Five things you may not know about me....

[LandonsBaby]

1. I have diagnosed OCD, which is nothing like its portrayed by the media

2. I was born with a treatable form of dwarfism but wasn't told until my teens (i wouldn't have wanted treatment anyway, so its fine)

3. I have a Bachelor's degree in Family & Child Studies

4. I played the piano for 8 years but I'm a bit rusty these days

5. My high school graduating class was only 7 students, me included

 

[Steve]

I've said this before... and in forum defense...

How'd we know what you turned out to be... you know first hand how many expert wannabes we get in this forum - and it's a bit of an initiation for those who try to enter... maybe it's not fair and we should give everyone a chance... but - as a person who's probably been here one of the longest -when you're fat - you get used to being preyed upon by experts who want to help.. what they generally want to help is their wallet... You were different... I don't genuinely like too many people - you are one of the people I do like... so in case I haven't told you lately - glad you stayed..

I don't hold anything against the forum, to be honest. Or anyone for that matter. I just think it's funny how coincidental it is not that I'm a moderator here and I post A LOT, lol.

I certainly understand why it's like that. Hell, I probably have made it harder for 'gurus' since establishing myself here.

And thanks, I'm glad I stayed too.

 

[Steve]

Incredible

I love Dawkins...his intensity is just amazing.

Definitely is.... a true athlete and competitor. I respect him a lot.

 

[Steve]

2. I was born with a treatable form of dwarfism but wasn't told until my teens (i wouldn't have wanted treatment anyway, so its fine)

So how tall are you, if you don't mind me asking?

5. My high school graduating class was only 7 students, me included

Holy cow!

Where was this?

 

[LowFatMilk]

I'll combine some other facts of Steve with what you've given here......



I had this problem for a long while myself. I severely broke my leg back in high school sports. Actually snapped my two shin bones in half. The cast they gave me had a 2 inch heal on it. It allowed me to walk on the cast after a while w/o crutches. It was in a cast for so long though that my hip musculature adapted and the leg was held higher than the other.

I broke the femur of my right leg when I was in grade 1. I had to have it up in pins for a month, then a cast from the bottom of my foot to my hips for another month. It ended up longer than the left leg, so they monitored it for many years. In November of grade 7 they did surgery on the right leg to remove the cartilage, hoping that the left leg would get a chance to catch up. I don't know if it would have been worse if they didn't do the surgery, or if the surgery didn't do anything, but I have a big hole in my leg ( it got infected) from the surgery, and I was never able to get any follow up appointments because the doctor who was taking care of me moved a few hours away from the place that was already a few hours away from us.

Any fish?

Or just the kinds that bite?

Any fish, I'm afraid they'll jump out and touch me.

In what?

I was going to do this until my business partner did it and I could pretty much teach the entire degree.... figured why waste my money. I am still thinking about doing it for something else.... not sure yet. Learning is fun.

hehe...my grade 12 still. I dropped out of school for awhile, but decided to try for a diploma again.

An interesting factoid about when I joined here: I was not warmly welcomed. I think I was viewed as an outsider or just another guru. A few welcomed me with open arms, but a few didn't. I almost left.

I'm glad you didn't, I think you've offered everyone very valuable information, I would have been eating 1300 calories right now if not for your one stickied thread.

 

[Steve]

I broke the femur of my right leg when I was in grade 1. I had to have it up in pins for a month, then a cast from the bottom of my foot to my hips for another month. It ended up longer than the left leg, so they monitored it for many years. In November of grade 7 they did surgery on the right leg to remove the cartilage, hoping that the left leg would get a chance to catch up. I don't know if it would have been worse if they didn't do the surgery, or if the surgery didn't do anything, but I have a big hole in my leg ( it got infected) from the surgery, and I was never able to get any follow up appointments because the doctor who was taking care of me moved a few hours away from the place that was already a few hours away from us.

Wow, that sounds like it was a rough experience!

Any fish, I'm afraid they'll jump out and touch me.

I always find it interesting when people are afraid of things who can't hurt them. My wife is afraid of frogs and toads. Sure, there are poisonous ones out there.... but last I checked, we aren't living in the amazon! She's afraid to the point where if I picked one up and chased her with it... she'd ball her eyes out.

hehe...my grade 12 still. I dropped out of school for awhile, but decided to try for a diploma again.

Congrats! Good for you.

I'm glad you didn't, I think you've offered everyone very valuable information, I would have been eating 1300 calories right now if not for your one stickied thread.

