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25 Random Facts About YOU!

Ruddbow

Ruddbow

New Member
1. I have 3 dogs, 2 kids and the same wife of 20 years.
2. I was the baby of 5 kids.
3. My father is still my hero, and he has been gone for 20 years
4. I cry when I hear bagpipes.
5. I regret not going into the service
6. My wife and I were "let go" after 22 years of employment at the same employer (still unemployed)
7. I give away to much artwork
8. I quit drinking 15 years ago
9. I cry more the older I get (I'm 43) my kids make fun of me over it
10. When I was 12 I pooped my pants when covering for 3 paper routes and started to get the flu...the walk home some teenagers honked at me and literally scared the crap out of me, right in my brand new Kareem Abdul Jabar sneakers.
11. I was born in Rock Island Illinois
12. I don't like to use the word HATE.
13. I am a F bomb aholic
14. I love Sunsets in the midwest
15. I have to many hobbies
16. My buddy is composing the music to a song I wrote
17. I like reality shows
18. I designed a logo for Mike Ditka (and he was a jerk)
19. I am addicted to good deals on Craigslist
20. I am in the final running for a Jailer/Dispatcher job
21. I am truly thankful for the changes I made in 2008
22. I was a VW nut for many years, had a tattoo of a split window around my ankle
23. I love my mothers homemade doughnuts at Christmas time.....family tradition
24. I wake up at 4am and solve all the worlds problems
25. I miss listening to Glenn Beck in the mornings at my old job.
 
TheProfessor

TheProfessor

New Member
1. I like warm beer
2. My friends call my boyfriend "The Unicorn Boyfriend" because most of them havent met him
3.I could eat sushi for the rest of my life and be happy
4. I was teen of the week in my hometown newspaper when i was 16 for being a graphic designer
5. I have a cat named Venys
6. I went to college for 4 years, but didnt graduate
7. I love people and adopt them where ever i go
8. I once chugged 14 beers faster than a football playing frat boy
9. I really hate spiders
10. I also hate porta johns
11. I saved the lives of 4 people when I was in college
12. I watch entirely too much television
13. This year I hung out on the Gin Blossoms and Less Than Jake's tour busses
14. I dont like baseball but I like drinking in stadiums
15. I once designed porn sites for a living
16. I lifeguarded for 4 years
17. I swam on a national level in Highschool
18. I showed horses for 10 years
19. I have OCD and have to load the dishwasher the same way
20. When I make signs, I my measurements are never more complicated than 1/4 inches
21. My friends nicknamed me the professor because i know a crazy amount about a ton of useless stuff
22. I have my motorcycle license because I worked at Harley for 2.5 years
23. I tell people I am allergic to bell peppers and hot dogs because I hate both
24. I dont ever pull through parking spots
25. My driveway has a hill in the middle, so I do have to go uphill both ways... :)
 
vid

vid

New Member
1. Rombauer Chardonnay is the ONLY wine that doesn’t make me wonder why I’m drinking wine instead of something good.

2. I can pick up a nickel with a forklift.

3. I’ve owned 6 red, 6 green, 6 white, 5 blue, 2 brown, and 1 gold vehicles. ...the green ones were the most fun. I’m in a red phase now.

4. I can name all the Presidents and Vice Presidents since I was born... starting with Eisenhower/Nixon.

5. I’ll eat anything potato, except McDonald’s French Fries.

6. Top Gear on BBC America is the only program I faithfully record and watch on the DVR.

7. I like rocks. ...If I wasn’t a designer, I’d be a design/build landscaper specializing in rocks.

8. My brother and I are opposites in almost every aspect – left hand/right hand, east coast/west coast, kids/no kids... but our signatures are nearly identical and we both laugh at the same goofy things.

9. I despise being cold. ...but, snow skiing is my favorite activity.

10. I’ve laughed until I cried in every state I’ve visited (42) ...except for Hawaii and New Jersey.

11. This week, I want a ‘72 Oldsmobile 442 convertible --- white with gold stripes.

12. Last week, I wanted a machaca beef burrito. ...I got the burrito.

13. I hate W*lM*rt... so much so I can’t even type that word out loud.

14. My dad was an undertaker. When I was very young I'd go to work with him on the quiet days and play in all different rooms.

