100% upvote giveaway: tell me a story about your life, something that happened to you
Just noticed my voting power has reached 100%. So, I'll do another "story giveaway"! To clarify from my last one, I'm looking for true stories that have happened to you, not fiction. Of course I have no way of verifying whether it really happened to you... :)
Please make the story 100 words or longer, and in English. That's it -- although upvotes, follows, and resteems are also appreciated! Choose any topic: romance, thrill, comedy, etc. Oh, and post the story as a comment; it's okay if you have already made a post with the story, I want to see them all here.
I will upvote until 7 days are up and this post is done; or, until I reach 50% voting power.
True story,
Happened a few days ago. So I’m a residential counselor for individuals who have traumatic brain injuries. My client, he wasn’t having a good day so he threw a fit. He stole our key and wouldn’t give it back so for his punishment he couldn’t go anywhere. Sure enough – he motions me to the car and wants me to open it. I refuse and he starts slamming the cars window (I actually thought he broke the window at the time) then he starts charging me screaming with his arms raised like an animal (mind you hes 260 lbs and im 165 lbs). After this – he jumps the fence and is on the train tracks. He starts lighting a cig and walking along the train tracks.
At this point , it’s a spectacle, everyone at the train station is pointing at my client and cant believe someone is walking on the tracks. Then he walks right into the dark train tunnel. Sh*t hits the fan at this point because if a train comes, its traveling at 30 and wont even see him to stop.
Long story short , we stopped the trains, 1000s of people missed their train and were late and my client surfaced again in the city center unharmed.
Wow! I am recovering from multiple concussions and am disabled, so this really resonates with me. I'm not a smoker, nor that heavy, but often I will need to "run away" from a conversation with my wife, due to my symptoms.
Mostly, I find solace in another part of the house or yard. Rarely, I will need to leave the property. Generally when I do, I drive to a trail nearby where I can take a walk in the woods.
I think I should do more meditation. Thanks for your story!
My Cryptocurrency Story! Back in early March 13 I fell into a real deep hole, I mean deep! Let me explain, I have a decent job in the UK pays over 30K per year and I bought my self a 25k car with a deposit off over 10k! I kept the car for around 1 and half years and took the plunge and sold it, it was the first thing I invested a lot of my money, BUT a demon got the better of me! I sold the car for 16000 Cash to a young lad and owed around 12K on finance still. One night I went on the online gabbling site and spent 10k in one night! This was the worst mistake of my life, my marriage was on the line and luckily she stayed and we came through this together, its only last year I finally paid it all off.
Not having a car and paying finance was a dumb thing and would not recommend gambling to my worst enemy, since that night I have not gambled one thing online or fruit machines.
Now moved up in the world I have got a 250K house in the UK and have moved up in my job!
This is how I got in to Cryptocurrency to keep my mind off and focus on something that can have huge rewards, there is a lot to learn about cryptocurrency than just knowing what bitcoin is. There is plenty of my friends I have told about this and they still don't have the sliest clue and feel confused about simply just sending it across a distributed ledger.
This is my short version that I look back on and think why the hell did I even do that. Look to the future and not the past! The most valuable thing in life is TIME!
Thanks for reading!
I agree on that @williams858
Make TIME your friend...find some!
:D
:)
My wife @countrylover and I have used the online gambling sites. I don't think either of us chewed through more than 10 BTC, her a tenth of that I think; but these days it's worth a lot more! I think it was under $100 when I was exploring those sites. They seem to be coded such that I lose, whether they actually have colluding bots or not, so like you I decided not to continue. Of course, losing one third of your annual income in one night is a good lesson as well! :)
I do enjoy a game of poker though! In-person is better, albeit generally with less of a potential upside.
Yeah poker in person for a social night is good, knowing and having limits is also a good thing. 👍🔝👏
Today is supposed to be hatch day for my broody hen... Well.. She has been doing a decent job sitting on the eggs, until today! This morning, I went to the coop to check on the chickens and no one was on the nest of eggs and supposed "broody" was just out laying in the sun, like a fucking bum.
I decide, hey, maybe it's just her time that she goes out and poops and does some foraging. She'll be back on the nest in no time.