Thanks very much.

 

[MindiK]

This is interesting...let me see....

1) I'm the youngest child in my family at 27, with an older sister who's 29 and an older brother who's 44.

2) I've had stitches in my lip, been attacked by a dog and been involved in at least six car accidents that were not my fault. Well, one was. To say I'm accident prone is just the tip of the iceberg.

3) I love the smell of wet dirt and/or potatoes before they've been cleaned.

4) My favorite type of sandwich, that I don't eat anymore, was made with mayo and Cheeto Puffs.

5) I'm the editor of a weekly newspaper. In fact I've never had a job that didn't involve a newspaper so I don't know what I'd do otherwise.

 

[LowFatMilk]

This is interesting...let me see....


2) I've had stitches in my lip, been attacked by a dog and been involved in at least six car accidents that were not my fault. Well, one was. To say I'm accident prone is just the tip of the iceberg.

Two words: HOLY CRAP.

4) My favorite type of sandwich, that I don't eat anymore, was made with mayo and Cheeto Puffs.

That makes me gag and I'm the person who eats mustard sandwhiches.

5) I'm the editor of a weekly newspaper. In fact I've never had a job that didn't involve a newspaper so I don't know what I'd do otherwise.

That's pretty impressive, what kind of hours do you work doing that?

 

[Steve]

Haha, for some reason I'm in the mood to share today. Plus, I'm enjoying reading these. It's my thread so I'm going to be greedy and keep sharing based on the similar experiences that you all are sharing.

2) I've had stitches in my lip, been attacked by a dog and been involved in at least six car accidents that were not my fault. Well, one was. To say I'm accident prone is just the tip of the iceberg.

I certainly feel you!

My accident history is always a topic of discussion at family picnics and whatnot.

1. I broke my leg in half, from above.
2. I had a piece of candy thrown at me and it hit me in the eye, slicing my cornea and creating a blood clot. I was 100% blind for 2 weeks out of my right eye and I had to keep both eyes bandaged the entire time. I also had to have complete bed rest in the hospital for those two weeks b/c if the clot hemorrhaged, the blindness could've been permanent.
3. I had acidic paint drop in that same eye that required a hospital visit.
4. I broke my nose playing soccer and in a fight.
5. I had to have surgery on my elbow following a lacrosse injury.
6. I tore my rotator cuff lifting.
7. I tore a ligament in my wrist arm wrestling which required a hospital visit and almost surgery. Still might need it eventually.
8. I had a dog bite the tip of my ear clean off. Actually, it was hanging by a strand of cartilage. They fixed it.
9. I fell through the steps of a ladder. The only thing that caught my fall was my chin. Needless to say, that did some damage.... my two front teach went into my lip and out my chin. They broke off. I could stick something into my mouth without opening my lips, lol. Gross, but true.
10. I had a boat anchor shaped like a hook, it was 16 lbs, fall from a cloth line and go into my head. That required a multi-day hospital visit, but nothing serious was wrong besides a nasty gash and staples.

That's my top 10, which we could turn into a thread by itself. "What was your top ten injuries"

3) I love the smell of wet dirt and/or potatoes before they've been cleaned.

That's really odd.

4) My favorite type of sandwich, that I don't eat anymore, was made with mayo and Cheeto Puffs.

That's even more odd.

Odd is a good thing.

 

[MindiK]

Lowfatmilk....I know the sandwiches are odd...but they were GOOOOOOD. And I, too, eat mustard sandwiches from time to time....Glad to see someone else does, too!!!

Also, the editor thing is time consuming, at times. I'm an editorial department of only one..me...me only. Which means I type all the press releases that come in, go out and do interviews, cover meetings, go to sporting events, write sports stories, take pictures, etc. Today I'm laying out the paper to get printed tomorrow. During the school year is the worst time...45-50 hour weeks are normal. Summers slow down somewhat....




Steve....

Isn't it crazy how some people can have everything happen to them? My sister, for example, hasn't had a stitch in her life.

She was responsible for the stitches in my lip. I was six, she was swinging me by the arm and let go, and I flew into the TV. That was six or seven stitches. Then I was attacked by the dog in the fourth grade. It grabbed my left foot and started shaking, and put a one or two inch deep gash near my achilles tendon. Luckily it didn't injure the tendon. Car wrecks started a few months after I turned 16 and proceeded every two months 'til I reached about four, then the others have been spaced out. I've also fallen onto a glass bottle and had 17 stitched put in the back of my leg by a hungover doctor, who left them in too long.

