Thunderchild

Great sig-love the detail.

I work nights-12 hour shifts. I’ve gone 72 hours without sleep before-dangerous as hell driving home. My eyes would close, but I could still see the road. I’d jerk awake and be headed for a sugar maple.

Movie star = Bo Derek. Irl = a girl I went to school with but never had the bottle to ask out. I was crazy about her. Years later I met her in a bar and the topic came up-she said she had wondered what was wrong with her as she’d been just waiting for me to ask her, as she really enjoyed my company. The stupid crap you do when you’re a kid.

I did it. When I was 21 I changed my middle and last names around. My family name is a first name and my middle name was my grandmothers maiden name. If I could go back and undo it I definitely would. It upset my dad more than I thought it would. We’re so thoughtless sometimes when we’re young. Too much water under the bridge now to change it back.

Yeah-cry me a river man. I’m one and a half away from 50!

‘Holy shit-look at the size of it!’

‘As You are, so was I. As I am, so shall you be.’ Dark, eh?

I met Prince Charles and Princess Diana while they were still married-I was around 12 I think. I also met Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason from Pink Floyd, amongst others not worthy of mentioning next to these luminaries.

I don’t imagine it’s universal, however I’ve met 3 bronies irl and all the traits mentioned were in evidence. Especially the personal freshness one-Madre De Dios!

New Zealand or Germany.

My daughter left us her Maltese/poodle mix when she moved south. When she was a little puppy her whines would sound like whistling, so we named her whistles. She’s a good girl.

Just trying to make up the character requirement. The didn't have this before.

There are a lot of factors that determine closeness with one parent or another. It depends a lot on the kid-and often on the stage of development they are at. For some they need emotional openness from their parents to feel close to them, for others that approach can feel unstable. Most kids need stability more than anything-the closeness sometimes only develops when the relationship shifts from provider/dependent to independent-others are close to one or another from day 1. People and their relationships are very individual, and there is no one box they all fit in-it depends on a lot of different issues. To say that girls tend toward their mothers and boys to their fathers is erroneous-each parent provides for a different set of needs. Mom is often the nurturing, comforting figure, Dad is the protector. Our girls will talk to my wife for hours and have connections with her that i don't-but when they're scared they run to me for protection and safety. Both are vitally important, but in different ways.

Disappear into my garage and work on stuff, smoke a cigar, lift weights, punch a heavy bag, listen to Motorhead or something similarly heavy-all usually work.

48. The only one I know of in here who's older than me is Fhaolan.

1970-Richard Nixon. Oldness.

I went to school in England during the '70s and early '80s. Got bullied a lot-3 or 4 of them would wait for me after school, then pound the crap out of me. My parents and the teachers did nothing-I ended up having to learn boxing by secretly going to a gym down the road from me. Learned how to move and punch-got one good smack in on the biggest guy and that was it. I went on to study Goju-Ryu and MMA before it was popular-worked as a bouncer for many years and had countless altercations with drunks. I still work security, but haven't had a fight in 20 + years at this point.