Tell me ten unusual things about you.

[Isabo]

Tell me ten unusual things about you.
I'll start:
1) Less than a year after I was married I was in a car accident and spent six months in bed in hospital. Me, my mother-in-law and my mother all spent a lot of time together and became really good friends.
2) I have two ugly scars from the accident running from my hips to almost my knees. I don't like them but I don't try to hide them either.
3) I'm a heavy smoker, I drink intoxicating beverages and real coffee.
4) My feet hurt for years for no apparent reason. A shoe salesman solved it when he told me I was wearing shoes a size to small for me! Duh!
5) I collect watches.
6) I keep a pistol and my little Protech knife in my handbag.
7) My lawyer husband looks like one of the three musketeers with his long hair, moustache and soul patch. I'm a typical middleaged, conservatively dressed housewife. Our styles are very different. My beloved tattooed offspring, dresses like a biker chick, her lawyer boyfriend dresses very conservatively.
8) I used to collect comics, I sold most of them. It was enough to finance the restoration of our weekend cottage. I wish I could get my old favourites on dvd.
9) I devour old films and books. I can watch and read them over and over again.
10) I love old cars. I compete with my old hotrod Porsche in hillclimbs.

[masraum]

1) I lived in Japan twice for a total of about 5 years when I was younger because my father was in the Navy
2) I got a 780 on the math portion of the SATs (800 is perfect)
3) I've never smoked a cigarette or tried any illegal drugs in my life.
4) I bartended in topless bars for 5 years before I got into IT (and for the first year until my salary improved) (this makes #3 more amazing
5) I've never had any serious health issues, no glasses, no accidents, nothing. I think the worst I've had is 5 or 6 stitches.
6) I know how to use an abacus
7) I've been on 4 of the seven continents (but figure I should end life with that figure at 6 of 7)
8)I've gone 150mph in a car
9)I love most things Japanese or having to do with Japan
10) I've never been arrested or had anything more than traffic or parking tickets.

[masraum]

Originally posted by Isabo
Tell me ten unusual things about you.
I'll start:

3) I'm a heavy smoker, I drink intoxicating beverages and real coffee.

Actually this one makes you ultra-normal. If you didn't do any of those things it would be unusual. I haven't ever smoked or drank coffee, and I haven't had any type of soda in years. I don't drink much alcoholic stuff.

8) I used to collect comics, I sold most of them. It was enough to finance the restoration of our weekend cottage. I wish I could get my old favourites on dvd.

What sort of comics??

[Isabo]

Mostly old DC and Marvel.

[Moses]

Only 10?

1)I Live one mile from the house I grew up in.

2) The phone company issued me the same home phone number that was in the house I grew up in (number generated at random).

3) My wife and I were born in the same hospital a year apart. Our birth certificates are signed by the same people.

3) Shortly after graduating, my elementary school, middle school and high school all closed.

4) I hate apricots and marshmallows.

5) I’m compulsively punctual.

6) I’ll try pretty much anything. I don’t mind risk taking. I’ll reschedule work at a moments notice to go off “adventuring”.

7) I MUST take a shower after I get a haircut.

8) I’ve had a lot of different jobs; Construction worker, auto mechanic, doctor.

9) I cannot STAND unsolicited advice. Never could. I hated parental guidance as a kid. My mom says I was impossible to “parent”. I was pretty independent.

10) My Porsche was a gift from my best friend. My son has his first name and his son has mine.

[Wickd89]

Good Thread:

1) I was born in Havana, Cuba
2) Married to a Swiss Girl for over 13 years (16 years together).
3) Have a pair of twins (Matthew and Lauren; 4.5 years old).
4) Aunt was a psycholigist and periodically tested my intelligence. Always came up over 145, although heavy drinking in college probably erased most of that.
5) Love Chocolate, but shouldn't since diabetes runs in the family. God's funny little joke.
6)Consider Cars to be a vice but recognize it is a HUGE part of who I am. Love working on them, looking at them, driving them, reading about them, going to F1 races (ALMS as well), etc.
7) Still think the 70/80's were fantastic.
8) Love to travel (specifically in Europe). Might explain why I married a girl that speaks german, french, italian, english, spanish and Russian. She is also fluent in Latin...
9) Consider myself a loyal American and wish the World knew what a great country this really is.
10) Love life, and look forward to every single day. Just as happy on the sunning in the French Riviera as being in a pub in Newport watching a basketball game!