But you still beat me. I've never broken a bone or been hospitalized (other than ER visits...knocking on wood)

Hey...odd food is good food!!! My family was really big on mayo. We'd eat mayo with crackers and Vienna sausages....mayo in mashed potatoes and pinto beans. Yum.

 

[maleficent]

1. I'm incredibly lazy academically but at one point was considered smart -I wasn't - I faked it -I got 1600 on my SATS... they were easy - I didn't study
2. After high school, I wanted to go to cooking school -CIA actually - the guidance office said nuh uh you got 1600 on your sats your going to a real school... I went to an ivy league school - this was after getting into Annapolis and then getting rejected becuase of an irregular heart beat0
3. Transferred after one semester because I hated the spoiled pretentious brats who were in this school - and went to a different school that i really didn't like any better.,
4. History and Law were my first love -but I was really good at math (it was easy and I was lazy - so I got pushed iinto a math major -with a minor in finance (it was easy as a fallback)
5. After college, I wanted to go to law school, but didn't get into my top pick, so I opted for engineering school because I was lazy and well- good at math.
6. In the rocket science program, that's when i confirmed that I was the laziest and dumbest person on the planet - and had no business being in an astrophysics program.. and promptly left with a ton of debt.
7. I'm out of college over 20 years - liking my job primarily because of the people, but not even close to working to what I expected to be when i was 20 years old...
8. All the years I spent in school, I never learned how to study - if i was interested in the subject matter, then it was a little better but otherwise, i did the minumum amount of work and still ended up with really good grades and teachers loving me for no good reason - I was a total slacker but... no one ever caught on to it ...
9. My favorite sandwich is peanut butter and bacon on rye bread toast oh heavenly stuff

 

[LowFatMilk]

Haha, for some reason I'm in the mood to share today. Plus, I'm enjoying reading these. It's my thread so I'm going to be greedy and keep sharing based on the similar experiences that you all are sharing.



I certainly feel you!

My accident history is always a topic of discussion at family picnics and whatnot.

1. I broke my leg in half, from above.
2. I had a piece of candy thrown at me and it hit me in the eye, slicing my cornea and creating a blood clot. I was 100% blind for 2 weeks out of my right eye and I had to keep both eyes bandaged the entire time. I also had to have complete bed rest in the hospital for those two weeks b/c if the clot hemorrhaged, the blindness could've been permanent.
3. I had acidic paint drop in that same eye that required a hospital visit.
4. I broke my nose playing soccer and in a fight.
5. I had to have surgery on my elbow following a lacrosse injury.
6. I tore my rotator cuff lifting.
7. I tore a ligament in my wrist arm wrestling which required a hospital visit and almost surgery. Still might need it eventually.
8. I had a dog bite the tip of my ear clean off. Actually, it was hanging by a strand of cartilage. They fixed it.
9. I fell through the steps of a ladder. The only thing that caught my fall was my chin. Needless to say, that did some damage.... my two front teach went into my lip and out my chin. They broke off. I could stick something into my mouth without opening my lips, lol. Gross, but true.
10. I had a boat anchor shaped like a hook, it was 16 lbs, fall from a cloth line and go into my head. That required a multi-day hospital visit, but nothing serious was wrong besides a nasty gash and staples.

That's my top 10, which we could turn into a thread by itself. "What was your top ten injuries"

I'm surprised you're still alive, also.

 

[Steve]

Steve....

Isn't it crazy how some people can have everything happen to them? My sister, for example, hasn't had a stitch in her life.

Yup.

I always tell my friends and family to thank me... b/c I have taken the brunt of the trauma for them.

I also say I'm accepting all the pain up front so that in the end, something doesn't get me like cancer or the like.

God I hope that's true!

Then I was attacked by the dog in the fourth grade. It grabbed my left foot and started shaking, and put a one or two inch deep gash near my achilles tendon. Luckily it didn't injure the tendon.

Gosh that sounds painful.

All in all, I've been attacked by 3 dogs. Only one landed me in the hospital.

Car wrecks started a few months after I turned 16 and proceeded every two months 'til I reached about four, then the others have been spaced out.

Car crashes scare the hell out of me. Probably b/c I have already lost so many friends in them. I've only ever been in one *real* accident and it was my fault. I rolled my truck into a really small, shallow stream. I swerved to miss a deer.