15. I like pencils more than pens.

16. My first steady job as a graphic designer was for a university chemistry department --- but, I flunked H.S. Chemistry because it bored me and I didn't think it'd ever be relevant for my career path. ...oops

17. I can’t say, “fulcrum” without giggling a little bit.

18. The two things I know about electricity is it hurts, and it hurts baaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

19. Monster Road and Deception Hollow were Friday or Saturday night destinations of my misspent Iowa teens. I’ve always thought the experiences, and those names as titles, would make great a book or movie. But, I don’t know if the theme would be as a comedy, a horror, or a drama.

20. I like soup.

21. I haven’t eaten at a McDonald’s since an unpleasant incident as a result of visiting one in Albuquerque N.M. in December of ‘92.

22. I can spell Albuquerque without looking it up... but somebody should confirm that.

23. I can admit that I own a toy poodle, I look goooooood wearing pink ...and still maintain a masculine demeanor - DAMMIT!

24. My wife and I found each other through a magical twist of “HOW in thee “H” did you two get together?” 20 years later, we’re still asked that question... (The other question my wife gets asked is, “him? ...what were ya thinking?” ...and I get asked, “how did you get so “effen” lucky?” LOL) It’s still magical and we still hold hands at movies and on our walks.

25. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.

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Rdowney... you draw the racecars, right?
 
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Steve C.

New Member
1 I'm a bad speller.
2. I am short
3. I like to be alone.
4. I am obsessive.
5. I won a pacman trophy
6. Oldest of 6.
7. Became hooked on drugs in the Army.
8. I'm an alcholic
9. Married 3 times
10. Each wife was 5 yrs. younger than the last.(the first was 5 yrs younger than me.)
11. Met my father at 21.
12. Don't miss painting signs.
13. I stay up to late.
14. I like ceramics
15. Hate long winded posts.
16. I like Salvador Dali.
17. I like Pulp Fiction.
18. Can't stand arrogance.
19 I am shy.
20. I am an excellent roller skater.
21. Was raised by my Grandparents.
22. Born at Los Alamos.
23. Like all music except Rap and Opera.
24. Hitch hiked from Connecticut to Texas.
25. Went to jail for vagrantcy.
 
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cdiesel

cdiesel

New Member
1. I can do the nickel with a forklift trick too.
2. My first job was at Taco Bell.. I started at $4.25/hour.
3. Born and raised here in Phoenix. The only other place I'd ever live is New York.
4. I usually only drink 15-20 drinks a month. Problem is it usually happens in one night.
5. I'm terribly co-dependent.
6. My favorite TV show is Friends, with a close second of the Sopranos.
7. I'm an organ donor.
8. I'm a HUGE Howard Stern fan.
9. I'm fairly certain I'm becoming addicted to online poker.
10. I shave my head.. got tired of waiting for nature to run it's course.
11. I have a weird thing where I start talking like people I meet very quickly. Much like someone would pick up an accent.
12. I'm way afraid of heights. It's amazing to see how many of us "sign folk" don't like to be up high. I love flying though, go figure.
13. I had another business where I was ripped off for $23k via the internet and credit card fraud.
14. I've installed vinyl from New York to Hawaii.
15. I was born on Friday the 13th. My mom didn't want to go to the hospital until General Hospital was over.
16. I've bribed Federalis in Mexico four times.
17. I've broken one bone (collar bone). Didn't hurt nearly as bad as I expected it to.
18. I really want to get braces.
19. I agree with Arlo that Bob is extremely intelligent and entertaining.
20. I think we control our own future.
21. I don't smoke and hate that my wife does.
22. I can grill up one mean rib-eye.
23. My favorite thing to do on a Saturday is mow the lawn.
24. I'm an optimist.
25. My favorite drink in the world is ice-cold Coca-Cola.

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Merritt Graphics
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J

JimJenson

New Member
1) Only one person here knows my real name,well maybe 2, but jim will work.
2) I own 3 business's. 2 of which for over 20 years.
3) Have one biological son, adopted another as a newborn.
4) For 8 years, I supported and cared for my mother in law with Alzheimers.
5) Sued my brother inlaw and won.
6) I am a licensed commercial pilot, but never flew a paying passenger.
7) I crashed in a 6 million dollar airship, which was a total loss.
8) Once saved an employee from suicide.
9) I like brussel sprouts.
10) I worked for a carnival for 2 years.
11) I love dogs but hate cats.
12) I know Ronald Mcdonald from the 1990 tv commercials
13) Have been a boat owner since 1968
14) Great Grand dad was one of the first to climb Yosemite's half dome in the early 1900s
15) Can Remember spray planes and fog trucks.
16) Draft number for Vietnam was 23
17) Happily married for 19 years, despite what the wife thinks.
18) day trade as a hobby.
19) Know how to calculate bend allowances.
20) Knows what an M09 command in fanac language is.
21) Dated my wife when she was 14. (I was younger then too)
22) Remembers message boards before the internet.
23) First job was at Publix for 1.35 an hour.
24) enjoys fishing, practices catch and release.
25) Deplores hunting any lifeform above a duck, yet own several firearms.

