10 things that most of DU doesn't already know about you.. PART 2

[proud patriot]

Here is part 1

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=156045

At the request of a DUer on Dial Up here is part 2

[bicentennial_baby]

1. My re-post from the bottom of Thread #1

1. I was born with one tonsil and an ear that's pointed like an elf's

2. I was supposed to be a twin, but the other fetus did'nt develop correctly

3. I broke my femur when I was 11

4. I am in an open relationship

5. I am fascinated by bacteria and viruses

6. I dropped out of the 2nd grade

7. I have a brother I've never met

8. I've wrestled a loaded gun away from someone twice my size

9. I'm terrified of deep, dark water

10. I'm very anti-social

Wow, I did'nt think I could come up woth 10, how about that?!

[Cheswick2.0]

2. HI, and

do you ever miss your twin?

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Nah

It's weird though, at the time, they were'nt aware of it, and a few months later my mom was in incredible pain, so they rushed her to the ER. She ended up having surgery to remove it, and she was supposed to be sterile after that. In 1982, she got pregnant with my brother, and they wrote it up in the New England Journal of Medicine because there was supposedly no way she could have him. kooky, eh?

[Insider]

21. #8 deserves a thread of it's own

do tell that story

[bicentennial_baby]

29. Ok

I had a psycho live-in boyfriend who developed a penchant for firearms. So, one morning when we were living with my parents, I woke up and turned on the tv. He was one of those people who has issues with being woken up, so he shot up in a rage (told you he was psycho) and pulled out his loaded .38 and points it at the tv.

Knowing he was the impulsive type who would actually do such a thing, and not wanting to get a tv screen imbedded in my face and/or go deaf, I instinctively lunged at him and grabbed the barrel, pointing it away from the tv and us. I'm 5'2 and 105 lbs., he's 6'0 and 210...he knew I was'nt letting go, so he dropped it and I told him to go take a walk before I did something I'd regret and/or go to prison for.

Needless to say, we are no longer together.

[Sufi Marmot]

79. Sufi Marmot Fun Facts...

10) I'm not actually a marmot.

9) On my own initiative I volunteered for the Gary Hary campaign when I was in junior high school.

8) I cried when the Patriots won the Superbowl.

7) I'm an 11th-generation Maine native.

6) I've been to Siberia.

5) I'm rather introverted.

4) I've never smoked pot, although I support its decriminalization.

3) I can manipulate the genome of a certain microorganism at will.

2) I am (Lord, help me...) stupidly, hopelessly infatuated with someone at the moment (no, she' not a DUer...). Just kill me now...

1) I have been in grad school WAY too long...but I will be escaping from the ivory tower soon...


On edit: Doh! I meant to reply to the original post...

[zanana]

155. I hope she returns your infatuation...

You sound like a good guy, and an interesting one. (This isn't a come-on, by the way--I'm old enough to be your mother).

[zanana]

156. I assumed and made an ass....

I just realized that I assumed you're male, because you're infatuated with a female. If I made as ass of you and me, I'm sorry.

[Sufi Marmot]

170. Your assumption is correct...

:-) Yes, I do have that Y chromosome which causes me no end of grief...

-SM

[buddhamama]

138. number 4

yesterday during your 'should i stay or should i go' thread you spoke about getting physical with your friend.

i was thinking, "hmmm, i thought she was engaged or something like that." i didn't want to ask but i was curious. :-)

i'm with you on 9 and 10 :hi:

you do very well here for being anti-social.

[bicentennial_baby]

142. Thanks!

I'm definitely more anti-social face-to-face... As far as the open relationship thing goes, it's a mellow thing, I've been in love with my fiancee since I was 14, so he knows I'm not going anywhere!

And yes, deep, dark water scares the crap outta me!

[leftist_rebel1569]

3. I'll repost mine too...

1. I have a large collection of bottles of this energy drink called "Rain"...one of the "Elements" drinks. Last time I checked, I had an amount somewhere in the 60s..

2. I have a birthmark on the left side of my forehead (thank god it's usually covered by my long hair)

3. I was originally a Libertarian (for about a month...)

4. I'm straight, yet I have a crush on Chris Cornell, lead singer of Audioslave and former lead singer of Soundgarden...

5. My all-time biggest hero, Tom Morello, is the guitarist of Audioslave. Also, formerly of Rage Against the Machine, greatest band on the planet

6. The most expensive things I own is a tie between my Playstaion 2 (alone) is the sound system for my computer (sound card, cords, speakers, woofer, etc.)

7. <--- My lucky number

8. The only candidates I haven't came out and supported as my one candidate yet are Braun, Edwards, Lieberman (and Clark, if you consider him a candidate...) In other words

9. Two of my life goals revolve around the game "Dance Dance Revolution"...1) to play it at least once in an arcade in Japan and 2) Get a "AAA" grade on the song "Max 300" (I WILL do it...)

10. I love staring at myself in the mirror, for some strange reason...

[bicentennial_baby]

5. Dance Dance Revolution!

Have you ever seen the King of the Hill episode where they go to Japan and Bobby plays that with the cute Japanese girl?

[leftist_rebel1569]

6. LOL, yes I have!

That was great...

maybe i'll get lucky when I go visit Japan and meet a nice Japanese girl...my age, of course...

Edit: have you ever played it? If so, have you ever played the song "Max 300"?

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Not yet

My fiancee and I are going to get a home version, so we don't have to look like freaks in public... :silly:

[leftist_rebel1569]

10. lol, good idea...

you'd have no idea how hard it is when you first start out, but once you get the hang of it, it's one of the funnest things ever.

And i'm assuming you're getting the PS2 version of it...you'll see Max 300 on it. It's the fastest song in that version, 300 beats a minute. So, it's quite a feat to pull a really good grade for it, on any difficulty...:scared:

[bicentennial_baby]

12. Yep, PS2

I figure it's cheaper than joining the gym, and i won't even have to leave my room! :evilgrin:

[leftist_rebel1569]

15. yeah, it's cheaper,

and it's more a fun workout. And, it's really a workout after a while...

[JohnKleeb]

9. ummm I knew 1 lol

When did you support Kerry?
ok my new and revised list
1. I have a birthmark on my left arm pit
2. I like to read on serial killers
3. I defended Clinton against impeachment charges in school
4. Baloney scares me
5. I consider myself although technically I am not my ancestry nationalities not just American
6. I am clumsy
7. I want an organguatan
8. I hardly have seen any James Bond movies
9. Although I am technically a southerner I consider myself a yankee and owe somewhat loyality to Pennsylvania
10. I see dead people ok I saw a ghost in the graveyard one night

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Wow John

I also like to read about serial killers and I also want an Orangutan...funny what you have in common with people, eh?

[JohnKleeb]

19. Manson the Oraguatan

:evilgrin:

[bicentennial_baby]

33. I'd name mine

John Wayne Gacy, just for the fun of it

[JohnKleeb]

45. lol why not Dahmer

or Bundy

[YellowRubberDuckie]

150. Here's a serial killer site that rocks...

www.mayhem.net
Don't know if you already know it, but it's pretty good. I enjoy reading about them myself.
Duckie

[DoctorBombay]

7. Ok, ten things

10. My wife is almost as tall as I am (6'1" to 5'11")

9. I'm a pretty low-key guy except while sitting in one place: behind the wheel of a car. I turn into an Olympic Class a**hole.

8. My favorite pasttime is playing Texas Hold 'em poker for money.

7. I skipped almost as many classes as I attended in college.

6. I once threw up in a Chicago taxi cab after drinking the bulk of a bottle of Seagram's 7&7. I was 17 at the time.

5. I have never left the continent.

4. Though I live in Los Angeles (within walking distance of the ocean), San Francisco is my favorite city.

3. I'm a film snob and a sports geek.

2. I can never order the same meal at a restaraunt if someone at my table has already ordered it.

1. I sneeze at roughly the same time every morning. (around 8:30)

[rainydaywoman]

17. Your #9

sounds like my Hubby.

What kind of sports are u into?

[DoctorBombay]

23. Too many!

Hockey, college football, baseball, golf, tennis. Poker, too, I play it AND watch it.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. No shit! I thought she was taller than you

and I knew number 2 but then again you know more on that one about me :D

[DoctorBombay]

35. Hey, there!

Jen appears taller due to a combination of her shoes and my lousy posture!

Any of the others surprise you?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

38. I never knew you were into Texas Hold 'em

We'll have to get you two down to San Diego to meet Laz and Haele...and play some Texas hold em :D

[DoctorBombay]

44. Sure thing!

I've played poker since I was a kid, picked up hold em my senior year of college.

[Insider]

27. #1 gesundheit

save it for tomorrow

oddly, i believe i'll think of you every time i see 8:30 am for the rest of my life.

ps - great user name

[DoctorBombay]

37. Thanks!

I got the user name from a bachelor party I attended. I drank an whole bottle of Bombay Sapphire in the form of gin and tonics.

Another note on that sneeze, it's always a whopper, too. Sets off richter scales on good days. I can't explain it. I also sneeze when coming from indoors into bright sunlight.

[TrogL]

163. Is that the one with the notice on the bottle

that you'll go blind if you drink it straight?

[kayell]

196. I am a sun-sneezer too

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug97/865380242.Me.r.html
1) Do people really sneeze when they look at the sun? This is an important question! There a lot of things that people say they do that they don’t really do. I personally do not sneeze when I look at the sun, and for a long time I thought this was a myth. But I am guessing that you are a sun-sneezer from your question. It seems that some people really do sneeze when they look at the sun, or actually at any bright light (there is nothing special about the sun). This has been recognized in medical journals for at least 40 years, and is called different things, including the "photic sneeze reflex" and even the "ACHOO syndrome". In a few instances the reflex has been documented by shining bright lights at people to make them sneeze, so it probably really does happen.

