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[Cap Mandrake]

Santa Maria! I've got ties older than half of these lads!

56

Southern Calif.

Physician

Married (2nd wife, 1st passed away [:(]..the sad face is for the second part after the comma, not the first part, although I sometimes wonder what I was thinking) 3 bio kids. Youngest is 20 and acts like a teen. The middle one works for a law firm in LA. The oldest is 27 and works for the Russian mob...I think. One 19 year old step-daughter with a serious attitude living at home. Two step-adopted kids (if there is such a thing) 7 and 10 who I have taken to fighting with for the Netflix controller. One great old lab mix and one frequently annoying but grateful mutt rescue dog with an incredibly small head. Used to have a rabbit but a bobcat killed it. Utterly worthless but oddly endearing ferret lives downstairs. Sometimes we have rats in the attic.

BS in biology, MD

Quote: Major T. J. "King" Kong: Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

Reading: 1776....very slowly

[ilovestrategy]

Age:45
Residence:San Diego
Family:wife, been married 21 years, adult daughter
Education:high school
Work:custodial supervisor
Favorite Quote:crazy is better than boring
Reading: I've read Lord of the Rings once a year since 1983, I'm a major Tolkien freak

[Empire101]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake



Quote: Major T. J. "King" Kong: Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

Class!![:D][:D]

[Canoerebel]

I know what Cap Mandrake means about the old ties.  I am learning that the average age of the AE bunch is considerably less than I had expected.  Alot more 20s and 30s than I would have guessed.  I seem to be much more in the "mature" category than I had thought.
 
Interesting to see how many enjoy re-reading favorite books.  Also, quite a few dedicated readers of the bible.
 
A very diverse range of professions/jobs/retired.  There seem to be few if any teachers thus far.

[Empire101]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I know what Cap Mandrake means about the old ties.  I am learning that the average age of the AE bunch is considerably less than I had expected.  Alot more 20s and 30s than I would have guessed.  I seem to be much more in the "mature" category than I had thought.

Interesting to see how many enjoy re-reading favorite books.  Also, quite a few dedicated readers of the bible.

A very diverse range of professions/jobs/retired.  There seem to be few if any teachers thus far.

Yep...I feel really old and burnt out now

[mike scholl 1]

Job: Retired. Former Theatre Manager and IT tech.
Age: 63
Residence: Kansas City, Mo.
Family: Two Sisters, One Mother, Many Friends
Education: BS, MA, 50 years of reading...
Work: Not if I can help it..., I'm RETIRED.
Favorite Quote: "There are always three courses of action open to your enemy..., and of these he will inevitably chose the forth."
Reading: 1636: The Saxon Uprising. (I enjoy historical fantasy..., just not in my historical gaming.)

[Miller]

Age: 39
Residence: Ashington, England
Family: 13 year old money pit (Daughter)
Education: High School
Job: Bus driver
Favorite Quote: "The death of one man is a tragedy....the death of millions is a statistic"
Reading: Newspapers[:'(]

[JocMeister]

Job: Supervising Electrician
Age: 33
Residence: Stockholm, Sweden
Family: GF with first child on the way (yey)! [:)]
Education: University
Work: Small company
Favorite Quote: I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. - Albert Einstein
Reading: "Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions" - Samuel Eliot Morison

Amazed at the diversity of the people here! I thought I was one of the younger here. Now I feel really old instead! [:D]

[SqzMyLemon]

Job: Pipeline Construction GPS Data Manager
Age: 43
Residence: Edmonton, Alberta
Family: 13 years with my SO and recent addition of Baxter (Sheltie)
Education: Engineering Design and Drafting Program graduate N.A.I.T., Plugging away at a BA in History when I can afford the classes.
Work: Oil & Gas Survey and Pipeline Construction (was a Drafting Tech for 10 years)
Favorite Quote: "I'm expecting a package from (insert Country here) any day now"
Reading: "The Burma Campaign" by Frank McLynn, "Too big to Fail" by Andrew Sorkin and I'm always reading various reference material for my model building hobby.

[RevRick]

Good Grief...
There ARE a lot of young'uns here!! Warms the cockles of my heart... the old gaming and (in our case) the necessary study of history hasn't totally falling into disrepute...

Love it!!!

[Sardaukar]

ORIGINAL: Historiker

How is it possible that so many of you are already retired while still being so young? Retirement age is 67 in Germany!

