Post a Random Fact about Yourself

[Trevelyan]

This is a very popular thread at another forum I visit.

All you do is, as the title says, post a random fact about yourself. It is not a game or anything, so there are no posting rules, so feel free to post what you like whenever you feel like it.

Anyway, this past Sunday, I scratched the cornea of my right eye on a bag of mozzarella cheese. It's true. :blush:

[Wolfcounsel]

I am naked under my clothes.

[UnkHiram]

I say "Tater" not Potato

[Eagle1]

i just wasted 20 bucks on the new family guy dvd

[dPrasse]

Been working out at a gym with Peach for a month now ...

[DesertFox]

My real name ain't DesertFox.

[Republican_Legion]

i used to be a Liberal .

[Teenager]

My armpit itches.

[UhUhNoWay]

I just adopted two kittens.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:moo: I have been to all of Texas's 254 counties.

[aaron11]

I loath liberals...

[Beowulf]

I used to be a mogul skier growing up.

[DesertFox]

I have been to all of Texas's 254 counties Braggin' or complainin'?

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:moo: Bragging.

DesertFox:
My real name ain't DesertFox.

:moo: Musing or opining?

[Longhorn_Platinum]

Wolfcounsel:
I am naked under my clothes.

:moo: Have you tried tighty whiteys?

[Charity]

While all girls are princesses, some men are queens. :-)

[Longhorn_Platinum]

Charity:
While all girls are princesses, some men are queens. :-)

:moo: This thread is for facts about yourself. So, what are you telling us?

[Charity]

LOL I was just trying to think of something punny. I'm definitly a princess. :-)

[Charity]

Ok here is something about me.
I put mayo in my pinto beans. :-)
I don't eat red meat
I love sweet iced tea
I collect dolls, crystal and musical instruments.

[Eagle1]

i like steak the best when the center is still slightly cold

[Teenager]

I just picked my nose. And now I need to write a paper.

[CzechPrince]

I have been to virtually every country in Europe, as well as Mexico.

[Teenager]

I have been to virtually every country in Europe, as well as Mexico.

Sorry dude, but Mexico doesn't have any(nada, zip) countries inside of it. Are you sure you've been there? :D
I've been to Mexico twice, and Costa Rica once, and Canada for 15 minutes!!

[Melz]

I have no patience. With anything. Zero patience.

I will try to think of a better thing about myself soon..lol.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

My legal name for the first 12 months of my life was "Infant Girl" (even said so on the legal documents).

[dPrasse]

Sorry dude, but Mexico doesn't have any(nada, zip) countries inside of it. Are you sure you've been there? :D


Teen ... he's saying he's been alot of cool places in europe PLUS mexico .... :whistle:

[Taylor]

I have a crush on President Bush.

[Rink]

My left toenail hurts, its ingrown :(

[dPrasse]

My left toenail hurts, its ingrown :(

I have a sharp knife .... :devilange

[Peachdiane]

Dunno? Still trying to find myself! :cool:

[dPrasse]

Dunno? Still trying to find myself! :cool:

I found you .... :whistle:

[PaulRevere]

I'm madly in love with the woman of my dreams.

[Peachdiane]

I found you .... :whistle:

I pity you! :yikes:

[Melz]

I am avoiding taking my CE online courses at this very moment :)

[The_Fireman]

Dunno? Still trying to find myself! :cool:With hair that red,I dont know how anyone could miss you.

[PaulRevere]

I log into FC while at work.

[Eagle1]

i have the mind of a dirty old man

[Teenager]

Teen ... he's saying he's been alot of cool places in europe PLUS mexico .... :whistle:


DOH!!! So that's what he meant.:smirky:

[PatrioticAmerican]

When I was younger, I had several premonitions that came true. From the age of 20 to 21, I had deja vu every day (about ten times per day). Since then, nothing.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

I hate wearing shoes, but I love collecting weird earrings.

[Beowulf]

i have the mind of a dirty old man

Hey!! That's what I want to grow up to be!

[Melz]

i just had a grilled ham and cheese sandwich and some broccoli cheese soup for lunch.

[Wyatt_Junker]

I wear sweatpants because I can. I also go commando. Always have. This sometimes causes problems and 'my helmet' can sometimes be observed like a dangerous protruding ridge. This doesn't bother me. In fact, it makes me proud.

[Pendragon_6]

I like beer.

[CzechPrince]

Sorry dude, but Mexico doesn't have any(nada, zip) countries inside of it.

I'm quite aware Mexico is an independent country on the continent of North America. I don't understand what this part of the post's point was.


Are you sure you've been there? :D

Yep, I did mission work there.

I've been to Mexico twice, and Costa Rica once, and Canada for 15 minutes!!

I've been to:

Mexico

Czech Republic (obviously)
Slovakia
Hungary
Poland
Austria
Moldova
Ukraine
Russia
Germany
Bosnia
England
France
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Slovenia
Switzerland
Croatia
Belarus
Sweden.......That's it I think

[Rink]

I like making jewelry, necklaces, earrings etc.

[Trevelyan]

I hate cake.........and pickles..........and Mountain Dew........

[aaron11]

I hate cake.........and pickles..........and Mountain Dew........


Ditto...

But then again, i hate most things...:moo:

Yup, i am a hater...

[Peachdiane]

With hair that red,I dont know how anyone could miss you.

LOL! I might just go bottle blond! ;)

I thought of a random fact... I cross stitch, and no it's not a granny hobby. :whip:

[jag]

I hate wearing shoes, but I love collecting weird earrings.

I hate wearing earings, but I collect shoes :laugh:

[BEST45CAL]

LOL! I might just go bottle blond! ;)

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! lol

[dPrasse]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! lol

thank you ! :hahaha:

[nene]

I have three nenes.

[BeerRun]

I'm not really a jerk.

