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Subject: Re: OK, time to fess up... by biggrizzly on 2009/1/26 15:08:28 Hey All, Great Thread Here! My name is Don Haller. I'm 48 YO and married to Kathie my spouse for 16 years this month. We have no children but sometimes wish we did. I grew up in Maryland near Annapolis and received my undergrad degree in Industrial Education, as I was going to teach machine shop and auto mechanics but wound up as a Manufacturing Engineer for Westinghouse Electric until 1992 when I transferred to another job in South Carolina at the Savannah River Plant Nuclear Facility. There I still worked for Westinghouse but moved over into their training & development department teaching radiological protection, contamination control, and various mechanical courses that related to work in and around a nuclear facility. I love the field of Training & Development as it is much more laid back than any Engineering Department I worked in before. I went back to school in 2000 and earned a Masters Degree in Adult Education and eLearning. Since I was a computer geek from the time that the PC was invented, it was only natural that my training job would lead in that direction and I wound up developing and authoring web-based training courses for the Department of Energy at the Nuke Plant. Fast Forward a few years and we moved back to Maryland so my wife who is a Computer Security Analyst could take a job in Washington DC. I currently design and build web-based training products for the Air Force, Office of Special Investigations HQ in Andrews AFB Maryland. They are the Air Force equivalent of NCIS for those that dont know. I have rebuilt several Camaros in over the years and always wanted a Corvette. I bought my 1994 coupe in Atlanta back in 2000 or 2001 while there taking a week long training class. I drove it home and told the wife to come out and check out my new car!!! You should have heard what she had to say!!! Woo Weee, she was hot. I have since then became very engrained into the Corvette Culture and have belonged to two clubs, NCCC Governor for a couple years, and now Club President for Corvette Club of America. Lastly --- another passion of mine since a kid, was playing, out in the waters around the Chesapeake Bay. I had a small speedboat before I had my drivers license, so I can say that I truly love the water. I haven't owned a boat in over 20 years and have always wanted a sailboat. So I recently bought a real nice used 25' C&C sailboat that I'm resisting to get as obsessed with as the Corvettes. Sorry for the long lines. Take Care. |
