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Barry A.
Select Nomad
Posts: 10007
Registered: 11-30-2003
Location: Redding, Northern CA
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Mood: optimistic
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Wingnut
Barry A, re: Bob Payne, name does not ring a bell, which company does he work for. I am new to the IHG group and don't know everyone yet.... |
Wingnut-----He (along with others) owned the DoubleTree/ Hilton (Mission Valley), and now owns the Crowne Plaza Mission Valley (Hanelai) Hotel in San
Diego. Bob just suffered a heart attack last week, but is ok now (sorta).
I sent you a U2U several days ago-----check your u2u messages.
Barry
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8947
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaeng
Engineer here working and living in Baja, hence the corny name bajaeng |
I thought it had something to do with the English language. Now I know...
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8947
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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Special Educator. I work with the Mentally Retarded children. This work is extremely rewarding, but can be really tough by the end of the day.
After working a full day, I usually work 1 on 1 with the children on my caseload for 2 hrs. in their homes.
These Spanish-speaking children usually cannot learn English very easily, so I do a lot of teaching in English, then Spanish, etc. This is where
being bilingual has helped pay extra dividends since communication is key.
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8947
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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I forgot to mention, I lead 4WD tours in Baja, Mexico. I do this because I don't like to travel alone, everyone else who does it charges lots of $$,
and because if someone else did it, then I wouldn't have to.
Baja Pole Line Road (run). A historical 4WD tour.
BAJA GRANDE - this $free$ event is growing yearly
SMUGGLER'S CANYON - north of El Hongo, another popular event
Back in 2000, this guy is the only one who showed up - to tour the Sierra San Pedro Martir. He passed away in June '07. Andrews last wish was to
return to the Copper Canyon. In Dec. '06/Jan. '07, I threw him a proper "life celebration."
Sierra San Pedro Martir
Copper Canyon
[Edited on 3-22-2008 by Ken Cooke]
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Alan
Super Nomad
Posts: 1626
Registered: 4-6-2005
Location: Yucaipa, CA/La Paz
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I've been a firefighter in SoCal for over 30 years and still loving it but I'm going to have to hang up my turnouts one of these days.
I find it funny that Police/Fire are listed as one category and I guess the public views us that way but in the realm of emergency services we are
different as night and day. The only thing police officers and firefighters really have in common is that when we were kids, we both wanted to be
firefighters when we grew up! 
[Edited on 3-22-2008 by Alan]
[Edited on 3-22-2008 by Alan]
In Memory of E-57
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bajatorres
Junior Nomad
Posts: 51
Registered: 9-11-2003
Location: Buenavista, BCS
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I was in production control in Electronics for 20 years, then in the travel industry for 6, and have been retired in BuenaVista for 13.
I now do volunteer work to help educate the students of the East Cape area.
My husband was an electrical contractor for 35 years in the San Jose Ca area and now spends his days fishing.
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CaboRon
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3401
Registered: 3-24-2007
Location: The Valley of the Moon
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Mood: Peacefull
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| Quote: | Originally posted by grover
| Quote: | Originally posted by windgrrl
Registered Nurse - Mental Health.
Will work for margaritas. |
Ladies and Genitalmen: I hereby nominate windgrrl as our new moderator.
What better credentials could she possibly have? |
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Bajalover
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Posts: 227
Registered: 9-16-2006
Location: The Cottage at Ocotillo Hills
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Mood: Strongly - Missing Baja
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It's great to read who's who. I retired 3 years ago (57) from Maersk Inc., a Danish transportation company. Wore many hats from Sales to Director of
Global Sales.
A fun job for 24 years based out of many places - LSA, San Diego, Mex City, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Now traveling in a tin can through out
Canada / USA, with visits to Baja during winter months. It's a great life!
Sometimes you really do question; why you are and where you are.
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Capt. George
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Posts: 2129
Registered: 8-21-2003
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Should have posted retired, but spent over twenty years as a NYC Firefighter, mostly in the South Bronx in the seventies and eighties....was quite an
experience!
Semi retired at 43 but went to work with the I.U.O.E. Local 15 running boats (a 100 ton Licensed Master for 30 yrs) on the East and Hudson rivers
during rehab of the major bridges... Then ran a bakery with my wife and two children for 5 years in Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA...
After I retired (semi) I would only work a maximum of 6 months before heading south and acting as a guide in the Florida Keys for bonefish etc.
