7 Things you may not know about me

This is in response to Hanna's post on her blog:

1. I once flew a jet plane. As an ROTC cadet I had the opportunity to fly in a T-39 jet trainer with a pilot, a co-pilot and 3 other cadets. Each cadet had the opportunity to handle the controls and try to make the other cadets lose their cookies. None of us was successful at that, but we all had a lot of fun, and we were all very queasy when we got back on the ground.

2. I have visited most of the United States. I've missed only Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

3. I have driven a car over 100 mph. On a wide country road in Nebraska I got my 1964 Chrysler up to about 110 mph. The car would have gone faster, but at that speed the front end started to lift off the ground. With little steering control I decided to back off.

4. I was once told by a doctor that I would probably never be able to father children. It was because of a really bad case of mumps when I was 14. He was wrong.

5. I witnessed an attempted murder/suicide. Last year I was behind a little blue car that suddenly accelerated and then veered off the road and smashed square on into a power pole, breaking it off at the base. I later learned that the driver and his grandmother were having a heated argument just before the car took off. He survived, but his grandma died in the hospital the next day. I had to give statements to the police, the insurance company, and somebody's attorney. I don't think he was ever charged, because it could not be proved that he did it on purpose, and he could not remember anything after the crash.

6. I once had a case of whooping cough. My mother said I got too large a dose of an immunization and came down with the disease. I was about 3 years old. I still remember coughing, whooping, and not being able to breath. Very scary.

7. I love romantic movies; chick flicks. I loved Sleepless in Seattle, Sabrina, Casablanca, 10 Things I Hate About You, Stardust, You've Got Mail and many others of that genre.