If you look like your passport photo...

Midnite Toker · May 5th, 2003, 18:30

Quote:

"If you look like your passport photo, in all probability you need the journey"
Earl Wilson

This isn't a new passport photo, and I definitely needed the journey back then. I was nearly refused entry to Singapore with it until the immigration officer saw I'd chopped the flowing locks off. At Calcutta airport, however, they waved me through with characteristic unconcern.

Now, who else will risk opening themselves to humiliation and post a passport photo?

paan wallah · May 5th, 2003, 19:43

my actual passport photo looks nearly the same,long hairs and a big beard....2 years ago I changed my look into short hairs and no beard...
the pic in my password is 6 years old.....
so last year travelling in india and southeastasia many times I heard the words: this is not your passpport!!!!

Tomi · May 5th, 2003, 20:31

Ok, I'll bite.
Three passport photos, worn and badly scanned, sorry:
Looking nerdy at 9, my first passport.

In my 30s (1981), after shaving my beard and cutting my hair for travel in Eastern Europe.

Current, looking hot in my 50s...

jjacquemain · May 5th, 2003, 23:13

This was taken after a 12 hour shift.......I should have done something with my hair, huh?

I've looked the same since I was 14......I hated it for years but now that I'm 30-something.....it's rather nice!

Who else dares to show your passport photo??

wonderwomanusa · May 5th, 2003, 23:39

I'd love to show some of mine, but alas, no scanner!

Gretchen

maree · May 6th, 2003, 02:33

Well, don't have my passport here at work so can't post a photo. I remember ten years ago trying to get a decent photo to send to the passport office. The first try was horrible and I wasn't going to have that on record for ten years.... so I tried again...even worse. Third time lucky but I'd spent NZ$30 at that stage. So, 10 years on and I don't look too different now but my passport itself looks seriously dodgy after I accidentally sent it to a laundry in Ecuador a couple of years ago - lots of indistinct visa stamps and I've had to glue down the photo page a few times so that it doesn't look like I've changed the photo. I'll be sad to stop using it though as it's full of good memories...but it runs out this December and there's only one or two pages left anyway. Comparing passport photos is always good for a laugh on boring bus trips.

-m2- · May 6th, 2003, 03:04

I scanned a few pix, but don't know what to do with them as it appears from reading the vB Code help, they have to be on the web somewhere and linked and I don't have an on-line albumn to use. am I missing something?

Midnite Toker · May 6th, 2003, 03:08

-m2- look down below the message box where you write the text, that one that says Attach file: You just click "Choose" and browse to the photo on your computer.

rab · May 6th, 2003, 05:26

Tomi I saw you in that film where the two blokes drive a van back from Mexico and the van was stuffed with weed and it caught fire outside the rock-fight and everyone in there got stoned. They ended up on stage and won the competition. Remember it?

You don't wear the head band round your head anyone more?

I am one of your biggest fans by the way!

-m2- · May 6th, 2003, 05:48

ah, ok -- I was looking at the quick reply box. Will give it a try:

here's one from a passport renewal in Delhi, 1969 -- see if it's under 50k, my more, er, hirsute one from '74 was too big.

(photo missing)

maree · May 6th, 2003, 06:19

Is that a fur-lined vest you are wearing, -m2-? You know they're back in fashion?!

-m2- · May 6th, 2003, 06:33

genuine Afghani embroidered sheep-skin -- around $3 and smelly when wet. Guess i should have held on to it; mostly settle for ersatz fleece for my vests these days

.

Tomi · May 6th, 2003, 09:26

Rab, thanks for the compliment, but I wish you hadn't resurrected the old ghost. I've been trying to forget that movie for years, even burned the head band. I still get fan letters and proposals, mostly from burned out old losers. I play gin rummy with Dennis Hopper every Wednesday and he rubs in how much better he has survived.
I think I might know you...hmm...where's your passport picture?

rab · May 6th, 2003, 13:50

Just for you Tomi, oh great one ... !

iasis · May 6th, 2003, 16:54

Well,M_T..I will try to post also my passport photo as soon as I find a scanner!My photo in my passport was taken just 2 days before leaving for India last summer!It will be fun...u can see all the stress in my face for receiving my passport on time in order to leave-also on time-for N.Delhi and ofcourse u can see all my happiness and excitement as well for this long awaited first trip to India!
Hmm...what I am talking about anyway,u was the one who had to answer all my questions even few hours before leaving!!
I ll never forget that!
cheers

