1. Tell about where you lived when you first left your parent's home.
2. What was your job at the time, or what were you doing then?
3. What were you doing when JFK was assassinated? (I realize some of you are too young for this question, so just let us know what you remember learning about the assassination).
4. Share a favorite funny story about someone in the family or about yourself.
5. What is your favorite movie of all times?
Dawn's answers
Hello folks, How's it going? All good this end. Here are answers to Ques. You may regret the story one, tis a long one! Take it easy, Luv Dx
1. Tell about where you lived when you first left your parent's home. ANSWER-I officially moved out when i was 20yrs old & moved to Henlow in Bedfordshire to work at a Health Farm (Henlow Grange, funnily enough)! I was there for a year & managed to live in
2 "Staff" houses whilst there, sharing with 3-5 other people. Was fun & stressful. 2. What was your job at the time, or what were you doing then? ANSWER-I was a basic beauty therapist at the health farm, doing massages all day long. It was totally shattering, but now looks great on my CV. Made a life long friend there too.
3. What were you doing when JFK was assassinated? (I realize some of you are too young for this question, so just let us know what you remember learning about the assassination). ANSWER-Er....who. NO, i'm just kidding!! ooh, all i remember of it, were stories, conspiracy theories & wasn't he copping off with Marilyn M??
4. Share a favorite funny story about someone in the family or about yourself. ANSWER-Hmmm, could tell stuff about Tara, but she has way too much on me, so no..I'll tell u a story.. Living in Coate, on a farm surrounded by fields was fab (i was 19ish)& our cat Cleo loved it.. all the mice, shrews etc.. One nite, after a hefty nite of drinking in the pub with my farmer pal lads, i was dropped home, somehow got to bed, and went to sleep.. I became aware of a strange feeling on my leg.. A scratchy feeling.. I brushed whatever it was off my leg. My brain then slowly kicked in & i awoke with a start. The "thing" i brushed off, had fur..and a tail.. IN MY BED.Back then (before laser eye surgery) i wore specs. Could i find them in my semi drunken state. NO. I had the light on, fumbling around for my specs, blind as a bat (or blind mice), i gave up & slept with the light on in case i caught sight of a blur moving.. Next morning, being 19, i decided to get up & give Mum & David verbal abuse for this situation (well it wasn't my fault). David, went to my room to investigate & returned in Hysterics.. I had apparently, when brushing said fur thing with tail, knocked the little blighter unconcious & little mousy slept next to me in bed all nite.. I think he died from shock! Cleo, got chucked out that morning with me screaming at her. Tres funny now, but at the time, i felt violated!!!! I will never have a cat again, Guinea Pigs rule!
5. What is your favorite movie of all times?ANSWER-Er, i have about 100 of those back home in DVD cupboard.. Hmmm, ok, i do go back to "Notting Hill" a lot, a good all rounder, and yes, a chick flick. "Just Friends" is also in top 5. Thats all folks!!!!!Cheers Dx
Sharon's answers
1, 2, & 3. When I first left home, I went to Omaha NE to attend a business school. I walked into the school the first day, and turned around and left to get a job at an insurance company. I didn't want to pay the money for school when I could be making a wage instead. I worked there for four months. During that time I was interviewed for a position in Washington, D.C. for the Department of Agriculture. I took the Washington, D.C. job in January 1962. My next job was with the Dahlgren Naval Weapons Lab in Virginia during the Viet Nam war. The Lab was on the Potomac River where they were constantly shooting/testing warheads down the river. I was working at the supply department at Dahlgren when President Kennedy was shot....we immediately heard the news and were all excused to go home. This was Friday noon, and we did not go back to work until Tuesday. I spent the whole time glued to the television set. It was a traumatic time at the age of 20.
4. Funny Story - The funniest story about me that my family likes to relate consistently is when I was about 10 years old. My cousin and I (about the same age) were playing beauticians. We were both sitting on the bathroom sink looking into the mirror above. The sink broke away from the wall and water spurted out. I quickly called my Dad at work to come home to help. We kept getting clean towels to clean up the water and kept throwing them in the bathtub, never thinking about ringing them out....we just got more clean towels until my dad got home to turn off the water.
5. Favorite Movie - The best movie I ever saw was "Madam X" - as I remember, a black and white movie. The worst movie I ever saw was "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". I had nightmares about this movie for years afterwards. Of the newer movies, I think the Bourne movies are great - "Bourne Identity", etc.
