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rikki 1st Lieutenant Posts: 865 |
posted 11-18-2002 02:22 PM
  
Ever since I first found and joined this site, I've been waiting to see if the Driver Bios (on the intro page) would ever be activated. Maybe I'm the only one but I've often wondered what my fellow 'Numbers' racers did in RL, was anyone as old as me, etc., etc., etc. There seems to be such a spirit of community and friendliness on this site and what with all the baby announcements and so forth, it's gotten me thinking aboout it. GB, what are your plans? And more importantly, is anyone else curious or interested, as well? IP: Logged |
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GT3mich Officer of the Bridge Posts: 5804 |
posted 11-18-2002 02:49 PM
Depends on what you mean as Old! IP: Logged |
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rikki 1st Lieutenant Posts: 865 |
posted 11-18-2002 03:01 PM
quote: :lol: I suspect I'm not too far away from some of you guys. I'm almost 48. (There, I said it I didn't mean to imply I (or anyone else) was a fossil but sheesh, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to get bifocals next time I go to the eye doctor. I've really been putting it off too long cause I'm afraid of the answer Anyway, I am curious about my "colleages" so I thought I'd see what people had to say! IP: Logged |
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GT3mich Officer of the Bridge Posts: 5804 |
posted 11-18-2002 03:02 PM
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hunthicks 1st Lieutenant Posts: 476 |
posted 11-18-2002 03:05 PM
Well, we could post some sort of a "bio" here, and GB could then decide if he wants to post them in that section. Well, I'm only 20....Just a young'un ------------------ [This message has been edited by hunthicks (edited 11-18-2002).] IP: Logged |
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beanie 1st Lieutenant Posts: 396 |
posted 11-18-2002 03:25 PM
I'm alittle younger than Hunthicks at 16  ,the driver bios sound cool IP: Logged |
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Sly9 1st Lieutenant Posts: 718 |
posted 11-18-2002 04:16 PM
Not far behind you rikki 41 IP: Logged |
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GB24Hours Captain Posts: 5914 |
posted 11-18-2002 05:19 PM
36 (Thanks for making me feel young for a change.)Gilles27 made an example Bio sheet for us just as GTRC 2002 was getting started.... it was my intent to tie the GTRC, Bio's, and Car Numbers all together.... but I just didn't have the time or energy to do it all at once. Maybe now, as Rikki points out, is a good time to get these going again. In the next couple of days I will make a post with some sample Bio pages, and a form for everyone to copy and paste into an e-mail. I'll do my best to get things squared away for everyone! Thanks for bringing it up! IP: Logged |
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calibra Crew Member Posts: 40 |
posted 11-18-2002 07:30 PM
Im 16...even tho None of you even know who I am.. IP: Logged |
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rikki 1st Lieutenant Posts: 865 |
posted 11-18-2002 09:30 PM
quote: I think it would be kind of fun. IP: Logged |
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Kace 1st Lieutenant Posts: 111 |
posted 11-18-2002 10:39 PM
Sounds good. I'll throw in a short version. 27, married, 3 kids, stay-at-home dad/daycare provider, full-time student (forensics). IP: Logged |
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hunthicks 1st Lieutenant Posts: 476 |
posted 11-19-2002 01:16 AM
Awesome GB, i'll be looking foward to seeing the form for our bios. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Huskyboy 1st Lieutenant Posts: 251 |
posted 11-19-2002 03:55 AM
28, Newly married, newly become biological father, non biological father, veterinary care. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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JT Officer of the Bridge Posts: 2319 |
posted 11-20-2002 12:48 AM
35, married, 3 kids, radiologist. IP: Logged |
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Huskyboy 1st Lieutenant Posts: 251 |
posted 11-20-2002 04:22 AM
JT, You must be a careful radiologist if you have three kids  or are you not into the more traditional methods of imaging?Hb ------------------ IP: Logged |
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rikki 1st Lieutenant Posts: 865 |
posted 11-20-2002 09:50 AM
quote: lol! My Dad was a radiologist, too. Hmmm... maybe that's whats wrong with me!! BTW, I'm a chemist, 4 kids (hers, mine and ours) with a grandkid on the way. IP: Logged |
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Marc Timmins 1st Lieutenant Posts: 737 |
posted 11-20-2002 02:26 PM
I'm 27, Engaged, no kids (yet!), Scientific Sales person (Chemist also by trade), likes GT3, GTA Vice, Time Splitters, Windsurfing, cars and my lady! Silly Fact - doesn't eat fish, ever! Marc IP: Logged |
