Your Proudest Day?

CaligulaPolk
CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
edited February 2009 in The Clubhouse
<center>Title says all! Mine was
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I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited February 2009
    awesome video my friend! I would have to agree, my kids being born is mine as well, along with marrying my beautiful wife.:)
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited February 2009
    Meeting my wife
    Birth of my 2 sons
    Home ownership
    First Harley
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    First new Harley
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited February 2009
    thsmith wrote: »
    Meeting my wife
    Birth of my 2 sons
    Home ownership
    First Harley
    First restored Harley
    First new Harley
    Polk SDA-1Cs

    Well put!!!!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,459
    edited February 2009
    The day I got potty trained.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2009
    F1nut wrote:
    The day I got potty trained.

    That was just last month.....
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited February 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    The day I got potty trained.

    And we were so proud of you.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited February 2009
    Every day that I stay clean and sober........
    Testing
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited February 2009
    Excellent and certainly something to be proud of, I do not know from personal experience but from friends and is tough for them. A great support group helps them a lot.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited February 2009
    There is no prouder moment then anything related to your children...period.

    But for me it wasnt the birthing part....sure I was proud as hell being there watching her be born....but any bonehead with a sack can get a woman pregnant and have a baby....its what you do and witness after that moment that the true proudest moments come.

    The first time they say daddy ( Or Mommy for the ladies ) has to be way up there....or the first report card they bring home and its as good as can be because before they ever even met their teacher , you had been sitting with them at the kitchen table working with them to give them a headstart on anything they were going to actually be re-learning in school.


    Those are overall proudest moments for any parent...on a personal note...and what the thread really was about...I would say I had an unusual one stand out for me.....

    The day I took my daughter to the shooting club for her first jr day competition and she beat every other members sons by a huge scoring difference...it wasnt even close :D I had heard some of the boys teasing her beforehand ...she was calm and collected...when all was said and done , hearing her asking them why they werent laughing now was one of my personal proudest moments.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2009
    When my son got his black belt in full Olympic style Tae Kwon Do at age 11. He worked his **** off for that and it paid huge dividends.

    And to Lorthos.. I can relate to clean and sober. I just past the 20 year mark on January 1st. Way to go. ODAAT.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited February 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    The day I got potty trained.


    ooh, that's a good little Jesse, you went boo boo in the potti for mommy, your a big boy now, pats head and notices a rather distinct metal alloy feel that is however unrecognizable.....

    I am going with the day I made F1's hair move, Shack witnessed this event.

    RT1
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited February 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    The day I got potty trained.

    I thought it was the day that you discovered your skin was able to resist the lacquer you were using in the shop and started using it for your hairgel.:D
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  • jacob.simpson
    jacob.simpson Posts: 481
    edited February 2009
    1.When i Stood first in my inter mediate in my School (i was an average student
    2.When i got my Degree, Securing 2nd highest in my college.(was still average)
    3.My first Salary i bought gifts for all of my family (4 Elder sisters and 2 elder brothers)
    4.When i first met my Would be Wife (Now am stuck for life:D)
    5.When i planned and built my own house
    6.When i got my first day off on saturday and sundays after moving from Retail operations to Retail Backend support after 10 years (oh my goodness how did i manage to work 6 days a week 10 to 12 hours per day with no day off on sat and sunday) and started to go to Church Regularly.
    7.Girl Baby Born (A Miracle when during the 5th Month check up the Doctor Told us she is not able to detect the heart beat and the Ultra Scanning person told us after nearly giving us a heartattack that the baby was fine The 60 minutes looked like ages i was praying earnestly since we lost the first child during 3rd month of pregnancy )
    8.I NEVER DREAMT IN MY LIFE THAT I WILL COME TO USA AND HERE I AM WORKING and under these difficult times. :D
    9.Getting to Join the POLK Club.
    10.The Day i Owned a Polk (and contracted a disease know as "Addicted to POLK" ):D THE REMEDY TO THIS DISEASE IS UPGRADE BUG:p
    11.A Gift to my elder Brother in India Polk R300

    All the above are in time lines.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2009
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    <center>Title says all! Mine was
    <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i68.photobucket.com/flash/player.swf?file=http://vid68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/jeffreyleedupree/Mason_Intro.flv"></embed&gt; </center>

    Caligula,

    That's an awesome video. I remember mine as well though it was my daughter on 9/2/97. I'm an a bit older dude!

    Enjoy your kids they're something 'else'!

    cnh
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2009
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    I am going with the day I made F1's hair move, Shack witnessed this event.

    RT1
    What'd you use, a sledgehammer or the double barrel?


