Tell me about yourselves!

[Virus]

Ok, let's test the bandwidth. Try to keep it as short as possible, because it's gonna be a long thread.

My name is Shawn. I'm a Global Network Engineer working for Navy Federal Credit Union. As the name suggests, I get to travel to just about everywhere there is a naval station. I configure and install everything for our remote offices, from routers, servers to the workstations themselves.

My wife Bridget graduated from The George Washington University with a Masters in Biology, minor in chemistry. Her main focus was human genetics. Bridget worked at the National Cancer institute in Frederick Maryland for 2 years where she was involved in Cancer research. Her main area of expertise was proteins interactions with cell signaling which lead her to her current position. She now works at the U.S. Patent office specializing in genetics related patents.

[X-Calibur]

The name is Pierre-Luc. I'm a 4th year medical student at the University of Montreal. As the name suggest ... doh ... will be graduating to full blown doctor in May 2003.

My women, Genevieve (not married, but we're living together...) is also a 4th year medical student; she is also a Pharmacist but decided to do the switch at the end of the program and entered Med school.

[dnar]

My name is Loretta. No it isn't! (Big Monty Python fan) :D

My name is Wayne, I am 37, living in Perth Western Australia. I am a self employed Electronics Engineer, specialising in microcontroller product development and industrial control systems. My business, DNA Research (no we don't do paternity testing!) has been operating for 8 years, so far so good!

I currently lurk most of the working week in a dingey, noisy computer "closet" (too many fans!) writting Unix software for the local Water Authorities wide area control system, using ABB MicroSCADA.

My wife Helen is 38 and works nights as a theatre techy, at the local Hospital. We have 1 boy Alex whose 6 (going on 16) and twin 10 year old girls Amy and Chloe.

[TDKozan]

Hi, I'm Tom, 38, married with a two year old son. I'm the god of obsolete programming languages for a chain of pawn shops, headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado. I hunt, fish, birdwatch, work around the house, and all that boring Ordinary, Average Guy stuff.

TK ;>

[papeniglio]

OK, my name is Mauro, I am 31 and I am an electronics engineer, specialized in monolithic microwave circuits. I'm also in charge of support and maintenance for the hardware and software used in my office (14 SUN workstations and 5 PCs).
My wife is 31, she is a mechanics engineer and currently she is having a "forced" holiday as she's pregnant !!! :)

GeeK!

[Medic193]

My name is Deryck and I'm a 28 year old Paramedic in Oklahoma City. I'm currently working towards entering the Physician's Assistant program at Oklahoma University. I served in the Air Force aboard AWACS for 7 years as a Radar Operator. My wife is also in the Air Force flying on AWACS as a Communications Systems Operator. We have. a daughter named Samantha that just turned 1 year last month. Once I get a minute I'll post some pics of her party.

X-Calibur - Do they use Physician Assistants in Canada? The program here at OU is a Masters program and is supposed to be pretty good. I'm looking forward to entering it.

[Chas]

My name is Chas

I was a Digital Print plant manager for a Goverment quango until 18 months ago when they decided to pull the plug on our operation. So now work for South Central Railways on the Revenue side of things.
Married to Wendy who is a special needs Teacher in our local junior school.
We have two children Daryl who is 11 and Jessica who is 21 and lives away now.

[verT]

I'm a 29 year old little boy (as my wife puts it) named Trevor. I am currently a bookkeeper, but my passion is working with computers. I am married to a wonderful lady who is a school teacher for special needs students. We a currently waiting the arrival of our first child due in about a week:D

L8R

[papeniglio]

I'm very happy for you, verT!! :)
Hope everything would go the right way for our baby too (we are entering the 4th month)..

GeeK!

[verT]

Papi! Get as much sleep as you can NOW! My wife gets up like 30 times a night to pee:p She wakes me up at least three or four times. You must be very excited too. I'm really looking forward to teaching my child to overclock their hardware and how to tweak their OSs :D

[shubles]

congratulations guys.

but to all of you with young kids. i bet they're not lucky enuff to have nurse shubles as their teacher!

my name is susan and i bet that was hard to guess!!! :rolleyes: and im 22

i live with this fantastic chick shushan
she's such a lovely girl :D

i werk in the "bitchiest" childcare centre in perth, australia (no really its quite alright) as the supervisor/qualified staff of the 16-24 months room. (that's when they're the best, so if they're younger u have good times ahead of you, if they're getting older look out, they'll be toddlers soon. HA HA HA)

nah, toddlers are great too, if u dont count the toilet traing (or accidents), tantrums, fussiness, their GREAT whinging ability or their ability to wrap men (especially their daddies) around their little fingers with those cute little puppy eyes they spring on you.
:D

[wylie]

Matt is the name. 33.
Fight the taxman for a living.....which is a pathetic attempt at making "accountant" sound interesting...
Live Perth Western Australia next door to shubles sister and around the corner from dnar (whom I had never met before genome, but caught up with recently). Thats Perth for you.
Married recently to Yolanda.


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"We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite" - Murray Walker

[Hans Arne Iversen]

My name is Hans Arne Iversen, and I am 31 years old.
I work at Hedalm Anebyhus where I am responsible for the computers.
I live for music (Blues, Rock, Jazz, Black metal, Classic, etc.)
Big Led Zeppelin fan.

