# 5 fun facts about yourself
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719
**Category:** Fun
**Created:** [November 27, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719 "2017-11-27T21:29:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/1 "2017-11-27T21:29:34Z")
I know we have this over on tu but why not start a thread over here šā¦write 5 facts about yourself that you would want people to know about you š. You could learn something new about a person on here. So here we go
1. i have two different color eyes. My left one is a green/hazel shade and my right is a brown shade. It is a rarity for people with two different color eyes
2. i am hearing impaired and enjoy music. I sing, play the piano and the violin. I use to play the cello and flute. I am horrible at learning the base guitar and still need lots of practice
3. the first country outside of the USA ive been to was israelā¦canada came next
4. im related to amelia earhart by marriage and related to the founder of the state of maine
5. i have an obsessions with penguins. they are my favorite animal. i know so much about them. my penguin collection at home is big.
so whatcha say huh?
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/2 "2017-12-10T18:54:52Z")
first off, amymc, great idea.
1. when i enjoy reading a book by a particular author, i read EVERYTHING that they have ever written, including letters to their editors, etc.
2. i am adopted and have no idea about the health of my biological family.
3. i once delivered a calf while living on a farm in upstate NY ( i also lived on a farm in VT and milked goats, cows, worked in fields all day, slaughtered chickens (ick)
4. my first book was published right after college (i went to Vassar in Poughkeepsie, NY, upstate where it is always beautiful ā.)
5. i used to be both fluent in french and spanish but have not used either language in so many years that i have forgotten almost everyting.
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### Author:  [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/3 "2017-12-10T18:59:51Z")
what is the title of your book??? š
and neat facts!
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/4 "2017-12-10T19:18:04Z")
believe it or not, i can barely remember the title of the book; i think it was called Little Book of Memories, published by bantom books.(it is long out of print )
i have also written for many health magazines, disability magazines, and a religeous jewish magazine, called Amit, on many different occations on a wide variety of topics.
manly i write short fiction collections, but i am working on a novel called Awnings and Other Costumes, based loosely on my college experiences and my first marriage and subsequent divorce.
my favorite authors are (in no particular sequence):
Grace Paley, Murakami, Virginia Wolf, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, Kafka, Capote,Chekhov, Gogol, Hemingway (but not all), Tom Robbinns, Charles Bukowski, Durrenmatt, Camus, Nora Ephron, and OMG, there are so many more i would have to open an entire new thread just to list them. (can you tell i love to read š ?)
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### Author:  [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/5 "2017-12-10T21:28:37Z")
its a shame that your book is out of print! i wouldve of loved to read it. ive heard of amitā¦my rabbi use to read it. i dont have any favorite authors. ok but im related to herā¦my grandma. she just published a book š
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/6 "2017-12-10T22:04:22Z")
that is so cool. what a small world it is!
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/7 "2017-12-11T04:39:53Z")
@amymc, what a great thread, and what a great post from both you and my favorite @daisymae!
I had to scratch my head to find 5 fun facts about myself: I am on the boring end of the spectrum! I am afraid those I found are not that much fun:
- my favorite interest and subject of investigation is Mykenaian Greece, i.e. pre 1200 BCE
- Although I was born French, I was born and partially raised in Africa (French Navy brat)
- I am in the midst of writing a translation of a Euripides playāalthough I sometimes doubt that I will ever finish it (and more than likely nobody will buy it)
- I have a PhD in Control Engineering, but I never used it in my industry career (although I did work as a control engineer after my MS and before my PhD)
- For almost 20 years, I did not spend a day without reading at least one book (I read very fast). I broke that uninterrupted record after my younger son was diagnosed with T1D ā¹
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### Author:  [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/8 "2017-12-11T05:50:40Z")
i never used my degree as well. it was hard to find a job in it. and thats cool that about who you are. are you still in africa?
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### Author:  [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/9 "2017-12-11T06:09:00Z")
Itās really hard for me to think of interesting facts about myself.
If I practice I can solve a Rubikās cube in under a minute
I am a ship captain and believe I am first class pilot for more areas than anyone else possibly in the world.
My goal is to retire at age 40
The furtherst glimpse into the known universe was sighted by the Hubble telescope through a āgravitational lensā created by a supercluster of galaxies known only by my name and its number. (As are all other superclusters)
I havenāt seen sunlight this month.
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/10 "2017-12-11T17:10:03Z")
> [@Sam](#):
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> I am first class pilot for more areas than anyone else possibly in the world.
what type of planes do you pilot?
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### Author:  [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/11 "2017-12-11T17:17:32Z")
Ships, not airplanes, Iām a marine pilot
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### Author:  [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/12 "2017-12-11T17:44:46Z")
simper fi! i was born on a marine base š
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/13 "2017-12-11T17:58:51Z")
> [@amymc](#):
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> i was born on a marine base š
He means for ships!
> [@amymc](#):
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> are you still in africa?
Living in WI right now, deep Midwest š
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### Author:  [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/14 "2017-12-11T18:21:28Z")
oh so water marineā¦got it šā¦and in the land of where you dont get much snow lolā¦and the cheese state.
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/15 "2017-12-11T18:26:47Z")
> [@Sam](#):
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> I havenāt seen sunlight this month.
Pretty darn cool, @Samāalthough I hear it has some effect on depression.
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### Author:  [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/16 "2017-12-11T18:30:55Z")
I can attest to thatā¦ itās actually a bit of a stretch to say I havenāt seen āsunlightā as there are several hours of daylight where I live, but I certainly havenāt seen blue sky
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### Author:  [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/17 "2017-12-11T18:34:55Z")
several hours of daylight? so it is dark most of the time? it almost sounds like alaska as i know they have that as well
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### Author:  [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/18 "2017-12-11T18:41:04Z")
Almost like Alaska, yes
Weāre just a few days from the winter solstice which is the shortest day of the year and is usually a big celebration, near the summer solstice it doesnāt really get dark at all
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### Author:  [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/19 "2017-12-11T18:45:53Z")
> [@Sam](#):
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> I am a ship captain and believe I am first class pilot for more areas than anyone else possibly in the world.
>
> My goal is to retire at age 40
You donāt want to use those skills after age 40? š²
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### Author:  [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/5-fun-facts-about-yourself/2719/20 "2017-12-11T18:46:57Z")
i neve rthought that WI would be sort of like alaska
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