That's impressive. I've wanted to go to Socotra for the past several years, but Yemen is still a no go zone.wcheney said:
Scuba dived around Socotra Island off the coast of Yemen and swum with whale sharks in Philippines.
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If I said mine, I would give up my anonymity. But it's a pretty cool thing.
Philo B 93 said:
If I said mine, I would give up my anonymity. But it's a pretty cool thing.
Slapped Chris Rock did ya??
Drank beer in the back of a cop car whilst driving around talladega super speedway in the middle of the night.
SERE here, also...
And here
I tried to go back to the National Guard in 2014 but sleep apnea put a stop to that. I wanted to get a commission with my degree.
Also watched a mongoose/cobra fight, in Okinawa...
Little different experience in Okinawa, i salvaged a downed MV-22 Osprey from the beach while civilians protested.
Eta - no casualties.
Eta - no casualties.
Sang a short duet w country star Lynn Anderson.
Good Day.
That's where I saw it.pilgrim82 said:
Also watched a mongoose/cobra fight, in Okinawa...
It wasn't "Rose Garden," was it? Because I now have that song stuck in my head...thanks!
birdman said:I have a grand slam of billfish.TRIDENT said:
Caught five species of billfish: Atlantic blue marlin, Pacific blue marlin, Striped Marlin, swordfish, Atlantic sailfish. Plus mako, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, mahimahi, cobia, tarpon, snook and more. I've got a bad fishing habit.
Badass birdman! If you ever find yourself in Galveston County, I'ld be happy to buy the bourbon and cigars and swap some stories.
Mine were all caught on handline. Old Man and the Sea style.
I died in a drowning incident.Eliminatus said:
Told on another thread but I died in a car accident. Not sure many here can say that.
Also been blown up six times. Twice on foot, four in vehicle. Multiple concussions finally turned my brain into enough mush that after the last one I couldn't look up without falling over or walk up stairs or hold a pen. Got pieced back together enough to work as a human again and somehow managed to become an engineer (as of this semester, WHOOP!). I despise celebrating myself but I am proud of that last one.
Also survived being a sniper target. And got revenge on his sniper friend a few weeks later by firing a Javelin into his hide. My cool guy moment in service.
Have yet to be blown up though.
Dated both Emory Ballard and Daryl Royals nieces.
Farted in an elevator with Eddie Murphy next to me (he laughed)
Flew Baby Doc D'Vallier out of Haiti on a Sec Ops mission
Communicated with a MiG 28 in a -4 G inverted dive.
(Ok, the last one is a lie but Top Gun is next week!)
Farted in an elevator with Eddie Murphy next to me (he laughed)
Flew Baby Doc D'Vallier out of Haiti on a Sec Ops mission
Communicated with a MiG 28 in a -4 G inverted dive.
(Ok, the last one is a lie but Top Gun is next week!)
Nothing life altering, but I've had several oddities. Here's a few:
I've had two holes in one.
Met Gil Brandt, & tried on his Super Bowl ring- mid 80's.
Had a short mention in a book on High School coaches in Texas.
I've had two holes in one.
Met Gil Brandt, & tried on his Super Bowl ring- mid 80's.
Had a short mention in a book on High School coaches in Texas.
Twins
I plowed a field behind a horse drawn plow.
My grandfather showed me how to steer (and raise and lower) for the first couple of rows and I did the rest of the rows. It wasn't a big field.
My grandfather showed me how to steer (and raise and lower) for the first couple of rows and I did the rest of the rows. It wasn't a big field.
- Auditioned for Young and the Restless in 2003.
- Helped nationally known journalists with research in TX politics, based on my grandfather.
- Shortly before 9/11, rode in the Senate underground train with Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Jesse Helms
- In 2009, coach Gary Blair was bored and I hung out with him for a morning just talking.
- Helped nationally known journalists with research in TX politics, based on my grandfather.
- Shortly before 9/11, rode in the Senate underground train with Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Jesse Helms
- In 2009, coach Gary Blair was bored and I hung out with him for a morning just talking.
Worked for the FBI's foreign counterintelligence section. That's all I can say.
I'm surprised you got a job there with such a limited vocabulary.TexasAggie81 said:
Worked for the FBI's foreign counterintelligence section. That's all I can say.
My uncle did this too. But he came back to the same woman 25 years later for the hat trick. Divorced again after a year. What's the definition of insanity?hph6203 said:My brother did this.scd88 said:
Also got married to the the same girl twice in a span of three weeks.
Been mock charged (twice) and roared at by a male adult lion while on foot in South Africa (sorry, didn't see you eating that Cape buffalo). Most frightened I've ever been, the sound of him roaring at us was absolutely intense. On that same trip, our small plane pilot had to "buzz" a giraffe to get him off of our runway, then a few days later we had to get evacuated because our camp burned to the ground in a wildfire (latter two in Botswana).
Spent a Saturday positioning and doing CT scans on about 20 human cadaver heads in preparation for an image guided sinus surgery course. That was creepy.
Spent a Saturday positioning and doing CT scans on about 20 human cadaver heads in preparation for an image guided sinus surgery course. That was creepy.
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I'd say bang your mom but we all know everyone has ridden that train many times.
A friend's mother has been married ten times. Four of those to said friend's father.
Anchorhold said:
A friend's mother has been married ten times. Four of those to said friend's father.
You knew Liz Taylor?
My pig found itself smart enough to hop over the barrier from his pen to the next pen and eat all of that pigs food, and go to the next one and eat all of that pigs food, and the next one and eat all of that pigs food and make his way back in time when it was my time to feed him he had already eaten 3 meals and was sitting there waiting for me and I would feed him and he would eat that and that's why he gained so much weight and got sifted at the fat stock show.
Onward and upward. Enjoy the next chapter.
Got to spend 6 weeks on Diego Garcia.
vin1041 said:
Got to spend 6 weeks on Diego Garcia.
8 months total on multiple trips. Caught a 500 lb black marlin, 10 foot shark, several tuna and a 60 lb wahoo there as well as dozens of giant trevalle and bonefish. Mailed home like 100 lbs of coral and shells too, unbeknownst to the BIOT cops.
Was that at Vic's?Ragoo said:
Ridden bulls in Marion Texas
Gotten five degrees from A&M.
muleshoe said:Was that at Vic's?Ragoo said:
Ridden bulls in Marion Texas
I believe so
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Night diving in the barrier reef looking for sharks. Far flung reaches of the reef.
As a 20 year old intern, got picked up by a young/attractive female flight attendant who was on the last leg of a trip that was stranding me in Salt Lake City. Certainly beat sleeping in the airport.
One time, I saw a blimp.
As a 20 year old intern, got picked up by a young/attractive female flight attendant who was on the last leg of a trip that was stranding me in Salt Lake City. Certainly beat sleeping in the airport.
One time, I saw a blimp.
I got an F bomb published by a Court of Appeals in Texas.
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