I go back out, a half hour later and empty nest still. Shit, what do I do? I don't even know. I resolve to remove the eggs if the next time I go out there, no one is setting.
I bring my egg basket, open the nesting box and one of my Australorps is setting. Okay fine... I guess I will let her set there. This is not original broody, by the way.
Then, a while later, I hear the egg song. I go out to see if the 'lorp laid an egg. She's walking around singing at the top of her lungs. Fine. Okay, I open the box again and one of the Welsummers is sitting on the eggs... Shoot. Well, let's see if the 'lorp laid.
No... But there's a giant shit on the eggs now, and my Welsummer is sitting on it. I am at a loss as to what to do. Do I take the eggs or what? I don't even know. Someone's sitting on them, which is fantastic, I don't really care.
The whole point was to experiment with using a broody to hatch eggs, cause I didn't want to brood more babies in my house! Since I am already broody quail babies.
And this broody butthole dips out on THE LAST DAY?! What on earth?!
I don't even know if I should attempt to take the eggs or... clean out the nest box some how. Today is supposed to be hatch day! I really don't want to bother them... Ugh. Usually I get a feeling of what to do, of what "feels" right to do. I've got nothing. Hahahha. sigh
Edit to add: went back to the coop and found that no one was on the nest. So I took the eggs and put them in the incubator with the quail eggs. I know this is not an ideal situation. But, it's all I could do. Damn.
Thank you for this story! We are going to get chickens next year, and will have to deal with similar issues. I'm sure we'll be asking more questions of you and others who have the experience! :)
A year ago, I didn't even know there were different types of chickens. Well, I knew there were roosters... :)
Hahah you will love having them!! Please feel free to ask me ANYTHING! :)
I will probably add this story to my newest post when I make it today because I had some of the eggs hatch!! :) Stay tuuuuuuned!
Thanks, I know I will need advice so appreciate it!
First question: what breeds should we consider? Probably want 6 to 12 chickens. The hen house and hen pen are already built, I don't have dimensions but the house is probably 6' x 6' and 7 or 8' tall. The pen is probably 10' x 20' -- is there a maximum chickens per square footage calculation or something? We're near Boston, MA, in terms of weather.
This is a great question to ask! I’ll have to get a minute to jump on the computer for more detailed info, but some resources to look into about hardy breeds is The Livestock Conservancy, if you’re interested in heritage breeds (check out my Homestead Bucket List post for a blurb about heritage breeds), and even looking at My Pet Chicken website for good details on breeds.
When I get a minute to go to the computer I’ll reply some more! :)
So, there are lots of things out there that state what the "appropriate sized" coop is for however many birds. They typically will say 4 square feet per bird in the coop. And 10 square feet per bird in the run. Mine free range so I don't pay attention to the space suggestions because they only sleep in the coop and cuddle close on the roosts. So make sure the roosts have enough room, at least 8-12" per bird.
How cold does it get there? I would just make sure to get cold hardy breeds. Not hard to find, chickens are fairly cold hardy as it is. I would just steer clear of bantams (mini-sized chickens). Try to get ones with smaller combs, larger combs are more susceptible to frost bite, though, there are ways to mitigate and help prevent that.
Are you at all picky about egg color? I picked my chickens based on the color of the eggs they should lay, that was important to me (silly, I know, but it makes me happy!).
My personal favorites are Blue Langshans and Salmon Faverolles. They both dual purpose (meat and egg) and heritage birds. I like Easter Eggers cause they're hardy mixed birds who lay colored eggs. :D I have 7 different breeds.
I watched cancer kill my girlfriend a few months after she graduated from college. At first it affected her physically. She wasn't able to stand, which was annoying for things around the house, but it was okay in the grand scheme of things. Her dad and I were still able to take her to her favorite places for some of her favorite Christmas traditions. She still found joy. Shortly after, it affected her mentally. She would remember games from her childhood that she wanted to play, but wasn't able to grasp the rules. She was mentally-aware enough to know what she used to be capable of, but lacked the short term memory to do it at that time. Nothing has broken me more, and this is the part of death that terrifies me. Being trapped as a prisoner of your own failing mind. She wasn't trapped for long. It's weird to think about, and I'm not sure if it's easy to relate to without experiencing it, but I felt more relief than sadness when she passed away. I had been sad for a long time, and still was, but she wasn't in pain for the first time in 6 months. She was no longer being tortured by her own body. I cried, but I was thankful. Grief is easy compared to watching someone you love lose more of themselves every day, especially when you can't do a damn thing about it. I'm not afraid of being dead, but I am afraid of what happens leading up to it. Being dead is effortless, it takes its toll on the people who are left behind.
