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Tim Fairchild

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in Somers Point, The United States

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Tim Fairchild was born and raised in Southern New Jersey where he grew up in a small town named Pleasantville.

Upon graduation from High School, and one year attending St. Petersburg College in Florida, he went to work for New Jersey Bell Telephone and made a thirty-two year career with them; retiring as a Central Office Switchman from Verizon Communications in 2003. Fairchild is married to his wonderful wife, Beverley for thirty-four years now and have two daughters, Melissa and Kristen.

During the years between 2000 and 2003, Fairchild discover a taste for travel and discovering new cultures with four missions trips. Two were to Honduras and one to Belize to help with hurricane relief. The final one in 2003 was to Chosica, Peru.

In 2005, Fai ...more

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Freedom of choice. Maybe not?

Yeah... I know... I hate politics too, but when I read this on a blog, I felt a bit uneasy and more than angry at our current two party system and felt I had to share this. Supposedly, we live in a country where anyone can be heard, or run for political office based on what they believe and by issues they support.
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein

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