Twenty-five Random Things About Me

I’ve been playing around with Facebook and there’s this thing going around there about writing 25 random things about yourself. The posts in this weblog get automatically posted there so I thought I’d do mine here.

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. (I’m not tagging people at the end of this.  If you are reading this consider yourself tagged.) If you are reading this on Facebook, to write a note, look under “Applications” in the menu of your home page (you may have to click “more”), then click Add a Note. In case you didn’t know.” Don’t feel like you need to do this again if you’ve done it already; it’s just a fun way to spend a few minutes.

  1. I don’t like macaroni and cheese.
  2. I love Little Debbie Nutty Bars.
  3. Before my oldest son was born I used a motorcycle for daily transportation.
  4. I use to be an umpire.
  5. I tore my rotator cuff playing volleyball.
  6. I collect pocket knives.
  7. I’ve coached 5 and 6 year olds in baseball.
  8. I’ve never played golf.
  9. I’ve flown a small airplane from Chattanooga to Knoxville to Sparta and back to Chattanooga by myself.
  10. I once rode my motorcycle to work in -7°F weather.
  11. I enjoy working on my cars.
  12. I’ve made one stained glass piece.
  13. I like taking Bible study classes.
  14. While there are people I dislike I can’t say that I have ever hated anyone.
  15. Long winter nights depress me.
  16. I prefer the mountains to the beach.
  17. I really like grits.
  18. I once seriously considered becoming a preacher but decided I wasn’t being called.
  19. I fantasize about having a large garage.
  20. I’m a pretty good cook.
  21. I can’t dance.
  22. I do not like beets.
  23. I believe a fifteen minute wait for a seat in a restaurant is too long.
  24. I surprise myself with what I know sometimes.
  25. My wife is my best friend.

That’s my list. Where is your’s?

About Larry D. Burton

I'm a 55 year old controls engineer who just likes tinkering with stuff. Finished high school at a local institute of learning. Decided it wasn't a good time to be a healthy, physically fit 18 year old with no college experience. Entered college and started working toward a degree in animal husbandry. 1975-1976 Discoverd that I was not going to be a very good husband of animals so I left school to figure out what I might be good at. A local beverage company took pity on me and paid me to go from place to place making sure their on tap beverages were maintaining their high quality. 1976-1979 Got out of quality control and into vending. Learned about control systems and refrigeration also learned that vending machines are heavy and vending doesn't pay all that well. In 1977 I found myself married 1979-1981 Dedicated myself to installing and maintaining commercial refrigeration equipment. Found myself on the roof of a local grocery store one night in the middle of an ice storm replacing a compressor and figured it was time to get back into school. 1981-1986 Got my but back into school at night and changed jobs to keep the mechanical and electrical systems of a local coporate hospital in working order. The job expanded to unstopping drains and burning lab samples and amputated body parts. 1986-now Finished school and took on a job designing, installing and maintaining industrial control systems. Along the way I picked up a bunch of computer skills that became very useful connecting various industrial controllers to one another and moving the data into coporate databases. I now operate Dallas Bay Technologies, a one man shop specializing in technology solutions for industrial problems.
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3 Responses to Twenty-five Random Things About Me

  1. Dan Lyke says:

    I always thought of you as southern. Where'd you find -7F weather to ride to work in?

  2. Larry Burton says:

    It got that cold around 1982 or 83 in Chattanooga. The coldest I remember Chattanooga getting was -12.

  3. Dan Lyke says:

    For completeness, although I’m pretty sure you’ve seen it, my list is at http://www.flutterby.net/2009-01-27_25_things

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