[Ridcully]

I'm the Archchancellor of Unseen University and my main job is to talk utter BS, be totally bombastic and shout a lot.
The pay is rubbish but the food and drink is free.
This should explain some of the unfortunate outbursts of the last couple of weeks! :rolleyes:

You'll have to blame Terry Pratchett, he created me that way. :D

[X-Calibur]

Originally posted by Medic193


X-Calibur - Do they use Physician Assistants in Canada? The program here at OU is a Masters program and is supposed to be pretty good. I'm looking forward to entering it.

I'm not sure what a you mean by Physicai Assistant, could I get a better definition of their function?
Currently they are implementing Prationneer Nurses, Nurses that will be doing "reserved" acts, the stuff that only doctors can do usually....

As of on the Paramedic side, it's quite different from the US and England (I remember you and tril talking about this...) when someone is in for Paramedics he goes to a 3 year professional formation after high school (but it is not a University degree) after which they are received as paramedics.... and start working as one for thereafter...

I konw that some Ambulance have a Doctor on board, but not always, this is limited to the greater towns services
Also paramedics here some new stuff since 2 or 3 years (maybe 5...dunno for sure), ,like intubation (with Combitube) and defibrillation (Automatic Defibrillation Unit... made by Hewlett packard)...

I'll look more into this with the Medics here a t the Hospital so I can provide a more satisfactory answer...

Cheer, and good luck whereever you go... !!!

[prokaryote]

Hi everyone! I'm a student at the Unseen University, been studying for 37 years (can't seem to find the class rooms!) and I'm allergic to the color "octarine" which is rather unfortunate given the subject matter taught at UU. Being that wizardry gives me hives, have wandered from economics, biology, and happened to be studying mathematics when someone gave me a degree and a swift kick; I fell bass-ackwards into being an electrical engineer for a semi-conductor firm, worked for 5 different companies without leaving my cubicle, and when I came-to found that I was now a yield management engineer. Have decided to pursue artificial intelligence soon at CSU (Colorado State University) since I seem to be woefully lacking the real stuff. Also, because I'm getting tired of computers doing exactly what I tell them to do, not what I want them to do and beating them silly just doesn't seem to work. Some people call me Fred, don't know why as it's not my name, but those who know me, mostly call me Dan and a few other choice names that are not allowed on this B.B. My wife has a nice house in Ft. Collins, Colorado and she even lets me live there as well.

[dnar]

ROTFLMFAO!!! :D

He wins!

[Medic193]

:)

[10:13]

Good one Prokaryote!

Colorado seems a hotbed of responses to this thread So . . .

The name is Gil from Denver Colorado. 46. Married almost 25 years. I fool people (managers) into thinking I'm a hotshot Unix administrator and Oracle DBA with strong networking skills. In reality I just sort of muddle by and they seem happy with it. Two kids who think they are adults (and in truth are getting pretty close). When I'm not geeking out with computers, I'm in the garden with my daylilies, irises, and roses, or hiking in the mountains, or, most likely, being a dad/husband (amazing how much time that last part seems to take)

[SkzDaLimit]

Real Name: Michael
Age: 35
Locale: Omaha, Nebraska (soon to be Atlanta, Ga.)
Marital Status: Engaged
Children: 4 (Zach, Leah, Tyler and Jamie)
Employed: Yes

In my spare time, when not sitting in front of the computer, I am an outodoors person.....swimming, biking, hiking. Also enjoy amatuer astronomy, reading and watching some TV.

On the computer, I maintain several websites:

http://www.skzdalimit.com
http://www.skzdalimit.com/seti
http://www.skzdalimit.com/folding
http://www.journeyforhope.org
http://www.matshousefoundation.org

and also the Genome Collective website once we get things squared away.

I suffer from Bipolar Disorder (manic depression) and am a rapid cycler (for those who know the lingo). No I do not take any medication for it, I refuse to and I do not like the effect they have on me.

The only 2 bad habits I have are my constant drinking of coffee and smoking, and maybe my rambling in my BB postings. :p

I also have an extremely warped sense of humor, and as a kid, I was called to the principals office often to explain a comment I made in class. I still graduated in the Top 1% of my class of 1200 in high school.

[dnar]

Originally posted by SkzDaLimit

I suffer from Bipolar Disorder (manic depression) and am a rapid cycler (for those who know the lingo). No I do not take any medication for it, I refuse to and I do not like the effect they have on me.





The only 2 bad habits I have are my constant drinking of coffee and smoking, and maybe my rambling in my BB postings. :p





I also have an extremely warped sense of humor, and as a kid, I was called to the principals office often to explain a comment I made in class. I still graduated in the Top 1% of my class of 1200 in high school.



Michael, you and I are very similar..... Except for the URL's. :D

[Medic193]

X_Calibur - A PA works under the same capacity as a Doctor but without the responsibility.:) A Doctor awlays has to be on staff when a PA is working. PA school is a lot harder to get into than Med school, as it's quicker to complete than med school. Also, it seems in the states people just don't want the responsibility the doctor has and choose to go the PA route.

