Re: The Truth or Dare Poll (for the record, now that everyone has had their fun...)

[Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>]

Pretty close to you in age Dick..... I'll be 56 in January....

Our first TV was an old Zenith....round and grey-and-white.   Laundry
bluing and starch were of little use on the farm.  Gallon glass jars
held the fresh goats milk (which you could say was "home delivered"),
yeppers on the Moron Jokes, Buster Brown, Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers
(what was with the jeep Nellie Bell anyway?), Sky King, Howdy Doody,
Kukla Fran and Ollie, Mr. Wizard, Uncle Milty, Sputnik, radio plays
(Johnny Dollar), American Bandstand (I had a kid sister), Philco console
stereos, pre-nagahyde furniture, the Mouseketeers, Jack Benney, Dragnet,
The Honeymooners, Abbot and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Three
Stooges.....

Was in six grade algebra class when Kennedy was assassinated.  Was at
NCTC Pensacola, FL when the astronauts landed on the moon.

First paying job was working in a riding stable, saddling horses for the
"city folk," feeding animals and cleaning the stables.  Helped me
decided to get out of farming.....

First tech work was in Dad's TV repair shop.  First paying tech job was
as a Communications Technical (Maintenance) for the Navy.  Six years and
never on a ship....(our ships were the Pueblo, the Liberty, etc....they
either got captured or shot up by our allies, in the later case it was
Israel).

Things I've done include:

Organic vegetable farmer (before there was certification)
Strawberry picker (Spring)
Apple picker (Fall)
Child labor in a greenhouse
Stable hand
Electronics Technican
Engineering Technican
Copywriter
Paste-up artist
Photographer
Technical Writer
Sr. Technical Writer/Supervisor
Graphic Illustrator
Business Reporter
Freelance Feature Writer
Magazine Publisher
Managing Editor
Broadcast Reporter
Videographer
Video Producer
Field Producer (Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race-Fairbanks, AK to Whitehorse, YT)
Producer/Videographer
Media Producer/Managing Editor
Marketing Manager Organic Waste Treatment System Manufacturer
Single Parent (it was harder work than anything I've ever done, but also 
the most rewarding)
Computer Sales Associate
Computer Sale/Service Company Operations Manager
Marketing Manager
Newsletter editor/designer/graphic artist
Book Author
Carpenter
Book Designer
Media Specialist (included Marcomm, electronic publications and making 
coffee one week a month)
Web designer/webmaster
Ecommerce business owner
Contract Technical Writer/Online Help Developer

One of these days, I'll find a job I can hold on too.....

As for the answer to your question.  (And this is from my wife who has
over 30 years in Credit Union loan management....the banker (or CU)
makes the loan, the borrow takes the loan.

So, there you have it...

--

Al Geist, Geist Associates
Technical Writing, Online Help, Marketing Collateral, Web Design, Award 
Winning Videos, Professional Photography
Office: 802-658-3140

Cell: 505-400-4128
E-mail: al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com <mailto:al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
URL: www.geistassociates.com <http://www.geistassociates.com> (online 
portfolio/resume)

See also:
URL: www.geistimages.com <http://www.geistimages.com> (fine art prints 
for home or office and note cards for all occasions)

"When the situation is absolutely hopeless, you have nothing to worry 
about."
                        Compliments of The Monkey Wrench Gang


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