7 semi-useless things about me. Spicy,baby!

11 Responses to “7 semi-useless things about me. Spicy,baby!”

1. ZUrlocker
   January 23rd, 2009 at 6:51 am

   

   Great post! Now this meme will make the leap from the techy open source world to a more musical set of posters.

   –Zack
   http://www.guitarvibe.com

2. MooPig
   January 29th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

   

   Whew! For a minute there I thought this was a Skull and Bones initiation…. but now I see it is the least commented-on post in cyber-space as of this hour, by J, JP, GLW, Pribe, Dr J, and two others.

   So, in honour of your effort, I will graciously tell you seven things about Jack Pribek that could be considered semi-useless. But first I must have your okay on bending the rules this way… and if you plan to moderate the list… may be well-advised.

   Great insight into you, btw, always a pleasure to visit over here. pd

3. Ovidiu
   January 29th, 2009 at 10:56 pm

   

   Thanks, PD! Well, if you want to share your semi-useless facts about Jack here, go ahead, if it’s OK with him. Why don’t you share your 7 semi-useless facts also? 7 semi-useless facts about PD

4. MooPig
   January 30th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

   

   Okay, we’ll call this one a collision of galaxies, includes both people from my point of view, you axed for it:
   1 When I first met old Jack he was working crowds in Washington, MO. That’s where the Big Wal-Mart is… uhn-huh… yep, SuperCentre Wal-Mart.
   2 Jack being a night worker, but also an early riser, you could see him walking all over the town during the day, he didn’t have a car then.
   “I see that guy walking all around,” patrons in the bars would say.
   3 He told me and his Dad that he had finally found work where he could drink Tequila on the job, ie Honky Tonk gigs all over MO. The band was called the Fugitives, and it was like landing a B-29 Flying Fortress on stage at those Honky Tonks. Too bad it was all wasted on Missourians. [joke]
   4 One day I stopped by Roskowske’s Music Store, and they said Jack was walking home. It was pouring down rain; drops coming down like frisbees… so I drove that way and found him walking in the rain. “I said you need a ride?” I must’ve interrupted some sort of Zen mindset, because he stood in the rain, pausing as his mind did some sort of backup file thing, you could see it in his eyes, but he said, “Yeah, all right.”
   5 Jack was Best Man at our wedding Dec 12, 1992, at Cook County Courthouse, IL. It was -10 degrees below zero that morning. He and my to be wife stayed up the whole night before drinking Sambuca… I was snoring by 9 PM. But everyone was a trooper next morning, and “Got ‘er Done.”
   6 Sometime after that, Jack was smitten, married, and settled in Branson area. We couldn’t make the wedding. He called us in Chicago one day and asked me “if he should build the house on the rock, or in the rock.”
   “I said It is expensive to cut into rock…” and we left it there. Follow up I called and He said “the foundation guy went ahead and cut into the rock ledge…” Cool.
   7 Oh yeah; back when I first met Jack he was guitar teacher at Ron’s store, and minding the store part-time, days. I took lessons, mainly to keep my fingers limber: metal bending is tough on fingers and hands. One day after lessons, I said “hey lets go eat.”
   He said, “Say, are you Gay?”
   I said, “No. Why do you ask?”
   He said, “Well, you know I just like to get things answered upfront.”

   That’s my Report from the Middle, where women are strong, men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
   Oh, yeah, number 8, Jack is a nice guy; just don’t let word get around, okay then. Thanks for the chance to ride memory lane. pd

5. Ovidiu
   January 30th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

   

   Ohoo, PD, thanks for this interesting list on Jack, I only hope he won’t mind because we speak about himself

   I especially enjoyed 5 and 7, I didn’t know you know Jack that good, to be your Best Man, nice to know that. Number 7 is a gem! )

6. MooPig n denial tossing salad at skeletons
   January 31st, 2009 at 5:03 pm

   

   I just want to say, you’ve invited the devil… and I am further tempting the poor bastard. Let’s see who shall blaze victorious.

   You have been tagged to FNCMFPECDAA HERE: Power Triiio Fantasy

7. Susie
   February 1st, 2009 at 11:40 pm

   

   I have grown not to “rush” into anything, it only makes ya nuts.. we..as a couple, would be early, even if we tried to be late.. when you let that go.. you just show up at the right time, in the right place!

   Fun to learn a little bit more about you

8. Pribek
   February 5th, 2009 at 2:13 am

   

   Well, there you have it. That list is way more entertaining than any I would have come up with on my own. And, some of it is even true!
   Good going on the MBA Ovidiu and best to you.

9. Ovidiu
   February 5th, 2009 at 9:42 am

   

   Thanks, Jack! Well, seems PD knows you more than I would have expected

10. Boris
    March 13th, 2009 at 11:53 am

    

    You cannot have a BS and an MS in the same field. You either have one or the other. If you have a Masters (not a Master), then you no longer are at the Bachelor’s level. I call bullshit, you don’t have either. Else you would know the proper terminology. Either way, I’ve never heard of a MS in Electronics. It goes to MSEE (electrical engineering) from BSEET. Maybe you got a bullshit online degree and that’s where your 130,000 went?

11. Ovidiu
    March 13th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    

    Well, Boris, you are probably right, I will check with at my University to see from what site they took my two diplomas in Electronic cause they look fine to me

    Regarding the MS in Electronics, I’ve never paid too much attention to calling it one way or the other, it just says so on my diploma that by coincidence I have it with me today here. Also the English terminology may not be quite exact, since everything on my diplomas is in Romanian, but I guess you know better what should be written on my University diploma, after all…Right?