Unhappy Poodle at the Beach, captured by the coffepot kid.
posted by George Gebhardt @ 1:21 PM
Sunday, October 15, 2006
About Me
- Name: George Gebhardt
- Location: Coos Bay, Oregon, United States
Born in 1915,in North Bend, Oregon. I will be 93 years old on Aug 8, 2008. I graduated in 1940 from Colorado School of Mines as a Geologist. My first job out of college was working for an oil cdompany in the swamps out of Morgan City, Louisiana. In December 1940, I was drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private. My year was almost up, when Pearl Harbor hit. They sent me to Officer Candidate School, where I became an officer at Ft. Belvoir in the Army Engineers., 4 years later, I left the service as a Captain. I then worked for HYumble Oil (Now Exxon-Mibil) in the Houson, Tx. office as a specialist in the study of underground oil and gas reserrves. In 1947 I returned to Coos Bay, Or. spent 19 years in the restaurant business, built a bowling alley, owned 3 service stations and 17 years in the real estate business. I retired at age 65 in 1980. I then got involved with the mining business in gold silver and zinc. Like the old saying, "what goes around, comes around." I started with mining and end up with mining. My wife, Kay and I celebrated our 65th Wedding Anniv. We have 3 fine kids, One girl and two boys.
Previous Posts
- Turtle, trapped by a spider.
- Many hands, makes light work.
- Nude woman entwined with the World.
- Baby Bear, taking a drink at the Beach
- King size Bullfrog with Babies.
- Snake Charmers
- Pyramid Castles.
- Rescuing drowing man.
- Servants of the Queen
- Sea Serpent devouring Sailor.
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