User:Marine57

This user:
 * was born in 1940
 * my older brother and I chose a Jacobson lawnmower instead of a T.V. in 1952
 * won a trip to Washington, D.C. by getting 20 new starts on my paper route in 1953
 * arrested for shooting a firearm within city limits (boy was dad mad) 1953
 * made our 7th grade "straight A" student throw-up by scraping off a banana bruise on the edge of my lunch tray
 * graduated from grade school in 1954
 * took Army R.O.T.C. in high school; flunked Latin twice before finally passing with a "D"
 * was accepted into the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in 1957
 * placed 3rd in the 1958 Indiana U.S.M.C.R. Small-bore Rifle Championships
 * placed 3rd in the 1959 Indiana U.S.M.C.R. Small-bore Rifle Championships
 * graduated from High School in 1959
 * was awarded "High Rifle" with a 235 out of 250 at U.S.M.C. Boot Camp, Parris Island, S.C.
 * flunked out of Purdue and went into active duty, U.S.M.C., in 1962
 * was picked up by the U.S.M.C. Rifle Team, Quantico, VA. in 1963
 * went Distinguished NRA High-Powered Rifle in 1965
 * placed 22nd in the 1966 National Service Rifle Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio
 * received Honorable Discharge, missed becoming a sniper in 'Nam in 1967
 * became a born again Christian in 1970
 * graduated from Purdue University with a 3.0 average, M.E.T., 1971
 * worked 18 years in Product Design; awarded a U.S. Patent on the design of an elect-mech switch
 * marriage failed after 25 years
 * worked 18 years in Layout, Quality Control (U.A.W. member)
 * spent 5 years writing a cad-cam program in Microsoft-PDS/Fortran languages
 * spent 2 years writing an Accounting program in Microsoft PDS (I hate MS Money, Quicken, Peachtree)
 * second marriage failed after 7 years
 * have a cat - her name is "Cammie"
 * rather than becoming a retread, retired in 2002
 * using FrontPage, began writing a personally-owned Christian web page in 2004
 * became a Christian Education Evangelist in 2006