[UnkHiram]

I hate wearing earings, but I collect shoes :laugh:
I wont wear earings (Still firmly convinced that any man that does is gay) and I dont collect shoes but I do collect really strange friends.

[PrezLeefun]

I havent gotten a 75% grade or above in Math since 2001.
I have a lazy eye.
I have one peice of designer clothing- my glasses ( Donna Karen)
I have had five portable music devices in the past three years ( none have been an ipod)
I am completely tan in less than 15 minutes in the sun.
I look very caucasion in the winter.

[dcanner]

I make the best apple pie and mashed potatoes (my family thinks so).

I feed stray animals.

I am courteous to truckers.

[dPrasse]

I am courteous to truckers.

and WE love you for it !

[PrezLeefun]

I am courteous to truckers.-dcanner


You are far more gracious than I. <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[dcanner]

yeah, there's something about big, ol' hairy trucker arms hanging out the window that makes me feel something, at least, is right in this world.

[Wyatt_Junker]

I'm not really a jerk.

If it needs to be said....

[BeerRun]

If it needs to be said....I liked the bad link and Al Bundy pic better....

[Republican_Legion]

I am completely tan in less than 15 minutes in the sun.
I look very caucasion in the winter.

i can get very Brown from the Sun quickly also(takes me about an 1-2 hours) and then it lasts a week or so . i hardly am outside in the sun that much and my eyes are very sensitive to the sun and maybe i am on the PC too much lol .

[aaron11]

At work, while I'm cutting down trees "between 30 & 50 per day", I think of the enviro-wheenies...


:thumb:

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

I like beer.

Does it make you a jolly good fellow (a la Tom T. Hall)?

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

I dont collect shoes but I do collect really strange friends.

I'm a friend of Unk's http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/icons/biggrin.gif .

[Longhorn_Platinum]

CzechPrince:
I've been to:

Mexico

Czech Republic (obviously)
Slovakia
Hungary
Poland
Austria
Moldova
Ukraine
Russia
Germany
Bosnia
England
France
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Slovenia
Switzerland
Croatia
Belarus
Sweden.......That's it I think

:smirky: Not the Vatican? And you call yourself Catholic??!

[BarryC]

My favorite Classical music is from Bach, especially his pipe organ music, especially when played by E. Power Biggs, my favorite organist.

[BarryC]

Me too.

I wont wear earings (Still firmly convinced that any man that does is gay) and...

[BarryC]

Hey BeerRun,
I just clicked on your profile. I'm a day older than you!
Far out.
I'm not really a jerk.

[CzechPrince]

:smirky: Not the Vatican? And you call yourself Catholic??!

Unfortuently, I have not been to Italy or the Vatican. :crazy:

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:moo: I'm a day younger than TheRANDyCorp, & a day older than LadyHawk108.

[Teenager]

:moo: I'm a day younger than TheRANDyCorp, & a day older than LadyHawk108.

I'm pretty close too. Mine's on the 24th of March. Now if we can only find someone born on the 25th:D.

[BarryC]

Hey, so is my mom's.

I'm pretty close too. Mine's on the 24th of March.

[Republican_Legion]

I'm the Oldest Teenager here (i turn 20 in a few weeks) .
I smoke marlboro No27s .
I dont Drink unless its a special occasion .
I dont really give a damn about spelling correctly .
I have been playing the Guitar since i was 11
I dont read music , i read Tabs .

[DesertFox]

I'm a day older than the Big Bang. Me'n Doc Doom celebrated it with Dom Perignon, IIRC.





It WAS awhile back.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

Teenager:
I'm pretty close too. Mine's on the 24th of March. Now if we can only find someone born on the 25th:D.

:smirky: Um, no. You weren't born in 1956.

:moo: But, as far as birthdays go, we could have a March 25, if we can convince Anita Bryant to join FC.

[PrezLeefun]

I'm a friend of Unk's http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/icons/biggrin.gif .

:whistle: that explains alot...






Just messin' with ya babe. I love you Homes.:grin:

[MSGT]

I like to watch cheesy movies from the 70s and 80s because they bring me back to a simpler time.

[MSGT]

My cooking is so good I have to be careful who gets to eat it.

Don't want any more stalkers breaking into my house for leftovers.

[DesertFox]

I think Farrah Fawcett in her prime was the hottest broad of all times and places.

[MSGT]

I think Farrah Fawcett in her prime was the hottest broad of all times and places.

Raquel Welch

http://www.cultsirens.com/welch/welch.htm

[Longhorn_Platinum]

MSGT:
I like to watch cheesy movies...

:moo: You mean, like SWISS Family Robinson?

[MSGT]

:moo: You mean, like SWISS Family Robinson?

No, I guess cheesy is not the right word. Just older movies with lower production values, scripts not very tight. Things like that.

[CzechPrince]

I smoke Camel Turkish Golds.

[Teenager]

I don't smoke or drink. I also take vitamins and herbs.

[PrezLeefun]

I smoke ( not often) and drink and I insist on not taking vitamins or herbs. ( except for the ones in food of course)

[DesertFox]

No fair, MSGT. Today I think Farrah was Numero Uno. Tomorrow I'm likely to think it was Raquel, and the next day Sophia Loren.

So many flat-out gorgeous women, so little time.

[BarryC]

Sophia Loren, Ann-Margaret, Raquel Welch, Catherine Bach, Linda Carter, Loni Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau... How do I choose?
No fair, MSGT. Today I think Farrah was Numero Uno. Tomorrow I'm likely to think it was Raquel, and the next day Sophia Loren.

So many flat-out gorgeous women, so little time.

[tacitus]

I think Farrah Fawcett in her prime was the hottest broad of all times and places.

