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01-10-2006, 08:12 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Illinois
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As I am new to this forum, I just wanted to know about those of you who have interesting personal backgrounds. It seems as though there are a great many intelligent and experienced members of this website who, just by knowing a bit about, could add to my own knowledge, which is ultimately why I joined this forum. Please note that even if you think your life story is not all that exciting, I may think otherwise, so please feel free to post. | 
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01-11-2006, 01:46 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 51st State
Posts: 1,207
Country:  | Hmm, ok - super condensed background for me:
Born: a long time ago - Suez Crisis time
Schooling: Primary, Secondary, some college, but dropped out
Worked in an electronic components shop for my dad, before joining the RAF.
RAF stuff: Signed up for 9 years, trained as Ground Radar technician, completed 13 months training colleted 4 of the 5 possible merit awards awarded to our course. Worked on display systems for a while, before volunteering for a missile training scheme. Became a Bloodhound MkII technician, signed on for an extra 3 years, got married and divorced before the end of my time. Also worked on fixed and mobile radar systems in Norfolk. Finished my 12 years in the RAF...
Went back working for my old man in Norfolk for a short time before moving south to find a new job (and woman) Now working for an AV company doing design work - I'm pretty much at my desk all day now, having started as an engineer and then begun the CAD department, which is a 2 man crew right now, expanding to 3 next month (all Macs btw) and if you are really interested it's http://www.gibson-music.com/  so.. pretty much been with the same woman, same job for 18 odd years now...
So.. anything you want to know about radar, missiles, or home cinema, I'll try and help :P
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01-11-2006, 02:59 AM
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#3 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
Posts: 28,136
Country:  | Okay heres mine.
Born in Germany and raised in Germany. I am a US citizen however and serving in the US Army as a Blackhawk Crewchief.
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01-11-2006, 03:21 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,815
| I'm a Czech student, pretty much intelligent, addicted to languages, history, WW2, webdesign, photographing, music, art, girls, alcohol, weed...... Stuff like that......  http://cshq.wz.cz http://fotograff.xf.cz http://pragsyn.wz.cz http://flyingcircus.wz.cz http://ww2scalemodeler.de  | |
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01-11-2006, 05:41 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 12,018
Country: | Born back in the late 80s in some sh*t hole in Scotland ...now I live in a sh*t hole in England. I'm a drunken idiot ...and don't know sh*t ...
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01-11-2006, 05:45 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,815
| In fact we are brothers as u can see but he is dumber | |
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01-11-2006, 10:00 AM
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#7 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country:  | My Mother Is from London and my father is From Italy...born and raised in Cornwall, We decided it would be nice to move back to Italy 3 years ago. So, Im a 16 year old, Intelligent, Anglo-Italian Student Living in Modena...
Theres a rumour flying around on the site that both my Folks are from Peckham and that ive lived in Cornwall nearly all my life, but id ignore that. 
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01-11-2006, 11:23 AM
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#8 | | Master of Ewes
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 19,959
Country: | yeah if me and CC seem like we know each other off the site, it's because he used to go to school with me here in cornwall before he moved out to italy, as for me, i'm the son of a farmer.........
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01-11-2006, 12:01 PM
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#9 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
Posts: 12,138
Country: | Born in NY, finished HS and college in California. 28 years in aviation. Worked for Lockheed, Boeing, Northrop, Sikorsky and BAE to name a few. Worked on or with the F-117A, P-3, C-130, L1011, B-2, F-4, F-5, F-86, DC-10, B737, DC-9 and B727 to also name a few. I also worked on dozens of general aviation aircraft as a mechanic and inspector. I was in the Naval Reserve for 6 years as well. I'm and A&P/ IA Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor. I've also flown about 20 different aircraft and gliders and have logged time in the F-4 and the L-29 Delfin which I fly regularly - I'm in the process of getting my LOA in the L-29.
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01-11-2006, 12:09 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK (atm Pretoria, South Africa)
Posts: 10,712
Country: | Born and bred in Scotland, went through school, took a year out (had a great time) now at uni doing biology.
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01-11-2006, 01:21 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 51st State
Posts: 1,207
Country: | Mmhm! Scottish Bread!
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01-11-2006, 02:26 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK (atm Pretoria, South Africa)
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Country: | Oops  Changed it.
__________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
"To him the people of the world largely owe the Freedom and liberties they enjoy today"
Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
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01-11-2006, 02:26 PM
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#13 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
Posts: 2,793
Country:  | Born in Cracow- Poland in XX century . Finished HS- Academy of Mining and Metalurgy in Cracow. Now I'm working im my own business in Cracow too. http://www.unison.pl/info.htm | |
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01-11-2006, 03:11 PM
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#14 | | He who does not skim
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01-11-2006, 05:17 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Illinois
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Country: | Does anyone else find it ironic that Clave's "super condensed background" was actually the longest reply thus far on this thread?
Either he's a megalomaniac, or the rest of you are very humble. Especially you, Lancaster. Surely there's more to you than being the son of a farmer. Plan_D, that bit about you not knowing sh*t was just a flat-out lie, although I'm sure that you don't appreciate that I said so. Nonskimmer, what's your story? DerAdlerIstGelandet, what made you join the U.S. Army? | |
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