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Mark Padgett Wed Dec 20, 2006 08:54pm
I forgot some - all true:

1) I had dinner with Jimmy Carter
2) I worked parking cars at a mob-owned restaurant
3) I entered high school at age 12
4) My wife participated in the Miss Oregon pageant
5) My first car was a '65 Mustang

26 Year Gap Wed Dec 20, 2006 09:52pm
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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap
Mine are:
1. I have called games at both high schools I attended.
True. I called a game at age 20 at my alma mater Woodland HS in Maine. And I called my first game at Bellows Free Academy in St Albans VT last season where I attended my first two years at age 48.
2. I saw the very first NCAA hockey game played by the Maine Black Bears in the modern era.
True. I was enrolled at UMaine when the hockey arena was built and the first NCAA season was during my senior year in 1978-79.
3. I saw Mickey Mantle homer from both sides of the plate at Fenway at my first MLB game.
True. As a 9 year old I witnessed the Red Sox defeat the Yankees 5-3 at Fenway in June 1966. Mantle hit 2 HRs. One LH. One RH.
4. The first home I owned was on the first street of the first home my parents owned.True. My folks bought their first home in 1962 in St Albans VT. They [along with me] moved in 1973 to Maine. In 1981, I bought my first home in St Albans VT on the same street.
5. Before this year, I had never officiated a game without wearing glasses.
False. I started wearing glasses at age 26, after my first stint was over. I started with the contacts one month ago.

Texas Aggie Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:05pm
I couldn't begin to guess on all you guy's, but here's mine.

1. I appeared on a major network TV show with a TV/Movie superstar.
2. I was a member of the 12th Man kickoff team at Texas A&M.
3. I am a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court.
4. I have a cousin who starred in a major network show during the 1970s who littered the lockers of junior high boys all over the country.
5. My wife is a direct descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

26 Year Gap Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:10pm
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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
I couldn't begin to guess on all you guy's, but here's mine.

1. I appeared on a major network TV show with a TV/Movie superstar.
2. I was a member of the 12th Man kickoff team at Texas A&M.
3. I am a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court.
4. I have a cousin who starred in a major network show during the 1970s who littered the lockers of junior high boys all over the country.
5. My wife is a direct descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Guessing that #1 & #4 are somehow tied together, I will go for #3.

HawkeyeCubP Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:23pm
What the hay...
 
1. I've been at the last 6 football Bowl Games the University of Iowa has won.
2. I participated in Hands Across America.
3. My father invented Dairy Queen's "Mr. Misty Freeze."
4. I once worked a varsity basketball game wearing black women's short-(panty)hose.
5. I began my officiating career with shoulder-length bleached-blonde dreadlocks.

HawkeyeCubP Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:26pm
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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
Here are mine:
1) I have received a speeding ticket trying to get to a game on time.
2) I was once involved with the Seminary, but I left.
3) There is royal blood in my ancestry.
4) I have done provincial championships in 2 sports and at 3 different levels.
5) I have received a speeding ticket trying to get home from a game quicker.
I can't believe no one has gone after you yet.

I'm gonna go with....1.

26 Year Gap Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:28pm
# 3 for Hawkeye & JR.

Texas Aggie Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:30pm
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
My money's on #3.

For me:
1. General Robert E. Lee is in my family tree.
2. I was born with 6 fingers on each hand and 6 toes on each foot.
3. My son is the sixth consecutive "first son"to be named "George."
4. I spent 6 months in southern Iraq.
5. I voted for the last 4 winners in the Presidential elections.
I'll say 4 is untrue. Probably in Northern Iraq!

Texas Aggie Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:31pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP
1. I've been at the last 6 football Bowl Games the University of Iowa has won.
2. I participated in Hands Across America.
3. My father invented Dairy Queen's "Mr. Misty Freeze."
4. I once worked a varsity basketball game wearing black women's short-(panty)hose.
5. I began my officiating career with shoulder-length bleached-blonde dreadlocks.
I'll go with 2 being untrue.

HawkeyeCubP Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap
# 3 for Hawkeye & JR.
Ah, good old Dad. My grandparents did indeed own the original Dairy Queen in Muscatine, IA, and I was somewhat raised in a highchair by the register for a time, and he did indeed invent the Mr. Misty Freeze (this was, of course, long before I was born).

JugglingReferee Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:36pm
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Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP
I can't believe no one has gone after you yet.

I'm gonna go with....1.

Wow! Very good! I thought for sure the ticket going to a game is a common occurance; and that the royal blood claim is a stretch.

HawkeyeCubP Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:37pm
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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
I'll go with 2 being untrue.
I was in it, in downtown Chicago, IL (age 10). I lost the certificate, however, so you'll have to take me on my word.

I'm going to go obvious with you and say #5 - the wife one. So too obvious, it's obvious. Eh???

HawkeyeCubP Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:40pm
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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
Wow! Very good! I thought for sure the ticket going to the game would be picked, or the royal blood claim.
Woo-hoo!

What do I win?!

Texas Aggie Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:59pm
You going to the Alamo Bowl? I hope for a repeat of 1985.

HawkeyeCubP Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:05pm
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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
You going to the Alamo Bowl? I hope for a repeat of 1985.
Unfortunately, no. Stuck in California this year. Besides, it may be a game more suited for not spending $1000 on a trip for, methinks.

So is your wife of Founding Father lineage, or what?


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