Ursula Andress wins hand down.

http://www.cultsirens.com/andress/andress002.jpghttp://www.cultsirens.com/andress/andress007.jpg

[dPrasse]

I'll take Rita Hayworth ... back when Hollywood was glamor ... and I like Reds ! :D

http://claudia79.tripod.com/images/bigcpic.jpg

http://claudia79.tripod.com/peecs/favdress.jpg

http://claudia79.tripod.com/peecs/tfavorite.jpg

[UnkHiram]

I would have to say that besides my wife the most beutifull woman on earth would have to have been Loni Anderson

[PrezLeefun]

we know you like reds dprasse case in point.... http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/customavatars/avatar62_4.gif (http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/member.php?u=62)

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:moo: Dolly Parton is the second most beautiful woman in the world, bar none.

:moo: Okay, let's go back to the topic of this thread. It's about posting banal factoids about ourselves.

[PrezLeefun]

Lp is the only person to have posted "banal factoids" here at all.


Is that a fact or factoid?

[Melz]

My brother in law works for the FBI.

I hope that is not all classified. He doesn't act like it is. Or perhaps he tells us things because he trusts his family. If so, sorry dear BIL for outting you.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

PrezLeefun:
Lp is the only person to have posted "banal factoids" here at all.

:moo: You think the others are all fascinating?

:grin: Including the one about WolfCounsel bein' nekkid?

[Trevelyan]

I got a 92% on my first General Ecology exam. The thing is, that was the highest grade in the class. I just think that is kind of crazy that a 92% was the highest grade.

I have a 4.0 when it comes to all the Biology courses I have taken over three years of college.

I had to take Organic Chemistry II twice. If Satan were a course, he would be Organic Chemistry.

[SunnyBrook]

I like to play Puzzle Pirates.

I love to make things--air fresheners, perfumes, soaps, cleaning products, lotions, bath salts, waxed bears, etc.

[Trevelyan]

Puzzle Pirates?

[SunnyBrook]

http://www.puzzlepirates.com/

[SunnyBrook]

I sail on the Viridian Ocean and the Sage Ocean (both free, non-subscriber oceans).

[ThomasIsUnderrated]

I had to take Organic Chemistry II twice. If Satan were a course, he would be Organic Chemistry.


Oh, good, that helps me think of a factoid.


I got in the upper 90s in both semesters of o-chem and a 99 in the lab portion.

[Trevelyan]

Oh, good, that helps me think of a factoid.


I got in the upper 90s in both semesters of o-chem and a 99 in the lab portion.

Hah, not saying I would have done as well as you did, but I know I could have definitely done better if I could actually see anything the professor was doing. I went from an F to a B, however, after the second time through O Chem II, so I am happy with that.

Also, my school's O Chem program seems to be more difficult than Pitt Main's. Everyone seems to go and take O Chem at Pitt if they struggled with it at my school. My brother's orthodontist told him that he knew of three people who failed O Chem at my school, then got A's when they took it at Pitt.

Anyway, so what do you do that you needed to take O. Chem for? Were you a Biology or Chem major?

Oh, and what was your favorite reaction? Mine was the Diels-Alder. :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Trevelyan/diels.gif

[Riverboat]

I graduated Magna Cum Laude.

[TechnoPrincess]

I have almost 60 pairs of shoes

I knit :)

My dr overdosed me on meds on Tuesday so I had to miss work yesterday

[dPrasse]

I hate ...........and Mountain Dew........

you Heathen !

I love Mt Dew !

[dPrasse]

I am courteous to truckers.-dcanner


You are far more gracious than I. <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Yes , New York drivers are the least courteous .. :whistle:

[THEBIRD]

I'm going trout fishing this weekend.

[jag]

I have almost 60 pairs of shoes



How many have you never worn? I have 6that are still llooking for the right outfit:whistle:


I never pay full price for anything - ever

[aaron11]

I am going to go practice with my bow, archery seasons just round' the corner.:grin:

[DesertFox]

Mountain Dew?

Yuck!

I'm a Pepper.

[BEST45CAL]

I have a wonderful wife. :thumb:

One of my best friends was an Army Ranger and I have a brother-in-law who's a Navy SEAL.

[DeclinetoState]

I'm the Oldest Teenager here (i turn 20 in a few weeks) .
I smoke marlboro No27s .
I dont Drink unless its a special occasion .
I dont really give a damn about spelling correctly .
I have been playing the Guitar since i was 11
I dont read music , i read Tabs .

You read Tab (http://home.epix.net/~tjwagner/tab.html)s? :D

[Longhorn_Platinum]

Trevelyan:
I got a 92% on my first General Ecology exam. The thing is, that was the highest grade in the class. I just think that is kind of crazy that a 92% was the highest grade.

:question: Why?

:smirky: Is there some rule that the highest grade has to be 100? Just maybe, even the best student only met 92% of the professor's expectations. I mean, that's what the grades are supposed to reflect. It's not as if the grade reflected the percentiles of the whole class.

[Christ4Life]

:heartpumpI love Jesus.:heartpump

[TechnoPrincess]

How many have you never worn? I have 6that are still llooking for the right outfit:whistle:


I never pay full price for anything - ever

I have worn all of them at least once. I love shoes. I have my favorites, but then I have some that only go with 1 or 2 outfits, so they get worn less often..

[Pendragon_6]

If Satan were a course, he would be Organic Chemistry__Trevelyan

Nomenclature was my bane.

[DoctorDoom]

All facts about VTY require TS/SCI clearance.

[The_RANDy_Corporation]

I am running the concession stand at my son's basketball games and am making money for the program, hand over fist.

[jag]

I have worn all of them at least once. I love shoes. I have my favorites, but then I have some that only go with 1 or 2 outfits, so they get worn less often..


http://images.picsearch.com/is?3061508441755 Betcha don't have these :grin:

[Trevelyan]

:question: Why?

:smirky: Is there some rule that the highest grade has to be 100? Just maybe, even the best student only met 92% of the professor's expectations. I mean, that's what the grades are supposed to reflect. It's not as if the grade reflected the percentiles of the whole class.

No, I just wouldn't have ever thought the grades for General Ecology would have ended up being so low. I'd expect something like that from Organic Chemistry, but not General Ecology.

