hi joe,

we've exchanged messages briefly before.i'm robert

bottieri, everyone these days calls me bob. was by your

web site this afternoon. checked out some family photos

nice touch! i'm always ammazed by how similar your

interests and background parallel my own. i've al-

ways been in the mechanical and electronic field.

i worked as a mechanic after dropping out of college.

it was a volkswagon dealership in the bronx called

avoxe.did that 4 years, been working at Xerox corp

for the last twenty.i'm 45 now,still a fieldtech

currently on docucolor 40. lately i've been resu-

recting old 486's and toying with LINUX. last couple

ofyears i've also taken interest in rockhounding,gems

jewelry(lapidary).i'm goin to try linking a photo,i'm

the shorter one on the left.