My visit to Albania was more than a little interesting. While I was in the country they were experiencing problems generating electricity. The residents got 3-4 hours a day. Most businesses had generators that ran most of the day. I stayed at the only hostel in Tirana and our heat was by wood stove. I notice, while I was walking around town that 55 gallon drums were placed on many of the street corners and people would take their trash to them where the trash was burned and people would stand around them to get warm. Crafty Albanians. I was also followed around town by a guy who said he needed money for a heart transplant. These were just the main points in a very condensed version. I'll never forget Albania. 11/2005
About Me
- RollingOkie
- My grandparents were born in the Indian Territory/Oklahoma. My parents were born in Oklahoma, as was I, my wife, my children and my grandchildren. I was an irresponsbile teenager (it was the 60's, what can I say?) but managed to mature a little. I attend the University of Oklahoma and got a BA in History and went to work for a Fortune 500 company where I was unhappy. Eventually, I went back to OU for my MBA and PhD in MIS (ABD). I became a contract programmer because I programmed much better than I published. I also became a VAR for a firm selling accounting software written in a comupter language called dBase for the 8088 processor. I stayed at it and in the first years of the new millenium I decided I needed a change. I figured that if I was ever going to to do all those things I said that I wanted to do, I'd better get going. In 2005 I sold my house and business and went to truck driving school. I now drive a Big Rig - mine - and I try not to work more than 6 months a year. I make an effort to spend at least 3 months a year outside of the U.S. I'm married. My wife and I have 6 kids and 9 grandchildren. Maybe that's why I like to travel so much.