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What have you done that most people haven't?

Asked by Josh Board

April 22, 2009

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Bill Brewer

From San Carlos (Sheet Metal Worker)

I walked horses at Del Mar to cool them out. Most people probably haven’t been kicked in the gut by a horse. It’s quite painful. I would walk them on the backstretch, not the paddock area. The jockeys and handlers all wear flak jackets now. Back then they didn’t. I was so bruised, I had to sleep on a pillow for three months. It was a colt that was two years old. It was injured and hadn’t been to the track in 12 days. It decided to run and took off. I got what they call a cow kick.

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John Riddle

From Downtown (Poker Dealer)

I rafted over Lava Falls in the Grand Canyon. Twice. That’s the biggest rapid in the U.S. The first time I went, the guy was telling me not to scout it, just hit it. I missed the hole. The second time, I was told to let the raft fill with water to help balance it out. I was given some advice on how to do it, and it all seemed to work out.

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Angie Andrews

From Texas (Salesperson)

I walked past John F. Kennedy Jr. a few different times. I was looking for him and didn’t realize I was walking right by. I was also at a dinner that Henry Kissinger was at. I wanted him to sign my program but wasn’t sure how to approach him. I called my friend, and he walked me through it. He told me to get a program off the table and approach him calmly and ask him to sign it. [Kissinger] wasn’t signing autographs, but his son took it and told me to follow them. And he ended up signing it.

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Kim Terlecky

From Poway (Legal Assistant)

I climbed the Great Wall of China. That was in November 2006. It was a trip with my mom and the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. There were these really steep steps you had to climb. I only did 20 of them. It was a cold morning, and I felt like I was getting frostbite on my nose. They gave you these cards if you got to the top. They also would take pictures of you wearing a samurai costume if you wanted.

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Sophie Partridge

From North Park (Restaurant Manager)

I picked grapes on the coast of Croatia. I have a grandmother there. A relative is a priest. In 2000, a group of 13 of us went. And their monastery has its own vineyard. So there were 13 of us, all Americans, picking grapes. It was pretty fun.

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Helen King

From Santee (Retired Nurse)

I’ve done two things that I’m proud of. I had drinks with Marilyn Monroe at a swanky Hollywood party at a mansion in Beverly Hills. Although, I’m not sure if that qualifies as something people haven’t done, as I’m sure many had drinks with her during that time. But I also sang a song with Bing Crosby. Again, it was at a party. There were a few famous people there, and at 4 a.m. everyone broke into song. There was one point where just he and I were singing to a crowd of 20. It’s one of the thrills of my life.

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