Greetings fellow Curmudgeons,
Hmmm, where should I start? Let me find my glasses so I can type with more than one finger, first.
OK, so I’ll start from your list and wing it. Maybe in reverse (I’ll try not to run over your mailbox).
A million-billion dollars you say? I would hold my pinky finger up to my lips and threaten world leaders from the comfort of my floating hover-chair, duh. Oh yeah, I have lasers in the armrests, so everyone says yes to me, mwu-ha-ha!
Why does Mirosa want a butter keeper? Well, we Southerners like butter, why wouldn’t you want one? Besides, her fridge is full and she needs all the space she can find. Butter should be on the table anyway. [off-topic: based on that profile pic and tag, is she from the city of oaks?]
I got into gaming when I was in middle school. I lived in a military town and had a lot of military brats as neighbors, a lot of whom lived on or around bases in Europe. PnP D&D was popular back then (I guess it was really popular in Germany at the time), so I was introduced to ‘serious’ games through them. My next-door neighbor was a big war games buff, a D&D nerd, owned countless board games and strategy games, and played all sorts of pnp rp games, too. Since we were the same age I ended up playing with him quite a bit. … Then I got my Commodore 64. Goodbye paper, hello wonderful 8-bit, 16-color pixels. Bard’s Tale, Wasteland, SSI D&D series and about every other EA & SSI game used up all my per-pubescent brain cells.
I have two pets, both cats. One was recently put into a box on my desk and is a spirit animal now. I’m pretty sure he can beat down any pansy warlock. TAPS might be coming around to check him out someday soon. [not really] The other one is still alive and kicking, and I’m pretty sure he’s still playing with the other guy; or maybe all cats play with stuff that isn’t really there? [did that come off as too morbid? I loved that little guy, of course I would keep him on my desk!]
I don’t have a hoveround (yet), so I don’t have any stories to tell you. I’ll tell you about my hobbies instead.
I’m an avid woodworker. It’s my #1 passion and takes up most of my time.
Next is camping and traveling with my wife. We have an '85 Westy, but it’s been in the shop getting a major overhaul for the last year. Might be done next year. Can’t wait! Subaru conversion FTW!!! (look it up).
Next is video games, all kinds of video games, but obviously I like WoW, or I wouldn’t be writing this right now.
Also like tinkering with my WRX and taking it to the track. btw, my wife hates how loud it is, but it puts a big grin on my face 
The future kind of came around sooner than I expected, so I haven’t given it much thought. I lucked out and was able to retire really early, so now I have nothing but time on my hands.
We’re remodeling our whole house, so that’s taking up most of it lately. We’re living in my shop, so no woodworking right now, and the Westy has been in the shop for quite awhile too, so that leaves lots of time for video games!!
For the immediate future, I’m thinking of firing my contractor and trying my hand at general contracting (lol, I see a lot of headaches with that, probably won’t do that after all). I think more travel is in the cards, though. Wife wants to go to India next year, so we’re already planning for that. Father-in-law has a life-long dream of going to Bermuda, so we’ll probably go there next year, too. I prefer tropical destinations, so I want to do a week long sailing trip. Did one a few years ago and have been wanting to do it again. Ya, more travel is definitely on the list.
I’m a pretty easy going guy. I’m a little on the shy side, so I’m not really outgoing around people I don’t know. Once I get to know people, I’m pretty chatty, though. Don’t care for drama, but I can ignore it for the most part, so it doesn’t usually rile me up. I’m an organization nut, so I usually end up doing administrative stuff for the groups I’m in. If you like talking about exotic destinations, camping, woodworking, or WRX mods, I will talk till you tell me to shut up!
So, much, much… muuuuuch later in life I was introduced to WoW. I started in BC, a little before WotLK came out. Played for a few years, and quit before Cataclysm was released. Just came back recently, since I have a lot more free time on my hands lately. I’m getting used to the new content and messing with the add-ons that are available now.
OK, well short of giving out my name, address and SSN, not sure what else I can tell you right now. If you need more, just let me know. Reading through the forums, you all sound like nice folks, and I think I would fit in pretty good around here.
oh yeah:
- Thriller
- Blue
…And I’m happily married, so I (hopefully) will never encounter a cougar cruise calamity. Although, if you’re into that sort of thing, the wife says Royal Carribean is still doing them.
…And Matlock is a wimp. TJ Hooker would have wiped the floor with 'im. Although, I thought Nancy Stafford was kinda hot.
Anyway, if the lone member is me, say hi!
