What is something that is a little known fact about you?

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This thread is for telling the world a little known fact about yourself. Be it a weird hobby, or something that you've done in your life that no one would ever guess in a million years.

Have fun! Let's learn a little about one another!

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 9:46 AM

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I have too many quirks to list

Response by Lt Col Timothy Parker, DBA made May 20 at 2015 9:46 AM

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I had my own personal KGB agent following me for several weeks (and I suspect for a longer period). I was a part of the first arms treaty with the former USSR.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 9:48 AM

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I was born and raised in Canada. I am a duel citizen, meaning I hold both Canadian and American citizenship.

Not exactly a big secret or anything, but worth a share, I imagine.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 9:50 AM

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One of my favorite things to do is to get lost on long road trips and sleep in the bed of my truck. Something about sleeping under the stars sets my mind at ease.

I graduated in a class of 12 people- I was the only girl.

I am tone deaf- but love to sing. Sorry everyone if you ever have to hear me.

I love working on cars- it started when I was 12 and helped my dad restore a '57 ford pickup.

I went to State in Track & Field in 4 events all 4 years of HS: Pole Vault, Triple Jump, Javelin, and Shot.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 10:00 AM

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I can touch the tip of my nose with my lips... and then I suck in and I do flips under the water and I never get water up my nose. It is a gift.

I play softball every Thursday, unless it is raining. I coach my daughter's team as well.

My favorite movie at the moment is PUSS IN BOOTS. YEP YEP. WHAT!

Eminem is my favorite singer/rapper.

I have had WAY too many last names, so it won't be changed again either in a very long time or at all. I am thinking the latter.

They celebrated my B-day a day early until I was 8 when the Birth Cert. was pulled out to prove my age (softball). Then my parents realized that Holy Carp! Yeah... I won't blame my mom for the mishap. LOL. She went in to have me on the 2nd, but I came on the 3rd. At least I go it early. Later would've sucked. LOL

Advocate for healthy Prostates. They Matter!!

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Dang it! I forgot one so I had to edit

I can see dead people!

Okay carry on!

Dr. David Brownstein’s 5 Simple Tips to a Healthy Prostate

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Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 10:10 AM

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I guess I should go since I started the thread, huh?

I play softball every Thursday night. I have a bachelor's in art w/ an illustration emphasis & actually had an interview set up w/ a Disney employee out of high school.

I was in choir in college & have sang in Carnegie Hall & on Budapest National Television (I told you I was fully qualified, SFC Mark Merino ).

I established & supervise the official Knights of Columbus youth group the Columbian Squires for the Mid-Missouri area.

I am a font of useless info & a closet geek. Let's not talk WoW or comics lest I fall so deeply into geekdom that I'll never recover...lol

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made May 20 at 2015 10:16 AM

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I have bared my soul on RallyPoint so there's really nothing that is unknown about me, I don't think...

Well there was that night in a South Korean bar in TDC with me dancing and my pants around my knees...

Response by PO3 Jeffrey Levy made May 20 at 2015 10:21 AM

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Studying to be a scientist, in my mind I'm the dr. Give gives James Bond his weapons and gadgets...if you can imagine and connect the dots, you can begin how much fun my research is...

Response by SGT David T. made May 20 at 2015 10:25 AM

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I never finished High School which surprises many people since I am currently working on my PhD.

I also am a major sci dork. It's not really a secret lol.

Response by SSgt Joe V. made May 20 at 2015 10:26 AM

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In my younger years, I used to crash karaoke contests and won more than I lost...

I have an accurate tally of every fight I have ever been in (216) and can remember small details about them all - it all started in kindergarten when an 8th grader held me up against a metal post and punched me in the forehead (he missed my nose). His next swing was met with the post he was holding me up against and I used his momentum to introduce his face to the same post. After that and from that day forward, I became a protector of the bullied in every school I was in (which was a few because I may or may not have been asked to leave them). Not particularly proud of the amount of fights I got into, but I don't regret any of them and I usually got a one day suspension for paperwork purposes and a thank you off the record from the bullied and the administrators in my school (we had a football bully problem in almost every school I attended).

Used to jump off my favorite pine tree in northern Maine across from my house and onto a moving train and then jump off about seven miles later in the 'town' of Fort Kent. Usually got a ride back to my house in a cop car (he was my neighbor and I stayed in town till his shift was done).

Response by SPC Nate Lamphier made May 20 at 2015 10:41 AM

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I coach high school football and basketball, along with middle school baseball. I'm hoping within two years I'll be the head baseball coach.

I play golf league on Tuesday nights.

I love mowing my lawn. It takes me about 90 minutes and two tanks of gas to push mow it...I should get a rider but I don't. It also takes me about another 90 minutes to weed eat.

