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Walt Disney World, 1200 Epcot Resorts Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830, USA
Describe a memorable childhood adventure.
21 months ago
Walt Disney World, 1200 Epcot Resorts Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830, USA My family drove from Virginia to Florida to visit Disney World and other places. This was during the gas shortages. We were stuck at a campground for a week while waiting for gas. I mostly remember the really high "Swiss Family Robinson" tree house - I was afraid of heights, and the construction of Space Mountain.
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Island Beach Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA
Marginal Way Walk, Ogunquit, ME 03907, USA
When and where did you learn to swim?
21 months ago
Marginal Way Walk, Ogunquit, ME 03907, USA Can't remember exactly went, but it might have been when I was 11. I learned to swim by diving into the ocean in knee deep water.
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Grafton Notch State Park, Newry, ME 04261, USA
What is your favorite childhood memory of summer?
21 months ago
Grafton Notch State Park, Newry, ME 04261, USA Going up to Grafton Notch State Park with my mother and step-father, hiking up Step Falls and swimming in a part of Bear River with a ledge and a small waterfall. Second favorite memory would be blueberry picking with my family.
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Wells, ME, USA
Describe your childhood home.
21 months ago
Wells, ME, USA We moved quite a bit for the first years of my life, but I guess my 'childhood' home is the one I lived in the longest before leaving for college. My family chipped in money to help to build the house. It was a nice home, with a habit of flooding in later years, on a 1 acre plot with a lot of trees and a lot of hornets at first. We built a granite 'stone wall' with a proper yard above it; most of the land was built on top of sand, so grass and gardens didn't grow well. It was a white gambrel with black shutters and a long rope swing in back.
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Bald Hill Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA
What food brings back childhood memories?
21 months ago
Bald Hill Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA Blueberries, because we used to go into the fields and pick wild ones with my grandfather (when I was very young), and continued the tradition when I was older.
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Wells High School, Wells, ME 04090, USA
What did your high school look like?
21 months ago
Wells High School, Wells, ME 04090, USA A "modern" two story brick affair, expandable to three stories. It was nestled in the woods off, which gave it a more relaxing affect than high school might otherwise have caused.
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Wells High School, Wells, ME 04090, USA
How did you get to and from school every day?
21 months ago
Wells High School, Wells, ME 04090, USA Except for one term in my sophomore year, I took the school bus or sometimes a bicycle (in nice spring/fall weather). For the last term in my sophomore year, my mother was also taking classes and she gave me rides (and ready tardy slips since she was sometimes late and didn't have homeroom.)
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University of Southern Maine at Portland, 96 Falmouth St, Portland, ME 04103-4864, USA
Where did you go to school?
21 months ago
University of Southern Maine at Portland, 96 Falmouth St, Portland, ME 04103-4864, USA Wells Elementary, Wells Middle and Wells High. I went to college at the University of Southern Maine.
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Wells, ME, USA
Where did you grow up?
21 months ago
Wells, ME, USA Wells, Maine, but also in some small towns in Virginia outside of D.C. (for just two years).
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Gray Rd, Windham, ME 04062, USA
Sunnyside Dr, Durham, NH 03824, USA
What's the worst injury you've had?
21 months ago
August 1990 • Sunnyside Dr, Durham, NH 03824, USA The toe nail of one of my big toes had a hangnail and was so infected that the pus pushed its way through to the other side. There was no amount of novocaine that I could be given to numb it.
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Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK), Nong Prue, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan 10540, Thailand
Talk about a memory that makes you smile when you think of it.
21 months ago
May 10, 2002 • Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK), Nong Prue, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan 10540, Thailand Meeting my fiance in real-life the first time. Rushing to want to get to her on an escalator going the wrong way.
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106 Derby St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
What's your favorite thing hanging on your wall at work? Add a picture.
21 months ago
May 2006 • 106 Derby St, Salem, MA 01970, USA A picture of my two week old sons that turned their faces in the same way to the camera while I was shushing them.
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1090 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA
What was your first boss like?
21 months ago
1984 • 1090 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA He was a cool "older" guy. He was in his 30's, but was very down to earth and knew how to talk to us "kids."
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1090 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA
How much did you make at your very first job?
21 months ago
May 1984 • 1090 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA I think my first job was initially for $3.00/hr. I got nice check of back-pay since minimum wage was I think $3.30/hr at the time.
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1090 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA
Describe your first job and how you landed it.
21 months ago
May 1984 • 1090 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA I was a dish washer at a local donut shop/restaurant. My sisters had worked there in the past (much of the town had in their high school years). After a few weeks, of not goofing off like others, I was promoted to a donut cook.
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University of Southern Maine at Portland, 96 Falmouth St, Portland, ME 04103-4864, USA
What one thing did you learn early that impacted your whole career?
21 months ago
University of Southern Maine at Portland, 96 Falmouth St, Portland, ME 04103-4864, USA That proper software construction (not programming) is not really taught well in college. That alone led to my career path of software configuration management.
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University of Southern Maine at Portland, 96 Falmouth St, Portland, ME 04103-4864, USA
How did you get into your line of work?
21 months ago
University of Southern Maine at Portland, 96 Falmouth St, Portland, ME 04103-4864, USA A professor at the university approached me about taking over for the existing system administrator. I took the job and worked my behind off with very little pay. When I left that job and the university, I got a low-paying job (but still more than the university job) in Massachusetts at a time when I could not even get a job at McDonald's in Maine.
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106 Derby St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
106 Derby St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
