Official PP OT "Who are you?" Thread (Happy Make Nice Thread)

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by gassy
Christian N.
A young 36
Elmhurst Il.
VP of a commercial photo studio in Chi-town
Married to my 2nd wife for almost 5 years
3 kids, 9.5, 8, 3.5--Annie, Erik, and Fen
'70 911 Targa, '01 Volvo s60 2.4T, and Jeanette's '06 Subaru Forester.
Anytime any Pelican is in town, I'd love to chat and my modest house is always open.
Christian.

You work in Chitown now? When did you move to Elmhurst? I thought you were waaaayyyy out there before....

[M.D. Holloway]

Name: Mike Holloway
Age: 42
Birthday: September 11th
Location: Highland Village Texas

Job: Director of Technical Development & Reliability, NCH Corp (best job in the world for the best company in the world), Adj Prof at UNT dept Eng (cuz its easy money and fun), Freelance Writer for Manufacturing.net (all proceeds to go to the Targa refurbish)

Education: BA Philosophy, BS Chemistry, MS Pl Eng, PhD cand. Mat Sci (quit PhD to pay child support and work for GE)

Family: 19yr old Daughter (from 1st attempt – still a work in progress), 7yr old Son, 3yr old Daughter – both are my reason for life, every minute away from them rips away a piece of my soul and every minute with them builds it back. Married to a natural redheaded farm girl who amazes me on a weekly basis and sometimes if the kids go to bed early… on a nightly basis as well.

Car: Honda Pilot (Wife’s ride), Volvo 850 (no real reason to get rid of it), 77 ROW Targa (Son’s)

Why Porsche?: Wanted something that our Son and I could learn from and with.

[slodave]

Name: Dave Mason
Age: 33
Location: Encino, California
Family: Divorced, five fish, two birds, one chameleon
Job: IT slave
Cars: 1984 Targa Carrera (Dad was first owner), 2001 Toyota Corolla (daily driver in urban camouflage)
Hobbies: skiing, R/C gliders, wrenching on my p-car, anything besides computers
Why PPOT: Lots of good stuff to be had here.

[Scooter]

Name: Scott
Age: 37
Location: Seattle, WA
Family: Married to Lori for 11 years, Persian cat Pugsley
Job: Attorney, solo practice, estate planning
Cars: Currently, 2003 986 S / 1999 Lexus RX300
Why? Originally, the car. Now, good friends I met here.

[450knotOffice]

Name: Scott R
Age: 42
Location: South Orange County, California (60 miles south of LA)
Family: Dawn, my beautiful, funny, intelligent wife of 19 years; three dogs (Lucy -14, Sarah - 4, Vinny - 2); two Macaws (Abby and Caesar)
Job: Fifteen years as a pilot for American Eagle, the small-jet arm of AMR corp., sister company of American Airlines. Currently a Line Check/IOE captain on the Embraer EMB-145 Regional Jet based out of Los Angeles. I absolutely love my job but I don't take it home with me.
Cars: Black 1984 Porsche Carrera Cabriolet, Guards Red 2000 Porsche 996 Coupe, Silver 2004 BMW 525i (my wife's baby), 2003 Chevy Tahoe 4X4 comfy gas guzzler.
Hobbies: 911's of all years, snow skiing, world travel, flying
Why OT: I only lurk on this particular forum (although I am active on the 911 technical forum). I can spend hours reading long threads about religion and politics, and I love the humorous threads but I never get involved because it always turns into a pissing contest with no upside. I let others get their blood pressure up and I just sit back and watch in amusement.
ETC: I've made many personal friends in the two years I've been a member of this forum.

[David]

Name: David

Age: 39

Location: Houston (Clear Lake), TX

Job: Mechanical Engineer for a utility turbine & pump repair machine shop

Family: wife of 12 years with a 12yo son (do the math), black lab mutt, yellow lab

Hobbies: Cars, motorcycles, racing a shifter kart (when I have time), working on my house (currently remodeling the kitchen and removing a wall so that I have more invested than it's worth), past house project was to extend the garage back so it'll hold 4 cars, fishing and boating when someone else has the boat, I used to ride and race bicycles but I lost the desire years ago and I can't seem to get it back.

Cars: 01 Chevy Silverado (I'm not a truck guy but I found I needed it for kart racing and house projects), 79 930 (the never ending project that actually seems close to completion), 06 Intrepid kart, 99 R1100S, 99 323i BMW (wife's car, she said she had to have a RWD manual tranny car, another reason I love her), 06 650SV Suzuki (wifes), PW80 (son's and he never rides it)

Mottos I live by: "Don't sweat the little stuff" and "Indecision is the key to flexibility" (don't worry, I can still make the decision when it's time).

[gaijindabe]

Name: Louie
Age: 43
Location: Brooklyn House of Detention
Family: Abandoned.
Job: Stamping licence plates
Cars: Matchbox 911 (smuggled in)
Hobbies: TV, law library
Why PPOT: Need references for parole hearing.

