Greetings, All!
This looks to be a nice place to hang around, so I think I'll bookmark it!
I'm a retired electronics & electrical engineer, retired from a Tribal Utility company. When I left, I spent my savings on additional education - as a Gunsmith. It's fun stuff, and I love fine machinery, and helping it to keep running correctly.
In the course of my career I learned a lot of things, on the job and reading books, and most of them were a lot of fun to learn and do. Things like welding, running a mill and lathe, operating a loader and backhoe (I have a rather nice one), and engineering concrete and steel structures to create electrical substations.
Over the years I've managed major projects and small, sold parts in a Yamaha store (I'm a certified 5-Star Technician in all product lines), made pizza and waited table, taught math and computers in a local college, ran for political office and won - twice. I've been licensed as a stock broker and a Real Estate Broker, and I hold an Extra-class Ham radio license. Oh, and along the way, in my late 40s and early 50s, I picked up 2nd degree black belts in Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. I hate exercise, but martial arts just make it fun!
My only regret (so far) is that I don't have any kids to pass on to all that I have acquired and learned. Kids today don't want knowledge or tools, they want free stuff and no responsibility. What a sad state of affairs...
Just want to say, I'm so proud of Mike for finally putting this together. Great job, Mr. Goofy!