I was a three time high school homecoming king. Only seniors are eligible to win it. I won it my senior year and then proceeded to be "recrowned" two years after it as the guys I kept crowning kept losing it due to the good conduct policy.

Response by PO1 John Miller made May 20 at 2015 10:47 AM

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I cry at movies when a dog dies.

Response by SPC Charles Brown made May 20 at 2015 10:51 AM

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I am not anti-social, I am anti-stupid. The problem with this is that sometimes I am the person I am most anti too.

Response by SFC Steven Borders made May 20 at 2015 11:10 AM

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I have an obsession with languages. I don't know why but I love to listen to them and study them.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 11:19 AM

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In high school I made an unassisted triple play. No outs bottom of the 7th inning. I was playing 2nd and as soon as the ball was hit I was running towards 2nd base landing on it as the line drive hit my glove. The runner that was on 2nd was halfway to third and the runner from first slid into second base. we were leading 1-0 essentially winning the game on the TP.

Also defeated a previously undefeated wrestler in the 105lb division in upstate NY. I ended up third surviving being in the loser's bracket after beating him. My coach awarded me the wrestler of the tournament. The guy was like 145-0 during his career. I was 0-5... LOL. either dumb luck or fate. I hated practices, especially the stairs... baby steps you know. I then defeated PA's district 4 champion 11-4. My coach just shook his head.. lol

I tested out in the 99th percentile, in reading and vocabulary as a senior. I guess I was just a great overachiever. In spite of having only an 80 overall average, I eventually became a Meteorologist. Thanks to the Air Force. Today I am a forensic Meteorologist and Consultant. Started with Continental Weather corp with Alan Archer in Tampa. We worked on around 80-100 stations. I lost count..

Response by CPT Chris Loomis made May 20 at 2015 11:39 AM

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I collect vintage fountain pens.

I once ate a cockroach. A few weeks later I did it again to prove a point.

I also once caused the cancellation of a wedding after drunkenly dancing atop a bar to the tune of "Wild Thing" by The Trogs with the Bride to be during her bachelorette party. (All I did was dance. She later told people she realized on the bar that she wasn't ready to take the plunge.)

When I was young my parents saddled me with the "hippie name" of, Free. To date some of my family still calls me such.

When I was younger to escape for "me time" I would climb up and sit on top of a water tower.

Response by SSG James Doherty made May 20 at 2015 11:47 AM

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I will take that secret to my grave.

Response by CPT Chris Loomis made May 20 at 2015 11:48 AM

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Oh yeah.....

I hate The Beatles. Dunno why. Just do.

I like to eat peanut butter and pineapple apricot jelly with milk or a cup of coffee.

I'm a fiend for Cheese-Its. They're like "crack" to me....

I enjoy long walks on the beach at sunset, and Poking dead things with a stick. My favorite colors are blue, purple and OD green. My favorite drink is tonic water with two limes. I love burritos. And, I'm a cancer.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 12:19 PM

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Though originally from Texas, I self-taught losing my southern drawl from being picked on after my family moved to Virginia when I was in the 8th grade. Now I have no accent or it takes on a chameleon effect where I will adapt to the one around me.

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 12:30 PM

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I played Competitive Soccer at the Club level all my life..that's not the interesting or little known bit, but what is interesting is that after working with and for the team and players from the now disbanded Tampa Bay Mutiny MLS team, I was offered a Pro tryout by the General Manager of the New York / New Jersey MetroStars (now the New York Red Bulls). I was all but guaranteed a roster spot, but I was young and dumb, so I partied my plane ticket money away and lost my opportunity, which coincidently led me to enlist in the Army. Another interesting point is I am exactly (to the date) the same age as the former US Men's National Soccer team Captain Landon Donovan...now I wish I had his career!! haha

Response by SSG Paul Setterholm made May 20 at 2015 12:41 PM

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I prevented a shooting and 2 rapes. The shooting I slapped a pistol out the persons hand while at ft. Benning Georgia the 1st rape was football players tore a bikini off a cheerleader that was my neighbor. (Got beat up for the effort) 2nd was drunk soldiers in friedberg Germany and a drunk 15 year old German girl.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 2:12 PM

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Let's see....I was that goth/emo kid in high school. Most people don't believe me when I tell them that since they thought I used to be a cheerleader.

I had a dream of being the next Tara Lipinski and I love love love to ice skate.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 2:14 PM

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I am an avid reader. I read books and news constantly. I think I spend about 2 to 3 hours a day reading.

I was also the fat kid growing up. I was always picked last for kickball. I still love sweets but I just have to run a lot when I eat them.

Response by SGT Jimmy Carpenter made May 20 at 2015 2:45 PM

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I'm terrified of heights yet I've worked as a roofer and jumped out of perfectly good airplanes.

