BB-Idaho
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Science |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Location | Mountain West, United States |
| Introduction | Born, raised upper Midwest. Chemist, Army officer, Chemical Corps, Dugway-PG/Pentagon: lab mgr Army Ammo plant during VN, cosmetics for a few years, finished career in initiating explosives research & production mgt. Small arms ammo from varmint plinkers to Warthogs, 30 yrs-Several patents. Retired 21 yrs ago and enjoyed the whole journey...and retirement isn't bad either! |
| Interests | History, paleoanthopology, DNA, Interior Ballistics, Civil War, WW II, forensics, medicine, canoe camping, biochemistry, education, geography, archeology, railroads, physiology, thermodynamics |
| Favorite Movies | Groundhog Day, Blast From the Past, The Bishop's Wife, Band Of Brothers, Gettysburg |
| Favorite Music | The Seekers, Classical, Broadway tunes, Baroque |
| Favorite Books | Shelby Foote, James McPherson, Bruce Catton, Carl Sagan, Kevin Phillips, Bart Ehrman, Susan Jacoby, Will Durant |
Do you believe that forks are evolved from spoons?
Sure, they both derived from the earlier knife. The wood origin also led to the familiar chopsticks. As the Neanderthals noted, hands work best....