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[PhoenixDown]

eqgumby on Oct 10 2008, 08:38 PM, said:

I did it for a while myself (stay-at-home-Dad). It had it's ups and downs. But I really needed to go to work again for my sanity!  

I hear ya. I have been doing it for a little over a year now. There are days I go stir crazy.

[neferet]

Hello!
I’m almost 38 years old, married, with 3 kids. I grew up in Tel Aviv, moved to France a few years back. I like: my loved ones (my 4 angels), family and friends; my job; travelling, astronomy, gardening, painting/drawing, classical music, art history, ceramology, etc. I dislike: dishonesty, racism, hypocrisy. As for credentials: I received my PhD in anthropology from Tel Aviv University, and my PhD in Egyptian Archaeology from the ENS in Paris. I taught epigraphy at the University of Montpellier. I’m currently on archaeological assignment/projects. That’s it for me. I’m glad to be here. See you folks

[Colonel Rhuairidh]

Credentials? None.
Special skills? None.
I just find it all mildy fascinating. Some parts more than others, I don't have much time for conspiracy theories and suchlike, but politics can sometimes be entertaining, as long as you don't take it all too seriously, and I'm quite prepared to entertain the possibility of extraterestrial life; who knows, we might found out if there is some sooner rather than later, who can say.

Edited by 747400, 12 October 2008 - 08:29 AM.

[soloangel]

I'm 38 and I drive a truck for a living and have been doing it for a little over 3 yrs now and I have a son who is in the US Army and I travel around with my ferrets....I have always lived close to the Ohio other then 3 months I stayed in New Mexico which the whole time I hated it so I packed up and moved back home...
I have always loved Archeology and things from history and the unknown...I don't know much but I like to look stuff up and if I'm not sure I ask when I can get computer time....

[PhoenixDown]

soloangel on Oct 12 2008, 06:16 AM, said:

I'm 38 and I drive a truck for a living and have been doing it for a little over 3 yrs now and I have a son who is in the US Army and I travel around with my ferrets....I have always lived close to the Ohio other then 3 months I stayed in New Mexico which the whole time I hated it so I packed up and moved back home...
I have always loved Archeology and things from history and the unknown...I don't know much but I like to look stuff up and if I'm not sure I ask when I can get computer time....

Where in New Mexico were you? I lived there for a couple of years in the Los Alamos area. Very pretty state, but that's about it.

Nice to meet you.  

[eqgumby]

neferet on Oct 12 2008, 03:07 AM, said:

Hello!
I’m almost 38 years old, married, with 3 kids. I grew up in Tel Aviv, moved to France a few years back. I like: my loved ones (my 4 angels), family and friends; my job; travelling, astronomy, gardening, painting/drawing, classical music, art history, ceramology, etc. I dislike: dishonesty, racism, hypocrisy. As for credentials: I received my PhD in anthropology from Tel Aviv University, and my PhD in Egyptian Archaeology from the ENS in Paris. I taught epigraphy at the University of Montpellier. I’m currently on archaeological assignment/projects. That’s it for me. I’m glad to be here. See you folks

Feel free to hit up the ancient civilization boards. They chat up Egypt quite a bit. Make sure you put your credentials in a signature or make them clear. Personally, I think it's great to have a PhD on board.

[Harks]

Jack of all trades, master of none.

[Doug1o29]

61, two daughters, wife, dog, no cats.
Baptized Lutheran, raised Methodist and Presbyterian, convinced Quaker.  Thinking gradually evolving toward agnosticism/atheism.
Forestry researcher, currently specializing in ice storms and how they affect forests; interest in how trees and forests respond to damage/injury; interest in forests and climate change.
Graduate of Kent State; knew several of the principals personally.  Degrees from Kent, Univeristy of Idaho, Colorado State.  Ph.D. in Environmental Science.
30 years in service forestry, mostly Colorado.  Three years as a forestry consultant.  Eight years in research.  Published.
Spent two years researching the Bible (Moses and the Exodus).  Make large (4'X6') hooked rug "paintings."  Play the bagpipe.
That's it in a nutshell.  If you want to know more, ask.
Doug

[MissMelsWell]

wow Doug! Cool research!

shortly after I bought my house, an ice storm took out every tree on my property, it was quite amazing. Two 110' Doug firs lost ALL their boughs (creating a pile more than 9ft high in my driveway) and they looked like two GIANT toothpicks. I had to take them down. I also lost a thundering plum which landed ON my house, and a 70 year Weeping Willow as well. The ice storm actually froze the inside of the willow's trunk which caused it to split and nearly "explode" ... weirdest darn thing I'd ever seen.

Since then, I've replaced my trees (which I have to do according to city law, this is Seattle. lol) and I replaced them with a moon maple, two pin oaks, and a cherry tree. LOL. Something that won't crush my house in the event of another storm. LOL

[IamsSon]

Harks on Oct 12 2008, 04:51 PM, said:

Jack of all trades, master of none.

What!?  I thought you were a master at one-handed grilling (need the other hand for the beer)!  

[Doug1o29]

MissMelsWell on Feb 11 2009, 11:13 AM, said:

wow Doug! Cool research!

shortly after I bought my house, an ice storm took out every tree on my property, it was quite amazing. Two 110' Doug firs lost ALL their boughs (creating a pile more than 9ft high in my driveway) and they looked like two GIANT toothpicks. I had to take them down. I also lost a thundering plum which landed ON my house, and a 70 year Weeping Willow as well. The ice storm actually froze the inside of the willow's trunk which caused it to split and nearly "explode" ... weirdest darn thing I'd ever seen.

Since then, I've replaced my trees (which I have to do according to city law, this is Seattle. lol) and I replaced them with a moon maple, two pin oaks, and a cherry tree. LOL. Something that won't crush my house in the event of another storm. LOL

I am working with shortleaf pine.  Out of nearly 7000 trees, only three have lost all their branches.  Apparently has something to do with branch structure.

I got closely-acquainted with an ice storm several years ago.  Had a branch come through my roof.  Stopped about three feet above my daughter's bed.  Gave her quite a thrill.

BTW:  Are you a member of PYM by any chance?
Doug

[MissMelsWell]

Doug1o29 on Feb 11 2009, 10:27 AM, said:

I am working with shortleaf pine. Out of nearly 7000 trees, only three have lost all their branches. Apparently has something to do with branch structure.

I got closely-acquainted with an ice storm several years ago. Had a branch come through my roof. Stopped about three feet above my daughter's bed. Gave her quite a thrill.

BTW: Are you a member of PYM by any chance?
Doug

Nope, I'm NWYM

[InvaderTAQ]

Almost 20, live with a boyfriend, a cat and a dog. Qualified youth counsellor, going to uni next year to study Psychology.

That's about it. I'm a boring person

[Harks]

IamsSon on Feb 12 2009, 03:19 AM, said:

What!?  I thought you were a master at one-handed grilling (need the other hand for the beer)!  

We all have our hidden talents.

[Queenofthefairies]

Okay i'm 22 years old and happily married with my own house, eight fish and one bird, had one child but it was a stillbirth i graduated from high school then went on to college where i got a degree in teaching. Also have a diploma in children's education yeah nothing exciting going on now. that's my credentials

<QueenoftheFairies>

Edited by Queenofthefairies, 13 February 2009 - 01:59 AM.