51. I once saw Jimmy Doolittle in person and shook hands with Chuck Yeager, the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. Mr. Yeager was in a hurry when I met him.
52. I have seen, spoken with and shaken the hands of several prophets of God.
53. My missionary companion and I once walked nine miles from Bury, Lancashire to see a movie in Manchester, then took the train back home. We couldn’t afford to ride both ways. I don’t recall the movie.
54. I took a handball class at BYU and loved it.
55. I used to play a four string tenor guitar and sing folk songs with my cousins. We occasionally sang to entertain customers at a local café and were not asked to stop.
56. I was scenery and lighting director for the first few productions of our community theater group. I designed the scenery and ran the lighting for Fiddler on the Roof and South Pacific, among others.
57. I don’t believe in astrology, numerology, phrenology, tarot cards or palm reading. But in 1980 I did have an amazing string of Chinese fortune cookies that seemed to know what was going to happen in my life. Really.
58. I have read most of the Koran. It’s not an easy read but it makes some things easier to understand.
59. I enjoy eating out alone if I have the company of an interesting book.
60. One of my favorite places is the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
61. I was born on Thomas Edison’s birthday and one day before the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. I see no particular significance in this random happenstance at all.
62. I was once thrown from a Lambretta scooter when the rear tyre blew out at 40 mph.
63. I love dogs, as long as they are far away from me and quiet and I don’t have to think about them at all.
64. I think citizens should have to pass a test on American History and Government to have the right to vote. I volunteer to make up the test. We should also be required to meet a minimum IQ standard.
65. I scored a 174 on an online IQ test. I finished it quickly by guessing a lot.
66. At one time I was invited to run for the office of Mayor of Grantsville. My reply was that I could never live in a community where the majority of citizens were so stupid as to want me for Mayor. A politician I am not.
67. I knew that I wanted to marry Judy Simmonds within three hours of meeting her. I can’t explain why it took so long.
68. Two friends and I sluffed school in the sixth grade. We felt like criminals escaping from prison and spent the afternoon hiding in orchards around town and eating other people's apples. Worried that we might be in trouble, we went home. No one cared.
69. I believe that one day spent walking the footpaths on the green cliff tops of Cornwall makes a person a year younger. Two years if it’s a sunny day.
70. I was taught high school English by an aunt of Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary.
71. I maintain that I am homely because my kids took all the good looks. It’s called gene sucking or something.
72. My favorite candy bar is Three Musketeers and Snickers and Baby Ruth, et al.
73. I remember port and starboard because right has more letters than left. I also know what a boom vang is and what it does. Most people don’t.
74. I know how to find the Longships lighthouse on a map.
75. I understand why a sailboat can sail faster into the wind than it can with the wind.
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