Scrapped

My friend Val at Fantastyk Voyage 'scrapped' me which means I'm supposed to share 10 things about myself that others may not know. OK, here goes.

1. I was born in the same hospital as my oldest son, Wade Daniel. We were both born in St. Thomas Memorial Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.

2. I hate spiders. I can handle snakes and other insects, but not spiders.

3. I'm left handed. When I was in the first grade, my teacher tried to get me to force me to change my writing hand to my right hand, but my mother would have nothing of it.

4. I hit a home run in the bottom of the last (6th) inning to win a Regional Little League play off game. Unfortunately, we lost in the State playoffs.

5. When I was in Little League, we wore solid wool uniforms which was the norm in those days -- early 1950's. It was heavy, hot and itchy when you first put it on, but once you started sweating and it got wet it was cool and comfortable.

6. I taught myself to play the guitar, starting at age 14.

7. I can juggle. I'm out of practice, but I learned when Betty and I were clowns in a Christian Clown Ministry.

8. I was a Webelos (last year of Cub Scouts) leader for three years and a Scoutmaster for eight years.

9. Betty and I and our boys used to be spelunkers. We would explore wild caves. It started during our Scouting years.

10. And, my favorite, I navigated a US Navy frigate, The USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY (DLG 32), on an around the world cruise in 1971.

There it's done.