On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:23:59 -0600, dpb wrote:

krw wrote:
...
No farmer here, engineer from an engineering family (father was an EE
prof, three of us are EEs and the weird one a veterinarian .
...
Grew up on farm, future wasn't certain on how it was going to (or was,
even) stay in family when needed a decision; so got BSNE/MS Nuc Phys
coming back after Dad passed away suddenly after 25+ years consulting

Coming back? To the farm?

primarily for R&D side for electric utilities. Do have the weird vet
brother, too, though...

My dad passed away 45 years ago and mom last December, at 95. I'm the
only electronics type (other than a couple of nephews). They were all
power engineers.

Been back about 10 years now...

Where abouts?