- Joined
- Sep 30, 2005
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- Utah
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- Political Leaning
- Moderate
I am not actually in Utah yet, but will be soon. I am retired, a former east Texan, sailor for 12 years active duty and 10 years reserve, retired from that as well. My career was in electronics and nuclear power. Married to a teacher, 2 grown kids, both college educated, married, and producing children, in that order, thank the gods of child rearing.
The wife retires next year, then we move to where the grandchildren are, in northern Utah.
I was raised in a home where I was too smart for my own good, got lots of slaps from my parents for my smart mouth, and lots of flak from my siblings who had to struggle in school just to get poor grades. My grandparents even tried to rescue me from my parents, but that was not to be. Anyway, I was not able to voice my opinions while young and living at home. Guess that is why I like this kind of forum so much. I have a lot to say, and you guys can't slap me for saying it, not physically anyway. Such is the life of someone who really does know everything.:roll:
I am registered as a Republican, but also am a Moderate and will vote for a Democrat on the rare occasion that the Dem is a moderate and the Republican is too far to the right for me. Hey, it could happen!
The wife retires next year, then we move to where the grandchildren are, in northern Utah.
I was raised in a home where I was too smart for my own good, got lots of slaps from my parents for my smart mouth, and lots of flak from my siblings who had to struggle in school just to get poor grades. My grandparents even tried to rescue me from my parents, but that was not to be. Anyway, I was not able to voice my opinions while young and living at home. Guess that is why I like this kind of forum so much. I have a lot to say, and you guys can't slap me for saying it, not physically anyway. Such is the life of someone who really does know everything.:roll:
I am registered as a Republican, but also am a Moderate and will vote for a Democrat on the rare occasion that the Dem is a moderate and the Republican is too far to the right for me. Hey, it could happen!