Your interesting life!

[Rick_A]

Nothing too special. My late father led the interesting life.

My choice was to lead a fun one. So far it's been working out okay, though it started a bit rough.

 

[CO_Kid]

Other than almost 12 years of being a lawman, nothing really special. Never met any real celebrities, although I do know a few olympic athletes.

 

[Maddog 521]

I worked for Mickey Mouse back in the late 60's down in Florida. I also got to shake hands with Willie G once.

 

[ironhead7544]

When I was at the Border Patrol Academy, Jim Cirrillo was one of my instructors.

Burt Ward, Robin from the old Batman TV show, was married to my old boss's daughter. There is a pic of me in one of the books he wrote.

My ex-wife's best friend was John Wayne Gacy's next door neighbor. I met the guy a few times. The cop that caught him used to come into the gun shop I worked in.

Hilliary Clinton and I were at the same high school. She was a junior and I was a freshman.

General Westmoreland came to visit me at my test fire range when I was a small arms repairman in the Army 69-72.

 

[Biginge]

I was a finalist, four years in a row, in Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

 

[snubbyfan]

The first thing that popped into my head was that there was a time when I led a Penthouse Forum kinda life.
I'm just not sure if y'all would want me to elaborate further.

 

[Old TexMex]

I was a finalist, four years in a row, in Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

Big, I tip my Stetson to you. When the movie comes out, I'm buying tickets for several friends!

 

[Jaysq]

I never amounted to much.....but my dog has some some pretty important friends.

[/url]FRIENDSHIP - Dedicated To All My Flickr Friends In Appreciation For Your Continued Support & Encouragement by Jerry Jaynes, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/url]Happy New Year To All My Flickr Friends by Jerry Jaynes, on Flickr[/IMG]

Mickey Finally Gets To Meet Buffy by Jerry Jaynes, on Flickr

 

[rwsmith]

I'm pretty boring....

The only things close to interesting that I've done were mostly job related. Got a government contracting job for rebuilding a 'signal exploitation space" (read 'spy stuff') on a Navy ship and ended up with a pretty good security clearance. I felt like Jethro Bodine being a double naught spy.

Later I got my dream job as part of the team that called the shots on the design/build of a $22+ million laboratory building. Over about 18 months it took all of my time and energy. That 'dream job' liked to have killed me and I never wanted another one like that again.

When my wife and I were singing, we toured small towns with our music teacher all around the state to give concerts at community arts festivals. That gave us some unforgettable moments. I was pretty thrilled to be in some opera/light opera productions. We were young, wild and crazy and had a total ball befriending and partying with all kinds of people. Man we had some good times. We did this and the concert tours for over 20 years.

I've never met anybody famous face to face. I thought meeting the Captain of a nuclear sub was pretty neat. I thought, this is the guy they trust with a multi hundred million dollar boat with nuclear missiles. Wow.

 

[rwsmith]

The dark side.....

The first thing that popped into my head was that there was a time when I led a Penthouse Forum kinda life.
I'm just not sure if y'all would want me to elaborate further.

"There WAS a time". That's the key. The dark past has been replaced by things of much great value. Thank God.

 

[brick]

I would guess that the most interesting thing I have done is to go to Sevastopol, Ukraine in 1992 to adopt my daughters. Three weeks in the evil empire.

 

[Colokeb]

When I was 17 back in the spring of 1960, I had a Milwaukee County press pass. I worked taking trivial pictures for a small weekly called the Tri-Town News in Hales Corners Wisconsin.

The was a presidential candidate coming to Mitchell Field, so I went with my Pentax H2 full of Kodachrome. I took a bunch of slides right next to him, coulda shook his hand, but worked my camera instead. This is the only one "published" of the dozen I have.

 

[Arik]

Immigrated from one country to another. Different mentality, different cultures, different languages. Sometimes the two cultures clash within me

 

[arjay]

Similar experience,parents from two very different cultures,growing up in a 3rd...

 

[TTSH]

Basically, I'm about as boring and harmless a retired old man as they come. But during my career, I traveled on business to some very dangerous places. Often, I was provided with armed escorts/bodyguards and often it was better for me to just fly quietly under the radar. Bottom line is that I made it to an early forced retirement alive and with no bullet holes in me. Not bad considering some of the crazy things I went through.

 

[ACP230]

I attended the Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot for 10 years.
I shot as well as I could but not nearly as well as other folks there did.
Saw Jerry Miculek, Rob Enos, Rob Leatham, Jerry Barnhardt, Mas Ayoob, and some lesser Master Blasters clear tables in record time. (Also saw most leave pins on the table a few times.)

Got my sense of humor altered significantly by listening
to Rich Davis, head of the Second Chance Body Armor Co., "do comedy"
while running the shoot.

Also saw Rich shoot himself two times, while wearing his vests.
I was more nervous than he was the first time with the .44 Magnum.
With the .480 Ruger, later, Rich was more nervous than with the .44.
As one of the cops, who was a Second Chance save, said,
"Mr. Davis really stands behind his products."

I miss that match.

 

[RedNeck Jim]

I was selected to be on one of the crews to launch a Minuteman III ICBM. We were the first crew to turn keys, so the 2 of us were able to get above ground in time to watch it blast off. It was Glory Trip 82GM back in '81 and that was pretty cool... especially for a dumb redneck from Mississippi. Note: this image is not our missile.

 

[Smithpride]

I have been places I have non-disclosures with as a civilian that most non-military folks ever get to see. I have played soccer on the field at Mile High (the newer one) and have worked with models and motocross Stars.

Mostly, I live low key in the country, but I continue to have cool jobs saving lives. I'm not much for fame or fortune.

 

[Iggy]

Nothing terribly exciting, but I ain't complaining either.


Chip's Home Page

 

[Bat Guano]

Does running into a wall of 750 pound bombs at full tilt with a pickup count?

No, they didn't go off as they were unfused at the time. But it was still kind of exciting in the nanosecond when I hit them.