Eva-Fan wrote:I build model rockets.
I used to do that when I was...oh jeez, I almost said "young."

I will never, ever EVER forget the smell model rockets going off.
My something people wouldn't normally know unless I told them: that I'm into anime and, worse, AMVs.
But we're supposed to stay
off topic in this forum, right? OK, so...hmm...to mimic the original poster here's a health issue: I have hypothyroidism. Not the "I weigh 300lbs and can't do anything about it" kind (yet), just the kind where, unless my thyroid is getting some prescription assistance every day, I have terrible muscle pain, am sometimes too exhausted to walk up a flight of stairs, want to nap all the time, suffer moderate memory loss (ever go to get in your car and been unable to remember which side is the driver's side? Yah, I have) and cannot - no matter what I eat and how much I exercise - lose one ounce. WHY my thyroid began shutting down when I was only 27 is beyond me (and my doctors). When I DO tell people I have this health problem, the women in the bunch inevitably go "oooo I wish I had that so I could lose weight [by taking medication]." No, it's not a cure-all for weight issues, argghh!! It's bad enough trying to watch what one eats and exercise when you know if you do x then y will happen. Try it when y doesn't happen - and in fact goes in reverse - even when you're being good!
Is it that candy bar I had or is it my thyroid making my jeans a little too tight? I never know!
So yah, anyone with hypothyroid-like symptoms I really encourage to get tested - it's just a simple blood test. People go for decades feeling completely horrible without diagnosing the problem and it's really quite unnecessary when such a basic solution is available.