5 Things You Have Done,,, Most Others Haven't...

[illzoni]

You mean they don't open parliamentary meetings in Cali with 'Dude/Dudettes'!?

[sirepair]

What a great bunch of memories! There are certainly alot of people "living" on this board!

1. Crashed my beloved '84 VF500F while doing about 70 'round a cloverleaf ramp (Shoei saved my life) have 2 plates and 14 screws in left arm.... Bike is being "restified" again!

2. Was a navigator for a few Pro Rally races (Real Cars, Real Roads, REAL FAST!!)

3. Wrenched for a bud (AMA Pro Road Racer on TZ250, 750 Interceptor and GSXR750) at Daytona 200 a couple of times, also Road America, Road Atlanta, Mid-Ohio, IRP.....

4. Sat in the stands at Daytona Municipal Stadium and "shot the breeze" with a young Nicky Haden.

5. Married the mother of my 3rd daughter (I was such a who*e) and she has kept me for 15 years. (Makes her available for Sainthood??)

[Ed_Grant]

1. Sent a letter to the Letterman show (when it was on NBC) and it was read on the air that Friday. Had to change my phone number for a month after that. It was soooo cool though.

2. Crashed a motorcycle at 70 mph without breaking any bones. (lots of bruises though)

3. Watched an Instrument Flight Rules landing into Brize Norton Airfield (Oxfordshire) from the IP seat of a B-52D in a heavy rain. At minimums I couldn't see the runway but somehow the Pilot could. ??? Thought I was going to die.

4. I have the unofficial record for barfing 11 times going from San Antonio, Texas to Stillwater, Oklahoma on an old twin prop airliner after finishing Basic Training in the Air Force. It was one of those puddle jumper routes and everytime we came in for a landing I barfed. :(

[Clipper]

1. Sailed through the Panama Canal (west to east)
2. Spent 6 months in the Canadian high arctic
3. Spent 4 months off the coast of Ireland using an ROV to map and recover wreckage from a blown up 747
4.Helped in the rescue after an oil rig sank (no one survived)
5.Had to do CPR on my infant son...he didnt make it:-(

Sounds depressing but Im a happy well adjusted guy who really appreciates life!!!.....and loves my new ST!!!:D

Clipper

[Austin city limits]

No matter how many threads I make up,,, this is without a DOUBT,,, the BESTEST THREAD,,, E V A R!!!:bow1:

[paulv]

No particular order:
#1 Worked as civil engineer in Saudi Arabia to erect King Khaled military city, which later became the staging area for Desert Storm
#2 Lost with my Suzuki GS 850 bike in an "Off the road shoving contest" of a tractor , left femur broken in 5 places, spent 1 year revalidating; all OK again
#3 Watched my sons being born, man, that is so amazing; nearly religous experience
#4 Worked offshore on drilling and production plaforms to install IT networks and telephony systems. Great helicopter rides and supply boat outings
#5 Bummed around in the far east for a couple of months; hell of a time, lots of mind expanding in those days (80's) :)

Current bike: ST1300A
Previous bike: Yamaha Venture 1300 RSV
Long ago bike: Honda Pacific Coast
Longer ago bike: Suzuki Intruder 750
Longest ago bike: Suzuki GS 850

[Rob Hephner]

#1 Had a Top Fuel Funny car turn right and hit a wall 15-inches in front of me.

#2 Sold a body part mold of myself 20 years ago that I still get a royalty check for...

#3 Been inside the Memphis Belle

#4 Been inside Cheyenne Mountain.

#5 Performed both a World Premier Orchestra and Jazz piece.

[Black Ops]

In no order:

1) Been on stage with sammy hagar.
2) Played Volleyball at 35,000 feet.
3) Had 22 people in my 65 mustang coupe.
4) On the lead security team for the 2002 Olympics (pre 9/11).
5) Graduated U.S. Army Special Forces training.
6) Been in a room filled with "live" VX nerve gas.
7) Been in 36 countries.

[GitGoFast]

I am speechless. You people are amazing.

[Blue STreak]

#2 Sold a body part mold of myself 20 years ago that I still get a royalty check for...



OK, come clean: WHICH body part?

[Putt]

1. Sent a letter to the Letterman show (when it was on NBC) and it was read on the air that Friday. Had to change my phone number for a month after that. It was soooo cool though.

2. Crashed a motorcycle at 70 mph without breaking any bones. (lots of bruises though)

3. Watched an Instrument Flight Rules landing into Brize Norton Airfield (Oxfordshire) from the IP seat of a B-52D in a heavy rain. At minimums I couldn't see the runway but somehow the Pilot could. ??? Thought I was going to die.

4. I have the unofficial record for barfing 11 times going from San Antonio, Texas to Stillwater, Oklahoma on an old twin prop airliner after finishing Basic Training in the Air Force. It was one of those puddle jumper routes and everytime we came in for a landing I barfed. :(

That HAD to be Trans-Texas Airways...
Flew from San Antonio to San Angelo.. They literally flew IFR (I Follow Roads) Took a wrong turn at an intersection, landed at the wrong airport..

Putt...

[marko]

Wow........ I've got a lot of livin' to do. Don't have the ST yet, but it's in the works so I'll go out on a limb and post here. I don't think I can even come up with 5......

1. Went to Beirut as the Music Director for a stage show, and ended up having to be "extracted" by a group of armed "mercenarys" who were in the employ of the U.S. Governement. Very bizarre, and I missed my son's first Christmas because of it.

2. First wife left me for someone else; packed two suitcases and moved in with him. I resisted the urge and advice from family and friends to lawyer up, gain full custody, and screw her to the wall. My son turned 11 two weeks ago and we all had dinner together at his favorite restaurant: myself and his stepmother of 10 years, along with his mother and her husband (the guy for whom she left me). We'll never be "best friends" but we split raising him 50/50. He has two homes, four parents, six dogs, and sister, and has been on the honor roll at school for two years running.

3. Did the score for one of Jet Li's first movies. REALLY bad movie. One of his first Kung Fu movies, in the original Chinese, with really bad overdubs. Miramax bought the rights to all of his original movies (so I was told) and needed the music re-done. There were supposed to be 8 of them, and two weeks after the first one was finished, 9/11 happened and the rest of the project was scrapped. The guy who was my contact left Miramax, and that was that. You can still rent it if you want to waste 90 minutes. Jet Li: The Master.

They chopped up a lot of my work, but the checks all cashed. :)

3. Spent almost 3 years working as a commercial fisherman on the Chesapeake Bay. Got to experience something that may not be with us much longer.

[Phoopster]

My meek and humble contributions to this, the greatest of all lists:

1) Caught a touchdown pass from Troy Aikman (charity football game). Tore the webbing between the thumb and forefinger of my right hand... and I still have the scar!
2) Stumbled upon an accident scene when I was 26 and found a seriously injured woman in labor (caused by trauma). Played 'catcher' in the delivery of a remarkably healthy baby girl (considering) without outside assistance and managed to keep everything stable for nearly 45 minutes before medical help arrived.
3) Was working for MCI on September 11, 2001 when the ATC network cratered in the NE and roughly 40% of the nation's cell phone traffic, plus ALL of ATC, radar, weather, comm and datalink migrated to my network in just under 10 seconds. (I still have screen shots somewhere of my backbone running at 500+% capacity at 8:25 that morning when the FAA ordered a ground stop and every a/c in the air - about 5800 - was contacted on every available frequency) Among the many heroic and amazing feats that day - we kept the country's comm and data networks functional despite capacity loads we never anticipated nor believed possible.
4) Hiked the Copper Canyon to a wide spot in the canyon floor called "La Bufa" (even jumped off the Batopilas bridge) and back up in just under a week.
5) Spent three years as a stay-at-home daddy. My daughter awoke to my face every day for more than five years... and I wouldn't trade any of the items listed on these pages for that privilege.

