Name: Brad Grow "IchBin™"
Age:  36
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Favorite Quote: "Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; you must set yourself on fire."
Position: Lead Customizer

1. Do you have pets? 3 Cats (Dog died last year)
2. What is your favorite color? I would have to say Yellow.
3. What kind of music do you like? Quite a different plate of music for me. My first love was Rock and Roll (Rush). Now I listen mainly to Rock and Country. Is that a sin?
4. What do you do on your free time besides spending time on SMF? Spend the rest of my time at www.tinyportal.net
5. What are your goals/dreams in life? I'm a one day at a time kind of guy. To be a good Father and Husband.
6. What got you involved in SMF? Two things probably. Bloc and Tinyportal. Although, he probably doesn't really know that.
7. Who do you admire? Why? Anyone that has survived 50 years of marriage. Need I say more?
8. Are you into sports?  If so which ones? Lately, I've come to love Golf. Basketball is always fun too.
9. What is your dream job? Does anyone dream of work? I don't really want to work , but if I had to choose I guess I would want to be a programmer for a University near me. (Update: Funny how this worked out). I'm a programmer at the local University.
10. What was your first screenname? Neato
11. Do you have any piercings? No, but I had my ear pierced when I was in high school decades ago.
12. Are you a lefty/righty or ambidextrous? Right handed.
13. Do you have any tattoo's?  If not do you wish/plan to get one?No, and no plans to get one.
14. Do you have any siblings? 1 biological brother left (1 died from diabetes), 1 bio-sister, and 4 adopted brothers after my Dad re-married. But thankfully, I was out of the house by then.
15. What is your favorite website? Favorite for webfun would have to be pixel2life.
16. Do you play computer games?  If so which ones?Been on a gaming team with a bunch of guys for years. Started with Delta Force, Medal of Honor, and just finished Call of Duty with them. Not currently playing any games with them though.
17. Do you play video game consoles?  Which ones? Occasional Wii with my kids and XBox with my Bro.
18. Are you married or planing to get married? Yes for 11 yrs.
  a. If so do you have any kids? Yes
  b. How many kids? 2 girls
19. How many languages do you speak?  Which ones?English, and a touch of German.
20. Do you drink? Yes, Pepsi.
21. Do you smoke? Never have.
22. Did you play hookey from class? Oh man, I don't think I even attended my Senior year in High School, but I still managed to graduate.
22. Do you have a license? Yep
  a. Do you own a car? Yes
  b. Have you ever been stopped for speeding? A couple of times.
23. Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily? On average about 6 - 8 hours.
24. How do you sleep? With my eyes closed on my bed.
25. Have you ever been on an airplane? 5 or 6 times.
26. have you ever broken a bone? No, but I crushed the end of my wrist once and had to have a cast.  Doctore didn't call it broken so I guess that doesn't really count.
27. Do you wear jewelry?  If so what jewelry do you wear? I don't wear girl stuff.
28. How do you dress? Casually 90% of the time. Jeans T-shirt kinda guy.
29. How many keys are on your keyring? 5 keys.
30. What time do you go to bed?  What time do you wake up?Generally between 10 and 11. Up at 6:00
31. What's the freakiest thing you have done?  Played on a ouija board. That freek'd me out!
32. Do you live alone? With 2 kids, your never alone at home.
33. How many hours a day do you spend in the computer? Way too many. Half of my 9 hour workday, and then 3 hours of school on the computer. Only to get home and get some more time in.
34. How many hours a day do you spend in SMF?I really don't know. All the time in a day added up, maybe an hour or two.
35. What is your favorite beverage? Pepsi
36. What do you hate?  I hate internet tough guys. ( The 12 yr olds acting like they're 6'5'' and 250 lbs)
37. What do you love?  Many things. Family, friends, and my drum set.
38. What is your religion?Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Better known as the Mormons.
39. What is your hair color?Brown
40. How tall are you?6'
41. How much do you weight?190 lbs.
42. What's the feature on SMF you can't live without?
  a. As an administrator? Package Manager I suppose.
  b. As an end user? quick reply/ unread topics

Do you keep track of the Utah Jazz? (my favorite in the NBA)
If so, have you heard of Memo?

