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

After a self imposed time out from off topic, I have returned to find that nothing had changed. I walked away for a few months because I began to find that I had fallen into the trap, became one of the pathetic, impotent people that I despise on the internet. I find that there is nothing more pathetic than an internet bully, someone that using the annonymity and security of a computer screen to say things that they would not say in person, and I realized that I had began to cross that line. Upon my return, I realized that nothing had changed, in fact it has possibly gotten worse. With nostatic's recent threads that just turned into pissing matches, it occured to me, why?

Is it the fact that we all interact over this cold, impersonal medium, simply generic usernames interacting? Better yet, what can help us to regain a semblance of the friends BS-ing over a beer mentality that this forum use to have? So, my little contribution to making this a happy shiny place again was to start this thread. I want everyone to introduce themselves, location, tell what they do, tell us about their family, car, and any other hobbies, sports, etc that are important to their lives. My hope, soon to be crushed I'm sure, is that if we can view each other as friends instead of strangers, maybe we can resurrect a shread of respect. So I'll start.

Name: Matt J
Location: Wichita, KS
Job: Aerospace Engineering Student at Wichita State, Raytheon intern (Horizon 4000 program)
Family: Married 4 years, son 2 years 5 months
Car: Mazda Protege5- I just sold the 540, it was about to break me. Finally faced the fact that older German cars aren't for college students with no time or money. Now I have a nice cheap car with 54k that gets 30 MPG, and isn't half bad to drive. German cars are for after graduation.:cool: Also, 2003 Toyota 4Runner Sport 4x4 (wife).
ETC: Not much, school and work has pretty well stolen my life, the little time I have is spent with family. I used to love golf, and enjoy watching F1 and WRC with my son. Also enjoy DIY work on my car, but my new rice burner shouldn't require much.

Name: Mike
Location: Madison (Huntsville) Alabama
Job: Mechanical Engineer (Boeing) 17 years. BSME 1986
Family: Married, 1 son, 1 daughter
Cars: 1976 911 (very different from how the car was delivered in '76 <g>), 2001 Toyota DoubleCab, 2001 Toyota 4Runner
ETC: I enjoy spending time with my family, DIY projects, working on cars, and playing guitar. I also enjoy reading and learning. Strangely, I soak stuff up like a sponge these days. I am also into fitness and work out/run regularly.

I still see this place as "friends BS-ing over beers". I don't get my feelings hurt by opinions opposed to mine. I enjoy hearing other people's viewpoints.

Mike

Other people's views are the reason this forum is so great, we have an incredible cross section of society on here, the variance of knowledge and experience is amazing. Sometimes though, threads become monkeys throwing poo at each other, contrary to what makes this forum great. I welcome different ideas, even those that may disagree with mine, but sometime it just gets ridiculous.

Name: Keri
Location: Chicago
Job: Training and development for Tech Support personnel firmwide in a large lawfirm (you've probably heard the firm, it's even been posted in this forum before)
Family: Was married 9 years, single for 4 now
Car: Grand Prix. Because I live in the city now, it doesn't make sense to get a new car since I take the "EL" most everywhere and the bumpers on cars get messed up in this city.
ETC: My mother has a severe arthritic condition and she lives with me. She can still get around the house, but she needs help doing other things like going to the store, cooking, etc., so that's what I'm for :) ..... She lived with me and my ex after my father's death, we sold her home. During my divorce, I sold my home and moved to the city, and she lived with my sister for a couple years. I'm much more patient so it wasn't a good combination. No one should ever feel like they're a burden. Finally got my mom to move back in with me here, and neither of us couldn't be happier (and tired haha).

Name: Rick
Age: 33
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Job: General Internist for the USAF. Have been practicing for almost 5 years, about to move to Dallas to join a hospitalist practice.
Family: Married for 8 years, two kids (Nathan and Katie)
Car: 1984 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa, 1999 Honda Accord, 2003 Chevy Tahoe. Hoping to purchase a Boxster or 993 soon.
Etc: I am a golf nut, play/practice every chance I get. I was deployed to the middle east about 2 years ago and may be going again in January.