Tony's answers
1. Tell about where you lived when you first left your parent's home. At the age of 21, Susan and I married and moved to 13 Debdale Road, Barrowby (a village just outside of Grantham). The house cost 2,400 gbp. We were stretched to pay the 14 pounds per month mortgage which was approximately our joint income for a week.
2. What was your job at the time, or what were you doing then? At 21 years old, I was five years into a nine year apprenticeship aimed at being a design draughtsman at Kontak Manufacturing Company in Grantham.
3. What were you doing when JFK was assassinated? I have no idea. It had little or no impact on me personally.
4. Share a favorite funny story about someone in the family or about yourself. Sharon has to help out here. When Tony moved to America, we were driving down the road. Some car ahead did something "stupid" in Tony's mind. He said "Isn't that just like a woman driver". Unfortunately, he had a memory lapse and was looking at the right side of the front seat, saw a woman sitting there. He had to be reminded that the driver was a man on the left side!! Another funny story ~ when we were traveling in South Dakota when the Sturgis motorcycle rally was going on ~ Sharon took a nap. When Sharon woke up, some motorcyclists had just gone by and Tony waved at them. Tony told Sharon that every motorcyclist that went by waved at him ~ "They were the friendliest people". Sharon had to fill Tony in on the fact that when motorcyclists passed him on the highway, they always raised their left hand ~ the signal that they were moving to the right of the highway ~ not waving at him!!
5. What is your favorite movie of all times? "Predator" with Arnold Schwarzenager was a brilliant movie! Especially the effects which were dramatic at the time the film was released in 1987.
Terry's answers
1. When I first left home, I went to live near a town called Bridgnorth in Shropshire.This was to be my inauguration into the Royal Air Force. Twenty guys to each billet with two coal burning stoves to keep us all warm. It was February
2. I spent just over four months there square bashing. Marching and polishing boots. I even got threatened with a court marshal for not having a shave. How the hell he could see that I don't know as I was only seventeen and a half.
3. I was stationed at RAF Locking radio school on an intensive eighteen month electronics course. (Not learning how to fly Jonathan) Can't remember what I was doing when I found out.
4. The date was 21 July 1969. I was stationed in Singapore with Jan. We had a small black and white Sanyo TV and although we had a choice of about 6 channels, only one or possibly two were in English. Everybody who had a TV was glued to it to watch the landing on the moon. Ground breaking stuff and a momentous occasion for the whole of mankind. I was staring at the TV when Jan uttered those words I will never forget.... "Is there anything on the other channel?"
5. Favourite movie is without a doubt "The Godfather" I have seen it many times and have read the book. This question jogged my memory to see if I had a recording of it and I do, so I started watching it again. Marlon Brando is superb and I think this was the start of Al Pacino'S fame.The way the film swings from the happy wedding party to the sinister walk down the corridor of Lucca Brazzi. You have got to see it.
2. What was your job at the time, or what were you doing then? - I was working in Westinghouse Brake and Signal in the Sales Office Foundry Department as a Secretary having qualified through their "in-house" trainee department.
3. What were you doing when JFK was assassinated? (I realize some of you are too young for this question, so just let us know what you remember learning about the assassination). - Really don't remember much about this event only the fact that it was obviously constantly in the news and on the TV.
Jonathan ~ We wanted to suggest a GPS for you but found out that using A GPS in Spain is illegal.....so we would have got you this indoor outdoor thermometer
Basic 3-Channel Radio Frequency Thermometer
Rachel ~ we thought you might enjoy a water fountain
Beautiful 11" indoor water fountain with a waterfall pouring from one pot into a another one. Polyresin construction. 2 Water flow speeds and UL certified. Approximate Dimensions: 11" H x 7" L. Cord is 6' 2" long.
Abe ~ for you we would have bought a Battleship Game
game. You're the commander of your fleet, so prepare your strategy and lead your troops to victory. Call out your coordinates and mark your hits and misses. Try to destroy your opponent's fleet before they destroy yours, then remove the mission sheet from the command unit to reveal the battlefield. The new double-sided battle grid brings even more excitement to Battleship!
Lily ~ for you we would have bought this Crayola Twistables Sketch & Draw Set
With the Crayola Twistables Sketch and Draw set, kids can create colorful art anywhere, anytime. The pack is portable.
Grandpa Tony (Dad) & Sharon
