re: How many good, old-fashioned fist-fights have you been in?

before age 16, a few - after, none.

i fought a kid when I was 14, and i broke my pinky punching him in the eye. layed him out, and then his twin brother jumped in, knocked him down and he bit me on the leg.

was probly my last true fight.

in middle school a guy kept throwing rocks at me, so I told him to stop - he didn't, so I threw a chunk of concrete at him and fractured his wrist. got suspended, but not in trouble at home - dad was proud of me standing up for myself.

added bonus, others saw it and left me alone from then on.