I shot myself in the head with a .45, not intentionally. It was a ricochet from about 10 feet away and I actually saw the bullet just before it hit me in the forehead. That nearly knocked me on my ass and gave me a nice, painful lump for about a week. However, it wasn't enough to learn a lesson from...see next incident:

I used the same wood pile while shooting my .40 and caught a ricochet in my thigh. This stung pretty badly. Apparently oak will harden enough so that bullets bounce off it rather than penetrate. I learned my lesson and no longer use this woodpile as a target trap.

I'm 44 years old and still play EverQuest, just not with the same enthusiasm or frequency as 10 years ago.

I love my cat.

Response by SA Harold Hansmann made May 20 at 2015 4:23 PM

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Growing up as the youngest and only male in a household of 6, I probably have forgotten more about female products than any male would care to know. (Yes, life was hell with 4 older sisters)

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made May 20 at 2015 5:17 PM

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Without officially admitting anything, there was once a desire to put something special at the South Pole. Over some heavy duty lube sessions at the Club, some Seabees decided that the South Pole needed a Crystal Ball. "Someone" liberated a bowling ball from the 2-laner at McMurdo where it underwent what's now called a "makeover". Some ceramic and other dips finished by a chrome dip. The now precious commodity was placed in a plywood box for transport that had "Antarctic Crystal Ball Delivery Service" burned into it.

I was in my office when the Special Services Officer was pacing and griping about who'd want to steal a bowling ball. All the time he walked past the delivery box, slapping it on top. Gene couldn't figure out what kind of fit I was holding in.

The rest is history. I think the ball was replaced later on by a larger, more commercial product. I did grab a period photo off the web as I can't scan a Kodachrome.

Funny thing. People will run around it thinking they ran around the world. The real South Pole is some distance away as the station is on a moving ice field that moves around 40 feet per year give or take. We'd resurvey the moving pole every year. Silly visitors. Some of us OAEs (Old Antarctic Explorers) were known to join the 300 Degree Club by cooking up in the sauna and running around the pole in our skivvies. After all you didn't want to get frostbite on the important pole.

Now the "incident" about gassing the XO down there with nitrous oxide will have to wait for cigars and cognac on my porch.

Response by SrA Edward Vong made May 20 at 2015 5:56 PM

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I still play Pokemon and watch Power Rangers.

Response by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 8:34 PM

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I have many leather bound books... ;)

Response by SPC Patricia Douglas made May 21 at 2015 1:45 AM

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I have been a high school volleyball official for 17 years.

Response by SrA Daniel Hunter made May 21 at 2015 9:05 AM

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I saved 20% in 5 minutes by switching to State Farm. Seriously, they gave me a better rate than USAA.

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made May 21 at 2015 9:11 AM

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I love tomatoes. I can eat tomatoes at every meal. When I was in Afghanistan, the DFAC served tomatoes at every meal. I ate tomatoes so much people told those were for sandwiches. I love Indian curry. I can also eat it everyday.

Response by SSG Richard Reilly made May 21 at 2015 9:24 AM

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True story...bro. I didn't write this song...yet. But my timemachine is still in the production phase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoEZnWKtTOU

Anchorman - Afternoon Delight Music Video

This song is about daytime love making...

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 21 at 2015 3:29 PM

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I do my best computer work drunk. i know that sounds bad but for some reason the typing and programming comes natural in that state lol

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 22 at 2015 1:36 PM

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I have people watching my every move and they think i dont know.. Oooh but i know

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made May 22 at 2015 7:14 PM

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I shaved my head the day before I left for boot camp. I had it cut from my medium long length short according to Navy regulation. My brothers said they'd respect a female with a shaved head because they wouldn't worry about how it looked. They also stated how sweating and working out would be undesirable not being able to pull it up. So I agreed and mom took me out in the back yard with their clippers. Best decision I made for the situation. And strangely, I've never felt more feminine.

Response by SFC Christopher Perry made May 22 at 2015 7:22 PM

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I am actually a pretty nice guy, but don't tell anyone.

Response by PVT Private RallyPoint Member made May 22 at 2015 7:33 PM

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Choir and theatre is my passion but I really want to be an infantryman.

Response by SGT Dave Tracy made May 22 at 2015 7:54 PM

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I was in a music video from hit producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for a hip-hop/R&B group in the early 90's 3SB (3 Shades Brown)...Needless to say, you never heard of them and their debut song Nasty Base--the video for which I was in--didn't last too long on the air!

Oh...and I'm a ninja!
;-)

Response by CPT Ahmed Faried made May 23 at 2015 2:15 AM

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I drone-walked during a 16mile march in BOLC. Still have no recollection how I got to the end with M240 still in hand.

Response by SFC Stephen King made May 24 at 2015 2:27 PM

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I like to garden. Flowers and just appreciate the opportunity to make things look nice.