I see this forum as an interesting place to see what other people think and/or debate topics. I tend to get sucked into the political threads as I try and keep up with current events and what is going on. I think 98% of the people here post with civility and intelligence. The other 2% drag down the discourse for all.

Name: Markus
Age: 40
Location: South of Sweden - small beach village called Vejbystrand.
Job: Pediatrician. Specialist in Allergy and Asthma and in charge of the kids with immunodeficiency diseases in my region.
Family: 4 kids age 1-10. No spouse.
Cars: Porsche Carrera euro 85. Jeep Grand Cherokee V8 96.
Etc. No time left between the kids and my job. Author of a book about common diseases in childhood. Inventor and patent owner of medical devices. Play the guitar and piano - mostly blues and R&R.

What a benevolent thread - I like !

Name: Yasin
Age: 35
Location: Colorado Springs
Occupation: Civil Engineer (studied in Canada and England extensively) and I specialized in Structures and Fluid Dynamics which is why I gravitate to Forced Induction cars!
Family: I am single.
Cars: 1989 911 Turbo, Mazda 323 w\ a Miata Turbo motor and an old Datsun Z turbocharged that I am experimenting with (shooting with 400whp). I enjoy playing with cars but have bought an older house, so I see my focus changing soon...LOL!

ETC: I am enjoying life, but the time goes by so quickly...I feel that in life you need passion in your soul and only a very small group of tight knit friends and family to make you smile.

Name- "T-Bird"
Age- 55
Location- New Castle PA
Occupation- Retired Advertising consultant for a major newspaper in Florida. Now full time bassist for a local/regional blues band (spelled broke)
Family- married 25 years two grown kids, one grandson.
Cars- 1970 911S Targa, Dodge mini van to haul $hite.
Other interests- Restorer of vintage American shotguns, shooting said guns. Vintage John Deere tractors. Women with full Brazilian waxes.
Why am I here? I too feel this is like hangin' with my friends with no faces.

Name: Les
Age: 52
Location: Near Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Job: Was in Sales & middle management for a dairy for about 25 years, semi retired, doing what I love in the tourism sector.
Family: My wife says she has been teaching "forever", son out on his own, teenage daughter sometimes on my nerves (Just kidding).
Cars: The "old E", a '69 brought over from Europe by a returning serviceman about 15 years ago, previously neglected, slowly being ressurected and always appreciated, a '93 Passat turbo diesel, closing in on 400,000 km and a '98 F-150 horse hauler.
Etc: Looking after the place, volunteering, P-car, dogs& cats (total of 13, the wife volunteers in a local animal shelter), playing a bit of accoustic guitar, model railroad and a bit of travel.

Les

Name: Eric
Age: 34
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Job: Manager in the automotive industry, 13 years
Family: Engaged to be married 07/07/07! 2 sons: 8 and 10
Car: Ever changing, varied tastes, sold everything to buy ring & wedding
Etc: I don't have time for many hobbies that aren't auto related, I try to play guitar, have a huge DVD collection, and used to be into BMX.

I am not a political person. You will see me post about anything automotive, some economics and business. I try to play nice.

E

My favorite line so far goes to Markus: "No Spouse".:D So well put, anyone who followed your thread will grin at that. Congrats on the engagement Eric, I sympathize with the fire sale. My wife is wearing my savings account on her finger.;)

Name: Rick
Location: Scottsville Va
Age:41
Job: I am a wrench, I specilaze in Euro cars. I plan to retire from full time work in 9 years.
Married for over 20 years (yes to the same woman) We have 2 kids, son 19, daughter 16(ouch) We started early but if you wait until you are ready you will never have kids.
etc: I find I have let all of my hobbies fall by the wayside since I have no time left in the day. Most of my free time from work is spent working on cars. (can you say stuck in a rut)
I avoid almost all opinion threads in the OT since I have been informed I am always wrong. I like to read them and laugh at how angry people can get.

