LNDWEICK's Profile

About you

Favorite quote:

"I NEVER WASTE TIME MEMORIZING ANYTHING THAT I CAN LOOK UP! THOMAS EDISON

Age:

Locations

City:

WASHINGTON

State:

Illinois

Country:

UNITED STATES

Where did you grow up?:

NEBRASKA

Family

Describe your immediate household:

STILL LOVELY BRIDE OF 71 HAS MANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS, (TWO TIME SURVIVOR, ETC.) BUT LOOKS GREAT AND RUNS MY TAIL OFF, ON THE DAILY TWO MILE WALK. FOR A FAT OLD MAN, I'M SO HEALTHY IT MAKES YOU SICK! THE BABY SQUIRREL, IN THE PICTURE, AND HIS BROTHER ARE OUR PETS. (THEY DO LIVE IN THE TREES, NOW) FORMERLY WE WERE CAT PEOPLE. AFTER THE KOREAN ADVENTURE, WE MARRIED AND FARMED IN NEBRASKA, FOR A FEW YEARS. AFTER 5 YEARS OF AWFUL PRICES AND WORSE DROUTH, I RETURNED TO SCHOOL (THREE ENGINEERING DEGREES AFTER AGE 30) AND WE MOVED TO THE PEORIA AREA, THE HOME OF CATERPILLAR, INC. LUTHERANS, REPUBLICANS

How many children do you have?:

How many grandchildren?:

Any great-grandchildren?:

none

More about you - details

Describe some of the important experiences of your life:

PROBABLY BURNING MY BRIDGES AND RETURNING TO SCHOOL AT 30, AND THEN MOVING TO A DIFFERENT STATE AND A DIFFERENT LIFE. (I'VE NEVER REGRETTED THAT.

What's your biggest regret?:

NOT HAVING STAYED IN SCHOOL AFTER TWO YEARS WHEN I WAS STILL ONLY 18.

List your most inspiring heroes.:

RONALD REAGAN, GEO. W BUSH, DONALD FITES (FORMER CATERPILLAR CEO) ALL MEN WHO STOOD BY WHAT THEY KNEW WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, DESPITE SETBACKS AND CRITICISM.

List your favorite movies.:

GIANT, SO PROUDLY WE HAIL,

List the most recent books you have read.:

VARIOUS CHRISTIAN BOOKS "AN UNFORTUNATE BOOK"

Who are your favorite musicians?:

ANDRE RIEU, YO-YO MA, CHET ATKINS

Where would you most like to travel?:

THE PYRAMIDS

What is your educational background?:

ONE ROOM COUNTRY SCHOOL, 400 STUDENT SMALL TOWN HIGH SCHOOL, TINY STATE COLLEGE, TWO YEARS, "SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS" (INCLUDING ARMY) 12 YEARS, UNIV. NEBRASKA BSME & BSEE, BRADLEY UNIV. NIGHT SCHOOL, MEA. REGISTERED PROF. ENGR.

List the most interesting people you have known or met.:

MY FRIEND AND CLASSMATE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND LITTLE COLLEGE. HE STAYED IN, GOT A MASTERS IN GEOLOGY, ENTERED THE OIL WORLD, AND NOW ENJOYS A SEVEN FIGURE INCOME. STILL WORKS ALMOST FULL TIME, WHEREAS I RETIRED TWELVE YEARS AGO.

What organizations do you belong to?:

JUST MY CHURCH, THESE DAYS

If you had an extra $100,000 to give away, what would you do?:

SUPPORT NATIVE MISSIONARIES IN ASIA, AS WE DO, TO SOME EXTENT, NOW.

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