Four Jobs I've Held
1. Paperboy
2. Submarine Nuclear Machinist's Mate First Class
3. Piano Rebuilder's apprentice
4. Motorcycle parts dept manager

Four places I have lived.
1. Avondale, AZ
2. Eugene, OR
3. Idaho Falls, ID
4. Vallejo, CA

Four places I have been:
1. Hong Kong(under British rule)
2. South Korea
3. Venice, Italy
4. Off the east coast of the Soviet Union(under water)

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Sushi
2. Lobster
3. Bacon
4. Eggplant Parmagiana

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. Home(wait.....I am!)
2. New Zealand
3. Scotland
4. Oregon

Four Foods I Can't Stand:
1. Fresh stone fruit
2. watermelon
3. raw oysters
4. ama ebi (sp?)

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Originally posted by jon-nyc:

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Originally posted by teachum:
3. Lafayette, In

Really? When and why were you there?

I was there from 86-90 (West Lafayette, actually). At Purdue.

All 3 of my nephews are Boilermakers.

addendum to original list:

Four Foods I can't stand

1. oatmeal
2. bananas
3. fish, esp. sardines (I like shellfish)
4. eggplant

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Originally posted by Nina:
All 3 of my nephews are Boilermakers.

I assume much younger than me? When did they graduate?

Opera Tenor said...

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Jobs: Submarine Nuclear Machinist's Mate First Class, Lived: Vallejo, CA and Idaho Falls, ID

OK... I know WHY you were there (which prototype did you train at) but inquiring minds want to know when and which boat(s) were you on?

Oh, forgot to mention, in my case, MM2(SS) Nuc, MINSY 71-1, S1W, USS John Adams (SSBN 620), early 1970's...

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Originally posted by piqaboo:
Four Foods I Can't Stand:
4. ama ebi (sp?)

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Originally posted by OperaTenor:
Four Foods I Can't Stand:
4. ama ebi (sp?)

You two realize, of course, that amoebae aren't technically "food", don't you?

MattG, split response:
a)
b) In sufficient quantity, they are. Ask a blue whale.

However, I was trying for that raw 'sweet shrimp' sushi, and was too lazy to google it for correct spelling etc.

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Originally posted by Bill_D:
Opera Tenor said...

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Jobs: Submarine Nuclear Machinist's Mate First Class, Lived: Vallejo, CA and Idaho Falls, ID

OK... I know WHY you were there (which prototype did you train at) but inquiring minds want to know when and which boat(s) were you on?

Oh, forgot to mention, in my case, MM2(SS) Nuc, MINSY 71-1, S1W, USS John Adams (SSBN 620), early 1970's...

In the canoe club from 80-89, S5G, USS Guardfish, (SSN-612) - lingered there for 5-1/2 years - I extended my command rotation so I could dodge qualifying all over again, and came to understand why they had that 3-year rule: By the time I left das Boot, I *knew* I was smarter than anyone I worked for. I'll wager you can empathize....

The mere fact *two* ex-M-div'ers hang out here speaks volumes to the quality of the membership here, and I'll refrain from further comment.

Ah Bill, the stories we can tell!

Four Jobs I've Held
1. various restaurant jobs
2. activities coordinator at a nursing home
3. receptionist
4. cashier at a Chevrolet dealership

Four places I have lived.
1. Gainesville, FL
2. Tempe, AZ
3. Scottsdale, AZ
4. um...soon to be living in Queen Creek, AZ?

Four places I have been:
1. Rome, Italy
2. Athens, Greece
3. Glasgow, Scotland
4. don't remember where we went, Canada

Four of my favorite foods:
1. broccoli
2. bread
3. Klondike bars
4. pasta

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. Phoenix
2. the beach
3. Italy
4. NYC

Four Foods I Can't Stand:
1. celery
2. really not a fruit fan
3. tomatoes
4. cooked mushrooms

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Originally posted by pianojuggler:

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Originally posted by rustyfingers:

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Originally posted by pianojuggler:
Four places I have lived ('pends on what you mean by "lived"):
4. Corvallis, OR

Oregon State, by any chance?