Name: Stijn (flemish name it sounds like stain in english )
Age: 30
Location: Rotterdam, or as i like to call it , Rotten Damn
Job: Network techsupport for one of MS's competitors
Family: none
Cars: Porsche 944 for daily abuse, 73 S to blow my money on
don't do much other then messing with cars and working
it's a chicken and the egg thing, i work to pay my cars, and i need the cars because i want to take my mind off work...vicious circle...

Hi, I'm James ("Hi James, Welcome, Helloe James") and I'm a Pelican Off Topic addict. I joined Pelican several years back, but never really looked at OT, unless one of my threads went there. Then I started responding to some topics, just a couple, here and there. And then, oh, i think I made smart-a$$ remarks just to get my post count up. And one day, I found I couldn't live without it. If the site went down, I'd start looking everywhere. I'd even log onto the 914club site, just to get a fix. I'm weak, weak I tell you! (sobbing turning to crying and to wailing).

Engineer, Purveyer of dark arts (6 Sigma), present working as a Design and production plumber (Warranty Manager) and co-owner of an Export company.
Married 2 1/2 years, this time, and I don't plan to ever marry again!
Still have the Suicide Blond (Stock looking, but highly modified 914/6)
I am on my way to becoming a gun-nut, although my wife thinks I'm already there.
I like to travel, the way dust collects on things, spring mornings in Colorado, chocolate and the color blue
Other hobbies, most not being practiced: Beer Brewing (all grain), Ham Radio, car repairs.
Why am I here? I used to go to a nice bar in upstate NY where I could meet with Socialists and Liberals and talk about these same issues over a beer or ten. Even though we would seriously disagree, things were never anything but Civil. OT really has not degenerated. It's been like this for a long time.

Name: Randy
Age: 36
Location: Seattle, WA
Job: Owner / general manager, mortgage co
Family: None / Single (but probably gonna lose that soon.. :( )
Car: 81 911 Coupe (red, 8" Fuchs, bla bla bla) , 1970 Pontiac LeMans Sport (455 Powered - almost finished), 02 BMW 530 Sport (Driver)- a few others not worth mentioning (Projects)

Other - Plays with weights, guns, reads books, eternally out and about the town. As for cars, they are a lifelong addiction and probably my downfall. I play with domestics and German. Randy likes Musclecars and Hot Rods - a lot.

Why OT?

I don't work or play well with others, so I have to sit behind a computer. Antisocial and available on OT :cool: The people interest me, and I never, ever, shut up about RE...

rjp

Name : James W
Age : 35
Location : SF Bay Area / Walnut Creek
Job : Molecular Biologist
Family : Married, No Kids
Car : Too Many

Why OT?: I still lurk more than I post, but sometimes I can be pulled into the fray.

Name: Pete
Age: 38
Location: Cincinnati OH
Job: Roaming IT Project Manager
Family: Beautiful wife of 14 years, 2 spots of sunshine referred to as my boys.
Car: 85 911, 98 Saturn, 06 Outback.
Etc: It pays better than being a full-on engineer. and I get to work from home.

Why here? Lately the same reason people read the letters in Playboy, to see what BS people are writign about. Still find refreshing and in a way nourishing, threads like this, the Bennet Porsche thread, the condolences to CC and Tabs about their pets, the support for Livi, and the overall rush of the silent majority to help and aid the rest of the community in both their mechincal and social endeavors.

Who could ever forget the threads re: Women & Money? :D

Ive meen a member of these forums for several years after buying my BMW R1100S, and have never wonderd into Off Topic, figure its a good time to introduce myself

Name: John
Age: 33
Location: OakRidge NC
Job: Service Manager for motorcycle dealership
Family: Married, 11 years, no kids, one Pug, 3 cats.
Bikes: 2003 BMW R1100S Boxer Cup Prep, 1990 Honda CB-1
Cars: '99 Acura Integra LS sedan, '96 Jeep Cherokee 4WD

Im gonna start comming in here.......looks like some decent topics comming up, maybe learn a few things!
Ive always loved cars, worked on Acura, Honda, Mercedes, and a short stint on Porsche. I got burnt out and got into my lifelong love of all things on 2 wheels. I keep getting burnt out by messing with my Jeep. Just starting to build a new house (second one we have built)........cant wait, things gonna get exciting here soon!

