Landmark Dates
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- April 3, 1957
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Happy Birthday to ME! (I just beat Sputnik!)
- July 10, 1969
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My Dad surprised 12 year old ME with a Honda Mini-Trail Motorcycle! I was the envy of the neighborhood and it is one of my fondest childhood memories! So much so that I even remember the date!
"Get your motor runnin', head out on the high-way..."
- April 22, 1973
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The future Mrs. SGent and I have our first "date" at a theme park.
- April 17, 1974
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My beloved grandfather died. It was the first time anyone I really loved died. I was 17 and almost grown but I was devasted. My other grandfather had died before I was even born.
- October 31, 1974
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Nineteen seventy four was one of the worst years of my life. First, I lost my grandfather in the spring, then on Halloween night I was involved in a tragic, FATAL traffic accident. It was just about twilight and I was driving to town when I met a car coming over a hill. The lights temporarily blinded me and after the car passed, I saw someone crossing the road right in front of my car. Evidently, he had not seen or heard me coming because of the other car. I barely had time to hit the brakes at all and watched helplessly as my car struck him and he tumbled across my hood and smashed into my windshield. It is a sight I relive occasionally in my nightmares. It turned out he was a classmate of mine and a very popular student at my high school. His family were so kind and understanding towards my family and me, I will be forever grateful. I'm so sorry, Doug, that this happened to BOTH our families. Needless to say, this has had a profound effect on my life, I was only 17 at the time, and is a big part of who I am. I don't put this here to garner any pity or sympathy but because it was a "landmark" event in my life.
- May 29, 1975
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High school graduation held in the gymnasium because of thunderstorm, they checked under our robes to be sure we had on clothes <laughing> because streaking was the big fad then. Class of '75 RULEZ!
- March 7-11, 1976
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HELL WEEK! I survived and became a Brother of Lambda Mu Sigma Fraternity. One of the hardest weeks of my life, and one I wouldn't repeat, but I made it. In my junior year,1977-78, I would be elected President! "Animal House"!! "Lou-ey Lou-ey, oh ba-by, what a way to go nah nah nah nah nah nah"!! <laughing>.
- April, 1976
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SPRING BREAK! Freshman year! First time in Myrtle Beach on my OWN! "Hey, baby, where's the party?" <laughing>
- May 5, 1979
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The College Graduate! "Are you trying to SEDUCE me Mrs. Robinson?" <laughing>
- June 1, 1979
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My career as a computer "professional" begins with Duke Power Company in Charlotte, NC. Country bumpkin done come to the BIG city! <laughing>
- June ?, 1979
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I leave home (for good) and get my own "swinging bachelor pad", at least for a few months!<laughing>
- Sept. 22, 1979
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Thousands of female hearts (well, maybe a FEW, like her mother's, her grandmother's, her aunt's, her sister-in-law's, her friends, etc.) break as Michael says "I DO?" <laughing>
- August 13, 1982
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First brand-new dream car purchased on my own. The newly redesigned Pontiac Firebird, solid white, navy interior, MAN I loved that car!
- Feb 11, 1984
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I become "Da Da" <laughing> when SGent Jr. is born!
- May ?, 1984
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I become an EX-smoker, for good! Holding my little son one day I realized I did not want him to grow up watching me smoke OR losing me early in his life because I was selfish so I quit, cold turkey, never even WANTED one since. OOH-RAH! (thanks to my cyber nephew "Moose" for teaching me OOH-RAH!) the power of motivation!
- October 12, 1985
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I move into the first house that I ever owned, had it built for me. I am now a home owner! Have owned two other homes but have not rented since!
- November, 1987
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Alas, my beloved Firebird lives up to it's name and burst into flames! (that's the last time I work on fuel-injectors MYSELF!)
- January, 1990
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Brain surgery! Yeah, smart aleck, they FOUND it! I had hydrocephalus, complications, went into a coma, lost two days, almost died. Makes me appreciate each day now.
- April 10, 1992
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My father has EMERGENCY quadruple-bypass surgery to save his life. I was almost the same age as MY father was when HIS father had a heart attack and died. I begged him "Don't you leave me, PLEASE." He didn't! I've STILL got him! YAYYY!
- October, 1998
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I enter the Internet world! And I will NEVER be the same! (and neither will IT! *wink*)
- February 27, 1999
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I first post to the Pensacola:Wings of Gold Message Boards and the "Southern Gentleman" is born and the Internet world will NEVER be the same!
- April 3, 1999
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My 42nd birthday and one of the BEST I've ever had. All my new-found online friends were so kind and thoughtful and I felt such an outpouring of genuine affection that I cannot describe how I felt. After years of birthdays being "just another day", this one was truly special. A bunch of people who had been strangers to me until just a month before were now some of my closest friends! How wonderful!
- July 29 - Aug 2, 1999
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My family and I board a plane in Charlotte, NC and travel further from home than any of us had ever been. I didn't know what to expect exactly from this trip considering I would be meeting face-to-face some very good friends that up to now I had only known in the "virtual" world. What an experience! EVERYONE was just as warm, friendly, and caring as they are online and there were no big surprises or disappointments. I am SO glad I went. What a wonderful trip to San Diego, meeting so many nice people and finding them to be EXACTLY as they were online, maybe even better! The baseball game, the tours, the airshow at Miramar and meeting Barbara Niven, the San Diego Zoo, the "hangin out" in the hottub, all just wonderful memories I will cherish all my life and hope someday to repeat.
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Southern Gentleman Endeavors
07-Jul-1999 10:00
Revised: 16-Mar-2000 16:30
