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Entertainment > Just a Regular Guy
 

Just a Regular Guy

From 5 years of blogging, I've revealed much about myself. But here's some things you may not know about me, not that you care. I could probably write a post about each and every one.

--I can juggle.

--Je parle Francais (I speak French--un peu).

--I wore braces and retainers for 7(seven) teen years.

--I collected and still own over 3000 baseball cards (50's)

--I majored in pre-optometry in college for two yrs.

--I can stand on my head.

--I won the city golf championship at age 17.

--I have a collection of rocks and minerals.

--I've shrunk one inch since high school--same weight.

--I toured the midwest with Henry Mancini's band as band boy (college days).

--I water 38 house plants.

--I used to give guitar lessons.

--I have a golf tee collection.

--I own several original paintings.

--I have water skied and surfed and snorkled (but I don't like water).

--I once led an on-court cheer at a HS basketball game in front of several thounsand fans.

--I wear trifocals.

--I have collected 45 years worth of National Geographics.

--I took piano lessons for 7 years (and still play).

--I have piloted an airplane.

--During my high school days, I delivered newspapers, caddied, worked at Coca Cola, and washed cars.

--I have college BS and Masters degrees in science and geography.

--I have bicycled through Europe (from England to Sweden to Austria).

--I collect buffalo carvings and paintings.

--My bathroom is of Coca Cola motif.

--I belong to 14 environmental organizations.

--I've taken 70 eighth grade students on a 4 day field trip to the desert (Calif).

--I was (still am, I guess) 4F draft status (allergies).

--I can do 1000 abdominal crunches.

--I've never been called for jury duty.

--I was a 4th generation school teacher.

--I've been to a Rose Bowl and the NBA Finals.

--I am car ignorant (despite my father being in the automobile business). You all know I'm computer challenged.

I'll end with that. If you want to learn more about any item, let me know. It's going to be a long winter--I have the time.

posted on Dec 9, 2010 6:21 AM ()

Comments:

Fine, I'll say something else then:
I've never tried to do 1000 crunches and I've never been called for jury duty either.
comment by crazylife on Dec 16, 2010 10:04 PM ()
I think between 1955 and 1963. It might be before you started collecting the National Geographics, or at least near the beginning of your stack. My great uncle (not the one in the photo) had NGs from the time they were first published, when they had more drawings than photographs. They probably all went to the dump when he died in the 60's. Oh, and on the subject, my dad's picture was in the May 2002 National Geographic, article about US Vets returning to Omaha Beach. He's got on a NAVY ball cap, reading something to a group of people with an old lady sitting in the foreground listening. It came out a few weeks after he died in the airplane crash, and I thought I was seeing ghosts when I came across it. I don't think he realized it was going to be published, it was taken in 1986 or so.
comment by troutbend on Dec 13, 2010 2:14 PM ()
Good list.
comment by crazylife on Dec 11, 2010 7:59 PM ()
And that's all you will say about it, eh?
reply by solitaire on Dec 12, 2010 5:46 AM ()
A sundry and impressive list. but no jury duty? odd, for a teacher. I thought they tried to get all of you once you retired.
comment by drmaus on Dec 11, 2010 9:30 AM ()
I've gotten letters saying I was on the prospective list, but never summoned. My time will come. Thanks for dropping by.
reply by solitaire on Dec 12, 2010 5:45 AM ()
In reply to you kitchentales comment, yes, I do stay up later than many. I often catch the PBS news from 1-2 a.m. Then I get up around 8 a.m. Alas, normal sleep patterns don't exist with folks like me with fibromyalgia. An good afternoon nap is often part of the schedule, too! I'm lucky if I sleep 5-6 hours in a chunk at night. I won't get into the science/chronic neurotransmittor deficiency details, but sleep disturbance just part of the fibro pattern. Not to worry. It is what it is.
comment by marta on Dec 10, 2010 9:53 AM ()
Randy, fibro is a chronic condition, managed but not cured. There are varying degrees of it. Mine is the most severe, but I've made healthy adaptations and make positive choices and manage very well. One learns to live with it, and it's my nature to be positive and happy no matter what. Life is too short and precious to live with anything but joy!
reply by marta on Dec 11, 2010 8:55 AM ()
So sorry to hear this. But it sounds like you have a good attitude. Things (health) could be worse, I suppose. What is the outlook or future?
reply by solitaire on Dec 11, 2010 5:43 AM ()
Well bloody hell *looks down*...it didn't look that much in my word doc...
comment by kjstone on Dec 10, 2010 9:25 AM ()
ed this!

I am fluent in English, American and Ostraylen…

I could do headstands and cartwheels. I would attempt to do neither now tho.

The FatMan and I are like houseplants also. My most useful plant is the aloe vera one.

Uhm a golf tee collection. How many do you have? I am thinking that there would not be many variances to a golf tee.

I bet you’d be surprised at the memories any of the eighth graders have of the trip and you. I still remember the teachers who went on our school trips…

I also have never been called for jury duty. And as long as I stay here [not eligible] I will continue that run of good luck. But I have been a witness in court twice.
comment by kjstone on Dec 10, 2010 9:24 AM ()
Hi KJ. You didn't add your 4th language-Kentuckyism! It's in a class by itself. You'd be surprised at how many different kinds of tees there are--hundreds and hundreds. My one and only court appearance was a divorce proceeding. That was enough for me. Thanks for stopping by.
reply by solitaire on Dec 11, 2010 5:38 AM ()
Bravo! Tres bien! I too have a collection of crystals and rocks, many in the shape of hearts. I also bet we belong to same environmental organizations.
comment by marta on Dec 9, 2010 9:45 PM ()
Do you display your crystals? I left most of mine in the science dept. where I taught. Like my baseball cards, I rather ignore the ones I have at home. I received 11-12 calendars for 2011 from env. orgs.! My Honduran daughter took most of them for her clinic. I save but three. You'll have to list the groups you belong to sometime. I've dropped many over the years (Audubon, Arbor, Rivers, Oceans, ......). Enough is enough!
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 6:12 AM ()
Wow! I love this post. I own an original painting also...one of Jondude's.
I used to be able to stand on my head but not any more. I hope I NEVER have to wear trifocals....bifocals are bad enough.
comment by gapeach on Dec 9, 2010 6:57 PM ()
Thanks, Nancy. I have one of Jon's paintings, too. I haven't stood on my head for awhile. Too dangerous! I love trifocals except for when I play golf. The lines are distracting. What--no baseball card questions? You've inquired before, if I remember.
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 6:04 AM ()
These kinds of posts are my favourite.We should all do one. They're fascinating.

I'm technically bilingual (which in Canada, of course, means I'm fluent in both Engligh and Francais) but I rarely speak French anymore. And I'm super jealous about your being able to juggle.

You know what got me, though? Your bathroom. I didn't see that coming.
comment by juliansmom on Dec 9, 2010 5:34 PM ()
I confess that my French is pretty much worthless by now. Even when I was in France 6 years after my HS French classes, I was hopelessly lost in understanding and speaking it. And like I juggle to impress anyone! I learned on the golf course how to do it. The coke bathroom came about mostly by accident. It just evolved somehow from an old bottle to a coaster to a clock, etc. I like the red colors!
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 6:00 AM ()
Please look back to the early days of your Natl Geographics and see if you can find one with an article on either Mesa Verde or Hovenweep. There is a photo in there that I think is supposed to be my Uncle Eugene (man in a red shirt sitting on a rock with his back to the camera looking at the ruins). If you find it, let's talk about a trade. I have petrified wood and dinosaur bones.
comment by troutbend on Dec 9, 2010 3:23 PM ()
How far back are we talking? I mean one can get a headache perusing vertical titles of Nat. Geos! But I'll give it a shot. What else do I have to do--juggle? I think I remember seeing the photo you're referring to. (Is that what we call a "photographic memory"? ) No trade necessary. Why else would I be saving NGs?
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 5:54 AM ()
A real Renaissance man, Randy. I had no idea you were so talented.
comment by redimpala on Dec 9, 2010 12:46 PM ()
Not bragging, m'am. Just the facts. But wait, there's more! Just kidding.
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 5:50 AM ()
Just curious--what do you plan to do with the 3000 baseball cards and the45 years worth of national Geographics???
Exactly what did you do as Mancini's band boy??? (You DON'T want to know what I am thinking!)
comment by greatmartin on Dec 9, 2010 12:36 PM ()
I haven't decided what to do with the cards. I've thought about selling them, but I find it difficult to part with them. They're a part of me. The NGs will probably be kept 'til my death, then disposed of by my kids. They're worthless, really. I was a clean band boy! I took care of music, stands, set-up, etc. Ever hear of jazz trumpeter and saxophonist, Randy and Michael Brecker? They were at IU when Mancini took from for his band.
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 5:49 AM ()
Trifocals? Is that the same as Progressive lenses?
1000 crunches! BS and Masters! Impressive.
I worked for Pepsi, in my youth. All I got was a lighter.
comment by nittineedles on Dec 9, 2010 11:30 AM ()
My glasses have separate "prescriptions"--top, middle, bottom. The middle helps with reading computer screens and dashboards, etc. My summer at the coke plant was horrible. I was a bottle cleaner and truck loader. Yuck! All for $1.25 /hr!
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 5:44 AM ()
That is very impressive there Randy.You are quite the man.
Loads of talents,great sportsman,Did not mentioned that you can cook?
comment by fredo on Dec 9, 2010 9:36 AM ()
Thanks, Fredo. Oh, I omitted many "common knowledges" about me--my gardening, fitness regime, cooking talents, atheism, etc. These were supposed to be "newbies".
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 5:40 AM ()
You are an iron man if you took the 8th graders to the desert alone. I
hope you had help.
comment by elderjane on Dec 9, 2010 8:07 AM ()
I did many such trips, but that was the longest (over Spring vacation). And yes, I had plenty of help. I can't help but wonder what my former students now remember about them (or me).
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 5:38 AM ()
1000 crunches??? WHOAH! That's quite impressive sir... Good list, interesting! I liked it.
comment by kristilyn3 on Dec 9, 2010 7:37 AM ()
What's with the "sir"? But thanks. I don't know what made me do it. I keep thinking of more items.
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 5:35 AM ()
You are certainly an interesting and many talented man. Sooo- how is it going with your librarian?
comment by dragonflyby on Dec 9, 2010 7:18 AM ()
Nah--"just a regular guy". You've met me--you know. I made a special stop at the library just yesterday, but Anna wasn't there. My sister told me of a lady she knows who lost her husband at about the same time, has been "courted" twice, and is miffed about it. So I have second thoughts--at least for now.
reply by solitaire on Dec 10, 2010 5:32 AM ()

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