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169200 "James Brown" <james.brown9@m...> 2007‑04‑18 Biography from a new mamber
  I recently joined this group, and have already gained useful information
from it.
I am 68 years old, married with 2 sons and a daughter, and 3 grandchildren.
I was
born in Indianola, Iowa, and my Father, Grandfather and Great-grandfather
were all
carpenters. Although I spent a lot of time working with Dad, I strayed from
the fold
long enough to get a B.A., an M.S. in Biochemistry and a Ph.D in
Biochemistry. I
taught at the university level for a time, then went into research at a few
companies
here in Keokuk. I eventually worked my way to management (perhaps an example
of
the Peter Principle in action), and gradually came to the realization I did
not work
well for others! In 1988 I turned my woodworking hobby into a job, and began
doing
antique restoration as a business. I had found perhaps the only person I
could work
for (me), and best of all, there were no staff meetings. In the period since
1988, there
has not been one day I had to look for work. I did have to find another
hobby or two
though, since I ruined my first one. I now buy old tools, make them
presentable, and
list them on ebay.
    My favorite personal project grew out of my passion for Bluegrass music.
I coulded
afford a Gibson Mastertone, so I decided that was a good thing to try. It
came out well,
and I used to do a lot of jamming at festivals.  Haven't played it in many
years now;
kept making the same mistakes over and over. Maybe I'll try it again, now
that I'm
semi-retired.
   Anyway, that's a brief summary of my several lives over the years. I look
forward to
delving into this group. So far seems like a great bunch.

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