John Lawrence:  

Life Well...her she goes: (this would be a good time refill your drink, or get more popcorn) I graduated Anderson High in 1977. (but you already know that) Shortly thereafter, I went to work at Johns Mannsville, in Alexandria, Indiana as a quality control technician. It was a great job, and I stayed at it for one shift. That's how long it took them to discover I wasn't whom they thought they hired. The person they hired for that Q.C. job never showed up to start, so they assumed I was him and put me to work in their lab, straight-away. I didn't know squat about chemistry, but it was still a great job! I moved to Lafayette, Indiana in late 1978, pursuing career in the automotive field. I started as a BMW/PORSCHE auto mechanic, and ended up as a servicewriter for a BMW/Chevrolet dealership. I married in 1979, and moved to rural Montgomery county (near Crawfordsville, IN.) in 1981, and I've lived there ever since. I started a tool sales route that same year. (no, it wasn't Snap-On, so please don't ask for warranty replacements, or rebates!) In 1983, I began driving a semi tractor-trailer. Twenty-two months later I had driven to, and through, all forty-eight contiguous states, and completed nearly three-hundred-thousand "accident-free" miles. After being treated for a severe case of white-line fever brought on by the mass consumption of caffeinated truck-stop beverages, and undergoing a psychiatric exam for wanting to be a truck driver, I started a Cemetery Monument company in 1985. '85 was a busy year. My Father passed away in the winter of 1985. He died en-route to Community Hospital in Anderson, of a massive heart attack. Mom is still walking three miles a day, and mowing her own yard every week, and just as ORNERY as shes' ever been. In 1999 a better opportunity arose and I start...Expand for more