[jyl]

I have four small scars. One is a puncture wound scar, the pointed tip of a ski pole got stuck in my leg when I was skateboarding. My dad didn't believe in bandages, stitches, antiseptic, etc so it healed as a lumpy scar. The others are on my hips from skiing falls. The last is a deep burn in the palm on my hand, from extinguishing a candle in a jar by holding my hand over the jar's mouth until the oxygen was consumed. That was done on a bet, and burned a hole in my palm through to the muscle. I recall the process was very painful but I was determined to succeed, a bit of youthful stubborn idiocy.