The thing is, the sun does not make most people sneeze. The best estimates are that only about 25% of people (i.e. 1 in 4) are sun-sneezers, and even sun-sneezers don’t do it most of the time. Other studies suggest that sun-sneezers might have inherited the trait in a dominant fashion from their parents (which means that if only one parent was a sneezer, they would pass the trait on to half of their kids). The problem with these estimates is that they generally rely on asking people if they sun-sneeze, and if their parents do. This is VERY unreliable. People who sun-sneeze tend to assume everyone does, and people who don’t sun-sneeze have often never even considered the possibility!!

[rainydaywoman]

13. YellowRubberDuckie...

I wanted to reply to ur PM, but I was told I don't have enough posts to PM, :wtf: and the other thread is locked.

Thank You So Much! Your words were very kind and I look forward to posting w/u! Maybe I'll break out of my shell. So, watch out!!! LOL

Take Care!!:hug:

edit was for spelling

[Insider]

14. 10.

1. i have been to moscow & st. petersburg
2. there's a school in new jersey named after my father
3. i was a security guard at the world trade center in 1981
4. i own an entertainment company (mostly house music deejays & one sharp-a$$ female rapper)
5. i miss my two cats, cali & hobo (adopted last year)
6. family birthdays: 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24. parents anniversary: 27
7. i only buy gray cars
8. i cry during the national anthem (every time)
9. i majored in physics in college (left 2 classes shy of a degree)
10. vein on the back of my right hand is mistaken for a valentine tattoo

[leftist_rebel1569]

16. wow...

those are really interesting! :)

[Insider]

18. if only

i could put them together into a "life" :dunce:

still working on it...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

26. WOW! Papa Insider Elementary School?????

IS that it ?????? Did I get it right????? :hi:

[Insider]

28. he is the ORIGINAL insider

schmoozer u. is more like it...

[short bus president]

20. alright, my turn

10) I do not wear socks or shoes EVER, unless I have to.

9) Biting insects love me more than anything else in the world.

8) I will not enter the hot tub if the only seat left is by that damn scary drain thing.

7) In a freak occurence of genetic misfortune, my balls developed to hang from my chin, and I was deeply offended by that South Park episode, thank you very much.

6) When I was a little kid, and I demanded that my parents buy me Blondie's "Call Me" single (with the "Rapture" B-side), I wore that record as a cock-ring.

5) I test 9-volt battery charge by licking the terminals.

4) I eat peanut M&Ms by carefully biting them in half, removing the peanut with my teeth, eating it, and then re-sealing the candy shell.

3) I have been, on at least one occasion, a distributor of obscure German porn.

2) I did not learn the months of the year until high school. My elementary school teachers just never bothered.

1) I am utterly unable to come up with one more thing about myself that I can share with you people without provoking a visit from the authorities.


Spot the one blatant lie, and win a prize!

[supernova]

30. OK, what do I win

There are no balls hanging from your chinny chin chin. LOL!

[short bus president]

47. well, see you WOULD think that, since you've seen me

in person. But rest assured, it was just chilly that night, and they totally turtled up.

Guess again! 9 more tries!

:P

[Insider]

31. question re: #4

do you use the armpit method, or behind the knee?

[short bus president]

46. teeth only

whaddaya think I am, some kinda weirdo?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

42. I can't guess.....I'm stuck in the picture of some southerner walking

around with a 45 tightly gripping his throbbing purple love dragon :D

[short bus president]

49. the relevent question must be

whether that image turns you on sufficiently to win me a second date on the hood of yer car...

;-)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

51. Well, OK...

but I'm not letting you anywhere near my 45 collection..but do me a favor...go buy a Britney Spears 45 and wear it there...I wanna get her back for being a stupid fucking nimrod. :D

[short bus president]

73. er, uh

Brittney? You sure? Because honestly I think that may cause shrinkage...

[greekspeak]

22. What a fun Post # 400 Topic!!

1) I once took a 3 week trip and traveled in over half of all the 50 states.

2) I LOVE John Waters Films

3) My drink of choice is the Manhattan straight up

4) One of my biggest pet causes is historic preservation

5) I want to live in a house, each room of which would be decorated in the quintessence of an archetectural/decorative style

6) Sundays depress the F&^@ out of me

7) I am an habitual "gym rat"

8) Brunettes with great smiles rev my engines.

9) I am extremely uneasy in an airplane

10) Elderberry is my favorite jelly.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

39. LOVE ALL THINGS WATERS!!!!!!

I think Serial Mom is probably my favorite..it's the one that makes me well when I am sick but LOVE Pecker, Cecil B. Demented and all the others...and WHAT CASTING!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

41. Oh Serial Mom

I love that damn movie! Except the scene with the elderly lady and her dog...oh man...too much!

[greekspeak]

56. I love Pecker best of all

I actually tried to find a Mary doll so I could go on Halloween as MeeMawMaw. Mondo trasho is another fave...

[buddhamama]

141. love Pecker too.

[supernova]

25. Supernova - Round #2

10. I never went to my High School prom. I somewhat reget it now. It might have been nice.

9. I genuinely enjoy live theatre, weather it's in the audience or participating on a crew. There's nothing else like it. Ever. The emotional immediacy is addicting.

8. I struggle daily to become as honest a writer as Hunter S Thompson

7. I wonder if I'll ever find someone else to share my life with. I'm mostly too shy to socialize.

6. I have a collection of old MAD paperbacks from the 50s and 60s. I can't believe how wickedly funny they are ... still.

5. I really enjoy flea markets, auctions and old things in general. NOt for the monetary value, but for the stories I get to hear.

4. Between the two of us, my older sister looks to most like our mother. I look like my Dad's side of the family.

3. I really love the art of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiller, and other Viennese artists around the turn of the 20th Century. I could spend countless happy hours in any museum.

2. I have an inescapable Johnny Depp fascination at the moment. LOL!

1. I have no idea where life will take me next.

[SOteric]

167. Well, don't give up hope

on that business of finding someone just because you're shy. I know a couple of people so shy it almost qualified as a handicap, and both of them (independently) have managed to find some pretty good life companions.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

32. Ok

1. My bedroom has a stars and moons theme. http://www.maggister.com/bio/dwelling.htm
2. I hike Adirondack Mountains for fun(not the massive ones though ;))
3. I am a lacto ovo vegetarian (except when mom forces me to eat chicken, dammit)
4. I have never had what I would consider a real boyfriend
5. I like to go barefoot, anywhere. Or in flipflops.
6. Dancing in the rain is always a favorite
7. I have a soft spot for guys who play guitar
8. I like to pretend I'm British when writing essays, such as using rumour instead of rumor, because it throws teachers off.
9. My only material weakness is concert t-shirts.
10. I am too nice for my own good, and shy
11. I have acted in an acting troupe for 5 years and recently realized how much I miss acting.

:) Maggie

[SOteric]

168. I love the stars and moons...

and I love going barefoot, too. ;-)

[SaveABug]

34. okay

1. I'm not you
2. I'm not your cousin
3. I'm not your cousins sisters brother
4. I'm existing in words only and the thoughts and emotions I may be able to get across
5. I'm myself
6. I'm different
7. I'm proud and strong
8. I'm a democrat since birth
9. I'm sometimes incensed by incredible nothingness
10. I am me.

[Insider]

36. hmmmm

did anyone else just get goosebumps? i enjoyed that. :D

do it again. chills, i tell you

[supernova]

40. Wow! That's it's own poem

Just remove the numbers and you have a hell of a poem!

[Sal316]

43. Oh, what the heck, round 2!

10. I never went to my prom either, but I did go to my 10 year reunion..I was the only guy there that wasn't either fat or bald!

9. I graduated High School at 16.

8. Pop culture bores me to tears, but I'm hooked on Queer Eye!

7. I raise my two daughters by myself and am the 'craft king' of their Girl Scout Troop.

6. I've totaled every 'new' car I've ever bought (3 of them).

5. I ran, unsuccessfully, for office in 2002 and look forward to doing it again.

4. I don't own a suit.

3. I get my coffee and paper at the same Circle K every morning.

2. I eat Funyuns and drink Yoohoo before every exam for luck.

and... drum roll please...

1. I'm 30 and still afraid of the dark!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

48. Ooo goodie! Dish!

Okay, ten things --

1) I have green eyes

2) My favorite meal is Toto's pizza cold the next morning for breakfast

3) I listen to opera

4) I wear nothing but size 5, red, Converse low-tops

5) I once had a fuschia mohawk (and it looked GOOD!)

6) I have a freaky tumor on my right hip that is bigger than my thumb

7) I often sleep with a stuffed doll I've had since I was four

8) I watch America's Funniest Videos and love it!

9) I have a very sexy mole on my left breast

10) I've had my speech for winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar ready to go since I was fourteen.

[SOteric]

68. I have a

teddy bear I've had since I was 2. It looks like hell, but I love that thing.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

161. Yup, she is SAD looking as hell...

but I treasure her. I'm even thinking of having her restuffed because she's starting to get very flat -- I'm just worried that she is in too fragile a state to have the work done on her without damage.

I got her in 1964 and to this day I still see that doll in stores! I can't believe they have been selliing her for all those years!

[TrogL]

165. nothing but low-tops?

Geez, I thought I was bad with my Speedos.

[RedEarth]

50. Here ya go..

1. My family and my wifes family strong repubs. My brothers father-in-law worked in the Nixon adimin(I hate to say).

2. I was so disenchanted with our country when I graduated from college in 1970, I moved to New Zeland, then couldn't find work, so I back-packed through Asia(including Afganistan, Pakistan and Iran) and eventually ended up in Germany destitute, so came back to the good ole USA.

3. Was involved in a business that assisted in putting on concerts and had the opportunity to meet, and in some cases have dinner with, numerous musicians....Elvis, Van Morrison, Don McClean, Bette Midler, Bob Hope, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Jeffson Airplane, Yes, Three Dog Night, Chicago.....

