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#45920 - 10/14/05 10:19 PM
Getting to know YOU! (this is a participant driven fun activity)
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Registered: 01/24/05
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Loc: Colorado
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Ok Ladies,
I didn't want to cover up an active thread - so I put this here.
It is not a joke. It's a "getting to know you" exercise.
Here's what I want everyone to do.
Write down three things about yourself that probably nobody on the forum knows. Two Have to be true, and one has to be false.
Then the rest of us guess which is which.
I'll start:
1. I was an intelligence specialist in the military for 10 years.
2. I've been married to the same man twice.
3. I used to be a body builder in my early 20's.
O.K., it's in your court!
danita
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#45921 - 10/14/05 11:26 PM
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Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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1. I took the written test to be on The Millionaire Show 2. I've been pregnant a dozen times. 3. I used to pilot a hot air balloon.
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#45922 - 10/14/05 11:46 PM
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I would have to say #2 is wrong. (even though you have a slew of children).
d.
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#45923 - 10/14/05 11:54 PM
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Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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Nope, # 3 was the made up one! I'm gonna say your # 2 is made up, Danita.
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#45924 - 10/15/05 12:04 AM
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Registered: 01/24/05
Posts: 1550
Loc: Colorado
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Yup, you are right.
(I thought #2 was the obvious answer, therefor, was wrong). LOL
So did they accept you on the program?
d.
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#45925 - 10/15/05 12:11 AM
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Posts: 2560
Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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No, I failed the test!! There were over 70 people there that day, taking the same test, 8 people passed. Your #1 and # 3 are very interesting, though. I'd love to hear more!
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#45926 - 10/15/05 12:17 AM
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Registered: 01/24/05
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Loc: Colorado
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Wow, what a bummer!
I was in the US Navy for 10 years as an intelligence specialist. It was during that time I was involved in body building. I never did compete - I really didn't have the temperment for it (liking to be on "show").
Loved military life - traded it in for motherhood. Haven't looked back since!
Danita
p.s. come on ladies you've got to play also!
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#45927 - 10/15/05 01:00 AM
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Registered: 08/25/05
Posts: 1052
Loc: Ohio
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1. I once went hiking in the Pyranees Mountains. 2. I once dated Tony Curtis. 3. I am famous locally for my pie making and have won prizes for my coconut banana cream pie.
Daisygirl [ October 14, 2005, 06:05 PM: Message edited by: Daisygirl ]
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#45928 - 10/15/05 01:07 AM
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Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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I'm going to have to guess that your #2 is made up, Daisy...you're SO much younger than Tony curtis.
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#45929 - 10/15/05 01:08 AM
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Oh...and I'll take 3 pies...
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#45930 - 10/15/05 01:10 AM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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1- I had plans to enter a convent 2- I went to Woodstock 3-I went to clown school
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#45931 - 10/15/05 01:11 AM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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Daisey girl- you are not the psycho dater so that's wrong-Tony Curtis-ha!
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#45932 - 10/15/05 02:05 AM
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Registered: 08/25/05
Posts: 1052
Loc: Ohio
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Actually I did date Tony Curtis, just not THE OLD Tony Curtis.
The incorrect one is 3. I am famous for my pies (at least with friends and family), but I have never entered a contest and won anything.
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#45933 - 10/15/05 02:06 AM
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Registered: 08/25/05
Posts: 1052
Loc: Ohio
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Pattyann, I would say 3 is incorrect. I don't know why,since any could be wrong!
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#45934 - 10/15/05 02:08 AM
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#45935 - 10/15/05 02:10 AM
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Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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That would be #2 on Pattyann's.
Uh, Daisy, does this mean I don't get any pies?...
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#45936 - 10/15/05 03:11 AM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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Daiseygirl, you are right- I did not go to clown college even tho I can act the fool-I did go to Woodstock though, wbb- was one of those mudkids- and yes, yes, I was going to go to the convent in the 7th grade but that summer at the beach I mega discovered boys and this tomboy went nuts- made my mom mad cause she had already bought and paid for the "approved" convent underwear!
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#45937 - 10/15/05 03:20 AM
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Registered: 01/24/05
Posts: 1550
Loc: Colorado
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toooo funny! Covent approved underwear!
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#45938 - 10/15/05 03:48 AM
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Registered: 08/25/05
Posts: 1052
Loc: Ohio
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WB, sorry, but they don't ship very well!
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#45939 - 10/15/05 04:06 AM
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Registered: 09/20/05
Posts: 2560
Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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That si funny! never heard of the convent approved underwear. I'm guessing it wouldn't be a thong...
Daisy, I guess I'm comng to Ohio!!
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#45940 - 10/15/05 04:07 AM
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#45942 - 10/15/05 04:39 AM
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Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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# 1 doesn't sound like you, Eagle...that's my guess.
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#45943 - 10/15/05 04:47 AM
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#45944 - 10/15/05 05:49 AM
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Registered: 01/24/05
Posts: 1550
Loc: Colorado
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OK, who out there has secrets to share???
JJ, Chatty, Dots? Searcher? Dreamer?
Come on now ladies! Inquiring minds want to know!
d.
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#45945 - 10/15/05 06:13 AM
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Registered: 03/22/05
Posts: 4876
Loc: Canada
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Sorry it took me awhile to get back here. Nope. The right wrong answer is #3!
#1 really did happen - when I was five years old! I was a real tomboy back then and used to play "cowboys", and had the complete holster, gun and hat outfit. One day we were playing and I "shot" one of the kids on the other team. But he shot me back. Back then, we played by the honour system, so according to that, he should have been dead first, but refused to co-operate. So I threw my gun at him and hit him in the head and, well, he had to get a few stitches. Mom spanked me and put me to bed for the rest of the afternoon, but I felt wrongly punished..."but Mom, he was supposed to be dead!" Later that evening the kid's mother phoned and said he confessed to not playing by the rules, that it was his fault. I still got punished for using my gun instead of words to settle the dispute!
#2 - our choir's guitarist's name was Billy Graham.
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#45946 - 10/15/05 06:24 AM
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Loc: Colorado
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Very nice, eagle!
lol, thanks for sharing! danita
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#45948 - 10/15/05 05:01 PM
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Registered: 01/24/05
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Loc: Colorado
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Dotsie,
We ALL know #2 is right (you told us already!) lol
hmmmmmmmm
I say #1 is not true.
d.
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#45949 - 10/15/05 05:40 PM
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Founder
Registered: 07/09/08
Posts: 23647
Loc: Maryland
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I already told you that? Where is my memory? Wrong. I would NEVER bungie jump. The thought of it makes me sick. I challenged a girl to a fist fight when I was in elementary school. What a chump. It is something my best neighborhood childhood friend will never let me forget. She's told my kids and anyone else I know. Now I've told you. Funny thing is that I can't recall why... So, don't mess with me, or I'll have to ask you to put up your dukes.
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#45950 - 10/15/05 05:50 PM
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Registered: 01/24/05
Posts: 1550
Loc: Colorado
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ROTFPMP Dots!
I was going to say that I thought you were too smart to bungee jump - see, you are!
that is so funny, you violent thing!
d.
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#45951 - 10/15/05 06:25 PM
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Registered: 09/20/05
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Loc: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
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This is side of you we haven't seen before, Dotsie... Next you'll be saying things like "Go ahead, make my day..." I'm a-scared!
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#45953 - 10/15/05 10:04 PM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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Dianne I guess #3-maybe you felt so bad you crusade against violance now- early experiences hit you deep
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#45955 - 10/15/05 10:26 PM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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yeah- senior moment- now I don't know where I am- so I'll go with the movie star #1- at least I think so but I am a real mess today
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#45957 - 10/15/05 11:41 PM
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Registered: 09/24/05
Posts: 171
Loc: 10 yrs in OH now, 47 yrs in Tx
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1. I used to break barrell and cutting horses, and compete at these events, and I have a nice assembly of belt buckles I won.
2. I couldn't play football with the boys at recess, because I hurt them.
3. I shot a mountain lion with a 30 06 that attacked our horses two years straight on our ranch.
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#45962 - 10/16/05 02:44 AM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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WOO-woo Diane Troy Donahue that blond cutie!!
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#45963 - 10/16/05 02:45 AM
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Registered: 01/24/05
Posts: 1550
Loc: Colorado
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uummmm, forgive me for my ignorance...but....who is "troy donahue?
blushing madly, danita
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#45964 - 10/16/05 02:51 AM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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Danita Troy Donahue was a blonde cutie that every mom would trust her darling daughter with- he wore suits and played the nice guy- this of course was LOOONGGGG time ago when movie magazines ruled a young girl's heart
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#45965 - 10/16/05 03:47 AM
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Registered: 05/24/04
Posts: 6123
Loc: Arizona
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He was a nice guy but I wouldn't have trusted my daughter with him! He died a couple of years ago. That made me sad because we still kept in touch but mostly for his two kids. #2 was not true. I did take flying lessons but never got my license. Decided the sky would be a lot safer without me!