Anyway, I'll find out my MCAT scores tomorrow. Scary. :grin:

[dPrasse]

I'm a Pepper.

Well , Pepper is my "dark" drink ... :grin:

[UnkHiram]

Dr Pepper is my "Dark" Drink

Dr Pepper with Ice is my "Light" drink

[Teenager]

I have a paper due tomorrow. I need to go ahead and finish it.

[aaron11]

I am trying to transfuse my blood with coffee....

http://www.doken.jp/cobian/img2/cofee.gif

[Trevelyan]

I got a 31 on my MCAT! :)

Drinks are on me!

[ThomasIsUnderrated]

I got a 31 on my MCAT! :)

Drinks are on me!

Good job, Trev! Knew ya could do it! :thumb:

[PatrioticAmerican]

Trev, what score is the highest possible? I've never taken an MCAT.

[Republican_Legion]

You read Tab (http://home.epix.net/~tjwagner/tab.html)s? :D

lol very funny :thumb: , actually i read these kinds of tabs : http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/

[Trevelyan]

Trev, what score is the highest possible? I've never taken an MCAT.

A 45.

The score everyone should strive for is a 30. With that, it is likely you would be accepted somewhere.

My mother is a nurse, and she was talking with one of the doctors about the MCAT, and she told me he said I needed three tens. There are three sections on the test, which include Physical Sciences (General Chemistry and Physics), Verbal Reasoning, and Biological Sciences (Biology and Organic Chemistry.) Each section is out of 15, so this is where the 45 comes from. I got an 11 on Biological Sciences, and 11 on Verbal Reasoning, and a 9 on Physical Sciences. I also got an R on the writing sample portion, which were two essays I had to write. The scale is from J to T. They have strange scales.

Some Osteopathic medical schools I have looked at had a score of 23 as the average for people that have actually been accepted, not as a minimum requirement.

Oh, and thanks Thomas. :)

[Peachdiane]

My mother is a nurse

So is mine and she was just happy I graduated. ;)

Congrats!

[Beowulf]

I am trying to transfuse my blood with coffee....

http://www.doken.jp/cobian/img2/cofee.gif

I do that daily, Aaron.

[PrezLeefun]

http://images.picsearch.com/is?3061508441755 Betcha don't have these :grin:
With the weather up here I need them!

[Melz]

I have been trying all day to sneeze with my eyes open. Actually because I am having trouble not sneezing lately (allergies..grrrr) so I figured I would try. It got to hurting. And certainly, it just isn't possible, as we all know.

[PrezLeefun]

Its possible if you hold up your lids. Then again it would mean letting the snot fly....eww gross.

[Peachdiane]

Its possible if you hold up your lids. Then again it would mean letting the snot fly....eww gross.

And I just ate!

That's where one of these comes in handy. :crazy:

http://www.chinagauze.com/dressings/img/6.jpg

[dPrasse]

Its possible if you hold up your lids. Then again it would mean letting the snot fly....eww gross.

well ... blow down ! ( as long as you have umbrella shoes ! )

[dPrasse]

Dr Pepper is my "Dark" Drink

Dr Pepper with Ice is my "Light" drink

to "lighten" my dark drink , I add Jack ...

[DesertFox]

I've tried sneezing while holding my lids up with my fingers. Couldn't sneeze. Wheezed real strong and made some comical faces (according to observers), but no sneezing.

[Peachdiane]

Rum works good too....http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/food/54.gif

[Melz]

I've tried sneezing while holding my lids up with my fingers. Couldn't sneeze. Wheezed real strong and made some comical faces (according to observers), but no sneezing.

Do that again! Take a picture this time pleeeease???

[Teenager]

Rum works good too....http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/food/54.gif

Yo ho ho and bottle of rum!!

Oh wait, today's not Pirate day!

[Suzie]

I was born with 3 knee caps.

[Melz]

Wow, do you still have them all ? Do they present a problem or did they?

I once saw someone's kneecap fall down around her shin. It was during practice, I have no idea how it physically got that way. I have never since then heard a more frightening scream from anyone.

[Peachdiane]

Yo ho ho and bottle of rum!!

Oh wait, today's not Pirate day!

Arrrrr, me didn't e'en know thar was one, shiver me timbers! So when is Pirate day?

[Teenager]

Arrrrr, me didn't e'en know thar was one, shiver me timbers! So when is Pirate day?

It was a couple of weeks ago. Talk like a Pirate Day (http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/showthread.php?t=27568)

[DesertFox]

I buy smokes online at $1.13 per pack.

[Suzie]

Wow, do you still have them all ?


Yes ... sort of. One is in a jar at my mothers house. Unless she threw it out.

Do they present a problem or did they?


One would slip out from under the other before it was removed. That would lock up my leg. That wasn't plesant.

The leg with the knee it was under has the remaining knee cap somewhat looser than the leg without the extra one. The rubbing on the back of the one on top made it somewhat rough on the back of the one that's still there and that can wear the cartilage if I walk a LOT. But just everyday walking around doesn't do it. Sometimes if I step off a curb or too quickly down a step the loose knee slides and will give out on me.

Maybe that's more info than you wanted. :lol:

[Melz]

Not too much info. I could probably barf right now but I have a weak stomache, tis my fault :)

Glad it is taken care of, although I do wonder about having it in a jar? My mom has/had her gall bladder in a jar though, she took it when they offered it to her. Can't imagine taking them up on that offer. I was fascinated when i was 8, somewhere around 10 years old I started being sick thinking about it sitting in a jar somewhere in her bedroom..ewwwww.

[Melz]

I buy smokes online at $1.13 per pack.

Ohhh where is this site-o-smokes? Is it Kentucky based? They have no sin tax so we can go there and get cheaper alcohol and smokes if we are so ambitious to do so.

[Suzie]

We took it because at first no one knew what it was for sure. We had to take it to a lab covered by our insurance so the hospital wouldn't charge us the leg and an arm to find out if it was some sort of tumor. I am thinking (hoping) she has thrown it out by now. But you never know with mom. :lol:

[Peachdiane]

Thanks matey! I missed that! Arrrr!

Can't imagine taking them up on that offer. I was fascinated when i was 8, somewhere around 10 years old I started being sick thinking about it sitting in a jar somewhere in her bedroom..ewwwww.

Yech! When my gallstones passed years ago, I was offered them in a jar. I asked whatever for???? :uhh:

[Melz]

I am glad they didn't offer me any remnants when I had a Csection (my only surgery ever). Well I guess I got ONE remnant :)


random fact, I was voted most talkative in the senior class voting. Why is that even a category???

[Peachdiane]

random fact, I was voted most talkative in the senior class voting. Why is that even a category???

I was also. The joke was that the category is there so we can get the STFU award. :eek:

[PrezLeefun]

cause the school probably wanted to see if they gave you enough detentions....

[Melz]

Ohhhh. I thought the joke was that I am not pretty, nor smart, but I sure do have a big mouth which no one, not even the yearbook, can ignore!

congrats Peach, we have much in common! :)

[Melz]

cause the school probably wanted to see if they gave you enough detentions....

Haha funny story! I was actually a model student (It saved me ..really it did) but I did get some detentions and saturday schools for being obstinent (speaking out against teachers if I thought their rule was retarded. I once got a Saturday school for taking a make up test I had missed in another class rather than stay in the class I was in for that period..that sort of stuff).

There was another chick in my school (year younger) with the exact same name as me. I blamed pretty much EVERY negative school notice in the mail on her..I got straight A's so I got away with it!

I broke down and told my mom this, when I was about 25 years old. I don't even think she was amused then!

[Peachdiane]

but I did get some detentions and saturday schools for being obstinent

My mom used to wail, "What has Di done NOW????"

I NEVER believed a student must shut their minds and mouths and go with the flow to pass the class. I got many detentions for "respectfully disagreeing" with the teachers during discussion of national and world events.

[Black Phoenix]

Pirate day eh?

"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, yohoho and one foot's falls in... ew"

I think up random jokes inside my head and sometimes have to stiffle my laughter in public... it can be embarassing... expecially if its a good joke.

ADD can suck sometimes.

[dPrasse]

My youngest daughter has an art teacher that .. 1) doesn't like kids and 2) art is only art if done exactly as he wants ....

One day he had an "open" art class .... a day the kids could draw whatever ... teacher "bad mouthed " some of the students art ... well my 10 yr old gave some "lip" ( she actually told the teacher exactly what the school counselor had told her to tell the teacher when he was negative ) and ended up in the "timeout" area .... on a form that is filled out by the teacher and the student to be sent to the "office" .... teacher said the offense was " disrespect" ... in the section filled out by the student stating how they planned to "correct" their bad behavior she says " I'll not speak so loudly that the teache hears me ...."

That's my girl ! :whistle:

[PrezLeefun]

oh snap! gotta good girl there my friend! reminds me of myself back in the day.

[Peachdiane]

Pirate day eh?

"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, yohoho and one foot's falls in... ew"

LOL. That would be a great scene in "Goonies..."

[PrezLeefun]

come to think of it it would be a great scene in that movie.

[BEST45CAL]

thank you ! :hahaha:

I had to say "no" because my wife is a redhead, too. LOL

[DesertFox]

I got tennis shoes on.

[Melz]

I will refrain from quoting from Forrest Gump :)

I have socks on and my feet are cold

And there are wolves chasing me (quote from Grandpa Simpson)

[PrezLeefun]

'Life is like a box of chocolates, ya' never know which one you gonna get."

[Wolfcounsel]

I heard that "being an idiot is no box of chocolates" was the original quote in Forrest Gump.

[Melz]

random fact: Mel is going to sleep! Night Freecers :)

[TSawyer2112]

I'm a huge fan of Rush and Rush. They both ROCK!!!:thumb:

[Rink]

Made my first stretchy bracelet today, its purty but, I need to use more materials, its um kinda small for my wrist lol

Would be a good sized one for a kid tho!!!

Mom can wear it (skinny mom lol)

[PatrioticAmerican]

Wow. Congratulations, Trev! That is awesome. Great accomplishment.

[PatrioticAmerican]

Fact about me: I can fold the corners of my lips to make fangs out of them.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

Melz:
Ohhhh. I thought the joke was that I am not pretty, nor smart, but I sure do have a big mouth which no one, not even the yearbook, can ignore!

congrats Peach, we have much in common! :)

:moo: Actually, PeachDiane IS pretty and smart.

:uhh: *ducks*

[Longhorn_Platinum]

Melz:
I once got a Saturday school for taking a make up test I had missed in another class rather than stay in the class I was in for that period.

:sulk: The teacher that gave you that make-up test acted very unprofessionally. Another teacher did that to me several times, & caused the students involved to get lower grades in my class. In my case, the principal was equally unprofessional for not putting a stop to it.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

dPrasse:
she actually told the teacher exactly what the school counselor had told her to tell the teacher when he was negative

:sulk: The school counselors are teaching the kids to backtalk other adults? That wench needs to be reprimanded. If ANY counselor ever teaches stuff like that to Xane, she & I will be in the principal's office, with me throwing out casual references about my ATTORNEY. There are better ways to handle these situations, than teaching kids to be rebellious.

[dPrasse]

No , the counselor told her to tell him that when he is negative , it huts her feelings ....

[dPrasse]

I had to say "no" because my wife is a redhead, too. LOL

well , Red didn't go blonde .... she tried out Blaze Red , it is "redder" 9not fire truck red , though ... :patriot: .... awesome !
Just thanking you for backing my position ;)

[Longhorn_Platinum]

dPrasse:
well my 10 yr old gave some "lip" ( she actually told the teacher exactly what the school counselor had told her to tell the teacher when he was negative )

the counselor told her to tell him that when he is negative , it huts her feelings ....

:smirky: That's hardly giving somebody "lip".

[dPrasse]

well , that is what she was accused of ...insubordination ....

I am a big backer of teachers that deserve the backing , but thee are some teachers that ae just plain jerks ... and this one is one of them , snot nosed kid just out of college ... a "I know it all" type ... and I understand that during "learning" class time , the teacher rules ... but in "free art" , that is the time the students gets to draw whatever ....

my daughter inherited my lack of "art greatness" , and for him to ridicule students that aren't as awesome and gifted as he is .... grrrrrr

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:unsmile: I agree that some teachers are below standard, but they should be dealt with in private, not in view of the students. When I was in school, my mother might have disagreed with teachers, but she would speak with them in private. By the time I was brought into the picture, Mama & the teacher would have ironed out any differences, & were ready to present a united front, ready to steer me in the right direction. That's how it should be.

[Trevelyan]

I like Coldplay. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Trevelyan/face.gif

[Logic]

I work in the computer lab at my school. I learn something new every day about how much I hate people. (I'm the poor bastard who goes around and helps all the freshmen learn programming languages.) Oh well, a lot of the stupid ones are hot.

[dPrasse]

Logic , back in the machine language days , I was the Freshman helping the Seniors thru computer lab .... we used punch cards , lots of fun .... we also had a "big" compute that knew "BASIC" ... no hard drives , it had 2 "reel to reel" tapes for its memory and we used a teletype machine for entry ...or one could do the machine language with the togel switches on the front compartment ....

and the circuit boards were huge , had to replace transistors and resistors on several to keep "Hal" working ... Hal was around 7' tall , 4' wide and had an astounding 4K operating memory ....

[Rink]

Dang only 4k??? Guess they never heard of TRS-80's Microcomputer that had at LEAST a whopping 16k memory!!!

Even a built-in number keypad as well too!!!

[dPrasse]

Oh , I pre-date those !

the trusty PDP7 by DEC ... gotta love talking to a machine with a row of "on/off" switches ....

http://www.wbglinks.net/pages/history/stuffwbglinks/computers/pdp7.jpg

or , if one tired of "machine" , you could use the high tech teletype to talk BASIC ...

[Peachdiane]

Yow! My first real hands on *at school* was 8th grade when the school acquired Apple computers. :D Just a bit smaller! :lol:

http://apple2history.org/images/apple2std.gif

[Peachdiane]

"BASIC" ... no hard drives , it had 2 "reel to reel" tapes for its memory and we used a teletype machine for entry ...or one could do the machine language with the togel switches on the front compartment ....

Fun language, as well as COBOL and Fortran. 'Course now I wonder why I even bothered because I sure can't remember them. :uhh:

[dPrasse]

Nope .. never saw an Apple .... the college was just getting Commodore PETs and the afore-mentioned Tandy TRS80 and the Texas Instruments TI/99

[Peachdiane]

Nope .. never saw an Apple ....

Well, now you have. :lashes:

[Trevelyan]

I loathe snickerdoodle cookies.

[SunnyBrook]

Peach:

I remember those Apples at school. We had these cool little 2 tone muncher type games that were like, totally, awesome! (LOL)

[Peachdiane]

Like, oh my gawd! I do remember those!

On my Kaypro, I had the ASCII Pacman where the "c" alternated between upper and lowercase to chomp. Anyone remember "Hunt the Wumpus?"

I feel a draft.
You are in Room # 7
Tunnels lead to 6,8,17
Shoot or Move?

or... Colossal cave/ Adventure? The original was written in PDP-10 Fortran code.

http://www.student.kun.nl/a.c.vanoostenrijk/assets/images/colossaladventure.gif

I'll never forget the funny commands the game shot back at me when I made smart-assed comments. "You don't fit through a two-inch slit!"

"You can't go that way!"

[SunnyBrook]

ROFLOL

I was in the GT (Gifted & Talented) program in my school; we were among the privileged few to have a couple of Apples in the classroom. We were allowed to play those awesome games as part of a reward system.

...so funny looking back at those days.

..reminds me of the Atari, Pong, Breakout, etc. We were sooooo cutting edge cool.

[Large_Al]

I was born with 2 spleens

[BeerRun]

I voted for George H.W. Bush in 1988.

[Peachdiane]

ROFLOL

I was in the GT (Gifted & Talented) program in my school; we were among the privileged few to have a couple of Apples in the classroom. We were allowed to play those awesome games as part of a reward system.

...so funny looking back at those days.

..reminds me of the Atari, Pong, Breakout, etc. We were sooooo cutting edge cool.

Yes! Me too! The teacher only trusted a few of us to operate the Apples. I remember the Pong and then the Atari came next! I still have my Atari console with the Combat, Air Sea Battle, Outlaw, etc. Thanks for reminding me of those memories! :)

[Teenager]

School starts back tomorrow morning. Wish me luck.

[Antigone]

Random factoid about me:

I am a quilter and I can't knit worth a dang no matter how hard I try to learn.

Y'all had computers in school?? :eek: Dang, we got caught with a calculator and it was baaaaad news. Spoiled little brats anyway. :jk:

[UnkHiram]

Computers in School ---- Not in my day. We had chisels and stone tablets

[Melz]

random me fact at this very moment: I am stressed and need to de-stressify.

Tax season apparently starts in October for most of our client base, and lasts until May. Some news channel randomly announced last night that our company was being purchased (although this is not true, it wreaked havoc upon my day and my future days, and i will want death or something equally painful upon the news person who initiated this so very untrue story) and our earnings were below mark but still high.

Okay sorry to rant but ..that is my random right now ME fact. I am breaking down!!!!

[dPrasse]

R Dang, we got caught with a calculator and it was baaaaad news.

