slipstream56
New member
Hi all.
Yes, I am a nerd.
I started when I was a kid. pulling apart old radios and the like.
I built my first computer at age 13 in 1970, a 4 bit binary counter with lights and switches.
When I was 15 back in 1972 I began an apprenticeship as a Telecommunications Technician and spent 22 years in that trade.
8 years before I retired from that profession a genetic disorder affected my optic nerves and left me legally blind but I could still programme a complex phone system with my eyes shut so to speak so managed the last 8 years in that job before circumstances changed for me.
I then worked at the Royal Guide Dogs assn as Technology Consultant providing specialist technology to the vision im,paired and blind community. This lasted 5 years and funding meant another retirement.
I then had a computer shop but a crooked business partner put paid to that carreer path after only 9 months.
The last 11 years have seen me doing a range of tasks in a call centre for a major mobile phone company mostly specialising in data solutions for customers.
That is not looking great either as health issues (cancer) has laid me low for almost 2 years now.
Well thats me
Cheers all.
Yes, I am a nerd.
I started when I was a kid. pulling apart old radios and the like.
I built my first computer at age 13 in 1970, a 4 bit binary counter with lights and switches.
When I was 15 back in 1972 I began an apprenticeship as a Telecommunications Technician and spent 22 years in that trade.
8 years before I retired from that profession a genetic disorder affected my optic nerves and left me legally blind but I could still programme a complex phone system with my eyes shut so to speak so managed the last 8 years in that job before circumstances changed for me.
I then worked at the Royal Guide Dogs assn as Technology Consultant providing specialist technology to the vision im,paired and blind community. This lasted 5 years and funding meant another retirement.
I then had a computer shop but a crooked business partner put paid to that carreer path after only 9 months.
The last 11 years have seen me doing a range of tasks in a call centre for a major mobile phone company mostly specialising in data solutions for customers.
That is not looking great either as health issues (cancer) has laid me low for almost 2 years now.
Well thats me
Cheers all.
and welcome!