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#45966 - 10/16/05 06:11 PM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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So Dianne are you telling us that you and Troy were hanky- pankying??
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#45968 - 10/16/05 08:01 PM
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Member
Registered: 10/11/05
Posts: 645
Loc: boise
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OK, OK, I'll play
I played this game once before at a conference, and no one guessed right! And I pegged Eagle and Dotsie - I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.....
1. I was raised in South Africa and came to this country in 1956.
2. I once talked to Peter Fonda for an hour not knowing who he was.
3. I once did a free fall from 8 stories up into a pool of water.
Dotsie, when I was in high school, a girl came up from behind me and slugged me in the face. She thought I had held her head under water while we were bobbing for apples. I didn't do it but I thought if SHE thought I did, she had a good gripe, so I didn't hit her back.
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#45969 - 10/16/05 08:15 PM
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Registered: 10/11/05
Posts: 645
Loc: boise
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Diaaaaane!
I used to have SUCH a crush on Troy Donahue - I can't believe I'm "talking" to someone who knew him and DATED him. Quite the heart throb. And now you are a celebrity too. And you SLEPT WITH HIM !!!!@@@###$$$%%%!!!!! Geeeeeeez. How fun was that?
How bad can mood swings be anyway?
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#45970 - 10/16/05 08:17 PM
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Posts: 645
Loc: boise
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I'm bad, I'm bad, I'm bad.
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#45971 - 10/16/05 08:38 PM
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Registered: 09/24/05
Posts: 171
Loc: 10 yrs in OH now, 47 yrs in Tx
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Wrong, LOL, #3 Is a lie. I never shot a mountain Lion, although I did try. #2 is true. I was a tiny girl, but always got so rough with the boys I hurt them and made them cry when playing football in grade school, so the teachers wouldn't let me play with the boys anymore. A BIG Tomboy. LOL
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#45972 - 10/16/05 08:48 PM
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Registered: 09/24/05
Posts: 171
Loc: 10 yrs in OH now, 47 yrs in Tx
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Searcher, this is hard! LOL If you are a swimmer and liked adventure as much as I did, I think # 3 is true. I know nothing about where you were born, so I chose # 2 as a lie!
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#45973 - 10/16/05 09:10 PM
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#45974 - 10/16/05 10:35 PM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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Searcher- I think #3 is the lie- mostly cause I'm scared of heights and water
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#45975 - 10/16/05 11:18 PM
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#45977 - 10/17/05 03:26 AM
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Registered: 10/11/05
Posts: 645
Loc: boise
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OK, I'm telling.
#1 is the lie. I didn't know I was talking to Peter Fonda until 2 days later. I was working at The Old Saloon in Immigrant, Montana (not just a saloon, but a gathering place for families in this very rural area at the time). He stopped in for a drink and no one else was there at the time, so we just had a conversation (can't remember what about) - but invited me to his Halloween Party 2 days later, and that's when I discovered his true identity! I was mortified!
And yes, I swim, but this was at a water park in Kenosee, Saskatchewan (sp?)Canada and my son dared me to ascend the dreaded FREE FALL. I did this to impress him - and you fall so fast, I think it was 3 seconds from top to bottom, in so much rushing water that ahem....you get an enema near the bottom (no pun intended). I did not go on that thing again.
But I WAS proud of myself and so was my son!
Searcher
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#45978 - 10/17/05 03:34 AM
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Registered: 10/11/05
Posts: 645
Loc: boise
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Hey Eagle,
You remember when I was born???? Wow, you're in no danger of alzeimers!
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#45979 - 10/17/05 03:40 AM
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Registered: 07/08/05
Posts: 245
Loc: Ocala Florida
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What is this with all the celebrities-I only met one close up-I was in 7th grade and it was MISS RHEingold-remember all those beer queens!
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#45981 - 10/17/05 05:38 AM
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Registered: 10/11/05
Posts: 645
Loc: boise
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Oh.
And here I thought you had super/brain!
