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Post by Opti on Sept 17, 2014 3:08:32 GMT -5
I wanted to share a couple of my of favorite accomplishments and hope many you will share yours as well.
1985 - PESC Volleyball Tournament Champs
ETA: I have added amusing and annoying to the type of accomplishments I hope people will feel free to share. Sometimes "I got showered" is an amazing accomplishment in its own right. Other times, I celebrate when my would be accomplishments go horribly wrong, in a very Optimist4Balance way. I almost ruined a skillet attempting Julia Child's method of French toast using water/liquid to poach it instead of oil. The timing needs to be somewhat accurate and precise.
I would have been hard pressed to intentionally seal a piece of French toast to a skillet, yet I did it anyway. Behold the power and mistakes of a sleep-deprived Optimist!
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Post by ZaireinHD on Sept 19, 2014 20:02:28 GMT -5
having an award and trophy winning 98 Honda Accord
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Sept 19, 2014 20:04:57 GMT -5
I had my name on a gold plaque at El Toritoes for downing a real worm with my shot of Tequila. <<beams with pride>>
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 20:24:32 GMT -5
I had my name on a gold plaque at El Toritoes for downing a real worm with my shot of Tequila. <<beams with pride>> YOU GO GIRL!!!
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Post by billisonboard on Sept 19, 2014 20:29:11 GMT -5
Goofy Challenge at Disney World. Half marathon on Saturday, full marathon on Sunday.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 20:34:23 GMT -5
Depressing one: Surviving spinal meningitis with only hearing loss at 6 months and I guess graduating college 12 years after high school. Took some time but I did it! Fun one: hmmm... I will have to think about that. I really don't know. New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys concert at Fenway Park a couple of years ago, maybe? I know squat about BSB, but I did grow up with NKOTB, although I have lost all respect for for marrying that whore McCarthy.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Sept 19, 2014 21:35:23 GMT -5
I had my name on a gold plaque at El Toritoes for downing a real worm with my shot of Tequila. <<beams with pride>> But was it REAL gold? I'm sorry. I was just, I don't know. I was always so proud of the Spelling Bee and now.... LOL! What's important was that it was real Tequila! Gold was the color. And welcome to the board! <---- No worm - I promise! LMAO!!! I didn't see this earlier!
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Post by ZaireinHD on Sept 20, 2014 0:11:54 GMT -5
It's hell to peak at 11.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 20, 2014 0:49:03 GMT -5
I'm a member of this board! <beams with pride> Please. No
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Post by Opti on Sept 20, 2014 0:53:01 GMT -5
I had my name on a gold plaque at El Toritoes for downing a real worm with my shot of Tequila. <<beams with pride>> Tough woman. I think I could only drink down the worm if I were convinced it was very dead and pickled!
<--- the advantage to not preferring hard liquor(sorry RUM ) is it doesn't encompass things like drinking worms and the quality of one's peat bog. LOL.
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Post by Opti on Sept 20, 2014 0:59:52 GMT -5
I won the 5th grade Spelling Bee Championship, got a REAL bra, B cup (not a typo) and was kissed by oft chased and seldom caught elementery school hunk and heartthrob, Kenneth Sterling McGregor IV, all within a weeks span. Kenny was a real spelling fan. It's hell to peak at 11. You need to start planning your comeback re-peak. Pick an age and figure out what you want those accomplishments to be.
What grade is 11 years old? That's might have been the height of my musical career or at least reputation... -rofl-Damn, no school heart throbs for me so far, ever. Personally I count the day in 5th grade I got mad at the big kid and made him go fetch the ball or something. We had a stare down. Later I learned most people assumed he was a suburban Mafiso's son.
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Post by Opti on Sept 20, 2014 1:03:42 GMT -5
Other favorite accomplishments.
Won the Homdel volleyball league championship even though I clearly had the team with the second best talent. Successfully convinced my team to make the other team earn their win and hammered the crap out of their best hitter and made him lose his confidence.
(This was a telecom league, post MA bell breakup, so we had Verizon and AT&T folks.)
ETA: I am especially proud of this win in part because I chose to become a captain after being on two teams that finished in the bottom 50%. I knew I could do better, or at least feel better about future volleyball if I gave being a captain a shot.
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Post by cronewitch on Sept 20, 2014 2:05:37 GMT -5
Entered my dog in a pet show and she won "dog with the curliest tail"
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Post by swamp on Sept 20, 2014 7:43:20 GMT -5
Sectional record holder in 200 medley relay in my senior year of HS State ranked in 200 fly and 400 IM in college.
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Post by Shooby on Sept 20, 2014 7:45:44 GMT -5
First GIRL in my area to play on Boys' Little League. First girl to hit a homerun. First girl to play on the All Star team.
I set high score and rebounding records for girls basketball at my school. I was the Team Captain. I hit 50% of my shots from the floor in our very last HS game that went into double overtime.
I was the HS Salutatorian.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 20, 2014 7:50:55 GMT -5
I had my name on a gold plaque at El Toritoes for downing a real worm with my shot of Tequila. <<beams with pride>> Tough woman. I think I could only drink down the worm if I were convinced it was very dead and pickled!
