Something we don't know about you....

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:24 am

Just the iron blade scope that was on the original issue rifle. No special scopes were allowed in that competition.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:29 am

When I was 19, I was pretty much not doing anything with my life.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:31 am

oh go on, Crypto. You had to have been developing your wit by then.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:34 am

I grew up in a household led by an anglophile. Oscar Wilde and James MacNeil Whistler were regarded as heroes. At 19 I was frantically trying to forget all the tricks I'd been learning since I was 10.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:34 am

(and I used to wonder why I had no friends in school.)

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:40 am

I can empathize. I had no time to make friends in school - as the oldest of seven, I was a serf before my time and had to rush home to make supper for nine people.

Besides which I was the butt of many a bully's jokes and fists since my parents wrote the local weekly newspaper. In a town of 1200, you can get on the wrong side of most of them in one year.

All that learning though has made you a pretty sharp cookie.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:46 am

i can also empathize .... and i am still trying to unlearn family tricks .... ha ha ha good luck, eh? it's easier to unlearn anglophile stuff and keep your wit, than catholic philosophy stuff.

and i still don't do well with popular cliquey types .... i was in the weirdo artsy-fartsy camp!

high school was hell for some of us, wasn't it.

i'll always be jealous of the fishy wit.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:50 am

And I'll be slightly jelous of just how weird ex-Catholics are. (John Waters and Bunuel, for example, being heroes of mine.) But have to admit that I probably got the better end of the deal, so I'll just shut up now.

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:48 pm

In my late 30's, I listened to Rush and FoxNews every day, and voted a straight Rep. ticket. I watched all you "hippies" make your annual trek to the desert, and thought you were a bunch of Fuckin' weirdos.........

I only occasionally kind-of miss the Rib Cook-off.....................

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:51 pm

thisisthatwhichis wrote:In my late 30's, I listened to Rush and FoxNews every day, and voted a straight Rep. ticket. I watched all you "hippies" make your annual trek to the desert, and thought you were a bunch of Fuckin' weirdos.........

I only occasionally kind-of miss the Rib Cook-off.....................

are you, me?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:56 pm

Oh, I miss the rib cook off and I've never been. In some way my perfect trifecta might be accordion festival/burningman/rib cook off.

Post by **mdmf007** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:09 pm

What people dont know about me?

2 things surprise people,

1. I sleep maybe 3 hours a night
2. I spend over a Billion a year of oil money on the job.

Artemis · Post by **Artemis** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:46 am

I'm referred to as the "executioner" behind my back in the office. Last week I laid off 22 people.

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:21 am

mdmf007 wrote:What people dont know about me?

2 things surprise people,

1. I sleep maybe 3 hours a night
2. I spend over a Billion a year of oil money on the job.

Curious--one of my sisters would consider that too much sleep! She gets about 1 or 2 hours per night max.

JK

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:07 pm

jkisha wrote:
mdmf007 wrote:What people dont know about me?

2 things surprise people,

1. I sleep maybe 3 hours a night
2. I spend over a Billion a year of oil money on the job.
Curious--one of my sisters would consider that too much sleep! She gets about 1 or 2 hours per night max.

JK

That's weird, JK, does she live in the Bay Area?

Nah, it couldn't be.

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:33 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:
jkisha wrote:
mdmf007 wrote:What people dont know about me?

2 things surprise people,

1. I sleep maybe 3 hours a night
2. I spend over a Billion a year of oil money on the job.
Curious--one of my sisters would consider that too much sleep! She gets about 1 or 2 hours per night max.

JK
That's weird, JK, does she live in the Bay Area?

Nah, it couldn't be.

No, Cleveland. Her twin sister need a full eight. It made it pretty hard for my nephew to ever sneak in late.

JK

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:37 pm

Artemis, must be tough to be on that side of the equation. Being a caring person and all, to have to lay people off. Can't say I envy you.

erbal · Post by **erbal** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:07 pm

Something random ... I dont yet have a playa name

Dont bother picking one, it wont be 'valid' to me unless it's given on tha playa

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:56 pm

erbal wrote:Something random ... I dont yet have a playa name

Dont bother picking one, it wont be 'valid' to me unless it's given on tha playa

As you command, Prince Valid.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:00 pm

AntiM wrote:
erbal wrote:Something random ... I dont yet have a playa name

Dont bother picking one, it wont be 'valid' to me unless it's given on tha playa
As you command, Prince Valid.

hey, that has a nice ring to it...."prince Valid"
I'll validate that, AntiM.......

Post by **mdmf007** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:10 pm

Im on playa right now, and its Effing cold. So im giving you the playa name of:

Steve....

Its a little ont he exotic side, but you will grow into it.
Ill send pics from the play in the am, just got here and am watching the stars.

Got to love Directway dishes!. Ill be here through Monday AM.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:14 pm

what if erbal is a princess? Shouldn't we ask first before we carve that in stone?

Princess Stephanie Valid
or
Prince Steve Valid or SteValid

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:47 pm

mdmf007 wrote: Ill send pics from the play in the arm, just got here and am watching the stars.

More evidence to support my theory that 007 has some weird body modifications involved with his hand/finger. Apparently, his thumb is a thumb drive.

Interesting...

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:23 pm

erbal wrote:Something random ... I dont yet have a playa name

Dont bother picking one, it wont be 'valid' to me unless it's given on tha playa

Hey Steve, Welcome...

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:22 am

AntiM wrote:
erbal wrote:Something random ... I dont yet have a playa name :(

Dont bother picking one, it wont be 'valid' to me unless it's given on tha playa ;)
As you command, Prince Valid.

I vote for "Prince Valid, the Impaler".

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:27 am

RingO'Fire wrote:
AntiM wrote:
erbal wrote:Something random ... I dont yet have a playa name

Dont bother picking one, it wont be 'valid' to me unless it's given on tha playa
As you command, Prince Valid.
I vote for "Prince Valid, the Impaler".

Ooh, very good!

Although I am now feeling "Prince Valid, the Inhaler".

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:30 am

AntiM wrote:
RingO'Fire wrote:
AntiM wrote: As you command, Prince Valid.
I vote for "Prince Valid, the Impaler".
Ooh, very good!

Although I am now feeling "Prince Valid, the Inhaler".

impaler, inhaler...?......

lets vote!!!!!

*oh, the humor, the humor* ( in Col. Kurtz voice)*

Da Mule · Post by **Da Mule** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:01 pm

Deb Prothero wrote:Artemis, must be tough to be on that side of the equation. Being a caring person and all, to have to lay people off. Can't say I envy you.

While of course it is much more difficult getting a kick in the ass, it's surprisingly difficult to kick someone when you know how much it'll hurt them.

Reading up on the hostility and invisibility threads just now though, I was inclined to kick away with abandon.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:17 pm

DaMule! You're out and about! Not kidnapped!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

So glad to see ya!

Da Mule · Post by **Da Mule** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:23 pm

Yay! Glad to feel welcome, which is part of what confuses me why posters complain about how unwelcoming eplaya can be. I guess I've just have thick skin on my ass.

There are plenty of folks on here that I've never met for which I feel a deep affection. It 's odd to me how others see so much hostility. Ah well.

Now back on topic: what don't you know about me? I was born in Texas!