I had a wonderful childhood, thanks to my older and younger siblings, parents &
grandparents.
Beginning at Gower's kindergarten, and the many memories of Scioto Trail Grade School. I enjoyed playing
cork ball with the older fellows in front of the school and later playing Baseball and Basketball behind it. I went on several
"Smoking" excursions with my older sisters in the nearby creek beds, but failed to pick up the habit then. I think me and
my brother Mick, explored every nook and cranny of Rosemount before I was 12 years old.
Then my working career began. Besides
stringing venetian blinds in our basement, I sweep and mopped the Awning Shop on 10th St. I wanted to be my own boss, so I
began with a Daily afternoon paper route. Soon I expanded to include a morning route. After several years I decided, no more
nickel and dime jobs for me.
I was a skinny kid with strong legs, so I began working out in my spare time to build up my
upper body. I also took on the task of painting our family home. The extension ladders were quite difficult to move around.
I finished the job but decided scraping and painting wasn't me.
I finished High School, started college and continued working
a part time job. After a year of college, I married my high school sweetheart and began my own family. I got a full time job
as a mailboy at Goodyear Atomic Corporation and continued with my college education. My wife had our first child, my son Myke,
right before I joined the Engineering Dept. and entered a drafting apprenticeship program at work. By the time our daughter
Michele was born I had become a journeyman Drafter. I quit college my junior year, it became too taxing. At work, I went through
the ranks of Senior Drafter and Designer, before becoming an Engineer in 1988. I worked in all disciplines of engineering,
Electrical, Instrumentation, Civil, Mechanical, and Chemical. I became specialized in process systems and engineered designs
used to feed, sample, withdraw, and transfer our enriched Uranium Hexafloride product. I enjoyed my job alot, but took early
retirement 8 yrs ago.
Both my children have good jobs and nice homes, I am very proud of them. I have two grandchildren
now, Erica 6 and Joshua 3, that I am very fond of. I enjoy spending time with all of them. My Spring, Summer and Fall are
spent mowing my lawn, weedeating, and keeping up my home.
I hibernate during the winter, except for feeding the birds,
snow plowing my drive, and snow blowing around my home.
Stayin Alive!
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Taking a break from work
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For almost twenty years, I spent my off time cruising on the Ohio and Scioto
rivers, as well as Tygart, Turkey and Kinniconick creeks. Collecting arrowheads from the beaches, along the way.
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| My newest addition to the Hollow |
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| Grandparents Edward and Letty Robbitt |
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| Mick, Phyllis and Earl Kalb at Gower's |
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| Earl and Mick Kalb |
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| Eileen Shea Ward |
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| Michael(Myke) Earl Kalb |
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| Michele Marie Kalb |
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| Myke, Michele and Earl Kalb |
| Long day on the river. |
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| My Sunday Car, 91 Celica |
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Favorites
My favorite movies:
Shanksshaw Redemption, Dressed to Kill, Box of Moonlight, Brubaker,
A Bronx Tale, Places in the Heart, Smoky & the Bandit, O' Brother, Where Art Thou, Deliverance, Jaws, Halloween, Looker, E.T.,
Time After Time, Rain Man, Dead Calm, Fargo, My Cousin Vinny, Harold & Maude, The Gods must be crazy,
My favorite music:
Pink Floyd, Eagles, Led Zepplin, The Beatles, The Kinks, Dire Staits,
Yes, The Rolling Stones, The Cars, Aerosmith, The Who, Eric Clapton, Ten Years After, Queen, Heart, Quicksilver, Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young, Steve Miller, America, Midnight Oil, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Loggins & Messina, Bee Gees, Hollies, Fleetwood
Mac, Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Turtles
A little "Eagle", Don Henley!
My favorite TV shows:
Deadwood, The Sopranos, Curb your Enthusiasm, Big Brother, Survivor, Seinfeld, Rockford Files, Twilight Zone, The Outer
Limits, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Northern Exposure, Court TV, MLB Baseball, March Madness Basketball, Star Trek.
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