View Full Version : The Thing you've done that you are most proud of, and what came of it
Prussian to the Iron
08-12-2009, 23:24
I decided to create this thread after 10 minutes ago, when we went to get some chinese food. on the way into the strip mall, i saw a homeless guy. When my grandma got back in the car wit the chinese food, i asked if we could stop through Sonic (right by the homeless guy), and grab a hamburger for him. reluctantly, she agreed.
it took a while, but we got the hamburger for free. the reason it was free is because i guess it took too long, so they just gave it to us. When i got out and give him that burger, i just felt so good, i needed to write it down or tell someone or something.
so what about you guys?
Saved a girl's life when I was a lifeguard. I wasn't on duty, but I went ahead and saved her anyway.
Megas Methuselah
08-13-2009, 01:30
it took a while, but we got the hamburger for free. the reason it was free is because i guess it took too long, so they just gave it to us. When i got out and give him that burger, i just felt so good, i needed to write it down or tell someone or something.
See? You wanted to do something exceedingly nice, and it didn't even cost you anything. Plus, you walked off with a light heart.
:yes:
I'll get back later tonight or tommorrow with an event that I'm proud of myself.
Saved a girl's life when I was a lifeguard. I wasn't on duty, but I went ahead and saved her anyway.
Fortune favours the bold!
Prussian to the Iron
08-13-2009, 01:55
Saved a girl's life when I was a lifeguard. I wasn't on duty, but I went ahead and saved her anyway.
sorry, i have to ask this:
did anything come out of it? you know what im talking bout!
Centurion1
08-13-2009, 02:10
did anything come out of it? you know what im talking bout!
Which is when it became his proudest moment. :laugh4:
My proudest moment must be when i was working on a charter sport fishing boat for my uncle (he was the skipper) and we caught a 7 foot mako. That thing was flopping around and no one was trying to stop it, and it almost snapped off this like 9 year olds foot but i gaffed it and pulled it out of the way just in time. Oh and i got a like a 75 dollar tip for it. Good times, good times
My proudest achievment? I'll give two:
On three seperate occasions three of my soldiers said to me during conversation in Iraq that they trusted me completely with their lives. To quote the most memorable: "I'd follow you straight to hell, Sergeant, cuz I know you'd bring me back alive." I can't even articulate the feeling that gives me. I know only that I will never gain such trust again until I have become a father trusted by his children.
During one patrol we reacted to some gunfire and during the ensuing actions as we were running down streets and in between buildings and dashing to and fro not once did I need to yell any commands to my soldiers. They had all come unto their own. They had taken all my training and teaching and expounded upon it with their own experience and intelligence. They had all come unto their own and not once did they need the slightest correction, prompt, or reminder. They knew exactly what needed to be done and acted on it. I was speechless at the After Action Report. "Good job." was all I could say and it could never do justice. They were my soldiers. I trained them, mentored them, and guided them, and my reward was that they took all that and exceeded it.
What came of these things? All my soldiers made it home alive.
Snite
Rhyfelwyr
08-13-2009, 02:44
I caught a rabbit in a bandinet once, I am a born survivor. :bandana:
Hooahguy
08-13-2009, 02:49
back in camp 3 years ago there was this kid who was a complete :daisy: and pretty much everyone hated him. he was also in my bunk. one night, a kid in my bunk won a bunch of candy in a raffle that was held that night. on the way back to the bunk so we could go to sleep, the bully jumped the kid who won, tackling him. little did he know i was shadowing him. i kinda felt like a stalker doing that, but i knew something was wrong. so back to the mugging.
the bully was a big kid, and prety strong. the victim was very scrawny.
so when the kid hit the pavement, he broke his arm. now, instead of being a sensible person and offer help and say sorry, the bully took the candy and ran off in shame. i ran up, put the kid in a firemans carry, and brought him to the bunk.
bad idea. the kids best friend was there, who was also a kid boxer, and the friend got so angry he punched the wall so many times he fractured his index finger and then did ranted all night now he was going to kill the :daisy: who hurt his friend. i had to persuade him to not kill the guy. that was pretty hard.
but then at about 1 am we went to sleep. the bully slept in my bunk but wait- get this- no one wanted to sleep in the same room as he did (we were set up as 6 to a room) and the guy got lonely. so i volunteered to sleep in the room as well. though i wasnt too worried, i did keep my switchblade by my side the entire night.
the most revolting thing was that the :daisy: wasnt kicked out of camp.