I read that your Paramedics are getting Automatic Defibrillators. That cought me by surprise. Do they not use the normal defib and read the heart rhythm on their own. The main defib used here is the Lifepak? Our schools here are a bit different. In some programs you graduate with an Associate Degree, then you go out and work as a Paramedic. Some programs offer a Bachelor Degree. Once you complete the process you usually have to work as an Emergency technician for a good amount of time before you are released as a Paramedic. It took me 2 1/2 years before my hospital released me as a Paramedic. Which ironically happened this month. I find it intruiging learning how other countries EMS system works. Thanks for the info.

[Virus]

I'm a non medication chap myself. I'm an alternative person myself. Ever heard of Shaklee? www.shaklee.com Top cycling team in the nation, largest nutritional company in the world. For the medical students out there. Shaklee is the only nutritional supplement company in the world to consistantly have their research published, on their nutritional supplements in peer review or refereed journals. I'm sure you'll get to know these journals well as they are considered to be the final word in the field of medicine. If it gets published, it's accepted as the golden rule! Yes, I'm pimping again!

[Rick_Deadly]

So far it seems I'm the only one living off the government full time. To the rest of the Canadians here, thanks :)

I'm in the Canadian Air Force. I'm an Aircraft Avionics technician by trade. Currently I am teaching electronics at our Communications and Electronics school. You know... the really boring stuff like semi-conductors and Ohm's Law.

Fortunately I get to do a lot of the "drill sergeant" stuff, hehe!
:veryevilandnastychuckle:

Married, 38, 2 kids, 4 eyes, grey hair, short, fat, and ugly!

I work, eat, sleep and mess with computers. The first three always give way to number 4 :)

[Nofinger]

My real name is Rob 32 year young

I work, for 10 years now, as a gardener
for our community (if you want a tree cut
down or your grass cut, give me a call, i'll
see what i can do :D :D)

I live in the Netherlands in a small village
in the country side , by the name
of Zevenhoven.

I like to play with computers and foul
around with them, i'm no expert in anything
but I like to try everything :D

I'm still single (so give me a call, females only)
Hobby's are music, book's, gardening, eating,
walking by the sea, and..... forget how it's called,
something with a CPU and Ram :D :D

Great this threat :cool:

[fizler]

hi, my name is forest(yes it really is so don't ask) im 18, and go to college....well i have a twin sister, but she is at fsu......my dad and i share our house and i have all the computer crunching.. i plan on being a graphic designer or network admin... uh not much else to say oh ya i don't have a girlfriend or anything, but thats about it for my life

[Yo_Mama]

My real name is Scott, I'm in the US Air Force, stationed in Panama City, FL (see Rick, you're not the only one). I'm a Lab Technician, who for some reason always gets pegged as the "Computer Guy". My hobbies were drinking beer and playing computer games. But since moving to PC, my only hobby is....

FISHING

Getting ready to go buy a boat now. Good thing Genome runs itself, or else it'd never get done ;)

[Martyn]

36 y/o caucasian male,
Occupation: RN
Real Name, Martyn.

Did my degree at Keele university, Staffordshire England, also where I trained and qualified as a Registered Nurse (sorry shoo - I'm a real one <grin>)

I now work in Norsth Staffs Royal Infirmary and City General Hospital as a Critical Care RN, a 60/40 rotation between our Multiple Injuries Unit - a 16 bed Intensive Care Unit, specialising in trauma and head injuries. We treat mostly road traffic accidents, but a wide variety from plane crash victims to shootings etc. I love my job with a passion, I feel privelidged to do it and is partly why G@H is also a passion.

Hobbies, fossil collecting, computers, computer graphics, music.

[dnar]

Tril, I take my hay off to ya m8. Thats some line of work. You must see some pretty horendous stuff. Personally, I'm no good with blood & guts.

When God designed the human computer, he sure put it in a delicate case........

[stall6g]

Let's see my real name is Jason, 26 yrs old, Scandorean, 6' tall and skinny as a rail (high metabolism and a hollow leg are partly to blame:D). I recently got out off of active duty in the Army and have started working for a family business which designs and builds retail and concession carts for major sports arenas and misc. millwork for colleges, convention centers and supermarkets. I'm married to a beautiful Brit (why I am probably one of the only Americans that understands the Terry Pratchett inferences) who I met while stationed in Korea and have a hellion 16 month old daughter and another in the oven. Timer is set for mid January so hopefully it won't come out underdone.

Hobbies are obviously computers and history. Maybe not as far back as Tril0byte there since I kind of like to focus on humans and what makes us tick. My biggest hobby, or duty, at the moment is trying to keep my daughter from putting everything into her mouth to include my 2 dogs!!

[Martyn]

Originally posted by dnar
Tril, I take my hay off to ya m8. Thats some line of work. You must see some pretty horendous stuff. Personally, I'm no good with blood & guts.


I just like the dress ;)

[kirek]

Erik here,




I am 30, and live in Toledo OH.




I have a very cool wife and a son who is a nut (read silly).