4. Have a graduate degree but can't spell worth a crap....so pardon my spelling.

5. Nearly died when I was 16.

6. I love animals....in particular dogs.

7. I have a son doing research in Cognitive Neuro Science

8. I have been fortunate to have had two wonderful children...both Deomocrats

9. Somewhat new to DU but really find it enjoyable compared to a hard-right board I used to post on...I tried to convince them to leave their evil ways, but it was futile.

10. 10:30 is my bedtime...and it is now 10:30....goodnight DUers!

[SOteric]

67. 'Night, 'night!

I'm glad you've found DU, then. Its good to have a refuge filled with people who are reasonable.

[JackDragna]

52. Here's my ten:

1. I wear my underpants on my head.

2. I am a professional hippo wrestler. So far, I've only had one arm bitten off, replaced by a bionic arm I got from a Sam's Club.

3. I am a direct descendant of Emperor Norton.

4. I invented carbon.

5. Eating too many pork rinds will make one fat.

6. I am the voice of Tony the Tiger.

7. Bottom of the sixth, two out. Here's the pitch. Pop fly by Rodriguez...looks like Lee will have this one easy. After six, White Sox 2, Rangers 3.

8. I eat styrofoam peanuts.

9. Cats steal my shoes and hide them under the dumpster outside.

10. I am your father.

[SOteric]

64. And your

resemblence to a pokeman is breathtaking.

[SiobhanClancy]

53. #1) I've never seen the movie "Star Wars"

#2) I've been to Ireland 38 times

#3) I have a 23 year old daughter who refuses to speak to me.

#4) I'm about the best cookie baker I know:)

#5) I've had several encounters with ghosts(either that or I'm seriously delusional)

#6) I used to own a riding stable in Maine

#7) I was once arrested(in North Conway,NH)for having a joint in my cigarette pack(!)

#8) I was adopted,and when I was in my 30s I found my mom(and brother and sister)

#9) I've had two husbands...the first one is a social worker in Maine,and the second was a Swedish madman.

#10) During the course of my life I've owned(or been owned by)dogs,cats,horses,rabbits,raccoons,a skunk,chickens,turkeys,llamas,hamsters,chinchillas and peacocks...and I've probably forgotten somebody!

[SOteric]

63. Cookie's are

an important skill. Certainly an ideal way to win friends and influence people.

[Ivory_Tower]

54. Okay, can I still play?

Mine:

1. I don't wear a watch.

2. I keep the clock in my car set 9 minutes fast. For some reason I think that keeps me from being late for things (I don't wear a watch, you know).

3. I saw a UFO when I was about 14. Not an alien spaceship, just a UFO.

4. I saw a satellite burn up on re-entry when I was about 5 or 6 -- one of my earliest memories. Interestingly, I work for a NASA contractor now.

5. My two front teeth were knocked almost out when I was 7, and had to be stitched back in place.

6. I still have my Hot Wheel cars from when I was a kid.

7. I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up. :)

8. I have a fear of rollercoasters, but love riding them. Go figure.

9. I'm apparently mildly allergic to everything except wheat (at least according to the allergy test I had done a long time ago), but I'm VERY allergic to dust. That's why I hate cleaning my house. The other allergies I can deal with (pollen, pets, milk, eggs, and so on).

10. My fantasy is to form a garage band that develops a small cult following. I think I need to practice my music first, though...

[SOteric]

61. Absolutely!

I don't wear a watch either. I don't like who I am when I'm stressed about time.

[Ivory_Tower]

69. I always felt constrained by a timepiece

On top of that, I had a bad habit of inadvertantly breaking my wristwatches -- if I wore a watch, I'd somehow bump against a wall and crack the crystal. Never anything violent, I'd just look down and realize is was broken. I switched to a pocket watch for a couple of years, and STILL broke them! At that point I decided "Screw it. No more watches."

I used to have a wall clock in my living room with a dead battery. The time was stuck at 10 minutes past 10. I decided I liked that time because it was too late to start a new task for the night, and too early to go to sleep, so I could read a magazine or listen to music or whatever. I never replaced the battery. Unfortunately, one of the hands finally fell off on its own, so I had to replace it with a clock that works.


Hmmm...looking at the clock, it's past my bedtime....

[anti_shrub]

55. Sounds like fun, so here goes....

10. I once knocked out five teeth with a glass ginger ale bottle when I was 6 years old.

9. Big fan of Kevin Smith, I even have an autographed copy of "An Evening With Kevin Smith".

8. I'm a DVD freak with about 90 at last count and growing. I have to upgrade my shelving situation probably as often as Shaq's parents had to buy school clothes.

7. I once had my best friend's mother try to tell him he wasn't popular in high school because he was friends with me, and that I was probably gay. I still don't know where that came from, maybe its because I like cats. :shrug:

6. I'm a big cartoon fan, and I even have all of the Censored 11 cartoons burned to a CD-R.

5. My path to liberal enlightenment started when my father got laid off from the steel mill he worked for 36 years, and only got $200 a month for a pension because the owner raided the fund and ran.

4. I once donated a dollar to the IRA at an Irish Festival when I was about 8 or 9. I didn't know better.

3. I've been dating the same woman for 6 years, and we'll get married as soon as we have actual jobs that don't involve going to the mall. (Thanks George, I was all set to get hitched till you tanked the economy. Bastard).

2. Huge Family Guy fan. Not a shocker, but I just wanted to say it.

1. To those who want to admit to watching pro wrestling, I bear an uncanny resemblance to WWE star Mick Foley. Right down to our shared admiration for Winnie the Pooh.

[SOteric]

60. Cartoons

are a totally excellent thing. :-)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

153. Family guy Rocks

Especially little Stuey.
"You will BOW to me!"
Duckie

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

57. Can I go again?

1. I was twins, the other one was a boy and I was born a month premature and he didn't make it.

2. Prior to my back surgery two years ago, I could pick up a 250 lb man and carry him 50 feet...all the guys used to get me to do it at parties. (that's not why I had back surgery though)


3. I was in an MGM program in grade school but got bad grades in conduct (surprise surprise)

4. I know all 27 prepositions in the english language...I used to have a pet peeve about anyone who ended a sentence with them but I am older now and don't really give a flying fuck.

5. I can sell anything. I could sell drugs to a nun if I wanted to.

6. I am DEATHLY IRRATIONALLY afraid of cockroaches...one roach and I am GONE!!!

7. I know all the words to "sukiaki" in Japanese and can sing it at karaoke...it crack Japanese people up.

8. I have to be alone OFTEN!!

9. I know I will die young.

10. I have NO CREDIT CARD debt.

[BurtWorm]

58. I'm sorry about your brother.

I'm also a twin. He's still kickin'.

[SOteric]

59. No credit card debt? That's un'Merican!

I don't either. I got myself in pretty deep with those in my early days after grad school. Learned that lesson pretty quick. Too expensive and it chained me to jobs I didn't like just to pay them off.

[Booberdawg]

72. How...

....Do you know you will die young?:shrug:

[leftofthedial]

83. I'm very glad

that #4 is one you no longer get mad at.

:-)

[DoveTurnedHawk]

108. Ooh Ooh! What Can You Sell Me!

Got any snake oil? :D

DTH

[SoCalDem]

113. I just thought of some more:)

20..... I absolutely love extemporaneous speaking.. I will speak to a group of people anytime, anyplace, any topic (within reason)

19..... I have not been to a movie theatre in YEARS..

18..... Once in therapy, I made my shrink cry :) or :(

17..... Gave up the best job I ever had, and one I loved, because I was tired of getting up at 3:23 am

16..... I used to love to drive all night (can't anymore because of eyesight issues)

15..... I actually chose college classes to fit around our bridge game at the student union..

14..... I have never owned a new car

13..... No matter how cold it gets, I do not wear a coat.. Have not owned a coat since junior high..

12..... I would rather have abdominal surgery again than have a dentist touch my teeth.. I practically have to anesthetize myself to tolerate dentists..

11..... My house is a freaking MESS....

[DoveTurnedHawk]

119. With You on 14!

I never saw the logic in buying a car that depreciates significantly right after you drive it off the lot!

DTH

[SiouxJ]

159. Damn, we have a lot in common that I didn't know about

I lost a brother too (though much later than you). I was also born pre-mature, and almost didn't make it.

I was gonna put that I can sell anything too. I can. It's why I do what I do. I used to be in advertising and decided I should sell my own stuff.

I have to be alone a lot too.

I have no C/C debt either.

I was always the strongest chick in the group.

[Booberdawg]

62. Took me all day but I came up with 10 more

11. I do my own taxes

12. I’m the only one out of my parents, step parents, and 9 other siblings born in an even year.

13. I love crab legs!

14. My grandparents were all first generation immigrants. Paternal – grandfather from Ireland, grandmother from Sicily; Maternal – both from Germany

15. My grandfather (German) was my caretaker until I was old enough to take care of myself. (live-in). He was an ornery and crusty old fart but he and I were always close.

16. Went to Hawaii 25 years ago with 2 other girlfriends – had a BLAST!! Many stories left behind that will never be repeated. ;)

17. I was in the Army Reserves as a medic.

18. I saw Rosemary Clooney in person one night when I worked the midnight shift at a hospital. She was in town and came to see someone we had just admitted for an accident.

19. I’ve given CPR three times. (with another person assisting) The two times I did the chest compressions the person survived. I broke ribs on the first one though – she was old. The time I did mouth to mouth the person did not survive.

