From Southern Knight. I got tagged, and I'll be a sport and pass this one along.
My life as a child (under 15) in 50 words or less: I was born to a Cracker family in Florida. My dad was career Navy, and my mother was an elementary school teacher. We stayed in our hometown while dad stood watch on the wall. After 30 years and three wars, dad had finally done his bit and came back home for good when I was 10.
Where were you a kid? North Ft. Myers, a tiny place in Southwest Florida on the other side of the river from a place slightly less tiny.
Given the choice, were you barefoot or shoed? Barefoot was the norm back then. When I first visited Miami I was amazed they had a sign saying you had to wear shoes in the mall. I was used to the agony I got when my feet hit the air-conditioned tiles of the mall after walking across the blistering hot tar parking lot.
Who was your best friend? Where are they now? One of my hundred cousins, Al, star of my very first memory. I remember meeting him when I was three. He kept me laughing for 15 years and we were Alice Cooper's two biggest fans. He's grown and lives in Virginia now.
Were you a city kid or a country kid? I was a kid in a subdivision in the sticks.
Stupidest thing you did before the age of 15: I set my bedroom on fire. Bonus!: Stupidest thing after 15: I set my Army tent on fire.
Do you know how to play Kick the Can? No. Local parents provided their children with plastic balls and such. Other locals customs included eating with forks and knives and burying the dead.
What else did you play in groups? Knock-on-doors-and-run and Mock-strangers-in-the-mall.
Worst injury? I cut my whole thumb off and had to get it re-attached.
Do you agree with Bob Seger’s line in Against the Wind, “I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then”? Yeah, there are some life lessons I could have done without, especially the ones where I kept signing up for refreshers.
Three people to pass this meme to:
With Cheese!
Trambo Unleashed
Boston Irish
fascist.
Posted by: marc at January 7, 2006 08:05 PMI knew your answers would be interesting.
Posted by: Donnah at January 7, 2006 08:21 PMGee, and I thought we were friends. ;)
I'll get back to you shortly.
Thanks much for making my Saturday night more interesting after a long day at the office. LOL
Posted by: Trambo at January 7, 2006 09:10 PMOkay, Ms. Cracker and all the other Crackers who drift here. I replied to the tag, so y'all have at it.
Great weekends to all.
Posted by: Trambo at January 7, 2006 10:22 PM