10 things we DON'T know about you!

[Kiss-me-Kate]

I will give this a shot...

1. I am a twin.   My sister died when we were six months old. 

2. I was also a preemie.  I weighed 3Lbs, 14oz. when I was born.  My father could hold me in the palm of his hand,  and my Mom has a picture of giving me a bath in a mixing bowl.

3. I have been married twice.  #1 to my high school sweet heart and #2, well, I have no comment.     Neither lasted more than two years.  (I was young and impetuous...)

4. I am a type 2 diabetic. 

5. I am painfully shy.  I was too afraid to meet everyone from here the first year I was on the forums.  I only met everyone after fest season was over at a pub night.  (glad I got over that!!)

6. I hate large crowds.  Mostly because of the noise; I can't hear.   I also don't like the lack of control.  I struggle with it at fest, but can usually get over it.

7. I am afraid of the dark, I sleep with a nightlight.

8. I did not fly until I was 29, one month after 9/11.  (Needless to say I was a tad nervous...)  I flew to southern Cal, and obviously, survived.   

9. I own my house due to a family tragedy.  It was not bequeath/given to me.

10. I LOVE camping.  I had never camped until last month. 


And Teach, I think you would be a great principal. 

[Celtic Lady]

Well since I'm new to this group there are way more than 10 things you don't know about me. However since I'm limited to 10 here they are:

1. I'm extremely shy.

2. I've never been married but have been engaged 4 times (I'm marrying #4 next year.)

3. My son is 21 and the love of my life is 29.

4. I used to raise pet rats.

5. I am the eldest of 3 daughters in my family.

6. I spent my whole life in Michigan until January 14, 2007 when i moved to Iowa.

7. I used to own an Arabian horse which I trained and showed.

8. I think Robin Williams should run for President.

9. I'm terrified of heights and heights over bodies of water.

10. Spiders and other creepy crawlie things scare me.... no matter how small they are.

[Leyla]

1. I am an RN and work Pediatrics; ER, NICU, PICU.
2. I LOVE ATTENTION!!!!!!!!
3. I have ADHD...

ROFLMAO hehehe

That cracked me up Sleepy! 

[RenRobin]

1. I am terrified of snakes...the only good one is a dead one.

2.  I am a former volunteer fire fighter and EMT and my first fire to help put out was at my parent's farm.

3.  I once won a contest for peeling a banana with my toes.

4.  I have met a few celebs just by happenstance.  One of my celeb encounters was with Patrick Ewing when he ducked into the lingere shop, that I managed, to ditch the fans that were following him and a friend.  The Nicks were in town to play the Spurs.   This was when I lived in SA.  I helped him sneak thru my back door to the lot where his limo driver was waiting for him.

5.  I find baking theraputic.

6.  My husband and I watch the tour de France every year, since 1999, even though neither of us are riders.  We watch other bicycle races as well, but the tour is a must.

7.  On of my guilty pleasures television shows is American Gladiators. 

8.  I love crafting.

9.  I am a Food Network Junkie.

10. Since watching the movie Fight Club, I refuse to buy home made soap from anyone.

[PurpleDragon]

I know more about women's lingerie than just about any man I know.  

So .... what do you know about women's lingerie?

* inquiring minds want to know *

I'm thinking..."what a silly thing to say, 'women's lingerie', like there's men's lingerie".  So I got curious and googled "men's lingerie"...trust me, don't!   

God the image is burned for all eternity in my mind.

Thinking now we need a new thread, "10 things I wish I DIDN'T know about my fellow rennies"!   

Oh, I could have told you NOT to Google THAT topic... sorry you have THOSE images stuck in your head.. they can be a bit much when they are NOT what you are looking for.. LOL

As to the others that were "interested" as it were.. seek out my post in the "Now and Then" thread and you MIGHT figure out the answer.

[Ginette]

11. I have a thing for rubber duck.

12. I like Old Navy tank tops so much I wear them all the time, even in the winter.

13. I want to move to and live in Hawaii and Ireland.

14. My favorite restraint has been around so long that when my husband's grandparents moved to Austin they started eating there 40+ years ago. My father in law took my mother in law there when they started dating 30+ something years ago and my husband took me there when we dated 10+ years ago.  We try and go once a month to our favorite restraint. 

[Saber]

14. My favorite restraint has been around so long that when my husband's grandparents moved to Austin they started eating there 40+ years ago. My father in law took my mother in law there when they started dating 30+ something years ago and my husband took me there when we dated 10+ years ago.  We try and go once a month to our favorite restraint. 

Favorite Restraint eh?  wow.... John's Inn... here we come!

[Lady Ann of Draycott]

I just found this topic so here goes...

1.  I am also terrified of snakes, ALL snakes, even the little bitty grass ones.  I passed out once at a party when a guy backed me into a corner trying to get me to touch his pet boa. They called EMS and everything.  Boy, was that guy in a lot of trouble.
2.  I was born in Urbana, Illinois.
3.  I am athletically challenged. I suck at anything related to sports. When I was in Middle School I worked in the Library so I could get out of PE.
4.  I met my husband on a Church-related singles retreat and we dated less than two months before we became engaged.  We've been married for 17 years and I can't even imagine my life without him.
5.  I wish I lived in Minnesota.
6.  I can't put eye drops in my eyes, nobody else can either.
7.  I love snow.
8.  I hate that my birthday typically falls on the hottest day of the year. 
9.  My favorite season is Winter and my favorite holiday is Christmas.
10.  I was in a wet t-shirt contest in college...AND WON!

[SleepyArcher]

Hey Kiss-me-kate: I was also a premie weighing in at under 3 pounds. My mom has a poloroid picture of me in the isolette getting a bath in a little sterile bowl about the size of a cereal bowl. I looked like an alien baby. I have "obviously" caught up in wieght now.

4. I was a premie
5. I am an Eagle Scout
6. Twice married; first after HS and it didnt work out, now married to love of my life.
7. I love to read medical mystery books.
8. I love history and hope to travel to Egypt, Ireland, England and Iceland, well of course the Bahamas.
9. I grew up in the wrong time period...about 500 years too late.
10. At times I "DON'T" wear anything under my kilt.....         (yea like you wanted to know...)

[Rahne]

11.  I have 1 tattoo of a dragonfly on my right foot.  Went with my mom (60 at the time) and my aunt to get it after their sister (another aunt 2nd oldest of 10 kids) passed away last June.  It was a frist for all of us.

12.  I hate shoes, especially dress shoes. I wear my lace up faire shoes to work almost every day because it is as close as I can get to being barefoot.  The only heals I'll wear are boots.

13.  My favorite movie is The Princess Bride, followed closely by A knights Tale.

[Amyj]

OK...I'm in!!!

1. I'm painfully shy unless I know at least one person in the place, then I'm totally outgoing and nutty.
2. I've been with my present boyfriend for 17 years and still going (unfortunately, Missouri doesn't recognise common law marriage!  )
3. I'm scared to death of spiders and only slightly less scared of balloons.
4. I used to be the voice of the Jagermeister Smooth Stuff Catalog ( I would totally "1-900" it up too! he he he!  )
5. I love peanut butter on my BLT sandwiches (trust me...try it...it rocks)
6. I can't sleep facing a wall.
7. I am almost phobic about uncovered windows at night...I hate not being able to see what is out there.
8. I can't stand Poinsettias
9.I am nuts for severe weather of any kind...I'm the one who runs OUTSIDE when the tornado sirens go off so I can hopefully see it...and I'm a certified storm spotter
10. I'm related to both Walter Cronkite(who my cousins have had brunch with in the last 2 years) and Cole and James Younger (of the Jesse James Gang)...talk about extremes!!!

[Blue66669]

HEY!!! Walter Cronkite went to my middle school!!!

GO PUPS!!!

[Kiss-me-Kate]

Hey Kiss-me-kate: I was also a premie weighing in at under 3 pounds. I have "obviously" caught up in wieght now.

Me too, honey.  Me too!!

I myself, had a preemie, she weighed in at a staggering 1LB 15 1/2 oz.   She was relatively healthy too.  We didn't get to bring her home until she tipped the scales at 4Lbs.

[DeadBishop]

4.  I have a learning disability; I can tell/talk about a subject but can't put it in writing

Interesting. I have the same learning disability. 

11.  Along with the above, I was told it was a form of dyslexia; along with not being able to write as such, I also have a difficult time with comprehension while reading which goes along with it.  It could take me a hour just to get through one page of a book, because I would have to go back over and over each sentence to understand it.  (It took me all of 5th grade to read the Hobbit)

For example, it probably took me 5 minutes to write out this post.  It also took me another 5 minutes to re-read this post several times just to make sure it made sense.  I never would have passed any of my college classes that required written papers without the help of Nyte writing them out for me. 

Now with that in mind, try to explain how I managed nearly 20,000 posts on the old forum...   

[Sir Ironhead]

Now with that in mind, try to explain how I managed nearly 20,000 posts on the old forum...   
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Skill?  Talent?  Evil twin posting when you're not looking?