EDIT: what came of it: the kid who i "saved" became my new best friend and i got my first kiss from a hot girl who was also a good friend of the kid. :beam:
sorry, i have to ask this:
did anything come out of it? you know what im talking bout!
I was an eighteen-year-old lifeguard, she was a twenty-year-old coed. What do you think happened?
Hooahguy
08-13-2009, 03:39
I was an eighteen-year-old lifeguard, she was a twenty-year-old coed. What do you think happened?
hmmmm.....
she slapped you?
My proudest achievment? I'll give two:
On three seperate occasions three of my soldiers said to me during conversation in Iraq that they trusted me completely with their lives. To quote the most memorable: "I'd follow you straight to hell, Sergeant, cuz I know you'd bring me back alive." I can't even articulate the feeling that gives me. I know only that I will never gain such trust again until I have become a father trusted by his children.
During one patrol we reacted to some gunfire and during the ensuing actions as we were running down streets and in between buildings and dashing to and fro not once did I need to yell any commands to my soldiers. They had all come unto their own. They had taken all my training and teaching and expounded upon it with their own experience and intelligence. They had all come unto their own and not once did they need the slightest correction, prompt, or reminder. They knew exactly what needed to be done and acted on it. I was speechless at the After Action Report. "Good job." was all I could say and it could never do justice. They were my soldiers. I trained them, mentored them, and guided them, and my reward was that they took all that and exceeded it.
What came of these things? All my soldiers made it home alive.
Snite
Awesome. It pretty much means you're one of the best.
Prussian to the Iron
08-13-2009, 04:56
I was an eighteen-year-old lifeguard, she was a twenty-year-old coed. What do you think happened?
you got your hopes up....then her boyfriend came over and knocked you out when you tried to "resuscitate" her? :laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:
'tis so rare to see one left as open as Lemur. :laugh4:
As my addition: I led my school to second place in the regionals, losing only to the *insert flower here cuz Im too lazy* who one state and went on to win regionals. In any other place, we would have gotten to state, but no. Stupid Auburn...
InsaneApache
08-13-2009, 09:26
Done that as well Lemur. Part of the job though. :2thumbsup:
Passing my driving test after six lessons. 30th July 1981. How do I remember? It was the day after Charlie and Franny got married and because of that it was a national holiday. So all the day before my foreman at work tested my knowledge of the Hihjway Code. Came in rather handy as well if memory serves. :yes:
Lately I had my two first incidents of calling an ambulance myself, first one was wheen a guy came into my fuel station and said he was about to get an epileptic attack, second one was when my dad suddenly had some severe pain in his stomach(seems to have been something about the food he had).
It was the logical thing any sane person would do but people depended on me and I did everything right(except with my dad I was a bit confused and accidentally gave my address in Essen first...) so I was slightly proud when it worked. Then maybe when I actually learned for that maths exam and actually passed it, hope I can repeat that for the next one.
Oh and then when a truck almost rolled over me at an icy intersection, I had green and he did not look, I saw that black thing coming towards me, made two careful but quick steps backwards and he rammed my left arm that I held up in defense and I bumped off to the side without falling. I was proud that 1) I had seen him coming, my situational awareness finally had some use there(no I wasn't in the army but I honestly believe this comes from playing so much Americas Army, I really noticed I became more aware of what's going on around me during the time I often played that :shrug: ) and 2) that I kept a cool head and did not try to jump back on an icy road, then slip and fall under the truck...
I was less proud when everyone told me that instead of shaking his hand and saying I'm fine I should have actually called the police(I thought I might just be bothering them with something not important enough :sweatdrop: ) or at least taken some of his data, name etc. but I'm too much of a nice guy. Turned out my elbow joint got squashed a bit, started to hurt on the way home, seemed fine before, but my own insurance covered it completely and it healed relatively fast.
Anyway, long text but I was kinda proud I saved myself there and that I kept a relatively cool head when several tons of truck where heading my way. :sweatdrop:
And to think I skipped this thread earlier thinking there was never something I was really proud of... :inquisitive:
12 turns with a single push, these new chairs are much better. Whoooooooooooooo
Rhyfelwyr
08-13-2009, 17:05
12 turns with a single push, these new chairs are much better. Whoooooooooooooo
I got 17 on mine. :tongue2:
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