Phoop out.

[Saint Nut]

I feel so underachieved after reading about you guys! But, in keeping with the title of the thread--

(1) the girl I lost it to, I forgot to get her name
(2) scored 1500 on the SAT's (she was gorgeous! how could I have forgotton to ask her name?)
(3) married a black woman (I'm white) before it was cool - still married after 31 years (c'mon now - her name I know.)
(4) hitchhiked from LA to Seattle up the Pacific Coast Highway in 1972 (no, that isn't where I met the blonde from (1) above)
(5) climbed to the top of Mt. St. Helens with my skis on my shoulder - before it blew - and skied down. I prolly did it just to impress some blonde . . .

[the Ferret]

Man some of you guys have done amazing stuff: Mine is down right boring by comparison:

1) I was a pretty fast amatuer motocross racer back in the early 70's, good enough to get partial help from Yamaha. Practiced with Pierre Karsmaker, Tim Hart and Mike Hartwig. Found out pretty quickly I wasn't good enough to be a fast pro racer. Pro racers are insanely fast.

2) I was a hellofva archery shot though, and got full ride sponsorships from 2 different archery manufacturers for over a decade. Shot the largest whitetail taken with a bow in Ohio in Nov 95..scored 206 7/8 net. Also shot a Boone & Crockett Mt Lion and a P&Y antelope that year. I've bow hunted in something like 28 states, 4 Canadian provinces and Alaska.

3) I've had over 2 dozen articles published in national hunting magazines and recently wrote a chapter for the Traditional Bowyers Bible IV which will be released next month. I also made the arrows that will grace the cover.

4) Been happily married to the same wonderful woman for 34 years who also loves to bowhunt and ride motorcycles. We have 2 awesome children and 2 beautiful grandchildren.

Those are the highlights of my 57 years on the planet thus far.

[toolman]

1) I have been several hundred feet under water in a submarine.
2) I have been in the Navy for 22+ years and was present for the birth of all three children (consider the planning required for that!).
3) I was at sea and witnessed the launch of a space shuttle from under its flight path.
4) I have been in the Navy for 22+ years and spent 6 straight years in Idaho (See #2 above) ;)
5) I have seen the bottom of the Golden Gate Bridge.

I love this site. Best one ever!

[mjhenne]

Recovered from a nasty undiagnosed CSF leak that had me seeing double so bad that I couldn't read, see tv, work, drive - memory damage so bad I couldn't remember I had children, grandchildren, a twin sister, etc, no short term memory of a months long constant sensation of all facial bones being crushed. 2 years later 2 trips to India for work, a new 07 ST, 2.5 months in Utah for work mid April thru June 07 - rode the ST there and back - with long week end trips while there. Still can't find my A** with both hands but my boss still rates me higher than most of my peers.

After dodging that bullet most things that irritated me are no longer an issue. So some doofus pulls out in front of me - well - so - I'm riding and can SEE him.

Ride now.

[ezrider007]

1) I have been several hundred feet under water in a submarine.
2) I was in the Navy for 23+ years, 11 years surface, 12 years submariner,
3) Spent a pleasant 6 months on and around the Falkland Islands in 1982,
4) Currently a 48 year part time student at UW (EE major),
5) Immigrated to USA after 23 years in Royal Navy.

[Rick B]

1. Listened to The Beach Boys sing at our high school in 1964 prior to their gig at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.

2. Born in San Francisco and moved to PA 35 yrs later. Can you guess where my wife is from?

3. Spent a year in Vietnam

4. Have owned more than 20 motorcycles in the past 20 yrs.

5. Asked Jesus to come into my life 25 yrs ago. The hardest but best decision I've ever made.

[Rick B]

Your #1 is my #1. It's nice to meet a fellow Christian. I think we are unique in the motorcycle world. God bless!

[Rick B]

I receive and read the purpose driven life, daily devotional on my email every morning. A great way to start the day!

[Black ST]

1. I have been married to my first and only wife for 40+ years.

2. I have ridden from Indiana to Southern Florida beside each of my three sons on the summer in which each of them received his motorcycle learners permit. This way you get to see bad riding habits and break them early. All three still ride safely.

3. I managed a Short Line Railroad.

4. I write Jazz and Ragtime piano music.

5. At one time (1980's) I could work a Rubic's Cube in 15 seconds. If I tried to go any faster they came apart. I am not sure I remember how to work one any longer.

6. I can ride a unicycle, but I can't juggle like some of the guys on here. In fact, I have a hard time walking and chewing gum at the same time.:D

[st1300r]

Hmm can't hold a candle to some of you guys.
- Bareboated 44' sail boat for a week.
- Known my best friend for 41 of my 46 years.
- Played a (fair) version of Rhapsody in Blue for a recital
- Been 216 miles on a bicycle in one day.
- Danced nekid at a beach bar w bunch of friends and some amazed cruise boat lemmings.

- oh yeah ride an ST. Pretty rare in the general population not so much here.:clap2:

[Xantee]

My top 5 list feels quite lame compared to most of you guys, but here goes. In chronological order from oldest to newest:

1. I got to see Van Halen in concert in Savannah, Georgia, the year Eddie was voted rock guitarist of the year. Back then the ticket price was somewhere around $20.

2. Climbed Mt Katahdin in Baxter State Park, Maine.

3. Hiked through the alligator-infested swamps in the Everglades national park in Florida.

4. Spent an evening canoeing the Shenandoah River in Virginia. Got to see one no trespassing sign on the river that said, "This is Deliverance Country".

5. Took a 2-week working vacation in Germany courtesy of the Air Force Reserves.

[Coop]

1. I ate just one tater chip.
2. My siamese twin half brother was kidnapped by space aliens. I went willingly.
3. I dated George Bush when he was a woman.
4. I understand everything ACL says.
5. I've never told a lie.

[Austin city limits]

1. I ate just one tater chip.
2. My siamese twin half brother was kidnapped by space aliens. I went willingly.
3. I dated George Bush when he was a woman.
4. I understand everything ACL says.
5. I've never told a lie.


:d1:

:crackup

[agia]

Rode & completed the Solvang Century (100 mile bicycle ride) three years in a row.
Rappelled out of the "hellhole" of a CH-46.
Had a guy with a loaded gun run straight at me while working patrol. He finally stopped milliseconds before it could have been a whole lot worse.
Saw Lynyrd Skynyrd (the original line-up) shortly before the fatal plane crash.
Survived a pretty horrific boat accident in Parker, AZ, 30 years ago.

[Uncle Phil]

The first 5 that come to mind -

1. When I was 16, I took one written driver's test and two driving tests on the same day - one for the car and one for the motorcycle - and passed. Been riding ever since.

2. I own 3 well-running ST1100s and parts of a 4th and have 4000+ miles on ST1300 rentals in the U.K.

3. I have ridden two of the ST1100s to all 48 states (one of them to Alaska also) and have a picture of them at each stateline sign (on my website).

4. I rode the entire Natchez Trace Parkway down and back (50 mph speed limit) plus a little run over into Louisiana for good measure for my IBA 1000 certification. According to what IBA told me, it had never been done before.

5. We have had a church meeting in our house for over 10 years as we build a church building completely by faith - no debt.

Living in Nashville, we get lots of opportunities to see and meet famous folks.

[hscoggin]

Can't think of 5, but a couple that come immediately to mind...

Eaten rat (that usually winds the "unusual foods" contests)
Hunted water mocassins in waist-deep water in a swamp in the middle of nowhere at 2 AM
Raised baby opposums (found their mother dead in a trap, with them still in the pouch)I'll update these as/if I think of others.

