I thought I heard my name being called somewhere!
You're too sweet, Dmacky. :heartluv:
Truth is, I became more than a little bit obsessed. I knew if JR was there how important a find that would be, especially if LE had no knowledge of it. I was
determined to identify him if he was there. I found the guy who we did eventually determine to be him kind of early on. I knew it resembled him but was no where close to feeling convinced. I think part of my hesitation was that I knew I was so obsessed with finding him, that I didn't trust my own judgement. For one thing, the girlfriend threw me off. At first, I didn't believe the girl with him at the wedding resembled his girlfriend. I had stared at those photos for hours on end for nearly 2 weeks. My eyes would literally blur over until I could barely read. About a week later, a couple of others members sent me some of the same pics wondering if the same guy could possibly be JR. (Big thanks to y'all, because that made me realize I might actually be sane since I wasn't the only one.) At that point, I asked KateB to isolate and compare the wedding photos of JR and his gf to photos of them we had saved from other places, including his mugshot. I wanted her opinion and I knew she was much more advanced than me using photo software. By then, Kate and I both were at the point where we were about 98% sure but wanted some fresh eyes to confirm that they were seeing what we were seeing. So, we asked other mods review. Finally, Sparky threw up the side-by-sides of the photos (same ones posted in Tricia's opening post). After what felt like endless hours of staring at those pics, I finally had that
"AHA!" moment. I was then 100% convinced. Even then, we got 3 more opinions, this time from people who are not even WS members (husbands, friends) and had no clue who any of these people were. Without hesitation, they confirmed they were the same people.
Here's where it gets kind of funny! lol By the time we wanted more opinions to confirm, we had posted the photos in a mod discussion thread. The last post included those side-by-sides that Sparky put up. I called Tricia
hone: and said, "hey, I think you need to take a look at these. We believe we have a proof that JR was not only at CWW's wedding but there are photos of him conversing with both CWW and MS". Keep in mind we had kept her out of the loop re. all this photo stuff we were doing until now. She immediately signed in while I was still on the phone with her and said, "Good gosh, beach! Of course they are the same person! What the heck are you waiting on?!? Why haven't you posted this?!?" :fear: I shot back, "This is your website! You own this place! You post them!" Tricia: "NO! You guys are the one that sleuthed this out and made the match, I want you guys to get the credit!" I took the :chicken: way out
cluck, cluck and said, "Okay, look. I couldn't care less about being personally credited. I'm sure and at least 6 others are in agreement now. HOWEVER, God forbid...I do not want to open an email from some innocent man threatening to sue us. I'm confident about the authenticity but not willing to take that kind of responsibility."
cluck cluck
So, there ya go. In the words of Paul Harvey, "And that my friends is the rest of the story." :curtsey:
