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Bwahahaha can't stop laughing at this.
 
I went on a 63-day cross country road trip, totalling 12,300 miles.

I started from Boston, hit all the places down to southernmost Key West, then all the way West to LA & SF, then across rockies back through Chicago, then Boston.
 
I have jumped around career wise at least a dozen times in the last 20 years.


I once crashed Adam Douritz's Carman Ghia while being a valet. He forgot to tell me it popped out of gear on an incline and I parked his POS in the garage lower levels. It basically crashed trough part of the wall underneath the sky bar.
 
I once met Brian May at 2am in a 711 whilst I was tripping my tits off on some good acid.

I'm pretty sure it was Brian May, it could have been a friendly poodle though.
 
I was born inside the Berlin wall.

I love old machinery, saw an engraver last week that was using machinery from the early 1800's and it was AWESOME

I have a low tolerance for people that think they are more important than everyone else
 
I have never broken a bone in my 42 years of life.
I haven't thrownup in 35 years.
I invented the word "friggin" on a school bus at the age of 10 as a way of getting out of trouble with the school bus driver when he heard me actually say "fuckin". Or at least that's what I've been telling friends and family for over 30 years.
Only recently can I look at feet without wanting to vomit. I still have issues at times, but you will never see me in flipflops (and usually I can't stand them on other people) and I am usually wearing socks, even to bed sometimes.
My oldest son is a practical clone of me, except on speed. He's going to have a tough life.
 
I have a phobia of spider webs. When I'm in my basement or other area that could potentially have spider webs, even the forest, I usually wave a stick in front of me to ensure there are none. When in public I try to do it seamlessly so I don't look too odd. Like if I'm holding an object I might just hold it in front of me. The spiders themselves, or any bugs for that matter do not actually scare me. None of them are poisonous here. I know and accept that this is a completely crazy irrational fear, but can't control it. Something about the way they look, feel, and in some cases, sound. I just got shivers thinking about it.

I do sometimes run into them and freak out a little. I tend to have an idea of where there are normally some or where is more likely and I've gotten kind of good at spotting them ahead of time so I can break them up with a stick. The nice thing about ones outside is they are usually easier to see because they'll have bugs or a spider in it and often reflect in the sun.

This fear does make me realize the way people scared of bugs probably feel though.
 
When I was four, I found a diamond in a crack in the sidewalk in front of our house.

Never had a broken bone, but have had stitches three times. They say klutzy people are actually more careful than "normal people".

I put green olives in my egg salad, and green onions in my cottage cheese.
 
At Cedar Point when I was 10, the guy in the seat in front of me on the roller coaster had his hat blown off and I reached up and snatched it out of the air like a frog snags a fly with his tongue. My dad, sitting beside me, couldn't believe it. I stretched forward and handed it to the guy fighting the wind while we were still at full speed.
 
I've broken bones three times, all in incredibly lame ways.

I broke my wrist when I was 5 while getting a piggy back ride.

Broke that same wrist again when I was 8 because I slipped while going up the stairs.

I fractured my ankle when I was 10. I was at that age where I was tall enough to jump and touch stuff. I jumped up to touch a door frame and landed weird.
 
Met Dan Blocker (Hoss on Bonanza) in 1968 at O'Hare airport and he gave me a piggy-back ride.

Stood on seat of my tricycle when I was 4 to wave at my mom through a window. Fell off and shattered my wrist. I have terrible arthritis in it now.

Been hurt 4 times in my 30 year Fire/EMS career. Two of those ended in surgeries.....

Stitched up my own hand (8 stitches) when I was 12 with sewing thread and rubbing alcohol. Did it so my dad wouldn't find out. Told him ten years later. Probably why I ended up a paramedic for the next 30 plus years 🙂

Went past an Indiana State Trooper at 140 mph on my brand new Honda CBX in 1980. 6am on a Sunday morning on a straight as an arrow back road. Came up on him too fast to slow down, so I just nailed it and went around him. He didn't even bother coming after me. (He would have never caught me).....

Lots of cool/strange incidents in my fire/ems career but don't talk about them much.....
 
*Spent 20 months in jail/prison
*Got my ass beat by a black guy named Bubba
*Got robbed and beaten by two dudes for my jacket
*Got arrested for taking an unloaded gun to my high school homecoming in front of the entire school while the cops were screaming "he's got a gun. Everyone get back!" with their weapons drawn towards my head while I was face down on the ground.
*Had a prison guard tell me that they'd put me in isolation and make me eat my meals off the floor if I didn't get the smile off my face.
*Had another one push my head into a brick wall.
*Broke my collar bone when my brother body slammed me on the ground.
*Straightened my life out with the help of God and my wife over 10 years ago. Just being an average honest hardworking Joe is an accomplishment for me and a source of pride having been a total fuck up earlier on life
 
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*House was broken into, beat up by intruders, one peed on my rug.
*Bowl in same league as a pedophile.
*Found rich guy to replace my peed-on rug.
*Rich guy's girlfiriend got kidnapped, asked me to help deliver ransom.
*Replacement rug stolen again by rich dude's daughter.
*Attacked in my home by an aquatic marmot.
*Car got stolen by high school kid.
*Found a stranger in the Alps.
 
Started my first job at a hotel and conference center when I was 2 months past 15.
Worked there for 10 years.
I have had 2 jobs since then.
I have been offered a job at every interview I have had (but didn't accept them all), with the exception of best buy.
Ironically, I was probably more qualified for that job than any other.
I have never called in sick, and I have been late less than 5 times in my whole life.
I wish I could find a job I liked, and never leave...sadly I have never liked working
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
*Spent 20 months in jail/prison
*Straightened my life out with the help of God and my wife over 10 years ago. Just being an average honest hardworking Joe is an accomplishment for me and a source of pride having been a total fuck up earlier on life
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Most awesome thing that you have listed here. Keep it up...
 
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