My father got his PhD at OSU.

Aha. My family are ducks. All but me.

Four Jobs I've Held
1. Nanny
2. Waitress at a counter style "spa"
3. Donut baker (night shift)
4. telemarketer (b to b)

Four places I have lived.
1. West Milford, NJ
2. Stoughton, MA
3. Torrance, CA
4. Carlisle, MA

Four places I have been:
1. Dublin, Ireland
2. Tiajuana, Mexico
3. Montreal, Canada
4. Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Four of my favorite foods:
1. chocolate
2. NJ tomatoes
3. Home baked bread
4. fresh green beans

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. on the water with my boys
2. Language school, Antiqua Guatemala
3. on vacation
4. Montana de Luz with my 'other' kids

And for Lisa's bonus...

Four Foods I Can't Stand:
1. Strawberries
2. Bananas
3. oysters
4. liver

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Originally posted by OperaTenor:

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Originally posted by Bill_D:
Opera Tenor said...

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Jobs: Submarine Nuclear Machinist's Mate First Class, Lived: Vallejo, CA and Idaho Falls, ID

OK... I know WHY you were there (which prototype did you train at) but inquiring minds want to know when and which boat(s) were you on?

Oh, forgot to mention, in my case, MM2(SS) Nuc, MINSY 71-1, S1W, USS John Adams (SSBN 620), early 1970's...

In the canoe club from 80-89, S5G, USS Guardfish, (SSN-612) - lingered there for 5-1/2 years - I extended my command rotation so I could dodge qualifying all over again, and came to understand why they had that 3-year rule: By the time I left das Boot, I *knew* I was smarter than anyone I worked for. I'll wager you can empathize....

The mere fact *two* ex-M-div'ers hang out here speaks volumes to the quality of the membership here, and I'll refrain from further comment.

Ah Bill, the stories we can tell!

Of course I called it the "sunken canoe club"... fortunately we made an equal number of surfaces as dives... always a good thing for one's longevity.

We had a M-div officer by the name of "Lt. Wingnut" (not his given name, but one he was given... for obivious reasons.

I thought that USNPS MINSY was closed by the time you got there... I guess it must have shut down in the early to mid 80's (I remember being in the Bay Area around 1985 or so and finding out that it no longer there...

For the education of those of you who don't speak Navy jargon, here is an approximate translation... MINSY=Mare Island Naval Shipyard, located (until the early 90's) at Vallejo, California (spelled "Valley-Joe" but correctly pronounced va-YAY-ho) USNPS= U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School. S1W, S5G are designations for various nuclear power plants, S=Submarine, 1,5=model number, W=Westinghouse, G=General Electric (the contractor who built the reactor) zoomies=nuc talk for high energy ionizing particles/waves.

By the way, OT, I'm a (lower) tenor as well... must have been those zoomies!

Four Jobs I've Held
1. Nuclear qualified Machinest's Mate 2nd class (not as classy as OT was...)
2. Manager of a laundromat/dry cleaning business
3. Tax preparer
4. Civil Engineer

Four places I have lived.
1. Marquette, MI
2. San Francisco, CA
3. Detroit, MI
4. Tucson, AZ

Four places I have been:
1. Agana, Guam
2. Guaymas, Mexico
3. Toronto, Canada
4. Chama, New Mexico

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Home baked bread
2. home grown ripe tomatoes
3. homemade pasta
4. homemade lemon meringue pie (do I detect a trend here?)

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. up on a mountain fishing
2. around a steam locomotive
3. on vacation
4. Scotland

And for Lisa's bonus...

Four Foods I Can't Stand:
1. canned spahetti
2. peanut butter with sugar
3. pop tarts
4. sour candy

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Originally posted by BeeLady:

Four Foods I Can't Stand:
1. Strawberries
2. Bananas

I had no idea you were so odd.

jf

Hey everybody, what's with celery? I've always thought of it as a rather innocuous vegetable, but apparently lots of people have strong feelings about it. Who knew?