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Relationship

Married. Interested in meeting people for friendship and meeting people for networking

Hometown

Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Places I've been

I was an Army brat, so I lived in lots of places including Germany, Japan, and several military reservations in the U.S. Stationed at Camp Eagle at Phu Bai in S. Vietnam from Dec. '67 to Jan. '69.

Education

• University of Texas at Dallas, Earth Science/English/Teaching - 2000 to 2001
• Louisiana State University, Football - 1965 to 1966

Work

• City of Dallas, Texas, Traffic Engineer (Retired) - 1970 to 1999

Military

• Army - 1967 to 1969
  Division: 101st Airborne/Rangers
  Rank: Sergeant E-5

More about me

I've been married to my beautiful wife for 40 years!  We have three grown children and seven grandchildren.  I'm a retired traffic engineer, and I now tutor mostly math, from third grade (my youngest) through college, including adults my own age.

  I've been a blues/rock guitarist for more than 50 years, often playing professionally.  I have played with many of the most famous blues/rock musicians of my lifetime, many of them "back in the day," before they became famous.  I have thought about and discussed doing another Masters degree, this time in music or history, or a combination, so that I could study and research "The Crossroads" mythology in Blues folklore. 

I have won awards and been published in national engineering journals. 

I'm a Vietnam vet, serving with an airborne ranger company, hence my screen name "oldrangerdude." 

I was a youth minister for more than 25 years, and led yearly and twice yearly youth retreats.

About three years ago I suffered a broken back - a compression fracture at T-7 vertebra.  From that experience I learned that I had severe osteoporosis, and I lost 1.5 inches in height.  Less than three months after the broken back, I suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, resulting in aphasia.  Since that stroke, I can no longer read for pleasure, and I have lost all interest in playing guitar.  Crappy deal.

Activities

Retired traffic engineer; taught high school Chemistry & Physics for three years; substitute taught; now a tutor, mostly in Math

Favorite Charities

Catholic Charities; Susan B. Komen Foundation; Walk for the Cure

Favorite Music

Blues; Rock; Classical; Smooth Jazz; Bluegrass; Cajun/Zydeco; Beautiful Music

Favorite TV Shows

Bones; all the CSI variants; all the Law & Order versions; Criminal Minds; Real Time with Bill Maher

Favorite Movies

"All Quiet on the Western Front, " "The Godfather;" "Saving Private Ryan;" "Band of Brothers" many others

Favorite Books

Anything by Elie Wiesel; the entire C.S.Forester "Hornblower" series (read eleven books in one summer)

Favorite Quotes

"Some people are born on third base, and go through life thinking they hit a triple!" (Barry Switzer - ex-coach of the Oklahoma Sooners/Dallas Cowboys)

Favorite People

Elie Wiesel; Jimmy Carter; Nelson Mandela

Favorite Places

East Texas piney woods; Big Bend; Victoria, B.C.;

Favorite Animals

My adopted rescue cat "Powder."

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