Now....................PLAYTIME!!!!!!!!!!! no more "haftas". only "want-tos"
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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Cypress
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7641
Registered: 3-12-2006
Location: on the bayou
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Mood: undecided
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Teacher, Environmentalist, Commercial Fisherman, Ship Painter, Bridge Painter, Fuel Truck Driver, Fish & Wildlife Tech., Canoe Rental/Shuttle
service operator/owner and various other construction related jobs. Retired for
the past 3 yrs.
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jodiego
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Posts: 319
Registered: 2-16-2007
Location: San Diego
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Mood: ever hopeful
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Wife and I retired in 2000. Was a recreation therapist working with kids. Had some big plans for baja but lost my wife in January of 2002. Visits
south are mostly surf trips.
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shari
Select Nomad
Posts: 13048
Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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I am so very impressed with all the Nomads who have volunteered thier personal stories...what an eclectic group we are! It's really neat to put faces
to board names and even more interesting finding out what you all do/did...makes it more human and pesonal rather than just an anonymous creature
making wise cracks. I thank you for being honest and sharing your lives with us. It's somehow soothing to better understand my fellow nomads.
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Bajajorge
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Posts: 2604
Registered: 10-13-2005
Location: Topaz Lake, NV/San Felipe
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For the 542nd time, I am retired and I triple dip.
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BajaKeela
Junior Nomad
Posts: 94
Registered: 5-9-2008
Location: Vancouver Island
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I am a retired pulp mill worker..my husband is a retired millwright ...so while I ran the machinery at work .. he repaired it...Seems he's still doing
it at home.. chuckle chuckle.. Otherwise our claim to fame is our four children..who turned out fantastic. Retired to Baja for the last six winters
and loving it.
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Bajaboy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
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I teach math at a college prep middle school in the hood and love it. The kids have always been taught they can't make it and we're changing that
mentality.
In my free time, I'm usually training for an endurance event. In the past, I was involved with Ironman triathlons and now with a baby on the way, I'm
focusing on trail running with a 50 miler planned for May.
Zac
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Bajaboy
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Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
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Funny-I met Dean about a month ago. He was premiering his movie Marathon Man at our club meeting here in San Diego. I was impressed with all the
work he's done to combat childhood obesity especially among poor children.
Zac
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy...I'm focusing on trail running with a 50 miler planned for May.
Zac |
I used to sailboard quite a bit with this guy at Punta San Carlos.
I was sitting in a dentist's office, glanced over at Outside magazine, and though "guy looks kind of familiar."
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Sunman
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Posts: 400
Registered: 6-22-2007
Location: Oxnard
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Had forgotten about this thread...I'm a civilian working in flight test for the Navy. I manage flight operations for a flight test squadron.
Otherwise, I love to travel, Baja and otherwise.
[Edited on 7-17-2008 by Sunman]
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wsdunc
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Posts: 179
Registered: 8-24-2006
Location: So Cal
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Mood: Upbeat
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I am a production manager for a high tech company which builds lane departure warning systems (used by long haul trucking companies to wake the drowsy
driver when he crosses a lane without signaling), as well as video based systems to control traffic intersections (not the ones which send you a
ticket for running the dark orange light).
My wife is an infant educator performing in home visits for disabled children between 0-3 yrs of age.
We hope to step off the treadmill in the next two years and live extended part time in East Cape, and part time in Bolivia.
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Sunman
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Posts: 400
Registered: 6-22-2007
Location: Oxnard
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| Quote: | Originally posted by grover
| Quote: | Originally posted by Sunman
Had forgotten about this thread...I'm a civilian working in flight test for the Navy. I manage flight operations for a flight test squadron...
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Now THAT is an interesting occupation.
I would love to hear your take on any number of wide-ranging development challenges...perhaps not in public. 
Recalcitrant canopies, Osprey software/umbilical flex, various and sundry other concerns...
I went and looked at Raytheon's job site about a year ago; was blown away at how little experience they required for some Predator pilots e.g. 400 TT
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Thanks Grover, yes, it can be quite interesting at times.
That last link is an interesting (and true) incident. Talk about a major (and emabarrassing) engineering oops! Since nobody was hurt, we enjoyed
laughing at the Air Force on that one.
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Osprey
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3694
Registered: 5-23-2004
Location: Baja Ca. Sur
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For a lot of years I was a stunt man in porno flicks. When my partner, Rocky, a Great Dane, died suddenly I gave it up. I still think of him often
when I'm walking the beach, see a little fuzzy, yippy dog. Sometimes, in my bed, in the early morning hours, when it's sooo quiet I ............
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