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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 03:07 PM
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Sales/Design Engineer for a medical device manufacturer, (I make needles). Toolmaker by trade, with wife and two boys ages 7 & 10.
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It was so long ago I almost forgot, I'm an Air Force Veteran!!
 

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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Kwikkordead
There's a thread over in General Automotive that I posted a Youtube video of an S4 "playing" with a blown, chipped Lightning.
Put a couple of larger turbos and a chip on it and you are good for 500+ HP in a 3000 lb 4 wheel drive car.
A diesel truck might beat it out of the hole, but then forget it unless it was over 1000 HP.
My personal commuter car is a 1986 5000 turbo 5 speed stick shift kept stock and it still will easily do 130 all day long if I had the chance.
I know what you mean when I had my 1.8T Jetta, I wouldn't grab 5th gear till 110mph then It would pull right to 145mph ish. Damn red-line!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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I sell Industrial valves to anyone who will buy them. Also do a lot w/ Stainless Steel fittings and hoses, which has come in very handy w/ some of my truck projects.
28 recently married to a wonderful woman (I know we all say it, but she truly is) 3 year old Chesapeake Bay Retreiver, and no kids, yet.
Matt
 

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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 05:10 AM
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Full time fishing guide and tournament bass angler. www.markkingfishing.com
 
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 05:48 AM
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Union Pipefitter/ Welder. Just got married a month ago and moved last week so a lil tired.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 06:10 AM
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Police Officer for 17 years... Dodging bullets in Jacksonville Florida... Married 12 years, 7 year old son, 5 year old daughter.... My wife, son, and daughter all have red hair and green eyes... The dog and cat even have red hair! (Believe it or not, I still have my hair- Grey- but it's there!)

Have owned 3 Fords (nothing else made comes close). 95 4x4 F150 with I6, 92 4X4 F150 with 302, and my current and favorite is my "Ex" aka "The Land Shark," a 2003 Excursion 4X4, 7.3 PSD (Oh Yea!).
 
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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I am self employed, my company spcializes in lawn maintenance, but I am the jack of all trades type so I also do land scaping, auto repairs, mobile welding and pretty much anything I can get paid for. lol. I am married to a beautiful woman and I have an 11 year old son that is soon to be a soccer champion.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 07:48 AM
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Electrical Designer for 29 yrs. I get the gasoline and diesel from the tanks loaded in the trucks to be transported to your local filling stations with the correct amout of additives in the gasoline and lubricity in the diesel. Wife and 2 kids girl 4 & boy 16, 2 cats, 1 dog. Love the outdoors, still waterski, fish and hunt as much as possible.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 08:28 AM
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 08:39 AM
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Great thread! Let's see...longhaul trucker for ten years (with my wife as co-driver) backhauling produce out of California and hauling meat from the midwest (Iowa and Minnesota, mostly). Then went to college when I was 32 for awhile and got some degrees. Last 21 years I have run the forestry department at Sierra College. Still teach, but just over the internet (here is my website) and only 60% of full-time load. We've been married 36 years, two kids - a boy 20 and a daughter 17 (yeah, it took me a long time to figure out how that procreation thing went ). Now I drive anything for anyone (tankers, reefers, hazmat, doubles, triples, lowboys) for fun in the summer.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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Hey a guy I went to high school is a squadron commander in the space program at cheyenne mountain. His name is Jeff Ansted. Me, I think there is barely enough room here to list all the jobs I have done. Here is the short list. Joined the army right out of high school as a military police officer 3 yrs active duty then went to college and later became a police officer. Stayed active in the reserves for another 20 yrs,was a drill sgt., infantry, firearms instructor, hand guns and rifles, worked with the snipers teaching them how to hit small targets a long ways away,( this was mostly just shooting squirrels at 500 to 1000 yards but was a great way to practice.) Got out of law enforcement and worked on a chicken ranch for a couple of years of pure hell. Worked in an archery pro shop for several years and taught my now wife to shoot. she became a regional champion and record holder. Went back to school again and got my X-ray licenses and then back again for my radiation therapy license. Now I treat cancer patients on a Cyberknife system. Its a robotic treatment system that rivals surgical outcomes for some treatments and is often the only option for a lot of patients who are no longer surgical candidates and have no options left. So I have done a few things here and there. Just a knuckle dragger with a brain. I try not to drool and cuss at the patient too much but... well... some days.....Jeff
 

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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:07 AM
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currently, i've been employed by the US Coast Guard for a little over six years. first two were spent in DC where i was attached to the Presidential Honor Guard and the other four have been spent down here in Miami where i'm a HH-65C mechanic/Flight Mechanic. been lovin' life since the day i joined shortly after high school. never married, no kids, no pets and just a smokin' hot neighbor i'm trying to get with.
took ownership two days ago of my first pick-up! wanted one for years...
'02 350 7.3 PSD XLT 4x4 CC LB SRW with 266,000 miles.
also have a '99 4x4 4cyl. 2.5L Wrangler (all but tires are stock and MOST BASIC jeep you could ever own) with BFG's and 117,000 miles.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 01:40 PM
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Employed at Ford Motor Co. Canada for the past 24 years. Currently I am in the QC department. Two boys, 18, 9, married for 24 years. I hope she'll keep me around a bit longer. As long as I'm of any use anyway.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 02:05 PM
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Right after grad school I was in retail management for a few years, but for the past 7 or 8 years I have worked as an analyst for companies contracted with by the federal and different state govenments to oversee Medicare / Medicaid programs and look for people / companies defrauding the systems. Hand potential suspects off to LEO's who take it from there.

Married for 8 years, with a son (6) and daughter (3), and when I'm between projects on my truck, I play with my '66 GTO I'm restoring.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 05:13 PM
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Me too...

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I make tolietpaper. 34 years old 3 kids 12,8,6
I work for Georgia Pacific making a$$ wipe, it's all about job security!!!
 
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