You know, that WAS an interesting time in my life. I lived in Paradise Valley, Montana. Just south of Livingston and just north of the north entrance to Yellowstone. Breathtakingly beautiful. And at that time (1976-77) there were MANY celebs who lived there. I think not only because it was Paradise, but because there was an unspoken rule that said they could come and go with no remark. No one paid them any mind whatsoever. Among them: John Wayne, Phyllis Diller, that Broderick author (can't remember his first name, but I went with my sister, 2 other women, and Ianthe Broderick {his daughter} into town (Bozeman) for our yearly papsmears, then to lunch after! And while all of us were waiting our "turn" we heard this blood curdling scream coming from my sister - the doctor had pinched her with the specula which was broken - can you imagine what WE were thinking? Also, there was Tom McWayne the screenwriter, Robert Redford (whom I never met) but frequented The Old Saloon - Margot Kidder (remember Superman I?), and that supporting actor guy whose name escapes me that was in every western movie ever made - what WAS his name - anyway, I had carrot cake at his house. Which was the very oddest compound of several dwellings, streams running in between with bridges over them - all built to look exactly like old cabins with tiny doors (you had to stoop to enter)and one room built on top of another. He only had wooden ladders to ascend from one floor to the next. But hidden behind old wooden cabinet doors would be all the modern conveniences - tv's, telephones, intercoms, automatic gate shutters. I'm telling you, this was strange. Even "the facilities" were in a different building made to look like an old outhouse. So you had to cross the bridges and wind your way thru' the compound to use them. Very surreal. But REALLY fun! And now I have stories to tell!
As usual, here I am taking up space - sorry - kind of,
Searcher
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#45982 - 10/17/05 05:16 PM
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Member
Registered: 08/02/05
Posts: 154
Loc: FL
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I wanna play! (Given the events in my life during the last few weeks, I'm ready to play anything!!!)
1. I was stung by a really big jellyfish 2. Elvis signed my shirt while I was wearing it 3. I delivered a baby in the back seat of a car
Fifty
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#45983 - 10/17/05 05:36 PM
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Registered: 10/11/05
Posts: 645
Loc: boise
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Fifty,
I'm guessssssing you did not deliver a baby in the back seat of your car!
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#45986 - 10/18/05 07:17 AM
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Posts: 154
Loc: FL
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Eagle, I was waiting for the "big reveal" until somebody got it right. And you are! When I was twelve, I did pick up and place several jellyfish on the seat of an outhouse (a story for another time!) but was very fortunate and did not get stung.
And yep, I met Elvis and he signed the shirt I was wearing. And yep, I delivered a baby (not my own) in the back seat of a car.
Fifty
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#45988 - 10/18/05 07:47 AM
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Registered: 09/22/05
Posts: 194
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OK - here are mine:
1. I had tea at President and Madame Chaing Kai Shek's summer home in Nationalist China.
2. I went on a dog sled ride with a real 'Musher" in the boondocks of Alaska.
3. I was Miss Colorado in 1965.
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#45996 - 10/18/05 03:05 AM
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Registered: 08/02/05
Posts: 154
Loc: FL
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JJ, #1, I can't imagine they took the door off, even for you! Bookie, #2 Just can't see go-go happening in Utah!
Eagle, my mom swiped the Elvis shirt. She kept it hidden for years--even before she became a dementia patient--so I don't know if I'll ever see it again.
As for the jellyfish, my brothers and I were trying to get back at our great-uncle, who was mean enough to take us out to an island and leave us there all day. (He was fishing offshore.) We noticed that he always went to the outhouse at 9 at night w/ a flashlight, so...
The uncle saw the jellyfish before anything happened, and it was kids who ended up with sore bottoms. We had NO idea how deadly those things could be, but never forgot the lesson after the tanning we all got!
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#45997 - 10/18/05 06:43 AM
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Registered: 01/24/05
Posts: 1550
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ok jj and bookie...you've left us to our own imaginations long enough! time to fess up!
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#45999 - 10/18/05 08:48 AM
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Hey you guys (well, gals)
Do know there were 2 outhouses on this page?
OH YEAH --it was Warren Oates with the cabin houses, the dark and stormy night , the peeing and the nightmare. (Eagle, you're funny) Can you imagine what that was like during a Montana winter????
Dotsie - at least Jack Tripper was cute. Warren Oates - not so much. Phyllis Diller either.
Dreamer - Chaing Kai Shek (you sure that's how it's spelled?) did not own a summer house in Nationalist China - it was in Florida. 'member? Actually, I think it would have been pretty hard to get over there then, so I'M guessing that is the lie!
jawjaw - I'm with Eagle on this one. If #2 (no pun intended) is true that must have been one interesting ball game!
Bookie - I'm guesssssing #3 is the lie.
Fifty - What WERE you thinking! Jellyfish? In an outhouse? You know, I've never even seen one of those........
