Garnet Thorpe:
CLASS OF 1966
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Crossland High SchoolClass of 1966
Temple hills, MD
Anacostia High SchoolClass of 1966
Washington, DC
Benjamin Stoddert Junior High SchoolClass of 1963
Marlow heights, MD
Randle Highlands Elementary SchoolClass of 1960
Washington, DC
Kramer Junior High SchoolClass of 1960
Washington, DC
Garnet's Story
Life
My Spouse
I met Gigi Williams (Class of '67) one evening at the trash cans. She was staying for awhile with the folks next door. We both happened to be carrying out the trash one evening & struck up a conversation at the cans.
My Kids
Our two boys are grown. Little GT, our elder, after educating himself for nine years of college, finally became a very competent Cable Splicing Technician with Verizon. Although splicing is a well compensated vocation, I'm still hoping he'll eventually utilize that education I invested in. Joshua, our younger has tried his hand at nearly all the craft trades, and has finally opted for , what else, electrical work. Both are happy and healthy. We are blessed.
My Job
I have been a doctor of telephony for 35 years. If we sell it and it's designed to transport communications, I install it. If it's broken, I repair. I've engineered, installed or maintained most any kind of communication circuit, facility or system you've ever experienced. Including circuits in most of the fifty states,Virgin Islands, Panama, Canada, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Finla...Expand for more
nd and Spain. People are very distraught when they loose their communication services. Best part of my job is that no matter how long they have been waiting for them to be installed or repaired, no matter how many people they have had to talk to, no matter how many other techs have been there before me, no matter how hard it is to put together, I'm the one who gets to hand it to them and demonstrate that it's in working order. I always get the big smile and the gratitude. Hardly a better job, anywhere
. In 2006, Verizon and I didn't see eye-to-eye as to how to best serve our customers any longer; so, I have rertired and am letting them pay me to stay home. Of course, retirement income doesn't pay for travel, so I have engaged in new adventures. Since 2007, I have been tending sorting machines & network issues for the USPS. Talk about places steeped in old world management values. They are almost fuedal. Now that I have just about put them out of business, I'm fixin' to join Gigi in retirement Oh,by the way, we have moved to Williamsburg,VA to join the movement for American freedom (2014).
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Photos
![Alan Trimble & I in Oahu 2004](https://images.classmates.com/pho105/E/j/C/E/14075297_display.jpg)
![Dave Burke & I at Haynes Point 2006](https://images.classmates.com/pho207/9/1/b/V/14075142_display.jpg)
![Garnet Thorpe Family 2006](https://images.classmates.com/pho107/f/4/j/s/14074738_display.jpg)
![Garnet on Mt.Washington 2007](https://images.classmates.com/pho105/S/m/K/A/14073502_display.jpg)
![Thorpe Family Abode 2007](https://images.classmates.com/pho108/H/5/5/j/14073369_display.jpg)
![Garnet Thorpe Family 2006](https://images.classmates.com/pho207/R/W/c/Y/14073006_display.jpg)
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![Rick, Gigi & Garnet Thorpe 2006](https://images.classmates.com/pho208/I/o/b/N/14070513_display.jpg)
![Garnet & Gigi in Hawaii 2004](https://images.classmates.com/pho101/f/T/K/W/2262114_display.jpg)