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<h1 align="center"><font face="Bookman Old Style, Impact, serif">Mike Rader's
Parking Space </font></h1>
<p align="center"><font face="Bookman Old Style, Impact, serif">Home Page | Trivia
Page | Links Page | Collection Page</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Bookman Old Style, Impact, serif">Everybody needs
a place to keep some stuff. Some people rent storage facilities or pack their
closets with all types of assorted junk. I, on the other hand, have decided
to call my site a parking space because I needed a place to park all my stuff.</font></p>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr align="center">
<td width="42%"><h3><font face="Bookman Old Style, Impact, serif">Then</font></h3></td>
<td width="6%"> </td>
<td width="52%"><h3><font face="Bookman Old Style, Impact, serif">Now</font></h3></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font face="Bookman Old Style, Impact, serif"><img src="images/babyMike.jpg" alt="Picture of me as a baby" width="200" height="200" hspace="10" border="2" align="left">The
early years were pretty uneventful. That is if you don't count the time
I almost died from choking on something as a baby. My Grandmother's sixth
sense saved my life when she decided to check on me in my crib and found
me all blue and not breathing. She cleared my airway and calmly went about
her business. Then when I was five, I spent Christmas morning by myself
because the entire family was in bed sick (I had been sick the week prior
and felt much better). Back when doctors still made house-calls, he came
by and after taking care of the family, he helped me set up my electric
train in the living room.</font></td>
<td><img src="images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td><font face="Bookman Old Style, Impact, serif"><img src="images/DSCF0048.JPG" alt="Picture of me at Sea World" width="270" height="202" hspace="10" border="2" align="right" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">Kind
of explains a lot doesn't it! Well, anyway......Fast forward to today, and
quite frankly I haven't had any more of the near death experiences fo my
youth, nor have I spent any of the holidays by myself. I do take my family
to Sea World, Disneyland, etc. when I can get away between school projects
(I have gone back to school after a 15 year absence), my many home improvement
projects, camping and work. How, you ask, do I find time to create a website?
Why... during all my free time, of course. Or maybe its the third arm growing
out of my back! Anyway, my Parking Space is pretty crowded, but you should
find some room to visit. So pull on in and stay awhile. The attendant will
help you find some space.</font></td>
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</table>
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<p align="center"><a href="trivia.html" onMouseOver="MM_displayStatusMsg('Learn something about me');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseOut="MM_displayStatusMsg('');return document.MM_returnValue">Trivia</a> | <a href="links.html" onMouseOver="MM_displayStatusMsg('See my favorite links');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseOut="MM_displayStatusMsg('');return document.MM_returnValue">Links</a>
| <a href="Collection.html" onMouseOver="MM_displayStatusMsg('Come see the stuff I collect');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseOut="MM_displayStatusMsg('');return document.MM_returnValue">Collection</a></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/Library/footer.lbi" -->Copyright Mike Rader, all rights reserved, all wrongs avenged<br> Site last updated November 11, 2003.<!-- #EndLibraryItem --></p>
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