[BridgeMan]

1. Managed to ride one (1) BMW motorcycle a total of 383,615 miles.

2. Been married to the same wonderful woman for 11 years (after going through 3 others in 20 years).

3. Rode my ST around Europe for 7 weeks, where the ladies on many beaches kept forgetting to wear their swimsuits.

4. Sat through a Moody Blues concert at the Polo Solari in Santa Fe close to the front row--couldn't hear anything for 3 days after.

5. Drove a '57 VW Bug through 3 Wisconsin winters without losing a single finger to frostbite.

[Rob Hephner]

OK, come clean: WHICH body part?

They take a mold of others?

[Jrtardy99]

You guys are all AWESOME!!

1. Jumped a garage with a Polaris Scrambler 500
2. Won Multiple races in a Stock car.
3. Won 4 Wheeler distance jumping competition
4. Like Roger Clemens I also got to kiss Mindy McCready! (On the cheek)
5.Met my angel (My Wife) in PRISON and Married her. (Worked with her)

[Seeser]

OK lets see what I can come up with:

1. Played a flute on the radio when I was 6.
2. Met Jerry Lee Lewis at a concert in Alabama when I was a youngster.
3. Won a banana pudding eating contest at age 9. (got deathly sick)
4. Drag raced a Hemi RoadRunnner at the age of 16. (My own car)
5. Hit by a drunk driver going 70mph and lived to talk about it. (I was on my motorcycle at the time):wave1:

[Chip J]

1. Only got 1 hit in my entire Little League Baseball Season at age 10 and still started every game. (No my dad was not the team manager/coach) AND never saw the ball after hitting it as I needed eye glasses.:D

2. While visiting D.C. my wife & I were approaching the tourist area to view the White House from a front gate. As we approached a sharp turn on the sidewalk, I was looking to my left talking to my wife. She later told me that actor Martin Sheen & several members of the "West Wing" production crew, rounded the sharp turn all quickly walking towards us. She said they all had to quickly dodge me as I was not watching where I walked. I never saw them- funny to me at the time.

3. Began at 2AM & rode a bicycle 238 miles from the AL/MS state line to the AL/GA state line in about 15 hours

4. Ran 66 marathons & never broke 3 hours. Everyone I've met who had run 66 or more had also run under 3 hours.:(

5. Rode a bicycle 200 miles in 11 hrs 3 mins for a state time trial record. Mainly a rec, not because of speed, but since so few had attempted it here, as of 1988.

[kc0bid]

1. Rappelled from helicopters
2. Been voluntarily shocked by a taser
3. Gas chamber 3 times
4. Peppered sprayed more times then I care to remember
5. To remain PRIVATE :)

[Tankereng]

#1 Climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge

#2 Climbed Mt.Fuji

#3 Dove from the top of a waterfall in Hawaii

#4 Watched Lava flow from Mt. Etna (Italy)

#5 Got drunk at a bull fight in Spain

[cwadej]

1. Been hit head on (in my lane) while riding. I only wish I walked away. Did walk out of the hospitol 7 hours later though. ATGATT!
2. Hung out with Bob Hope. Gave me my first ginger ale. I spit it on his floor.
3. Told Tom Cruise "you're a d!ck"
4. Watched the sunrise and sunset over the ocean on the same day.
5. Married the woman of my dreams!

[SoloTotoCoyote]

Yup, I'm feeling like I've lived a pretty sheltered life. Let's see......

1. Was raised in a very small town in Kansas. My school was K-12 all in one 3 story brick building. Had I stayed, my graduating H.S. class would have been maybe 12 kids.

2. In high school and several other times, my handwriting has been confused for a female

3. The first time I started work in the motorcycle industry '97, I was hired because I had really nice handwriting and no motorcycle knowledge.

4. I first threw a leg over a motorcycle (a moped) in '95.

5. I got my first ticket on the same moped for no license, no registration, no helmet. In my defense, I was told a moped was like a bicycle and didn't require registration. I did have a regular driver's license and I had given the helmet to the cutie I had riding on the back.

6. I worked for Malcolm Smith for two years but had no idea who he was when I started.

7. Motorcycle drag raced a co-worker on one occassion for fun. On the first pass, he ended up popping a huge wheelie when we went to take off. We both actually came to a stop in shock and then suddenly remembered we were supposed to be racing. Had a good laugh about it. On the second try, he lost control of his bike, layed it down and slid it into the back of a car. He went sailing through the intersection. He was chewed up pretty good and was taken away in an ambulance. The following day was father's day and when he popped in to tell everybody he was ok, I got to look into his young daughter's eyes. That was my first and last drag race.

8. I have ridden a '92 CB250 Nighthawk in white-out conditions in Wyoming wearing only jeans, t-shirt, a jacket 2 sizes too small that fit like a t-shirt and couldn't be zipped shut, and only a set of goggles (No helmet no gloves)

9. During the El Nino rains, I was commuting 105 miles a day in it. I avoided a 5 car pile up and was behind the lead car that started the whole thing.

10. I have not owned anything but a motorcycle since 2001.

11. I put 30k miles on a bike in a single year with just commuting and goofing off on the weekends.

[BDonald]

I will try to come up with 5.
1. Hovered a Helicopter at 10,000 ft over Orlando. A telescope was mounted by the seat and was pointed to a white painted cross on the ground.
2. Flew helicopter gunships in Vietnam and 90% of time we flew at 25 to 30 ft.
3. Rode an AMA enduro in Tallahassee and came in second in the 250 class(OSSA Pioneer).
4. My wife and I spent 36 hours aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. We were evacuated from Subic Bay, Phillippines because of Mt Pinatubo volcano eruption. We were evacuated to the island of Cebu. The carrier was to big to pull into the dock, so we had to be helicoptered to land.

[wicketbr]

Best thread I've ever read (read the whole thing in one sitting, just couldn't stop.) OK, here are the first ones that came to mind:

1. Spent weeks at a time working at the White House and sleeping in the Old Executive Office Building and performed daily bomb searches there.

2. Performed bomb sweeps for the Secret Service when I served in the Army on the Bomb Squad.

3. Played guitar on stage at Spirit West Coast one year.

4. Shot trap with Roy Rogers on his farm when I was in high school.

5. Have been inside the top dome of the capital building in Washington, DC.

[Still A Badger]

1. Was a grunt in Vietnam.
2. Hiked to 14,500 feet in the Himalayas, in Kashmir.
3. Traveled alone, on "public" transportation, through the Khyber Pass, from Peshawar, Pakistan, to Kabul, Afghanistan, and on through Afghanistan to Iran.
4. Smoked (a local product), in a celebration of life, under the stars in the Baluchistan desert with individuals from seven different countries, including border guards from Iran and Pakistan.
5. Hitchhiked from Greek/Turkish border to Istanbul.
6. Resided in Mexico for nearly 18 months, just hanging out.
7. Traveled to Ushuaia, Argentina, and other portions of Patagonia.
8. Spent nearly one week in the Peruvian Amazon.
9. Tracked the mountain gorilla (four different times) in Rwanda and Uganda.
10. Have fallen in love with women on five of the seven continents.

[WarBootie]

dang. Just to think we are the "refined" bunch. Hog riders are PUSSI_S!!!!
1. Re-enlisted in the Marines at age 37 to go meet Hadji-son.
2. Shot by a sniper and sit here to type about it.
3. Ate more horse crap then the other two gents. (wild turkey) followed by waking up in a grain bin burried up to my head for warmth?????? still no answeres for that one.
4. Practiced twice to achieve the perfect marriage on the third try.
5. Walked out on two smokin blonde college gals in a hotel room, in Utah, because i was practicing being married.
6. uh?

ride safe all.

[kc0bid]

I just recently checked off another item on my bucket list...

I flew a plane! I know there are alot of people who fly planes but compared to the number of people in the world not that many really do! It was pretty cool to fly around the front range area of Colorado.

