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Married

Hometown

Wilmington, DE

Places I've been

born in Camden, NJ; Lived in: Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Cincinnati OH; Kansas City KS and MO; Houston, San Antonio, Austin TX; Altoona PA. Been to: New York (love it), San Francisco (used to love it but it's changed I think), Florida, Denver, Chicago, New Orleans (loved it before Katrina), Omaha, St.Louis, Atlanta, Reno, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Baltimore, Boston, Washington, and some more I've forgotten like Mexico City. Then there's Europe: Paris, Rome, Berlin, London, plus Jerusalem are all the best ones. Also been to Abu Daibi (sp) in UAE, but don't recommend it these days.

Military

• us army national guard - 1955 to 1963
  Division: weather for coast artillery
  Rank: corporal

More about me

 

I'm a born engineer. Always liked to fix things, invent, cook (that's creative) and grow things. President of my class in highschool, and eventually became presidnet of a small (60 employees) company in San Antonio, Texas. In between, I became a chem engineer, worked for P&G in food (Jif, Duncan Hines, Folgers), then Uncle Ben's Rice, and finally into petroleum lab test equipment. I have about 5 industrial patents, and one I'm working on now for the home (a toilet seat warmer that works very well). You'd love it. My home is full of stuff I have created, particularly welded metal sculptures that I made a few years ago. Creative art is a hobby, but I'm so busy with stuff, I don't get to do the art much.

Been married 4 times - 10 years, 20 years, 1 year, and now in the 12th year of my fourth marriage. Four children, all by my first wife, and they are all successful and in their 40's now.

I have been Saved since 1995, and consider God the most important thing in my life. It's not always easy, but it's the right path to follow and stay on. My wife agrees.

Don't watch tv or movies - too much junk. Spend my time keeping the house warm (winter) and building (summer.) Also, health is a hobby - always eat right with almost no junk. I am a cancer survivor, but that's another story I posted with floating feather.

Thanks for listening. Eat right, take vitamins, don't smoke nor drink (alcohol), follow God's teaching, and you'll do great.

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