Thanks Risa for this post. It has been good to view a picture that
very likely is that of Barret.
Your take upon his appearance is that he looks very old. His hair is
still dark, and his face lacks wrinkles, so I estimate that your view
of his looks comes from the fact that his hairline has receded a bit.
If you look more closely at the picture, you will notice that he is
looking somewhat downward, which of course will highlight his forehead
in a photo. If you look at his childhood pictures closely, you will
notice in certain pictures that his real hair line is on the high side
of the norm.
I have been a fan of Barrets for many years. Years ago I had come
across his various fan-sites and their respective pictures of him. I
noticed a few pictures of Barret that included his biological parents,
and I figured that Barret had roughly a 52% chance of becoming bald
like his 40ish year old father in those photos because baldness is
genetic.
I have seen balding men in their 20's, so it is not at all surprising
to me to see a guy in his 30s with a balding head. Indeed, I began to
get a duke-like bald spot on the back of my head back when I was in my
20's. Fortunately for me, the bald spot continues to grow very slowly.
I have also seen mean in their 60's or 70's with a head full of
naturally dark hair. Hair is not a good external measurement of age. I
have found that closely looking at a mans face is a better but still
imperfect way of judging age range. I find women to even be harder to
gage on age range. Age really isn't very important in our day to day
relationships aside from our desire to talk about past events during
era s that the other person very likely had also lived through.
Thanks again for the photo / info. I hope to see and learn more about
Barret and his present life as time progresses.
Bman

--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "Risa"
<loochiferblackwell@...> wrote:
>
> i am speechless..i can't believe that is him...there is no way...He
> looks like he's 60 yrs old not 34!!!! WOW...wtf happened to him!?? HE
> used to be sOOO GORGEOUS as a kid!!!ahhhh I'm freaking OUT RIGHT NOW
>