[deadhead]

Love reading your posts :-)

"It wasn't for me a Man/Woman thing or "competition" of any kind - I just loved learning and doing things well."

I have always been like that, never a man/woman thing... always love to learn and doing things well, like you :-) And we learn something new everyday. Will always be like that. Though, I do have a bit of competitiveness when it comes to sports, I do like to win :-) Must be something I learned from my brother's.

Hope you and yours are doing well.

[LadyX]

Thought you were like that, Colleen.
I liked to win as well - like in Chinese checkers when young - Parchesi, Monopoly, etc., and then Scrabble with my older sister; always with a Sara Lee pecan coffee cake to inspire us...who finally refused to play with me in our adult years..:))

Oh, yes - when I was stationed at Parris Island and went to the outdoor pool to swim, invariably fellows would dare me to race them.
A Florida girl who grew up near the ocean and pools?! While I was not at all a Big Person or especially strong swimmer, I knew from competitive teen years to dive in and instantly swim as hard as I could.
Oh - did I mention I always made the bets for ACROSS the pool rather than the LENGTH of it?!!
Noooooo - not cheating at all; just a guarantee I was never beaten. LOL

[LadyX]

"Must be something I learned from my brothers."

I was the last of three daughters, with NO brothers.
I therefore chopped kindling and later wood for the fireplace, and was The Yard Person, from age 11.

Mind you, mowing was with a push reel mower in tough Florida grass, and I used a hand swing to lower the growth in the citrus grove next to the house.
Really was ecstatic when at 15 we acquired a power mower! Loved outdoor and indoor work...it all made life easy as I roamed the States with all kinds of 'challenges.'