Good to meet you guys/gals!SmileWavy

Name: Hugh
Age: 52
Location: Suburbs of Los Angeles
Family: Married to the same women almost 23 years, daughter 20 at UCSB and son 17 (Eagle Scout!) in High School.
Occupation: Motion Picture and Television Safety for Disney, as such, I travel somewhat and take the opportunity to meet other Pelicans when I'm able to.
Hobbies: Read my signature, and working around the house
Why PPOT? There are some really, really funny people on this board, and I somewhat follow politics. Also, when I travel, some of the places are not conducive to walking around at night, so I hang here.

Name: Todd
Age: 44
Location: LA
Job: head of communications and strategy for a large research institute at a major university.
Family: 9 year old son.
Bikes: '05 Ducati Multistrada, '97 Moots YBBeat
Cars: '79 911SC mostly track car, '05 Subie 2.5RS wagon
Other: Musician on the side, last album was in '04 though, bass and guitar, jazz, R&B, soul. Track the snot out of my car, have STS and TT licenses with POC, working on my cup license (hopefully done in December). Practice Tai Chi and Kung Fu, still bodyboard (30 years anc counting), and got one of my bicycles back functional yesterday.
Why PPOT? Many of my friends are "digital" and reside right here. Interesting mix of expertise and personalities. I'm comfortable in this setting. Plus I had many years of being a de facto single parent, and this place was where I could "hang out."

Name: Chris
Age: 42
Location: NorCal
Job: Medical Sales, stock/options trader and part-time product developer
Family: Happily married for 22 years, 1 amazing son - 15 y/o
Hobbies: I'm a car guy or, more correctly, a car addict. I also spend too much time in OT but I try to stay away from political and religious threads. I'm also a cyclist (you should see me in my green spandex get-up; buldges in all the wrong places). I hate working on honey-do-lists so I cram my family's weekends with all sorts of activities. I end up paying someone else to do all that domestic stuff for us. Money well spent, IMO.

I've met quite a few Pelicans, all are very cool and have become good friends. I know they'll come to my rescue if I need help with my P-cars. They know I will reciprocate. I'm a moderator for our local Yahoo group, BAP, and we have over 70 members.

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.

Name: Jared
Age: 28
Location: SE Portland, OR
Job: mechanical draftsman/EIT for an Intel subcontractor.
Family: Single
Hobbies: DIY, playing the guitar, tattoos and body modification, building tube amplifiers, reading, meditation, music, building stupid motorcycles and cars, architecture
Why PPOT?: previously worked for Pelican. Vast range of topics. The occasional entertainment. Made a few friends in normal life. Quite sure I could ask about anything and get an answer in a few hours.

Name: Dan
Age: 28
Location: Wakefield RI
Job: E Commerce Manager and freelance web marketing consultant
family: my gf of 3 yrs and our 2 border collies. No kids.
hobbies: bicycling, inline hockey, motorcycles especially old mx bikes and oddball/cult street bikes. Current project is a 1983 YZ100 that I hope to race AHRMA 125 ultima class mx with next year. I also play in a garage punk band out of providence RI. Our debut EP will be out late fall on a small label. I love me some guitars.
Vehicles: 1995 BMW 325is with bilstein/H&R, TMS chip, ECIS intake, M3 exhaust. Tis the daily driver, had for 4 years and closing in on 180k on the clock. Also 74 911 non-S. Bought from owner who gave up halfway through converting from CIS to carbs, major work in progress. Other vehicles include aforementioned YZ100 and my Specialized Allez bicycle. Recently sold 94 900SS/CR Ducati and 96 Honda VFR750. Plab on adding another bike soon, probably another Duc like a monster S2R.
Why PPOT? I wish I knew.

