8 things
I've been tagged by AoW to post 8 things/habits about me.
1. I've been robbed at gunpoint and shot. Though not at the same time.
2. I've appeared in a commercial and one Discovery Channel documentary.
3. I spent 3 days on the RV Knorr running experiments on a laser line scan. (the ship that found the Titanic)
4. Tony Curtis spent time on the first ship I was stationed on during WWII. The USS Proteus. It was in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrendered and so was my Grandfather.
5. Some people think I'm funny.
6. I love the blues.
7. I lived on an island for 4 years.
8. I love white water rafting, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Alaskan Amber Beer. (though not in that order)
I'll not tag anyone so as not to incur anyone's wrath
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You're nicer than I am.
You've got some fascinating anwers there, EB. And you're a TV star, too.
That's because you are so witty! (not sarcasm)
Comment by Always On Watch— 2007/07/08 @ 02:47 PM — (Reply)
EB, did you get what they call 'rock fever' on that island for four years? You've been SHOT?
man, have I lived a sheltered, shotless (if you don't count Tequila!) life. Thank God!
Comment by zabelle— 2007/07/08 @ 04:10 PM — (Reply)
WOW! that's MOM spelled upside down!
"some" people think you're funny?
you are highlarious! shows you what "some" people know.
p.s. this was one of the better tags and the ONLY one i partook of.
Comment by nanc— 2007/07/08 @ 05:26 PM — (Reply)
Ahhh... youre a good man for not tagging anyone. I would venture to guess that you could write a novel on each one of these items, but youre just a modest mouse.
Comment by Freedom Now— 2007/07/08 @ 05:30 PM — (Reply)
Freedom Now..great point. I'll bet EB could write a novel on each one..and should...and become a best seller. THey're all so provocative.. EB: WRITE!
Comment by zabelle— 2007/07/08 @ 05:36 PM — (Reply)
fortunately when it went off I was the only one around...I got two pieces in my arm
I was robbed at riflepoint when I worked fast food in high school...two bouncers beat him up when he tried to rob a bar...went to jail he did
While I was stationed in Guam the local TV station was having a spat with the "local" talent
one of the producers went to my church and asked me to be in a commercial
I was part of the search crew that looked for Capt. Greg Buttons who flew his A-10 into a mountain in Colorado, the Discovery Channel came out and did a documentary while we were looking for his ordnance in the alpine lakes
I've been white water rafting in Oregon and Borneo
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2007/07/08 @ 05:45 PM — (Reply)
FN - there's only so much torture some people are willing to endure, besides I like to keep the friends I have
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2007/07/08 @ 05:50 PM — (Reply)
Now Elbro all of that belonged in the body of your post, not buried in the comments section.
You are going to make your biographer do too much work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Freedom Now— 2007/07/09 @ 05:37 AM — (Reply)
Comment by Brooke— 2007/07/09 @ 07:03 AM — (Reply)
Comment by MOS— 2007/07/09 @ 11:08 AM — (Reply)
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Comment by MOS— 2007/07/09 @ 11:11 AM — (Reply)
Very cool.
Steelers, SRV and Elmore James rock
Comment by Joe Gringo— 2007/07/09 @ 11:56 AM — (Reply)
Your encounter with a .22 round sounds similar to mine with a spent 12 gauge round I was trying to make into a firecracker...
Heat and gunpowder do not mix...even if there's no open flame involved. ;-)
Comment by Farmer John— 2007/07/09 @ 01:32 PM — (Reply)
FJ - do tell, let's hear it.
FN - it's my cheap way of being provocative
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2007/07/09 @ 01:42 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2007/07/09 @ 01:43 PM — (Reply)
Well, you take the powder out of about two packs of regular firecrackers and pour it into an empty shotgun shell casing. You then toss in the fuse from a cherry bomb, and fold the top of the shotgun casing back over. You then take a hot knife to melt the plastic and compress the powder and POOF!!! The whole thing goes up like a "fountain" on the 4th of July, singe-ing your hair and eyebrows.
Nothing explosive. Just the small of burnt hair.
Not very bright, I know.
Comment by Farmer John— 2007/07/09 @ 02:52 PM — (Reply)
erratum - "smell" vice "small"
Comment by Farmer John— 2007/07/09 @ 02:53 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2007/07/09 @ 04:02 PM — (Reply)
Hey, EB, get back with me, I have something I want to run by you:
christianpatriot@comcast.net
Comment by Robert Bayn— 2007/07/10 @ 06:43 AM — (Reply)
FJ-Guys, if it goes; BOOM, pow, smack, bang, crash...they have so much fun, and burnt; hair, skin, clothes...
tmw
saint
Comment by the merry widow— 2007/07/10 @ 10:19 AM — (Reply)