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    Someone ratted me out. I won't name names but her initials are Nell. So, here's my intro. A few years late but I consider it a fashionable entrance.

    Your Approximate Age: 57

    Your Gender: M (No, really)

    Your Geographic Location (small town in West Virginia, family ranch in Texas, or the “the Lower East Side”)

    Central Indiana just north of Indianapolis

    Your Occupation (present and relevant past, such as military, technical, etc.)

    Currently own an outdoor store. Retired after 30 years with Verizon. I taught college shortly after my retirement and I've done some consulting. I spent several years managing disaster recovery and business continuity for GTE's IT group prior to the merger so preparedness is sort of ingrained.

    Your Prior Relevant Training (all types, such as first aid, military, firearms, survival, etc.)

    First Aid. CPR certified.

    The Nature of Your Prior Experience (Terrain, Season, Number of times/years, and longest duration in Wilderness)

    Always the Midwest. I have traveled extensively in the continental U.S. with business so I'm familiar with climates and seasons of other locales. I abandoned my old ways training after reaching my 20s and spent the next 20 years or so worrying about raising a family and making a living. Then I realized what a mistake that had been and started trying to relearn what I had forgotten and everything I should have learned. There is a great need, I think, to blend the old and new ways. Knowledge of both is invaluable and one shouldn't be forsaken for the other.

    Your Level of Experience (novice, intermediate, advanced, expert, instructor, etc.)

    I'll say intermediate. Probably novice around some folks or environments. Always learning. It's a passion and a life long endeavor for me.

    Your Preparedness Planning (type and level)

    I'm primarily concerned with natural disasters. I think they are far more likely to happen than any other event. I'm a bug in kind of guy but recognize there are scenarios that require bugging out so I'm prepared for that as well. I would like to think that I'm well prepared but I always find gaps in the plan that need plugged and I know no plan survives first contact with the enemy so I'm on a seemingly endless quest of preparedness.

    Your Interests and Hobbies (gardening, wilderness skills, urban survival preparation, knife-making, firearms, food storage, backpacking, etc. )

    Gardening, food storage, wilderness skills to some degree (I know the basics: fire, shelter, etc but don't want to get into tanning or knapping type skills), I enjoy taking old stuff and making it functional again or building something out of junk. I used to do a lot of wood working but not so much any more.

    Your Membership and Learning Objectives

    I'm a learning sponge, I guess. Knowledge is the most valuable thing we can "own" so I try to absorb as much as I can. This forum is a tremendous source of information.

    Networking and community, too. Lots of good folks on here and I've been lucky and privileged to meet a few.


    I'll share a couple of secrets since this is my intro. 1) I've eaten two twinkies in the last 20+ years. Both were at the Jamboree and both for the camera. 2) I don't own a thong but I won't tell what I really wear.
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    Nice to meet ya (firm handshake)

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    Hello sir!
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    Welcome to the Forum, 57......wow 57.......wowie 57........I had no idea you were an adult, chronologically speaking...........

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    (shrug) Even folks that know me are in doubt....chronologically speaking.
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    Hi Rick, it's nice to officially meet you!

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    Up until I read this you were my ultimate survival hero. "I've eaten two twinkies in the last 20+ years. Both were at the Jamboree and both for the camera."

    Now I know it was all just a sham.

    HAHAHA!

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    now it seems like we know each other better. We have a lot of common and different interests. Primarily the quest for knowledge. Nice to officially meet you Mr. Rick. Much obliged.
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    Quote Originally Posted by YCC
    We have a lot of common and different interests.
    Very profound. That could probably be said about every man, woman and child in the world. We are far more similar than different.
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    Rick who?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Old GI View Post
    Rick who?
    I think he's a troll, OG. We should pick on him relentlessly.
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    Nice to meet ya', Rick!

    Funny thing is, like many have said, when a member is here long enough, you pretty much get to know them without an intro. In only 20,000+ posts, you've pretty much told us all of this and more, and there was only one surprise in your intro - your lack of truthfulness.

    I've always taken you for an honest guy. Why did you lie about the thong?
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    I didn't know any of that stuff,, I just looked at his site ,, gonna buy a metal Match from him ,,been wanting one for a long time,,

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    welcome to the forum gramps....

    (administrators please check his location...I have a feeling he is not being honest about this Indiana thing....I have he feeling he's really posting from the most remote spot in the universe- 240,000 light years from the nearest village or town. Some of the details of his stories aren't adding up!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    I didn't know any of that stuff,, I just looked at his site ,, gonna buy a metal Match from him ,,been wanting one for a long time,,
    All three Mods run a business.

    Rick has an outdoor store.

    Crash kills things for a living.

    Sarge owns a charm school. He also teaches ballet on Thursday nights.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken View Post
    All three Mods run a business.

    Rick has an outdoor store.

    Crash kills things for a living.

    Sarge owns a charm school. He also teaches ballet on Thursday nights.
    LOL and here I had Sarge pegged for a Wal Mart "Greeter"

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    LOL Just Joking Sarge,,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    LOL and here I had Sarge pegged for a Wal Mart "Greeter"

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    LOL Just Joking Sarge,,
    wow!!! thats one heck of a photo...its sure to become just as popular and infamous as the Rick thong image

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jason_Montana View Post
    wow!!! thats one heck of a photo...its sure to become just as popular and infamous as the Rick thong image
    Rick wears a thong ? LOL, Missed That one,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    Rick wears a thong ? LOL, Missed That one,
    Oh, dear God.....I can't believe he just posted that!

    Rick....DO NOT POST THAT PICTURE, AGAIN!

    Justin can do a search, if he really wants to see it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit View Post
    Oh, dear God.....I can't believe he just posted that!

    Rick....DO NOT POST THAT PICTURE, AGAIN!

    Justin can do a search, if he really wants to see it.
    sounds like he is pretty proud huh ?

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