Divorces………………..Not yet….
Children………………….2
Surgeries………………..I didn’t know there was going to be a test. I didn’t study. Let’s see…. Tonsils, hernia, shoulder, same eye twice…. Makes 5 – so far, with one little laser touch-up to come.
Piercings………………..1, an ear stud, that a dog pulled out, and has now grown over
Tattoos………………….0 – chicken-shit procrastinating
Shot a gun………………yes – Hell Yes, rifles, shotguns, pistols – May I have some more please?
Quit a job………………..yes, 18 months after I didn’t get my 3-month probationary raise
Ever been on TV………..no – well, maybe CCTV, but I was never identified. I’ve been mentioned on radio several times.
Been in a fist fight……No! Getting in a fist-fight just proves how stupid, unprepared, drunk, and/or testosterone-fuelled you are.
Hit a deer………………..No. I fed a few deer that almost climbed into the back seat of the car, in a Provincial Park.
Watched someone give birth……..I barely showed up for the conception. That’s someone else’s job.
Watched someone die……not quite – recently visited a sister-in-law in a hospice – she died the next day.
Ridden in an ambulance……….yes, the day I fell off my motorcycle and smashed my shoulder
Visited Las Vegas……no – I’m poor, and Canadian. I’ve visited Niagara Falls, it’s kinda Vegas-Lite
Sang karaoke………….no – I don’t frequent bars, especially karaoke bars.
Rode a Jet Ski…………no – I was young and stupid daring before jet skis were invented. I have walked on water with 2 large Styrofoam ‘boots.’ I’ve run an 8-foot hydroplane boat up and down a river. I’ve helmed a 22-foot catamaran for 5 minutes in calm, lake water, and piloted a 4-seater plane for 15 minutes, managing to keep it in a clear sky. I’ve also piloted several snowmobiles, both in virgin snow, and on hard-packed trails.
Ice skating……………..yes, of course. This is Canada. We’re born with skates on.
Surfing…………………… yes and no – Never with a surfboard, but I’ve body-surfed 8-foot rollers coming in off Lake Huron after a big storm.
Ridden on a motorcycle…………yes, a dozen or more, both as a passenger, and as the rider, including 5 of my own.
Stayed in a hospital…… yes – The visit after I fell off my motorcycle and had my bionic shoulder installed. It was supposed to be a quick three-day stay. I was trying to man through the pain, but my wife and daughter both urged me to use the pain-pump, because they thought that it held Demerol. It didn’t! It was morphine sulphate, which lowered my normally low blood pressure even farther. After three days on my back, I crawled out of the bed to get dressed, and sank to the floor. I was sentenced to another three days, while they subjected me to every test to find out why.
Ridden in back of police car ……………no – I have voluntarily entered police cars, both in the front, and the back, but was always allowed to walk away. One night, I sat in the back with a cat-and-dog (him/her) team, giving a report about a theft from a car in a hotel parking structure. I was offered a beer from a six-pack on the floor in the front.
Now u know everything – or as much as I’m willing to fabricate admit.
Copy & paste, then change with your own answers.
This was interesting, nosy, and a better way to get to know a blogger on a personal basis than most of the other lists. This is more like an eye test after my second eye operation. If it was a test to find the humor in it, then I have failed. C’mon, have a go! I’m particularly interested in the responses to ‘Ridden in the back of a police car.’ 🙄
Thank you for the share.
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Does this mean that you’re still willing to let me visit Chicago?? 😉
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Ha! You don’t need my permission. If you visit Chicago, I hope you have fun. 🙂 I love reading your posts, Archon.
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I have 3 tattoos, each the size of a dot, aiming points for radiation therapy. I have piloted Navy trainer planes and done aerobatics under instruction. Made me sick. I went swimming in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (off a submarine.) No sharks were sighted, but a rifleman was posted. I took my first ride on a sail-board in the Caribbean, found I couldn’t steer and had to be rescued. Tried boxing once. After I woke up I didn’t do that any more.
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Oops! Sorry abut that, Jim. You had something to say, and I was out picking up burritos for lunch. 😳
Like me, you seem to have had an ‘interesting’ life. I might have appreciated the opportunity to swim in mid-Pacific. Later in life I seem to have developed an unreasonable fear of ‘what’s below me.’ In the Pacific, it might be sharks. In Lake Huron, it might be lamprey eels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprey
In the mud ponds around Joplin it might be snapping turtles and leeches.
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Good to know you and that you’ve visited Vegas-lite. And though you’ve never ridden on a jet ski, your experiences say you’re a daring guy. Don’t forget the time you swung on a rope near the falls. I remember that post. 🙂
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I try to forget that ‘swinging from a rope’ thing. I believe that the mob with the torches and pitchforks has finally dispersed. 😉
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Divorces………………..1
Children………………….3 – 1 now an angel
Surgeries………………..2 gall bladder and endometrial ablation
Piercings………………..2 – one in each ear
Tattoos………………….0
Shot a gun………………Nope
Quit a job………………..Yes – Too many times to count, plus have been fired 4 times and laid off twice
Ever been on TV………..Not that I know of
Been in a fist fight……Does slap-fight count?
Hit a deer……………….Nope
Watched someone give birth…….Besides mine? No.
Watched someone die……Yes, 3 – son, father, husband
Ridden in an ambulance……Nope
Visited Las Vegas……Twice
Sang karaoke…………Of course! And was sober, to boot
Rode a Jet Ski………Yep, felt my quads for two days after.
Ice skating……………Figure skated for 7 years
Surfing…………………Nah
Ridden on a motorcycle………Once
Stayed in a hospital…… yes – three kids, two surgeries.
Ridden in back of police car ………Not yet.
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Women go to hospitals to have babies, so the answer is ‘almost’ always, yes. The daughter did home-birth in a sterilized bathtub, with two midwives.
I was never actually fired, but there were two jobs where I was encouraged to leave – the feeling was mutual. 👿
“Not yet” I see you’re still holding out hope for that cop car ride. 😉
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LOL. And no way would I have had a home birth.
I would have preferred to be encouraged. Mind you, in all the cases, I was mighty fine. No, not true, the first time was not fun at all.
I figured I’d add a little smile to the list
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….And smile we do, always 😀
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😁
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