Lloyd McKnight:  

Well everyone I guess I can try to share a few things with you. Ive had some good times and bad as most people have. I have two boys and both are grown new. I have 4 grandkids All them are healthy a and lot of fun to be around. I travel to see them about once a year and spend time with them. I am married and have been for nearly 11 years. I am living in Hempstead, Texas and work in Houston at Dreyers Grand Icecream as a Maintenance Engineer. I do industrial repair, such as computers, electrical, plumbing, metal fabrication, welding and metal machining. The pay is good and benefits are too. The entrance exam is tough to go along with it. I have been there 5 years now. Free icecream!! I have been in an industial tech atmosphere for most of my working life. I have worked in some strange places too and met some really fascinating people. I have worked at McDonald Douglass in Houston, salt mines in Weeks Island, Louisiana, forging plants, rocket motor plants in Utah, mail distribution centers and shipyards. I have traveled coast to coast and been to most states. Got paid to be in the pit crew at Bonniville Salt Flats during Speedweek. My boss had a car there and we ran it to death. 212 MPH against a 198 MPH record in his class. met Al Teagues and crew in Wendover Utah at a casino while eating dinner. He went 401MPH the following Saturday in his streamliner. I worked with a fastdraw pistol champion in Kentucky. He had his own shooting room in the basement of his house. My interests are still racing and hotrods. I was into motorcycles for a while but while living in Ken...Expand for more