http://waynesl.wordpress.com a sandbox for Wayne to learn how to WordPress Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://waynesl.wordpress.com#comment-6 waynesl Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:49:20 +0000 #comment-6 Hi, Jim. Nice to hear from you. NATTC was an interesting place, wasn't it? I taught there until 1985, while you were haze grey and under way. I'm glad to hear you found a good job, though that 3rd shift tends to make one crazy most of the time. Your home sounds like a wonderful place-- almost magical to someone like me, who lives in a tract house in 120° summer heat on the high desert. It's taken me a while to get back to you because I'm busy as a cat kicking sand, with <a href="http://www.ga-asi.com/" rel="nofollow">my day job</a>, <a href="http://www.desertsongfest.org/" rel="nofollow">DesertSong</a> and 3 grandsons, but we should stay in touch. Hi, Jim. Nice to hear from you. NATTC was an interesting place, wasn’t it? I taught there until 1985, while you were haze grey and under way. I’m glad to hear you found a good job, though that 3rd shift tends to make one crazy most of the time. Your home sounds like a wonderful place– almost magical to someone like me, who lives in a tract house in 120° summer heat on the high desert. It’s taken me a while to get back to you because I’m busy as a cat kicking sand, with my day job, DesertSong and 3 grandsons, but we should stay in touch.

]]> http://waynesl.wordpress.com#comment-5 Jim Rupert Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:02:49 +0000 #comment-5 Wayne, Really nice to read your wordpress weblog. I was a student at NATTC Millington in 1980 and went on to do some Avionics work with radars when I got stationed at MCAS El Toro for most of my Marine Corps years. The Air Station has since been overtaken by the money-ruled Irvine, CA community. I ended up getting out, moving back to Seattle, getting married and joining the Army as a Watercraft Technician in 1987. We spent 5 years with me sailing Army Watercraft out of Pearl Harbor before we moved to West, "By God" Virginia. I spent 10 years in the Army Reserves as Wire Systems Installer and now I finally found a job I really like as a Freight Inspector for FedEx. Your ongoing history of occupations and experiences inspires me take a deeper look at mine. I am a long-standing musical buff, with over 3000 albums, and have a broad interest including classic rock, early folk scene and reggae from the Bob Marley era. I never could play an instrument, although I have an upright grand piano and a nice guitar. While in California I met a woman born and raised in Anaheim and we have settled out here in Martinsburg, WV, in a 100 year old farm house. Life is always a bit out of kilter for us with my 3rd shift hours at the freight terminal but we truly enjoy gardening, astronomy and our favorite past time of ornithology. Drop me a note if you have the chance. Jim Rupert Wayne,
Really nice to read your wordpress weblog. I was a student at NATTC Millington in 1980 and went on to do some Avionics work with radars when I got stationed at MCAS El Toro for most of my Marine Corps years. The Air Station has since been overtaken by the money-ruled Irvine, CA community.
I ended up getting out, moving back to Seattle, getting married and joining the Army as a Watercraft Technician in 1987. We spent 5 years with me sailing Army Watercraft out of Pearl Harbor before we moved to West, “By God” Virginia. I spent 10 years in the Army Reserves as Wire Systems Installer and now I finally found a job I really like as a Freight Inspector for FedEx.
Your ongoing history of occupations and experiences inspires me take a deeper look at mine. I am a long-standing musical buff, with over 3000 albums, and have a broad interest including classic rock, early folk scene and reggae from the Bob Marley era. I never could play an instrument, although I have an upright grand piano and a nice guitar.
While in California I met a woman born and raised in Anaheim and we have settled out here in Martinsburg, WV, in a 100 year old farm house. Life is always a bit out of kilter for us with my 3rd shift hours at the freight terminal but we truly enjoy gardening, astronomy and our favorite past time of ornithology.
Drop me a note if you have the chance.
Jim Rupert

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