What you didn't know...

LisaSDCA, can I just say, that I have always enjoyed you here.  I love your posts, I love talking to you, and after hearing those two heart warming stories, I am so glad to call you a friend.

For a minute there, I felt like I was reading chicken soup for the soul.

Oh garsh, you guyz (blush). Thank you very much for such kind words. But I really wasn't so heroic. As I said, it was instinctive to go after that little girl, a reflexive reaction - much as any of you would jump right in if you saw a baby fall into a swimming pool.

I have to admit that over the years I have wondered if she grew up to be a troublesome teen, or if she had babies, what her career is, etc. Isn't it Native American tradition that says you are responsible for any life that you save? I have thought of looking up her family through the Naval Academy, but never have.

A few years after my Price is Right experience, I happened to have a patient who was an assistant producer on the show and he managed to get me a video tape of the episode (this was waaay back when people were only beginning to commonly have VCRs). What an amazing coincidence that I would ever be able to have it. But then of course, later I'd get the delightful experience of walking in after work to my 10th grade daughter showing the tape to her whole volleyball team and all of them rolling with laughter at the 80's clothes and hairdo's. "That was really you on the Price is Right? Bwaaahahaha!"

It is pretty entertaining.

Lisa

Roctobermom- cool that you were on two TV shows!

In 1979, i tried out for the game show "Card Sharks" and made it to the point of actually playing the game for the producer.  when i pointed out they hadn't cut the cards, i was not asked to continue.  LOL.

i'm on C-SPAN II periodically.  it's irratic because i just fill in here and there.

Hi Marin,

I took Irish dancing lessons too!  I was so bad that I was always in the last line.  Worse, my two sisters were in the class, older and younger, and both were always in the first line.  I can't remember any of the dances. 

Haha...Lisa...my daughters would be doing the same thing...laughing their heads off!  I have to admit..the fashion and style of the 80's...pretty laughable!

In 1980 I lived on a dude ranch where people rented horses for the day. Once I got this rich guy and his girlfriend lost in the mountains in Arizona for about 16 hours. He gave me a huge tip and said it was the most fun they had ever had. It actually was quite fun. Once I let the horse have his reins he just turned around and headed home.

BMD- that's a great story.  I hope you had some food and water on that adventure.

Well I guess I'll share two things.

In my teens, I was a member of an area Gunfighter's Club, did stunt falls and was the cantina floozy that got shot.

In 2006 I attended "8 Days of Hope" in Bay St. Louis and helped rebuild homes and installed flooring.  It was awesome!

I was robbed once at a drugstore I worked at.  Had to lay on my stomach and was tied up and called "broad in the red top" for 45 minutes by two crazy guys with guns and wigs on.  (No wonder I have an aversion to wigs!).

I also won the "I survived" award while white-water river rafting.  We had a teenage guide (daughter of the owner of the company), who didn't know what she was doing.  I was flipped into the river in front of the raft and then run over by the raft.  On rapids called "Widowmaker".  I went out of the raft and into the river THREE times that day!  Yep - I'm a survivor!

Sue,  wow, out of the raft into the rapids 3 times in one day???  The question is did you ever raft again?  I used to raft (but not rapids) alot when we lived in Germany and still miss it.

Marin,  maybe you saved my cousin., she jumped off the high dive on a dare, we didn't know she couldn't swim!   Or maybe there are way too many non-swimming dare-taking kids!