May 5th, 2003, 20:31	#3
Tomi Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA, USA Posts: 449	The three ages of man Ok, I'll bite. Three passport photos, worn and badly scanned, sorry: Looking nerdy at 9, my first passport. In my 30s (1981), after shaving my beard and cutting my hair for travel in Eastern Europe. Current, looking hot in my 50s... Attached Thumbnails

May 5th, 2003, 23:13	#4
jjacquemain Nothing is illegal until you get caught~ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio USA Posts: 534	This was taken after a 12 hour shift.......I should have done something with my hair, huh? I've looked the same since I was 14......I hated it for years but now that I'm 30-something.....it's rather nice! Who else dares to show your passport photo?? Attached Thumbnails

May 5th, 2003, 23:39	#5
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 3,256	I'd love to show some of mine, but alas, no scanner! Gretchen __________________ The map is not the territory. --Alfred Korzybski

May 6th, 2003, 03:04	#7
-m2- . Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: . Posts: 1,578	attaching photos for dummies I scanned a few pix, but don't know what to do with them as it appears from reading the vB Code help, they have to be on the web somewhere and linked and I don't have an on-line albumn to use. am I missing something?

May 6th, 2003, 05:48	#10
-m2- . Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: . Posts: 1,578	ah, ok -- I was looking at the quick reply box. Will give it a try: here's one from a passport renewal in Delhi, 1969 -- see if it's under 50k, my more, er, hirsute one from '74 was too big. (photo missing) Last edited by -m2- : Jun 19th, 2004 at 00:02.

May 5th, 2003, 19:43	#2
paan wallah kitchen guru Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: universe Posts: 347	my actual passport photo looks nearly the same,long hairs and a big beard....2 years ago I changed my look into short hairs and no beard... the pic in my password is 6 years old..... so last year travelling in india and southeastasia many times I heard the words: this is not your passpport!!!!

May 6th, 2003, 02:33	#6
maree Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Zealander in Bangkok Posts: 850	Well, don't have my passport here at work so can't post a photo. I remember ten years ago trying to get a decent photo to send to the passport office. The first try was horrible and I wasn't going to have that on record for ten years.... so I tried again...even worse. Third time lucky but I'd spent NZ$30 at that stage. So, 10 years on and I don't look too different now but my passport itself looks seriously dodgy after I accidentally sent it to a laundry in Ecuador a couple of years ago - lots of indistinct visa stamps and I've had to glue down the photo page a few times so that it doesn't look like I've changed the photo. I'll be sad to stop using it though as it's full of good memories...but it runs out this December and there's only one or two pages left anyway. Comparing passport photos is always good for a laugh on boring bus trips.

May 6th, 2003, 03:08	#8
Midnite Toker absconding member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 474	-m2- look down below the message box where you write the text, that one that says Attach file: You just click "Choose" and browse to the photo on your computer.

May 6th, 2003, 05:26	#9
rab Honorary Mod Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: McLaren Vale, South Australia Posts: 1,214	Tomi I saw you in that film where the two blokes drive a van back from Mexico and the van was stuffed with weed and it caught fire outside the rock-fight and everyone in there got stoned. They ended up on stage and won the competition. Remember it? You don't wear the head band round your head anyone more? I am one of your biggest fans by the way!

May 6th, 2003, 06:19	#11
maree Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Zealander in Bangkok Posts: 850	Is that a fur-lined vest you are wearing, -m2-? You know they're back in fashion?!

May 6th, 2003, 06:33	#12
-m2- . Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: . Posts: 1,578	genuine Afghani embroidered sheep-skin -- around $3 and smelly when wet. Guess i should have held on to it; mostly settle for ersatz fleece for my vests these days .

May 6th, 2003, 09:26	#13
Tomi Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA, USA Posts: 449	Rab, thanks for the compliment, but I wish you hadn't resurrected the old ghost. I've been trying to forget that movie for years, even burned the head band. I still get fan letters and proposals, mostly from burned out old losers. I play gin rummy with Dennis Hopper every Wednesday and he rubs in how much better he has survived. I think I might know you...hmm...where's your passport picture?

May 6th, 2003, 13:50	#14
rab Honorary Mod Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: McLaren Vale, South Australia Posts: 1,214	Just for you Tomi, oh great one ... ! Attached Images

May 6th, 2003, 16:54	#15
iasis Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: neverland Posts: 77	Well,M_T..I will try to post also my passport photo as soon as I find a scanner!My photo in my passport was taken just 2 days before leaving for India last summer!It will be fun...u can see all the stress in my face for receiving my passport on time in order to leave-also on time-for N.Delhi and ofcourse u can see all my happiness and excitement as well for this long awaited first trip to India! Hmm...what I am talking about anyway,u was the one who had to answer all my questions even few hours before leaving!! I ll never forget that! cheers

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