20. I love the Unicorn song.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

66. My uncle was Rosemary Clooney's bandleader for many years

I knew her since I was knee high to a frog's ass :D

[Booberdawg]

71. Unfortunately

She wasn't singin' when I saw her. ;)

[jmm]

65. Ok, here goes

10) In high school I had nachos and cheese almost every single day for lunch. I rarely liked any of the other choices my school offered. My sophomore year the school started to serve smilk instead of milk so from then on I had lemonade everyday.
9) I only sleep about 4-6 hours a night.
8) At one point in high school, I told myself that I wanted to major in psychology when I got to college because I loved studying abnormal psych and behavioral neuroscience.
7) I’ve never cried during a movie.
6) I’ve dated two guys that have been guests on talk shows.
5) Friends have claimed to have conversations with me while I was asleep but I always woke up not remembering a thing.
4) I’m not sure why but I’ve wanted to study sign language for years. My college only offered it to linguistics majors and haven’t been able to take a class since I graduated.
3) I don’t usually like shorts so I only own a few pairs but I have two bureau drawers full of skirts, plus some seasonal ones in boxes.
2) I have a few birth marks, the biggest being on the right side of my lower back.
1) When I was about 11 my name was legally changed.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

70. NEVER cried during a movie??? Not even as a kid?

BTW..I'm with you..I'll sleep when I'm dead.

[jmm]

202. Maybe I was desensitized by horror films.

My parents thought babysitters were a waste of money so growing up I spent a ton of time being babysat by teenage cousins and uncles who'd show my brother and I all the Freddy, Jason, and cheesy horror flicks.

[Ediacara]

74. hmmmm......

1) I considered going to culinary school.

2) I can crack most combination safes with a good stethoscope (or just my ears) in about 20 minutes.

3) My first published paper in paleontology is a disaster that was published without peer review or my knowledge (even though peer review was promised) and will probably be retracted.

4) I sliced the end of my finger off with a deli meat slicer (it grew back :-) ).

5) I had once wanted to be a naval archetect designing cruise ships.

6) I can identify counterfeit cash in all currencies.

7) I grow my hair out every couple of years thinking, "Oh, I remember when my hair was long and how hot I looked," and then when it's long it becomes an unmanageable frizz-mess that I want to cut off myself.

8) If I were running for president and won every state that I've ever visited I would win in a landslide of 326 electoral votes :-)

9) I have never left North America, but I've travelled in most of its countries.

10) I'm 5'6"

[SOteric]

75. I managed

to cut the end of my thumb off while traunching fish. Most if it grew back. It's got a funny dimple in it now, though.

Travel is a good thing. I recommend it. It expands the mind to see other continents and experience remarkably different cultures.

[Ediacara]

76. oh, I WANT to travel to other continents

I'm just too damn poor!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

109. Thank GOD..I hate people being too damn tall all the time

I get a neck ache after a while...and the rest was very fascinating too :D 326 :wow:

[Solly Mack]

77. hmmmmm

1- I wear glasses/contacts
2- Shoe-freak: own way too many- most are clogs
3- I made educational videos for the Ga. Dept. of Education (as a child)
4- I refinish furniture as a hobby
5- I am the winner of the 2nd highest humanitarian award given by the US Military for charity work (the next award up is the Congressional Gold Medal-which takes Congressional approval..which with my constant letters to Congress, I'll never win..lololol)
6- My name is in the Library of Congress (Society of the Molly Pitcher)
7- My mother was buried on April 1, 1992 (the date still bugs me-April's Fool and all that)
8- I can draw
9- I can't carry a tune in a bucket
10- I'm a natural blonde..so there. :)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

84. Hot damn!!

We've chatted and I never knew ANY of that about you!! But hey..even before I knew that, I always thought of it as a privilege that you liked me :D

[Solly Mack]

88. I honestly didn't think anyone would read it

lol...so I tooted my own horn.

I adore you, Teena. I really do. The way your mind works, and your sense of the sardonic, brings a smile to my face always.

smoochies!

[Ouabache]

78. Ten of mine

Ten of mine

10. I like pizza with black olives, onions, jalapenos, and extra cheese.

9. When I was 18, I doctored the birth date on my driver license to look like I was 23, so I could go drinking. I always walked to bars until I was actually 21. Often, I fell in someone's shrubbery on the walk home.

8. I only voted Republican for President in 1968; for Nixon in a mock election at my high school, before I was 18, so it never counted.

7. I have a recurring dream since adolescence that I am driving a car up a very steep hill and it flips over backwards. Then I wake up.

6. I can’t swim a lick.

5. I cried before I was born. Or so I am told.

4. Best dog I ever had was named Gus.

3. I think the worst fucking movie ever was Rocky. Casablanca will always be the best.

2. I owned, at different times, two Ford Pintos, a sedan and a station wagon. They were both blue. I never had sex in the back of the sedan.

1. I think anyone who does not see John Hiatt sing, live and in concert, before they die, has thrown away their life.

"So come on, baby, Drive South, with the one you love !"

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

85. John Hiatt is a great songwriter!

You got that right :D

[leftofthedial]

86. great advice about Hiatt

[ornotna]

80. Okayyyy.....here goes

In no particular order....
1. I too skipped my prom
2. I never joined school sports, but I played in an Ice hockey league in upstate NY
3.When I got out of the Navy I lived on the streets of Albany for a year (city mission, salvation army for meals...odd jobs)
4. Saw snow for the first time in my life on my birthday when we lived in Kifissia Greece
5. Some of my fondest memories as a child were when we lived in Saudi Arabia(it was the 60s, it was different then)
6. Was in Greece during the overthrow of king Constantine. People marching through the streets waving banners and carrying torches, kind of scary for a kid.
7. Was in Saudia Arabia during the six day war of '67, all the Americans were afraid we would have to evacuate.
8. After graduating from Stonewall College I met my future wife working as a dishwasher in a resturant(20 years and going strong)
9. Am now a licensed electrical contractor in Florida
10. and the kicker.....I install bank equipment......the D word.
That's me, or a little part of me anyway.

[GOPisEvil]

139. Wow - Kiffisia, Greece!

My parents lived through the coup of '67. They were scared shitless. My dad worked on top of that there mountain and was involved in a car wreck in the snow. When he reported it to the main base (down at sea level), the SP thought he was smoking something funny when he mentioned snow. :D

I would have been there for the coup, but I wasn't hatched until '68. :-)

[ornotna]

211. What did your dad do?

Did he work with the radar or help build the place like my dad did.
That was quite a year for us, after going through the coup, we moved to Saudia Arabia and had to go through the six day war. What a hectic couple of months that was, I still haven't gotten over it. ;)

[Chovexani]

81. My nerdy repost

I was lost at the end of the last thread so here's my 10 again (as if anyone cares, :P):

1. I'm ambidextrous, but mostly use my right hand (makes life a lot easier)
2. I'm a Goth, and love period fashions (modern "fashion" is boring as all get out)
3. I just got a black kitten named Drizzt (pronounced "drist"), named after the sexiest do-gooder in the Forgotten Realms.
4. I'm a huge anime fan, love Asian Pop/Rock and enjoy cosplaying at various anime & sci-fi cons
5. I read and write slash fiction
6. I met my sweetie of six years online (on a MUD)
7. I worked for two years at an occult shop, and am a 2nd Degree Wiccan High Priestess
8. I have played D&D off and on for most of my life
9. I was voted Miss Callisto 1999 by a bunch of lesbians (ok, I was the only one dressed as Callisto, but it still counts!)
10. I am completely, *utterly* obsessed with all things Final Fantasy and have an encyclopedic knowledge of the series that is most assuredly unhealthy

--Chovexani

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

90. LOL! You are a trip and a half!

That's a good thing :D

[Chovexani]

93. Thanks!

I'm a big ol' weirdo and proud. :hi:

[nyrnyr1994]

97. Was playing final fantasy VII recently...

Got me hooked on the series again, first one i played exentsively since FF I on the NES.

[Chovexani]

100. That's cool

I've been a huge fan since the NES days and I think FF7 is one of the best in the series. Of course that's like saying milk chocolate is better than dark chocolate. It's all tasty. :)

I write a lot of FF7 fanfic, most of it of the slash variety. I mean god, what other game can you think of where an entire quest was set around putting together a fabulous drag outfit for The Hero? :)

--Chovexani loves those pretty, pretty Square boys

[nyrnyr1994]

101. Cloud in Drag...

Can't seem to think of another game that had something quite like it. I still can't finish off the end with Septhiroth (sp?), seems impossible.

[Chovexani]

111. Seph's not too hard

(Well, not according to Cloud, but that's not how I meant! :evilgrin:)

Seriously though, if you've bred a Gold Chocobo and gotten the Knights of the Round materia, he goes down in about two or three hits (ack! not like that! *slaps self*). If not, make sure you've gotten Cloud's Ultimate Weapon and level 4 limit break at least (the former from Ultimate Weapon, the latter from the Battle Arena in the Gold Saucer). That helps a lot. Also, get Yuffie's Ultimate Weapon from the Sunken Gelnika, and use her--the Oritsuru (sp?) calculates damage by checking Yuffie's stats against the enemy's. If the enemy's stronger, she hits harder with it. Against Seraph-Sephiroth she should probably do max damage. Casting Big Guard is a *huge* help; it's an enemy skill you can learn if you manipulate the Beach Plugs that hang out around Costa Del Sol. It does Haste, Barrier and MBarrier on the whole party. If you are low on levels or HP it is about the only way you can possibly survive Seph's Supernova (Barrier halves damage). Basically, what you want to do is slap him around quickly, before he can do Supernova. That spell will seriously fuck you up if you're not careful.

And, if all else fails, hang out by that section of the North Cave that's right before the glowy green rocks (the last point you can use your save crystal before fighting Jenova). The Magic Pots there are very generous with XP and AP, and it's the best place in the game to level up characters and materia. If you come prepared it is not very hard.

--Chovexani, walking game help line :)

[nyrnyr1994]

112. Wow you sound like a walkthrough manual!

Some of those things you mentioned I never found (Gold chocobo, knights of the round materia).