[syncroid]

1) I have the same eye prescription in both eyes.

2) I have been married (and faithful) to the same woman for 19+ years.

3) My Carrera IS my mistress.

4) I prefer reading the news in a news paper vs. on a computer.

5) I tend to be a perfectionist.

6) I work on Porsches for a living.

7) Sometimes I hate my job.

8) I like to do yard work and gardening.

9) Drinking good wine is my only bad habit.

10) I will need a valve job in my future. (leaking mitral valve)

[Seahawk]

1) We named our daughter, Arden, after my mother, the best person I have ever known.
2) My wife is smarter than I am but I’m more cunning. It works and I’m lucky.
3) Water is my element, on it or in it.
4) I hate bullies, both intellectual and physical.
5) The written word is sacred and honored.
6) I met my best friend when we were both poor. We aren’t now but we are still best friends.
7) Being shot at is not nearly as frightening as the prospect of it happening again, soon.
8) If I hadn’t been able to hit a curve ball, I wouldn’t have gone to a good school…I took full advantage.
9) I hate flying when I can’t touch the sticks…hate it.
10) I’m restless…I like to go and see things.

[Rot 911]

1. I am first generation American. Both of my grandfathers fought for the Germans in WWII. Neither survived. My dad fought for the U.S., but was sent to the Pacific because he was a German.

2. With the exception of Somalia, I have been a part of every U.S. conflict from Vietnam through Iraq.

3. Me, my wife and my daughter all have four letter first names and they all start with a K.

4. My wife and I are the same height, but she has longer legs.

5. I can fly a helicopter.

6. I have slept tied into the face of the Diamond on Longs Peak in CO.

7. I have been shot 3 times, none fatal.

8. I can turn one eye in towards my nose and keep the other eye looking out straight. Freaks out my daughter.

9. When I get out of the shower I dry myself the same way every time.

10. I broke my leg skiing on the Eiger Mountain and spent 10 days in a Swiss hospital while in the military.

[azasadny]

OK, I'll play...

1. I have played the drums since I was about 8 (37 years)
2. I brew my own beer
3. I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman (medic) for 9 years
4. I served in Desert Shield/Storm
5. I used to hunt duck, goose and pheasant
6. I'm severely color-blind
7. I once ate Thanksgiving dinner with George W. Bush, when he was the POTUS and I was carrying a Beretta 92FS, locked and loaded (I was in Saudi Arabia)
8. I used to own a 1966 Rambler Classic 770 Sedan
9. My favorite food is Japanese, least favorite is Polish
10. I have three pet ferrets (Corky, Cinnamon and Spice)

I guess I'm not very interesting after all...

[pwd72s]

1. I don't play psychobabble games.

2.l ditto

3. ditto

4. ditto

5. ditto

6. ditto.

7. ditto

8. ditto

9. ditto

10. ditto

Now, imagine yourself in a lifeboat or a bomb shelter with the following 10 people.... It's about democracy. The situation demands that 9 others decide whom to sacrifice. Then 8 others, etc. Just hypothetical, you understand...

Gee, does this remind anyone of "values clarification" in high school? But then, the teachers didn't call it that...

Isabo? You just learned how easy it is to get the USA population to "spill their guts". You see, back in screw-all, it was a lot more "fun" to talk about "feelings" than to learn math, proper sentence structure, etc.

Is this a great nation or what???

[RANDY P]

1 1st generation here. Parents born in PI

2 obsessive collector of ANYTHING. Once I get "into" a hobby, then it's all out until exhaustion. Almost a neurosis. 37 years old with 37 cars owned.

3 loves drag racing and motorsports in general.

4 views having a job with disdain. Believes in leaving work at work.

5- hate getting my pic taken

6- not into small talk. very quiet and reserved

7- really into music. has music collection with more titles then the average Fred Meyer

8 chronic under sleeper

9 cluttered house and disorganized desk, but workmanship is recognized as the best in the area.

10 - chronically "square". They say I stick to the rules - too much.

[tabs]

Everything about me is unusal.

