63 year old Grandfather of 4. Married to my high school sweetheart for 43 years. Professional Engineering Designer including: Jet engine piping and configuration drafting, Machine drafting /design, Process piping drafting/design, Precision Engineering Scale Model fabrication and design, computer aided drafting and design (Microstation, AutoCAD, Intergraph 3-D PDS) Avid woodworker, mechanic, photographer, babysitter! Narcoleptic (severe lifelong disabling sleep disorder) with complications from Cataplexy. Vietnam Veteran with 13 months in-country Nov 1968- Dec 1969. Fixed wing mechanic (67B20) and Aviation electrician (68F20). 3 years active duty, 1 year at Fort Knox, and later 1 year with KY Army National Guard 1974. The trauma of Narclopesy has been relieved through proper diagnosis and modern medicine,and I am now retired on 100% disability through the Social Security Admn after almost 40 years in my chosen career. During those 40 years I drove over 1.5 million (yes million) miles getting to and from various cities where my career took me (including local miles daily driving to work).

Graduated top of my class at the school of hard knocks.
Graduated with honors from the Univ. of Southeast Asia
Vocational Certificate for Mechanical Drafting
Certified "Know -it -all" and went to new York for an audition for WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE