Alan Friedman:  

WOW After highschool I jumped right into the education mode and went to MCC Having had a lack luster highschool perfromance I did well enough at MCC to get into Mizzou. I finally graduated with a BS in Forestry. I looked for a job in my field mostly in the eastern half of the country. I could have had a job in florida but I would have had to lie so I thought better of myself so I never persued my college dream. My folks had moved back to NJ and I had a short hiatas and then found a job. I worked in construction. I still know the 37 positions to lean on a shovel and look busy. I became a mechanic. I can weld, pipe fit, plumbing, electrical, rigging and for a time I was in the commerical water well business. Needless to say I wasn't happy in my quest for my niche in the world. I elected to enter the engineering field and started drafting instead of sweating for a living. I entered the field I am in now in the boiler business. I was working on a nuclear breeder reactor project and then 3 mile island melted down. Poof the nuclear business ended. I changed gears and worked on Fluidized Bed boilers. Big is hard to describe these behemoths. thier size is measured in acres. I left the large company syndrome and started working for a pe who only filed commerical boilers in new york city. I started there in 1981. Thats the year I was married too. I left the pe and struck out on my own in 1985 and I have been working for myself since. More on this later My social life was great and I had a charmed life. The money was great and along came Asbestos. I became an investigator and whoosh I had a 6 figure income overnight. I bought a yacht and my first benz in 1988. I smiled every time I drove that car for the first 6 months. My marriage ended in 1995. I didn't have children which I have always had regrets but that's life. I worked and played. I bought a bigger yacht in 1999 a 38 foot twin diesel flybridge motor yacht. It's great it has a bath tub. It only sips fuel 12 gph at 15 knots. Thats pretty good. Some of my boating buddies use 30 to 60 gph I figure either I go to the islands for a couple of vacations a year or go yachting all summer it costs about the same. In 2006 I remarried my present wife. She is from mainland china Presently I am trying to get her two teenage kids here. I interface with New York City Government agencies for arhcitects, builders, contractors, developers, engieers,... and zoning...Expand for more