Hi. My name is John.

I'm 43 (!), Married with 2 kids (9 and 6). We've got one of each: Introvert (9) and extrovert (6). Both are girls BTW. My wife (life partner, best friend, girl-friend, etc) is a Software Engineer. I'm a Salesman of Semiconductor Assembly services for an off-shore manufacturer. We're both very concrete and logical, yet somehow we have a 6 year old who knows more about managing politics then my wife and I do combined.

I've always loved Porsches, but for many years the money went to race cars rather then Porsches. I went on "Family Leave Sabatical" from racing when my wife was pregnant with #1 daughter. I sold my ITB car and used the money for a 944. I loved the car, but jumped at the chance to buy my 911E for a reasonable price. Loved the challenge of picking which Porsche to drive to work in the morning. Eventually sold the 944 since there just wasn't enough room. I'm now collecting the pieces to convert my 911 over to being an SCCA E-Prod race car during the next few years. I'm no longer as wrapped up with "get it done for this weekend's race", but rather the tao of the project. If it get it done in 2 years or 3, that will be fine with me since I'm not the type of guy to make my family second-class citizians to support my racing.

I too got sucked in here after wondering over during a quite day on the technical forums. Being of German background, I can't turn away from a good debate. My wife's American-born Chinese, and in frustration I've stopped completing any sort of ethnic surveys when it became impossible to classify the kids since they are quite happy being half Chinese and half German descent. Now I always check the box labeled "other" and write in "Human". That's really all that counts for any of us.

Name: John L.
Age: 43
Where: Portland OR, recently moved from Berkeley CA
Job: analyst (stockpicker) in investment management company. Formerly lawyer at big LA firm.
Married: 16 yrs now, two kids
P-car: 1989 911, not being driven much lately (some fix-it stuff needs doing, as soon as we unpack and I find my workshop stuff)
Hobbies: Lately none (working so much, feels like my job is my hobby). Normally, fly-fishing, skiing, mild tinkering, lots of reading. Trying to find time to learn how to program archaic H-P calculators. Have traveled a lot, trying to find time to do more, esp in France (unabashed Francophile). But basically now its work and unpack and sleep.
Why OT: Interesting people and opinions, basically my digital watercooler.

Name: Bryan
Age: 21
Location: Lincoln, NE
Job: software developer
family: Girlfriend of several years, a cat, three birds, some fish
Cars: 83 944, and a boring Stratus.
Why PPOT? No idea. I think it was fun once, but I guess I grew up.

Name: Micah H
Age: 26
Location: Bremerton WA (an hour from Seattle towards the Olympic Peninsula)
Job: Watch Commander at a military prison, previously the Navy's greatest Fire Controlman (We don't put them out, we start them)
Marital Status: Two weeks left of freedom. I marry the love of my life and g/f of 3 years in August 13th.
Cars: 1993 968 Coupe
Hobbies: Wrenching on the Porsche, Fishing for anything that swims but particularly Salmon and Steelhead.

Why OT: I get in when I think I have something to say. I avoid the religion and politics threads, but enjoy hearing what the world has to say.
I would say that as a group, most of the people here are going to be fairly successful at what they do. With such a huge collection of different folks, the knowledge base here is astounding.

"If my wife is listening, I'll be coming home straight after the meeting. Otherwise, Keep your stick on the ice." -Red Green

lol!! "I'm a man, but I can change... If I have to... I guess."

