re: What's a random life accomplishment you hold dear that no one gives a shite about

My 6th grade class won a national GeoBear competition and we got to go to the WH and meet Bill.

It really sucks that I didn't quite understand the magnitude of getting a private tour of the WH by the POTUS at the time. Like I knew it was cool and special, but I didn't actively try to remember important details like I should have.

We were also on the TODAY show.

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What's a random life accomplishment you hold dear that no one gives a shite about

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Stop acting like you want to know.

Always thought of as one of the least athletic kids in my school growing up (elementary/middle school). Ended up being one of two in my graduating class of the same group of kids to compete collegiately (both of us were D1)

ETA: I loved sports growing up and playing them so i was usually picked on a lot (rightfully so most of the time) for sucking. Was nice getting some vindication when I started running track.

Stole the ball from Charles Barkley.

I was the top ranked Tenor 2 in the state of La in 2003.

I got first place in French Extemporaneous Speaking at French convention as a sophomore in HS.

My last hockey game on the Jr. Kingfish. Forgot my contacts at home so I had to play with my glasses on. The kids from the other team kept calling me 4 eyes. Well one guy was coming down the ice with his head down looking at the puck so I got about a 10 foot run up and just crushed this kid. He was down on the ice for about 5 minutes and I went to the penalty box. I wasn’t great and neither was my team, but I’ll never forget standing over this guy after knocking him basically unconscious as my swan song to my hockey career.

I was approached by a college scout at a soccer tournament my Freshman year of HS in Germantown, TN. I as playing two age groups up since they needed a backup goalkeeper. The #1 GK was redcarded 10 minutes into the first game so I got to play the rest of that game and the entire next game. I was 14 at the time, playing against 17-18 y/o and was easily outclassed but managed to make some decent saves and was put on the radar of some smaller D1-D2&3 schools. My dad still tells me how proud he was of me when the scout asked to speak with my parents whom he'd actually been talking to the entire game about my performance.

I also held the Louisiana state record for saves in a HS soccer game in the playoffs, 2000 first round vs. Vanderbuilt Catholic (20 saves)...Pretty sure that has been surpassed since then.

Found a drowned female while fishing and summoned the cops to the location. Assisted the cops in pulling the body out to bank and after being reported on the radio by local DJ for 3 days, a husband came forward and claimed his wife's body.
A Volkswagon Beetle was found submerged at the location with the back glass busted out. Glad to have brought closure to this family.

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Rocket City Omnium? I got 4th one time overall at that event and won a few hundred bucks.

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Nice!

Huntsville Texas. I think the race was called the GHORBA Huntsville Classic.

The guy who I beat in the Waco race, Dave Boyd, died the following year in a freak accident while climbing a 14'er in Colorado.

Everyone was just shocked and heart broken over it. He was truly a great man.

My race team took over the Huntsville race and we renamed the race the "Dave Boyd Memorial Classic" in his honor.

I have a CDL but I've never driven a truck. Old company paid for it and I keep it updated in case I ever lose my job.