jdeft1
Enthusiast
I'm posting this here because I don't know siht about the modern vipers and I don't consider myself a "new Owner".... (Mods, please move if you think it should go elsewhere....) Sorry I can't give you my life story yet... I hear you need to soak for 6666 posts first... (but it starts with something rocking way back in Jan. of '65).......
As some of you may know, I've been posting here for a year now. I want to let you guys (and girls) know I've finally decided to join the VCA and sent off my dues and application yesterday... I've owned a viper for quite a while (I currently drive a '94) but never seriously considered joining the club because I had a bad experience years ago with the Z-car club (a story for another time). Also, I work terrible hours and can't make any local viper gatherings without taking leave time.....It just seemed like the forum here was as good as it would get.. and it's free for viper lovers!!!! Long live the VCA!!
My name is Jim. I'm 43, married and have two boys. My wife hates my car but she knows I liked machines/mechanics before I met her..(humm... not so sure I should post that).. I fell in love with the gen 1 way back when it was just a concept and haven't found a way over it yet.... So, here I am now. I spent some time in the other viper forum a few years ago and was quickly turned off so I started lurking here..... I live in northern Virginia just outside Washington DC. The area is crowded but I can find time to hit the open roads thanks to my terrible work schedule. Heck, my idea of a good cruise usually includes an overnight stay these days.... If anyone near me wants to go for a really cool run - let me know!! I know every road for hundereds of miles around!!
As for work: .. I'm a Universal CFC and 1st class licensed Steam Engineer in DC and MD and a Facilities Engineer with extensive datacenter experience. I operate a multiredundant, mission critical datacenter for Citigroup. We run a 23MW power generating station consisting of (6) V-18 diesels and (3) turbines. These are big engines! There are (2) 14KV feeders and (6) 1.8MW UPS systems, numerous power distribution units, a 4000 ton chiller plant, and over 90 Liebert CRACs and ... Not to bore you but this is a serious operation that processes a large share of the Federal Transfer Network.... The chiller plant plumbing alone is a mechanical wonder as far as redundancy is concerned....Enough of my resume' ....... Anyone need a qualified datacenter Facilities Engineer??? The bad ju-ju is getting a bit old here....
I've really enjoyed these forums over the last year and decided to join the VCA because I like you guys and hope to meet some of you eventually. I'm drinking a beer in BB Dave's honor right now..., and thinking about trying to make the Niagara trip. Unfortunately, my vacation time is limited. We all know there's never enough vacation time......
Thank you all for the friendly comments and free assistance. I intend to stay around for a while.
Haha, I'd post a pic but I know miss juli would ****** it for the Beefcake thread even though I'm ugly as sin.....LOL
- Jim
As some of you may know, I've been posting here for a year now. I want to let you guys (and girls) know I've finally decided to join the VCA and sent off my dues and application yesterday... I've owned a viper for quite a while (I currently drive a '94) but never seriously considered joining the club because I had a bad experience years ago with the Z-car club (a story for another time). Also, I work terrible hours and can't make any local viper gatherings without taking leave time.....It just seemed like the forum here was as good as it would get.. and it's free for viper lovers!!!! Long live the VCA!!
My name is Jim. I'm 43, married and have two boys. My wife hates my car but she knows I liked machines/mechanics before I met her..(humm... not so sure I should post that).. I fell in love with the gen 1 way back when it was just a concept and haven't found a way over it yet.... So, here I am now. I spent some time in the other viper forum a few years ago and was quickly turned off so I started lurking here..... I live in northern Virginia just outside Washington DC. The area is crowded but I can find time to hit the open roads thanks to my terrible work schedule. Heck, my idea of a good cruise usually includes an overnight stay these days.... If anyone near me wants to go for a really cool run - let me know!! I know every road for hundereds of miles around!!
As for work: .. I'm a Universal CFC and 1st class licensed Steam Engineer in DC and MD and a Facilities Engineer with extensive datacenter experience. I operate a multiredundant, mission critical datacenter for Citigroup. We run a 23MW power generating station consisting of (6) V-18 diesels and (3) turbines. These are big engines! There are (2) 14KV feeders and (6) 1.8MW UPS systems, numerous power distribution units, a 4000 ton chiller plant, and over 90 Liebert CRACs and ... Not to bore you but this is a serious operation that processes a large share of the Federal Transfer Network.... The chiller plant plumbing alone is a mechanical wonder as far as redundancy is concerned....Enough of my resume' ....... Anyone need a qualified datacenter Facilities Engineer??? The bad ju-ju is getting a bit old here....
I've really enjoyed these forums over the last year and decided to join the VCA because I like you guys and hope to meet some of you eventually. I'm drinking a beer in BB Dave's honor right now..., and thinking about trying to make the Niagara trip. Unfortunately, my vacation time is limited. We all know there's never enough vacation time......
Thank you all for the friendly comments and free assistance. I intend to stay around for a while.
Haha, I'd post a pic but I know miss juli would ****** it for the Beefcake thread even though I'm ugly as sin.....LOL
- Jim
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Glad you pulled the trigger! Congrats!
