I play guitar better than folks that don't play guitar, although that is debatable.


I've installed a total of 11 ceiling fans in our current home and our previous home and none of them have fallen down.

Used to be able to print black and white photo images in pre-digital days.

I've also played guitar for many years, but here are a couple of activities I do, too:



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Can't believe I didn't list this, but I'm a computer geek as well.

I dabble in photography, digital and film and I have had three gallery showing of my work. Over the years I have had success at showing my vehicles. Most of the awards have been won with my 7300 mile '86 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z which I bought new but, I have won a bunch of awards over the years with 5 daily drivers as well including my Jeep that I offroad. Part of the reason for this is that I am very adept (the wife says anal) at detailing cars. I have actually had friends and family pay me to detail their rides. I also refurbished my '92 Schwinn myself with the help of this and other web sites.

1. Organizing things and groups.

The 50+ forum
Parents of Adults with Disabilities in Colorado
The National Organization the Ene the Waitlists
The XY Zingers
The first 50+ annual ride

2. I sing pretty good harmony by ear.

3. I dabble in writing

My latest piece, which has been reposted on numerous webs/blogs, etc.

Where is our Silo?

We circled the silos in our old handicapped-equipped van. There were many, each with a label on the side. Some were large, some smaller.

We immediately noticed that none of the silos were connected by a pipe or other device to move its contents to any other. Each was separate.

The first silo was labeled “Salaries.” It was full of money, but there were workmen at the top of the silo frantically adding additional layers of red bricks, as it was getting full and more space was needed for the money for the salaries.

Another silo was labeled “Bricks and Mortar.” It was also almost full and had recently been enlarged. There was money there also to purchase more bricks and mortar.

We drove a bit further and found a silo labeled “Computers, Office Equipment and Supplies” It was nearly bulging at the seams.

Down the hill was a smaller silo labeled “Organization Charts.” We were worried about spontaneous combustion and a fire from all the paper.

Then there was the “Audits and Studies” silo – it looked like an auditor sitting on the top so the wind would not blow them away. Paper was being hoisted up by a conveyor belt.

Another silo, this one almost filled with money, was labeled “Administrative Costs and Overhead."

There was a silo nearly overflowing labeled "Committees" and we looked with our binoculars, and as far as we could tell, it was filled with camels!

The silo labeled "Boards of Directors" was most interesting as it was filled with signs that said "Yes" and "We agree." It was fenced with a gate and a sign stating, "Only team players allowed."

There were many more silos.

And, way off to the side, not even in the silo field, was a tattered box labeled "Inclusion of Families and Individuals with Disabilities." It was almost empty!

I saw a “Director” walking in the silo field and asked, “Where is the silo for “Direct Services to Individuals with Disabilities.” The Director said that there was no silo for direct services. The rule was the money for direct services only came when all the silos overflowed. The silos in the main field all had to be full first before they could turn the faucet on to serve individuals with developmental disabilities. However, the tattered box didn't count. The Director said that since none of the silos were interconnected, Direct Services would have to wait until all the silos were overflowing.

-- Have done a lot of my own residential electrical. No house fires to date and have passed inspections.
-- Decent with copper plumbing
-- OK, but slow, with rough carpentry. Hate sheetrock, however.
-- Pretty good on horseback. Our specialty was something called "trail" which actually doesn't take place out on the trail
-- Used to own a tail dragger. Flying was really a hoot, but that's a distant memory.

The first three skills will soon come in handy as one of my sons is probably moving back to California in a year (with wife and grandson). He will buy a fixer-upper and need help. I'll be retired I hope. His twin (and two more grandsons) live only 25 miles away.

Bunch of nice photos here! Interesting skill set. Lots of musicians.

For work (which I understand you don't want) I'm a software engineer. At other times I play music, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter in a bluegrass band (https://www.SouthernRail.com) for 30+ years. Am a reasonable mechanic with two old British cars ('80 Spitfire, '70 GT6). Dabble in a canoe with my sweetie occasionally. Know acoustics and sound reinforcement. PhD in geophysics, so I like to follow sciencey and mathy things occasionally. I've forgotten a lot of stuff. That's probably good.

I play guitar, and used to be pretty good at it. Now I just noodle when I pick one up.

