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| Sep 28, 2006 6:42 pm |
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re: re: Introduction?? What DON'T you know? ;-) |
greg cryns
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Greg Cryns
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois
Birthdate: 4/18/47 (you do the math)
Now live in: Richmond, Illinois (on the Wisconsin border)
Who am I? As my mother taught me to say, a child of God. I've been married to Yvonne forever. Let's say 35 years. We have seven children and I'm proud to say that six of them were born at home without medical interventions which do more harm than good.
I am the oldest of 10 siblings born to staunch Catholic parents. I am not very close to my siblings. My real family started when I got married.
I never was nor am I now a team player. I was the captain of the swim team and the yearbook editor in high school. I was on the bowling and golf teams too. My kids love to tease me about that. I was also very shy when it came to asking girls on a date so, no, I did not "get lucky" until much later.
I've been in law school and I've driven a Chicago Checker Cab. Before I was married I would fly to Las Vegas about four times a year and that may explain why I never had a savings account. Once I went to O'Hare in the late evening. I was anxious to go to Vegas to gamble. The ticket handler told me there were no more flights to Vegas that night so I booked a flight to Grand Bahama Island instead. They had green felt tables there too. The ticket lady thought I was nuts.
For twenty years I had sold insurance. Enough said about that, though doing that helped me understand that you don't need an MBA to transact business. You just need some chutzpah and a gift for gab and, yes, honesty.
For a short time I had a Little Debbie franchise. That was fun!
I am not mysterious. What you see is what you get. I am not at all PC (politically correct). I think most of you knew that already. I write for a small weekly newspaper and I've become pretty good at muckraking in the boonies. I've found that no matter how small a town is, it is always a microcosm of the big city. You'd be suprised how sophisticated hicks can be.
We have five beautiful acres in a quasi country area that is being overrun by people who come from the big city like we did. I wish I could close the gates. We live in a 145 year old home. We've owned pigs, roosters, chickens, goats, sheep, rabbits, cats and dogs. Most of our kids were 4-H kids. Great program. I recommend it.
I have two grandchildren from my son, Noah, and Chrissie. They've never been officially married and I am proud of them. No signs of divorce there.
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