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rikki 1st Lieutenant Posts: 865 |
posted 11-20-2002 03:44 PM
quote: Why not? Don't like it or worried about Hg? When's the big day (wedding)? IP: Logged |
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Sly9 1st Lieutenant Posts: 718 |
posted 11-20-2002 09:42 PM
41, divorce, 2 wonderful kids Cynthia&David Plumber Instead of Mark i love fish especially Walleyes that i just love to catch with my fishing rod (second passion GT3 is the first) IP: Logged |
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Psyfalcon 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1824 |
posted 11-20-2002 10:20 PM
I dont like to eat fish, but I like fish on the end of hooks and in the Fishytank. Local lake, it is impossible to go 5 min w/o a bite if you use something that, A)swims, or b) drowns in water.(refering to worms)Bass, sunfish, catfish...mutated fish IP: Logged |
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hunthicks 1st Lieutenant Posts: 476 |
posted 11-21-2002 12:45 AM
Fishing is a major passion of mine. I love fishing trout, salmon, bass, striped bass, mackeral, and perch. I also fly fish, and fly tie(if your a fly fisher, check out my auctions on ebay, under the same name as here). I'm also an avid hunter. I perfer waterfowl hunting, and had a stellar season this year. Anyone else hunt? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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rikki 1st Lieutenant Posts: 865 |
posted 11-21-2002 09:16 AM
quote: Nope, but it is certainly a rite of passage around here (waterfowl, deer, elk). I probably would hunt, since I like shooting, but I don't care for the meat. Silly, huh? IP: Logged |
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Marc Timmins 1st Lieutenant Posts: 737 |
posted 11-22-2002 01:40 PM
ahh the fish thing, it all started when I was about 8/9 years old. I was munching a fish finger and told my Mum that it was full of bones. She did not believe me and told me to eat up. So I did and got a bone stuck accross my throat. I went to the doctor straight away and he couldn't get it out. So then I went to the local small hospital and they couldn't get it out either. So then I went to a big hospital and they couldn't get it out. They went off to have a think about it, I did a huge cough and the constriction in my throat was so strong that the bone snapped! A few years later in a very hot summer we were stuck in a traffic jam for several hours, a fish lorry about 2 or 3 cars ahead had a problem and all the fish fell out the back and onto the road. In the heat you can imagine what the smell was like after an hour or so. It was so bad I was sick. As you can imagine I have been scared for life now and do not eat fish at all. A few people have tried to sneak some in my food, but somehow I just know instantly. On the Wedding thing, we will be getting married at the end of the summer next year, although we have not set a date yeat as we are too busy! (or something like that!) Marc IP: Logged |
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GT3mich Officer of the Bridge Posts: 5804 |
posted 11-22-2002 01:49 PM
After that story I can understand. I'm not a big fish eater myself but I have had Pan fried Canadian walleye(fishing trip in northern Ontario) and it was great. It must be the cold water. [This message has been edited by GT3mich (edited 11-22-2002).] IP: Logged |
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rikki 1st Lieutenant Posts: 865 |
posted 11-22-2002 02:48 PM
Marc That certainly explains the fish aversion! The experience with the lorry must have been awful :yuck:! IP: Logged |
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V-Tech Fan 1st Lieutenant Posts: 318 |
posted 11-24-2002 10:50 PM
wow, i'm really young. 14 here, and i love to drift on GT3. i'm looking for an AE86 to purchase for a first car, and i've been somewhat successfull, but now i'll have to explain to my dad why i want such an old corolla and not a newer car. i just hope my dad will jump on the fact that i want a cheap car, and not an expensive new car. oh well IP: Logged |
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BoatDriver 1st Lieutenant Posts: 560 |
posted 11-25-2002 04:29 PM
I'm 38, married, 2 kids. Surprise, surprise, I drive boats for a living. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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rikki 1st Lieutenant Posts: 865 |
posted 11-25-2002 04:55 PM
I've looked at it, BD. I wondered what your connection was exactly and now I know. Looks like fun and probably dangerous at times, too. IP: Logged |
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GB24Hours Captain Posts: 5914 |
posted 11-25-2002 06:15 PM
Guess I'm not the only Captain around here, huh Captain Pete? IP: Logged |
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BoatDriver 1st Lieutenant Posts: 560 |
posted 11-25-2002 10:47 PM
quote: You're the only kind that matters, tho', Cap!