Our calcs were a tad big to hide ...

http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/c164p.jpg

[Melz]

That looks like the same calc we used to keep daily totals at closing with when I worked in retail thru college. Of course, I identify with Peach's computer issue from way back when.

The first and only language I programmed with was Pascal. I did this as a non elective credit while learning the financial services field. I just wanted to do it. I got top scores in that and CS Calculus. And then finished my business degree????

that shows how old I am eh?

goodnight freecers, I shall not rant/stress on you all tomorrow, I promise :)

[BEST45CAL]

Computers in School ---- Not in my day. We had chisels and stone tablets

:hahaha:

[TechnoPrincess]

http://images.picsearch.com/is?3061508441755 Betcha don't have these :grin:

You're right, I don't have those! :hahaha:

I have started knitting and am half way through a cute baby blanket for my ex-boss :)

[dPrasse]

Computers in School ---- Not in my day. We had chisels and stone tablets

Weren't the Libs upset about the weight of your back pack ??

No wonder you all drag your knuckles ... the school books did it !

As the shool books get lighter , man evolves into an upright walker ! :devilange

[Wolfcounsel]

"I have started knitting and am half way through a cute baby blanket for my ex-boss :)" --TechnpPrincess


I covered myself with a baby blanket one time.

[DeclinetoState]

"As the shool books get lighter , man evolves into an upright walker !"

I thought the correct spelling was s-k-o-o-l.

[Rink]

I still have my TRS-80 Microcomputer, and as far as I know it still works, also got a tonload of old Cload tapes as well.

Also I Have an old Atari gaming system from the 80's

games I have for that system are:




Indy 500 (14 Video games)



1-4 Race Cars


5-8 Crash N' Score


9-10 Tag

11-14 Ice Race


Hunt & Score (8 Video games)



1-8 Hunt & Score


(one player - two players)


Air-Sea Battle (27 Video Games)



1-6 Anti-Aircraft


7-12 Torpedo

13-15 Shooting Gallery

16-18 Polaris

19-21 Bomber

22-27 Polaris vs Bomber


Video Olympics (50 Video games)



1-12 Pong - Superpong


13-18 Soccer

19-22 Foozpong

23-32 Hockey

33-34 Handball

39-42 Volleyball

43-50 Basketball

(one player-four players)


Bowling (6 Video Games)



1-2 Curve Ball


3-4 Steerable Ball

5-6 Straight Ball

(One Player-Two Players)


Outlaw (16 Video Games)



1-12 Gunslinger


13-16 Target-Shoot

(one Player- two players)


Black Jack



Casino Rules


Private Rules

(one player - two players - three players)


Black Jack (7 video games)



Casino Rules


Private Rules

(one player to three players)


Combat (27 Video Games)1-5 Tank


6-9 Tank Pong

10-14 Invisible Tank

15-20 Bi-Plane

21-27 Jet-Fighter



Home Run (8 video games)



1-8 Baseball


(one player - two players)


Codebreaker (20 Video Games)



1-2 Codebreaker


13-20 NIM

(one player - two players)


Brain Games (19 Video games)



1-4 Touch Me


5-8 Count Me

9-10 Picture Me

11-14 Find Me

15-18 Add Me

19 Play Me

(one player-twp players)
Needs special keyboard controllers for this game which I have)


Basic Math (8 video Games)



Table problems


Random Problems

(needs a joystick to work)

[Trevelyan]

I went to the dentist yesterday. I had no cavities. Are......are you proud?

[PatrioticAmerican]

**a single tear rolls down my cheek and I sniff** So, so very proud, Trev. First a score of 31 and now this. Your mama and I raised ya well, son.

Now get back to flossing and examming.

[Peachdiane]

Rink, impressive! I had the older 2600 console. We got it about '77 and I just replaced the joysticks and paddles over time.

Here's my list:



Adventure
Air Sea Battle
Asteroids
Backgammon
Basketball
Blackjack
Breakout
Canyon Bomber
Centipede
Codebreaker
Combat
Football
Frogger
Hangman
Indy 500
Missile Command
Outlaw
Pac-Man
Pitfall!
Space Invaders
Video Olympics

Spade Invaders and Missile Command were my favorites.

[dPrasse]

"As the shool books get lighter , man evolves into an upright walker !"

I thought the correct spelling was s-k-o-o-l.

Mie upalogeez ..

I sit currektid ...
:blush:

[UnkHiram]

ONly game we could afford is Pong. Yall feel sorry for me yet?

[Peachdiane]

Pong was all my parents could afford too. Then the 7 siblings worked their butt off for Atari. ;) So much for us learning to save!

Nowadays we don't play GameCube, Playstation, or XYZBox... the prices for the console and games are outrageous. Not even Gameboys. There's no amount of work the kids could do to pay for those!

[UnkHiram]

I was saving for other games, then I discovered Girls and Beer

[Peachdiane]

:hahaha: I hadn't discovered boys and beer yet but yes, that's money better spent eh? ;)

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:moo: I went to the same high school as Janis Joplin & Jimmy Johnson.

[Peachdiane]

Neat! Curt Schilling was in my class.... but that's great!

[Melz]

Rink, impressive! I had the older 2600 console. We got it about '77 and I just replaced the joysticks and paddles over time.

Here's my list:



Spade Invaders and Missile Command were my favorites.

My first game was Pong as most of ours were..I think? At the time we had a computer though, just no games. My Dad is a programmer so we had a computer right when MR Gates created one, I think we were shipped the third one made! Well it took up the whole den and we had WordPerfect on it as our cute little office program..I am so old.

My fav Atari game was Defender (I also liked space invaders because it was easiest to see on the tv). I liked to have my little defender-craft hovering above the city shooting everything in sight.

I did not like Qbert. I could never make him go that diagonal sideways direction with my simple up-down control paddle.

