Must make it easy to remember birthdays.

I worked with a girl in Reno, Nevada with the birthday of 12-7. She was probably born in 1965 as she was 18 in 1983. Not sure she really even understood the significance of the date of December 7. She did live next door to my Medieval History professor from the University of Nevada, Reno so maybe she did. I worked with her from when she was about 14 through when she was 18.

You wonder how some of these famous dates affect how people feel about their birthdays like Pam K., felt about hers. 9-11 is another one of these.

As a devout "Do it Yourselfer" I designed and built my own house in western NY. It was one of a kind, quite nice, and I miss many interesting things about it. The roof rafters were 16" o.c. 2x10's 26 foot long. Big house.

I also delivered all three of my boys. My wife of 35 years was much more comfortable with me at the "business end" instead of some strange doctor. My thinking was that any guy can start the job.....but a real man finishes it. It was not that difficult...my wife seemed to have the more strenuous job.....it was another DIY project.

My job started more after, as she carried the boys for nine months each...I carried them for like 20 years....My wife prayed for girls, but we got 3 boys. I explained to her that it was like baseball....3 strikes and you are OUT. No more "at bats".....so she prayed for granddaughters and now we have 3 of them....all beautiful and precious.

Frank

I am a former gandy dancer.

Gandy Dancers - YouTube

I had to look that up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandy_dancer

So was my dad-- I haven't heard that expression in quite some time. Thanks

My maternal great grandfather was a railroad engineer.
 

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This is 1952 when he retired.

I did something similar in Pensacola back in the late 70's. I purchased a new home in 1976 with a VA loan in St. Petersburg. A year later I sold that home and moved to Pensacola and purchased a new home there in 1977. Both times I took notes of every phase of construction and sub-contractor that went into the building. I checked into the law and found that I didn't need a contractors license to build a home if it was for myself and I lived in it for one year.

In 1978 I sold that home in one week and moved into a rental and purchased a lot for $7500. I drew up plans for a 2600 sf rancher with a 2 car garage and had a residential designer make me 7 sets of blueprints, you didn't need an architects seal unless it was commercial property. I went to the nicest subdivision in Pensacola, where at the time they were building homes for $300,000 and above. I ran down framing crews, brick masons, etc. and got estimates for every phase of work. I had a friend who was an outside salesman for a home improvement center, this was before Lowes and Home Depot. He gave me estates for every bit of materials from windows, doors to roofing. I took the deed for my lot and the plans and all the estimates to a bank and got a construction loan for $52,000 paid out in four draws.

All this time I was working a full time job 40 hours a week, I did volunteer for the swing shift so I didn't have to work until 3pm, which gave me the mornings to be at the job site. In 1980 I sold that home and bought a bigger lot for $15,000 in an area of the future 'Parade of Homes' and moved into another rental. I got another construction loan, this time for $70,000 and I even had an 18x36 swimming installed. It turned out to be a beautiful home. Both homes I contracted we used framing with 6" exterior stud walls 16" on center, also every feature I could think of I had installed, central vacuum, fire place, ceiling fans, etc. Only took 11 weeks to finish from the time we broke ground until we moved in. Even though I only lived in both homes for just over a year, I almost doubled the cost when I sold them.

I was born in the United States, but not in a state. My birth date is 4-5-45. My mother was born on 4-4, my dad on 4-14 and my first wife on 4-23. I have a grandson who was born on 9-9-90 and another one born on 9-9-96. My legal name is actually 3 last names so I've used a nickname my entire life. I have 3 siblings, 3 children, 3 grandsons and 3 granddaughters. I believe in the Triune and I love numbers!!

I was on stage with Mike Super, a current contestant on America's Got Talent. It was on a Disney Cruise several years ago.

My grandson was born on Halloween and they lived in Salem Massachusetts.

I have read The New York Times every day since 1962 and the New Yorker magazine every week since 1958.

Trivia about me
 

I've worked in three different areas.
1. I treated people with radiation for cancer.....BODY
2. I taught religion to teenagers.....MIND
3. I was a hospital chaplain.....SPIRIT

Body, Mind and Spirit so nothing left.....I retired!!!!

You must have been one of their quite younger readers?

What language do you think in?

When I was 14 years old I had my hair cut by the White House barber.