Age: 62

Hometown: Newport R.I. but moved on fast as a Navy Brat

Occupation: Retired

Previous occupations: 24 years as a Payphone and Long Distance Field Technician.

10 year security alarm CCTV installer/service tech. 8 years with Honeywell PSD (Protection Services Division).

Back east & down south Dave Riley Electronics (Marshfield, Mass), First Electronics (Bean town, Mass), Radio Station WPLM (Plymouth, Mass) Sea Farms (Key West, Fla), Berny's T.V. Repair (Key West, Fla)

Education: Key West High School (1960's Florida reading, writing and rithmetic. I skipped the fourth course offered.. football, but GO CONCHS GO! anyway) Murphy’s School of Law. School of hard knocks and homeless on the streets of Boston winter of 68-69.

Recreation: The Utah outdoors and leaving the big city behind! "have 4x4 Jeep/ATV, will explore".

Hobbies: Many! Flickr, Amateur (Ham) Radio (first license 42 years ago, latest and final upgrade 21 years ago as FCC Extra Class Amateur Radio Station AA7IZ), Avid mineral collector/geology buff, skilled R/C airplane/glider pilot, In Utah Top Ten Big Bore Steel Match and feared at bowling pin pistol competitions (bench rest & plinking and reload all my ammo too!). I love my Vintage McIntosh Audio gear and Polk LSi9 speakers surrounding my 28 inch LCD monitor, and more than love the Dog and Cat that hang out with me.

Best friend(s): God and Country

Amount Spent on Flickr memberships: US $318.82 in over 9 years.

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