Tell something interesting / odd about your life.....

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  • ilovemybuggy
    ilovemybuggy Posts: 1,584 Member
    I'm allergic to liquor (not joking)

    oh wow!!!!
    \


    Yeah- that was a FUN 21st birthday. Oh well, I have a healthy liver :)

    like deathly allergic?

    Well I haven't let it get that far- i've tried numerous liquors trying to find one that I can drink- and I always break out in hives and black out within a sip or two. No bueno. So i've given up.
  • ilovemybuggy
    ilovemybuggy Posts: 1,584 Member
    I'm allergic to liquor (not joking)

    oh wow!!!!

    I worked with someone like that. She would break out in hives.

    Yeah, same thing happens to me. It's really no fun.
  • jonwv
    jonwv Posts: 362 Member
    I cant hold my pinky with my thumb like making three with your fingers.
  • Meatsies
    Meatsies Posts: 351 Member
    I know this sounds hokey, but precognition runs in my family, on my father's side. I'd heard about it most of my life when I was younger, but never really believed until I started having dreams that came true. It only happened a handful of times over the period of about 2 years, but the sensation of becoming a believer in that type of thing was like waking up from a dream about flying to realize you actually can fly...it was bizarre. It also freaked me out a bit, though...the first experience I ever personally had, I woke up crying one day from the saddest dream. All of the Muppets came floating into my vision in the dream, one-by-one, crying and waving goodbye. I had never been a huge Muppets fan, so couldn't understand why I woke up in tears, or why the sadness was so permeating. That afternoon, I found out that Jim Henson had died that day. My grandfather and his mother had it much more strongly and consistently; I haven't had anything else happen like that since I hit puberty.

    My father and brother are famous-ish in fly-fishing/hunting circles.

    By the time I was three years old, I had taught myself how to read fully...starting by picking words out of newspapers when I was 2. No one ever had to teach me...I was just a born reader, I guess.
  • pittskaa
    pittskaa Posts: 319 Member
    you know those all inclusive vacation sweepstakes you see but you think no one ever actually wins?
    i won a trip to Los Angeles for three nights, four days, with paid hotel, airfare, and tickets to see Rihanna, Ke$ha, and Eminem.
    it was pretty sweet.
  • dragonflyjen
    dragonflyjen Posts: 64 Member
    I make delicious fancy cakes...which is torture when you're on a 'healthy eating plan'!!!

    (Facebook: a flutter of fondant)
  • smaschin
    smaschin Posts: 91
    I lost a testicle, luckily i was born with 3
  • sammniamii
    sammniamii Posts: 669 Member
    I'm a female gamer, book-worm, technophile.... and yes, I fix my own computers & my own car.

    I also smoke nargiles - IE: hookahs, tobacco only. Any yes - I know how to set up the bowl, coals, hose and everything. Used to be a mod of a poplar forum and do youtube.

    And I meow at people.... plus speak my own language people have termed "Sammnese" because I'm dyslexic and tend to mix/combine my words as I talk to people. Anyone who spends ANY amount of time around me learns what I mean over what I say really fast (although my boss nitpicks me about it and demands I stop and learn not to do it).
  • sugboog29
    sugboog29 Posts: 630 Member
    I had a fantastic childhood growing up on a teeny, tiny island (3 miles long, 1/2 mile wide) called Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

    Yokwe!

    My dad served on the USS Kwajalein in WWII! I have a couple pictures of it that I found on the internet.
  • confettibetti
    confettibetti Posts: 405 Member
    I've successfully resuscitated 27 people with CPR

    HERO!
  • confettibetti
    confettibetti Posts: 405 Member
    I'm allergic to liquor (not joking)

    oh wow!!!!
    \


    Yeah- that was a FUN 21st birthday. Oh well, I have a healthy liver :)

    like deathly allergic?

    Well I haven't let it get that far- i've tried numerous liquors trying to find one that I can drink- and I always break out in hives and black out within a sip or two. No bueno. So i've given up.

    Im glad you gave up!!!! goodness, that's crazy.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,954 Member
    At 16 I was transplanted from the USA to a small Micronesian island called Saipan. All the amenities I took for granted (clean running water, consistent electricity, sidewalks, etc) weren't there. Probably one of the most defining moments in my life because it was there that I actually learned about how fortunate I was and that at that time (in the USA) I was wasting my education (started cutting school) and talent. It taught me how to take every opportunity and make the most of it.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    Hey! I live in Guam... Practically neighbors :)
    Guam was cool. At least they had a McDonald's there and I totally remember sitting down and relishing eating fries after a 2 year hiatus! And the Guam McDonald's is HUGE!

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • I had a fantastic childhood growing up on a teeny, tiny island (3 miles long, 1/2 mile wide) called Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

    Yokwe!

    My dad served on the USS Kwajalein in WWII! I have a couple pictures of it that I found on the internet.

    I was there in the 70's, but usually the only people who have every heard of the place are vets who served in WWII. The island was retaken from the Japanese as the US stormed across the Pacific in WWII.
  • ilovemybuggy
    ilovemybuggy Posts: 1,584 Member
    I'm allergic to liquor (not joking)

    oh wow!!!!
    \


    Yeah- that was a FUN 21st birthday. Oh well, I have a healthy liver :)

    like deathly allergic?