[Capt_Gruuvy]

Been held at gun point in four countries

Officiated over 380 weddings

Officiated one funeral (12 day old girl)

Married a bikini model

Divorced a bikini model

Had the same person try to kill me twice within 8 years

Flew in a DC-10 full of "pharmaceuticals" 15 feet off the Atlantic Ocean

Invented the first Ram Caching Hard Drive Controller

[finalchecker]

Worked the flight deck of the USS Constellation
Made a catapult launch from the USS Midway
Arrested for speeding:o:
Taxied an airliner
Still married:shout1: :rolleyes:
Forgot to put down kickstand....

[WarBootie]

Capt Gruuvy, YOu Rock brother. I'd like to get a couple cases and pick your brain.

[FLSTRDR]

1. Rode a 175 Penton/KTM on the Autobaun to the Olympics in Munich
2. Was a ISDT support team member 3yrs; Isle of Mann,Massachusetts/USA, and Czechoslovakia (behind the Iron Curtain)
3. Played guitar with Gregg and Duane Allman in their 1st band the "Uniques"
4. Married the 1ST girl I ever kissed (30 years later) now 22 years
5. Scuba dove the wall/road (lost city of Atlantis?) off Bimini
6. Won the "Transat" ocean sailing race from Daytona Beach to Bermuda

[wjbertrand]

Been held at gun point in four countries

Officiated over 380 weddings

Officiated one funeral (12 day old girl)

Married a bikini model

Divorced a bikini model

Had the same person try to kill me twice within 8 years

Flew in a DC-10 full of "pharmaceuticals" 15 feet off the Atlantic Ocean

Invented the first Ram Caching Hard Drive Controller

Kind of afraid to ask what kind of business you were/are in?

[PhilipJCaputo]

Being one of the younger guys around (29) I'm sure I've got some good ones coming up that I don't even know about, but here are a few things so far.


Have been with my current employer starting on my 5th year, and my salary has doubled (I'd like to think it was because of the hard work I've done, and how difficult I would be to replace)

About 3 months after my boss (one of the founders of the company I work for) quit, I moved into his office. Thankfully I didn't get his job, or the responsibilities that came with it, but I did get another nice raise.

I have been the best man in three weddings (with a good chance my 4th opportunity will be coming up in the next 12 months)

Drove nearly 9 hours with $8,500 cash in the cup holder of my truck to buy my ST. Every time I got out for gas, eat, restroom, the cash came with me. Every time I got back in my truck, I counted the envelopes to make sure I hadn't lost any of them. Had someone only known, I probably would have been mugged.

My last 7 or 8 interactions with Law Enforcement have ended in verbal or visual warnings. Only in a couple of those instances was I really doing something that should have earned me a ticket.

Pulled into a total stranger's driveway and hung out under their car port with two other bikers while we waited out a hail storm that we thought we could ride around. Story Here (http://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43719)

[Tourin']

Haven't finished reading all the posts, but it's a fascinating thread. Certainly can't name all the members with Military stories shared, but many thanks for your service!!!:07biker:

I won't remember the good stuff until later, but I'll list about 5 that some may not have done:

1) faced lots of buildings coming apart, and crazy people too, as a fireguy.

2) been in a medical helicopter a few times.

3) Haven't ridden as many miles as these friends, but have ridden 130 different Bikes.

4) Host family for Scouts from several countries.

5) Hung out a few times with movie star types, and Pink Floyd as well.

[Lowrider]

I used to do Distinguished Visitor Protection for a variety of folks and as a result....

1. Met the Shah of Iran (in Iran)
2. Met Prince Charles (in Bermuda)
3. Met Henry Kissenger (in the Middle East)
4. Met Al Haig (in Turkey)
5. Met George H. W. Bush (but not his boy... George)

And so on.....

[rwestpnw]

Copy of email dated July 13, 2008.

Dateline - Eugene, Oregon

Hello Tony:

Great ride today! *Until it got too hot. My 955i Tiger really rides great! I love Lisa's 1050 Tiger too. It's exciting! So powerful. But IMHO my 955 rides smoother and is better suited for long range. Handles as good or better too.

I's just thinking. Maybe we ought to get ourselves one or two of those ultralight aircrafts.

I've flown them before and they are a GAS!

You can even get 2 seat side by sides with 3 axis control!

You can even get ballistic whole craft parachutes!

(That way I can fly it upside down!)

Just thinking. *I still have my license. *( a permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (esp. in alcoholic beverages) : a gun license | [as adj. ] vehicle license fees.
• formal or official permission to do something : logging is permitted under license from the Forest Service.
• a writer's or artist's freedom to deviate from fact or from conventions such as grammar, meter, or perspective, for effect : artistic license.
• freedom to behave as one wishes, esp. in a way that results in excessive or unacceptable behavior : the government was criticized for giving the army too much license.)

Oh that reminds me of the time I was out over the Mohawk for maneuver practice. Would have been 1980. I was alone. 70 degrees. Half tanks. We ripped!

The aircrafts attitude log shows 37 seconds upside down. Scared the s--- outta me! I had to do it.

But what really bugged me was the amount of dust, small rocks, pens and general bull**** that fell from the carpeted floor into my nostrils and eyes...and then on to the headliner.

Plus...I forgot the trim and had to hold forward pressure on the yoke to a degree that made me fear the cables would break!

Insult to injury. All that **** fell on me again when I flipped her over! *I forgot to think of that.

I had to flip back over pretty fast. She was a high wing gravity feed fuel delivery rig that just didn't like being upside down. OK! *Well, neither did I.

Point of that story. Only flip a clean plane. Really clean.

rw

PS: Lisa and I and the dogs and the kids flew all over the West Coast and to Montana. Some Canada. *Lots of hours.

The whole time we flew I kept looking out the window and saying to Lisa...."We should be down there on those little roads on motorcycles. That's fun! Flying is mostly VERY expensive and 95% of the time a little dull. You sure get someplace in a hurry,tho. *Eugene to San Jose = 2 1/2 hrs.

[rwestpnw]

Hello Fellow Enthusiasts:

About 25 years ago I was in vegas with my incredibly pretty wife staying in some big hotel with elevators.

(Note)...We just had a party for our 40th wedding anniversary. (July 5, 2008) She looks better than the day I married her (1968) and I look like Dick Cheney! Fat, Bald and Irrelevant.

We decided to go out and about and got on one of the elevators to go down.

Sure enough we got shortstopped.

Some short skinny guy got on. I looked at him. It was George Carlin.

I told him a joke. Fast. He laughed! Asked if he could use it!

When we hit the main floor a valet brought him his car.

It was a 1983 Chevrolet Caprice Station Wagon with fake Woody and some stuff strapped on top. (This would have been 1983)

I guess he didn't care to try to impress anyone.

I always loved that guy. Funny dude.

When I was a kid I always said..."He's who I wanna be when I grow up!"

I still feel that way.

Riley West - Eugene, Oregon

[BlkMax]

OK, here it goes...
1) I got my scuba license at age 12 I would turn 12 prior to the end of the class was 11 when it started. I had my Open Water certification by age 14.

2) I had my USCG Six Pack Skippers License at age 18 (a few weeks after may 18th birthday).

3) At the age of 18, delivered a 43' sailboat from Seattle WA to Seward AK in APRIL. Crew was my 18 year old best friend (who had never been on a sailboat and a 12 year old who had started sailing in diapers). My father came on board as additional crew for the last 800 miles of open water. I was still captain on his boat.

4) I retired from the marine industry (selling boats, working on boats, delivering boats, sailing boats, and teaching sailing) after 15 years, at age 27. I grew up in the family business working full time when I was not in school.

5) I met my wife of 20 years because I was her sailing instructor (she spent 3 days standing on my feet during the class, I never have figured out that one). She gave me 2 great kids, a daughter and a son, and she lets me ride as much as I want. :bow1:Love that woman...:bow1:

6) I have rolled off a 50' wave, pointed the boat down hill (looked down hill, falling against the wheel), knew this was "THE BIG ONE" and had the boat break loose and start to plane, hit 18.6 knots under sail, looked at the wind speed and saw the gust was 80 knots. The wind was coming from behind, so the true wind speed was 100 knots.:eek: Bow waves 15' high on both sides as the boat picked up speed, then the speed dropped back down to a more reasonable 10-12 knots as we started up the other side of the wave. Remember April in #3, that was the Gulf of Alaska about 300 miles offshore at about 03:00hrs. I had northern lights from horizon to horizon... Beautiful ride....

7) Performed child CPR after puking because of the blue color, on a 2 year old who had fallen into a creek that had about 35 deg F water; , he made it (this was a near drowning, he had been in about 20 minutes or so); :bow1::bow1:Praise the Lord.:bow1::bow1:

8) Pulled the helmet off the driver of a CB750 that had a head on with a drunk in a Plymouth Horizon (totally drunks fault). The biker did not make it, the drunk was extricated from the car and survived, but just barely (both femurs broken, one rib short of a flail chest, and other internal injuries), and I lost the little amount of patience I had left for folks that drink and drive. Throw them in jail and never let them out...:mad:

9) Went back to school with the kids to get a Mechanical Engineering degree.

10) Drag raced my 700 cc snowmobile on the grass, won my class, 700 Pro Stock, placed second in 800 Pro Stock. That was the only summer I ever raced my sled. 150 HP, 2-stroke sled, on grass, with carbide studs it is like being shot out of a gun. I love the smell of race gas in the morning....:D

11) Currently employed as a project manager on the largest privately funded project ever to happen in North America, and for that honor, I spend my summer in Tok Alaska.

[mathp]

Shot my first buck at 320 yards at age 9.[LIST=1]
Broke all three major bones in my arm at age 14 on a mini enduro 80
Proceeded to dive off of the Lake Hamilton Bridge in Hot Springs, AR with the fiberglass cast on.
Had my way with a former Miss Oklahoma (Cougar) who was 16 years older than me when I was 28.
Had my way with a hot blonde French - Canadian gal who was 20 years younger than me last week in Cancun.
I bought my first Dirt bike at 33 then told my now ex-wife about it at Dinner (coincidence?)
Forgot to latch my seat on my ST and watched my saddle bag do many flips down the street.
Rode my Honda XR 400 over a Boulder slide in CO without knowing if I could do it - I could.

[FOG]

1. Owned 3 rotary engined motorcycles, and rode one to the Rockies, Via Arizona total 6000 miles in 13 days.

2. Made 4 trips to the Alps to ride motorcycles, for a total of 17 weeks. And heading to Central Italy this fall (hopefully).

3. Passed hundreds of younger riders on GSXRCBRYZ 600's and 1000's at track days, running Intermediate and expert classes (included 3 track coaches, that were not sandbagging) With a bike with 20-60 less Hp, and 100 more pounds :D

4. Have 3 sons and a wife that all ride.

5. Had "manager" in my title at the age of 19 and for all but 3 1/2 years of my working life.

6. Took my first college course at the age of 39 and earned a BS in Mechanical engineering at the ripe young age of 44

7. Retired from the 9-5, more like the 6-6, at 52.

[yumajb]

jumped out of a chopper from 50 ft up into a hot LZ in the middle of the night.
got chased off an ammo tug by a King Cobra.
Had a couple of beers with Charlton Heston.
Had drinks with Broderick Crawford.
organized a statewide group of Senior Citizens into a political action group.
Worked for a US. senator and US. Congressman part time during campaigns
Organized Vietnam veterans in Washington State.

[Bouquet]

Caught a 4 ft shark with my bare hands , at 60 ft. depth :cool:.
Jumped a C140 at 160 knts :o: from 1800 ft
Drove a skidoo at 100 kph ( ~65 mph ) over a frozen lake :D.
Skydived from 22000 ft without oxy. :(
Stayed with the same company for 30 years :mad::mad:

As you can see , I lived a rather boring live......

[Maureen]

You guys are amazing!! I'm so impressed, moved and smiling.
1)Had my face entirely reconstructed after a motorcycle accident in 1983; that took about 3 years. My nose is pretty cute too.:) then went to work for NYC EMS on an ambulance in Brooklyn for about a year.
2)camped in my van by myself for 3 months in the 80's and went all over this beautiful country and up into Western Canada and Alaska
3)Moved to Hawaii and took up outrigger canoe paddling, paddled the Molokai Channel race from Molokai to Oahu...52 Miles, and came in last: rolleyes:
4) have about 450 skydives, some competitive freeflying. Jumped into the KC airshow. That was so cool!
5) as a massage therapist, moved to Kansas City and helped Joe Montana recover from a hamstring injury then worked with a bunch of pro athletes including Marcus Allen, Tim Grunhard, Rick Sutcliffe. Hard work, but fun!!

[Mick-H]

1, Rode my bike 5000 miles in 5 days:cbcgw1:
2, Raised 1500 pounds for Riders For Health:please1:
3, Turned down the chance to play professional football when I was 15:-(
4, I've spent the day sat with a murderer:(
5, I once or twice;) went over 155 mph on my bike:p:

[Bobosmite]

1. Missed the "don't touch" briefing and touched an F-117 stealth fighter. Got yelled and made to sign a paper that I had come in contact with classified material.

2. Played a triage victim in firefighter school. It was field medic training and we got dressed for the part, bloodied up, and pretended to be wounded.

3. Was based in RAF Mildenhall with the SR-71 and touching it didn't get me in trouble.

4. Climbed the Summersville Dam in West Virginia, from the base to the top. http://www.fields4.com/pics/WV/Summersville-Dam_Ariel.jpg

5. Licensed to operate the largest crash truck in the world, the Oshkosh P-15. http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/bill_spidle2/oshkosh_p15/images/oshkosh_p15_5_of_6.jpg

[wildwolf]

1. Played basketball and football with Larry Bird. Not the one the OP posted about, but one of my best friends in highschool was named Larry Bird, about the time the basketball start was really popular.

2. Spent about 18 months in various correctional facilities. Luckily, I was employed as a correctional officer, so I got to go home every day. =)

3. Could at one point dictate Morse Code at 22 words a minute.

4. Within an 18 year timespan, have moved 12 times. Once was for 6 years, another 3, so within a 9 year timespan, have moved 10 times. This included many instate moves, 4 states, and 2 countries.

5. Put more miles on a motorcycle in West Virginia than I have a car. =)

[patiodadio]

1. Been to a Moto GP Race !!! Woo Hoo !!!!
2. Ride an ST1300
3. Married for 30 years
4. Had an article published in a motorcycle magazine
5. Been 200 miles North of the Artic Circle

.

[islandstar]

lol, everyone's got a story here! Congrats!

1) All expenses paid trip to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, just off the equator for 3 months

2) Drove an 84 Ford Escort through the air passing a stop sign, with the sign at TIRE LEVEL and didn't wreck the car

3) Dated/Lived together for 7 yrs to my g/f, married 9 months :cool:

4) Survived a swarm of Killer Bees while installing security cameras in Deming, NM

5) Rode the 50 mile, MS 5 borough Bike A Thon through New York City three years in a row.

[wengland]

Hmm. five things.

1) Walked away from an 83MPH high-side getoff.
2) Rode 1700+ miles non stop (1535 in the first 24 hours)
3) ridden back to back SS1K rides on the company nickel to train call center reps. (KC to Columbia SC)
4) got my (very generic) name in first place on Google, MSN Live, Yahoo. 'will england'
5) graduated with a 4.0 for my bachelors degree from Park University

I'm sure there is lots of other things not germane to a motorcycle list - raising a boy, blowing motors, digging holes, riding Deals Gap in the rain (twice), leading cubscouts, blah blah.

[AC_elite]

What a great thread,

Indeed we keep amazing company on this forum.

1 Met my best friend when he was 4 and I was 5, we still hangout.
2 Did countless TO and LDG in the flight deck, sitting in the jumpseat of most Boeings and Airbus airliners (even post 911), I am not a pilot.
3 My wife and I took the ST last summer to the Alps, Dolomites, Pyrenees, and Mt Etna.
4 Paris is one of the city I know best, (never lived there).
5 Last year I caught a 15lbs trout, 41lbs musky, and 90lbs tuna.
6 (thought of this later) I went over the bridge over the Mississippi, in St Paul, the day before it collapsed.

Thank you all for sharing.:cool:

[krobait]

1. At 6 years old I had my head run over by the back tire of an old International Pick Up with 8 people in the back. With bruises the shape of the tire treads - I was released from the hospital the same day by an incredulous hospital staff.

2. I have been in 8 Totaled vehicles (only one with me as a driver - and that one was not my fault). I have been ejected from vehicles through side and front windows. I have rolled end over end and sideways

3. I can't handle a powered swing at the Calgary Stampede but I love to go skydiving.

4. I was born the day Kennedy was assassinated and my parents named me John in his honor. I cannot figure out why they named my brother Lee Harvey

5. I raised three children whom I am very proud of

6. OK only half of #4 is true:D

[Shawn K]

1) I met Jamie James at his restaurant in North Carolina. (For those of you who may not recognize the name, Jamie James was an AMA roadracer from the 80's and 90's who raced primarily for Yamaha, but also raced a season on the ill-fated Harley Davidson 1000 superbike.) Jamie was very gracious, and even invited me back that evening for a halloween party he was hosting. We hung out that evening, and he shared some of his personal "special" jambalaya with me, which was waaaay better than the batch he set out for the rest of the guests. I felt like a little kid who got to spend a whole day playing catch with Babe Ruth. (Jamie was one of my first roadrace heroes when I was a younger man.)

2) I fed fish with a can of aerosol-type string cheese while scuba diving. It comes out of the can in a long, slow string while underwater, and fish go absolutely bonkers for it.

3) I bought the exact same model of bike that my dad had when I was a little kid (the CB900C that I currently ride). It even has the same trunk, the same windshield, and the original 4-into-4 exhaust that Dad's did. I ride it every day, and it's like reliving my childhood every time.

4) I've been in every state but 4: AK, HI, SD, and VT.

5) I've driven 700 miles without stopping, not even for a bathroom break. It was when I was an OTR truck driver, and I wanted to see if I could do it. Ashdown, AR to El Paso, TX... nonstop... in a Freightliner Century Class... in exactly 10 clock hours. I had to go to the bathroom pretty bad by the time I got there.

[copperhead]

1) Was the opeining act for the Barnum and Bailey Circus. They asked for a volunteer and thought that putting me on the back of a big horse would daunt me. Never ask a gymnast to try something. I went around the ring almost three times standing on the horses back before they pulled me off.

2) Turned down a date with the Hillside Strangler. Ken Bianchi and I worked together when I was a teenager and he asked me out. I turned him down because I felt a college boy was more than I wanted to deal with.

3) At the age of 13, I was the president of the largest Explorers post in the U.S. with over 324 members. We used a hospital auditorium for our meetings.

4) Age 13 again, was the first girl in our district to get on a boys team. I give the coach all the credit for this accomplishment.

[Dvol]

1-Happily married for 18 years..

2-Survived a near fatal/crippling car accident that i shouldnt have..

3- Got my dream job..I work on a Machine and fix its instraments that provide research to many diverse fields of science. Part of it has to do with Nano tech, solar, medical, Fuel sources the list is very very long..Neat stuff.

4- Got to see Pearl Harbor an met a true patriot and a Arizona survivor. Words can't be said to desribe this. I saw her Tears( oil droplets) and got that days history direct from a survivor. Every detail through his eyes, every shocking moment.

5- Given permission to Touch the only part of the USS Arizona that is above the water..I said a prayer for all those that had fallen past an present when i did that. I was joined by two of Arizona survivors in that prayer..Amazing folks our military is made up of..

[ocho nueve]

Unbelievable list and some amazing stories...My humble additions:

Held a one month old baby while she died in my hands.
Watched a man get shot to death.
Legally drove 154 MPH on a state highway.
Illegally drove 145 MPH on a state highway.
Looked a murderer in the eyes just moments after he killed a man. An indellible picture that is etched in my memory forever.
As a teenager, I traded a candy bar for a phone number with a cute girl hand-to-hand while driving in a 1979 VW Bug at 60 MPH down the freeway. She was in a VW Cabriolet. I never called her and wonder sometimes wonder if she ever ate that candy bar.
I have been on the 88th largest yatch in the world.
I have been on MTV.
I have had my picture published in a book.
Most importantly, I have laughed uncontrollably and shared with friends and loved my wife with all that I have.

[GUNMAN45]

To add one more to mine.

Went down hard on an ST and broke Hip and Pelvis...anybody want to try and beat that one...I dare ya.:D Fourcfully went down on a beautiful mint 75 goldwing W/15k Candy Blue-green Broke collar bone, multiple fractured ribs and multiple fractured bones in hip. HA!
Thats how I ended with my new ST...... Oh it hurts soooo good now!
#2 Went over 115mph in 11 seconds more than 500 times on two wheels if you dont count the wheelie bar wheels
#3 Fell thru the ice on two wheels (bicycle) at age 16 Christmas eve, spent way too much time in water and got severe hipothermia.
#4 Married a beautiful woman who owns a Gun Range and is a 8 time Indiana shooting Champ.
#5 Shot a 12 point (167 net B&K) 212lb. Buck at 131yds. one shot with muzzle loader on public land.
#6 At age of 21 forced a scale read -2700lbs by zeroing and lifting with legs from underneath load.
#7 Pedaled over 500 miles on a bicycle in one week
#8 Put 10 rounds thru one bullet whole @ 25' with a H&K 45

[GMan]

In no peticular order and these and many more are all documented in the biography I am writing.

First day the first hour of my first elk hunt on my 16th birthday with my first shot at 450 yards dropped a 13 point bull.

Did the pest control in Vegas on a number of high profile celebrities. One Jerry Lewis, he is a ******* to his hired help and he is a big PU&&Y when it comes to spiders. Also did the pest control on Wayne Newtons house and became friends with him. He had a Bell Jet Ranger 3 that he personally took me for a ride in and landed by his stables. 15 years later when I was the Manager of the Hotel at Broadview in Wichita Ks he had a concert in Century 2 and stayed at my Hotel. I got a chance to talk to him again and he remembered me from his pest control days. I comped his room for that flight 18 years earlier. He is a good guy.

My company sent me to Bangalore India to open a technical support center 2 Xs for 3 months each. The 2nd time I spent an extra month. Bought a Honda America 150 and toured 9500 miles on it while in India and sold it for the same money I bought it for when I left. I also met a guy form Oklahoma while there that was touring on a HD.

Caught 3 state record fish and never got a record from one. A bass in Kansas that weighed 11lbs 12 oz thought the rcord was larger and ate him instead. But got the weight and picture and got a master angler award instead.

Caught a tiger muskie in Nebraska. Put it on a rope stringer for lass than 5 minutes to go get a better stringer nad when we got back he had already chewed off of it.

Not to be to much of a slow learner my son was with me when I caught a 44 inch Ks, Pike in November 4 years ago. So we put it on a steel stringer and continued to fish for another hour. We decided to go in and when we went to pull the stringer, you know it,,,, it was gone.

