Brad

Brad was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. The way he tells it, from the time he got his first car he had a pretty wild time. After hearing some of his stories, I'm surprised he survived! In his early twenties, he found the perfect outlet -- he joined the army and ended up as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. I guess jumping out of perfectly good airplanes for a living was more fun than trying to kill himself with his car! Let's just say that it would take quite a bit to give him a thrill these days (besides me, of course). Kids love to go to Great America with him because there probably isn't a ride he won't go on.

Eventually, all that jumping out of airplanes took its toll on his body and he was grounded. The army, in its infinite wisdom, put him in front of a computer, told him to figure out how to cad (as in drafting) and assigned him to the Corp of Engineers. After 12 years total in the army, he was retired on VA disability. Not HIS choice, mind you. He'd still be in the army if they'd have let him. It was while he was in the army that he met and married his first wife. They had one daughter, Nancy. They divorced after Brad retired and they were living in Texas. After that, he moved back to the Bay Area.

Once back in the Bay Area, he met and married his second wife. That marriage lasted six years. It was about a year after the end of that marriage that we met.