David Tyner:
CLASS OF 1981
Auburn High SchoolClass of 1981
Auburn, WA
Washington State UniversityClass of 1987
Pullman, WA
Maconaquah High SchoolClass of 1981
Bunker hill, IN
St. Joseph's Parochial SchoolClass of 1981
Logansport, IN
Randall Elementary SchoolClass of 1981
Bunker hill, IN
David's Story
Life
Where to begin?
My sister and some of my best friends were English majors. I was not. Beware.
Indiana. My father transferred to Grissom AFB around 72. I lived on Lincoln street not too far from Randall Elementary School. I went there through 5th grade.
Logansport. I must have been a bad kid once. Parents sent me to a parochial school for a couple years. Acedemically I got straightened out there at St. Joseph's school. Debbie Kline, where are you?
Music-wise: Doobie Brothers, Bay City Rollers, some Elton John.
Maconaquah. I was a shy guy. Certainly not a conversationalist. I did 9th grade at the Jr. High. I did 10th and 11th grades at MHS. I took a year of Spanish, but barely passed it. Kim Lamb was a senior on the cross country team with me. I must have annoyed the seniors because on the last day I was covered in shaving cream.
Music-wise: Stairway to Heaven, Don't Look Back, Beth, Most of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, Donna Summer.
Washington. Dad retired and opened a printing shop in Kent.
We lived in Auburn and that's where I finished High School.
I took 2nd Year Spanish and aced it. Go figure. There I Lettered in cross country, did track, chess club (and on the side the D&D rage had started.)
Music-wise: The Cars, Pat Benetar, Blondie.
Pullman. I was naive. I learned better. Went to WSU. I finally started talking to females.
Music-wise: Heavy Metal soundtrack (didn't care for the movie though), Led Zepplin, MTV, J. Geils, whatever was playing at the clubs in Moscow.
Circle-K. I quit that job shortly after some wacko slugged me.
Army. Ft. Benning GA. Basic Training. It was not so unpleasant. Since I was PFC due to my education and I was 26, a few 19yo Privates kept saluting me.
Army. Berlin. No walls. Russians everywhere. No problem. I learned enough German (to include a college class for fun) so at least one time I turned conversation with the locals from English and they didn't realize it for several minutes. "Er sprecht deutch!"
Anyway, I dated a couple German ladies for awhile. Then one day at the Army Dining Facility I was set up by a basic training buddy to meet my now wife.
What was I thinking? Maybe a long-term relationship with someone who spoke English is best.
Oh but I forgot to tell you. She's Spanish-speaking and of Puerto Rican heritage.
Now I get all confused. Mostly I think English, sometimes German when I'm trying to speak Spanish:-)
Music-wise: Modern Country
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College
It took a looong time!
My first major was Electrical Engineering. I didn't fathom the math and physics quickly enough. I hate technical classes designed for freshmen. Though If I went back for another degree, I'd finish the EE program.
My second major was Busin...Expand for more
ess/Marketing. That was the stupidest thing I ever did. All I remember from Marketing were the phrases "Where's The Beef?" and "Pass in your exams as you pass out." I loved the Economics program though.
My third major was "Industrial Technology". Design, welding, metals, woods, more design, engines, economics, business, and yes I had to take BASIC at a time I could have taught it.
Today, I use a smattering of everything I learned in college.
Workplace
Through High School and College I worked at my parent's printing shop. After college I worked at Circle K around Kent long enough to pay some bills. I applied for OCS but at the time that didn't fly. Then one day I made an Army Recruiter happy when I came up and asked where to sign. I was ready to go quickly - so they gave me an Infantry job - and they gave me a slot in Germany. I have since married, ETS'd, and rejoined. From '93 to '01 I have mostly been at Ft. Lewis as Commo NCO, Training NCO, Supply NCO, and Re-enlistment NCO. Somewhere in the middle of that I spent a year recruiting down in San Antonio. From Aug '02 to Aug '03 I've been to an Army school learning how to push electrons around. Now I'm in Korea, inside, outside, working circuits, timing huge old diesel engines, and just plain getting around. My specialty is power supply instruments.
Military
1990. I was ready to get out. That spring I brought cheer to the recruiting station. I got a slot in Germany but first I had to deal with basic training.
1992. I was getting out and about. I was pleasantly suprised to find the woman I love. I even married her.
1993. Wife ets'd and had gone home to San Diego. I ets'd and followed her there.
1994. I got real tired of San Diego. The Army gave me my old job back. So I went back closer to home in Ft. Lewis.
Side trips included Panama and Cuba.
1998. Or there abouts. I tried recruiting for awhile.
1999. I went back to Ft. Lewis. Went on a side trip to the Sinai.
2002. Put in my packet, went to school, and got my current job. (21P/52E)
Spent time in Korea. Can't wait to see my wife. Haven't seen her but for a few days in the last 18 months.
2005. Currently working in the D.C. and A.C. electric business on the East Coast. Sometimes I work on diesel engines
that just won't fit in your truck period. Sometimes I troubleshoot generators in Mega-Watt power plants. But can I get a l
ight bulb particular to my Volvo fixed? Ha ha. If I want the Volvo mechanics to do it, (3 maybe 4 G$?) I may as well
replace the whole car. OK, I'll do a quick fix and then hit it hard later when the weather is not so miserable. (No it's
not the light bulb (duh.) Something's gone bad behind the instrument panel and that's worse than replacing an
alternator (Which I did on both the Ford and Geo that I used to drive.)
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