I grew up in a small country town around Nashville, TN. Married young, had three boys, divorced some time back and raised my sons alone. I am a Mechanical Design Engineer, in case you are wondering what that is, I have designed stuff on the computer such as parts for Cars, Airplanes, Refrigerators, and Air Conditioners.
I moved to NC about 3 1/2 years ago after all my kids grew up and left home. I enjoy getting out on weekends and going to restaurants for dining, catching a movie and exploring the local areas for fun things to do.
My friends call me intelligent, friendly, and funny. I don't tend to have a great deal of friends, I believe in quality, not quantity. I have been on my own for several years so there is not a lot of baggage here. My kids are all grown and scattered over the US, they are not too far to visit on occasion but not too close to drop in unannounced either.
I am looking for someone to become friends first, spend quality time with getting to know each other and having some fun with running around, dining out, catching movies, etc... If things progress fine, if not well. I have spent my best years with someone who obviously didn't deserve me, I plan on spending the REST of my years a little more wisely. If this sounds boring and stupid to you, maybe you should pass me over.

I tend to over indulge in work if I have nothing going on in my life. I need some welcome distractions to make me get out and have fun. I have taken my career about as far as I can and really need to start slowing down some now. I would like to meet someone to slow down with that would be a good companion as opposed to a casual thing.

I am a logical thinker. I like solving problems. Sometimes I do tend to over analyze a situation and solve to much. I enjoy working on computers as a hobby. I build, restore and collect old computers as well as new. I also enjoy cooking occasionally, sorry did I tell you I raised three boys, they like to eat so I had to learn to cook some, it's fun sometimes. I do enjoy grilling out too but that's different than cooking.

I am a conversationalist, I talk a lot, sometimes way too much. I get that from my Mother I think, the Mechanical Engineer part I get from my Dad.
I am also very particular about my appearance, you won't see me going out in public in greasy jeans and tattered T-Shirts, some guys can pull that off, I'm not one of them but I'm not a snob either.

Books I don't read too much except technical stuff, don't really see any point in going into that.
Movies I like about all kinds except NO GORE HORROR stuff. I can watch it, I just prefer not to. My favorite actors/actresses, Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, and Sandra Bullock (had to include her).
I like all types of music Oldies are probably my favorite but then I like country pretty well and I can do Classical, New Religion and about anything else except RAP. Anything else is good but that.
Food preferences, I like SeaFood, Steak and Potatoes, Chinese, Mexican, Japanese Hibachi, anything pretty much is good except Indian, I'm not too big on curry or HEAT (spicy heat that is).

(1) My Kids
(2) Cereal
(3) Milk
(4) Ice Cream
(5) Computers
(6) Cars
Pretty much in that order.

Life it's strange way of making us think were safe and secure, then slapping us in the face to show us we're not.
Freedom and the price and penalties we have to pay for it and how much and many people try to take it away from us.
And justice and how twisted and confused it really is, it seems that no matter how it happens, fate will avail in the long run, if someone does you wrong and thinks they got away with some, you just wait, it will come back and set the cards right.
I know that's corny but then that's probably my true thoughts like it or not.

I try to always go out and at least get dinner somewhere, usually different places. I am not a creature of habit, I like excitement so I look for new and different places to go out to eat.
I also like catching the latest release movie at the box office if I don't have too much going on and there's a good movie out I will even double up and catch a movie that same night.

I love and respect all three of my sons. When they were growing up, they about drove me crazy. Teenage years were a real challenge with them. But after all is said and done they all turned out pretty good which is amazing to me after all they have been through and in this day and time that's is a real acheivement.

You feel adventurous, lonely, and feel the need to get out and have a good time. Everybody needs to do that sometime.