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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveStebbins" data-source="post: 1048004" data-attributes="member: 1427">I'm a father, a friend, and a nice guy (tm). I'm not tall, good-looking, charming or exciting, but I am smart, funny, helpful, giving, affectionate and a good listener (unless my attention is focused elsewhere).I'm 41, and recently divorced. I've been gaming since the spring of '80 and, with extremely rare exceptions, I have only played various flavors of D&D. The most satisfying and longest-lasting relationships in my life (outside of direct family of course) have all been a result of gaming.I grew up in a small college town in upstate NY (which at one time had the highest number of bars per capita in the state). I did well in school and dropped out of college after my first year. I eventually went back (after five years of great times) and graduated as an Industrial Enginner just before my 10-year high school reunion. I currently live in Erie, Pennsylvania.I won't reveal my real name, but it is similar to my screen name, with a space. It sometimes also includes a middle initial and, on rare occasions, an entire middle name.At work, my name is usually followed by a comma and the initials PE. This signifies that I am in the minority of Engineers who are actually licenced, practicing/professional engineers. I work for a company which supplied 80% of the US aricraft engine mounts during WWII. I am the lowest-paid PE in the entire company (not that I'm bitter or anything. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) I recently spent 18 months working as part of a team installing a new business system company-wide. I'm currently supposed to be working on a project which my boss' boss has promised to the board of directors.At home, I'm going to have cable TV installed soon (which I haven't has since 1986), so I can get a cable internet connection. Then, hopefully, I'll be spending less time on these boards during work hours (and I won't come in to work on weekends anymore just to use the connection at my desk). I follow many types of motor sport, although my heart belongs to Formula One. I also am a fan of American football, though my favorite team holds the dubious distinction of being the only team to have lost the championship game four times in a row. I have been riding a bicycle to work (walking during the six months of winter) for the last 7+ years. I don't currently own a car.As the above demonstrates, I can also be self-involved and easily get carried away.-Dave"Dysfunction - The only consistent feature of all your dissatisfying relationships  is you." --from <a href="http://www.despair.com" target="_blank">www.despair.com</a>edit - typos an an anal-retentive need to get things "just right"</blockquote>

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