Made a decent living writing software, but my hobbies revolve mostly around more physical "things": classic car restoration, boat restoration, motorcycle repair, most construction and service trades, video production (since 1978), et al. I find the physical world to be fascinating. As a kid, on Library Day I always headed straight for the Reference section for the "big picture books" about dinosau
rs, space, the ocean, cars, and other cool "things". I began taking things apart to see how they work and then hopefully putting them back together again. For some reason, most everything I've ever taken apart and put back together has would up with at least one extra part that is completely unnecessary. Whatever thing I was working on worked just fine without the leftover parts, so I wonder why the manufacturers bothered to include them in the first place. I swear, I could have made a profession of identifying extra, unnecessary parts and save manufacturers $millions. I suppose my biggest project was restoring a 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible, which was essentially a frame-off restoration that took about 6 years to complete "Phase I" (they are never "done"). The "Blue Bomber" isn't a Trailer Queen, but she's one heck of a nice Driver Dame. Up close she shows her age, but her presence is so commanding her imperfections disappear. My cousins called me "Rog From The Garage" one day when I was maybe 7 and it really stuck with me, so I decided to use it. I've never had a professional garage, but I do run a very organized, capable, and experienced private garage.
