James Brown?? Hey I heard you were dead!

On Apr 18, 2007, at 3:19 PM, James Brown wrote:

>   I recently joined this group, and have already gained useful  
> information
> from it.
> I am 68 years old, married with 2 sons and a daughter, and 3  
> grandchildren.
> I was
> born in Indianola, Iowa, and my Father, Grandfather and Great- 
> grandfather
> were all
> carpenters. Although I spent a lot of time working with Dad, I  
> strayed from
> the fold
> long enough to get a B.A., an M.S. in Biochemistry and a Ph.D in
> Biochemistry. I
> taught at the university level for a time, then went into research  
> at a few
> companies
> here in Keokuk. I eventually worked my way to management (perhaps  
> an example
> of
> the Peter Principle in action), and gradually came to the  
> realization I did
> not work
> well for others! In 1988 I turned my woodworking hobby into a job,  
> and began
> doing
> antique restoration as a business. I had found perhaps the only  
> person I
> could work
> for (me), and best of all, there were no staff meetings. In the  
> period since
> 1988, there
> has not been one day I had to look for work. I did have to find  
> another
> hobby or two
> though, since I ruined my first one. I now buy old tools, make them
> presentable, and
> list them on ebay.
>     My favorite personal project grew out of my passion for  
> Bluegrass music.
> I coulded
> afford a Gibson Mastertone, so I decided that was a good thing to  
> try. It
> came out well,
> and I used to do a lot of jamming at festivals.  Haven't played it  
> in many
> years now;
> kept making the same mistakes over and over. Maybe I'll try it  
> again, now
> that I'm
> semi-retired.
>    Anyway, that's a brief summary of my several lives over the  
> years. I look
> forward to
> delving into this group. So far seems like a great bunch.
>
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