SOM(e) Family: Getting to know each other

[Salty]

Name/Nickname: Saltman
Age:38
Profession/Field: Musician/Composer (mainly Jazz and Classical)
City of Residence: WDC
Marital Status: Double (that means married)
Horoscope: Scorpinox (wasnt that the Transformers dude?)
Car: Honda Accord b/c it fits my big double BASS
Favorite Band/Music: John Coltrane, SaltmanKnowles. [url]www.saltmanknowles.com[/url] yes thats me. (insert emoticon of your choice)
Favorite food: Dunkin Donuts
Choice of Drink: Yes
MLB Team: The World Champion twice in a lifetime Philadelphia Phillies.

[tcochran]

Fascinating discussion thread -- interesting to read about all of you young 'uns

Name/Nickname: Terry
Age: 63
Profession/Field: website designer
City of Residence: near Ann Arbor, MI
Marital Status: Married 34 years, 3 kids, 3 grandkids
Horoscope: Taurus
Car: Ford Escape
Favorite Band/Music: Beatles & classic rock -- see one of my websites at www.boomernet.com
Favorite food: Almost any type of seafood
Choice of Drink: German lager
MLB Team: Detroit Tigers

[ashleyjoe]

Great idea!

Name/Nickname: Mike / Goose

Age: 43

Profession/Field: Data Processing

City of Residence: Wauwatosa

Marital Status: engaged

Horoscope: Libra

Car: Olds Aurora

Favorite Band/Music: Chickenfoot / Van Halen - before Eddie turned into a dick

Favorite food: Pizza

Choice of Drink: Diet Mt. Dew / BEER

MLB Team: Milwaukee Brewers

[CaptAM]

Name/Nickname: James
Age: 39
Profession/Field: Stay at home Dad
City of Residence: Jasper,GA
Marital Status: Single
Horoscope: Virgo
Car: Buick Rendevous
Favorite Band/Music: George Srait
Favorite food: Mexican
Choice of Drink: Coke Zero or Diet Dr. Pepper
MLB Team: Atlanta Braves

[gorshar]

Missed this one the first time...

Name/Nickname: Gordon S
Age: 45
Profession/Field: Hotel/B&B owner
City of Residence: Siem Reap, Cambodia. Next year if all goes well with wife's immigration and this coming local high tourist season: East Bay, SF, Cal. I'm originally from Philadelphia but have been living alternately between Bangkok, Thailand and Siem Reap, Cambodia since 1997.
Marital Status: married, one kid, another one to arrive in a few weeks
Horoscope: Schmoroscope.
Car: Toyota Camry
Favorite Band/Music: The Grateful Dead (You have to ask? Look at my team names)
Favorite food: Any number of Isaan Thai dishes as well as many Indian dishes.
Choice of Drink: Beer and coffee (but not at the same time)
MLB Team: Phils, runner-up: A's

[maligned]

Name/Nickname: Adrian
Age: 32
Profession/Field: English teacher, cp, relief worker
City of Residence: Khartoum, Sudan (via Indiana)
Marital Status: married
Car: early '90s tin can Korean/Japanese public buses
Favorite Band/Music: rock...Brand New, Project 86, mewithoutyou, Damien Jurado, Pedro the Lion, Sufjan Stevens, U2
Favorite food: Indian
Choice of Drink: coffee
MLB Team: Braves...Ted Turner is a marketing genius and I was too young to know any better. Fell in love with Dale Murphy and the Braves on TBS in rural northern Indiana in 1984.

[bbasebrawl]

Name/Nickname: Marshall
Age: 60
Profession/Field: auto industry (retired)
City of Residence: Hampton, Ga (gateway to atlanta motor speedway)
Marital Status: yep, 32yrs
Horoscope: cancer
Car: Ford Taurus
Favorite Band/Music: Country
Favorite food: home grown veggies
Choice of Drink: coffee
MLB Team: Atlanta Braves

[the splinter]

bbasebrawl...retired or forced out when hapeville closed?

[thetallguy747]

Name/Nickname: Kevin

Age: 54

Profession/Field: US State Department

City of Residence: Serving the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand. Come June, my wife and I will be working for Uncle Sam in Masawa, Japan.

Horoscope: Sagittarius

Favorite Band: EIM (Elephants in Mud) -- my son's band. :)

Car: Toyota RAV

Favorite Food: Anything that's bad for you.

Choice of Drink: Venti Extra Hot Mocha, double cupped please.

MLB Team: St. Louis Cardinals -- I grew up along the banks of the Mississippi just an hour north of St. Louis. From Musial to Pujols, been a die hard fan since I was old enough to shout "Holy Cow!" along with Harry Carey.

[bbasebrawl]

[quote:2c421b2329="the splinter"]bbasebrawl...retired or forced out when hapeville closed?[/quote:2c421b2329]

Retired ( 38 yrs), although I would have worked a few more years if plant had not closed...