<--- the advantage to not preferring hard liquor(sorry RUM ) is it doesn't encompass things like drinking worms and the quality of one's peat bog. LOL.
If it was in the bottom of the Tiquila bottle it was definately dead and pickled. That's the way they served it up in Mexico!!
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Post by giramomma on Sept 20, 2014 8:35:20 GMT -5
I have my earned my polar bear patch from Boy scouts. Slept outside in a tent when the temp got below 32. Teaching a bunch of boys to make a circuit, and then having one of them pretend to be a minion. When the kids I work with, whether it's through teaching, scouting, whatever, make sure to seek me out and have a conversation with me. Or tell me family stories that make their parents cringe. ETA: I had a lots of the typical achievements growing up: graduated top ten in my class (out of 200+), got academic honors, musical honors, etc. That was all expected, and I don't identify any of that, really, with my uniqueness. There's lots of smart, talented people in this world.
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Post by sesfw on Sept 20, 2014 10:14:58 GMT -5
DH#1 and I earned our 'cloud hoppers' badge in the late 1960s when we square danced a full set on Trail Ridge Road in Colorado. Elevation 10K ft and they did have oxygen stations in case of emergency.
Otherwise I'm the person on the bottom the high achievers stand on.
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Post by flamingo on Sept 20, 2014 10:30:33 GMT -5
Hmm, let's see. I won a cannonball contest when I was 8. I was the only girl who entered which is probably why I won I was such a shy kid, I can't believe I entered, let alone won! For a real accomplishment, I'd have to say graduating law school and passing the bar. I know, most anyone can do this if they set their mind to it, but decided at 11 I was going to do it, and by 24 I had done it. So that makes me happy
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 20, 2014 11:22:15 GMT -5
I baptized the baby Jesus in my first grade Christmas nativity play.
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Post by swamp on Sept 20, 2014 13:23:30 GMT -5
This summer I did the swim leg of a triathlon and swam 750 meters in open water in about 21 minutes. And I didn't train for it.
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Post by tallguy on Sept 20, 2014 14:02:37 GMT -5
FAVORITE accomplishment? I don't know. I've never been emotional about myself or my own things. The best STORY though....
I was in a bowling league for several years and was pretty decent. Never averaged 200 but could hit it fairly regularly. One night I started a game with a perfect roll...and left a solid 10-pin. Pissed me off. Picked up the 10, walked back and told my leadoff guy, "11 in a row for 290." Struck in the second, walked back and told him, "11 in a row for 290." Same in the third and fourth, "11 in a row for 290." Got the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth. Picked up my ball and got on the approach for the tenth frame. I looked up at the scores and thought, "Damn! I could really do this!" and the absurdity of it caused me to start laughing. Now, I REALLY should have stepped off and composed myself. But what fun would that be, right? Rolled the ball and could tell immediately that I had missed badly. Didn't even hit the pocket. Should have gotten five or six pins, but each pin fell into another one. Plop...plop...plop...plop. Got the "strike" and just busted up laughing. Said to myself, "Okay. This is me!" Drilled the last two and got my 290. Still totally absurd to this day.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 20, 2014 16:11:47 GMT -5
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Sept 20, 2014 16:58:35 GMT -5
I hold the record among my friends as being the only one who knows how to bail pEEps out of jail in three different states PM me your cell phone number, will you, please?
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I hold the record among my friends as being the only one who knows how to bail pEEps out of jail in three different states PM me your cell phone number, will you, please?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 17:03:29 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 17:17:53 GMT -5
I was a giraffe in kindergarten in a play. I'd forgotten that! I guess I peaked at 5.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 17:25:02 GMT -5
I was a giraffe in kindergarten in a play. I'd forgotten that! I guess I peaked at 5. Overachiever! Well I hate to brag!
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 20, 2014 17:25:33 GMT -5
I won a Shirley Temple look-alike contest when I was 5. I also managed to keep a doctor from killing a poor guy. Oh, and I once escaped the police (who were chasing me for something I don't remember) by tearing through a corn field and hiding in a friend's barn. That ol' Dodge could get up and GO!
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 20, 2014 17:44:52 GMT -5
I won a Shirley Temple look-alike contest when I was 5. I also managed to keep a doctor from killing a poor guy. Oh, and I once escaped the police (who were chasing me for something I don't remember) by tearing through a corn field and hiding in a friend's barn. That ol' Dodge could get up and GO! The doc's name wasn't Kevorkian was it? You know, I think I'd remember why I was running from the cops. I might not remember why I married the first 2 or 3 husbands or something silly like that, but getting the hell out of Dodge in a Dodge, yeah, I'd remember that. Shirley! I love Shirley! That we have in common. When I was little, I looked a lot like her too. I think I have every movie she ever did. My DH laughs at me because that's my "I'm sick" indulgence. Put on the old movies and a pot of Earl Grey and leave me alone. (He laughs but he's the one who got me the old movies.) No, his name wasn't Kevorkian. It should have been Stupid! The escape through the cornfield incident was 56 years ago. I have trouble remembering this morning! I've watched a few of Ms. Temple's films. Loved the dancing and they are, for the most part, uplifting. A lot better than some of the stuff foisted on us these days!
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