Welcome to My World - What a Trip

Welcome to my World? Ok that just sounds stupid.


You may have found this by searching the words "spronk adaptor" or "left handed cinnamon bun to garden sprinkler" on Google, or maybe I provided you with a link. In any case, my name is Dan and it's been a long strange trip.
I will try to get everyone up to speed and have some photos here so you can see what's going on. I think I have to do this blog in reverse order or something.


So much has happened in the past six years that I don't know where to begin. Perhaps I'll start in Edmonton, where I used to live and work. I worked in electronics making submersible motor controllers and related controls for the oil and gas industry.




In 1997, after 10 years, took my gold watch and left the company. In 1996 I had started my own web design business and business was good. Whilst watching the Olympics from Sydney in the autmn of 2000, I fell in love with a woman whom I had met on the Internet. She lived in New Zealand and had two lovely girls aged 5 and 7.



In May 2001, I sold everything, packed up and flew to Auckland where she met me at the airport. In late 2001 we moved to Dunedin and fixed up her house there. We got married in January 2002 and sold the house later that year. Life was good and these were very happy times.

But this is just the beginning of my adventures!




More to come...



Dan

P.S Of course I am putting words like 'peruptic zam' in here so that if Gerry searches he'll find this :-)

A Post of Many Keywords

Greetings Earthings!

I thought that I would create this post to add much valued keywords and person's names into the blog. This way, people may accidentally run into me whilst Googling their names or strange phrases. Most of these are people I used to know from work or school in earlier days. Please email me if you think that you are on the list. On the list would mean that you know one or two others on the list. Otherwise, it's not you; it is your doppelgänger.

Sorry if I cannot remember so many names and details, but some of this is going back 30 years or more. I hope the words are sufficient enough to grab a query or two. In no particular order...

So, without further adieu...

Dan Travers - Electronics Technologist, Edmonton, Oilfield
Gerry May - Electronics Technologist, Edmonton, Oilfield
Rhona MacDonald - Comptroller, Accounting, Tofield,Alberta
Mike Jensen - CAD, drafting, Tofield, Alberta
Kelly Moore - AV Technician, Calgary, Alberta, Classical Guitar
Merle Elgert - Electronics Technologist, Alberta, Bittern Lake, Soup Dragons, Cycling
Eric Vrba - Special Effects Co-ordinator, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Paramount, Abbotsford, White Rock, Guitar, The Core.
Mike Kruk - Electronics Technologist, Edmonton, Sales
Bernie Caouette - Business Management, Blue Ridge, Alberta, Guitar, Vern, Two Guys From Calmar
Ron 'Raymond' Kinasewich - Musician, Edmonton, Alberta, Green Bananas, Guitar, Violin
Martino DeLuigi - Electrical Engineer, Edmonton, Alberta, D0911
'Super' Bob Lyons - Electrical Engineer, Edmonton, Alberta, AMC, U of A, L881
Randy Lemke - Electronics Technologist, Edmonton, Alberta, Mill Woods, Sandy
Mark Radetzky - Electronics Technologist, Edmonton
W. Don Wilson - Electrical Engineer, Software, Edmonton, Alberta, Cantronic, Wellview
Wendy Cameron - Edmonton, Inventory, Alberta
Chris Dewar - Manufacturing, Edmonton, Alberta, Sturgis, tattoos, music head
Perry Michetti - Chef, Edmonton, NAIT, Instructor, Culinary Arts
Pat Savage - St. Albert, NIART, Intrex Traffic Controls, Assembler, 1985-1986
Dwight Alfrey - Electrical Engineer & Race Car Driver, Cuda, Edmonton, Alberta
Rene Laperle - St. Albert, Alberta. 1984 - 1987.

Macs, Akinsdale, St Albert High, Paul Kane High School, Riel Park, Ice skating, Melodies, Red Rooster, Splooge, St. Albert Inn, Johnny C's, MJ's Roadhouse Londonderry, Sherwood Park, Mill Woods, K095, Les Kosic, Gerald Lempre, Castledowns, Superstore, Traffic Control, Engineering, Submersible Motor Controller, Alberta, Guitar, White Rock BC, Recording, Nucleus, Voltmeter, Bush Bash, Molson, The Ranch, Blue Ridge Lumber, Snowmobile, Bocce, BBQ, Oilers, Star Trek, Village Tree Mall, Steve McKenna, Dave Mack, Kevin Douglas, Aspen Crescent, Allan Greenslade, Quoc Su Duy, conformal coating, MC68HC11F1, Loop1, Loop2, VFD, Stanley Cup Finals 1980's, Downtown Edmonton, party, riot, Mike Lauden, Steve Forten, Robyn O'Brien, Tanya Walton, Dave McGregor, Coldicutt Ave., Andrew Gibson, Crescent Park, Semiahmoo, White Rock Jr. High, Ray Shepherd Elementary, Hermit's Trail, Ocean Park, John Deerman and Jeff Ruskowski.

Bye for now.

Dan