...So what does everybody actually do for a living?

I'm a homeschooled highschool student, with a chemistry bent and a need to tinker and build things. So yeah, not real impressive, bu hey, I do what I can.

I mop floors at a Denny's just outside of Dale, Indiana.

DKH

I'm the manager of Denny's just outside of Dale, Indiana. I spend a lot of time watching my staff move dirt around on the floor.

My real name is Denny and I dont pay you 2 to look at the internet all day. .

I don't think Andy got it....

Denny's is a national chain restaurant, mate. If your name was Denny, you sure as shootin' wouldn't be hangin' out with us.

Skywalker: homeschooling rules! If there's a community college nearby, I'd (vaguely) recommend dual-enrollment when your parents don't want to try teaching you math anymore -- that's what I did. I say vaguely because I don't know what the dual-enrollment programs are like where you're at.

I must confess to an ignorance of American eating establishments, at least those who do not have an outlet on every highstreet in the UK and have a "Mc" or "Colonel" in their names.

Can you be sure I'm not Denny though(and the above is just subterfuge), I may have just got bored with my private jet and sailing my yacht in the carribean and decided to talk with the riff-raff.

Meh, it's possible. But there's far more interesting riff-raff to be talking to.

Hey, there's no "colonel" in there. Kentucky Fried Colonel isn't very appetizing, in my humble opinion.

publius, what is this group about? I'd like to get involved and help out in some space activities even if I don't get paid.


oh yeah, about my sexy self:I'm a Structural Engineer, fixing planes for rich people!

just been reading these posts, does anyone remember when we used to have news to cht about and spaceships being tested, just take a min and have alook around guys, hehehehe its got bad hasnt it? hmm maccy Ds yum

Well, Burt came on a while back and told us to quit bugging him about when SS2 would be out, what the design would look like, whether we would be able to afford a ticket, etc....

So we came up with this to kill some time.

Spacecowboy: Thanks, I think homeschooling is good too. And yeah, I'm already dual-enrolled for calc the coming semester, b/c I mostly teach myself these days and tutoring myself in trig got old real fast.

And yeah, where's all the activity gone? John Carmack is busy and only posts oonce a month or less, I gave up keeping up w/ Starchaser, and JPA doesn't have alot to talk about. Hmm, maybe I ought to climb on one of the Away balloon missions and perpetrate some news...

I build spaceship.

JP

Yeah, yeah. We know. The overgrown balloon animal. (j/k, I actually am a big fan of the idea -- not as dramatic as a BFR, but if it works, who cares?)

The perpetration of news isn't a bad thing. But like I said, we're mostly just waiting for the teams to wrap up with the spaceship-building <points at JP> and get back to publicity generation.

You know, (true cofessions time), that I ride a unicycle. Combine that with the balloon animals and I could get a job at the circus If this whole space thing falls through.

(it would pay better....)

JP

Actually, I think the DSS concept is way cooler than a rocket, especially if you are thinking about wanting to go up yourself (cost and saftey, and of course the really awesome views!) I understand how it's not their point to make news, but to make progress; but it would be aweful nice to have something to talk about none the less.

WOw, an aerospace engineer with a funky side! Never would have seen that coming...