I can relate, somewhat, to her experience. I'm recovering from multiple concussions and often don't remember conversations my wife @countrylover and I have had; I do fairly well during the conversation, but a half hour later, I've lost a lot of it. Especially when we're making plans.
I'm so sorry for your loss. That's tragic. My wife is going through something similar to you (i.e., dealing with me), but hopefully I will heal and be able to return to work. I agree with your ending.
I am curious, what brought you down to -5 reputation? If it involves spiteful whales and you don't want it on the blockchain, but do want to share, you can email me at [email protected]. Take care!
There's this burger place next to our college campus. I stopped in a couple times and we chatted. Then I came in one day hoping to see her and chat with her, but she wasn't there... Or so I thought. Turns out she was in the back doing covering from someone else and wasn't doing her manager duties like usual. I saw her and she saw me but we didn't get to talk. I ordered my food to go and as I watched them make my burger and fries I started to notice it was taking them much longer than usual to put it together in the bag and once the food was in the bag they were still putting something else in the bag and arranging it carefully so it wouldn't move around. What really tipped it off was that all of her coworkers who were making it were all giggling and smiling. I got my food, thanked them, and left. When I got outside I checked my bag and saw her number in there. A little while later and we're both really happy together. TL;DR: I got stupid lucky and now I'm stupid happy.
Great romantic story!
I met my wife @countrylover when we both worked at Domino's Pizza, in our youth; me, the driver, and her, the "mean manager." :) We hung out a lot and went to parties, but weren't romantically involved. Many years later we were both single and "met in a bar" but we didn't meet there :D and hung out almost daily for a month, then realized we were dating. :) (Lot of other details; that's the gist.)
Good for you, now the challenge is to keep her! :D
When I was a sophomore in high school, I went on a trip to England and France with school. Before I left, my mom insisted on buying me a new ski jacket (since the trip was in February), but I didn’t want to make her pay too much for it so we got the only color on sale – a very loud green that looked like a mix of teal and pine tree green. Anyway, way back when, I was also in the middle of my colored skinny jeans phase, and I picked up a hand-knitted sheep hat from Stonehenge’s gift shop. Anyway, fast forward to the day we left Mont Saint-Michel. At the time, there were only two times the bus could run from the island given the time – really, really early or after dinner. So, during the walk to the early, early bus, my friend, Lauren, realized she’d forgotten her retainers in the hotel, and she and one of the chaperones went running back, hoping they’d make it back down the island in time for the bus. If not, they’d have missed the ride to Paris and it would have been a grand disaster. Anyway, the rest of the group and dozens of other people started boarding the buses, and my friend comes up beside me, breathless. She explains that she and the chaperone were hopelessly lost, hoping they’d find the rest of the group and get on the correct bus, when off in the distance she saw someone wearing red pants, a bright green jacket, and a wool sheep hat. And she said to the chaperone that was definitely the group. He asks her why she is so sure, and she explains that she sees me, in red pants, a green jacket, and a fluffy white hat. (I also had sequined snow boots at the time). He asks her why she is so certain that it’s me, and she asks, “would anyone else wear that in public?” He just replies, “fair point,”.
LOL! I have these old, tattered ski gloves that I keep in my coat for winter. They're pretty much the same color, teal and green. My wife @countrylover once said (or I did, in response to her asking why I keep them?), that "nobody will steal them." :)
Yesterday was a fun night. Chilled till early in the morning with my buddies. Drinking and gaming, smoking some dope. Yeah...it was lots of fun and I had all the time in the world. And when it finally ended, I slept like a baby. Heck, I didnt even had to count sheeps, that's how tired I was.
