A while ago on Facebook I posted a little known fact about myself. So now I’ve decided to add in a few other little trivial spots on yours truly. Some of my friends and family are aware of some of these things but I don’t think anyone knows ALL of them. So here they are.
** I have not thrown up, barfed, puked or hurled since February 5th 1991. Back in the fall of ’93 I came close thanks to having appendicitis but ended up holding in my soup.
** My front four upper teeth are capped. They have been since 1981.
** Back in 1974 I entered and won a ‘Name that New Park’ contest in Elmhurst. A plot of land near my house was to be named and the Elmhurst Park District chose my idea. Pioneer Park was dedicated on Labor Day 1974 and on that day at both Elmhurst public swimming pools, it was ‘Mickey Kahler’s Day.’ I still have the huge signs they made to mark this event. By the way, it rained all that day and it was cold. Doh!
** In high school I failed Driver’s Ed Behind the Wheel. I didn’t get in enough practice time during off school hours and bombed the final road test. I immediately re-upped for the next class and a few weeks later got an A- final grade. Over forty-four years behind the wheel, I have a pretty clean driving record with only one accident that was my fault. (I’ve been hit by drunk drivers twice and even a beer truck)
** I never drink coffee. I like the smell of coffee, but not the taste.
** The same goes for anything with coconut in it. I enjoy the smell, like in a shampoo, soap or skin lotion but can’t stand the taste or texture of coconut.
** When ordering take-out meals to be delivered, eating at restaurants or having drinks at a bar I’m a very good tipper. For years my mother was a waitress at various eateries including Elmhurst’s swanky Stevens Steakhouse and I remember how hard she worked shlepping meals to diners. People in the service industry have a challenging gig and I don’t blink twice at rewarding them more than fairly.
**Back to drinks. When having cocktails with friends I usually toast them by saying “Slainte!” (Pronounced Slahncha) It’s an Irish & Scottish Gaelic word that means ‘Good health.’ I first picked up on this term watching the great Irish movie “Waking Ned Devine.”
** I’m sort of left-handed, sort of right-handed. I write, throw, swing a baseball bat, a golf club and shoot a hockey stick as a lefty. Using a spoon or fork, I go lefty. However, I cut with scissors, kick a ball, shoot a gun and play guitar as a righty. Oh, and when using a phone, I’m always left eared.
** I always enjoyed cutting my own lawn but since 2010 had to stop. I developed a wicked allergy to freshly mowed grass. Hiring a landscaping service was the way to take care of my yard but now a neighbor’s son does my grass cutting.
** While I no longer have my appendix or gall bladder, I still have my tonsils, all my teeth and seventy-five percent of my hair. (Gray as it may be)
** I’ve only dated one red headed woman but often find myself attracted to ginger haired lasses.
DEAR READERS- I’ve going to take some time off from posting new blogs. So many folks are caught up in post-pandemic enjoyments (deservedly so) and I am too. Plus, I’m working on some short story ideas. See you back later this summer.