    Well I haven't let it get that far- i've tried numerous liquors trying to find one that I can drink- and I always break out in hives and black out within a sip or two. No bueno. So i've given up.

    Im glad you gave up!!!! goodness, that's crazy.

    Yeah me too- it's actually kind of fun to be the only sober person sometimes. The things you see and hear are AMAZING. =]
  • chunkylover22
    chunkylover22 Posts: 162 Member
    Lol so i guess I shouldn't really say this.......but.......


    I slept with my high school science teacher and now we are engaged to be married.


    I guess everything happens for a reason. :)
  • seal57
    seal57 Posts: 1,259 Member
    I had a miscarriage :cry: in early 1996 and if I didn't then it would have been a virgin birth....
  • bt_13_21
    bt_13_21 Posts: 47 Member
    I have an extra rib. It's located in my left lower neck, just above the collar bone.

    I have had 12 miscarriages.

    My 3 kids are different races/ethnicities. I have a caucasian son (biological). A hispanic son (adopted from Guatemala). And an Asian daughter (adopted from South Korea).
  • DoomCakes
    DoomCakes Posts: 806 Member
    I'm a major game geek. And no, I'm not a female who says I'm a gamer, and either a- plays one genre, or b- sucks majorly (and no not a combination). I play pc games and console. My fave happens to be WoW as that's the one I've been able to progress with and do the most. (got an end stage raid character, many alts up there that I can play, 10k achievement points, and I pvp!).

    Umm... other than that, the most interesting thing in my life is I used to be a major depressed girl who couldn't stand the thought of being the way I was because no one understood me and thought I was weird. Then I dunno what happened, one day I woke up and said "eff it, I rock and there is NO ONE like me" and since then, that was just that. I still get my doubts b ecause my friends poke fun of me for being the way I am, but yea... maybe I'm not interesting. Oh wait... I can't STAND regualr Mt. Dew... I'm told that's pretty odd.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,954 Member
    I had a fantastic childhood growing up on a teeny, tiny island (3 miles long, 1/2 mile wide) called Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

    Yokwe!
    Growing up and graduating high school in Saipan (we had 16 seniors) I learned how to live without TV, became even closer to my family and brother, fell in love for the first time, learned how to Polynesian dance and joined a performing group, was a teen radio disc jockey...........................I really hated moving there at first, but it change my life so much so because at that point in my life I was heading down the wrong road.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • bt_13_21
    bt_13_21 Posts: 47 Member
    it would have been a virgin birth....
    Say what now?
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    I didn't have eardrums until I was in elementary school.
  • drateno
    drateno Posts: 12
    Such a great story. God performs many wonderful miracles. It is hard to believe so many people don't believe. Have a great day!:wink:
  • Brittany3914
    Brittany3914 Posts: 258 Member
    I'm a funeral director but don't fit the typical "mortician" stereotype.

    I couldn't walk until I was almost 3 years old.

    As a child, I used to hide in the closet and eat sticks of butter. Of course, my mom captured it on camera every time she caught me in the act.
  • My oldest daughter had ovarian cancer when she was 16. It was a rare form that women that are usually in their 60's - 70's get. She had one ovary and fallopian tube removed.She is 24 now, healthy and has a son who will be 2 years old next month. Blessed she is fine now. :heart:
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    I can't STAND regualr Mt. Dew... I'm told that's pretty odd.
    I don't like Mt. Dew...any of it.
  • softballsharie
    softballsharie Posts: 154 Member
    I was addicted to pain killers for 2 years until my cousin passed away in September of 2011. I hit my rock bottom, and I was a complete loser. I've picked myself back up, put together the pieces, and am climbing back up to the top with the help of this website. <3
  • confettibetti
    confettibetti Posts: 405 Member
    I'm allergic to liquor (not joking)

    oh wow!!!!
    \


    Yeah- that was a FUN 21st birthday. Oh well, I have a healthy liver :)

    like deathly allergic?

    Well I haven't let it get that far- i've tried numerous liquors trying to find one that I can drink- and I always break out in hives and black out within a sip or two. No bueno. So i've given up.

    Im glad you gave up!!!! goodness, that's crazy.

    Yeah me too- it's actually kind of fun to be the only sober person sometimes. The things you see and hear are AMAZING. =]

    hahahaha IM SURE!!! :)
  • steph124ny
    steph124ny Posts: 238 Member
    I'm a funeral director, which to me is not odd at all...but most people think it is....
  • yokurio
    yokurio Posts: 116 Member
    I served 8 years in the US Army as a Tanker. Pretty much... I used to blow shhh up... nuff said! =-)
  • I had a fantastic childhood growing up on a teeny, tiny island (3 miles long, 1/2 mile wide) called Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

    Yokwe!
    Growing up and graduating high school in Saipan (we had 16 seniors) I learned how to live without TV, became even closer to my family and brother, fell in love for the first time, learned how to Polynesian dance and joined a performing group, was a teen radio disc jockey...........................I really hated moving there at first, but it change my life so much so because at that point in my life I was heading down the wrong road.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    No tv here either. Never missed it and couldn't stand being indoors! We did get to see a lot of movies though. AND - I got to watch Jaws when it first came out.