1. I don't work.
2. I am an only Child and Grandchild.
3. I used to Prospect for Gold (now just seek treasure in collecting)
4. I remember the storys that people tell about their lives.
5. I am insatiable when it comes to learning about things that interest me (I want to know the reason why)
6. I am analaytic (I put the pieces of the puzzle together)
7. I am a contraian and can see both sides of an issue at the same time.
8. I have determination and the ability to stick to my guns that is 2nd to none. (In spite of great adversity)
9. I am persuasive
10. I am at one with myself as a Being. (I had to use the above traits to get there).

and number 11....I can't spell.

[notfarnow]

1) A couple years ago I saw God, and he was really pissed. He told me "your time is up" then there was a countdown, and then I passed out.

2) My mother-in-law is a narcissistic sociopath, and is not allowed on our property.

3) I bought the first house I ever looked at. It's my dream house, and I will never, ever move. Ever.

4) I rarely meet a person I don't like. I'm like a dumb dog that way.

5) I really like dumb dogs

6) I was once described in print like this: "He was a fly-by-the-seat-of-his pants renaissance man. He did things on a whim. He ate things on a dare. Barnum and Bailey could have charged to see him"

7) About 10 years ago I worked with a girl who was the kindest,
most sincere person I had ever met. Years later we crossed paths again, and now she's my wife. My wife is the center of my world

8) Part of my wedding vows were words of wisdom from Moses, posted on this forum

9) In 1999, after a night of hard drinking and a dare/bet gone wrong, I ended up registered in Montreal's prostitution database. A friend took a picture of me in a short skirt & pumps, leaning against the cop car.

10) I've been attending university on and off since 1995, and should graduate -according to recent calculations- in 2009

[Isabo]

Is it paradoxical that pwd72s, who does not play psychobabble games, has told us more about himself than anyone else who posted?

[on2wheels52]

1) Have not had live network TV at home since the mid-70's
2) My wife was best friends with my favorite sister for several years before we met
3) There's eleven motorcycles in my basement/garage
4) I've weighed +or- five pounds since high school
5) Only one grandparent was alive when my oldest sister was born
6) Sometimes I get tired of people asking for money
7) I have ten extra torque wrenches
8) My wife and I are still friends after twenty years
9) Job is jealous of my patience
10) I'm as happy at work as at home

Jim

[IROC]

1. My wife is 13 years younger than me, my son (from 1st marriage) is 13 years younger than my wife and my daughter is 13 years younger than my son.
2. I was born in Battle Creek, MI, but have lived most of my life in the south.
3. I am freakishly punctual.
4. I never need an alarm clock - I always wake up on time no matter where I am.
5. I am fascinated by the weather.
6. I am extremely considerate of other people's feelings.
7. I have never collected anything.
8. I like to stand outside on cold, winter nights and just look up at the stars.
9. My wife and I have never owed any money on credit cards.
10. I love to play guitar, but I am not very good at it.

[oldE]

1. I am the seventh son of a seventh child.

2. My feet are symetrical and size 12 C.

3. I built my house with my own hands (and some help from my family)

4. After 30 years, I still can't believe how lucky I am to have married this woman.

5. I know far more about horses now than I ever suspected I would.

6. I have a funny story about how I managed to score 165 on an IQ test in high school.

7. I love to drive.

8. I am often asked if I am/was a teacher or an engineer.

9. I am a poor judge of character and tend to believe what people tell me.

10. All 9 of my siblings (all older than I), their 25 children and 29 grandchildren are alive.

Les

[Christien]

Originally posted by notfarnow

9) In 1999, after a night of hard drinking and a dare/bet gone wrong, I ended up registered in Montreal's prostitution database. A friend took a picture of me in a short skirt & pumps, leaning against the cop car.

I SO want to hear this story!!!

[Porsche_monkey]

1. I am educated far beyond my intelligence
2. People that work for me have not figured 1. out
3. I eat peanut butter for lunch every day. I have done this for over 30 years
4. I often have peanut butter for breakfast also.
5. I have dated or been married to my wife since I was 16, that's 32 years.
6. As soon as I consider a car 'finished' I sell it. It's not about the driving for me.
7. I have a memory like an elephant. If I'm interested in the topic.
8. I can fix almost anything. If I'm interested.
9. My life is sufficiently boring that listing ten interesting things about me is really stretching it.
10. Okay, I scored in the 99th percentile on math on the MBA entrance exam.