Five Things...

[950horsepower]

So, this was kind of sweet. Did the rules state that you had to tell your secrets, or just your unknowns?

[TropicalBuddha]

One fact about me: I have a nervous fear of thunderstorms, even when I am indoors. Something about the sound of loud thunder that un-nerves me.

[tlg847]

It's pretty primal, isn't it? Stay loose!

[httprover]

The thing about geometry proofs is that you have to supply something that's missing. They can be rather obscure at times. It helps if you can process information visually and have lots of imagination.

[ohveryyoung]

i feel ya on being fully grown and still known as the "baby". I'm the youngest of ten and although I'm thirty-two, my family can't get it into their heads that I'm fully mature LOL

[tlg847]

Nah, they never will. BTW, your Cat Stevens screen name always makes me smile!

[robertpina99]

These were all rumors until you presented them as facts. Now we know.

[UpDownMostly]

Being in the sticks of NH I learned to drive on a tractor and a old car with a three shift on the column so I can appreciate the difficulty with not knowing. Wow you ARE an old fart! :) Hated geometry in HS but ended up tutoring it in Alaska to middle school students. I LOVED it as an adult, go figure.

[tlg847]

What part of "old fart" surprised you, Tim? HNY!

[UpDownMostly]

I knew you were an old fart, like me, but I didn't realize you were THAT much of an old fart. :) You know I'm messin' with ya. My time will come, sooner then I think.

[tlg847]

Oh, yeah, stay tuned, baby...it happens fast.

Hell, if I didn't know YOU were messin' with me, Tim, I'd be pretty out of it!

[reset22312]

Tag?

[taragolden]

funny idea, the tagging. driving a stick shift is a lot easier than it looks.. best to just jump in a car and do it and lurch for a while down the highway till you get it.. i had to drive a stick shift on the other side of the car on the other side of the road last trip to the UK, and as you can see, i lived... its not too late to try tom..

[tlg847]

I like that...I'll keep repeating it...it's not too late...it's not too late...it's not...

[spadastunter]

happy new year!!

[That80sGuy1972]

Driver's liscence? I never had one for any vehicle. I can operate just about any land, air or sea craft (small one with a driver) and ironically I have the hardest time with land crafts. I do best with aircrafts and I am afraid of heights. I have some damage to my visual cortex (brain) so getting a liscence in any form of driving (or piloting) is an uphill battle.

[tlg847]

Wow, that brain damage and vehicle operation info is interesting. I'm an excellent land driver (of automatic transmission vehicles, that is) but not all that great with things on water.

[DoctorMetropolis]

the facts I left out were more revealing than those I kept in....beatles! cool shiznit!

[tlg847]

Doc, with you, that's a given. Yeah, me and my buddies also went down to stand outside their hotel during their first visit to the US for the Ed Sullivan Show. Only saw the hotel, but it was great to say, "I was there." Did the same when Castro came to Harlem!

[DoctorMetropolis]

I stood outside the Radio City Music Hall once to see the original Planet of the Apes...not as cool I know, but hey!

[GeneticBlend]

Fun facts Tom. And I don't feel bad for you that you got to go to the "sucky" Beatles concert at Shea Stadium. Poor guy. That must have been rough. LOL.

BTW, I like your Rorschach test icon. I think I see David Hasselhoff. What does that mean?

*****

[tlg847]

It means you should have a hamburger!

Thanks, man.

[HisRoyalDudeliness]

Was Doc M tagged already?

[tlg847]

Yes, he was. His vid is tres cool.

[Marihani]

So "little" baby of the family - you are a LOVE CHILD! Hehe!

You did pass geometry the second time you took it, right?

[tlg847]

Yes...a scary fact knowing my parents.

Second time around, barely made it!

[StuartGalore]

I thought I was the only person who didn't understand geometry. Those "two column proofs" oh my!

[tlg847]

Clearly we are legion!

[DentonUSA]

Interesting stuff! I'm loving this "five fact chain" more and more by the day. :D

[tlg847]

It is fun, isn't it? Happy New Year!

[Paperlilies]

yay! I thought I was being original with my tagging! Alas no.

[tlg847]

You were, you and that other island dweller whose comment precedes yours! Your "five facts" vid was MUCH more creative than mine.

[Azrepheal]

Niiiice timing Bryony!

[Azrepheal]

lol Ive been looking forward to this reply - interesting stuff Tom!

[tlg847]

This is all your fault, you and that other Brit whose comment follows yours! Coincidence? I don't think so...

[periurban]

Eeeeeeek! All my secrets to be revealed......

[tlg847]

Uh oh, a trip to the basement?

[mikma]

MIKMA WAS HERE

[tlg847]

Hey, Mik! You been tagged yet??

[mikma]

yep will domine saturday

[battim]

at last count ken had been tagged four times...i think the directions have confused him thorugh his drunken slumber...

[tlg847]

We all await his awakening!

[pedroatlarge]

At least you saw the Beatles in concert. The nearest I got was to marry somebody who had been to one!(p.s. that wasn't a qualification for marriage to me by the way, it was just a bonus - reflected glory and all that stuff.)

[tlg847]

Hey, at least you got the girl!