I am a part time student. After taking a 8 year break to persue a career in the world of Rock and Roll I decided to go back to school and get a real job. :) But seriously, I am a self proclaimed computer nut, that has been around computers since the mid 80's. Except for my Guitar playing heavy-metal mush brain days in which I managed to miss Windows version 1 through 3.1. Did I miss much? :D




As for the job, my offical title is "Applications Support Specialist" which basically means I babysit the NT boxes (users) at work, but it's all good 'cause occasionally I get to work on cool stuff like setting up mail servers, upgrading pc's, etc. :cool:

Am I sharing too much? Oh well.



Later-

[Rick_Deadly]

Originally posted by Yo_Mama
My real name is Scott, I'm in the US Air Force, stationed in Panama City, FL (see Rick, you're not the only one). I'm a Lab Technician, who for some reason always gets pegged as the "Computer Guy". My hobbies were drinking beer and playing computer games. But since moving to PC, my only hobby is....

FISHING

Getting ready to go buy a boat now. Good thing Genome runs itself, or else it'd never get done ;)

Way cool... I've been to your base on an exercise. About 2 weeks in March of about 1987. The best TD I've ever been on (Well, Pheonix was a close second.)!

Love that restaurant down on the beach. Stayed in those little cabanas, thought I was in heaven :)

[Mule]

Hi.
REal name is Leslie Burrow (so L. Burrow became Mule )
I`m 57 , widowed and remarried (masochistic)suffer from schizophrenic fugue states under stress
Honours Degree in Pure Maths and Physics.
currently running the box office at a theatre while my wife earns the money as a deputy head teacher.
2 children: daughter 31 with grand-daughter of 5
stepson 26 works as IT manager for a clearing bank
hobbies :fishing ,computers, cryptography ,mathematics ,
astronomy ,reading (mainly science and science-fiction ),writing poetry ,cross-stitch ,music among others.
I also sleep less than 4 hours per day .

Mule

[dnar]

Originally posted by Mule



Hi.




REal name is Leslie Burrow (so L. Burrow became Mule )




I`m 57 , widowed and remarried (masochistic)suffer from schizophrenic fugue states under stress




Honours Degree in Pure Maths and Physics.




currently running the box office at a theatre while my wife earns the money as a deputy head teacher.




2 children: daughter 31 with grand-daughter of 5




stepson 26 works as IT manager for a clearing bank




hobbies :fishing ,computers, cryptography ,mathematics ,




astronomy ,reading (mainly science and science-fiction ),writing poetry ,cross-stitch ,music among others.




I also sleep less than 4 hours per day .









Mule







Cool Mule, into Astronomy I see. What ya got for a scope? What's you local (me 32deg south). I use 114mm Newt. Hardly ever get to use it these days, since the Genome disease has set in...... Plus it's either raining of the light pollution is too much.... I wish they hadn't changed the street lights to stay on ALL NIGHT! :mad:

[viperdog]

Names David but most everyone just calls me dave, unless you talk to me on the phone..and then it seems to be Steve ??? I don't know why..but people who call me ask for steve...I reply "Sorry, my name is Dave", they say "Oh..Ok..sorry.....Well steve I need...." arrggg... I just accept it now..

Married for 15 yrs now to an older women ( you can shuddder now)...I'm 43 she's 58. No kids biologically ( that I know of anyway..hey I was a player once), 4 step-kids, 16 grandkids.

Started out as a farm-boy on a small farm in Iowa. Spent some time tring my best to be thrown out of Iowa State Univ., finally got my grade point low enough that I went to work at WOI-TV as a production assistant.
Moved on to working nights as a computer operator, then tried my hand at running a computer store in the early 80's.
When it became a huge money making success for the owners ( it was actually Iowa largest computer store for some time), I fleed and worked full time for the Iowa Air National Guard as a Automatic Flight Control Specialist.
When the Guard switched from A7-D's to F-16's and it looked like I might get down sized I took a stab at being "The Multimedia Manager" for the base. Fancy words for photographer, graphics guy, vidiot. 10yrs later I'm a TSGT ( e-6) still looking for a MSgt slot and getting ready to cap off 20yrs total time in November ( When I will get down sized this time).
Two yrs ago I went back to being just a weekend warrior and started working for myself as a computer repair tech. Biggest client? ESSC ( they serviced Genicom printers and a bunch of other stuff)....they lasted 5 months and went bust. No problem, hello "Rhythms", installed DSL lines in Denver, Chicago, Milwaukee, Des Moines, Omaha, Pittsburg. They cut way back 6 months ago...gee if this keeps up I'll have to get a job... :D

The house sits on 26 acres, have three horses, 24 dogs ( 16 Borzoi - Russian Wolfhounds) that we show, 12 barn cats, and a fox that likes to try and steal cat food off the patio at night. The pond is stocked with bass.

[ohms18k]

My name is Darrell Live in Southfield, Michigan. Most of my work is done at home, thanks to DSL and cable when I’m at work I skate up and down the hallways, that’s when they send me home. I work for a company that builds Industrial lines using Heat Treat and Bonding Equipment. I set up the computer system that runs those machines. Most of the computers I build my self. I could have as many as 10 computers sitting around my house doing nothing or they could be crunching genes hmmmm……So I carry them back to work and let them handle that electric bill. I’m married with two girls nine and seventeen. My beautiful wife is an Electrician so I really don’t have to work she makes plenty reading books all day.

