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Originally posted by jon-nyc:

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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?

Yep--they're all still in their 20s. I'm thinking they graduated in like 2002-2003ish timeframe; two in computer science/business and one in english.

Four Jobs I've Held
1. plaster casting feet for "Space shoes"
2. promotional caricatures
3. multilingual translator in two-person bureau
4. singing folks songs in Berlin nightclub while "Carmen" (middle-aged transvestite) stripped

Four places I have lived.
1. Jerusalem
2. Paris
3. Haifa
4. Berlin

Four places I have been:
1. Barcelona
2. Amsterdam
3. Istanbul
4. Reykavik

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Cadbury chocolate
2. moussakka
3. oysters on the half shell
4. Israeli falafel

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. Upper West Side NYC
2. Santa Cruz
3. any Beach
4. My favorite S. Carolina Beach from childhood (as it was then *sigh*) [/QUOTE]

c/o Lisa: Most unfavorite foods
1. succotash
2. brussell sprouts
3. beets
4. the mushy, yellowish peas served in my elementary school cafeteria (gag reflex coming on).

And I'll add (NOT = "places I'd rather be")

Places I really, really want to visit before I die:
1. India
2. Hawaii
3. Prague
4. St Petersburg

Four Jobs I've Held
1. Piano Teacher
2. Choral and Vocal accompanist
3. Camp counselor
4. English tutor

Four places I have lived.
1. Puerto Rico
2. Ireland
3. Spain
4. Newfoundland

Four places I have been:
1. Argentina
2. Morocco
3. Tokyo
4. Commonwealth of Dominica

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Dark chocolate desserts
2. Curries: Thai, Indian, Pakistani, you name it
3. Good coffee
4. Garlic

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. France
2. France
3. France
4. France

Four foods I don't like:

1. Annis
2. Root Beer
3. Canned veggies
4. Chewy sea creatures (like giant clam)

Four Jobs I've Held
1. Draftsman
2. Naval Architect
3. Marine Surveyor
4. Working in the family corner store

Four places I have lived.
1. Mt. Pearl, Newfoundland
2. St, John, New Brunswick
3. Ottawa, Ontario
4. Collingwood, Ontario

Four places I have been:
1. Saw the midnight sun in Nuuk, Greenland
2. Played Jodi's piano in her living room in Ferndale, WA
3. Was visible moved at the site of the Polish Shipyard uprising which led to the Solidarity movement, outside the gates of Gdansk shipyard, Poland
4. Visited St. Olav's tomb in the old Norse capital - Trondheim, Norway

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Ice Cream
2. Black or Orange Pekoe Tea
3. Cod, pan fried
4. Any wild berry, but blueberries and cloud berries especially

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. New York, for the frenzy
2. Newfoundland, for the peace
3. Indonesia, for the beautiful people
4. Germany, I love to hear Germans speak

Four foods I don't like:

1. Olives
2. Dulce (a seaweed)
3. sushi - can't do raw
4. most wild game, no matter how well it's prepared

1. deli worker
2. sleep researcher
3. technology forecaster
4. association exec

Four places I have lived.
1. Chicago, IL
2. Oak Park, IL
3. Riverside, IL
4. Westchester, IL

Four places I have been:
1. Whistler, BC
2. Matt G's house
3. Key West, FL
4. Sea Island, GA

Four of my favorite foods:
1. lemon chicken
2. vegetarian mousaka
3. salmon
4. chocolate malt

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. NYC
2. Flathead Lake
3. Muir Woods
4. Palma del mar

Four Jobs I've Held
1. Cook
2. Paper boy
3. Nuclear mechanic on a submarine
4. Motorcycle shop parts 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. Pusan, South Korea
3. Prague
4. Off the east coast of the old Soviet Union

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Lobster
2. Chocolate
3. Wine
4. Home-grown tomatoes

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. With my family
2. With my family
3. With my family
4. With my family

Four Jobs I've Held
1. Lifeguard
2. Summer Camp Counselor
3. Door to door encyclopedia salesman (really)
4. Swimming teacher

Four places I have lived.
1. Manhattan
2. Valparaiso, In.
3. Philly
4. New Jersey

Four places I have been:
1. Vienna
2. Paris
3. Greece
4. Kenny's House

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Pretzels (the hard Amish kind)
2. Vanilla Ice Cream
3. Silver Queen corn
4. A wonderful fillet of salmon that has been lightly kissed by heat - still quite red!

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. Vienna
2. Hugging my wife
3. Hugging my wife in Vienna
4. Watching my child grow

[quote]Four Jobs I've Held
1. Associate Editor
2. Over-the-road tourbus driver/guide
3. Over-the-road Trucker
4. Bike Messenger

Four places I have lived.
1. Athens, Greece
2. Glencoe, IL
3. Las Vegas, NV
4. Portland, OR

Four places I have been:
1. Island of Delos, birthplace of the Gods
2. Mt. St. Helens
3. Shelter Island
4. the top of the Vatican Duomo

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Salad
2. Distilled Water
3. Decaf black coffee
4. Supplements

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. Portland, OR
2. Bloomington, IN
3. Kolonaki Square, Athens
4. the white sand beaches of Skiathos

Four foods I don't like:

1. Artifical sweeteners
2. Soda
3. Anything canned or boxed
4. Fried foods

Four Jobs I've Held
1. Railroad brakeman (Grand Trunk Western in Pontiac MI)
2. Nuclear mechanic (hi, OT!)
3. freelance professional photographer
4. Civil Engineering business owner (yes, I am a P.E.)

Four places I have lived.
1. Detroit
2. San Francisco
3. Tucson
4. L.A. (and hated every minute of it, and I can also say the same for Vegas...)

Four places I have been:
1. Hawaii
2. Guam
3. Florida
4. Chama, New Mexico

Four of my favorite foods:
1. shellfish
2. fresh salmon
3. lemon meringue pie
4. fresh blueberrys and cream

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. San Francisco
2. In a cabin in the woods when it's raining (not too hard) in autumn...
3. On a train, going anywhere, particularly behind a steam locomotive.
4. Scuba diving

Most unfavorite foods
1. mystery meat (especially cafeteria style)
2. canned spinach (yeccch!)
3. lutefisk (aka "fish jello")
4. goat meat (yes, I have had it, and no, I can't get past the smell...)

Places I really, really want to visit before I die:
1. India
2. Trieste (my mother was from there)
3. France
4. Scotland (my father's family was Scot)

Most unfavorite places:
1. Detroit, as it is today (you really can never go home again...)
2. Los Angeles (I'd rather eat Lutefisk...)
3. Las Vegas (300 miles from ANYWHERE!)
4. Airports (flying is fun, especially from the right-hand seat, but airports are the pitts...)