Fill In The Blank: I Survived ___________.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Me: I Survived The Disco Era! 😏

[Glamrock]

1. Catholic School

K-12 baby!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. Holy crap!

[Callalily]

3. Hahahahahaha! Me too!

[TEB]

4. We're you sober

Just asking for the boog

[Glamrock]

5. Actually I was.

Had/have a mom with nooses for apron strings. Consequently, a late bloomer. Turned 18,moved out, freaked out!

[Iggo]

24. I got out in second grade.

In defense of catholic schools in the sixties, when I got to public school I was miles ahead of the other kids in the three Rs.

[Behind the Aegis]

6. ...the War on Christmas.

[TEB]

7. That made me laugh

Thank You

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. My hero!

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. Food poisoning!

Ate some leftover Thai food on Christmas Day that was apparently too left over. Just started feeling human again last night. Had the flu in early November, so I'm sick of being sick! Looking forward to a healthier and happier 2019.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. Bummer!

Happy New Years!

[vlyons]

10. I survived

an earthquake, 2 hurricanes, and a tornado that destroyed my house last year. I win.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

12. Damn! 🥇

[Ohiogal]

13. Stage 3 cancer

Yay me!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. Yay indeed!

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. High school.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. No mean feat! ✌🏻

[Aristus]

17. A Scud missile attack in the Gulf in 1991.

[3catwoman3]

18. Munching on raw cookie dough...

...while pressing out 100s of Christmas cookies from my favorite Spritz butter cookie recipe, which does contain eggs. I made 3 double batches

[Fla Dem]

19. Commuting from the suburbs into and out of Boston for 20 years.

[Brother Buzz]

20. I Survived the Sixties, I think

If you remember the Sixties, you weren't there, yet I remember the Muir Beach Acid Test. Weird.

[PennyK]

21. Cancer treatment!

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Let's see if I can compile a list of the ailments that hit me after Chemo and radiation:
COPD
Thickened blood in chest from chemo port, so had to take blood thinners
Treatment area became infected, so antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen treatment, and biological dressings
Depression and anxiety
Osteoarthritis
Pneumonia
Oh yeah...my hair didn't grow back.

[woofless]

22. 60 MPH collision

between me on my bike and a large white tail doe. Killed the deer.

[LeftInTX]

23. Falling into an orchestra pit

Unscathed, except for a broken toe

[In_The_Wind]

25. I survived being ponzied by Bernie Madoff.

[Soxfan58]

26. Quadruple coronary by-pass

And almost bleed out in recovery. Even saw the bright light!

[Wolf Frankula]

27. The Reagan Depression of the 80's

I've also been robbed on four continents, three times by cops, been shot at four times, mortared twice and rocketed once.

Wolf

[alittlelark]

28. Anaphylactic Shock.......

..... many times.....

[k8conant]

29. losing 9 units of blood...

when my daughter was born in 1992.

[no_hypocrisy]

30. my malignantly narcissistic father and the insanity he brought to my life.

[ADX]

31. So far...

[Cousin Dupree]

32. My mother-in-law

[Comatose Sphagetti]

33. Alcoholism

Thus far.

[yuiyoshida]

34. The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake..

I was 3 years old at the time.

[First Speaker]

36. It's funny...my granduncle survived the 1906 quake...

...he was only 14, and staying at the same hotel, with his family, as Enrico Caruso. He said it was like the end of the world, and that everyone knew immediately that a major disaster had occurred. He and his father spent days helping put the fires out. Uncle Pierce was a neat guy, who saw a lot--the 1906 quake, the 1912 World Series, Babe Ruth's Called Shot in 1932 (he says it did really happen!), and Louis Armstrong's first night in NY City with Fletcher Henderson's band in 1924, which revolutionized music.

[Solly Mack]

35. Cancer

[First Speaker]

37. Childhood sexual abuse, severe bi-polar...

...the suicide of my partner, and two suicide attempts myself. And yet, I don't think I've led a particularly unhappy life. Does that say more about me, or about life...?

[procon]

38. I Survived my ex husband's attempt to murder me.

He aimed at my face, pulled the trigger and the bullet whizzed so close I could feel it ruffle my hair. That was 1971. He was pals with many local cops and when he claimed it was an accident, they believed him and he got away it. I fled and lived in fear of him finding me. Years afterward I heard he was badly injured in a car accident and left crippled, I felt that krama had settled the score.

[backtoblue]

39. Got tangled in an above ground pool ladder

Went head down in the pool, upside down with my legs/thighs caught.

Luckily, a friend saw and held my head above water so I could escape my watery death.

Scared the hell out of me

[Xolodno]

40. Montezuma's Revenge.

Was after a college field trip to Mexicali. No symptoms showed up right away, went on a quick weekend getaway with some friends afterwards. About two hours from home....well, not sure how I made it. But I was on my back for a few days.