I used to stay up to date on Jazz info when John Stockton was the point guard. I only keep Tabs on them now. Yes, I know who Memo is. Do you know who AK47 is?

AK47? lol, Its not me! Andrei Kirilenko right?

Turks are a little upset about Memo right now, together with Hido, they didn't join the national team at Japan last summer.

Jeans and T-shirt guy, woot!

IchBin,

I'm glad I swung by this post.  

I also live in Salt Lake... I've seen you on the TP site as well.

Thanks for all the help you dish out!

-Marcus

Very cool! Yes, TP was actually my first home before getting involved with SMF. Been there almost since Bloc started it. I haven't met too many people online from Utah, so good to meet you.

Have you ever tried Irn Bru?

Can't say I've tried any Bru since I was a youngster.... Don't drink nothing but soda.

Soda = fizzy drinks?

Irn Bru is a fizzy drink btw

Hello, i am route 66, i like the 80,s music,read books,natural life.......

If only this topic were about you. Welcome.

Ever watched a Doctor Who series? If so, which, and did you like it?

What did happen at the ouija board?

Wanna shoot in that TP.net probably would not have taken off without you there in the beginning.

The rivers and the Forest is over, What happen in this World?

Good to meet you route66.

@Aaron  You know, I love Sci-Fi, but I've never watched that movie. Everytime I wanna get an episode in just to see what its about the wife takes over the TV with her pre-recorded episodes of Dr. Phil and Oprah.... lol.  I really dig the Stargate series and Lost though.

@Bloc, thank you Bud. I'm just glad I was smart enough to see how good of a project you got going on there. TinyPortal is truly the best Portal I've ever had the pleasure of being a part of. As for the Ouija board, it was just freeky to have something you put your hand on to move all by itself. You ask questions, and whatever it was would spell out its answer. Two of my friends got so scared they would never even look at the board again. It was crazy...

Was it bigger-than-life questions then..? Or just stuff that no-one knew..?

I have experienced something similar in 1987-88 when I was in the army. We had get togehter late at night, the talk got into the unknown stuff, a table was setup and the glass actually moved by itself.. Was just that one occasion though. Tried several nights to get them to try again, but no luck. 

People say the glass in the table are spirits low,don't move of your ''real life'', but many hands move the glass.

Now that you're on the team... any regrets?

you know me?

 

What?

Quote from: Bloc on November 11, 2006, 01:56:03 PM
Was it bigger-than-life questions then..? Or just stuff that no-one knew..?

I have experienced something similar in 1987-88 when I was in the army. We had get togehter late at night, the talk got into the unknown stuff, a table was setup and the glass actually moved by itself.. Was just that one occasion though. Tried several nights to get them to try again, but no luck. 

It was just your basic stuff, like asking names. I made my friend look up at the ceiling to make sure he was moving it himself while it spelled a couple of words. Just a mind boggling experience.

Quote from: Amacythe on November 12, 2006, 04:11:15 PM
Now that you're on the team... any regrets?

My only regret is that I haven't been able to invest the time I want into becoming an actual "coder". The Team is a fantastic group of people and I know it's something I'll never regret or forget.

Have u ever watched judge judy?

lol yes! That lady is brutal.

Quote from: IchBin™ on November 11, 2006, 08:57:17 AM
@Aaron  You know, I love Sci-Fi, but I've never watched that movie. Everytime I wanna get an episode in just to see what its about the wife takes over the TV with her pre-recorded episodes of Dr. Phil and Oprah.... lol.  I really dig the Stargate series and Lost though.

Ooooh fellow stargate fan. Shiny!

Atlantis or SG1? Aaaaaaand favourite character on the show?

I actually enjoy both of them. I really got ticked off when this last season ended so abruptly after like 6 episodes...  I think my favorite would be Jack in SG1. With his dry sense of humor, and his playing dumb all the time when he doesn't understand the sci-fi babble cracks me up. Fav character on Atlantis would have to be Ronin. Ronin = one bad mofo.

The new Atlantis episode was awesome. (they are airing them in Canada already apparently) I loved having Jack back for an episode. I miss him so much on SG-1, and no amount of Ben Browder and Claudia Black make up for this, even though I loved frelling Farscape. Definitely Jack for the win. And Daniel. Gotta love archaeologists. (I am a big fan of Indiana Jones as well).

