitiing on his front porch in a rocker and a laptop. Don, you know we have to bust on you!