    My attorney would get upset if I were to describe my proudest day.
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  • BigMac
    BigMac Posts: 849
    edited February 2009
    1. My 2 children being born
    2. My wedding day
    3. Day I got out of the military
    4. Joining the 50% club
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited February 2009
    The day i quit smoking.
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited February 2009
    I divided family and career:
    Family
    1. Being a father to a child who didn't have one. I married a widow and raised him from the time he was five. The word "step" in our home is only used to describe a physical feature of the house.

    2. My son graduating high school even though he has to carry the cross of having intense versions of two learning disabilities.

    Career
    This will sound a bit crazy, but it was the day we buried my Italian grandfather. I composed and read a poem about his life and dedication to his family's future. I look back and see it as a turning point, I rededicated myself to finding a teaching position after six years of no luck. After that my career went on the upswing.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited February 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    The day I got potty trained.

    I figure that had to be before your Vampire transformation, so this was what ....... the year 1485 ish?
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  • BAD ASP
    BAD ASP Posts: 361
    edited February 2009
    My marriage to my wife of 31 years,
    the birth of each of our 5 kids,
    the purchase of our home,
    the graduation of our first three kids from major universities,
    the scholarship of our youngest son to play football at a D1 school,
    the moment my D1 football player came out of knee surgery OK!
    starting up and driving our cobra replica that my sons and I built over 4 years,
    the acquisition of our first bulldog... life will never be the same,
    the start up of our own business and still paying all of our bills.

    That's about it I guess:)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2009
    markmarc wrote: »

    1. Being a father to a child who didn't have one. The word "step" in our home is only used to describe a physical feature of the house.


    I'm right there with you Mark but mine came when my little guy started calling me dad.

    My proudest moment is the fact that for 25 years my older son has been on this earth along with what I mentioned above.

    My second was the day Jesse delivered my TriVista 300.:D

    PS: we don't even have steps in my house.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited February 2009
    Face wrote: »
    What'd you use, a sledgehammer or the double barrel?

    An extraordinary amount of power, wired into a car, hooked to massive woofers, way beyond the power of the flux that took the Delorean away and back, nobody was more suprised than Jesse himself, he declared "My Hair Moved".

    And then he smiled and said........

    I'm Bad I'm Nationwide.

    RT1
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,951
    edited February 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    The day I got potty trained.


    Wouldn't ya know it....he gets potty trained just in time to get diapers...again.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2009
    Fireman32 wrote: »
    The day i quit smoking.

    Good one. That was a proud day for me too. 18 months next week!!!!

    Aside from the children and wife stuff, for me one of the proudest days was when I completed my finished basement, including bar and bathroom, all by myself with some help from my son and my dad. With NO experience at all. That felt good. The addition of the audio room came second.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited February 2009
    Graduating from college before I turned 30 (beat it by a month...)
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    2011 Club Polk Football Pool Champ


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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited February 2009
    Graduating from High School

    then Marine Corps Bootcamp ( I was 17).
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,536
    edited February 2009
    Watching my grandkids participate in a wedding. They had never been to a wedding, and my monkies made me proud on the dance floor at the reception...LOL
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited February 2009
    At the ripe ole' age of 55 I've experienced many proud moments...All of which pertain to my Family.

    My most recent moment was when our 14 year old Son came home from school and stated that he had "earned" the privlege to be included in a school sponsored trip to D.C. and Philly this Summer.

    He achieved this goal by staying after school and helping tutor kids that are a bit challenged...he is a gifted child that knows how to give.

    A week after he returns home,he will be leaving on a Mission trip with his Church Youth Group...All of these kids had to earn this by going out in the community and performing tasks such as; shoveling snow for the elderly,at no charge of course,helping anyone who needed a hand with whatever.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2009
    reeltrouble1 wrote:
    An extraordinary amount of power, wired into a car, hooked to massive woofers, way beyond the power of the flux that took the Delorean away and back, nobody was more suprised than Jesse himself, he declared "My Hair Moved".

    And then he smiled and said........

    I'm Bad I'm Nationwide.

    RT1

    No tubes in any form or fashion were involved in this rare display of raw power.

    Had they been, the glass would have been shattered and the shards of glass would have been dispersed like Dandelion seeds in a hurricane.

    Even then, the movement of hair was so slight, it was almost undetectable to the human eye. It was one of those rare moments in nature not unlike a sighting of the now extinct passenger pigeon...

    I was humbled just to be there.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited February 2009
    Most of the above, birth of my daughter, marriage, home purchases, etc. also...

    All the times my daughter has made the principals list for academic achievement.

    A few moments coaching my daughter and our soccer teams, some don't even involve winning.
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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