Name: Dennis
Age: 50
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Nationality: Dual - Dutch and Canadian
Job: VP of IT at a midsized company
Marital Status: Married to my best friend for 28 years. We've never argued. When one of us gets upset, bent and twisted the other calmly waits for the storm to pass. She then says "that's all right dear" and I am back to normal.
Kids: 2, a son and a daughter (middle name "Princess"), both studying to be engineers at Queens, they are great kids, sensible, reasonable, have great senses of humour, I think they turned out OK as they appear to have mostly my wife's genes....both right wing capitalists it appears.
Cars: Kids cars, Nissan Pickup, '75 restored Porsche, '89 Carrera project car...gonna buy a sedan onece one of the kids leaves home and opens a spot in the garage.
Why OT? I just like people....my career has been as a "fixer", get to explore the darker side of organizations who need a lot of help...forum offers ability to be a voyeur on attitudes and perspectives without the need to contribute. Nice break from work....

Dennis

"You can use bolts, epoxy or whatever attatchment method you prefer. I'm using the Handyman's Secret Weapon... Duct Tape."

Name: Paul D.

Age: 62

Location: A red dot in blue Oregon, Linn County, roughly 100 miles south of "Moscow by the Willamette", aka Portland.

occupation: retired self employed biz guy

Marital status: Since 1975 to my first wife Cindy. So far so good.

Children: One, age 37, a RN living in fly over country, working on her 2nd hubby.

Pets: 2 mongrel female (neutered) cats who are almost as neurotic as we are.

Hobbies? Lot's of "used tos" You know, used to hunt, fish, ride dirt bikes, sail, etc. These days, not much of anything. Just don't get out much anymore. Oh, if yard work could be considered a hobby, I do lots of that. Ahhh, the roar of an air cooled lawn-mower as it chews through 1/3 acre of turf. ;)

P-Car: Possibly the best UN restored 1972 911S coupe left on the planet. No brag, just fact.

Other cars: '77 Dodge Power Wagon fixed up a bit, and '99 Ford Ranger XLT grocery hauler.

Why Pelican? Why not? Hell, if it weren't for this board, I'd have never picked up the phone to hear a NYC accent asking if I was set up for an oil change, because (RoninLB) was somewhere in Oregon. I'd mention others who have dropped by, but I wouldn't want to incriminate any of you other guys.

:rolleyes:

Great thread!!

I'm Trekkor.

I live in Napa.

I'm 38.

I used to play a lot of jazz on my trombone. Toured europe and Japan in '84 and '85 in high school.
Played at Monterey, Montreux, North Sea, Reno, Sacramento and Santa Cruz jazz festivals.

I spent 8 years working as a chef in some amazing restaurants.

now I'm a tile contractor.

My wife and I will celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary in September.

I'm overall a very happy person.


KT

the "K" stand for Kairos, my first name.

Name: Marv (you know the rest)
Age: 64
Locvation: So. Bay area San Diego
Occupation: Retired teacher & school district contract manager
Marital status: Married
Children: None
Pets: One mangy 19 year old cat & a tortoise (wifes classroom pet) that will eventually grow to 200 pounds.
Hobbies: Hiking & mountaineering (cutting back on the intensity of that), playing in the surf, kayaking, P-car.
P-car: '69 911E (sold my '67 912 & '72 911E some time back). In the process of resurrecting the '69 from a PO who was letting it rot in his driveway for 10 years.
Other cars: Toyota Camry (wife's), F-350 PSD
Why Pelican? Better than TV, magazines and newspapers.

Name: Richard
Age: 50
Location: South of France or Southern California
Occupation: For the last 18 years an IT Consultant, previously I have made my living as an engineer, gunsmith, a PH in Africa, bush pilot, machinist, aircraft restorer, climbing and mountaineering instructor, etc.
Marital status: Married to a wonderful woman!
Children: 23 yr old daughter, who teaches me new things every day.
Pets: None right now, but have had dogs, cats, fish, birds, snakes, turtles, raccoon, hedgehog, deer, and an owl.
Hobbies: Porsches, bicycles, motorcycles, aircraft, history, books, firearms, antiques, computers, hiking, sailing, building, re-building and designing various tools or mechanisms, teaching navigation in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, art collecting, refurbishing clocks and watches, etc.
Vehicles: 1987 930, 2004 Honda Element, 1993 Toyota Pickup, Moots and Colanago road bikes, 1997 Suzuki DR350, 1972 Willard trawler

Why Pelican? I appreciate the wide range of knowledge here. I'm sure I have upset some with my posts, but after years of enjoying the European habit of debate as superb dinner entertainment, I cannot simply let things go by without a question or comment. Good conversation is rare in America.