[Chovexani]

115. LOL I know

My friends never bother to buy strategy guides for Square games because they know I'll end up playing them so much I find everything out. :)

Sometimes I don't know whether to be flattered or to cringe...:crazy:

[nyrnyr1994]

120. Well I'll really be impressed if...

You were able to find this on your own in FF VII (Had to look this up on http://www.gamewinners.com).

The code to the safe in the Nibelheim Mansion?

[Chovexani]

127. Wow

I thought you were going to say something hard. :evilgrin:

I swear I have obsessive compulsive disorder when it comes to RPGs, and I can't rest until I've searched every. single. inch. of a room (this dates back to a horrible experience I had with the first Zelda, when I couldn't beat Ganon for ages. I never found the letter that gets you medicine.). Hojo actually left clues all over the mansion and I found them by doing my best Adrian Monk impression. The last number stumped me but good, because I kept miscounting the steps from the treasure chest, but I got it eventually.

All this talk is making me want to play it again, hee.

[nyrnyr1994]

128. Well I must say...

very impressed. And on that note I really need to get to sleep. Nice talking with you. I'm going to have to give the game one more try to see if I can finally put it to rest.:hangover:

[nemo137]

82. me:

1.)i got a 5 on my US history AP test.
2.)i am the youngest person at my school to be astage manager on a major show (Asst. stage manager as a sophomore. usually only juniors and seniors are chosen.)
3.)my dad changed my famliy's surname about a year ago without any forwarning. i'm still not entirely reconciled to this idea.
4.)i am one failed relationship away from becoming rob flemming (high fidelity)
5.)i hope to own my own theatre one day.
6.)i have a scar on my face from when a freind of mine hit me with a baseball bat at a party (on accident).
7.)i am the reigning champion of the pants game (to be explained in a later thread)
8.)i have a bobblehead kiwi (the bird) in my car.
9.)i am in a boychoir (i sing second tenor)
10.)i saw cheap trick play with the getup kids at a weezer concert in 8th grade, and was awestruck. to some degree, i still am.

[Cheswick2.0]

134. Okay, warning on light 5 and sound 3

light cue five is a sight cue on Kathy's entrance, you take it
, sound 3 is on my go.

Ready on sound 3........... GO

Good job folks..... ready on light cue 6

[nyrnyr1994]

87. Well here's mine again...

10. Played football in H.S. with a guy who's in the NFL now.
9. I'm unemployed and looking for work. (That $50,000 piece of paper with the letters B.S. on it better start paying off someday)
8. Previous mayor of my hometown was mayor for 42 years (I think it's still a U.S. record)
7. Mother died unexpectedly 5 yrs. ago, had a foreboding phone conversation with her the night before that still haunts me to this day.
6. Diabetic (type II with insulin)
5. Founder of MCI was an alumni of my college
4. Fav TV show is 24
3. Fav smokes are Newport (yes I know, diabetic and still smoking, moron I am, I'm going to quit)
2. I'm in a karaoke contest tomorrow night
1. Was in a seminary at one time studying to become a Catholic priest.

[Chovexani]

89. Cool another 24 fan!

Every Tuesday night at 10p I cry because David Palmer is just the President on TV.

Also, Kiefer has about the sexiest voice I've ever heard. It's like getting slapped in the face with velvet.

--Chovexani, hooked since 12:00-1:00a on day one

[nyrnyr1994]

91. Did you see the marathon of 24 on FX?

I watched about 15 of the 24 episodes (what a way to spend my Labor Day).

Can't wait for season 3, wanted to watch the last episode to remember where it left off (Any thought on who the guy on the boat with the cell phone is?)

And I agree with you on David Palmer, I wish we had a Prez like that!

[Chovexani]

92. Eek!

There was another marathon and I missed it?! *dies*

About Creepy Boat Dude...I highly suspect he's somehow connected to whoever Nina was really working for in S1 (remember those people she was talking to in German? we never found out who they were exactly!). Maybe he could be her actual employer. I'm not sure, I just can't help shaking the feeling that he is somehow tied into S1, especially since the return of Mandy, the Mad Midnight Bomber from the very first episode.

Is it time for the season 3 opener yet? *whines*

[nyrnyr1994]

95. Yep...

and I only found out about the marathon from DU.

Interesting theory about the boat guy. I was thinking that he was the supplier of the nuke to 2nd Wave (possibly a Russian arms dealer)

[DoveTurnedHawk]

94. DTH's 10

1. Although I'm quite confrontational on DU, I'm actually much more of a consensus-builder in person (although neither do I shrink from confrontation).

2. I'm a huge Notre Dame football fan.

3. My favorite drinks are Absolut Mandarin on the rocks, and Ketel One Martinis (either the K1 Citroen with a twist, or K1 regular with olives (ideally stuffed with blue cheese)) straight up, ultra dry, shaken not stirred.

4. I've been out of school for eight years, and I'm on my seventh job (ninth if you include mergers).

5. I'm a former national champion in the board game "Diplomacy."

6. I someday dream of retiring to teach high school and write science fiction/fantasy novels.

7. I used to date two women who happened to be, umm, exotic dancers (and no, I didn't meet them at their places of business). ;-)

8. I attended perhaps 10% of my law school classes, but still managed to make excellent grades since attendance was almost never factored into final scores.

9. I lost my virginity at the age of 19 with my ex-brother-in-law's sister.

10. I was a MAJOR geek in high school, and incredibly shy around girls/women until my early-mid 20's.

DTH

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

98. Oh and one more thing about him...he's a good hugger!

:D

[DoveTurnedHawk]

102. Aww...Right Back Atcha, T!

Salin and NSMA are both great huggers! :D

DTH

[Chovexani]

104. Hey there

Nothing wrong with being geeky, I've made it my life's work. :hi:

I'm with you on #6 BTW. One of my best friends is a high school English teacher and is always prodding me to try to get my fiction published, so he has a black female sci-fi author besides Octavia E. Butler to teach. :crazy:

[DoveTurnedHawk]

106. Nice!

Always great to meet another author wanna-be! :-) I haven't written much besides short stories and character sketches yet...I always tell myself, "When I have time, when I have time."

Then I shoot the breeze on the 'net at places like DU. ;-)

What authors do you like? I am currently taken with George RR Martin, and his fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire."

DTH

[Chovexani]

114. There's lots of us author wannabes

I've noticed lately, LOL. I hear the "when I have time" bit...I have a folder full of ideas and half-finished stories on my hard drive. :)

I'm not familiar with George RR Martin (I will have to check him out!), but my some of my favorites are David & Leigh Eddings, Lloyd Alexander (who introduced me to fantasy books with his excellent Prydain Chronicles), Terry Pratchett, and the aforementioned Octavia E. Butler. I'm also a rather recent convert to R.A. Salvatore. I'm a lifelong D&D player and Forgotten Realms fan but I always avoided D&D-based novels because they always seemed so lousy. However, I recently read Salvatore's Dark Elf Trilogy on the recommendation of a friend, and I instantly fell in love with the character of Drizzt Do'Urden. I've since gobbled up all the other books featuring him. :)

The Eddings are probably my favorite overall fantasy/sf authors though. I love the way they gleefully skewer many of the sacred cows of the genre. I loved their Belgariad/Malloreon series but as time passes I find myself loving the Sparhawk books more. I love that foul tempered old knight. :)

[DoveTurnedHawk]

116. Eerie!

We have many similarities. Lloyd Alexander's "Book of Three" was what introduced me to the fantasy genre. I always had such a crush on Eilonwy, complete wench that she was at times. :-)

I am still a gamer, although I haven't played D&D in ages. I ran several PBEM games that were more like collaborative fiction with the game mechanics serving as a common frame of reference for interaction, than a traditional RPG.

Salvatore is a decent writer, and his characters are pretty interesting. The dialects start to bother me, though, at times.

Eddings was one of my faves a long time ago, but I got a little tired of him after reading the second series, which seemed a complete rehash of the first. Even the Sparhawk series seemed quite derivative.

I also recommend anything and everything by Guy Gavriel Kay and Stephen Brust. Glen Cook's Black Company series is good, gritty fantasy that is reminiscent of Vietnam more than anything.

I do not recommend Robert Jordan and his massive Wheel of Time series (still ongoing), who has gone majorly downhill in recent years.

Oh, and Robin Hobb is excellent. Her Assassin and Fool series are fantastic. Haven't read her Liveship Traders series yet, but I hear that's solid as well.

DTH

[Chovexani]

126. Cackle

I had a ten year old girl crush on Taran, as dumb as he was, so I guess we're about even. :)

I agree with you about Salvatore's dialects. Dialects period annoy me, I hate that horrible faux Scottish brogue dwarves seem to get stuck with (Catti-brie, I'm looking at YOU.). The only ones that never got on my nerves were Eddings' because they were so freaking hilarious--the Karandese bumpkin and Beldin's outrageous accent (used solely to piss off Belgarath at that :P) are favorites. I understand where you're coming from with him, because I think his stuff is very formulaic too. The reason I keep going back to him is mostly because of the characters and dialogue. I tend to dislike "high olde fantasie" and authors that take themselves way too seriously. In spite of this I respect Papa Tolkien because he was a pioneer, and also because I think he's one of the few that ever did elves any justice (and I'm a big elf fan).

Ugh, Robert Jordan. I have a dusty paperback copy of Eye of the World sitting on my bookshelf. Every New Years I make a resolution to read it all the way through. I always stop somewhere around page five. Ye gods, what a windbag that man is. I will never understand his appeal. My grandkids will probably be in line for a new Wheel of Time book. Paging Mr. Jordan: you are not Tolkien. I'm sorry, you're not. And you need an editor, badly. He's starting to fall victim to Anne Rice Syndrome (and this is coming from a big Rice fan).

I'm glad you reminded me of the Black Company, that's one of the many series that people have recommended to me and I just never got the chance to read.