Likes: Inline Skating, Sci-fi books, Drum&Bass Music, and NASCAR (Johnny Benson fan). Was in Livingston Montana recently and got my first fly-fishing lesson, I really like that.

[Stilgar]

Been in the electrical field 29 years. (Industrial) Been an apprentice, journeyman, foreman, general foreman, Job Superintendent, Superintendent, and general hard ass. Interests fishing, black powder guns, camping and hiking. I'm retiring in 8 years and your not.:p (I'd shoot myself if I had as long to go as some of these youngsters do.) As stated in another thread on another board so long ago. My goal is to get a Landshark (RV) and tick people off running in the fast lane slowly.)

[Hemi]

My real name is Tom Monte. I'm a 74 year-old retired entrepreneur, and I once owned 4 professional sports franchises in the US. Now I just sit around and get into too many things at once, especially related to computers. I have a lovely 21 year-old girlfriend who just wants my riches when I kick the bucket. I've never been married, although I may have some kids out there as I was more active in the sack than Wilt Chamberlain (we had a competition once when he played ball for one of my teams).

Oh yeah, I almost forgot...I run a website called PC Critix (http://www.pccritix.com) where we review hardware and goof off a lot. It's been slow (read: near dead) for a while, mostly because I'm losing my memory and have trouble remembering what review I'm working on from day to day.

My other hobbies are buying/trading/losing money on computer parts, working on race cars, writing web apps/designing sites, and telling stories to anyone who is bored enough to listen.

:D

[Mule]

HI Dnar

114mm Newt here too 54.09N 4.29W light pollution here is terrible. but Ive only to go about 15 miles to thesouth end of the island and I have a view over 100 miles of ocean facing sooth and no sources of light for about 3 miles in any direction.
I sometimes take the scope with me when I go on an all night shore fishing session ( combine two of my hobbies at once).

Mule

[siggy]

My real name is Ann, just turned the big 40 on Monday. I have been working for AT&T for the last 11 years. I am the team coordinator on orders from a large Corporate customer. All of my computer experience is self taught. They did not have computers in school when I was there. My first computer was a VIC-20 and the first thing I did was take it apart. I have had many types of jobs (including construction) trying to find my niche. I really have a passion for computers, I just wish I had the time to learn more. I have been married (2nd time) for 10 years to a wonderful man. I have 3 step children (already out on their own) and 3 daughters still at home. Jennifer 17, Jessica 14, and Stephanie 9, and currently have 6 step grandchildren.

[Alfred Das]

Originally posted by Hemi
My real name is Tom Monte. I'm a 74 year-old retired entrepreneur, and I once owned 4 professional sports franchises in the US. Now I just sit around and get into too many things at once, especially related to computers. I have a lovely 21 year-old girlfriend who just wants my riches when I kick the bucket. I've never been married, although I may have some kids out there as I was more active in the sack than Wilt Chamberlain (we had a competition once when he played ball for one of my teams).

Oh yeah, I almost forgot...I run a website called PC Critix (http://www.pccritix.com) where we review hardware and goof off a lot. It's been slow (read: near dead) for a while, mostly because I'm losing my memory and have trouble remembering what review I'm working on from day to day.

My other hobbies are buying/trading/losing money on computer parts, working on race cars, writing web apps/designing sites, and telling stories to anyone who is bored enough to listen.Wowzers! Kudos to you Tom! If only my father in law had 1% of your spirit we'd lead a much happier life overhere. Just neg vibes coming from him, always been that way according to my girlfriend. (We'll manage!)
So, judging from this distance and over this digital medium, I'd think your 21-springs-young girlfriend isn't just interested in your richess, but also in that entrepreneuring mind of yours. Keep it up!

Cheers!

A:\

[LBaker]

Hello all! My name is Leon. I'm 38 and live in Spring Grove, PA. Married with 2 daughters ages 9 and 6. I'm a self employed tile contractor. Been on my own for 5 years now. We have a small farmette with a horse(had 2 but the old mare left us not long ago :( ), a dog and 3 cats.


LB

[pelligrini]

My given name is Erik, and I’ve had it for 34 years now. I spent my first 6 years in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The rest have been here in Fort Worth, Texas, although I do enjoy getting back up North to the mountains, and trout.

I work for a phenomenal architect. He does most of the design work, and I get to draw everything up. I do get to do some design though. Our firm’s (http://www.schaumburgarchitects.com) main focus is residential architecture. We do a lot of huge houses. I’m currently working on an 8, a 10 and a 20 thousand square foot, 1 bedroom residence. Half of the time I work at the office, the other half at home. I really do enjoy my work.

Prior to working I got my Architecture degree from The University of Texas at Arlington. I finished my last nine hours in Italy. When I graduated I said I would never, ever draw on one of those darn computers. Little did I know….

I finally married this darn redhead about three years ago. We had been “shacked up” for the previous six. It took some thumbscrews, but I eventually made the decision to marry Dynette-42. Two of her (really “ours” now) children still live with us; Ben-18 and Mariah-15. The other boy, Gabriel(Gabe)-17, lives with his dad now. We were seriously considering having one of our own, but when the oldest hit high school, we quickly changed our minds.