[UhUhNoWay]

Gosh, we didn't have those games, we were lucky to have a working television, and it was a bonus if it was also a color tv,(usually sitting ontop of another non working television) AND triple bonus plus if our folks let us watch it. We played with things like logs...4ft sections of telephone poles that we stood on and rolled around the yard. Piles of leaves in the fall that we raked into "floorplans" and played house. I didn't realize how broke we were.

[Lazarus]

A random fact about me? Ummmmmmmmmm... I once played saxophone in the stage band in a Bob Hope show... Back when I was young and hip... ;)

[DesertFox]

I went to high school with CA Curtis and Raymond Schmidt.

[TotallyAtPeace]

I was born in Brooklyn and lived on Long Island. Yes, I'm one of them! :libride::thumb:

[dPrasse]

I didn't realize how broke we were.

Don't feel bad ! While we had a working tv , video games were not in the house ... we went to a neighbors house ...

I had many "imaginary" toys .... helps with a childs imagination !

[UnkHiram]

I went to my High School

[DesertFox]

Mrs Baker taught me first grade.

[Peachdiane]

I was born in Brooklyn and lived on Long Island. Yes, I'm one of them! :libride::thumb:

I lived in Long Island too and made it out as a conservative... :p

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

I once spent a wonderful afternoon at the home, and in the company of the truly interesting and intruiging Bobbe Arnst. Ms. Arnst was once married to Tarzan, a.k.a. Johnny Weissmuller. Ms. Arnst was a band and club singer and appeared in some movies around the 1920s & '30s. It was a FASCINATING day -- she had SO much memoriabilia, and pictures and autographs of ALL sorts of stars. I was truly captivated by a picture of Helen Hays in her youth, she was so beautiful, and the wonderful note she wrote to Ms. Arnst. Her stories of "old" Hollywood were simply amazing. It was a really great day!

I've tried to locate a picture of her on the net, but to no avail. Sorry, I just don't have the techno-genes for this kind of search, LOL.

[Trevelyan]

I frquently have headaches. :(

[LiberalHunter]

I am a Detroit Lions fan

[DesertFox]

Welcome to the board, LibHunter.

[Antigone]

Piles of leaves in the fall that we raked into "floorplans" and played house. I didn't realize how broke we were.

We rearranged hay bales in the loft for our floor plans.

[Melz]

I got a new cell phone today and have no idea how to use it. Many people (customer service and otherwise) talked me into it, even saying that my phone should be donated to the Smithsonian! (It was only 3 years old and it still worked just dandy).

I will be forever figuring this thing out. Hopefully I don't break its chip thingies like I keep doing to my computers.

[Teenager]

Welcome, LiberalHunter. We all hope that's what you really are!:smirky:

[dPrasse]

We rearranged hay bales in the loft for our floor plans.

I preferred the straw ... it was less coarse to crawl thru .. but , yes ... bale forts ! Built tunnels and eveything ... ....

[Melz]

I preferred the straw ... it was less coarse to crawl thru .. but , yes ... bale forts ! Built tunnels and eveything ... ....

And there I was talking of my video games and you all had leaves and bales of hay and straw and whatever it is one bales!

I lived in a little suburb, I had no such bales and lofts. I enjoyed those type of things though, I maybe even would have preferred it :)

[LiberalHunter]

Thanks for the welcome,look forward to learning from you all,you all seem over my head but I will try to hang in there,Fact:I came to this site at the invatation of one of your members,he is right you are some of the most knowledgable people I have ever read.

[dPrasse]

Thanks for the welcome,

Welcome ... make yourself at home !

[Peachdiane]

Thanks for the welcome,look forward to learning from you all,you all seem over my head but I will try to hang in there,Fact:I came to this site at the invatation of one of your members,he is right you are some of the most knowledgable people I have ever read.

If it's who I think it is, he's awesome! :thumb:

Welcome!!!

[UhUhNoWay]

Random fact...Even though I live in southern california I am always a lit'l chilly, so right now, I am wearing baby blue footie pajamas, with cupcakes and lollipops in the print...and I am ALMOST warm enough LOL

[dPrasse]

Random fact...Even though I live in southern california I am always a lit'l chilly, so right now, I am wearing baby blue footie pajamas, with cupcakes and lollipops in the print...and I am ALMOST warm enough LOL

It is 49 in N Il and I am in a tank and shorts ....

[Peachdiane]

Random fact...Even though I live in southern california I am always a lit'l chilly, so right now, I am wearing baby blue footie pajamas, with cupcakes and lollipops in the print...and I am ALMOST warm enough LOL

You're just like me! 47 degrees right now. No heat inside and I have a sweatshirt on.

I just looked up why people I know can run nekkid thru snow while I never seem to get warm. Got this:

Scientists have found a reason why some people never seem to get warm while others never seem to feel the cold: some nerve cell receptors deep in the body are stimulated by signals other than temperature.

Hmmm... interesting. I wonder what signals though!!!! :crazy:

[UhUhNoWay]

Maybe signals from our mother ship LOL I think it's around low 60s here...before I put on the jammies, I sat in a steamin hot bubblebath to warm up first...the jammies are to 'seal it in' LOL

[Logic]

I'm just sitting here in my dorm in boxers, it's freezing cold but I don't wanna do laundry.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

I'm just sitting here in my dorm in boxers, it's freezing cold but I don't wanna do laundry.

I HATE doing laundry -- glad I have a Bubba that likes to!

[Rhino]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=alt2 style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px inset; BORDER-TOP: 1px inset; BORDER-LEFT: 1px inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px inset">..............receptors deep in the body are stimulated by signals other than temperature. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Like sex? Always stimulates my receptors!

[Trevelyan]

I set my schedule for my final term in college. Yay! :)

Anyway:

Evolution
Human Sexuality
Film as Literature
Introduction to Modern Art
Chaucer
Theories of Persuasion

[Conserv_Atticus]

i have 4 nipples... well 5 kind of.... :)