But you still beat me. I've never broken a bone or been hospitalized (other than ER visits...knocking on wood)

That's a competition I hope I don't keep winning in the future. Also knocking on wood b/c I haven't been seriously injured in a number of years now. I'd like to keep it that way.

 

[LowFatMilk]

1. I'm incredibly lazy academically but at one point was considered smart -I wasn't - I faked it -I got 1600 on my SATS... they were easy - I didn't study

9. My favorite sandwich is peanut butter and bacon on rye bread toast oh heavenly stuff

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Peanut butter and bacon....

And what are SATs like? We don't have those here

 

[maleficent]

the sats are a bs standardized test that high school students are required to take for admission into most colleges.. 1600 is the best possible score.. it's divided up into math and verbal where you can get a max score of 800 on each test...

 

[Steve]

1. I'm incredibly lazy academically but at one point was considered smart -I wasn't - I faked it -I got 1600 on my SATS... they were easy - I didn't study

That's so cool. You're only the second person I know to have accomplished that.

2. After high school, I wanted to go to cooking school -CIA actually - the guidance office said nuh uh you got 1600 on your sats your going to a real school... I went to an ivy league school - this was after getting into Annapolis and then getting rejected becuase of an irregular heart beat0

If I didn't have a passion for the things I do.... I kid you not.... I'd be going back to school to be a guidance counselor or a career adviser speaking with kids going into college. I think it's one of the most over-looked things in our society. We do our best (some would argue this, me included) to educate our children. But we give them very little guidance/support in picking what they are going to do for the rest of our lives. I know it's an impossibility, but if everyone loved their jobs, this would be a much better place IMO.

4. History and Law were my first love -but I was really good at math (it was easy and I was lazy - so I got pushed iinto a math major -with a minor in finance (it was easy as a fallback)

Oh yuck... join the club.

 

[Steve]

I'm surprised you're still alive, also.

Haha, knock on wood I am.

 

[MindiK]

I kinda look at all the accidents I've had the same way, Steve...I think they should earn me a free, pain-free pass during childbirth later on in life...

The dog bite wasn't too bad...it killed all the nerve endings down there so I didn't feel much at all. Still don't. But you should've seen the terror on my face when I came up against anything bigger than a teacup Chihuahua afterward, for years...

I've heard an expression along the lines of how having a car accident feels like getting hit by a train. I don't want to know what actually getting hit by a train feels like. I was only hurt in one wreck, where I was a passenger. Had a BIG knot on my head where it went through the window and hit the grill of the pickup that hit us, and my right hip was messed up forever.

Like you, I've been major incident free for years....

 

[maleficent]

If I didn't have a passion for the things I do.... I kid you not.... I'd be going back to school to be a guidance counselor or a career adviser speaking with kids going into college. I think it's one of the most over-looked things in our society. We do our best (some would argue this, me included) to educate our children. But we give them very little guidance/support in picking what they are going to do for the rest of our lives. I know it's an impossibility, but if everyone loved their jobs, this would be a much better place IMO.

It's a tough thing for a person who's 17, 18, 19 to have to decide -what do you want to do for the rest of your life.. .i't ssaid often - and I've experienced it myself -that a personwill have 3 careers in their life... I'm on 2 - heading towards 3 -but the older you get -the tougher it becomes both time wise and financially...

 

[ali2]

If I didn't have a passion for the things I do.... I kid you not.... I'd be going back to school to be a guidance counselor or a career adviser speaking with kids going into college. I think it's one of the most over-looked things in our society. We do our best (some would argue this, me included) to educate our children. But we give them very little guidance/support in picking what they are going to do for the rest of our lives. I know it's an impossibility, but if everyone loved their jobs, this would be a much better place IMO.

I totally agree - I spent four years in college getting a marketing degree and then realized when I got out that I couldn't do the type of marketing I was interested in (brand marketing) withouth either (a) relocating or (b) getting an MBA, which I wasn't interested in at the time.

No one, at any time, sat me down and had a discussion with me about what i wanted to do with my life or where I saw it going. I came out of school, didn't like any of the job opportunities I had and started working for a jewelry store in the office. I did that for a year and a half until I had a car accident that left me on disability for three months (think herniated disc gone bad). I had a lot of time to reflect on what I wanted to do and it turns out that the one class I had in college that caught my attention was a business law class.

So I applied to law school.

I continuted with the jewelry store work, transferring to the sales floor (here is another unknown, I won a trip to Ca for having 500k in sales in one year) and staying there until I graduated.

I could have saved myself a few years if I had figured that one out a little sooner