Yeah, it was pretty amazing. One of the reasons my grandfather got the academy recommendation is because he built his one generator out of a tractor motor and sold electricity to his nearby neighbors for $0.25 per lightbulb/month when he was 17. He grew up in a house with a dirt floor and no electricity in eastern KY with 13 brothers and sisters. His father was a cooper. He was a huge influence on my life. I think sometimes it takes upbringings like yours and his to really foster that creative "gene". When you have to build or make everything you have, you teach yourself a lot.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:44 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > I envy the role models you had. > > I came from dirt farmers, we lived in an unpainted house and the bathroom > was a little building up the hill out the back door. Electricity is magic. > > *From:* Cameron Crum > *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2020 9:40 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT an honest query > > LOL! You might be on to something. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:37 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> But just think though, without the sports you could have been successful! >> >> *From:* Cameron Crum >> *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2020 9:06 AM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT an honest query >> >> I guess it all depends on upbringing. My father was a D1 football >> scholarship athlete and got a BSEE and MS in biomedical engineering in >> addition to being a fighter pilot. My grandfather was also a highshool >> athlete who got a deferred congressional nomination to the Naval Academy, >> but ended up going to Univ. of Akron instead and graduated with a BSEE. He >> ended up being one of Werner Von Braun's best friends and they did a lot of >> work on missiles and rockets together. I was a three sport athlete in HS >> and had offers for football and soccer for college. I ended up taking a >> soccer scholarship mostly because I had a neck injury that I was afraid >> would be compounded if I played college level football. I ended up with a >> BSEE as well. I'm 48 and still play organized soccer at least once and >> sometimes twice a week. We aren't all troglodytes. >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 6:44 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: >> >>> Truth is always the funniest! >>> >>> On 3/29/20 3:50 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >>> > Now THAT is funny. >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- From: Robert Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 >>> > 3:40 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT an honest query >>> > Or... "Why Google fails at so many new projects..." >>> > >>> > On 3/29/20 2:31 PM, Larry Smith wrote: >>> >> On Sun March 29 2020 14:49, can...@believewireless.net wrote: >>> >>> And we all know plenty of people with advanced degrees and perfect >>> GPAs >>> >>> that went no where. >>> >> We used to call them paper tigers, loads of degrees and >>> certifications, >>> >> but could not do the actual job. >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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