Now this is the hard part to swallow. In the following 90 days the ice went off the llake and one sunny day I decided to to go to the same laketo fish the thaw. I was standing and waching as a large female and 2 following males came up less than 12 feet right in front of me and looked right at me. The 2 small males were frightened and swam off. The female and I were old friends and she set there for about 5 minutes looking at me. It was the very same fish that I had caught 90 days earlier. She slowly turned and swam off. how did I know? As she turned she was still trailing part of the broken stringer from the corner of her mouth.

Held my fathers hand as he drew his last breath. Set with my mother for 2 weeks as she died of brain cancer.

Not all things that form my life have been fun and games but I remember them all and they ave made me what I am. An old ST rider. Kind of like the guy earlier said I also am a Lone Rider in a Pack.

[GMan]

Been held at gun point in four countries
Officiated over 380 weddings
Officiated one funeral (12 day old girl)
Married a bikini model
Divorced a bikini model
Had the same person try to kill me twice within 8 years
Flew in a DC-10 full of "pharmaceuticals" 15 feet off the Atlantic Ocean
Invented the first Ram Caching Hard Drive Controller

Just a guess here but were 7 of these involving the same person? I was going to say lady but hey you never know. If so you sometimes I have been told it is wise to re-evaluate your aquaintences.:butt1:

[STony G]

I ride an ST1300 :biker: as my primary transport, 12 months a year :D

+1 and any other time I can get away

[Steve Barnhart]

Bought 500 pounds of Marijuana.

Sold 5 pounds of Methamphetamine.

Personally arrested 5% of a county's population in a one year period.:cop2:

Signed 5000 felony warrants in 6 years.:mug1:

Kicked in the front door of over 500 drug dealers.

Never killed anyone, but thought really hard about it a few times.:wink:

20 - 0 - 2. Twenty times sent the criminal to the hospital who attacked me. 0 times went alone. 2 times, had to go to the hospital with them to have my hand x-rayed.:badabing:

Rode a Harley. I swore I would never ride one of those things.:chop1:

Hole in One: Par 4, 291 yards. 5 witnesses, including 2 still walking off the green.

One degree of separation from Kevin Bacon.

[Two Brothers]

1. 11 yrs old found out that I had cancer and was given 2 yrs to live. 1974/1975 under went chemo and radiation lost my hair 3 times but beat it and have been in remission ever since.

2. Have been married 3 times and finally found the woman of my dreams loves to ride motorcycles as much as me.

3. Roadraced motorcycles on the same track as Jamie James and Scott Russell, passed me like I was standing still.

4. Road a bicycle 100 miles in one day.

5. Road a motorcycle 1800+ miles in one day(22 hours)

6. Road a motorcycle to Alaska and then some.

7. Made my wife ride 17 hours home own her first long motorcycle trip.

8. Have been over 145mph to many times to count.

9. Caught a 200 pound Halibut.

10. Have parents that just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

[Pete McCrary]

Only one "unique" event in my life but something I'm very proud of.

Started GA Tech in 1968 straight out of high school. Last about 2½ years and eventually flunked out. Tried to get back in in 1980 (after growing up and maturing). They told me to go someplace else and show them I could do college level work. Went to a technological school north of Atlanta and got a 4 year Engineering Technology degree. Went back down to GA Tech and they said they only way that would let me back in is if I agreed to start over from scratch. I was 33 by then. It was as if they threw a gauntlet down and challenged me. They told me "last chance, you must keep a 2.5 average or you're out and there is no third chance".

I told them "You've got a deal". Took me 5 years non-stop of evening classes, weekend classes, and lunch hour classes (I was working full time). In 1988 at the age of 38, I finally received my Bachelor's of Civil Engineering from GA Tech. I did the cap and gown - the whole nine yards. I gave my mother my diploma and told her "You can now tell everybody your boy graduated from GA Tech". My mother cried like a baby she was so proud of me.

I was usually older than a lot of the professors that were teaching the courses.

Start to finish, it took me 20 years and a quarter. Dean of Students told me one guy took 22 years to do it but I safely held the record for second place.

Most satisfying part of it all was it inspired my sister to go back and finish her degree. She got her BBA when she was 37.

[bushpilot]

Wow great thread, I went through all 33 pages.
Sure have some interesting folks here.
My life hasn't been boring either I'm afraid. Met Richard Nixon, Richard Burton, saw Deep Purple and the Jefferson Airplane in 1972

Broke my back twice and made difficult full recoveries.

Ski instructor, snocat driver in NM for many years.

Got a ride in a P51, Got a ride in a Porsche 934 on a race track almost touching 300kph

Worked 6 years in rural Alaska flying airtaxi, have 6000+ accident/incident free hours.
(Too many close calls to count)

Rafted down the Hula Hula river, (ANWR) and got chased by a coastal brown (big) bear

I can remove the tongue of a caribou in less than 30 seconds like a Siberian reindeer herder. I can quarter a caribou in 5 minutes Inupiat Eskimo style.

I farm palm trees and raise compost worms for fertilizer here in Thailand. Dirty work but someones gotta do it.:cool:

[moosulkwanman]

oh let's see....

was Miss State Junior Trap Shooting Champ one year back in the 70's

won the Miss State univ frisbee championship one year , oh about '84 I guess

made black belt in TKD and taught at a small town off campus, while at Miss State Univ to help fund school, also was president of the MSU Martial Arts club, and place consecutively in over 40 tournaments,

made Master Instructor in 2000, and won 1st place in my division competition just three years ago, not much time for competition these days (and getting too old)

started riding Honda Minitrail 50 when I was 10 yrs old and now have a Honda ST 1300!!!

have a MS in Horticulture, Fruits and Veg production and have established and operated a Research and Demonstration Farm for a small ag university to help small farmers in the MS Delta area who traditionally farm cotton, soy bean, wheat, etc...... also worked on a fruit and veg farm as a farm manager in NH for 3 years......

[moosulkwanman]

oh a few other things most guys haven't done

married a korean woman, an awesome good wife

have a beauty supply store for african americans

support George W Bush and the War on Terrorism, including the Liberation of Iraq

[moosulkwanman]

oh one thing most guys have never done, guess I shouldn't be too proud of it,

but we meant no harm , in my teenage & post teen party days

I grew a few pounds of sensimilla, never sold any of it, but we had some awesome parties

don't smoke anything anymore, but yearn to sometimes...........

this thread is SO interesting, I can hardly keep my mind on work for wanting to read everyone's "achievements":07biker:

[sennister]

-Jumped out of a perfectly good airplane.

-Fired off over $100,000 in ammo and demo charges in a week. Thanks Uncle Sam :D

-Walked 6 miles on 2 broken feet while hauling a full combat load. I ran the first 6 and completed all 12 miles in 2hrs 45 min. This was during the EIB (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_Infantryman_Badge) Testing. I passed 100% first time GOs in all stations. "True Blue". The link covers a few of the things that had to be done to earn it but it is far from a complete list.

-I have been to 19 different countries so far. Sorry I'm not going to name them all. Not even my family knows the entire list. I didn't want them to worry and now there isn't much point in getting them caught up as it is just history. The ones they don't know about are not stamped in my passport if you know what I mean..... :cool:

-Received two speeding tickets in one day Austria. The following weekend received another in Germany. Oh and last September I got another one in Germany on the Autobahn. As far as the DMV knows here I haven't had a ticket in over 17 years. :p: I'm glad my European driving record doesn't transfer.

[RevJonG]

My life does not measure up to those presented here and will probably seem, well, boring...

No celebrities except meeting Vincent Furnier before he changed his name and became famous (He became?).

