Robert Cooney:  

I am a Retired Fireman after 25 + years of service... Just looking for some friends and some laughs! My Life in a Nut Shell!(more truth in the nut than the shell than you think.) I was born in Buffalo New York. Elvis and I share the same Birthday, he is a little older but who's counting. My Parents were the best you could ever hope to be blessed with! My Mother was always there when we needed her. Dad was a Pharmacist and owned his own store. He had the "uncanny" ability to work 16 to 18 hours a day, but still was there when you needed him. I grew up in the isles of a drug store. That is another story. I have 2 older sisters and a brother. We all grew up happy and safe. We have 150 acres with 2 cabins on it with a fishing pond and a swimming pond both of which were SPRING FED! BRRRRRRRR! But was really refreshing on a hot humid day. We spent most or at least a lot of our summers out there. "The good old days of summer!" We fished all summer, and camped out under the Pine Trees. We also planted around 5 gazillion Christmas trees ( at least it seemed that many ) and pruned them every summer. We were gonna sell em at Christmas time and make some money! Well after 8 or 9 years of every summer pruning of all the trees. Dad, one day called a "Tree Broker" ( the guy who wholesales the trees ) Well, Dad asked this man. "I have some Christmas Trees for sale! How much will you give me for each tree?" The Broker said. "I'll give you 25 cents a tree!" Dad's next sentence said it all on how he lived. "This land and all these trees have just turned into a Game Preserve!" So we now have a Game Preserve and my Brother is the caretaker of that land. If I can be 1/8th the man my Dad was, I would be a complete success! In the Fall of 1971, I moved out to Utah, where I went to College for a year and then Left on a Church Mission for two years to England. When I came back home I went to work fighting fire and saving property,and the next thing ya know, 39 years have passed now and I didn't even notice! If Ya want some more facts about, Just Ask! I LOVE making New Friends! My Life, like my classmates profile, is starting all over again from the beginning! After High School, I drove out to Utah where I have been for the past 39 years! My Life has taken many turns and all of which, I have grown in many ways from the lessons learned! I have now retired and have moved on to new adventures and challenges! As...Expand for more