quote: Mostly fun...it's somewhat like being in the army (I'm told)...Long periods of boredom punctuated by brief moments of abject terror. BTW, great call for Spot XVII, rikki; I've never had so much fun gettin' dirty! I don't think I'm ever gonna run anything but FR's on dirt tracks again! [This message has been edited by BoatDriver (edited 11-25-2002).] IP: Logged |
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JT Officer of the Bridge Posts: 2319 |
posted 11-26-2002 11:08 AM
I used to cook fish for a living - I was a sous-chef in a fish house for 7 years. I've filleted more atlantic salmon, ocean bass, mahi mahi, grouper, redfish, cod, hake, and halibut; trimmed more bluefin tuna, mako, marlin, and sword; cleaned more Maryland softshell crab and Maine hardshell lobster; and shucked more oysters, cherrystones, and scallops than I care to think of.  In fact, the restaurant business is what drove me into medicine. Although I think the three kids had more to do with the oysters and less to do with the caution around radiation! IP: Logged |
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Huskyboy 1st Lieutenant Posts: 251 |
posted 11-26-2002 11:45 AM
JT, Hmm, you medic boys are a bit more sophisticated than us animal people, aim....yell X-RAYS!! at the top of voice whilst hiding behind a wall/door...with the use of anti-scatter tables and wait for Bremsstrahlung/K-shell knockout do it's best! Over-exposure sorted/filled in with a magic marker. Still, I've just been blessed with a little girl, oysters sound safer. Seriously, the amount of energy to get a good cattle head/hoof radiograph is frightening, a bit of jest on the complacent safety attitude! Hb ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Marc Timmins 1st Lieutenant Posts: 737 |
posted 11-26-2002 01:03 PM
Husky, are you a dad yet then? Marc IP: Logged |
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Huskyboy 1st Lieutenant Posts: 251 |
posted 11-27-2002 05:04 AM
Marc, Yea! 7th Nov, little girl, I said all along it'll be a girl, everyone else was sure my wife was carrying a boy. So, I got everything done in a year, got married whilst my now wife was 8 weeks pregnant. You get married at some point I see, remember having a family will slow you down, unless your fiance has a bigger car than the type R, you'll have to go get a renault savanna or something ------------------ IP: Logged |
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brianw13 1st Lieutenant Posts: 167 |
posted 11-27-2002 01:25 PM
24 single with GF no kids (that I'm aware of, lol) Farm and Turf Engineer Major addictions include: GT3, disc golf, Tetrahydrocannabinol Fav. Tracks: SSR5 II/Smokey Mountain Fav. Cars: R390 race/FTO LM My brain is a hybrid IP: Logged |
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rikki 1st Lieutenant Posts: 865 |
posted 11-27-2002 01:36 PM
quote: A hybrid of what?? Hi brianw13. I see you're tearing things up over at GT3times. I was hoping you might have noticed and joined Spot Race XVII at Smokey Mtn and handed us our butts on a platter! btw, watch that THC - it'll make hair grow on your ears when you turn 45! [This message has been edited by rikki (edited 11-27-2002).] IP: Logged |
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brianw13 1st Lieutenant Posts: 167 |
posted 11-27-2002 02:08 PM
"My brain is a hybrid" yeah, it's called a labotomy, LOL... j/k. BTW,... I'll take a peek at the spot race, if it hasn't finished. I have a lot more time to race since I recently found out that GT3T wont be runnin their qualifiers for the GTBV2 for a while yet. Nice place you guy's got here,... never had the time to check things out until recently As far as getting hair in my ears is concerned,... that's a crap-shoot with the man above,... so far I've lost the battle against the 'back hair'! LOL!!!
EDIT: Looks as if I missed out on the spot race this time,..... BTW,... I have a score to settle with LDM!!! LOL,... he ambushed MANY of my GOLDS at GT3T! ,........... good job LDM [This message has been edited by brianw13 (edited 11-27-2002).] IP: Logged |
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LaughteranDMirth 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1337 |
posted 11-28-2002 01:53 PM
LaughteranDMirth formerly Mach, Mach 1.5 37, divorced, two year old son living at my home. Starting a fresh new life. Love racing in the dirt. Welcome brianw13. Nothing personal, I am just doing what I love. IP: Logged |
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beanie 1st Lieutenant Posts: 396 |
posted 11-28-2002 02:33 PM
Nice to have you here LaughterandMach 1.5 IP: Logged |
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LaughteranDMirth 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1337 |
posted 11-28-2002 03:47 PM
LOL. ------------------ Hahahahhahahahhehehehehhohohohohohohahoahhehehe........Just can't stop laughing.;) IP: Logged |
Rescue boats, actually. Very cool boats with plenty of horses that go fast (for boats, that is). Check the link in my signature if you want some pictures, etc. My dad and I own the business, and I do all the website stuff, so GB, if you want some help making pages, let me know... 
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