[svandamme]

Originally posted by gaijindabe

Cars: Matchbox 911 (smuggled in)

good thing you didn't try to smuggle in an F-1 matchbox..with all them sharp edgs and stuff , could have been really painfull

[911S Targa]

Name : Bill
Age : 38
Location : Las Vegas
Family : Married for 15 years. 3 Boys 9yrs, 7yrs 4yrs, 4 step children
Job : Event Production/ Asst Stage Mgr/ Crew Steward/ along with a load of other responsibilities for around 20 years
Cars : 1976 911S Targa, 74 Toyota Land Cruiser, 87 XJS Jaguar, 67 MK II Jaguar, 04 Sonota.
Hobbies : Guitar, Drums, Bass, Porsche collectibles, music collectibles, BMX, sports,etc
Why : So much knowledge/information, its mindblowing

[stevepaa]

Name : Steve
Age : 57
Location : San Jose
Family : Been with my bride for 30 years. Daughter, 25, trying to find her way in LA, son, 22, a senior in college and discovered that he is not immortal last year when he contracted collitis, a nasty disease, and daughter, 19, is a sophomore at Berkeley and doing quite well. I had prostate cancer surgery last year and can discuss if pm me.
Job : Rocket engineer, principally working with explosive characterization for some 27 years, a little CFD work in there, taught 7-8 grade science/math for three years and worked for Pan Am in 1969-1971 as a co-op engineer. BSME, BS Math, MSME, K-12 lifetime credentials.
Cars : current is 1992 964. Had a 1969 912, 1960 MGA, 1973 Vega, 1965 Fairlane, 1969 2002, 1969 Volvo. Son is into 60's land cruisers, 65 FJ45 and 69 FJ40.
Hobbies : Done a bit, traveled some, now just try to find time for golf, and shortening the "honey-do" list.
Why : If you only listen to yourself, you get stupid real quick. I've always told my kids that there is always someone smarter than them out there and maybe they'd better listen to what others have to say.

[craigster59]

Name: Craig
Age: 46 (look 26, it's the Norwegian blood)
Location: Fillmore, Ca.
Family: Married to Wendy 20 years, no kids, lotsa animals.
Occupation: Art Direction, Props and Set Dressing for the Motion Picture industry.
Vehicles: See sig below, although the LandCruiser is for sale.
Hobbies: Wrenching on the cars, flyfishing, backpacking, telemark skiing, side by side shotguns, acoustic guitar, mountain dulcimer, ukulele, home brewing, carpentry/woodworking..I think I've spread myself out a little thin.
PPOT: This is where I come for all my political, religious, theological, welding, healthcare, sexual, "what to do about noisy neighbors" knowledge. No need to go anywhere else. You guys are the best..

[Hurra912]

Name: Wayne

Age: 29

Location: Wichita, KS

Family: Married(3 yrs), One son(16 months), One on the way(Feb), One male Chocolate Lab(4yrs)

Education: B.S. Interior Architecture @ Kansas State University

Occupation: Owner of Industrial Design firm(DesignSource)

Cars: '05 Nissan Murano(wife's), '98 Grand Prix GT(DD), and finally as of two weeks ago '69 912(I still can't get that silly grin off my face).

[raj911]

Name: Prithvi

Age: 30

Location: Currently Tokyo, Japan - Moving Back to Singapore soon

Family: marrying my uni sweetheart in November (dating for 10 years)

Occupation: me, Investment Banker, Wife to be is a Lawyer

Cars: 83 RoW 911SC, 1992 BMW 318i, Boxster soon to be added to the stable for the wife after wedding

Hobbies: Playing pool and having a couple of beers (usually together) and spending time with my fiance.

[JFK713]

Name: John

Age: 41

Location: San Diego

Family: married for almost two years, one spoiled German Shepherd (rescue), and lots of aviary birds

Occupation: Collections Mgr. /Herpetology Dept. San Diego Zoo, wife: bird keeper

Cars: Venetian Blue '87 911 coupe, '83 red 944spec car, white Toyota 4x4 p/u, and a black Titus Loco-Moto (daily driver)

Hobbies: track days, autox, mountain biking

why PPOT: the vast pool of knowledge here is staggering, you can get an informed answer to almost any question.

[Paul T]

Name: Paul
Age: 38
Location: Thornton, PA
Family: Married just under 2 years to the love of my life. Also one big, slobbering, spoiled Saint Bernard (rescue).
Occupation: Hard to describe - I wear many hats in the operations world of a major investment bank - and I'm actively trying to escape the hell that it is.
Cars: See signature.
Hobbies/Interests: working on cars, beer, home theater, fishing...anything other than work really....
Why: the diversity and vast knowledge base here fascinates me - and it's darn entertaining at times!

[ZOO]

Name: Rob
Age: 35
Location: Kingston, ON
Family: divorced, joint custody, two children
Occupation: Secondary School Administrator
Cars: 90 Miata set up for autox, 92 Camry
Future Cars: Locost (started already), someday a 911
Hobbies: Cars, reading, being active
Why: the random pic thread made me a lurker for a long time

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally posted by Hurra912
Name: Wayne

Age: 29

Location: Wichita, KS

Family: Married(3 yrs), One son(16 months), One on the way(Feb), One male Chocolate Lab(4yrs)

Education: B.S. Interior Architecture @ Kansas State University

Occupation: Owner of Industrial Design firm(DesignSource)

Cars: '05 Nissan Murano(wife's), '98 Grand Prix GT(DD), and finally as of two weeks ago '69 912(I still can't get that silly grin off my face).

Another Wichita guy, sweet! That makes for a grand total of 3, at least that I know of.

[svandamme]

Originally posted by onewhippedpuppy
Another Wichita guy, sweet! That makes for a grand total of 3, at least that I know of.

3's a crowd, but one more and it's enough for a shin-dig

[Hurra912]

onewhippedpuppy,

It is nice to know there are some more Porsche people in the area. I am relatively new to Porsche ownership so if you have any shop recommendations I am listening. Also, is there a local PCA, and are they accepting of us lowly 912 owners?

Wayne

[onewhippedpuppy]

Sent you a PM.