PPP<p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introductions</span></a><br>Hi there. <br>I’m Paul and as you can tell I’m currently a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Piper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Piper</span></a> who plays the Piob Mor <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/bagpipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bagpipes</span></a>, and a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Pilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pilot</span></a> who owns and flies an <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Ultralight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ultralight</span></a> in <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a>.<br>I have a wonderful partner <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@vgrayauthor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vgrayauthor</span></a></span> who is also a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/StepMom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StepMom</span></a> to my four adult children and 10 grandchildren.<br>As a life-long learner I have dabbled in, or immersed myself in, the following:<br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ComputerScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerScience</span></a> (new discipline in this emerging field in 1966; mainframes were the marvels - IBM 7040, PDP-10)<br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Xerox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xerox</span></a> (22 yr. career in Canada; during this time <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/PARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PARC</span></a> developed what we now call the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/PersonalComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalComputer</span></a>)<br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SelfEmployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfEmployment</span></a> (another 22 yr. consulting in the human / business side of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a>; Including the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ITILFramework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITILFramework</span></a>; and the development of teamwork for results through <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/McCarthyTechnologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McCarthyTechnologies</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/CoreProtocols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoreProtocols</span></a>; coaching other business people)<br>Now <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Retired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retired</span></a><br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Piping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Piping</span></a> (starting as a teenager in a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/PipeBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PipeBand</span></a> a long time ago)<br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Sailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sailing</span></a> (crew and owner of several small boats, and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SailBoards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SailBoards</span></a>; born on <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/IsleOfWight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsleOfWight</span></a>, so no surprise)<br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flying</span></a> (<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Sailplanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sailplanes</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HangGliders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HangGliders</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Ultralights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ultralights</span></a>, and now considering electric <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ParaGliders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParaGliders</span></a>)<br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Motorcycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Motorcycles</span></a> (over the years owned a Honda 350, Honda Shadow 750, and now a Honda CBF1000A)<br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> (Electric Vehicles) (owner of a 2018 Tesla Model 3)<br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Greyhounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greyhounds</span></a> (have adopted 5 over the years)<br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ProblemSolving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProblemSolving</span></a> (playing MacGyver for the above list; also since we live in a 170 yr. old house on a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/PetticoatFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetticoatFarm</span></a>)</p><p>I like to ask questions. Don’t hesitate to stop me if I get annoying. <br>Will answer any questions with Don’t Know if I really don’t (i.e. not afraid to be clear about my ignorance)</p><p>Getting as much out of every minute as I can, so only opening my laptop when not otherwise busy.</p>