https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 09 May 2026 11:17:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141977 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:54:00 +0000 Dawn 141977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I love reading all these! </p> <p>I am nearly trilingual- I speak Irish(Gaeilge) and English fluently, and am working on getting my French back up to fluency. Once I manage to get my French perfect, I will start learning Spanish. Unfortunately as Irish is nearly a dead language, I don't get to speak as much as I would like to. However it is really handy when you are travelling with another Irish person and you want to have a private conversation. </p> <p>While I might dress like a girly girl, I really am the queen of the outdoors- mountain biking, camping and hiking are amongst my favourite activities. </p> <p>I like being terrified- I keep going for scarier trails, bigger jumps and steeper descents on my bike. It's a great feeling even when it completely backfires! The next step in terrifying myself is sky-diving. I did my training for a solo jump but unfortunately I fractured a vertebrae the week before I was meant to do my first jump.</p> <p>I have never left Europe- this shall be corrected soon, I hope! I haven't learned how to drive yet. I am lactose- intolerant and have all sorts of crazy food intolerances. </p> <p>My favourite musicians are Nina Simone, Bob Dylan &amp; Tom Waits, and sometimes I wish I had been born fifty years ago because of this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141974 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:19:11 +0000 yublocka 141974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lena I love Rosencrantz and Guildernstern! One of the best movies ever!</p> <p>Another loud music person here. One of my first concerts ever was Guns N Roses. Still love em, especially for karaoke!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141901 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:31:23 +0000 marianna 141901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I never swear too. I'm the epitome of a good girl. :)</p> <p>Add me to the bilingual club... I am fluent in Russian (but I can't read or write!)</p> <p>Another one about me: My natural hair color is actually brown. It's really weird because I am so fair skinned and my eyes are grey... and my hair doesn't match! I've been highlighting my hair for many years. I think it looks more natural this way (at least I hope so!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141859 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:22:16 +0000 Angie 141859@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your rock star past, LOP! Gorgeous. </p> <p>*chuckle* Kristin and her soap opera obsession. Very fab. </p> <p>High five, Inge! The Irish accent is my favourite in the world. </p> <p>Julie, who'd have thought that a porcelain English rose such as yourself has Italian heritage. Also fab. </p> <p>Joy, you win the prize. INSECTS!!! </p> <p>Debora, wow. You can really rough it. I am so impressed. </p> <p>Michelle, I am terrified of heights and loathe driving. </p> <p>Well ladies, Greg can vouch for it - I never, EVER swear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141797 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:44:27 +0000 taylor 141797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mac, they are probably pleasantly surprised because there are so few good drivers out there:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141794 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:25:38 +0000 Mac 141794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No one would know by looking at me... that I'm a good driver.</p> <p>I don't know why, but over the decades, any number of people who've been with me in my car have turned to me and said, "I can't believe you're a really good driver." The first few times it happened, I was taken aback - what is it about me that makes all these friends (none of whom know each other, in different countries, at different stages of my life) assume I'd be a terrible driver? But it sort of makes sense, I guess: I'm very verbal, always losing my keys, spend much of my time "in my head," like working out complex mental problems... It probably makes folks imagine that I'd be an unfocused, distracted driver. I very much enjoy proving my acquaintances wrong : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141708 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:55:35 +0000 Dusty 141708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a big Jane Austen and L.M. Montgomery fan, too (I wanted to go to Prince Edward Island for my honeymoon - Hubs, didn't love the idea, so we went on a cruise instead). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141701 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:13:09 +0000 JuliaInGermany 141701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MIchelle, I'm with you on the Jane Austen books. I am currently re-reading Mansfield Park for the umpteenth time. My copies are very, very worn and I think I might need to buy a new edition soon. My husband thinks I'm crazy to read books more than once, but I find it very comforting. Have you read any of the "Map &amp; Lucia" books by E.F. Benson? They are another favourite of mine. You can download a free audio-version of two of them at librivox: <a href="http://librivox.org/miss-mapp-by-e-f-benson/" rel="nofollow">http://librivox.org/miss-mapp-by-e-f-benson/</a> and <a href="http://librivox.org/queen-lucia-by-edward-frederic-benson/" rel="nofollow">http://librivox.org/queen-luci.....ic-benson/</a></p> <p>You wouldn't know by looking at me that I played the cello for many, many years and even considered making it a career. Fortunately I didn't because since then I found out that I am hearing impaired. I am not yet wearing a hearing aid but it's something hereditary and will get worse with time. It seems I am much better off being a copy writer (yes, another word nerd here). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141676 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:51:26 +0000 Lena 141676@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inge, have you seen "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead" with Tim Roth and Gary Oldman? You get two for the price of one, and an awesome play. Love it.</p> <p>Ditto what others have said about British accents and actors :)</p> <p>Another vote for loud rock music, screaming men, and lots of electric guitar. As far as musical taste, it all changes with mood for me and pretty much anything goes (classical, electronica, classic rock, hard rock, folk, anything in between; except country music). And lately I've been really disliking the violin (and I used to be a Paganini fan ages ago). </p> <p>I have a dirty mouth and a morbid sense of humor. I try to keep check of both. </p> <p>Julie, I think I'm also tone dumb. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141673 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:45:42 +0000 Anonymous 141673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOP what a dream life. I'd love to be a rock singer but cannot sing anything except the Happy Birthday song.<br /> Joy, I know what you mean about the old attitude of women going to college and being nurses are secretaries. After high school I told my dad I wanted to go to college and he said, "I don't think so"!<br /> I told my boyfriends dad I wanted to go to college and he said in a disgusted voice, "Why?"<br /> That was the end of that subject and I have regretted it everyday of my life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141670 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:26:37 +0000 Maya 141670@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Michelle! I did not know you were fluent in French. I have sadly lost most of the French I learned and constantly wish I knew someone fluent who I could practice with. </p> <p>And you and I can be tasteless together. Sometimes I wonder what the YLF community would think of me if they knew my true nature :p</p> <p>When I'm feeling low or scared, for some reason, I take comfort in public radio. There is something especially comforting to me about Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, which is about the geekiest thing ever, so perhaps that is WHY it is so comforting to a geek like me. </p> <p>Nearly everything in the world somehow reminds me of an episode of This American Life, which I listen to religiously. I love Ira Glass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141667 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:19:55 +0000 Michelle 141667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I LOVE this post! Such fun to learn random facts about you ladies!<br /> Katiepea, we're piano and perfect pitch twins!! Because of my extensive classical music training I have a pretty thorough knowledge of that genre, but gravitate towards 19th century and early 20th century works like the sap I am. :)<br /> Sarah, Debora and Marianne, can you make space for me in the word nerd club? Part of why I held off on starting my blog so long was because I couldn't find a name that struck me as pithy enough. :p I'm such a dork!</p> <p>Ok, things you would never guess about me from my very classic and staid style:</p> <p>I have a very hard edge to me. I'm fascinated by true crime programs and cold cases, love a good hard rock-out and have a very tasteless and inappropriate side to my sense of humour (anyone who's ever spent any time in a newsroom will understand). My language is far from impeccable at times, too. :)<br /> I'm highly emotional and have been reduced to tears by things as stupid as a fragrance or a song on the radio<br /> I have read every Jane Austen book (except the Juvenilia) at least five times. When I'm feeling low or frightened I want to read something safe that won't shatter my emotional calm, and I turn to her, L.M. Montgomery (waves to Ele), the Harry Potter books, or the old vet books by James Herriott.<br /> Another one who turns to mush at the sound of a hot voice or accent. Irish accents usually push my buttons, and for some reason I could listen to Barack Obama read the phone book when he's speaking more softly. :)<br /> I learned to ski and used to be fearless, but now the idea of going on a hill terrifies me<br /> I have an absurd memory for things like dates, phone numbers, Simpsons quotes and random things no one cares about. This can be useful, but also has a downside when you want to forget about certain people or events.<br /> I'm bilingual in English and French </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141583 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:30:14 +0000 taylor 141583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG, LOP...you are amazing and beautiful!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141578 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:58:26 +0000 Sihaya 141578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow LOP - how cool. You are a woman of so many talents. I am truly impressed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141561 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:51:05 +0000 RoseandJoan 141561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOP, thank you so much for sharing, I am tone dumb (I hear pitch perfectly but can't sing a note) but love music. You are amazing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/3#post-141479 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:45:36 +0000 LoP 141479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, Kristen! I didn't say a rock star. I just had a band. :)</p> <p>Julie: Many are in the garage, but here's one from 1998 that was in a frame. I took a picture of it with my phone so apologies for the quality. It gives the idea.<br /> <a href="http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss260/LegacyOfPearl/wedding/3.png" rel="nofollow">http://i581.photobucket.com/al.....ding/3.png</a></p> <p>These two are from 2005 new year's eve gig. These are after I was digital photography enabled so they were easier to grab.