[pedroatlarge]

And she's reminded me that she went to 2 concerts not one! One at the Finsbury Park Empire and the other at the Odeon Hammersmith. Heady stuff!And all that was over forty years ago, what a memory!

[tlg847]

Ooo, I understand the Odeon Hammersmith concert was a doozy!

[talk74]

a good response. i also have been tagged so must add my bit to the '5 facts' thing tonight.

[tlg847]

Looking forward to that!

[randomwritings]

You look much more relaxed than usual talking generally about yourself - maybe you ought to try it again sometime - and it was interesting too

[tlg847]

Thanks...gotta think about that.

[LeSaMilano]

Bummer - you had to see the crappy 1966 Beatles concert. Not many folks would be pissed off about that! hahhaa

I was supposed to see them in '64 at the Hollywood bowl but my aunt decided my brother and I were far too young for that rock n' roll business so we were whisked away to Disneyland instead. :(

[randomwritings]

I nearly saw them on the roof of Apple studios if that counts. They were stealing the lead I think.

[hellyersonline]

I still haven't learnt to drive at all yet - stick shift or automatic :)

[tlg847]

Now, that's really interesting!

[hellyersonline]

interesting or embarrasing?

[ghostwise]

What was the difference between the '65 and '66 shows?

Would have liked to have seen the Beatles, period.

[tlg847]

Watch this YT video v=_mUXwnEWEnE to get the feel for the '65 show. Nothing like that excitement in '66.

[ghostwise]

Thanks for the link! I wasn't sure if '65 was that memorable show.. but yeah, no wonder you feel some regret at not being at the inaugural show.

Small consolation but was the '66 at least a little quieter? Could you hear the music?

[tlg847]

Actually, hearing the music was the ONLY benefit people talked about!

[ghostwise]

hehe, well that's something pretty good!

[breezin48]

You're the baby by a long shot! My 18 year old failed a semester of Geometry, too. That you've done so well in life gives me hope! -sue

[tlg847]

See that! Hope springs eternal!

[jrsnyderjr]

My father taught me to drive a manual transmission beach buggy when I was 11 years old and my mother was less than thrilled.

I agree...it is a fun meme.

[tlg847]

I actually tried to learn a few times and thought I had the hang of it. I was wrong!

[KGSGoFreak]

don't feel bad, I can't do math worth crap. :D

[amillionfaces]

Thanks for sharing! I know how you feel about the concert thing. Not that it was a band as big as the Beatles, but I also missed out on "the best ever!" concert of one of my favourite bands in lieu of some later ones. Argh.

[tlg847]

Especially since the '65 Shea concert was such a killer! Ugh!

[kenrg]

I haven't heard it called a "standard" transmission for many years. These days automatic is standard and "manual" is an option.

I can relate to still being "the baby" of the family.

I'll do my answers later today, before I get tagged a fifth time.

[tlg847]

Didn't occur to me that "standard" had changed meanings...hang around long enough and your entire vocabulary becomes outdated!

[battim]

maybe you'd have more time if you weren't entertaining captain morgan and johnny walker all night...

[creegirl9]

I had the same problem with geometry. just barely passed. And im the youngest too but only by 8, 12 and 14 years all brothers. it was like having 3 extra fathers. but anyway... hey not everyone has been tagged.. like myself... not well known enough i guess..

[tlg847]

Can I do a re-tag? See, that's the problem, there are so many of us who don't really know one another well enough to do something like tagging them. I'm adding you as a new tagee in my description!

[creegirl9]

aww thanks!

[creegirl9]

actually i'll probably never get around to making a video.. but here are 5 random things about me... 1. MA in Archaeology. 2 I collect skulls... real ones. not of people though haha. 3. I hate ice cream 4. I have broken all of my toes. I am unable to whistle.

[DClaudeKatz]

I think you're the second person I've seen who gave "don't drive standard transmission" as one of your 5 facts. (Don't recall now who the other one was.) I wouldn't be surprised if it's true of a majority of the people on YouTube, since most aren't old enough for it to be unusual. (Also true of me BTW, from a sort of intermediate cohort.)

[ockteby]

It will be interesting to watch the others respond to the 5 questions. Don't worry about the geometry, Tom - as you know "your career didn't need it".

P.S. - Punctuation was my failure, among other things, so I just started inventing it on the "fly". :)

Frank

[tlg847]

Just as I invented geometry theorems, Frank!

[DClaudeKatz]

My wife did well in geometry but then forgot it all. Now she has taken up quilting and discovered that she needs to re-learn geometry.

[ockteby]

This is the reason I love YouTube, especially the reply function. Some of the replies are so funny, and yours gave me a good laugh.

[MGSGeneral]

Maybe you could share some secrets about yourself too or maybe you could talk about things you've done which you're not proud of, but anyway, thanks for sharing it with us.

[tlg847]

Actually, I'm not all that proud of a couple of those things!

[MGSGeneral]

Yeah, I understand.

[popparoc46]

And now, I know more about you. - roc

[tlg847]

Yup, a little!

[justin10070]

You've told us more about yourself in this video than a Rorschach test would reveal.

Just kidding, just kidding... ;)

[tlg847]

It's all in there...you just need to know where to look!