Sheesh, you're making me have to schedule a trip to the library. :)

[redeye]

96. Okay... I'll try

In no particular order:

1. I started college at 15

2. About two-thirds of my computer's content is MP3's and far more importantly movies I downloaded from Kazaa (15 GBs out of 24)

3. I'm currently writing two books at the same time

4. My favorite color is blue, not red

5. In theory I can have a triple citizenship (born American, have a German grandfather, have a Jewish grandfather)

6. My screen name comes from a relatively unimportant communist organization in one of the two aforementioned books (I'm far from a communist, though)

7. I think in metric

8. All of my grandparents are immigrants, children of immigrants, or grandchildren of immigrants

9. My real name is one of the most common, unremarkable names possible (hint: my first name is among the top 100 male names in the USA and my family name is among the top 20 family names)

10. I grew up several blocks from where Dean grew up

[SOteric]

175. Was attending college so young

difficult on you socially?

[SoCalDem]

99. After all this time, you guys know waaaay too much already :-)

10....I won a prize in the 7th grade, for spotting a misspelled word in the INSTRUCTIONS for the County spelling bee...I came in 2nd :(.. it was a reallllly hard word..:)

9.....I have an uncanny ability to spot syntax ,grammar, and spelling errors on ads and text...

8.....My friend and I used to scrape snow from her deck outside her bedroom, so we could sunbathe.. Our goal each year.. Tan by Easter..Baby oil and iodine was in vogue then, but we were cheap.. We used CRISCO...

7.....Although I love all my sons dearly, I actually DO have a favorite :( (shame on me)

6.....(I did tell this one, but probably no one saw it) I broke an engagement with a collect call...3 weeks before the wedding:(

5.....I do not fear death

4.....I have not spoken to my brother in 8 years..(It's HIS fault )

3.....Had my first haircut when I was 13

2.....I am a gourmet cook, but I never cook anymore

1.....When I was 3 years old, I was swept out to sea, and washed up about a mile away.. a native woman found me and carried me down the beach where my parents were frantically looking for me in the surf ..

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

107. Add what we all want to know about you to the thread about things

you can't have too much of...you are one of the funniest, most compassionate and interesting people on DU....I LOVE your perspective and when I get my head up my ass..I go looking for one of your posts or one of your sig lines to snap me out of it.

YOU ARE A GIFT!

[SoCalDem]

110. Smoooooochies

You are a hoot & a half too, Teena :):)

[Kat 333]

103. Have loved reading these ...

1) Am a vegetarian but not fond of fruit or vegetables. Eat mostly cakes, cookies, candy and pasta.
2) Have 11 cats, 5 dogs, and a wayward wood duck
3) Smoke five cigs a day
4) Love to drink black russians
5) Terrible driver - nobody in my family will drive w/me
6) Run 4 miles a day except on Sunday and Wednesday
7) Mostly a loner and fairly shy
8) Am 5'11, 45 y/o, long hair always
9) LOVE cosmetics and can't help myself from ordering more every week tho the drawers are overflowing. Other than DU my favorite site is Sephora.com
10) Don't talk a lot and get really nervous around overly chatty people.

[SoCalDem]

105. cakes, pasta, cats, black russians, cigarettes

you are my soulmate.. tell me you like slot machines too:) Vegas here we come.. :)

[Kat 333]

117. Oh ...

SoCalDem - I already knew that ... lol (from reading your posts)
and yes of course I LOVE SLOT MACHINES !!!
Am still wondering how you pay that $300 electric bill - maybe we should head to Reno - for some reason I always win more there.

[SoCalDem]

122. actually it's not that hard to pay that utility bill

We took them up in the level pay plan, and during the winter when the elec is lower I just pay extra, and when summer rolls around, no matter how much it actually is, I only have to pay the level pay amount..

Some years, I even get a refund check from the when the settlement date rolls around.. I usually try to pay them a couple of hundred every month, even if the bill is only $75.00.. We do the same with the gas company..

I sure wish the damned things were lower, but hey.. I don't like walking around all sweaty and icky, so we pay..:)

[Kat 333]

121. But ...

you gotta drive. We'd be dangerous enough as is. ;-)

[SoCalDem]

124. Reno is gorgeous..

We took the kids up north, but never gambled there.. I bet it has changed a lot since I was there..I loved Tahoe too..:):)

[Kat 333]

131. Some really pretty country around Reno

Have not been to Tahoe but want to check it out. Only electric here (no gas - cause of the mountains). This place had wood stoves I recently replaced with these "Toro" stoves - was getting tired of having to haul all that heavy ass wood in. I just switched over to that plan on the electric in January - has made it lots easier this summer !

[Chovexani]

118. What a fun thread

#1 sounds like my diet...well if you toss in a liberal amount of various BBQ'd meats. :)

11 cats, nifty! I have two boys, one a kitten I just adopted that was a rescue. I love cats and animal lovers in general...they are the nicest most well adjusted people I know.

[Kat 333]

129. People who don't like animals are scary aren't they ?

These guys (cats and dogs) all, except one, just wandered in or found them abandoned under the bridge at the river behind my house (sadly a lot of people dump them off there) After getting them spayed I just add another bed and they fit in in no time. Never had kids so it was my dream to live on a big place in the middle of nowhere and be able to keep every stray that came in - took a while but finally got there.
Did the same in the city, with strays, but the neighbors (some not so secretly) wanted me to GO Away .. ha

[SoCalDem]

130. So, the horse in the apartment was too much for them, eh??

I am a rescuer too.. People who profess to "hate" animals, always "worry" me a little..I am not too fond of fish, or insects, but the rest of them are ok with me :)

When I was a little kid, I brought a monkey home (we lived in Panama)..It was NOT a monkey :)

My family freaked out.. It was a baby sloth that had fallen from a tree.. It was not hurt, but we had to call the mp's and have them take it to an animal refuge.. Those claws were too much, and it smelled pretty bad too..

[Chovexani]

132. Bless both of ya'll

I totally agree about people who say that hate animals...it really makes me wonder. I'm with SoCal on insects though. :) Fish are cool though, I dunno why, I just think they're funny. :) When I was very little I used to embarrass the heck out of my mom by making fish faces all the time.

I have nothing but love for rescuers. The boss lady at the Pagan shop I worked out ran a rescue operation out of the store, and we found good homes for many abandoned little ones. It never ceases to amaze me how cruel some people can be to animals, like they are just unfeeling toys or something. I cringed at all the reports of dalmatians being abandoned on roadsides when the 101 Dalmatians movie came out, because the kids that got them due to the movie got bored with them. The novelty wore off, the trend was over, so these poor animals were just left to fend for themselves.

I've heard similar stories about pet owls thanks to the Harry Potter movies. People are such asshats, it's sickening.

--Chovexani

[Kat 333]

133. LOL @ U

:pals:

[Cronus Protagonist]

123. I'm transluminal

1/ I live in transluminal dimensions you can't even imagine

2/ I think it's funny how you people are imprisoned by time

3/ I don't know why you don't like plutonium pellets - they're delicious.

4/ I was once involved in a science experiment that was supposed to create a minor planet, but accidently started a super nova.

5/ Seventeen thousand billion, seven hundred and ninety five million living creatures were created out of that super nova.

6/ I'm sorry about it, but at least you're still alive.

7/ If I could do it all again, I would, but I'd make it last longer.

8/ I can put my hand inside your stomach and take out your last bite without penetrating your skin or harming you in any way.

9/ The light in this universe smells funny.

10/ I'll still be alive after the Earth falls into the Sun.



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[SOteric]

169. Not imprisoned

by time so much, as it is something of an artifical construct.

Our jailers are better named Entropy and 299E8 m/s.

Thanks for visting, - and here...you've dropped your arrow.

[ProfessorGAC]

176. You Too?!?!?

Wow! Funny i've never bumped into you in a nonquantum state sometime in the last infinity or so. I'll keep my senses keened to you in the other domain.
The Professor

[VOX]

125. 10 from a night owl...

10) I once had a job assembling baby strollers.

9) On Friday the 13th before my 13th birthday, I was hit by a car.

8) I follow English Premier League football (*soccer,* if you must).

7) My father was from El Paso, spoke fluent Spanish, and had a career in the spice-trade industry.

6) I have agoraphobia and have never been in an airplane, yet I am fascinated with flight and aircraft.

5) I play a mean blues harp; slide guitar also.

4) My wife is from Montana; she is a very gifted artist and writer.

3) I collect many things, but focus on Southwestern Indian art: Hopi katsina carvings, Zuni fetishes, Navajo weavings.

2) I have had cancer, but am not afraid of it.

1) Swimming is my favorite activity -- it balances the mind and body beautifully.

[ulysses]

137. #2 checking in

Same here. What brand of the beastie did you have?

[VOX]

197. That would be PCa...

Otherwise known as prostate cancer. Detected early by PSA test, treated early (age 47), so far the outcome has been excellent. Means a lifetime of being tracked, but it's a small price, considering the alternative.

Can't recommend the treatment as recreation, though. ;-)

Hope all's well with you -- :toast:

[eyesroll]

135. No. 10 -- It is 6:30 a.m. and I'm at work right now

(editing the most gawawful piece of dreck ever submitted to me, BTW.)

No. 9 -- I speak according to the AP stylebook.
No. 8 -- I am more than a foot shorter than my husband.
No. 7 -- We probably have more than 1,500 CDs and records, and I rarely, if ever, listen to any of them.
No. 6 -- I do not have a clinically diagnosed hearing problem, but if you're behind me, walking, and you're trying to talk, I won't hear you. I will hear your shoes.
No. 5 -- I'm 1/8th English, 1/4 Polish, 5/8 Russian. I think. I've cooked Russian and Polish, but not English.
No. 4 -- I'm learning regular HTML. DU uses its own weird HTML. I am attending a meeting today at which I will learn how to use a Web site admin tool, which uses another psuedo-HTML.
No. 3 -- I was a member of the Chemical Youth Discussion Forum on Prodigy in the early 1990s. (If anyone recognizes that, PM me, please.)
No. 2 -- Another DUer is the most prolific visitor to my blog, according to the free stat service I use.
No. 1 -- It's very cold in here right now.

