I was in England to see England beat West Germany in the '66 World Cup, but everybody in England saw that.
Been so close to the Beatles in their "Fab Four" days I could hear Ringo drumming through a stage door.
Used to stand outside the rail station of weekends with a homemade cart offering to carry holiday maker's bags to their B&B but lots of Working Class lads did that.
Tore untold numbers of newspapers in half for my parent's fish and chip shop but every family with a fish and chip shop did that.
Found a greater yellowlegs once on Cape Cod grounded with a mussel shell clamp in its toe, I freed it and let it go and it flew and flew out of site to the far horizon.
Ran up a trail to within touching distance of a big black bear coming the other way in the Adirondacks once, surprised the heck out of both of us.
Lived in my car for three months in New Mexico, ain't a whole lot done that.
Lived in a small African village for three years, no electricity, no running water, no phone, mostly not even a radio, but bunch kazillions of African have done that.
Lived and worked through the aftermath of an African military coup, not many have done that. Sat around at got drunk with a bunch of soldiers sometime in the aftermath of said coup.
Driven a classic LandRover for a vaccination team, including past many roadblocks after the coup.
Been more'n twenty miles out to sea in a dugout canoe off the coast of West Africa, only time I've ever seen the Southern Cross.
Won a five mile cross country footrace in Africa, against Africans, who were trying to beat me.
Walked on foot across 70 miles of roadless bush, came to a town of 1,000 people hadn't seen a White man in five years.
Sat in a Lakota sweat lodge in the Black Hills and when it was my turn prayed in Twi (African tribal language), I believe I am probably the only White guy in history to ever do that.
Met a guy who had been raised by people who were at the Little Bighorn.
Sat around and drank tiswin with people who remembered other Apaches who had been rounded up and held at Fort Sill.
Been unable to leave a women's college dorm room, because of visitation rules, for more'n twelve hours.
Rode a motorcycle 2,000 miles in 48 hours.
Seen far more golden-cheeked warblers than most folks (I used to get paid to count 'em).
Been awarded $27,000 in grants to put up bird houses (long story).
Rode a bicycle 2,000 miles in 30 days.
Seen the Isle of Man TT.
Bicycled across England, Scotland, Ireland and part of France.
Taught in a big city high school for thirty years.
..and just the other day my male betta in the classroom fish tank died. A kid whips out his smart phone and conjures up "Amazing Grace" on bagpipes, other kids follow suit, an impromptu funeral procession forms up out to the garden to bury the fish, carcophony of bagpipes skirling. Hey, we should all get that good of a funeral
Funniest thing I've had in the classroom since maybe twenty years back Toby Rodriguez, sitting in the back, quietly made a giant sperm out of paper and suddenly stands up screaming, holds the sperm wriggling out front by the tail like a divining rod, and it "drags" him towards a pretty girl two rows over
Anyhoo.... that's where I'm at...
...hoping for more to come.