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50763 Ferdster@a... 1998‑10‑01 Bio- I have returned - Frank Chaka
He's back! After an absence of 4 or 5 or 9 months,  I have returned to
OLDTOOLs.
My absence was precipitated by a low life scum sucking SOB (or DOB) who stole
my computer. I bet he or she has a rusty Shelton hanging on the wall.
I am a (Ack!!) 50yr old Medical Laboratory Manager with a lovely SWMBO, Carsie
("That's not another plane is it?") Chaka and a way too lovely teenage
daugher, Kimberly ("Daddy, what do you do with all those tools") Chaka. I also
have a 26yr old son Chris living in the suburbs of DC.
    I am a Conn. Yankee who began collecting old tools when I was 10. When I
was in my 30's I saw his Royness for the first time and realized you could
actually USE these tools. Needless to say, I now have a shop with way too many
tools (Naa!) and a house with enough furniture to furnish a small town.
Speaking of whicj...  We are living in one of the worst cities in the country
- Anniston, Alabama.
No kidding, it sucks! Ask Pete Taran, he was stationed here. In a rating of
the 300 largest cites in the country (for quality of life) Anniston is rated
297th. We have the highest high school dropout rate in the state (46%). Last
year the state instituted a rule that kids had to have at least a C in all
subjects to be elgible to play sports. 69% of the Anniston kids were no longer
elgible to play. The cherry on top is we are a chemical weopons storage
center. Sounds great! Come on down! Why??, you may say,why does he stay down
there!! Because I could not afford to move 40 years worth of Rust!
Ok, I will shut up about Anniston. Aside from Rust and bitchin' about
Anniston, I enjoy driving my MG too fast in the Bama mountains and collecting
odd first names (OK, here are a few - Gilmer, Ponder and Jot (all male) and
Clyde, Janunita and a 79 yr old Xenia (all female) These are not nicknames. It
kind of makes you wonder what their parents were thinking about.
Well, I am going to shut up and step off my soapbox.
I am
Frank Chaka



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