Getting to know other people here

[Oscaror]

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[Oscaror]

So what is this thread?

 

[Cleo642]

So what is this thread?

Me and twilliard have been talking in the conversation section of the forum for a while, but it didn't allow to put pictures in. So we decided to do a lounge thread to talk instead.

 

[Cleo642]

Have you facebooked my name yet :)

Is it Todd Williard?

 

[Oscaror]

seems legit

 

[Cleo642]

Have you facebooked my name yet :)

I found it, your Facebook profile pic is very grainy and I can't make it out.lol

 

[twilliard]

Is it Todd Williard?

Ohh you got me!

 

[twilliard]

I have a facebook picture??
Copy it and post it!
I will never log on there. Its been many years :-)

 

[Cleo642]

Ohh you got me!

I sent you a friend request, but only if you want me to be.

 

[twilliard]

The picture there should be me with the black 08 Subaru. My autocross car

 

[Cleo642]

The picture there should be me with the black 08 Subaru. My autocross car

Here it is.

 

[twilliard]

seems legit

Nice of you to join in!
Tell us a little about you
This thread is to get to know people outside the normal reef stuff.

 

[twilliard]

Here it is.

Yup that's me. My autocross car behind me.
That was a long time ago!

 

[Oceansize]

Yup that's me. My autocross car behind me.
That was a long time ago!

What's up Ellensburg?!? I've been in So. California my entire life but I've still been to your rodeo. Some of my earliest memories are crawling over the tractors at the Ellensburg rodeo.

A lil' about me:
43, married, child-free
I pay the bills as a financial planner for one of the major investment banks, which I sort of "fell into" after years of trying to make a living as a musician/bassist. My last band did get signed to Virgin Records, but the deal stunk and I walked just before our first album was released (about 15 years ago I think). In hindsight that was a very wise decision. ;)
When I'm indoors I love to gaze at the aquarium, or mess with the aquarium, and sometimes yell in frustration at the aquarium. When I'm not doing that, I'm annoying my wife with random boring stories regardless of whether she's actually listening, LOL. And when I'm not doing that I'm simming in my office. Flight simulators, train simulators, submarine simulators, I don't care. What can I say? I love operating heavy machinery in virtual realities, LOL.
When I'm outdoors we're off-roading in my modded jeep, camping, hiking, or swimming/scuba. Lots of off-roading, we hit the trails every other week about.
It's a simple life and that was the whole idea! :D

 

[Cleo642]

What's up Ellensburg?!? I've been in So. California my entire life but I've still been to your rodeo. Some of my earliest memories are crawling over the tractors at the Ellensburg rodeo.

A lil' about me:
43, married, child-free
I pay the bills as a financial planner for one of the major investment banks, which I sort of "fell into" after years of trying to make a living as a musician/bassist. My last band did get signed to Virgin Records, but the deal stunk and I walked just before our first album was released (about 15 years ago I think). In hindsight that was a very wise decision. ;)
When I'm indoors I love to gaze at the aquarium, or mess with the aquarium, and sometimes yell in frustration at the aquarium. When I'm not doing that, I'm annoying my wife with random boring stories regardless of whether she's actually listening, LOL. And when I'm not doing that I'm simming in my office. Flight simulators, train simulators, submarine simulators, I don't care. What can I say? I love operating heavy machinery in virtual realities, LOL.
When I'm outdoors we're off-roading in my modded jeep, camping, hiking, or swimming. Lots of off-roading, we hit the trails every other week about.
It's a simple life and that was the whole idea! :D

Child-free sounds so liberating.lol
It's cool you were part of a big band.

 

[twilliard]

What's up Ellensburg?!? I've been in So. California my entire life but I've still been to your rodeo. Some of my earliest memories are crawling over the tractors at the Ellensburg rodeo.