I started college at 37 as a high school dropout and earned a Bachelor of Science and 2 Masters (MAR & MDIV) before I was 47

I ministered to the homeless on the street for 5 years. Sometimes even stay out with them to help

I was held hostage by a schizophrenic man with a HUGE hunting knife (while ministering to the homeless, see above)

As a hospital Chaplain I have sat at the bedside and held the hands of hundreds people of all ages (2 days to over 100) as they "shuffle off this mortal coil" (Hamlet) -

I have opened my eyes in the morning next to the same woman for almost thirty years

I have not had a drink in over 20 years (21 years & 260 days). Ok, maybe this is not something "most others haven't" but to an alcoholic this is a big thing!

I trained with ROK special forces soldiers during one of North Korea's many aborted attempts at "disrupting" the south.

I rode from Arizona to the four corners of the lower 48 (California, Washington state, Maine, Florida) then home (Arizona) in one summer on a XS650 at the age of 17

Like I said... boring :o:

Blessings
RevJonG

[cpsseals]

I went water skiing on the Han River in South Korea.
Rode a camel in Morocco
Played with a Giant Pacific Octopus in Alaskan waters
Adopted 2 Korean children many years ago, and just became a grandfather to a Korean/Chinese grandson.
Recognized true love the second I met my S.O.

[stellarpod]

I am in awe of you guys. I thought I’d experienced much, but you folks put me to shame.


I watched the changing of the guards at Lenin’s Tomb in Moscow before the break-up of the Soviet Union
Climbed a portion of the Great Wall in China
Toured Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum in Beijing
I’ve laid my hand on the Great Pyramid in Egypt
I climbed the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon in Teotihuacan, Mexico
Had dinner at Windows on the World in the North Tower of the World Trade Center
Enjoyed drinks with friends in the bar at the top of Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai. During a trip to Dubai this November I also snow skied at the Emirates Mall. (Only the Arabs have enough money to pull off a ski slope in a mall in the desert…)
Visited the Olympic winter training facility outside Almaty, Kazakhstan
Toured the temples and Palace in Bangkok, Thailand
Stayed holed up for a day in the downtown Sheraton in Karachi, Pakistan during a general strike called by the opposing political party. (only 10 people died that day)
Toured HMS Victory and HMS Warrior in Portsmouth, England


But best of all, watched my son being born almost 25 years ago and 23 years later watched him graduate from college.

stellarpod

[Kewaneh]

I rode 540 miles in one week.
I rode from 320 feet elevation to 9200+ elevation and back, covering 165 miles in 12 hours.
I rode nine miles in about 12 minutes, maxing at 65 miles per hour, sustained for more than four miles.

Those three, seperate events were performed on a BICYCLE.

[Coop]

I'm pretty sure that I've done several things that most people haven't, but they happened in the 70's and I don't remember that decade. LOL!!

[Austin city limits]

# 16 ~~~ Have stood at the summit at Glacier Park 5 of 6 years,,, and 6 times in 6 years as I went there 2 times this last year... :bow1:

# 17 ~~~ Have had 500 people in my shop in 1 day from about 35 States and Canada who have rode in to eat,,, and go home... :bow1:

# 18 ~~~ Was thought to be Dead... Had an Ambulance show up at the scene of my Accident in Montana thinking I was dead,,, and was surprised to see I was alive!!! They called back to the Dispatcher and said,,,

Quote,,, UUUuuuMMMmmm,,, Yeah "whatever call sign" He Is Alive...

Later,,, was told this...

They would have sent a Helicopter if they thought you were alive but they don't send a Helicopter for a Body,,, and we thought you were...

# 19 ~~~ Rode in 2 different Ambulances to the Hospital since the one they sent out of Eureka Montana they did not have EMT's in the ambulance as they thought it was just a body and was the only Ambulance on call for that area... Try explaining THAT,,, to your insurance!!! :mad:

# 20 ~~~ Own/Operate a Family Farm that has been in my family longer than the State of Illinois!!! We lived 6 years on the spot we later Homesteaded as this was before the State of Illinois started in 1818!!!

# 21 ~~~ Stood in a Cemetery that is just off our farm where my Dad,,, Grand Dad,,, Great Grand Dad,,, Great Great Grand Dad,,, Great Great Great Grand Dad,,, and,,, my Great Great Great Great Grand Dad are all buried...

# 22 ~~~ Sang as a Back up singer for the Dixie Chicks in Waco Texas on my Birthday about 1998 or 1999... Strange,,, but true...

[Pete McCrary]

OK, enough with the macho bravo stuff:

1. Went one hour without smoking a cigarette.
2. Went two entire days (48 hours) without drinking a beer.
3. Rode my motorcycle 20 consectutive miles under the speed limit.
4. Went into a Dairy Queen and ordered a small banana split.
5. Made it to work on time 5 consecutive days in the same week.

May not be major accomplishments in comparison to other's on this board, but little things I'm proud of.:)

[FlexyRacer]

This is a tough one to consider for who can say for sure on a lot of things?

1. Married the finest person I have ever met

2. Spanning my entire FD career, have performed CPR on people 14 times
where they all actually LEFT for the hospital ALIVE though not all lived

3. First FD Incident Commander in the USA to handle a major solar plant
fire - ended up having to extinguish fire using C4 explosives with the
help of a nearby Army Explosives Ordnance Detachment I recruited.
There was a $37 million loss but a $190 million save.

4. Rolled my first car while in high school: I loved Rallying and was
driving my 1962 Austin Mini (a REAL mini cooper type) on a truck
trail on an indian reservation when I took a turn to find out it was decreasing radius. I hand braked to bring the car around but the left rear
caught the dirt berm. We rolled 3-4 times FOLLOWING the curve of the road and landed on our wheels. If we hadn't followed the curve of the road while rolling, we would have gone off a steep drop off about 250 feet. We were wearing helmets and tightly strapped in. Only minor injuries and we drove the 30 miles home trying to avoid any CHP officers. Made it home fine. Car was totalled. There IS a God.

5. Have had 6 major surgeries, all life threatening. I'm still kicking.

6. One more I just thought of though it's #6: In charge of a fire engine strike
team far away from our home county. While assigned to help civilians
evacuate, we got caught in a tremendous fire storm / area ignition. I had to keep the engines moving back and forth to avoid catching fire and we had to grab fleeing civilians and put them in our vehicles. Everyone followed orders perfectly and after 30 minutes or so, we left the area which was now so stripped of everything, that even the deer, rabbits, snakes, etc. were frozen in their last position as the fire exploded onto them.

[cbwilsha]

1. Flew from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean in just over 3 minutes. In
1948 in a North American B-26 Medium Bomber. Over the Panama Canal Zone.

2. Bought a motorized bicycle from Mr. Soichiro Honda in Hammamatsu, Japan
in 1952.

3. Joined service-Texas State Guard- at age 15 and 2 months in 1944. Was a
machine gun squad leader at age 16.

4. Flew combat missions in the USAF in a C-47 (and others) in Korea in 1952 and 1953.

5. Graduated first in my College class with perfect straight A record, the first to
do so. At Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas in 1958 at age 29.

C.B.

[Austin city limits]

1. Flew from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean in just over 3 minutes. In
1948 in a North American B-26 Medium Bomber. Over the Panama Canal Zone.

2. Bought a motorized bicycle from Mr. Soichiro Honda in Hammamatsu, Japan
in 1952.

3. Joined service-Texas State Guard- at age 15 and 2 months in 1944. Was a
machine gun squad leader at age 16.

4. Flew combat missions in the USAF in a C-47 (and others) in Korea in 1952 and 1953.

5. Graduated first in my College class with perfect straight A record, the first to
do so. At Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas in 1958 at age 29.

C.B.

Out of the estimated maybe,,, 300 who have posted on here,,, YOU,,, yes,,, YOU CB win a Free Moonburger,,, Beverage of your choice,,, Chips,,, and a Klondike bar at Moonshine!!! :bow1: