# I never properly introduced myself **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759 "2012-11-03T14:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/41 "2012-11-04T18:03:33Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > **April** , ignore the sour grapes, you’ve done nothing against S.D,s conventions.\ I was going to say something similar - some people are crankier than others around here. It sounds like you have a good handle on it, though, **April R**. And welcome! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/42 "2012-11-04T18:13:28Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > What is The Questionnaire? Sounds cryptic :dubious: Wait… You haven’t been hazed yet? How did we miss that? Someone get the party hats and wake up the goat. Welcome **April R**. I spend a lot of time in political threads, so you probably won’t like me. ☹ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/43 "2012-11-04T19:48:28Z")
Where in Alaska did you live? There are a few of us on the board. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/44 "2012-11-05T01:37:14Z")
I was in Fairbanks for 3 years when I was little. My dad was stationed at Ft. Wainwright. I went to Chena Elementary. We lived in the house on base on the corner right across the big field from the school. I walked to school on top of 8 foot snow pack for about 4 months out of the year. We had fox, moose, rabbits, etc. in our back yard. I learned to ski and snow mobile when I was 9. I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/45 "2012-11-05T01:44:14Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I was in Fairbanks for 3 years when I was little. My dad was stationed at Ft. Wainwright. I went to Chena Elementary. We lived in the house on base on the corner right across the big field from the school. I walked to school on top of 8 foot snow pack for about 4 months out of the year. We had fox, moose, rabbits, etc. in our back yard. I learned to ski and snow mobile when I was 9. I loved it. If you say that you could see the Soviet Union out your window, I will slap you with a Wet Trout.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/46 "2012-11-05T01:52:13Z")
haha, no. Unlike SP, I had a pretty good grasp on geography as a child and realized I lived inland and couldn’t even see the ocean where I lived, haha. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/47 "2012-11-05T02:18:45Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I was in Fairbanks for 3 years when I was little. My dad was stationed at Ft. Wainwright. I went to Chena Elementary. We lived in the house on base on the corner right across the big field from the school. I walked to school on top of 8 foot snow pack for about 4 months out of the year. We had fox, moose, rabbits, etc. in our back yard. I learned to ski and snow mobile when I was 9. I loved it. Well. . .your memory may be a little fuzzy regarding the snow. Fairbanks doesn’t get a lot, because it’s inland and very dry and very cold. Perhaps eight feet over the entire winter, though that would be unusual. Damn brutal climate, that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/48 "2012-11-05T02:36:04Z")
Lol, Well, in my 9 year old mind it was 8 feet. I do remember the snow melting in the spring and making muddy, dirty puddles everywhere. One year I decided to take a swim in one particularly large melt puddle in my back yard before my mom caught me. Who knows what was stewing in there? I had the worse rash all over my body for about 5 days. Gross, 😛 I also remember my mom having to rescue a few kids every year who walked across the snow from school after it started to melt and they would fall through and get stuck up to their arm pits. She had to crawl out on her stomach to them and pull them out. They almost always lost one or both boots until the melting snow reveled them. We also had wild strawberries growing in the filed next to our house and me and my silly friends would pick them and use ziplock bags to smash them in and add sugar. We thought we were making jam. One really weird thing was the clovers in the field always had way more than 4 leaves so we used to say the clovers with odd numbered leaves were unlucky and the even leaved clovers were lucky. The most leaves I ever found on a clover was 12! I wonder if it was the long days of sunshine which mutated the clovers? I used to go here to ski with my dad > **[ftwainwrightfmwr.com](http://ftwainwrightfmwr.com/birchhillski.html)** > > MWR,Army MWR,Child Development Center,Military Lodging MWR,Restaurants,Outdoor Recreation,MWR Gym,Temporary Housing Directory,Military Lodging on Base,Gym Centers I also went to Denali National Park a few times but NEVER saw a grizzly bear ☹ My brother and mom both saw 3 on a tour bus while there while my dad and I decided to go back packing. Ergh ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/49 "2012-11-06T09:58:49Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I wish this trend of one-by-one introduction threads would end. The threads are boring and clutter up the board. I much prefer the **April R.** “dive in if you have something to say” approach. I’ve nothing against April, but have to say I agree with this. The SDMB has about, what, a hundred new members everyday? If even a quarter of them decided to start a “please welcome me!” thread, MPSIMS would be a very dull place very quickly. Of course, I might just be jealous because I never thought to start one and grab the limelight for myself 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/50 "2012-11-06T15:59:42Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > Lol, Well, in my 9 year old mind it was 8 feet Maybe they were 8 feet - just 9-year-old sized, rather than standard 🙂 **Nava** , whose adult feet are shorter than a standard foot. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/51 "2012-11-06T19:45:36Z")
Welcome April R! Did you remember to bring chocolate for the moderators? And don’t worry about the goat. Yet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/52 "2012-11-08T02:31:41Z")
**Cinnamon Imp** I am planning an introductory thread for myself two years from now if I remain on pace to reach my 200th post on my 10th anniversary. At that point I can officially welcome **April R** , plus other newbies like myself will be welcome to hijack it so we can get a lot of intros out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/53 "2012-11-08T03:57:04Z")
> [@Jake](#): > > Welcome April R! Did you remember to bring chocolate for the moderators? And don’t worry about the goat. Yet. 😉 I think there are some fun size MnMs left over from Halloween. But they have to share 😉 And I love goat, goes good with curry and naan:p > **[Curry Goat](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/curry-goat-recipe1-1941611)** > > Get Curry Goat Recipe from Food Network ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/54 "2012-11-08T05:08:54Z")
Welcome, **April R**! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/55 "2012-11-08T05:12:33Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > And I love goat, goes good with curry and naan:p > [http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/the-best-of/curry-goat-recipe/index.html](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/the-best-of/curry-goat-recipe/index.html) Sounds yummy! Er, I mean, what a thing to say about our goats, who, along with the squid, nobly sacrifice their free time to ‘welcome’ new arrivals. [Sub]Crap. I’m gonna get it now…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/56 "2012-11-08T15:20:00Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Sounds yummy! > > Er, I mean, what a thing to say about our goats, who, along with the squid, nobly sacrifice their free time to ‘welcome’ new arrivals. > > [Sub]Crap. I’m gonna get it now…[/sub] Hey, I don’t discriminate. I like Calamari too 😉 ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/57 "2012-11-08T18:12:17Z")
Welcome April R, glad your here, I’m from Texas now. but have traveled in Tennessee, its a lovely place with trees and water and hills, all the stuff I havent got here in the flat land. Glad your here. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/58 "2012-11-08T18:26:22Z")
> [@getitrite](#): > > Welcome April R, glad your here, I’m from Texas now. but have traveled in Tennessee, its a lovely place with trees and water and hills, all the stuff I havent got here in the flat land. Glad your here. Thanks. My hubs is from DFW. He went to UNT for a year. Texas is alright 😉 ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/59 "2012-11-08T18:30:03Z")
So is Tenneesseee-uns. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759/60 "2012-11-08T18:38:34Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > In writing, the past tense dived is usual in British English and somewhat more common in American English. Dove seems relatively rare as a past participle in writing. But the English invented a language they cannot speak. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-properly-introduced-myself/639759.md?page=4)