A lil' about me:
43, married, child-free
I pay the bills as a financial planner for one of the major investment banks, which I sort of "fell into" after years of trying to make a living as a musician/bassist. My last band did get signed to Virgin Records, but the deal stunk and I walked just before our first album was released (about 15 years ago I think). In hindsight that was a very wise decision. ;)
When I'm indoors I love to gaze at the aquarium, or mess with the aquarium, and sometimes yell in frustration at the aquarium. When I'm not doing that, I'm annoying my wife with random boring stories regardless of whether she's actually listening, LOL. And when I'm not doing that I'm simming in my office. Flight simulators, train simulators, submarine simulators, I don't care. What can I say? I love operating heavy machinery in virtual realities, LOL.
When I'm outdoors we're off-roading in my modded jeep, camping, hiking, or swimming/scuba. Lots of off-roading, we hit the trails every other week about.
It's a simple life and that was the whole idea! :D

Hey nice to see you
Ellensburg is still windy as ever!
Rodeo is coming up and I live 1 block from it so you can imagine the traffic on my road .
I guess I never said much about myself (although someone know quite a bit lol)
I am 40 retired heavy industrial electrician.
Married with 5 kids in the house and have raised 3 others.
My wife is a nurse here locally and in school for her masters
I love to race autocross and drag race. I also am a business owner and specialize in restoring, rebuilding and calibrating vintage electronics. Just Google "Hickok tube tester" and you will understand more.
So that's me a full time dad and enthusiast

 

[Oceansize]

Child-free sounds so liberating.lol
It's cool you were part of a big band.

Oh it wasn't big. I got one and only one royalty check for $2.14. That's what I meant when I said it was a wise decision to leave when I did, hahaha!

I noticed your Tool reference....my second-to-last band was friendly with Tool. I doubt Maynard would recognize me or remember my name, but he did bake cookies for one of our rehearsals and handed me a cigar the day after his first child was born, LOL. I once had lunch with him and Adam Jones and two members of my band, I just sat there quietly, afraid to reveal how starstruck I was. This was not quite 20 years ago. I'm still facebook-friends with our lead singer, and she occasionally tours with Puscifer. That's as close as I get to cool anymore. :)

 

[Oceansize]

Hey nice to see you
Ellensburg is still windy as ever!
Rodeo is coming up and I live 1 block from it so you can imagine the traffic on my road .
I guess I never said much about myself (although someone know quite a bit lol)
I am 40 retired heavy industrial electrician.
Married with 5 kids in the house and have raised 3 others.
My wife is a nurse here locally and in school for her masters
I love to race autocross and drag race. I also am a business owner and specialize in restoring, rebuilding and calibrating vintage electronics. Just Google "Hickok tube tester" and you will understand more.
So that's me a full time dad and enthusiast

So can you restore old Marshall tube amps??? And is the Hickok Tube Tester something that one could use to test a tube amp? Very cool.

So I'm the one without children and you're the one retired at 40, seems ironic, LOL.

Wow, what a long shot you're just one block from the one thing I associate with Ellensburg, small world! It must be a lovely smell, eh? :)

 

[Cleo642]

Oh it wasn't big. I got one and only one royalty check for $2.14. That's what I meant when I said it was a wise decision to leave when I did, hahaha!

I noticed your Tool reference....my second-to-last band was friendly with Tool. I doubt Maynard would recognize me or remember my name, but he did bake cookies for one of our rehearsals and handed me a cigar the day after his first child was born, LOL. I once had lunch with him and Adam Jones and two members of my band, I just sat there quietly, afraid to reveal how starstruck I was. This was not quite 20 years ago. I'm still facebook-friends with our lead singer, and she occasionally tours with Puscifer. That's as close as I get to cool anymore. :)

You had lunch with Adam Jones?
He is my dream man. Lol
I have been to three tool concerts, and combined I must have paid $1200. It's open admission on the floor, and floor tickets sell out immediately, so I always got mine off ebay. They are just about the only band I will pay unlimited money to see. I can't wait for the next album, been too long.
I paid that much so I can be as close to the stage as possible.
The only other star that can possible compete with Adam in my mind is Norman Reedus from the walking dead. And that's maybe. Lol I know it seems strange but I don't care.
I have a tool tattoo also, but I wish it came out better than it did.

 

[Cleo642]

Also, I like tool because they neglect to come to Louisiana everytime they tour. Allot won't come cause I believe there are extra fees you have to pay to play in this state. If they like being here I am happy about that.