Getting to know Me

[AndyKU]

So it occurs to me you guys know very little about me, and I think that's a bad thing.

If you have any questions about who I am please post them to this thread.

A little bio if you will. I'm 30, wife and 2 kids (Daughter 6, son 19 months). My Dad was a local law enforcement officer / funeral director, and my mother ran psychiatric hospitals. I have two younger siblings. The youngest of which is following in our mother's footsteps and is currently working towards her masters in hospital administration, and will more than likely be transferring to the PhD program before the beginning of next year. The chick is super smart. Don't know where she got it from.

I love to cook. Love it. I used to be a manager at a number of restaurants, but America undervalues that trade so the wages dropped, and as a consequence I had to move onto something else I love, community administration.

I'm an outdoorsmen, as I think most Texans would coin themselves. We have so much outdoors you need to be. I have a ton of hobbies and am a jack of all trades, master of none. I raised chickens, goats, dogs and cats. I have brewed, and I do enjoy it.

I drive a Toyota, love Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington, and also have a love of graphic novels. Alan Moore (an Englishmen) is a freaking genius. I also love Japanese comic books (manga).

I'm a nerd. I think you guys could probably guess that.

Here's a picture of me with a chicken.

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We are friends.

Aside from that I collect books, and if I could travel back in time and have lunch with one person it would be Hermann Hesse. If I could travel back in time and punch one person in the face it would be Col. Sanders. My chicken friends would appreciate that.

I love my culture, but feel there's a growing apathy that scares me. I don't know what the NSA wants with all my naughty photos, but I'm hell bent on keeping them out of my life.

I have a beard (see chicken pic) and have since I was 15. I will not shave it. The one time I did my daughter laughed at me and pointed. After her month long grounding it was back and she no longer laughed at me.

So... any questions? Please keep in mind I would prefer not to have the firearms debate. I don't find it useful for getting to know me.

 

[abeyptfc]

nice to meet and read about you! keep up the good work with the forum. cheers!

 

[LeithR]

Austin,
Thanks for the Bio, its good to know you!! Thanks for all you are doing for us here.

 

[joe1002]

Hi Austin, nice to meet you :thumb:

Just a quick question, did you ever get round to looking into the PM problem mentioned here? Another fix may be to have 'reply' and a 'reply all' buttons rather than just 'reply' :thumb:

 

[chrig]

Nice to hear a bit of non business related information about yourself :)

 

[TRXnMe]

Hi

I'm 49, an Engineer and brewer, do a few other things to pay the mortgage :)

I think that if you leave the gun thing out this place will, it's hard to combine marksmanship and appreciation of booze

Just don't 'bite' if anyone brings up any challenges in this thread :)

 

[AndyKU]

Hi Austin, nice to meet you :thumb:

Just a quick question, did you ever get round to looking into the PM problem mentioned here? Another fix may be to have 'reply' and a 'reply all' buttons rather than just 'reply' :thumb:

Thank you for reminding me. I'm following up now.

Hi

I'm 49, an Engineer and brewer, do a few other things to pay the mortgage :)

I think that if you leave the gun thing out this place will, it's hard to combine marksmanship and appreciation of booze

Just don't 'bite' if anyone brings up any challenges in this thread :)

I just throw that out there. I find my culture, although oddly everywhere, boils down to a few basic components that most people want to discuss.

How do I feel about our medical system? I hate it. We need socialized medicine. As a tax payer I have no problem taking car of my fellow man.

Why are we all fat? I've always been fat. I like to eat.

Why do you want to murder one another? Won't go there.

So yeah, that's about the gist of it.