Older Than Dirt

That would be me. I repair and configure computers to pay the bills, but my first love is writing. Anything. I don't care if its instructions on a chewing gum wrapper, if it needs to be written I want to do it. I'm also the original non-discriminatory eclectic - I have and listen to all kinds of music except Dixieland (8 TB and counting in the media collection).

I started posting here roughly a week ago but never got around to doing a noob post like this one. Senior Member algebra was nice enough to help me find some heretofore unfindable lyrics for a song, so I thought I'd stick around a while and see if I could pay that kindness forward.

So, thank you for putting up with my babble. See you on the boards!

Hey, welcome aboard!

Hope you'll stick around for more than just a while.


post scriptum: your thread title is slightly misleading

My thread title describes me perfectly, I'm afraid. Although my surgically reconstructed left knee has some parts that are still under manufacturer's warranty (I think), the rest of me is indeed ... older than dirt.

Thanks for the welcome - hope to stick around a bit. Its been fun so far.

Welcome to the forum....

I see that Algebra helped you, well he helped me a loot tooo, he is a good guy.. so I would like to know more about.. such things like: are you female or male? where are you from??

Greetings from México!!

Lo siento. Let me give you the vitals.

Sex: Male. I have both an X and a Y chromosome and I'm not afraid to use them.

Age: Classified. But trust me, its old, very old. Some igneous rock formations don't get this old. Some of my original equipment works better than others, and I've had implants and upgrades installed over the years. Some days, the artificial stuff works better than the factory installs do.

Location: Southern US. I can't see Russia from my house, but I can certainly see the Gulf of Mexico.

Name: I have one. Three, actually - a first, last, and middle.

Weird Little Accomplishments (one of these is a complete lie):

- I once called the President of the United States in 1981 to tell him that US armed forces had engaged forces from a country in the Middle East. He was very cordial with me in spite of being woken from a sound sleep, and wanted to know if I had a dog. I had to tell him that I'm a cat person, but he wasn't too disappointed.

- I can turn either or both of my feet 180 degrees in the opposite direction. I've won more bar bets doing that.

- I collect molds, spores, and fungus.

- I was once the backup to the backup Mission Specialist for a ride on the Space Shuttle Columbia. If both the primary and backup Mission Specialists had eaten some bad pudding or gotten a hangnail, I would have gone on the flight. But both were disgustingly healthy and detested pudding.

- I've set foot on every continent except Antarctica.

^o^ you are funny!

Sorry for joining in a bit late, but: why on earth would you collect fungus??? and how???

Originally Posted by NikiLas

Sorry for joining in a bit late, but: why on earth would you collect fungus??? and how???

Actually, that was the "lie" out of the five claims I made in that post. The line, "I collect mold, spores and fungus" was from a movie called Ghostbusters that I saw a long time ago. I really don't collect fungus, but I really have done (or haven't done in the case of going to Antarctica) everything else on that list.

Oh, I see! Actually, I was hoping it wasn't true Seen that movie many times, but I can never remeber any lines out of any movies...
So, is it true about the President of the United States then?

Yes, all true. The President was Ronald Reagan, and I was working in military communications at the time. Normally the officer in charge at my station would have made the call, but he had left the building and had turned his pocket pager off so we couldn't notify him. I was the only other one present who was cleared to use the secure phone, and the rules said we had to call if a specific set of circumstances arose and they did, so I did.

You haven't lived until you've seen a 2-star admiral come running into a communications center in his boxer shorts (they had little red hearts on them) at 4 AM, trying LOUDLY to find out what idiot had used the secure phone to call the White House. After he found out why (and after somebody found his pants), he gave me a commendation.

wow you describe your self as old, i never would have known!!
your posts on the Answer With Your Imagination thread are great! you are very creative!

Wow, that's a fun way to get a commendation from an admiral!!! When you're under the pressure, don't they say "keep your pants on"???

But actually, what I meant was - the President wasn't too disappointed to learn that you were a cat person?

NikiLas: He didn't seem to be. I'm sure he was just being diplomatic after all - the news I passed on was fairly significant and I'm sure he had more to worry about than the animal companion choices of some anonymous sailor half a world away

That's kind of you to say, eternalemo. My flippancy gets me in more trouble more often than I'd care to share - it's nice to have a safe outlet for it once in a while

flippancy? ive never heard that word.lol. like, creativity? imagination?

Originally Posted by Zahra2008

Welcome to the forum....

I see that Algebra helped you, well he helped me a loot tooo, he is a good guy..

Greetings from México!!

jajajajja pensaba q Algebra es una nenita jaja no se porq:S lol

Anyways welcome to the site bro!!have fun&stick around

greeting from israel

Originally Posted by asgard_shill

NikiLas: He didn't seem to be. I'm sure he was just being diplomatic after all - the news I passed on was fairly significant and I'm sure he had more to worry about than the animal companion choices of some anonymous sailor half a world away

Yes, Presidents tend to be very busy with important stuff. Although, I find your manner of storytelling very amusing. Are you going to tell us more? Please?

You're very kind, NikiLas. Some say that they have just the opposite problem - it's hard to get me to shut up. So I'll be around and I hope to tell stories about stuff you like in the process.