"Retarded" you mean... [:D][:D]

[nashvillen]

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

ORIGINAL: Historiker

How is it possible that so many of you are already retired while still being so young? Retirement age is 67 in Germany!

"Retarded" you mean... [:D][:D]

Firefighting is a young mans job. I had two knees with severe arthritis and found something else I could do to support my brothers. Hence the "retirement" and another job.

[fcharton]

Job: Computer programmer
Age: 47
Residence: Nemours, France
Family: A wife, a son (19), three daughters (18, 8, 4), and a cat
Education: Ecole Polytechnique, ENSAE (majored in maths and statistics)
Work: Small software house
Favorite Quote: Nothing, like something, happens anywhere
Currently reading: The code of the Woosters (Wodehouse), and The mythical man month (Brooks)

[VSWG]

Job: IT Administrator
Age: 31
Residence: Cologne, Germany
Family: Parents, sister
Education: spent several years studying modern German history, then switched to IT - you gotta eat...
Work: System Administrator, small IT company
Favorite Quote: It's just a flesh wound!
Reading: Just finished: Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card). Next up: Dreadnought (Robert K. Massie)

[Sardaukar]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Santa Maria! I've got ties older than half of these lads!

56

Southern Calif.

Physician

Married (2nd wife, 1st passed away [:(]..the sad face is for the second part after the comma, not the first part, although I sometimes wonder what I was thinking) 3 bio kids. Youngest is 20 and acts like a teen. The middle one works for a law firm in LA. The oldest is 27 and works for the Russian mob...I think. One 19 year old step-daughter with a serious attitude living at home. Two step-adopted kids (if there is such a thing) 7 and 10 who I have taken to fighting with for the Netflix controller. One great old lab mix and one frequently annoying but grateful mutt rescue dog with an incredibly small head. Used to have a rabbit but a bobcat killed it. Utterly worthless but oddly endearing ferret lives downstairs. Sometimes we have rats in the attic.

BS in biology, MD

Quote: Major T. J. "King" Kong: Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

Reading: 1776....very slowly

[:D][:D]

MD...you are hopeless...

I was married to Maltese managing pharmacist and now seeing GREEK MD.

So I guess I should stop throwing stones. [:D]

[Empire101]

ORIGINAL: RevRick

Good Grief...
There ARE a lot of young'uns here!! Warms the cockles of my heart... the old gaming and (in our case) the necessary study of history hasn't totally falling into disrepute...

Love it!!!

I second that!!

[Historiker]

ORIGINAL: VSWG

Job: IT Administrator
Age: 31
Residence: Cologne, Germany
Family: Parents, sister
Education: spent several years studying modern German history, then switched to IT - you gotta eat...
Work: System Administrator, small IT company
Favorite Quote: It's just a flesh wound!
Reading: Just finished: Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card). Next up: Dreadnought (Robert K. Massie)

I learned that lesson [;)]

[Nikademus]

Job: IT Support and Administration
Age: In Dog years.....I'm Dead
Residence: Seattle, WA
Family: one grumpy ex marine dad.
Education: College degree mixing SCIENCE!!!! and history
Work: Pharmaceutical Industry.....Wargame development
Favorite Quote: "With your taste in music, you might as well stand on a street corner banging two trash can lids together while screaming"
Reading: Six Frigates, Galipoli, Armageddon, and just finished OstFront.

[Admiral DadMan]

Job: Telefundrasing Manager
Age: 45
Residence: North Grosvenor Dale, CT
Family: 4 Kids and 1 Awesome Girlfriend
Education: AA Communications
Favorite Quote: "I AM being productive. My mere presence here is a testament to that. I'm like Moses parting the Red Sea- all I have to do is show up"
Reading: Shattered Sword (Again)

[John 3rd]

ORIGINAL: mike scholl 1



Job: Retired. Former Theatre Manager and IT tech.
Age: 63
Residence: Kansas City, Mo.
Family: Two Sisters, One Mother, Many Friends
Education: BS, MA, 50 years of reading...
Work: Not if I can help it..., I'm RETIRED.
Favorite Quote: "There are always three courses of action open to your enemy..., and of these he will inevitably chose the forth."
Reading: 1636: The Saxon Uprising. (I enjoy historical fantasy..., just not in my historical gaming.)

Did you work for Commonwealth Theatres (was based at Kansas City)? My Father worked for them for 31+ years.