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This guy was quite the Mr. Dress-up wasn't he?

We need to go for a DNA test...LOL

blizz

Curt A wrote:I particularly like one of the other pics of this guy holding a Stevens Bicycle Gun. My dad had one of these when I was growing up and I don't know what he did with it...

Well, those were different days. Bicycle hunting has since been banned: the few surviving high-wheelers are now a protected species...

- Bill

soundgen wrote:let's hope the buyer at US $1,526.01 was Oliver if so it would have made him very happy ! perhaps he'll now buy the ones of his grandad playing the guitar and being in the Army and out hunting ! and he should get the rest of the album they came from an old family home perhaps

Since they aren't actually his grandfather, I think he should be extremely unhappy with his purchase... although they are still interesting pics of some unknown person.

Lucius1958 wrote:

Curt A wrote:I particularly like one of the other pics of this guy holding a Stevens Bicycle Gun. My dad had one of these when I was growing up and I don't know what he did with it...

Well, those were different days. Bicycle hunting has since been banned: the few surviving high-wheelers are now a protected species...

- Bill

The 1890s was a different time, for sure... it's a good thing that bicycle hunting has been banned, it was getting out of hand.

fmblizz wrote:We need to go for a DNA test...LOL

blizz

I'm not sure it would work on a tintype...

Curt A wrote:

soundgen wrote:let's hope the buyer at US $1,526.01 was Oliver if so it would have made him very happy ! perhaps he'll now buy the ones of his grandad playing the guitar and being in the Army and out hunting ! and he should get the rest of the album they came from an old family home perhaps

Since they aren't actually his grandfather, I think he should be extremely unhappy with his purchase... although they are still interesting pics of some unknown person.

Oxford English Dictionary's definitions of irony is "a figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used".

soundgen wrote:

Curt A wrote:

soundgen wrote:let's hope the buyer at US $1,526.01 was Oliver if so it would have made him very happy ! perhaps he'll now buy the ones of his grandad playing the guitar and being in the Army and out hunting ! and he should get the rest of the album they came from an old family home perhaps

Since they aren't actually his grandfather, I think he should be extremely unhappy with his purchase... although they are still interesting pics of some unknown person.

Oxford English Dictionary's definitions of irony is "a figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used".

Sorry, Soundgen... I didn't pick up on the "irony" or sarcasm... Sometimes it's hard to interpret when reading posts as opposed to real conversation...

Since they aren't actually his grandfather, I think he should be extremely unhappy with his purchase... although they are still interesting pics of some unknown person.[/quote]

Oxford English Dictionary's definitions of irony is "a figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used".[/quote]
Sorry, Soundgen... I didn't pick up on the "irony" or sarcasm... Sometimes it's hard to interpret when reading posts as opposed to real conversation... [/quote]

Yes ! some say Americans don't understand irony BUT they understand the Simpsons irony rules !

Irony or sarcasm are usually "disguised" in statements that sound true, but are meant in a different or joking manner opposite of what's actually said. They are somewhat hard to see in internet posts and for some people they are hard to discern in conversation. I have always used this is conversations, especially with my mother when she was alive... she was always way too serious. As far as Americans and the Simpsons, I can't relate to that, I hate them (the Simpsons). I was always a big fan of Monty Python and British humor...