Response by SrA Matthew Knight made May 27 at 2015 12:09 PM

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A little known fact. Well, most people that know me know that I love rock music and some metal and I also love actiony/violent video games, movies and tv shows. Despite that what most don't know is I also like to sit back and listen to new age style meditation music and also have a passion for violin music. It's nice having something to relax too, even if most people don't care for it.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 28 at 2015 10:34 AM

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I have a terrible habit of picking up accents wherever I go. Being from the northwest, Prior to deploying we visited the wonderful Camp Shelby Mississippi, I picked up the southern accent without hesitation. The worst part is I don't realize that I do it. My battle buddies noticed it and had a good laugh. I speak partial spanish, and when around other spanish speaking people I am told that I sound like Speedy Gonzales.

Oh, and I am Batman...

Response by SGT James Allen made May 28 at 2015 12:21 PM

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I'm partly to blame for jarts (lawn darts) being outlawed. I took one to the head when I was seven.

Response by SSgt Anne Moor-Lane made May 28 at 2015 8:10 PM

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I head-coached FBall at OHIO STADIUM aka "The Shoe" on the actual field at THE OSU for my son's 4th grade championship game. Lifetime experience!!

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 9 at 2015 8:37 PM

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My closet has one color hangar. There are no plastic or wire hangars. My sports gear get their own closet. They can't mix with my work clothes. Yes I have OCD. lol

Response by CPO Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 10 at 2015 10:25 AM

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My wife says I erratically laugh and talk about weird things in my sleep.

Response by CPT Chris Loomis made Jun 10 at 2015 10:30 AM

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I collect fountain pens. I'm a HAM radio operator. My childhood nickname was, "Free" (freakin hippies).

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 10 at 2015 10:47 AM

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I played high school football alongside Larry Holmes Jr., the son of Larry Holmes--the WBC heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1983.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Holmes

We were both Seniors, and I recall my parents and I standing next to him, and his father, on the field, on Senior Day.

He occasionally stopped into the Kmart, where I worked by in high school, across the street from Easton Area High School.

Larry Holmes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which gave birth to his boxing nickname, the "Easton Assassin".

Response by SSG Paul Setterholm made Jun 10 at 2015 11:32 AM

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If it was a choice between cancer or depression, I would choose cancer every time because in the war against cancer, there is a winner and a loser. Either you beat it or it beats you. Either way the war is over. With depression, you can only soldier on. You just hope someone loves you enough to get in that foxhole with you.

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Mar 6 at 2016 10:42 AM

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I played for the 'Raiders' during the 1951 season. They were a 'semi-pro' team in Hayward, CA, just a few miles from Oakland.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Mar 6 at 2016 10:44 AM

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I'm an environmentalist, yet hate the BS expelled by the Greenies on climate change.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Mar 6 at 2016 2:29 PM

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I wrote a DFAS -DSCA SOP, DTS Smart Book, and cooking book.

Response by A1C Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 6 at 2016 4:28 PM

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I don't like being around a lot of people even though many people seem to like me. The only peace I receive in life is watching my daughter ride her horse. I use humor to hide.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 6 at 2016 10:26 PM

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I believe in aliens

Response by SSG Michael Noll made Sep 7 at 2019 9:00 AM

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I cried at my daughters chorus concerts. She as so much talent when she applies herself, it just overwhelms me with joy.
In a drunkin' stupor I borrowed a shop keepers motorcycle in Osan, Korea, I brought it back and the guy was just laughing the whole time my buddies where like WTF over.

Response by SSgt Terry P. made Sep 7 at 2019 9:27 AM

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SSgt Private RallyPoint Member I have hosted( hunted with) many celebrities of the "Grand Ole Opry" even though i don't particularly like country music.

Response by SN Donald Hoffman made Sep 7 at 2019 10:36 AM

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I like to tie flies. My career path from a Morgan horse trainer to manager of a legal accounts division.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 7 at 2019 12:02 PM

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I moved around a lot before graduating high school. Not a military brat, parents divorced and my father was a cross-country truck driver who moved us to where the work was.

I attended
* 5 different elementary schools in Amarillo, TX,
* 1 in Lamesa, TX
* 1 in Ft Smith, AR,
* 1 in Manteca, CA
* 1 in Sacramento, CA.

I attended to 3 different junior highs: 2 in Amarillo and 1 in Orange, TX

I attended 3 different high schools; 1 in Orange, TX and 2 in Modesto, CA

Actually 4 high schools, I keep trying to forget that I graduated in Ft Smith, AR when bill clinton was the governor.

Edit: Of all of the schools, 6th (Robert E. Lee, Amarillo, TX) and the 12th (Northside HS, Ft Smith, AR) grades are the only years i was in the same school the whole year.