RANDOM FACTS
Random Facts about me.
- I've been happily married for over 30 years... yes, to the same woman. We have two daughters and one grandson.
- I was born in Bogota, Colombia.
- I'm a Bicentenial American Citizen. Obtained my citizenship in 1976
- My first car, which I bought in 1972, was a 1960 Ford Fairlane. Paid $100 for it. It's color was "rust". Not the color rust, it was actually all rusted. Sold it two years later for $125.
- My second car, which I bought to replace the one above, was a 1967 Ford Mustang convertible. Bought it for $600 and sold it six months later, for the same $600. Wish I'd known it would become a classic.
- I have had a job every day of my life since I was the age of 11. (Back in the day, when the newspaper used to be delivered by paper boys... I was one of them)
- I was a couch potato until the age of 52.
- I am an Ironman Finisher.
- I am a Marathon Finisher.
- Even though I lived for 12 years in Michigan, I hate cold weather.
- People say I am a physical carbon copy of my dad. People say my daughter is a female carbon copy of me.
- I don't drink alcohol. Not because I have a problem, nor because I have something against it, just because, well because I hate the headache next morning.
- I've always wanted to own my own business. At the age of 57, my dream came true.
- For better or worse, I'm really opinionated, but with an open mind. Kinda.
- I'm allergic to everything. Well, almost everything. Of 54 allergens I was tested for, 53 were positive. If its in the air, I can't breathe it. Makes for an interesting Spring and Fall.
- I'm deathly allergic to shellfish.
- I love to write and to speak in public.
- I never (almost never) drive over the speed limit.
- I've never liked tattoos. Now, I have two.
- I am the ultimate optimist. Cautiously Optimistic is more like it.
- I don't like the hussle and bussle of big cities, prefer the simple laid back life of smaller towns.
- In the last twenty five years, I've only had three jobs and lived in two houses. I've lived in the same town for the past thirty two years.
- I have never had a traffic ticket in my life. I've been stopped twice. Both times for expired tags. Both times I'd forgotten. One time it had expired for six months. Dang, I hope I didn't jinx myself.
