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11/20/2007 12:44:52 PM · #351 |
I've been sitting here laughing out loud while reading this thread. I've also been trying to come up with odd facts about myself, but I'm such a boring person there's not a lot to say.
1. I have to have at least one foot sticking out of the covers in order to go to sleep, even if it's freezing cold.
2. If it IS freezing cold, I can't cover up my whole head and sleep...I have to have my nose sticking out so I can breathe the cooler air.
3. Toilet paper must come up over the top of the roll in my house...never, ever, EVER can it roll from the bottom. I can't deal with it.
4. When I'm driving, I cannot stand to drive next to those large concrete barrier thingies they put out for road construction. I always change lanes, if possible. If it's not possible, I have to turn off the radio and everyone has to be quiet or else I feel all panicky and start to freak out.
5. I have to put my toiletries and makeup on every morning in the same order or I invariably forget a step and look goofy. I'm also kind of anal about eyelashes and mascara, and will go to great lengths (like using a straight pin) to separate the eyelashes.
6. I talk out loud to myself a lot, as well as to my late husband. I don't think I really expect an answer, but sometimes I wish I could get one.
I'm sure I have other random weirdness, but this will do for now. :)
Message edited by author 2007-11-20 12:45:25. |
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11/20/2007 12:49:06 PM · #352 |
I write left-handed, but I do everything else right-handed.
I'm double-jointed in such a way that I can wrap one arm clear around my head and touch my ear on the same side as that arm. Or I can wrap both arms around my head and touch my chin with both.
I can wiggle my eyes in a disturbing manner.
I can also still solve the Rubik's Cube in less than two minutes, although I don't know if that qualifies as an "oddity" or just as "someone with too much time on his hands." |
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11/20/2007 01:07:15 PM · #353 |
Originally posted by jschro:
I thought of something to add and wanted to keep this thread alive for a bit yet.
About 10 years ago I was driving in Milwaukee with some friends, I closed my eyes for a second (I wasn't feeling good and had a headache) While my eyes were closed I "saw" red and blue flashing lights. 5 minutes later I got pulled over by the cops. Weird right? Well, I've tried this "tactic" many times since then and I've been right every time! If I see the flashing lights in my head there's a cop ahead so I slow down, if there's no lights the coast is clear. I've probably avoided many speeding tickets this way.
On a related note, now I just drive a bit slower than I used to so I don't have to use my trick anymore...but I still try it once in a while for fun. |
So you drive with your eyes closed? |
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11/20/2007 01:24:22 PM · #354 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by jschro:
I thought of something to add and wanted to keep this thread alive for a bit yet.
About 10 years ago I was driving in Milwaukee with some friends, I closed my eyes for a second (I wasn't feeling good and had a headache) While my eyes were closed I "saw" red and blue flashing lights. 5 minutes later I got pulled over by the cops. Weird right? Well, I've tried this "tactic" many times since then and I've been right every time! If I see the flashing lights in my head there's a cop ahead so I slow down, if there's no lights the coast is clear. I've probably avoided many speeding tickets this way.
On a related note, now I just drive a bit slower than I used to so I don't have to use my trick anymore...but I still try it once in a while for fun. |
So you drive with your eyes closed? |
Doesn't everyone?
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11/20/2007 02:32:15 PM · #355 |
Weird diversity of jobs...
So far in my life (I'm 42) I have done the following:
Electronics Technician
Nuclear Reactor Operator
US Navy Diver
Instructor, certifying others to operate nuclear plants
Barista at Starbucks
Account Manager for entertainment Youth Fund Raising
Retail Sales Rep for Software Etc
Top Secret position at Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base
System Certification Tech, Semiconductor Industry
Quality Assurance, Semiconductor Industry
Quality Assurance, Bio-pharmaceutical Industry
Certified Weld Inspector (CWI)
Industrial Scheduler, using Primavera Project Planner
Project Manager (construction) for Specialized Ultra High Purity Environments (multi million $$ projects)
Project Manager, Sustaining Projects for Intel Fab 23
Landlord (own several rental properties)
I also have a full industrial wood shop and do custom furniture design and fabrication on commission.
Oh, when I was 16 I was hand picked to be involved in a first of a kind Junior Achievement Company (Madison County JA, Anderson, Indiana). 10 of us wrote a curriculum for 6 week sessions to teach computer programming to the public. We sold out of three sessions, with 20 participants in each session (cost was $99 per person, per session). It was very successful, and Wall Street Journal and other national publications did articles about us. I was selected out of the 10 of us to go to a conference in Cincinnati and give a speech to 3500 people about our company and its successes!
I currently own a high end retail coffee shop (which I designed and completed the construction myself), as well as a Photography Studio (specializing in weddings and portraits).
I am teaching Photography lessons as well as Photoshop lessons out of my studio. I also do graphic design on the side (paid jobs).
I recently came back to work at Intel and I am taking care of their site water chemistry control (lots of samples of different systems, lab analysis for water quality and chemistry control agents, followed by trend analysis and chemistry/biocide injection rate modifications to maintain system parameters).
I recently interviewed for a position as a Project Engineer for a local Mechanical contractor (they are completing a major expansion at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs - about an 18 month project). I have a meeting with them Monday afternoon to review their offer letter.
The crazy thing is that I have never been to college, but I have excelled in all of these areas. I also have never had to look for a job. Due to networking, I typically receive several job offers a week.
Pretty crazy...
JD
Message edited by author 2007-11-20 14:52:07.
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11/20/2007 02:54:39 PM · #356 |
Originally posted by Mr_Pants:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by jschro:
I thought of something to add and wanted to keep this thread alive for a bit yet.
About 10 years ago I was driving in Milwaukee with some friends, I closed my eyes for a second (I wasn't feeling good and had a headache) While my eyes were closed I "saw" red and blue flashing lights. 5 minutes later I got pulled over by the cops. Weird right? Well, I've tried this "tactic" many times since then and I've been right every time! If I see the flashing lights in my head there's a cop ahead so I slow down, if there's no lights the coast is clear. I've probably avoided many speeding tickets this way.
On a related note, now I just drive a bit slower than I used to so I don't have to use my trick anymore...but I still try it once in a while for fun. |
So you drive with your eyes closed? |
Doesn't everyone? |
Just all the idiots that "share" the road with me on my commute. |
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11/20/2007 03:03:10 PM · #357 |
heres my weirdness:
I cant wear a watch with a battery either. one week and its dead.
I hear a whisper telling me things (like to slow down right before a cop drives past me or telling me to move right before a celing fan fell out of the celing and landed exactly where i was just standing.
I cant walk a straight line to save my life...in a weaver. I also cant stand straight (with my feet together) and still or I will just fall over like a sawed tree.
when i laugh really hard i snort.(mostly when Im tickled)
when i eat hamburger i get the hiccups unless i put salt on it..then no hiccups. but steaks dont affect me at all.
Im allergic to lemons
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11/20/2007 03:09:16 PM · #358 |
1. Clowns give me the creeps - can't stand seeing them at all.
2. I love blood and gore. I don't want to see people get hurt, but when they do I just have to see the gore part.
3. Cannot stand crumbs in my butter. I wipe off the knife before I'll stick it back in the butter tub.
adding to my list now that Thanksgiving is upon us and the bad memories return:
Turkey....can't eat it because it smells like dirty sweat socks as it cooks. I don't care who cooks it, I swear I smell sweaty socks.
Stuffing.....no way! It's a texture thing. Stuffing, cottage cheese, and tapioca, and soggy cornflakes. All have a texture that makes me gag to the point of vomiting.
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11/20/2007 03:09:29 PM · #359 |
| I find that the older I get the more I can multi task. Like now I can sneeze and pee at the same time. |
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11/20/2007 03:09:50 PM · #360 |
My weirdness: Perhaps my normalness would have been shorter. ;)
* I always count stairs or squares that I walk on
* I have to have a fan on when I sleep
* I am allergic to Kiwi and Pineapple
* I am a bit psychic, not on command but with certain people
* Ever since watching Brave Little Toaster, I insist that inanimate objects have feelings and feel bad selling or trashing something.
* I always ask everyone what their favorite insect is (good personality test).
* When I get anxious I bite my lip or pick my hair - its really annoying
* When I photograph people, the first thing I do is crack a joke.
* I can only eat hamburger that is 95% or higher - and sometimes only the hamburger I buy and cook.
* I have a facination with parasites but they are my phobia - I go numb and stiff around them, even ticks!
* I'm truly a night owl - I get bursts of energy right around 9pm
* I'm bilingual - I also speak French (though its dwindling)
* I used to street race cars and probably have more tickets then you could care to believe
* I don't eat Jello, its boiled bones for god sakes
* I'm a gypsy
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11/20/2007 08:19:10 PM · #361 |
My S.S teacher called me the toast lord in 6th grade and the name stuck
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11/20/2007 08:29:40 PM · #362 |
The weirdest thing about me is probably that I am actually the same person as  Drachoo, Larus, Jdannels, Falc,  Techo, and many other big ribbon winners. Just don't tell S.C.
edit to add: I am also Librodo
edit to add: I am also AlexSaberi
edit to add: I am also Timfythetoo
Message edited by author 2007-11-20 20:32:35.
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11/20/2007 08:48:56 PM · #363 |
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11/20/2007 09:04:46 PM · #364 |
| Something odd.... well I keep putting images in challenges despite the scores.... :-) |
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11/20/2007 09:28:47 PM · #365 |
I guess it depends on your definition of odd. *lol*
I've got 3 children, but never used a crib, bassinet or playpen.
I used to be a competitive archer.
I had a strange mental connection with my maternal grandfather - one night, I was experiencing a lot of pain, lost my ability to speak so couldn't call for help, had my first migraine. I thought something was very wrong. This went on for several hours. I could see my alarm clock as the numbers changed. 3:06AM, my body relaxed, all the pain left immediately, and I was able to speak again. An odd peace for me, and I went to sleep within minutes. My mom woke me a few hours later, came in and sat on my bed to break the news to me that my grandfather had died overnight. I looked her in the eye, said "At 3:06 this morning" and turned over and went back to sleep.
14 years later, she still tells me how much that freaked her out.
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11/20/2007 09:33:11 PM · #366 |
Originally posted by bvlindalou:
I find that the older I get the more I can multi task. Like now I can sneeze and pee at the same time. |
oh shoot! you just made me snort!
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11/20/2007 09:41:06 PM · #367 |
1. I love heights!!
2. I hate feet with a passion.
3. I absolutely love the rain.
4. Cilantro tastes like soap to me.
5. I've never experienced thanksgiving anywhere besides Florida.
6. I have a freckle on my hand!
7. I can lay on the floor and put my feet by my shoulders.
8. I hate when birds fly directly over my head.
9. I like my cookies half baked.
10. I am amazing at upside down thumb wars! :D |
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11/21/2007 07:21:30 AM · #368 |
At night, when I lay my head down to go to sleep, instead of counting sheep, I think of science problems.
I used to do math in my head, but have expanded into science.
My current science challenge??
Warping of space and worm holes. Is it possible to create a man made worm hole? String theory.
I have been thinking of this idea for a few months now.
It helps me go to sleep.
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11/21/2007 07:23:54 AM · #369 |
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
My current science challenge??
Warping of space and worm holes. Is it possible to create a man made worm hole? String theory.
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I had few ideas, i will summarize them when I get time. Would be good to see what other people believe and think.
ETA: I also think a lot about science problems, whenever I am free.
(but for job also I am supposed to do the same :-D ).
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11/21/2007 08:28:40 AM · #370 |
| I have sex almost everyday! Almost on Monday, almost on Tuesday, almost on Wednesday......... |
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11/21/2007 08:36:44 AM · #371 |
I'm a car guy, so here are a couple that are car related....
At one time, I had three pale yellow convertibles-A Plymouth, A Firebird, and a Triumph.....
I for some unkwon reason have this strange thing where I just happen to look down at my odometer when it's going to somethi=ng "special" like roll over from 99999, or the numbers are symmetrical like 78987.
With th eone car that I had for a number of years and when I worked at this one place about 25 miles away, I'd crack 100 every day either on the way to or from work.....most days both.
I got rid of that car, it was just too much of a temptation.....it was BRUTALLY fast!
Once, a customer drove into my shop with this litany of ills, and he'd had this car a half dozen places or so, and nobody could figure out why it ran badly. He opened the hood, and I just knew the distributor was faulty, I don't know why, and I went inside, got a distributor, dropped it in, and the car was fixed. He'd been trying to get the car sorted out for almost two years. The weird thing is, someone had put a six cylinder distributor in this four cylinder car......I didn't even know it would run like that.....it did, but badly!.....8>)
To this day, I have *NO* idea why I knew that the distributor was bad/wrong.
It kinda freaked the guy out.
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11/21/2007 11:57:45 AM · #372 |
1. I match my underwear to my outfit (whenever possible). No idea why.
2. Numbers play a big role in my life (yet I hate math). Stupid stuff though, like I used to only be able to turn my bedroom light off on a quarter-hour -- i.e., :00, :15, :30, :45. I still have this thing where I only get out of bed when the time on the clock is a meaningful number -- e.g., 7:47 (jet), 8:30 (the quarter-hour thing), 9:44 (Porsche), 10:10 (double number) ... I think that's just me finding an excuse to stay in bed a few minutes longer. I see number relationships in everything ... for example, I went to an animal park with some of my family, and it was $91 to get in. When I bought lunch for everyone, the first thing that struck me about the $45.50 total was not how expensive it was, but rather that it was exactly half of the $91 admission price.
3. I can't buy an even number of things at a store -- I'll buy something I don't even really need, like a pack of gum, to make it an odd number. The exception is if I'm close to a round number, like 10 or 20, I'll try to hit that. Also, if I'm buying stuff online (where I can see the $$ total), I'll try to make my total come out as close to a round figure as possible even if it means changing things about my purchase. (See #2.)
4. When I type posts in the forums, or when I'm writing an email, I try to have my words finish as close to the end of the line as possible.
5. I can scratch my nails on a chalkboard no problem, but I can't stand the sound of styrofoam rubbing together, nor the feeling of glassware that has been washed for most of its life in a dishwasher using softened water.
Yes, most of my issues are OCD-like, but these are absolutely the only strange things about me (well, ok, I also alphabetize all my CDs and DVDs, but with as many as I have it's a must). I'm mostly normal. :-) |
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11/21/2007 12:55:18 PM · #373 |
Originally posted by Creature:
Yes, most of my issues are OCD-like, but these are absolutely the only strange things about me (well, ok, I also alphabetize all my CDs and DVDs, but with as many as I have it's a must). I'm mostly normal. :-) |
Sure! Fine! Whatever you say!
(Nods, smiles, and backs away carefully! LOL!!!
You're at least no fruitier than some of us here!
Welcome to the DPC Nuthouse!
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11/21/2007 01:13:46 PM · #374 |
It is odd that I find none of this odd...
:-P |
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11/21/2007 01:50:45 PM · #375 |
lol
Originally posted by bvlindalou:
I have sex almost everyday! Almost on Monday, almost on Tuesday, almost on Wednesday......... |
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