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ovrcafnatd

ovrcafnatd

New Member
1. I am an only child, but actually have 2 half sisters.
2. My father died when I was 2 yrs. old.
3. I've smoked since I was 13, and HATE that!
4. I used to run cross country, play lacrosse, tennis, lift,
and am now a couch potato.
5. I had quite the drug experimental teenage years...and
boy they were fun years! Janis Joplin was my god lol
6. I've got soul - I can DANCE! but not to band music.
7. I took French for 9 yrs. and can't remember a thing.
8. I rarely drink, but when I do, I do it well!!
9. I never wanted to get married, but found myself doing
so at age 33. We married at the courthouse because..
10. I think people who spend a fourtune on their wedding
day that lasts all of 4-6 hrs are silly ;)
11. I have fake boobs LOL , but you can't tell cause their
little.
12. I can't believe I'm actually doing this....I'm very
private on the web, but very open in person
13. I am very outgoing and often chat people up while
waiting in lines etc.
14. I hate heights yet, wanted to jump so badly when I visited the grand
canyon that I had to step away.
15. I swear that I have 'astrally projected' during sleep
16. I was just recently diagnosed with Supraventricular
Tachycardia, and had 5 catheters inserted through
my veins for an ablation.....that DIDn't work...it was
like being tortured for 2 1/2 hrs with no sedation.
17. I won't take medicine for the rest of my life, so I will
either end up with a defibrilator or die from a heart
attack.
18. I'm quite stubborn, and have control issues lol
19. I LOVE to drive! but hate to be a passenger.
20. I have hated flying ever since an old friend of mine
became a mechanic for the airlines....what were they
thinking!
21. I can fight
22. I'm amazed at John's (husband) talent to create
anything, a bit envious actually.
23. I can wrap my left arm around the left side of my
back and touch my neck.
24. I been on my own since 3 days after turning 18.
25. Signboy and I speak daily

:Coffee:

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Border

Border

New Member
TheProfessor said:
1. I like warm beer -Dark Beer???

8. I once chugged 14 beers faster than a football playing frat boy
That's HOT! I think I'm falling.

14. I dont like baseball but I like drinking in stadiums
15. I once designed porn sites for a living
HMMMM...

18. I showed horses for 10 years
Click to expand...

Gotta ask, what exactly did you show these horses???

Sorry, couldn't resist. We now return to the regularly scheduled program!
 
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Accelerated Graphics

New Member
I haven't been taggedd but was gonna see it I could come up with 25..

1. Married my 1st wife after dating for 7 months.

2. Been married once , will be 25 yrs in march

3. I child as my wife almost died from a staft infection after her pregnancy

4. Sued an employer for back injury and won.

5. have planned the burials for both my in-laws and my wife grandmother. (you know its cheaper to use a granada wagon than a hearse.)

6. I drag race about 30 weekends a year.

7. I love to eat spagetti.

8. I listen to 1 station on the radio, if I'm out of town I don't turn on the radio.

9. In 1980 I chased a rapist from a crime scene till he finally went to the police station thinking we would kill him, and testified at his trail and conviction.

10. I been in down a drag strip at 180 mph.

11. I used to be the parts manager for a Ford dealership.

12. I've been denied a job because I had blue jeans on.

13. I was hired for the same job 2 days later when the guy they hired didn't show up.

14. I've asked for twice as much money for said job then the guy I replaced was making-- and got it.

15. I quit the same job making over 100k a yr. because the owner came in and cussed me out for something I didn't do or even know about..

16. I really playing golf. I try to play at least twice a yr, and it shows..

17. I have 1 brother.

18. I've had 20 cars in my life time

19. In 1980-1982 I went to bars every night.

20. In 1982 I dated 3 girls at the same time.

21. If I wasn't making signs I'd sell parts for something.

22. I once had a contract with the Department of Homeland Security.

23. I like to buy and sell things.

24. I drink 1 cup of coffee a day and only in the morning.

25. when traveling I drink Pepsi duirng thr entire trip. It takes approx 9 to go 500 miles.


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