Then I woke up the next morning... Thought I was still dreaming, my head spinning all around. And all I could do was lay down there, slowly breath in and out, trying to get rid of this stomach ache. Boy, do I hate alcohol... ^.^
We discussed at the meeting (for brain injury survivors) counting sheep, as a way to "focus on nothing" to help relax the brain. Neat to see it again, it's not something I see often. I do often get coincidences like this, though. Sounds like a fun night out! :)
Actually I never count sheep, it just felt nice to add to the story :P Often if I can't sleep I watch something funny (and light) on my laptop, to pretty much relax the brain like you said ;)
A few weeks ago we had a pet snail ahatin. This is a very interesting animal. Most of all, I was interested in the fact that it can not be fed for several days, it just goes into hibernation. It is enough to sprinkle water on it and it will wake up. But story is not about that.
The snail lives in a small glass container. A couple of days ago I fed the snail, as always with lettuce and oatmeal, the snails like it. I should feed it at night, snail is nocturnal animals. But ... I forgot to cover it with a lid. And it escaped from its house, a glass container. In the morning I discovered the loss.
I was afraid to just step on it and crush it, but I found the snail nearby on the edge of the table. Everything ended well. Have a nice day!)
Nice! I have a "pet toad" out in the garden which often hops away from me while I'm watering. I make an effort to not step on him, and talk to him -- I tell him how much I appreciate his assistance.
Today I saw a neat-looking bug (didn't get a picture), and decided not to harm it either. Was pulling weeds out there, and almost covered it as I threw one. Pretty sure it got away safe as well. :)
Well the story of my life lately... as some know i am working on a cruise ship (fortunatly or unfortunatly) and this is one of the main things i could not be as active as i wished here on Steemit. After last port of call Vancouver i had 11 sea days and very very slow internet conection and now i am in Japan so i am using just my mobile to write comments. Two weeks from now i will be in Australia and i will be 3 days in a row in Sydney so i will have time to add one more blog or with a bit of luck maybe two. So if you didnt sow me as active as i was in the past now you know the reason. Still 3 or 4 more ports of call in Japan so for sure i will add as well a blog from here.
Take care and have an amazing weekend!
Always Steem On!
Thanks for sharing! Good luck at sea, see you soon! :)
Thanks a lot! Just wait to reach Sidney so i can add a new blog... i have moments when i miss Steemit a lot!
It was written in last night for you @libertyteeth.. Also It has fully published on my blog...
I'm Malith Lokuhewa living in Colombo, Sri Lanka and loving husband and father of 2 years and 9 months old loving and playful son... Right now I'm working as an IT professional and would like to write my story who and what bring me to this profession..
Right now I'm 35 years old and this was happening about 25 years ago.. Then I was a 10 years old little boy.. My mother's younger brother was a Seaman and he was a very rich person more than us.. He has three sons and two is elder than me and one is younger than me.. One day me and my mother was travelling to there..
I came to know that my uncle's elder son had a computer.. Then I have never seen a computer and wanted to see it.. I visited to his room and then he was playing some car game on it.. I was wondering and watching it because I never had such an experience in my life.. So, I desired to play the game..
But I knew that he is not going to give me to play.. Then I went to my mother and told my desire to her.. Then she told it to her brother.. Then my uncle calls his elder son and told him that give me the chance to play the game with computer.. Then he takes me to his room and gave me a chance to play.. That was my first game playing experience in my life and couldn't win the game.. Then he gets big angry about me and blamed me, "You are a duffer and never be able to learn about computers.."
His words really hurt me and written in my heart very deeply.. At that moment I took it seriously "One day I'm going to learn a one character about computers more than him.."
Few years his words, torture to my mind and heart.. After my higher education I started few computer courses.. But I did not have a computer till I complete my computer hardware engineering course.. My parents didn't have money to buy a computer for me.. But I never give up and collected parts one by one and finally assembled at my own computer..
Since on I started my journey in IT field.. Right now I'm really happy about my career and now I'm sitting higher position than my uncle's elder son.. However, I came to my goal finally...
Finally, I would like share this beautiful quote with you :
Wish you have a Great and Successful Future...😊🤗❤
Thanks for sharing that uplifting (and challenging) story! I like the quote you ended with, it reminds me of a similar quote by Henry Ford: "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't -- you're right."