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then took a turn to tell us about Jamie who was of airplanes, small metal musical instruments,
not only an olympic runner, but was actually windmills, fictional and real spacecraft, and

an olympic world record holder in multiple many other sundry things. I believe I’ve built
events - he named each event! I was a little in just under a hundred of those models. I also
shock, thinking about how accomplished all the have a small woodshop downstairs in our home

members of this Club were! Someone told us where I make things like checkerboards and
about a member that was an astronaut and had small wooden trucks and airplanes. I play a little
for many years been flying into space. Another guitar, I love playing my Fender bass, but some
member was an important politician and was of my favorite times are when I get to play an
often flying off to advise and have lunch with acoustic with my daughter while she sings. And

heads of state. I’ll be honest, I was a little in shock finally I ride a bicycle as much as I can. Weather
that I was in such company that day. My Aha! permitting I try to get in a minimum of 100
Moment came when one of the members got miles a week. I’m a member of the Vancouver

up and told the Club about me. I was surprised Bicycle Club. In addition to riding with them
and wondered just what this person, whom I had when I can, I ride several organized long distance
never met, could possibly say about me. They rides a year. I’ve done the Seattle to Portland ride
began talking about me, about how I was a rock several times, and last year did the Columbia
star in my younger days and had moved to a Century Challenge on the mountain roads out

smaller, less known part of the country to escape of St. Helens, OR.
the attention that followed me everywhere.
Aha! They were making everything up! The
point of the exercise wasn’t to learn about each

other, the point was to speak, just speak. What
we said wasn’t so important as how we said it, as
how well we communicated our thoughts in an
impromptu exercise. Thus I learned what Table

Topics was all about.

What do you do outside of Toastmasters
-hobbies, interests, etc.?

Outside of Toastmasters I have several
interests that keep me engaged in life. I have
always liked doing things with my hands, and
finding joy in small things that’s led me to a lot

of model building. I like to do the MetalEarth 3D
models. As I look at the shelving in my office I
have several cars, famous buildings, several types

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