On the short end of the genetic Stick.

My father recently had prints made of some negatives he'd taken from his family home after his mother passed away. That was probably 10 years ago, and my grandfather on his side passed away while I was still an infant. Here is Erwin Walter Thompson. He went by Tim as he was nicknamed after tiny Tim from "A Christmas Carol" because of his stature.

Here's my father... not a great picture, but you'll get my point...

... AND my mother, of course, and the baby. Finally, here I am.

It'd make sense if I was Jim MacDiarmid or Phil Pace, the in-focus guys over my shoulder, but I'm the blurry one in the center. I guess it merits noting that nt grandfather was a gymnast and outdoorsman, and that I never deny myself anything that MIGHT taste good, but I don't even have the rugged features.

Incidentally, They lived on Lake Mohawk in Sparta, NJ, hence the getup above. I do have some small pecentage on Native American in me, but that's on my Mother's side. If I can post more pics of my grandfather, I will. I look at them and can't believe I'm related to him.

Also, he was a draftsman for Johns-Manville in NY. My other Grandfather (Wagner) made patterns for a foundry. I can barely draw a stick figure. Hopefully I can breed some of this back into my kids.