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baloo

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About Me

Im a single dad of two ( a boy and a girl), I work two jobs, and when not at work I spend as much time as possible with my kids. Ive been a firefighter/paramedic for 8 years, before that I was ( and still am parttime) a p.a.d.i. scuba instructor. I taught scuba for club med for a couple years, in mexico and in the turks islands. After coming back to canada, i taught on the vancouver coast, but settled down when i found that i was going to be a dad. ( yah i know..."being a fireman is settling down?!") For years I tried to learn a new sport each year ( hang gliding, skydiving, rugby, golfing, skeet shooting etc) and still do a few favs. I do recovery diving for cars that go through the ice on the lakes in this area for insurance companies, and I do recovery diving for the r.c.m.p. I am taking guitar lessons with my son ( the easiest way to keep them interested is to be involved with them) and trying to show enthusiasim about taking piano lessons with my daughter. She loves it because she's doing better than me and that makes her laugh. ( hey if you cant laugh at your dad..who can you laugh at?!)
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My Interests

photography, scuba, reading, learning guitar, travel, chatting with friends.

I'd like to meet:

Robert A heinlein, sean connery, david chan, suze randall, stevie ray vaughan, bb king, rusty wallace, stevie vai..I'll add more later. just thought of more....the oakland raiders, howard stern, issac asmov.

Music:

I call myself "musically eccentric" my 20 yr old nephew calls me " musically retarded". My ipod is filled with every single type of music, from "carmen" to "slipnot"

Movies:

a knights tale, cars ( gotta love nascar!) the replacementsaction, comedy, or just whatever is on.

Television:

vegas, battlestar galactica, my name is earl, entourage

Books:

robert a heinlein, david duncan, laurance saunders

Heroes:

stevie ray vaughan, david chan, suze randall, single parents that buckle up their kids.