<br /> <a href="http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss260/LegacyOfPearl/wedding/2.png" rel="nofollow">http://i581.photobucket.com/al.....ding/2.png</a><br /> <a href="http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss260/LegacyOfPearl/wedding/1.png" rel="nofollow">http://i581.photobucket.com/al.....ding/1.png</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141427 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:04:17 +0000 Anonymous 141427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WShat fun to read all these. You wouldn't know from looking at me that most of my childhood I studied insects and wanted to be an entomologist. My dream was to go to Brazil and discover a new beetle. My guidance teacher shot down that dream. Most girls in my highschool got married right after graduation (very different times!). He told me that if I was going to college, I'd have to be a teacher or a nurse or go to business school to be a secretary. It really was the way things were not all that long ago. Hard to believe now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141416 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:45:26 +0000 Debora 141416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five, Isabel! Yes, we were on Terceira and it was the most beautiful place that I have ever lived! I hope I get to go back some day to visit. How neat that you were born there! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141327 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:00:07 +0000 taylor 141327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a GREAT thread Khris...everyone is sooo funny and interesting:)</p> <p>I probably know every script and every line in every I LOVE LUCY episode ever aired.</p> <p>I am glad others can relate to the car cussing...I also can't stand the phone...mine rings off the hook constantly:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141270 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:36:13 +0000 Isabel 141270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey Debora, that island you lived on in the Azores is the island where I was born and lived until I was 4 , Terceira !! I have been to that base several times in my life ! People are very surprised to find out that I am not American. I have no accent and look more Middle Eastern than Portuguese. </p> <p>No one would know that I a yeller. Sometimes when I get mad at my kids I yell ....I am not proud of that. My favorite "band" is Def Leppard. And I am an economics nerd.</p> <p>Angie, when I was in labor with my son, my birthing coach and my husband brought some classical music and sounds of the waves and wind ( I am a camper and hiker too ). About 1/2 an hour into to it, I told them to turn it off - it was depressing me. So I had them put in some John Cougar Mellencamp and Jethro Tull, that I brought. One of the doctors came in and said, " What is going on ? Lollapalooza ?" ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141269 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:33:44 +0000 RoseandJoan 141269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You would never guess from looking at me that my Mum's side of the family originate from Italy and own a sweetie factory (hmmm...those mint balls are fine)</p> <p>LOP I would love to see a photo of you from your indie rock days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141243 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:07:11 +0000 Kristen 141243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LoP, you were a rock star!! A lot of things make more sense now. :)</p> <p>Laura, we can easily remedy the tipsy shopping: we just need to go to Chammps BEFORE we hit the stores... LOL!</p> <p>Oh, I have mortified my husband while transporting his parents in the car after picking them up downtown and cussing a blue streak at the idiot drivers around me...my mother-in-law still talks about it. In a good way! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141241 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:40:22 +0000 Tricia 141241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sorry, Theresa, but Hugh Laurie is taken. By me. :)</p> <p>(Are you a Jeeves &amp; Wooster fan? I think that's my favorite of his work.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141218 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:55:44 +0000 LoP 141218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great thread and such an interesting group of ladies. Backpackers, campers and accent lovers (well I have a huge one myself) can add me to the list.</p> <p>One of the things people would probably not know about me unless going through my old pictures is that I used to be the lead singer in an alternative rock band (think Cranberries and Cardigans). Some of this time also coincides with the time I had blond in the front and red in the back hair. Really short blond bob with red pixi underneath... so was not such a disaster, but it was unnecessary nonetheless. </p> <p>I also pretty much tried all the possible hair colors and three years ago ended up deciding I love my natural hair color and will go natural until I have whites. My family members don't get whites until their late 40's so I have 10 years or more to stay natural. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141216 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:34:56 +0000 Laura 141216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun!!</p> <p>Like Maya, I suffered from sidewalk rage when living in NY. Like Taylor, I now vent my rage in the car instead. My favorite bad driver term comes from my grandpa: You chucklehead!! Not as satisfying as true potty mouth, but it works when you have little kids in the car.</p> <p>Kristen, you have to call me for tipsy shoe shopping. Please!!</p> <p>Since I am such a fan of YLF, it might be kind of surprising that I am not a fan of social networking in general. </p> <p>I am a big genealogy freak and am knee-deep in research at the moment!</p> <p>And like Inge, I have a weakness for men with accents. Particularly Scottish men. Of course that could link back to my ancestral ties to the British Isles, if we are looking for ways to pull all these themes together </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141205 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:21:57 +0000 Louise 141205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is so unreal there are some many things that people are alike in. I keep reading others posts and going "me too!!!"<br /> Theresa I love Gibbs too, so much hotter than DiNozo!!<br /> MNsara me too on the fluffy books. Twilight is as 'deep' as i get with literacy.<br /> I love Nickleback<br /> Team Edward- looks like i'm in the minority on that one though if Jacob knocked on my door and asked me out i'd not turn him down!!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141197 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:58:37 +0000 Theresa 141197@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FASCINATING thread!! I'm loving reading all about you guys and there sure are some things I would never have guessed!</p> <p>In addition to the 10 things on my blog, here are some others...</p> <p>Most people don't realise I'm an unemployed single mum because I'm too "prim &amp; proper"</p> <p>I will never pay to see a chick flick at the cinema - they are purely for lazy nights at home when I don't want to think, but I love action/drama's and movies that make you think - they are my absolute faves. Actually, I don't really get crude comedies either - I'm not into all those "silly" movies.</p> <p>Also an NCIS fan - Agent Gibbs makes me weak at the knees... while all my friends prefer DiNozo. My other fave TV show is House - Dr House also makes me swoon... (And I love that Hugh Laurie is so talented - I have a novel he has written and really appreciate his other work besides House, like Blackadder).</p> <p>I'm also in love with Brothers &amp; Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Cougar Town, The Good Wife... I'm a bit of a TV nut actually.</p> <p>Irish or Scottish accents also make me weak at the knees!</p> <p>Another one who looks neat and tidy but lives in clutter - of course I blame the little people for most of it LOL</p> <p>I LOVE junk food but am skinny so people think I live very healthily - I'm also super un-co and was hopeless at all sports, but again, look reasonably fit.</p> <p>As much as I love a good glass of wine and happily drink plenty of it - I no longer get rolling drunk like I used to... I did on NYE this year and was very quickly reminded why I don't do it! I hate being out of control, hate being sick the next day, would prefer to save my $$, and love being the one to remember the night and remind everyone how silly they were LOL But, I do love having a couple of wines and being cheeky!</p> <p>I am considered to be the "big sister" of pretty much all of my brothers friends and get on very well with them all - I have about a dozen "little brothers" </p> <p>I love to have fun but am very serious and people never know which way to take me.</p> <p>I too suffer from road rage, but having children repeat back what I say to other drivers now means I have to mutter under my breathe LOL</p> <p>Khris I'm the same with the phone - absolutely hate it! Currently thinking about disconnecting my home phone and only having my mobile so people only talk briefly and if they HAVE to...</p> <p>I'm INCREDIBLY impatient...</p> <p>Gosh I could go on for hours I think - I tend to be fairly private, so there's lots about me that people don't know! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141191 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:05:05 +0000 Katiepea 141191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, this thread is so much fun! Hmmmmmm, some random things you'd never know about me includes...... </p> <p>I'm a classical music nut. I really love opera and I listen to classical music all the time. I'm probably more of a Beethoven girl than a Mozart girl. I'd choose listening or playing Schubert of Brahms anyday, and I agree that Tchaikovsky is schmaltzy, but in the right mood, I love listening to his music! (Of course, I love modern music as well, but it is kind of my "hidden" secret, because people often associate classical music with older people. Most people I know also do not realise that I play piano quite well and have perfect pitch. You now know more about me than some of my friends!) </p> <p>When we first got together, my husband and I bonded over our mutual loathing of sci-fi and fantasy genre movies, books and tv series. We both can't stand them. Blurk! </p> <p>The thought of eating a banana makes me want to throw up and I love mustard pickle sandwiches, give or take the cheese. That's enough of me for now - I wouldn't want to give away too many secrets at once! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141170 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:53:37 +0000 Sihaya 141170@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun thread. Some things I have in common with some of you:<br /> - I have never had alcohol in my life<br /> - I am a language nerd<br /> - I only took bucket baths until I was 20 (maybe had had half a dozen actual showers until then)</p> <p>Some other things you'd not know about me:<br /> - I have never owned a TV in my house<br /> - I love dancing to loud rock<br /> - Blasting the stereo to rock while cooking is one of my most relaxing activities </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/youd-never-know-by-looking/page/2#post-141162 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:05:21 +0000 JuliaInGermany 141162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is fun to read! So many little secrets to unveil, hehe.</p> <p>You wouldn't know by looking at me</p> <p>- that I hate mobile phones. My husband makes me carry one with me because of my pregnancy, but I don't even know my own number. Most of the time it's useless because I always forget to charge the batteries. When someone asks me for my number I always tell them I don't have a mobile. I just cannot be bothered with calls. </p> <p>- that in school I have always been the kid that was chosen last for any sports team. I've always been a looser at any sport. Too slow, no strength, and no courage to try things. Luckily I look a lot more athletic than I am. </p>