knowhow

hi all squid here
ive lately been reading stuff...
ok that really doesnt say much
but here we go, the stuff i have been reading is like 50 thinks i want to do before i die, or things i know how to do that most dont. which is interesting and all
then i read them and compare my self, and then.... well yeah not much
so here is a list of things that grunt and i can do that most cant do
and some are combined efforts and some are single personal trates
now remember, one of us is an engineer and the other is in the army, so right there makes us "special" in the way that we get tought all sorts of weird shit
so here we go

here is what we can do

survive in the woods with a knife and thats it for more than 7 days
rebuild a internal combustion engine
survice and trouble shoot firearm problems
fire many differnt kinds of guns
teach people how to scuba dive
can apply thermo dymaics, and fluid power to every day situations
play musical instroments
can thow a frisbee 4 different ways with accuracy
can build a computer from scratch
can build a barn from scratch
can draw some what apealing tattoos
can wheely or nose wheely a bike
can bunny hop a bike
can track stand
can tie many kinds of knots
can ice climb
can write a 10 page paper in under an hour on egypt
can evaluate water chemistry and take corective actions
knows the differece between gas turbines and steam turbines but understand how to combine both porcesses
knows the difference between a wire gate and a beener
knows the difference between a j and a k valve
knows the load limits of an average beener
knows every back road in amherst massachusetts
knows every dirt road in vermont
can hold his breth for more than 4 minuts under water
can cook a 4 course meal in the woods and make it taste better than cooking it indoors
can visually measure distance in feet yards and meters with ease
can find anything anywhere with just a map and a compas (dont ususaly need the comaps)
can convert pis, to psig and psia in his head
knows the difference between pisg and psia
can break into every home they have lived in with out causing damage
knows how to iron a military uniform
knows how to properly shine a pair of boots
can weld metal and plasic
can machine most material
knows the firing order or most 4, 6 and 8 cylinder engines
can cut hair and make it look alright
can i dentify rock fomations and types of rock they are made of
can wite a computer program in c++ or a ti 83 - 93
knows how to sky dive and parashoot


so here is why we know this stuff, and there is more i just cant raddle off all if it on one pose

lists of some of our achivements

graduated highschool
selftough bike mechancis
computer mechanics
mechanics
in the army
went to johnson state for outdoor training and geology
went to maine maritime to become a engieer and merchant marine
joined the amry
went to jump school
becaome scuba divers
became an advance diver
became a master diver
became a instructors assistant
took rock climbing classes and went climbing alot
tought rock climbing
boyscout
eagle scout
refrigerant tecnitial licensed
coast gurad engineer license in steam, gas turbine and diesel
took state trooper exam
took tomany courses in frist aid and advanced first aid
been around the world more than twice apiece
been to placed where english was not the language to speak
been shot at
been shot
won a fight
lost a fight


so there is a little bit of what we are and what we can do
hope to see you around
squid out