User:Marine57

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was born in 1940
my older brother and I chose a Jacobson lawnmower instead of a T.V. in 1952
won a trip to Washington, D.C. by getting 20 new starts on my paper route in 1953
arrested for shooting a firearm within city limits (boy was dad mad) 1953
made our 7th grade "straight A" student throw-up by scraping off a banana bruise on the edge of my lunch tray
graduated from grade school in 1954
took Army R.O.T.C. in high school; flunked Latin twice before finally passing with a "D"
was accepted into the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in 1957
placed 3rd in the 1958 Indiana U.S.M.C.R. Small-bore Rifle Championships
placed 3rd in the 1959 Indiana U.S.M.C.R. Small-bore Rifle Championships
graduated from High School in 1959
was awarded "High Rifle" with a 235 out of 250 at U.S.M.C. Boot Camp, Parris Island, S.C.
flunked out of Purdue and went into active duty, U.S.M.C., in 1962
was picked up by the U.S.M.C. Rifle Team, Quantico, VA. in 1963
went Distinguished NRA High-Powered Rifle in 1965
placed 22nd in the 1966 National Service Rifle Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio
received Honorable Discharge, missed becoming a sniper in 'Nam in 1967
became a born again Christian in 1970
graduated from Purdue University with a 3.0 average, M.E.T., 1971
worked 18 years in Product Design; awarded a U.S. Patent on the design of an elect-mech switch
marriage failed after 25 years
worked 18 years in Layout, Quality Control (U.A.W. member)
spent 5 years writing a cad-cam program in Microsoft-PDS/Fortran languages
spent 2 years writing an Accounting program in Microsoft PDS (I hate MS Money, Quicken, Peachtree)
second marriage failed after 7 years
have a cat - her name is "Cammie"
rather than becoming a retread, retired in 2002
using FrontPage, began writing a personally-owned Christian web page in 2004
became a Christian Education Evangelist in 2006