Well I'm not really up on the seasons like that, so thank you for that info. I must now see if I can find the episodes to view from some friends.

So you played Medal of Honor... What was your screen name? Were you in a clan?
Mine was {cGs}aKa_player

Quote from: Rickc on December 03, 2006, 11:38:42 PM
So you played Medal of Honor... What was your screen name? Were you in a clan?
Mine was {cGs}aKa_player

I think I have heard of you guys.. you might know me...
Mine is LcT|Webmaster|SleePy, was also -=DSM=-Sleepy

I would like to know this as well IchBin... Which is a weird name as it is meaning I am in german.. I am what? 

do you wear boxers or tighty whities or commando?

lol

I played on a team Call Tactical Massacre (Hence the ™ on my name). Still do actually, just not actively. I do remember both you guys clan tags though. In Medal of Honor I think I used the game name Orulious™.

Aku, as for the personal prefs for underwear I wear tight stuff. I like things snug.

I am a diabetic. Type 1. Sorry to hear about your brother. I myself was only a day or so from dying due to complications once. Put me in the hospital for a week. I also have 4 siblings who were adopted as well.

If you don't wish to talk about it, I understand. But I was wondering what exactly happened with your brother. Was he unaware he was a diabetic? Was his diabetes more dangerous than average? Was he much older than you? Or did he die due to organ damage related to diabetes?

Again, sorry to hear about your brother. Perhaps his tragedy can bring additional awareness to the community. I now volunteer to speak with diabetics about the all to real risks of not paying proper attention to diabetes. Finding out you are a diabetic is a life changing experience (but it isn't bad at all if you do what you have to do). Not doing something about it can end your life experience.

My brother was diagnosed diabetic when he was about 8 months old. At least 2 shots a day for the rest of his life. He pretty much was in top shape for a diabetic until he hit the teenage years at which time he started to make his own decisions about the way he took care of himself. After that it was all down hill. He went blind at the age of 21 and had a kidney transplant about 3 years later. Died at the age of 28 from a massive stroke which pretty much left him brain dead. I was 20 at the time. He was a pretty unique person. His attitude and spirit about life was incredible for someone who had been through the things that he had. I don't mind talking about it. Its almost been 13 years since that happened. Feel free to ask more questions if you'd like.

Quote from: IchBin™ on November 10, 2006, 08:23:37 AM
Very cool! Yes, TP was actually my first home before getting involved with SMF. Been there almost since Bloc started it. I haven't met too many people online from Utah, so good to meet you.

I've not to many either.  That's why I was happy to see that you were also a Utah Man.  (Hidden U of U plug there)

I love SMF, and TP.  I'm grateful to you, and people like you who share so much knowledge with those of us like me who know next to nothing.

Red through and through Mookey.

Quote from: Mookey on December 10, 2006, 06:21:37 PM

I love SMF, and TP.  I'm grateful to you, and people like you who share so much knowledge with those of us like me who know next to nothing.

We all start somewhere. And believe me, I still feel like I'm at the beginning of this. lol

Hey Ich,
good to know you don't wear girl stuff..Lol..

What did happen at the ouija board? Your not telling are you 

Nah, nothing drastic. Just freaky. Can't really explain it, its kind of one of those things where you had to be there to know. I'm a god fearing man today nonetheless.

Well, the things you find out snooping around smf! I didn't even know you were on the team. Congrats!

hehe, yea I got sucked into the crazy SMF team too...

Great reading about one of my best friends on the net
Thank you for sharing IchBin as always 

As things start to come to gether i will spend some time in here to and help out where i can as requested on TP 

Hmmm... for some reason I don't recall getting a notification on your post. Thank you G6. As you know you are a good friend of mine too. ♥

Stick around G6, we need you here. We can always use help on support. Seems you're doing a good share too.  

QuoteHmmm... for some reason I don't recall getting a notification on your post.

hahaha, im the secret one, the oracle told me that 

QuoteWe can always use help on support. Seems you're doing a good share too.

You of all know how much i love this and how much time i put aside to support    It's fun, i love it, and it's a way of life now