[TrogL]

166. #6 sounds like CAPD

I get that too.

[ulysses]

136. ten more

1. I hate shaving but my facial hair is too patchy to grow a beard.

2. I'm 5'9", but my parents were told that I would be 6'1".

3. I know the pitch at which my tub vibrates sympathetically.

4. I was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around my throat.

5. I think hands are sexy.

6. I own a 4' wooden spirit level and can lay a ceramic tile floor.

7. I think Kurt Cobain was the best songwriter of my generation.

8. I'm a WWI and II history buff. My wife is afraid to to to Europe with me because I keep talking about walking the western front end to end. :)

9. I'm an Eagle Scout. ( :eyes: )

10. I didn't lose my virginity until I was 20, and got very good at running the rest of the bases as a result. :D

One more - I don't trust people who don't like dogs.

[buddhamama]

140. holy &^%@

number 4-- so was i. i was breach too. they tried to right me twice but i was having no part of that. the stubborness has staid with me.

i don't trust people who don't like animals.
that was going to be on my new list.

[ulysses]

144. I wonder sometimes

what effect being throttled at birth has on folks later in life. Besides the drain bamage, I mean. ;-)

that was going to be on my new list.

Put it in there! See, I love cats too, but I can understand how some folks might not care much for them because cats are, well, assholes. How damaged do you have to be to not like a dog?

[GOPisEvil]

143. Two more things we have in common!

If I ever go to Europe, I want to take the WWII battlefield tour. *geek alert* :D

Oh, and I'm an Eagle Scout, too. 3 palms. 4 years as a camp counselor. :D

[ulysses]

145. there you go

We'll get you hitched, then we'll all go together. Ms Uly and Ms GOPisEvil can head to Paris early and you and I can check out Normandy and the Somme. :)

I'm extremely annoyed with the BSA - if we get sons, I probably won't *forbid* them to join but I won't push the subject either unless the organization grabs the damned clue bus...

[GOPisEvil]

148. LOL!!! Sounds like a plan!

It's that getting hitched part that's toughest.

I'm more than annoyed with the BSA. For a bunch of folks who are supposed to be reverent, they sure do a horrible job of "loving thy neighbor." When they have a more progressive leadership, I'll think about getting involved again. That will happen about the time that their money starts running low, and they need to reach out...

[SOteric]

178. I'm fascinated by military history in general

strategics in specific, and WWI and WWII battlefields would be like leaving a 6 year old in charge of a candy store for me. I've already seen a fair number of them, actually.

In my little fantasy: you, ulysses and I will tour the important points of interest in the nerdiest
()fashion possible whilst Ms. uly, and the as-yet-to-be-named lucky lady who wins your heart sip hot cocoa at an outdoor Parisian café.

[DemExpat]

198. I went with my husband and my baby brother (42 years old!)

to the battlefields, forts, graveyards, Memorials around Verdun, France, beginning of August, and I must say I still cannot get them out of my mind.

DemEx

[LWolf]

146. I'll try.

1. I went to 10 different schools K-12th grade (and I have units from 6 different colleges all patched together to get my degrees/credentials).

2. I'm an only person raised by a single mother. No other family. At all. Except for my own 2 sons and grandson.

3. I like animals better than most people.

4. My olfactory nerves were damaged in an accident, and I haven't smelled anything in 2 years.

5. I suffer from motion sickness so severe that I can get seasick standing onshore watching waves.

6. I ran away from home my jr year in highschool; I lived in the back of a pickup truck, cheap motel rooms, and worked cleaning apartments for a semester. I went back in time to take finals and scrape through.

7. I love mountains, rocks, and meadows above all other places.

8. I want to move out of the socal desert in the worst way.

9. While I love gardening, I hate lawns. I hate growing them, I hate mowing and edging them, and I hate the way they're always taking over all of my flower beds etc. I'd rather grow dandelions, wildflowers, wild grasses, etc. than a lawn. If my house hadn't come with bermuda, the grass would be long gone.

10. I've never used a video camera.

[SOteric]

171. I concur about the animals

I've known some pretty wonderful animals and some pretty disappointing people. Still, the wonderful people I have met seem to make up for an awful lot.

[buddhamama]

147. another ten

1)i have hazel/green eyes with flecks of gold.

2)i have grey hair which i adore because i think it looks cool against my auburn hair--natural hair color(and freckles sshhh).

3)i don't wear jewelry

4)i am an unabashed romantic

5)i have a thing for candles

6)perfect day would be dark and stormy, a cozy place, a blanket and a good book.

7)sense of humor is a must if we are to hangout

8)i resent being short

9)i had dreamed of being an olympic gymnist

10)i get carried away with brushing my teeth. there's something about the feel of the bristles against my gums...i have to watched carefully cause i've been known to over do it. :-)

[bicentennial_baby]

149. I also resent being short

5'2" just don't cut it sometimes! I should be happy, my grandma's 4'11"!!

[buddhamama]

152. i'm 5' and almost a half of an inch

i take after my maternal grandmother's side of the family.

short all of `em. she was missing the almost half of an inch i have.

[ulysses]

151. heh

Ms U is 5' and spare change - she'd relate.

The rest of that makes perfect sense with how I had you pictured. Of course, now I'm developing a fantasy where I'm in a big, warm bed with you and SOteric on a stormy day...and we're all reading...:D

[buddhamama]

154. i'll bring the candles

i have a book fetish too.

i was in the candle making business for a few yrs.

i would spend hours working with the wax and painting with it.
they were like sculptures and then i wouldn't to sell them. :-)

[SOteric]

187. I'll bring

the cookies.

No one gets kicked out for leaving crumbs.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

157. I have 10 more!

In case you had any doubt about how much of a dork I am, here's 10 more examples.

10. I once met Matthew Perry near a Starbucks in New York City. We bought him his cup of coffee. :wow:

9. I thought the Blair Witch movie was real until I saw the girl who played Heather in another movie. I still will not go camping, however.

8. As a child I loved Stephen King's Children of the Corn. I am now deathly afraid of cornfields. M. Night Shyamalan's Signs did not help matters. :scared:

7. I'm 24 and still afraid of the dark.

6. I drive a Plymouth Breeze. I would rather be driving a VW.

5. I still cry when I watch 13 Days or anything about JFK. :cry: we went to the sixth floor museum in Dallas, and I openly wept. There's an atmosphere there, and most people I know get choked up when they visit.

4. I have seen every episode of Friends more times than I can count. :freak:

3. I have seen every episode of ER more times than I care to count.

2. I'm a sucker for animals, especially Cats, Dogs, and elephants.

1. I'm addicted to chapstick. Doesn't matter the brand. But I have to have some on me at all times. Did you know they have little carriers now that will clip to your keys? $3 at walmart. Chapstick included. LOL :crazy:

[SOteric]

174. Are there 12 -step programs

for chapstick addicts...?

"Oh Duckie! *sob* Your lips are looking so moist and supple! - You've been using again, haven't you? *sob* I've gathered all your friends together today to talk with you about how your chapstick abuse is affecting their lives...."

[YellowRubberDuckie]

209. That is hilarious!!!!

And they say it's just an urban legend that it's addicting, but I'm here to tell you it's true!!!
Duckie

[SiouxJ]

158. Geez. What don't you already know?

I've already posted most of the interesting things about me over the past year and a half, like that I spent the day with Dr. Seuss when I was 10, I'm an only child since my brother died when we were teens, my great grandfather was the last Tsar of Russia's veterinarian. I think you already know some of the following but in case you weren't paying attention:

1. I have a thing for 70's movies and TV melodramas (like Hawaii 5-0)

2. I used to hang out backstage at a lot of concerts; sometimes I was there legitimately but mostly I snuck back. And no, I wasn't a groupie.

3. I'm a pretty good pool player.

4. When I was a kid I wanted to be either a stand up comedian or an animator for Disney. I was validated when I was voted class clown in my 6th grade class but I hate speaking in front of crowds. I nixed the Disney idea cause I didn't want to live in Hell.A.

5. I was a tomboy growing up and still don't like to wear dresses (I like skirts but not dresses)

6. The only illegal drug I've ever done is pot (which is hard to believe I know, considering #2)

7. I have a "dark" side. I love dreary weather and dark movies and TV shows (a la Twin Peaks)

8. I've worked-out religiously since I was 19.

9. I have a guitar pick collection, an animation cell collection and a PEZ collection.

10. I've slept with someone I met on DU and have a crush on another DUer who is happily married (and barely knows I exist anyway- lol) but I can still admire from afar ;-). (well, that one I bet you didn't know ;-) )

[plcdude]

172. so it is

you that secretly admires me.

[SiouxJ]

173. Oops! I guess there's actually two

I forgot about you ;-) Sorry :-)

[chemenger]

160. Here's My 10

1) Came damn close to losing my leg (due to my own stupidity) while working in the mill. Another time I almost had my forearm crushed. Steel mills can be a very dangerous place to work.

2) A medical doctor's kindness saved my ass from being drafted during the Vietnam era.

3) Paid most of my way through college (PSU and Pitt) by working in the mill, saving my money and living with my parents. But this was when tuition was <$800 a semester and engineering textbooks cost <$60.

4) Didn't have my first date until I was 27 years old (painfully shy and awkward around girls).

5) I was 34 when I finally lost my virginity.

6) I beat the crap out of my sister years ago after she threatened my father and seriously insulted me.

7) Father died without leaving a will. After my mother passed, she left everything to my sister.

8) I have no contact with my family and and all the happier for it.