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#46001 - 10/18/05 03:46 PM
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You all are a HARD act to follow (!!), but I'll give this a whirl too:
1. I was once introduced to the audience at the Kennedy Center by Bob Hope
2. I was once proposed to at the top of the Eiffel Tower
3. I was once asked to pose for Playboy magazine
I just love that jellyfish story and JJ - TOO FUNNY about the exlax (although I imagine it wasn't all that funny at the time right????????).
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#46004 - 10/18/05 06:43 PM
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Anybody else wanna guess before I confess????? LOL
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#46007 - 10/19/05 07:09 AM
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#46008 - 10/19/05 12:18 AM
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OK! Number 3 is the lie.
I attended my last 2 years of high school in Taiwan. President and Madame Chang Kai Shek did own a home on Yan Min Shan (Grass Mountain) and I did enjoy meeting them and sharing tea at a lawn party at their home when I was a senior in high school.
My Dad (a career Army officer, Corps of Engineers) was stationed in Alaska (Fort Richardson, outside Anchorage) in the late 50's. We were invited to go on a dog sled ride by one of the locals. My mother got on the sled first with her legs out in front of her. I sat in front of her with her legs on either side of me. We still can't figure out how, when the dogs really got going fast, she fell off and I didn't...
And, in case any of you writers are wondering...I do want to write a book about my many past experiences...just can't seem to get started!
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#46009 - 10/19/05 01:11 AM
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Dreamer....how amazing....I was living on Grass Mountain during my Freshman and Sophomore year of high school - went to Taipei American School. That was 1961/62....my Dad was career Air Force! Talk about a small world huh?
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#46010 - 10/19/05 05:45 AM
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Wow!
That IS a small world - I find that fascinating!!! And for the two of you to meet on this forum! Well, I'd consider that a sign ----of something.....What a pretty name, Grass Mountain......I'm thinking you military "brats" didn't have it ALL that bad...Anchorage, sled dogs, moms RIDING on sleds, tea with the Sheks! (I guess you WERE spelling it right! Whew! Thank God, you know how I am about this spelling thing - just gives me the sweats if it's not right) I, for one, think you TWO should cooperate on a book, then the "I can't get started issue is not an issue" Right?
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#46011 - 10/19/05 06:48 AM
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Pam, I went to Taipei American School (so did my husband) - have you been to any of the reunions? I attended TAS in 63-64 - lived in Tien Mou...I bet we know each other! Tell me more....
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#46014 - 10/19/05 04:42 PM
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Hmm.....this is a toughie.....I'm going with #1.
Dreamer - I'll send you a PM with details on my "Grass Mountain" experience! I have NEVER met anyone else who was in Taiwan around the same period I was.....wow. [ October 19, 2005, 09:43 AM: Message edited by: Pam Kimmell ]
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#46016 - 10/20/05 07:49 AM
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I'm going to say #3 because I bet you DID get your license!!!
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#46017 - 10/19/05 08:16 PM
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Pam - I sent you a PM reply - can't wait to hear from you...we have so much in common you won't believe it!
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#46020 - 10/22/05 01:58 AM
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Meredeth,
You are doing this on Purpose!!!!You have us all in a fever pitch by now and I know you're just laughing!!!!!!Eagle needs her rest, so you must come forward and tell all. Besides that, we can't have her regressing all the way back to ELVIS - that boy is a done deal.....(altho' he did leave quite a legacy..)
By the way Eagle, didn't you LOVE that movie "O Brother Where Art Thou?" Anyone else? MOST entertaining...
Searcher
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#46022 - 10/24/05 08:10 AM
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Registered: 07/07/03
Posts: 4894
Loc: Orange County, California
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Sorry for the lag time. I had a big craft fair this weekend and got lost preparing for it. 1. TRUE -- On my mother's side of the family, I come from a long line of cantors and rabbis and always thought I'd love to continue in that tradition. However, back in my high school days there was no such thing as a woman rabbi. 2. TRUE -- It always surprised me how many men wanted to be with me, because I'm the antithesis of everything feminine. I'm everything I was told a girl should NOT be, OK? And I kept getting marriage offers, and was really upset about all the guys who wanted to ruin a perfectly good relationship. I fully identified with the bumper sticker "So many men, so little time" but I didn't have a car to put it on. 3. FALSE -- From the first time I flew on a plane at age 12, I was absolutely in love with flying. In my dreams and in my writing, I can fly. However, in my 30s I didn't have the cash to take lessons, although I would've dearly loved to. Eagle, get some sleep.
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