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Me, I'm pretty boring.
I grew up on a ranch, rode my first horse and drove my first tractor at the age of 4. Did all the usual juvenile stuff (and a few things a bit more ambitious--even if some of them were of dubious legality) until I went to college to study cartography (mapmaking). It quickly became apparent that I had no artistic ability whatsoever, so I switched over to Geology. (This was back when it took a supercomputer to handle GIS. Only grad students had access.) Of course, this was in the thick of Clinton's presidency, and the changing land use regulations quickly meant a glut of unemployed geologists. Realizing how much debt I'd accrued, and that my degree would make a nice placemat if I paid to have it laminated, I dropped out my Junior year and enlisted in the Marine Corps, guaranteed infantry. The intent was originally to go the Mustang route, but I quickly realized that I didn't want to stay for one moment longer than I had to. I did my four honorably, and although we were on the tarmac a couple of times, it was only saber rattling and the flag never went up.
I got out, built computers for a bit, got hitched, and moved. Spent a couple years working security at a hospital complex in the inner city. Wrestling with druggies and psych patients on a semi-pro basis was kind of fun, but I wouldn't recommend any of the rest of it. We moved again, and I spent a year or so telling fictional stories and outrageous lies as a tour guide. That's pretty much the end of my work history. I've done a few odd jobs over the last decade, but most of it's been spent staying at home and taking care of our autistic oldest child. We've back where I grew up, but much of the ancestral homestead's been laying fallow for a couple decades now, it'll take a number of years to get it cleared again.
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You know....I always loved the smell of ranches. Old man! See it worked ! Anyways, how is it like being back home where you grew up at? You have any animals ? And a marine, awesome! Also any advice you would like to give the youngsters about life or military wise? My life: wake up, shower, eat, play, sleep. Yup ......pretty boring right now lol. How dare you wrestle with those people! You could have hurt your back! xD So you basically know how to build computers from scratch ? :o