9) Been living with the same woman for 14 years but this may be coming to an end in the near future (she wants to move on with her life).

10) I think I wouldn't mind spending the rest of my life alone.

BONUS) After reviewing this list I'm beginning to think that I'm rather fucked up.

[SOteric]

179. Oh crap.

I was thinking you sounded rather sweet in a melancholy sort of way.

If you're fucked up what does that say about me...?

[Jax]

189. About that BONUS)....

chemenger. You are NOT fucked up. You are sharp and smart and classy!!!!:thumbsup:

Mr. Jax was cut out of his parents will for marrying me over 20 years ago. He says get out here and see us and I agree!

Great to cross paths here!:hi:

Jax

[TrogL]

162. Oh, good, I was looking for this thread

1. I like long-sleeve shirts (when I'm wearing any clothes at all).
   
2. My sister had brain surgery.
   
3. I hate plums, creamed corn, Harvard beets and peaches.
   
4. I've played many of the largest organs in Europe and England.
   
5. I was molested in Dover, England in 1972.
   
6. My mother outed me to me.
   
7. I had a job as a chauffeur (my boss got me drunk every lunch).
   
8. I'm half-an-inch short of 6 feet tall. My mother blames me.
   
9. All the female side of my family has been involved in health care.
   
10. I have club toes.
    

[SOteric]

182. I'm deeply sorry over number 5.

That must have been an emotionally painful experience.

With regard to number 4, - pipe organs? How impressive!

[TrogL]

194. It wasn't too bad

We'd gotten off the ferry and my parents left me alone with the luggage while they went somewhere to arrange for a hotel room. I was wearing pants that I'd outgrown so they were waaaaaaay too tight.

Some guy wandered up and started talking to me about my pants and started stroking the fabric at my crotch. Eventually I got nervous and pushed him away and he literally disappeared so I guess I lost some time.

[TrogL]

186. Since lots of other people are doing it

Ten more

1. My favourite lunch is spaghetti (having some right now).
   
2. My handwriting is illegible (I can't read it).
   
3. I spent most of grade 4 in the nurse's room (teacher couldn't stand me).
   
4. My second girlfriend was transsexual.
   
5. I grew up on a major river.
   
6. I owned a Walther PPK and a Mauser rifle.
   
7. I used to play organ in a country and western band.
   
8. I rolled my Ramcharger in a ditch.
   
9. I met Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten's partner.
   
10. I can't play trio sonatas.
    

[Kat45]

164. I'll take a shot at this...

10. In ninth grade, we had to write a parody of the "Julius Caesar" 'Friends, Romans, countrymen' speech; I wrote mine about the trial of the Chicago 7.

9. My senior year of high school, I participated in an experimental metropolitan education program in which 15 kids from my (white) 'suburban' school went to school with 15 kids from a (black)inner city school.

8. My senior year of college, I got stoned every day, and I still graduated cum laude.

7. In grad school, I covered the State House for a journalism class.

6. I'm an only child.

5. I love mob movies.

4. I haven't traveled much because I hate to fly.

3. I love chocolate.

2. "All in the Family" is my all-time favorite TV show.

1. I'm 'too nice' a person.

[SOteric]

183. # 3 - Dark, semi-sweet or milk...?

[Kat45]

200. All of the above, but dark above all

:-)

[indigo32]

177. OK here's some more

these are fun to read

20. I just built myself a computer (I know for real geeks that's nothing special)
19. I was EXTREMELY moved by the Vietnam wall
18. I sang with a band once, and currently sing in two choirs
17. I have double pierced ear lobes and one cartilage piercing... and only wear an earring in the cartilage piercing.
16. I drink vodka and cranberry juice...despite a bad experience with Vodka. I was never able to get past my bad experience with tequela
15. I have a motorcycle endorsement, but no bike at the moment
14. Las Vegas and Disney World hold NO allure for me
13. Liv Tyler is HOT
12. I can't sleep on my back, or when it's daylight
11. I love roadtrips

[SOteric]

184. Ah, the great American road trip....

I have got to make some time for one of those again soon.

[hooligan]

180. Everything

This is my first post.

[indigo32]

181. He he

Hi and welcome

[SOteric]

185. Welcome to DU!

[hooligan]

205. Thanks

for the welcome Indigo and SOteric. I'm glad to be here in the Underground.

[Pepper]

188. I'm new to DU...

And I don't know if anybody cares, but here they are:

10. I compulsively check DU throughout the day (and sometimes night)
9. I am an insomniac.
8. Art is my passion.
7. I can go from feeling beautiful and confident to feeling alone and insecure with the slightest provocation.
6. People mistake me for a dumb blonde.
5. I tend to over-analyze everything.
4. I laugh at stupid jokes that others don't find funny.
3. I like beer and sports.
2. I fidget constantly.
1. I have a mad crush on a gay man. x(

[SOteric]

190. People often mistake me for a dumb

brunette. Over the years I've learned to enjoy the edge of surprise that affords me when they come to terms with how very wrong they've been. :7

[Pepper]

191. guilty pleasure

It's so much fun, isn't it?! :D

I have to admit that sometimes I use my looks to my advantage... and that just makes it all the more satisfying when I open my mouth and leave them stunned and unable to comprehend what the hell just happened to the "empty-headed bundle of giggles" they thought they were speaking to! ;)

[TEXASYANKEE]

192. Okay, I'm in.

10. I love to travel. Been all over the US, Bermuda, Australia, etc. Have a special fondness for Hawaii.
9. I hate messing with my hair and wear little makeup.
8. My favorite wine is Bull's Blood (Hungarian).
7. I rarely eat out.
6. Have 3 older brothers.
5. I'm usually in bed by 10:30.
4. I am owned by 4 cats (but I'm really more of a dog person).
3. I'm now at my sexual peak.
2. I have to have lots of time to myself.
1. My life is boring compared to my fellow DUers!!

[SOteric]

193. Travelling is such a pleasure.

Am I correct in assuming Bull's Blood is a red? What's the varietal?

[TEXASYANKEE]

199. Bull's Blood

Yes it's a red. It's made from a Kadarka grape. I'm no wine expert, but this is the most full-bodied wine I've ever tasted. Wonderful stuff.

[Lady Freedom]

195. SORRY!

There is nothing about me that anybody would want to know! really!

[ornotna]

212. Wrong!!!

We wanna know all the gory details.....ok, ok....maybe just a few tidbits, come on, spill the beans.

[SOteric]

201. I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART

in one of these two threads. The response has been amazing. It's been both fun creating the 'lists' and even more fun reading and learning about other DU'ers.

We're an extraordinary group of people, and it's been a pleasure getting to know each of you a bit better.

If there's enough of an interest, I may try this as an exercise again in another month or so.

Thanks again, all of you. :loveya:

[Pepper]

204. thanks!

Thanks SOteric for starting this thread!

I'm new to DU and this has been a great way to learn about everyone.. I have enjoyed reading everyone's posts and I love all of you !

:loveya:

Pepper

[kayell]

203. 10

1) I dyed my hair red with henna July 4th. Now I have discovered that I like being a red head, and my personality is changing to fit my hair!

2)I have green eyes.

3)I really need bifocals, but don't want the ones with lines, so I keep pushing my glasses down my nose to read, until I can afford lineless glasses.

4)I'm a lot more vain than I ever realized.

5)I have more than 3500 mp3s on my harddrive. This is more than any sane person needs.

6)I am addicted to playing Civilization III.

7)I supplied all my luxuries in college with winnings from playing double deck pinochle with a bunch of ex-navy guys.

8)shh, don't tell anyone, but I was born in PA and lived there for 6 weeks before my parents moved back south of the Mason-Dixon line. Technically, this might make me a yankee. :scared: ;-)

9)The only food I really don't like is rutabagas. ewwww

10)When I was a kid, I skipped out of piano lessons so that I could watch Star Trek.

[peacefreak]

206. Are you guys still reading these????

10. I am an old folkie
9. I am very deaf. Without my hearing aid I could not hear music, let alone you.
8. I would rather roll it than pour it. My other favorite "j" is Jameson.
7. I am probably old enough to be your mother to some of you.
6. My cat Lucy is a boy.
5. The person I enjoy the most in the world is my kid Sarah
4. I saw the Who when they were still breaking their instruments.
3. I saw the Beatles.
2. My first car was a VW, so is my current one (very old VW Fox)
1. Chocolate is not a food, it is a sacrament.

[SOteric]

207. I'm so totally with you about the chocolate.

:loveya:

[Kellanved]

208. OK

1. Although I love the sea, I'm afraid of deep water
2. I've been enrolled at three different High-Schools (not at once, one after another)
3. I'm sharing my appartment with my younger brother
4. I don't own a car (but there is one that I can use)
5. the posters at my desk say "Parole: never ever give up" and "Shit Happens"
6. My favourite mug is HUGE (and full of coffee)
7. I'm reading Will Pitt's book at the moment
8. IMHO French supermarkets are the best in the world
9. I was very short as a kid, but grew to normal height (6 ft (1.8m))
10. I love rainy days

[Gato Moteado]

210. here are mine, in case anyone is interested.....

1. i have never owned an umbrella
2. i don't wear a watch or rings or jewelry of any kind
3. i am deathly afraid of heights (i cannot stand out on high balconies or ride ferris wheels)
4. i have always liked to wear my hair long, even as a little kid in the 60's
5. my favorite beatle was george harrison, i felt like crying when he died
6. i don't care much for hollywood movies but rather prefer foreign and independent films
7. i don't really like coffee
8. i try not to go places where people can smoke cigarettes because the smoke gives me a sore throat (though other smokables are fine)
9. i was terribly allergic to dogs until i found one at the pound that i wasn't allergic to. after living with her for 3 years, i've almost completely lost my allergy to dogs.
10. i will soon be leaving the country to go live in the rainforest in central america despite #1 and #7.