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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 59517" data-attributes="member: 4199">I'm a geek, literally.  You could almost say nerd but i don't wear glasses and i'm sociable <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  I work on the service desk as tech support for an engineering firm based out of Idaho, but we have almost 40 offices across the US now and one in South Africa.  I get paid to do one of my hobbies, I love it! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  I'm also a gamer (Xbox One), and a netflix addict. Like others guns are another hobby, i grew up hunting and shooting.  I don't have many (yet) just a .308, .270, and British .303 for hunting rifles, a couple .22's (Ruger 10/22 I bought for my son and I, and an old Winchester model 60a i inherited when my grandpa passed back in 2004) and a S&W .357 revolver i got as my high school grad gift from my parents 20 some years ago <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  I'll be getting a 20 gauge shotgun i was just told by my parents whenever my dad kicks the bucket, but that won't be for another 15 or 20 or so, at least we hope.  Mid 60's now and in great health <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I read a lot also, have to to get my brain to settle so i can sleep at night, otherwise i'm up all night thinking about what to do tomorrow and what i forgot today, when the little critters will finally molt,  and on and on and on.Love the outdoors, much more in summer than winter.  I've never been big on winter sports, i'm not coordinated enough to ski and my knees punish me for days after trying.  I once spent 8 hrs on the learning hill and when i sat down by the instructor and told him i was done he laughed and said most people as uncoordinated as I am don't usually last more than 3 or 4 hours.  If i'm out playing in the winter it's on ATV's after a good snowstorm or snow mobiles.Summer I golf, fly fish, play on the ATVs while camping or just to go for a ride, and enjoy many of the other local festivities going on here.  One of my more recent loves is taking my jeep up in the mountains and exploring the old roads only those crazy people like me drive on.  I've found a couple really cool old ghost towns that nobody remembers the name of doing that these last couple summers.  Not much left in those but a foundation here and there or a couple collapsed small cabins.  Guessing they're old mine settlements (can't really call a house or 2 a town) as that was the big settlement boom in this area way back in the mid/late 1800s.My son is a lot like i am, probably why we butt heads so often <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  he just turned 16 in October.  I keep telling him he should join here to see all the great info but he'd rather just read and research that way.</blockquote>

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