Along with my passion for these little magic boxes (computers) I keep a bunch of aquariums. They are mostly freshwater and a couple of salt tanks. Even though It’s been a while I love getting up in the mountains by myself for some packing, and a lot of fishing. I got to spend a month and a half in the Yellowstone, Beartooth area one summer. Cruising around all those hairpin turns in my ’69 Camero was a blast. I also have a ’69 GTO that needs to be put back together too. Once that’s done I’ll have a little more room for a woodshop in the garage, another hobby I enjoy. I have also been seriously involved with the FWDA (http://www.fwda.org), a local dart association for quite a few years.

[dnar]

I just dug this thread out of the archives, maybe some of the newer members would care to tell us a little about themselves.

BTW Hemi - ROFLMAO.
http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~dnar/images/icons/biggrininvasion.gi

[MikeTimbers]

OK, must have been away when this was going....

I'm 38, married to Par, who is Thai. I have a stepson Nook who is 9 and a son Nick who is 3. Par will produce another (hopefully a girl) in March.

I work as a Technical Architect for accenture at their Sainsbury's (UK Supermarket) operation having been out-sourced from Sainsbury's last November.

I have worked as a computer consultant since 1986 mostly on implementing business software. In 1994 I emigrated to Hong Kong to catch the last days of Empire (great party!) and then went to Thailand to work for Andersen Consulting at a Caltex oil refinery. There I met Par and when the contract ended had an 18-month sabbatical to get married and have Nick. During this time I also reduced my golf handicap to 6.

[goldie]

Real name Steve Gold, 50yrs old, aka "goldie". I live up in NW Montana in a little resort town named Whitefish near Glacier Park where I have a drywall construction business for 22yrs.
I mostly work on large custom homes.
I am married w/ a 12 yr old daughter. Wife of the last 10yrs is Melissa. Both are the light of my life.
Bought my first computer from Quantex in 1995. I talked w/ tech support so many times I got so I knew what they were going to ask me to do before they actually did. Next bought a Micron and found the ACHO newsgroup where they convinced me I could build my own overclocked box. I knew I wanted to Genome when Tril, pell and the rest of the boys started the group back at ACHO.
I'm an avid golfer (handicap 3), crazed skier (Big Mt ski area is 5 miles from my front door), and upland game (pheasants) bird hunter. Computers are my lastest thirst for learning.
:p

[zhotfire]

Can't believe i missed this thread... *doh*
My name is Tim, i'm 34, born on the coldest day of february 1967 in Charlottetown PEI, i have called Halifax NS home for the past 26 years. Of UK decent with my mother's side making the crossing to the new world on the good ship Hector, my father's side... well, something about deportation for stealing sheep... we don't talk about it much. ;) I'm been working for a regional courier company for 9+ years now. Currently overseeing the evening outbound shift making sure a few thousand boxes/crates/packages/envelopes get to where they're supposed to go. I work towards 2 deadlines nightly, so if i seem a little stressed you'll know why! I'm also the computer tech for my friends and family(the pay sucks!). My intrests include canoeing, sailing, hiking, fishing, photography, astronomy, cooking, model making, woodworking, boatbuilding, graphic art, gaming, beer, cycling, structural engineering, music, live theatre, motorcycles and of course, messing with computers! My first puter was a commodore128, i've done limited programming in cobol, fortran and *cough* basic. I'm currently single with no women or children pestering me(i have sister's/cousin's friends and my nephew if i feel the need)... it'd be quiet in here if it wasn't for the constant hum of the computers!:rolleyes: Plans for the future: to do something with my life! w00t!

[Rizzo]

OK, here goes:

I am 17, live near Oxford in the UK. I am currently studying A Levels with the goal of studying Computer Science and Physics at university next year.

I do what most students do... spend what little money I have on computers :)

Tril - I am currently looking for universities and Keele is on my list (I am going for a open day on Saturday), is it any good?

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

Laura and I are neurologists. She's 40 and I'm 36. She specializes in behavioral neurology and has her fingers in a number of academic pots in the NYU Department of Neurology. I am a stroke-intensivist and neuroepidemiologist. If I'm standing at your bedside, something very bad has happened. If you can talk to me, you are getting much better. My research is in the epidemiology of stroke-related epilepsy. Got that?

Nora is a sophomore at the Bronx High School of Science, which is an hour away via the 1-train to the Bx-10 bus. She spends her days "shopping" in the East Village and trying to convince us that her curfew of midnight is hopelessly strict and that no, she really doesn't have any homework.

Daniel

[dnar]

Hey thanx to everyone that has posted here this week, dont forget the "Care to show us your mug" thread too! :D

[siggy]

Hey Daniel, tell Nora to count her blessings. The county I live in here in Virginia has a curfew of 11pm. However My house rules are 10pm. That includes my 17 yr old. (exception is for work) ;)

[wylie]

Originally posted by Daniel, Laura, and Nora


Nora is a sophomore at the Bronx High School of Science
Whats a "sophomore??"

[siggy]

Originally posted by wylie

Whats a "sophomore??"

it is 10th Grade in High School.

in USA we have 4 years in High School

Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior

[Martyn]

Originally posted by Rizzo


Tril - I am currently looking for universities and Keele is on my list (I am going for a open day on Saturday), is it any good?