I'm a decent shot with a bow, I can fix computers and electronics, I can speak Korean, I can play the guitar passably well, I'm a good shot with an airsoft gun (getting too old for that game), I can ride motorcycles, I can fly an r/c helicopter,and I can scuba dive and swim pretty well. Some skills are useful, some aren't so but I always wanted to try all those things.

Nope, no skills at all. I just sit in my chair and drool at the television.

Seems like you are pretty good at writing and bicycling .

jmccain has found out a secret many woman who bicycle know - biking gives you good legs for wearing skirts. Bagpipes, very cool!

LOL - thanks!

Former MX and HS racer, had to quit due to ongoing kidney failure and the risks of damage to them, fair to good mortorcycle mechanic and bicycle mechanic, up to and including lacing wheels for both. Pretty much any construction related skill (carpentry, iron work, rod busting, etc.) I am an accomplished old school draftsman for both construction drawings and cartography, I still have most of my drawing tools and a table. I do consulting work for other construction firms on their Quality Control Programs (NAVFAC and USACE.) And I love to ride bicycles every chance I get.

Bill

I will let others decide if I have actual skills but I have been a Private Investigator, served 14 yrs. on my Town Council, written poetry, ridden motorcycles coast to coast several times, built a dining room table, built small out buildings, and a few other things I'm sure I'll remember eventually.

I had to think about this for a while. While I do not possess the skills to play an instrument and cannot carry a tune in a bucket, I bet I know the words to most of the tunes to which our braw, Hieland lad, mccain , pipes and dances. I am an avid gardener. I have a longstanding reputation for hosting bodacious Halloween and Christmas Eve parties. I can run in 5" heels, I can wiggle my ears and I taught my dog to bring me a tissue when I sneeze.

I play on-line backgammon with people from all over the world. I serve on my local county board as a Supervisor, and, was just re-elected this week. I also brew my own beer.

I 've been known to build a bike or two and have a thing for old iron no matter how many wheels. I do the cheap homeowner stuff when I can like roofs, driveways etc. My kids are convinced I can fix anything. I like to think I can shoot OK too, the grouse may tell you otherwise though. I dabble in rock climbing though my kids will tell you they'd rather climb with someone else, Of course I'll do if they really just need someone with gas money who can belay.


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And you have the most bodacious icon. If that pic looks anything like your real self I'm in love! (And I don't expect you to answer that yea or nay.)

You taught your dog how to bring you a tissue when you sneeze?!?! I'd love to know how that came to be.

A particular style as a favorite for brewing?

I'm no master mechanic, but I do all the work on my bikes, including building wheels. I work on cars, too, but that's getting harder every model year.

Long, long ago and far away, I used to be a pretty good ski racer (Nor-Am level) and a fair long distance runner (2:30 marathon). I still go pretty fast on skis, but my knees won't let me run anymore. And what was once a 34" standing vertical leap is now more in the range of 3 - 4".

I've been an amateur radio operator for over 40 years. And I've had commercial radiotelephone and telegraph licenses for nearly that long. I haven't used my commercial licenses for years, though. Still a reasonably good radiotelegraph (Morse code) operator.

Commercial pilot, but the only time I flew for hire was when I ferried a plane up to Alberta for some folks. I just fly for fun -- I got the commercial ticket for the challenge of it.

I know something about shooting a pistol: Master level in bullseye, and what our police department calls Distinguished Expert in their qualification rounds. I'd say my hand-eye coordination is the best physical skill that I have.

from the label it looks like he brews Skunk Beer. IPA.

I like it.

Years ago, when my kids were attending the local schools, I had a similar inspiration. Prior to that point I had thought that the purpose of schools had something to do with kids or child development or education or something like that. Once I figured out that their primary goal was to obtain funding, everything suddenly made sense.

My daughter was elected to her local school board on Tuesday. Actually, she was the top vote getter in the election by a comfortable margin. Now we'll see how much she can do. I have a high degree of confidence in her - takes after her mother.

Years ago I was a gearhead and a drag racer. For a while I drove a funny car (injected not supercharged) running quarter miles in under 8 seconds at almost 200mph.

Because I like to build things I took up Radio Control when the racing got too expensive. Planes, cars, sail boats, helicopters, anything to tinker with.

For several years I built bicycles for myself and some of my friends.

I have enough bikes now so mostly it's the modeling that fills the workshop.