Name: Willem
Age: 33
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupation: Industrial Engineer masquerading as a banker (Divisional CIO)
Marital status: Getting married April next year
Children: None I'm aware of
Hobbies: Apart from hating my job, I am an avid cyclist, design and build audio equipment, and in general love all things mechanical.
Vehicles: '70 911T undergoing a major rebuild, and a 1999 Audi A3 Coupe.

Why Pelican:
Great bunch of people, interesting threads, and often a sense that I am more normal than I give myself credit for!

Name: Vinny L
Age: 41

Location: Howell, NJ. Born and raised in NYC

Occupation: Electrical engineer for Verizon 22 yrs. Volunteer Firefighter for 15, 10 yrs as Line officer. 4 yrs as Fire Chief. Former Army reserve Huey crew chief

Second occupation: Own business Home Improvement contractor

Marital status: Currently married 3 yrs. Widower from first marriage.

Children: 3 from first marriage 2 sons 22 ,27. Daught 24.
Step kids from current 25yo daught, 22yo son.

Pets: Siberian Husky, African Grey Parrot. lots of fish. Daughters cats.

Hobbies: Boating, fishing, kayaking. hiking, mountaineering and ice climbing. scuba, trains and railroading.Model building.

Vehicles: 86 944, '01 Dodge ram diesel dually, '93 Ford Bronco.
Wifes 96 Camry. '91 Harley Sportster. Also a 67 Ford Fairlane underging resto.
32' Velocity offshore race boat. 29' Fiberform sport fisherman.

Why Pelican: Discovered the 944 forum, found the info on there to be usefull. found the offtopic by accident and started to enjoy some of the topics. Found loads of info to be benificial. Have met a number of Pelicans in person, all seem to be great people.

Name: Mike
Age: 38
Location: Central Massachusetts
Family: Married 13 years, no kids. 3 cats.
Occupation: Real estate broker.
Cars: '05 Audi S4 cabriolet, '01 BMW 325ix
Hobbies: Avid (2 handicap) golfer.

Why PPOT? Former owner of a 911 and a 930, used Pelican and the BBS to help keep them in fine working order. Discovered OT following a thread that got moved from technical, found many threads to be interesting. Stuck around for entertainment and knowledge after Porsches sold last year.

Name: Andrew
Age: 40 (as of 4 days ago)

Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Occupation: Cardiothoracic Intensive Care doctor
(Obsession: Applying safety lessons from aviation to medicine)

Family: Wife (past 14 years-best thing that ever happened), 2 kids. Brother in the airforce, sister in banking

Hobbies: Birds (aviculture), poultry, Bristols http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/index2.htm

Vehicles: Subaru Forester XT, BMW 635Csi (Can't afford a Bristol)

Midlife crisis: Selling the motorcycle (BMW R1100S), joining a political party.

Why Pelican: Came with the 1100S, figure I can stay with the 635. Engaging discussions with intelligent people with a variety of backgrounds and viewpoints

Name: Steve
Age: 48

Location: Providence, RI, USA

Occupation: Attorney, principal in small business-oriented firm.

Family: A beautiful and kind woman, 2 great little girls (3 and 7), yellow lab, and a hamster (whose name is "Phil," go figure)

Hobbies: cars, motorsports, track days, biking, snowboarding, art, good food and wine, hacker golf

Vehicles: 89 Carrera (daily driver), 05 Lotus Elise, 04 Honda Pilot

Midlife crisis: Done with that ... had mine from ages 20 to 40 :)

Why Pelican: OT is a digital version of high school. You can learn an awful lot, make friendships with good people, gain some unique perspectives from other parts of the country and the world, but mostly its just hangin' out and acting stupid.