What can I say Rizz, it's the best University in the world, producing the brightest, best looking grads ever ;)

Yep, my old Uni :D

Seriously, it's a good one, a good international reputation, will be offering MD's next year I think too. Biggest campus in Europe, really nice environment, very rural, lakes, parks etc. Good SU, lots of bands. The Uni is a bit insular, everything is on campus and there is little need to venture out if you don't want to. Locally, Newcastle is a nice town, Keele village is picturesque-ish, the potteries are a bit grimy and glum (possibly another reason many students stay on campus and around the village). The city has kickin nightlife, tons of clubs, loads of girls. There is a high overseas student population, loads of rich kids from all over the world (some of em drive better cars than the one I got now).

Could do a lot worse mate :)

[randycw]

First off -- thanks Dnar for reviving this thread!

I am 32 yrs old, been married to my first wife for 10 years now (she hates it when I introduce her like that!) We have two children: Alyssa Riley 3 yrs and Garret Kile 1 yrs.

Have a doctor of pharmacy degree and have worked in the pharmacy arena for about 9 years now: taught pharmacokinetics at the Univ of Kentucky for 3 years, then moved back to Wyoming.
Now work with the Univ of Wyoming students at Wyoming Medical Center, and teach a logic course at a local college.

Hobbies: Bow hunting, backpacking, canoeing, blackpowder, gun collecting, rock climbing (I'm very new at this one), and everything electronic -- drives my wife nuts! :D

[MikeTimbers]

Is bow hunting where you try to hunt a bow (as in deer hunting or fox hunting)? Do the bows hide amongst branches? :D

[Rizzo]

Originally posted by tril0Byte


What can I say Rizz, it's the best University in the world, producing the brightest, best looking grads ever ;)

Yep, my old Uni :D

Seriously, it's a good one, a good international reputation, will be offering MD's next year I think too. Biggest campus in Europe, really nice environment, very rural, lakes, parks etc. Good SU, lots of bands. The Uni is a bit insular, everything is on campus and there is little need to venture out if you don't want to. Locally, Newcastle is a nice town, Keele village is picturesque-ish, the potteries are a bit grimy and glum (possibly another reason many students stay on campus and around the village). The city has kickin nightlife, tons of clubs, loads of girls. There is a high overseas student population, loads of rich kids from all over the world (some of em drive better cars than the one I got now).

Could do a lot worse mate :)

You would say it is the best.

I have just come back from the Uni of Kent at Canterbury, it is very nice. I still have to visit Keele (going on Saturday, 4 hour drive though, luckily my driver is very good... well, he is my dad :) ), got to go to Royal Holloway and Southampton as well sometime.

[randycw]

Is bow hunting where you try to hunt a bow (as in deer hunting or fox hunting)? Do the bows hide amongst branches?

LOL! Good point. I am just used to having to clarify either rifle or bow around here. Seems everyone here wants to know with what do you hunt (what caliber, what manufacturer, what gain wiegth of arrow, compound bow, recurve, etc)

[MechCD]

Hrm, i just located this here thread, guess its my tern for passinm out info

My name is William and I am currectly a high school student. I plan on getting a career in the computer/techonolgy world :D . My hobbies are computers (of course) electronics, band, and a lil RC stuff if i ever get enough cash

[X-Calibur]

Don't you like it when post have silly names?

[Martyn]

test

[Makatiel]

Wow.. The thread actually worked.. Cool.. Now I have to think of what to write here..

It's nice to see this post saved from the archives..

I'll post on it tommorow though.. I feel dead tired tonight and am really not up to posting tonight.. Actually, I didn't post much of anything today..

[siggy]

Well Makatiel I will expect your biography first thing this morning. You have been here over a week. So stop leaving us all in suspence:p

[Makatiel]

Too tired.. I was up way too damn late.. Still work up in time to get ready for work, but argh.. I need to start getting some sleep at night..

[verT]

Well my part time gig has come to near stand still you can read about my last gig here (http://people.aol.com/people/news/now/0,10958,186902,00.html) :D

[Makatiel]

Well, my name is Vinny.. I am 23 and currently live in Dayton Ohio. I am an *ET2(SW) with the U.S. Navy.. I have been in for 5 years now. I was stationed on a ship in Norfolk (U.S.S. Shreveport) but I am up here Recruiting in Ohio at the moment.
Anything else you would like to know ask because I really dont know what else to write here..

*ET2(SW) = Electronics Technician Second Class (Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist)

[MechCD]

I might have posted in here before, but i feel like dishin out info again :D:D:D

My name is William and I'm currently a highschool student at Firelands HS. I am in the marching band /symphonic band and play trombone. Also at school, I'm the next "big cheese" of the Video team. Right now i'm a gopher, but i have done some actual camera work. My hobbies are electronics, robotics, and computers (of course).

[BeeKs]

Originally posted by Makatiel


*ET2(SW) = Electronics Technician Second Class (Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist)

He is a tweet.
I was an AD3 and they offered me Meritorious 2nd if I re-enlisted. I decided I would rather design then repair. Bathing in JP did not seem too appealing to me. it is not a good thing when you become good at trouble shooting the fuel system of a tomcat. I could not see myself being a jp soaked fuel migration specialist on the uss zippo or uss razorblade.

