Hello, & welcome to my "bout me page"!

My name is Patrick, & I'm 43 years old. I was born on Pearl Harbor Day in 1966 in Cushing, Oklahoma. I grew up with Lionel & Tyco electric trains, AFX race sets, Hot Wheels, and built countless Aurora, Revell, & Monogram plastic models. As I grew older, I got into hot rods, muscle cars, & motorcycles, and graduated high school in 1984.  At 17, I joined the US Air Force, & was a crewchief on Northrop F-5E Tiger II jet fighters in the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada.  I went all over the world with the Air Force, got out after four years, went to college, and got a license from the FAA to work on aircraft as an A+P/Avionics technician. Since then, I've worked for Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and NASA, just to name a few. I've driven a hearse for a funeral home, a floral delivery van, and delivered pizza (all while a college student). I've walked on every continent except Antarctica, and flown hundreds of thousands of air miles. I've had a great life, & it's always been an adventure. I now live in Denver with a lovely woman named Jennifer.