Your Firsts
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Railroad
Routinely Derailed
My first (and only, so far) diet was in order to GAIN weight. I had to eat myself into the Navy, to go from my baseline of 98 lbs to the required minimum of 115 lbs. I was able to get up to about 118. After boot camp, I weighed 98 lbs again. 
My first bicycle was a rickety thing with no nameplate that one of the neighbors let me have. It was way too tall for me and pretty rusty, but it was MINE.
My first motorized contraption for tempting death was a 3-1/2 hp trycicle. The front was a cut-down fork from a bicycle with a min-bike wheel attached. The sides were two pieces of angle iron. The back was a piece of 2 x 10. The engine was attached to the board, next to the driver. This contraption would move along pretty well, but it had no brakes, so getting it over 25 mph was ill-advised but a daily occurence (until the clutch burned up). I was working on this thing trying to get it started, when it DID start unexpectedly, went to full throttle, took off without me, and ran over my neighbor's newest acquisition, a young and rare tree. As I recall I had to make restitution of some sort.
My first bicycle was a rickety thing with no nameplate that one of the neighbors let me have. It was way too tall for me and pretty rusty, but it was MINE.
My first motorized contraption for tempting death was a 3-1/2 hp trycicle. The front was a cut-down fork from a bicycle with a min-bike wheel attached. The sides were two pieces of angle iron. The back was a piece of 2 x 10. The engine was attached to the board, next to the driver. This contraption would move along pretty well, but it had no brakes, so getting it over 25 mph was ill-advised but a daily occurence (until the clutch burned up). I was working on this thing trying to get it started, when it DID start unexpectedly, went to full throttle, took off without me, and ran over my neighbor's newest acquisition, a young and rare tree. As I recall I had to make restitution of some sort.
CableChick
Loved
First pet - 1971 (about) - black long hair puppy named Poobah (after Winnie the Pooh). She was part poodle part pomeranian.
First Kiss - 1977 - Lee Sizemore in 4th grade ... right before I got on the school bus to go home.
First real job - 1980 - Roy Rogers Cashier
First sexual encounter - 1982 - Steve Avis ... high school football team quarterback. Really an ass and if I ever saw him again I'd puch him in the face.
First car - 1966 Karmann Ghia Convertible. God I miss that car!
First police chase - 1986 - in and around Ft. Belvoir, Virginia (we actually got away!)
First love - Shannon Townsend - 5th grade
First heartbreak - Michael Philyaw - 1985. Found out last year from a distant relative of his that he commited suicide. That was and still is something hard to swallow.
First marriage - 1992
First child - 2002
First Kiss - 1977 - Lee Sizemore in 4th grade ... right before I got on the school bus to go home.
First real job - 1980 - Roy Rogers Cashier
First sexual encounter - 1982 - Steve Avis ... high school football team quarterback. Really an ass and if I ever saw him again I'd puch him in the face.
First car - 1966 Karmann Ghia Convertible. God I miss that car!
First police chase - 1986 - in and around Ft. Belvoir, Virginia (we actually got away!)
First love - Shannon Townsend - 5th grade
First heartbreak - Michael Philyaw - 1985. Found out last year from a distant relative of his that he commited suicide. That was and still is something hard to swallow.
First marriage - 1992
First child - 2002
You really should go to a rock concert.Hessian said:
morganj614
New Member
First drunk, age 13 on Southern Comfort. Was finally able to smell it 2 years ago.
First concert at age 43..sad, huh? I made up for it though.
First gambled in 1982 in Bermuda
First beer age 12
First toke age 13. I don't smoke. Then took THC pills..lol
First(only) speeding ticket Jan. 2nd, 1999. just past The Fleet.
First concert at age 43..sad, huh? I made up for it though.
First gambled in 1982 in Bermuda
First beer age 12
First toke age 13. I don't smoke. Then took THC pills..lol
First(only) speeding ticket Jan. 2nd, 1999. just past The Fleet.
Evan Stone
As you wish my lady......
K_Jo said:And one of those parties where you swap spouses.
That sounds interesting.
Maybe this county isn't so bad after all.
Hessian
Well-Known Member
Seals & Crofts came to my HS (or was it England Dan & John Ford Coley?)
for a free concert because we won some contest...I was not allowed to go.
If I were to go to a concert today: Definately U-2...I think my problem is less with the music and more with the concert goers.
1st & Only Child: 10 years ago this week...I wish I had more!
1st Funeral: My Immigrant Grandfather Nov 1976
1st Time I was dumped: 8th Grade spring (1977)
1st Varsity Sport: Volleyball...coach was a BEAR! 1978
Number of Proms attended: 0....(watch the 70's show and you may figure out why)
for a free concert because we won some contest...I was not allowed to go.
If I were to go to a concert today: Definately U-2...I think my problem is less with the music and more with the concert goers.
1st & Only Child: 10 years ago this week...I wish I had more!
1st Funeral: My Immigrant Grandfather Nov 1976
1st Time I was dumped: 8th Grade spring (1977)
1st Varsity Sport: Volleyball...coach was a BEAR! 1978
Number of Proms attended: 0....(watch the 70's show and you may figure out why)
) was Van Halen in Richmond with my brother. :guitar: 