Little Known Facts About KW Members

[[Syl]]

- I once won the Sailor of the Year for the Entire Surface Atlantic Fleet in the Navy, but got out before I could put on the rank of E7 at the age of 24.

I'd just like to point out to anybody who doesn't know, that that's huge.

I got nominated for Junior Sailor of the Quarter once (I had 3s on my DLPTs. Other than that, they couldn't have picked a worse candidate. I was damn good at my job, but only passable as a sailor).

- I was also the only sailor to earn the Submariner's Dolphins, The Enlisted Surface Warefare Pin, and the Enlisted Aviation Wings.

Which did you wear? Me, I passed on the ESWS (and there was no way in hell I was going aircrew. I loathe running). Since they made it mandatory (therefor no points on the exam) but not for my rank... Still would've done it, but I stopped working on it when they sent me cranking. And I still would've done it, except they let the females off of cranking to do theirs, but wouldn't let the guys go.

[Zarathustra]

Okay, you guys are forcing me to pull out the "big guns." I can whistle and hum in two different notes at the same time, harmonizing with myself. Or at least I could as a kid . . . too embarrassed to sit around humming and whistling at the same time now.

But yeah, iQuestor's sailor thing is pretty cool, too, I guess.

[sgt.null]

i can remember the outlay of houses, no matter how long ago i was in them. i can't remember what i had for lunch yesterday - but i could walk you through houses that are since long gone.

[DukkhaWaynhim]

In 4th grade, I read all the Hardy Boys books in the library within 2 weeks time (and bilking big $$ from all my mom's coworkers who sponsored me for the Reading Olympics) (I miss having the time to 'read my fill')

I am a pretty slow reader compared to most I know, but I also seem to have a much higher retention... if only I read more edifying material

I am very good with directions and mapping - a direct result of 2d mapping experience I had playing old Computer RPGs like the Bard's Tale, Dungeons of Daggorath, Wizardry, Ultima, Phantasie, Pool of Radiance, etc.

...and I know what evil lurks in the hearts of men...

dw

[sgt.null]

i can only retain three telephone numbers at any given time. and one is always the phone number i grew up with. one is my wife's work number. and somedays i can remember her cell phone number.

[Sunbaneglasses]

At the deli, when I order my all my meat and cheese "SLICED THIN, LIKE PAPER" (that's an exact quote btw) and I'm handed a pound of obviously thickly sliced cheese or meat, I never have them redo it, I just take it quietly and toss it up over the canned goods in the next isle so it stinks and rots and the supermarket loses money.

That is the kind of asshole that I want to be when I grow up.

[drew]

I'm uber nice at restaurants...once I got the wrong dish--and I mean WAY WRONG...I order Shrimp Risoto, and got baked salmon...I didn't send it back.

[Chrysalis]

* I count things and look for patterns while I count

* I was taught how to play poker at a very young age

* it took 7 years from the time I got my tattoo started to the day I got it finished

* I have yet to meet my father

* I still haven't watched any of the Star Wars movies

[Wyldewode]

I can read in excess of 440 words per minute.

I have a very, very good memory for words and images. I was given partial credit on a final exam at university because though I could not think of the correct term, I named the page number and what paragraph the term was located in.

Though I am a shy person and hate being in the spotlight, I won the female lead in my school's 8th grade play, and went on to appear in plays at my high school each year following that.

I was going to go to the New York School of the Visual Arts to study directing when I panicked and at the last possible moment chose to go to a private university a few hours from my home and study English literature instead.

Oh. . . congratulations, Calais!

[Kil Tyme]

I once had a dream of floating whereby I left my bedroom, floated down the stairs and into the living room where I saw my mom removing xmas tree ornaments. I floated down to the bottom of the tree and saw a small golden ornament all by itself. When I awoke I remembered the dream and went down to the living room tree. My mom had indeed removed all the ornaments. When I bent down to the area of my floating dream, there was the lone remaining ornament. Every year I put that small ornament in a prominent place on the tree.

[High Lord Tolkien]

At the deli, when I order my all my meat and cheese "SLICED THIN, LIKE PAPER" (that's an exact quote btw) and I'm handed a pound of obviously thickly sliced cheese or meat, I never have them redo it, I just take it quietly and toss it up over the canned goods in the next isle so it stinks and rots and the supermarket loses money.

That is the kind of asshole that I want to be when I grow up.

You sir, understand me perfectly.

[balon!]

I can quote the entirety of The Big Lebowski. From begining to end, as long as I'm watching it.

[The Laughing Man]

i once crashed a 71 buick skylark into a tree. halfway up it.

[sgt.null]

in hs a friend and i marked "BMW" all over the school along with a drawing of two eyes with a line over and a line under. it stood for "Big Mullin is Watching" a very conservative social studies teacher. (i never had a class with him.) after our initial run the symbol/letters started popping up around the school, somebody(s) had picked up on it without the meaning behind it.

[Xar]

When I was in high school, I took acting classes and, among other things, I played diverse roles from a spry Grandmother to Faust's Mephistopheles to the Prince of Verona.

I tend to spend an inordinate amount of time thinking up stories and legends for the world I am creating.

I don't get truly angry very easily, though I may get annoyed at times.

Sometimes I have the feeling that no matter how much I may suck at an activity, if I take some time off and then come back to it, somehow I find that I have improved greatly in the meantime.

[Madadeva]

..I played ... Faust's Mephistopheles ...

This does not surprise some of us ... AllFather

[Menolly]

..I played ... Faust's Mephistopheles ...

This does not surprise some of us ... AllFather

[thefirst]

I was once kicked out of a Toy Store for hopping around on the big bouncy balls (I was 19)
I have a group of freckles on my left forearm that looks exactly like the constellation Orion
I'm allergic to most laundry detergents and fabric softeners
Unlike most babies, my eyes were brown when I was born
I was once mistaken for a little boy while out fishing with my grandfather
I've had lots of broken bones, including breaking my tail bone three times
I've never been on a plane
I've never watched Titanic, nor do I plan to
Most of the music I love is about ten years older than I am

[Usivius]

I'm uber nice at restaurants...once I got the wrong dish--and I mean WAY WRONG...I order Shrimp Risoto, and got baked salmon...I didn't send it back.

that's because your Canadian ..

[Usivius]

i once crashed a 71 buick skylark into a tree. halfway up it.

nice.
along a similar line, when I was 18, working at a car dealership (washing cars, maintenance assist., etc.) and totalled a new Cadillac ... reversing and foot slipped on the newly shampood rug, hit the accelerator, smashed in to a wall, wall fell on car. car totalled.
usivius unharmed.