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Old Man With a radio transmitter in his car
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GenderMale
IndustryEducation
OccupationProfessor
LocationShenandoah Valley, Virginia, United States
IntroductionTired old man, gray-haired, pot-bellied, grumpy, irritable, stick-in-the-mud, arthritic, asthmatic, phlegmatic, opinionated, cynical, critical, and a whole lotta similar synonyms.
InterestsHam radio, Amateur Radio, hiking, wilderness trail exploration, Flemish history, genealogical research
Favorite moviesGigot, the AT&T series starring Dr. Frank Baxter, Fiddler on the Roof (I relate to Tevye)
Favorite musicClassical, mainly by Beethoven, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Handel, Mozart, and even a little of Bach's. Also a lot of themes written by John Williams, the Badelt/Zimmer collaboration, and anything scored for an orchestra with 8 or more French Horns.
Favorite booksAnything by Patrick McManus, most of Bill Bryson's works, Patrick Robinson's early works, most of Arthur Conan Doyle's, and some of Edgar Allen Poe's, as well as almost anything by Asimov both fiction or nonfiction.

If you were a pirate, how would you avoid laughing when saying 'poop deck'?

It beats picking at a scabbard.

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