Well my buds call me Bob or BK, and some clown started calling me BeeK, and that transitioned to BeeKs. I am over 40, I am a single parent with a beautiful 14-year-old daughter and I have only worked for 2 employers my entire life. Both had their affect and place in my life. My current job is in the Global Account Engineering department, and I am a Program Manager and logics engineer assigned to a top Semiconductor company. I can’t say much about my job, but is it is a blast, and I get to meet lotz and lotz of different people and cultures. There are only a handful of us around because we are each tied to one our top accounts, and work directly with sales and marketing to develop integrated global logistics solutions for the account we are assigned to. It is a great concept, the customers like the fact that an engineer is on the sales team because we are not there to sale the program but are there to ensure we can develop a solution that will work within our system form and operational parameters. I get to do everything from software engineering to site layouts. It pays to be a Jack-of-all-trades and master on none in my job, and I fit that bill perfectly. When you tie that with the ability to B.S. you have the ideal recipe for a Sales Engineer.

My hobbies are hiking, camping, non-technical mountain climbing, the beach, Pro-Women’s Volleyball, a good cigar, smooth Bourbon,:D flaming Pirate WannaBes and Mac Users.
:D

[Martyn]

Originally posted by BeeKs

....non-technical mountain climbing

Wow, this took me back, used to like the rocks myself. We have some nice crags in the UK, some in the peak district, lot's round the coast and in wales too. Nothing very high, but some seriously difficult "short routes". Most I was ever up to was HVS (bit unfit ;)) but some of the rock-jocks I used to hang with were awsome, soloing E6 routes (no protection) - real lunatics. One guy used to scoot up the side of your house, using only the pointing for finger/hand-holds - amazing to watch. Course they were all skinny, I was never built (mentally or physically) for that kind of stuff.

[Phasis]

Okies, my turn

Go by the name of Sabastian. Im 28 and live in Paris.
I enjoy long walks along and beach and romantic din.....ow s*&t beans, wrong forum.

Ok, I see where we are all going with this...
Name really is Brad, i'm 24 and live in Brisbane Australia.
For a crust I entertain the public's interest as a Town and Environmental Planning Consultant, yet I over look the Bay and somehow spend half my day maintaining 4 G@H clients.

Unfortunatly I still am 'based' at home cause its cheap, nice and the foods good, however my girlfriend of 4 years lives by herself in a nice little unit so I can chill out there. She is a Post Graduate Environmental Science student and someday aims to be my sugar-mummy. :D

Me, out.

[Azzuron]

This was a boo boo. Please see post below :ssh: :banghead:

[Azzuron]

HI EVERYBODY! My name is Dave!
I em a Guy
I em 20 My Birth day is in april! ill be 21 :)
(if you couldnt count that yourself ;) )

I am currently attending a 2 year school MCC (Monroe Community College) after my 2 years, (one more semester left, and i may end up staing for one more) i will be deciding if i wish to attend RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) or Clarkson (Clarkson). I dont know... which should i goto? both are great schools. RIT is close.... Clarkson gets me away from the demon parent (my mom). hmm My friend is in clarkson as well. My cousin goes to RIT now, and, my other friend will be going to RIT at the same time as i. I dunno..
I am studying for a programming carreer of some sort, I dont know where i will try to get into, depends on hwo thigns go, i have yet to get into any real programming yet just intro coarses which make me sleepy. Maybe ill get into some home based stuff? i dunno. i like the idea of programming for games, maybe blizzard entertainment, but thats alot of pressure, Blizzard it the elite of game developers. I also like artificial life sims. Things like Creatures were pretty big with me when i was younger. i still like to dabble around technosphere. My goal is to someday make a Technosphere like game/sim that will be more user interactive. need ideas though :)

So i live in NY Just east or Rochester, in Ontario (NY). Cows live down the road, and all my friends are away to college so i had to make som enew ones, altho...i only got a few, who mostly finished their time at MCC already as well. so im stuck with one.. :( No girl friends yet...i tried...really but :p i guess im just to slow.


I have a sister. younger than me, 18 i think, my parents are older.

[Billy_Bat]

OK, my turn...
My name is Bill and I am an alcoholic... I mean, no, not really, just an occasional imbiber.
Anyway, I am married (sorry girls). For the last three (of my 34)years, and am infecting my wife with the crunching bug. I am a foreman for a general contractor, and have been for the last 6 years. I enjoy my work, when I get to custom make and install intricate woodwork. The rest of the time I crack the whip on the back of 5-15 of various mechanics and laborers. (good to be THE MAN)
I live right outside of Philadelphia, and have all my life, except for a brief (6 year) spurt of insanity that had me living out in "Witness" country. Remember that Harrison Ford movie? When out there in the late 80s and early 90s I actually did computer networks and phone systems. Did some cool work but my heart wasn't in it. Back when a 486/50 cost $2500.
I have been overclocking since 97, and haven't had a computer in the house that wasn't overclocked. ACHO past present and...
Good Luck!
BB