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I'm a 69-year-old male, and I live in Oxford, United States .

Current level: New Member

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• Cities and countries I have visited

  I've visited Canada a couple of times, was stationed as a medic in a medical dispensary on Okinawa for a year.

  The most interesting places I've been to is Underground Atlanta in Atlanta, Ga....Lookout Mountain-Chattanooga,Tennessee...Smithsonian Museum-Washington, D.C....Arlington National Cemetery-Arlington, Virginia...Henry Ford Museum-Dearborn, Michigan

• My proudest accomplishments

  Giving it my all and doing my best at everything I've done

• My interests in other cultures

  I'll have to come back to this one at a later time.

• I'm an expert at...

  Procrastination.

• A personal challenge

  Taking a completely unorganized and disheveled medical records department and turning it into an highly efficient, supportive area for outpatients and medical staff...in one month's time.

• Favourite books/authors/films

  Favorite authors...James Herriot, Steven King, Dean Koontz, Clive Cussler

  Films...to many to name so I'll mention genres'...Action, Romantic Comedies, Horror and Sci-Fi, Documentaries on Nature and Science, Drama

• Living abroad for one year

  I'd love to live in Italy to explore it's ancient history

• I always enjoy talking about...

  I don't like to limit myself to just on topic. My biggest enjoyment comes from chatting at length with someone about themselves and their interests.

• Making the world a better place

  Taking immediately action to reverse climate change before it's too late.

• Personal skills

  It doesn't happen often, but I tend to get brief, mental flashes of the immediate future (only for me). I can't explain "why" nor are some of the flashes explicit, but all of them came true.

• Childhood pleasures

  Spending hours listening to music on the record player.

• I recently learnt...

  Which types of stain works best on a variety of unfinished wood surfaces

• 10 years from now

  At my age...I more prefer to see what's going on from one day to the next.

• I'm excited about...

  I've presently taken up the hobby of purchasing used and/or worn out household articles made of all wood (end tables, coffee tables, etc) and restoring them to new or like new condition. Some I'll sell for a modest price to cover the materials used.

• Something uncommon about me

  There isn't another person exactly like me. How unique can one get?

• I wish people knew more about...

  That not all opinions are a matter of fact (right or wrong)... but merely an expression of one's own views.

• As a child, I wish...

  Having my parents taking a larger role in furthering my interest in music.

• A career without obstacles

  Archaeologist

• It was better before

  The memories of how horrific a world war could be and of the devastating after effects.

• It is better now

  The scientific and medical breakthroughs that improved the overall quality of life.

• My parents and me

  Their belief in corporal punishment. Spanking/slapping a child only serves to pass on that form of anger from one generation to the next...without producing positive results.

• My feeling about the future

  If everything continues as is (global warming, terrorism, corporate greed and political payoffs)...no.

• My opinion on human nature

  I think that human nature is inherently good. We all tend to pull together for the greater good during disasters.

• I feel concerned about...

  The acceleration of global warming

• A trick or piece of advice

  Find that one thing is life that brings you the most enjoyment. Never seek to perfect it to please someone else. Do it for yourself.

• Life regrets

  Not planning for my future at a much earlier age.