AMA VTnerf #6

I'll nominate HOAT!! Paging HOAT!!!!!!!

Welcome to my AMA with VTnerf. I am Brent, a '97 grad in Civil Engineering. Also one of the early sign-ups on TKP. Honestly cannot remember how I stumbled across Joe's brainchild, but I've been on board since 2010.

Nerf is a pledge name that just kinda became a nom de plume or screen name than anything else. Maybe one or two brothers still would actually call out nerf when trying to get my attention.

I've got 3 kids of my own; 22, 20, and 3, along with a step-son that's 16. All the ones in double digits are boys, and the queen toddler is the only girl. Obviously she rules the roost, all day long.

I grew up on Delmarva, in Salisbury, not far from the beach. Always knew I wanted to be an engineer so VT was a natural draw. We visited in the summer between my Jr and Sr year after playing in a junior golf tournament somewhere in western MD. Once we came around the corner and I saw the VT hedge, I was home. Something about it was comfortable and fitting, and I fell in love with it. Applied early decision, got accepted before Christmas my senior year, and it was easy street cruising out of High School. After graduating, moved "back home" and have been in the area my entire life.

Lucked out at VT, my roommate for the first two years was another guy I had known since 1st grade. We helped each other out keep grinding even though we were 400 miles from home. He was in architecture, I was in engineering, and we only saw each other for dinner almost every night. Having that set time to step away almost every day kept us sane...well...

Growing up I was a huge basketball fan. As shown in the Ltrepeter AMA, I was a huge Bias and David Robinson fan since we were so close. (I have a Bias autograph and jersey hanging in my office, beside a Dell Curry jersey and soon a signed Ace Custis jersey.) My dad was a high school assistant bball coach, helping win a state title in '69. Tired to play as a kid, but at 5'8/9" on my best day, never made it to trying out. But our coach (who is still there at 83!) is the winningest public school coach with over 900 wins. Between my dad and high school coach, I always wanted to get into coaching and finally scratched that itch with becoming a Class D soccer coach. I was part of a travel club on the shore that held their own, especially given that we had kids from 8 different high schools starting on our squads.

I've been playing golf for over 40 years. Was decent in high school and almost played college golf. If I could have putted back then, might have. They didn't break the high school tournament in MD out by classes, but if they did I would have been top 4 in 2A in MD my senior year. Oh well, if I had played in college, prob wouldn't have been a Hokie! But I am going to Scotland this year for a week and going to enjoy every second of it!

Also ran track. Yeah, many years ago and many pounds ago. I was anchor on the 4x100 and 4x200, with sprinkles of running the open 100, 200, and 400 in outdoor, and the 55, 300, and 500 in indoor. Was recruited by some small schools in PA for dual sports: golf and track! When I would ask about their engineering program their response was always "I'm not sure, I'll have to get back to you."

Professionally, I make water flow downhill. I'm an outside, below the knee, site civil by trade. After being blown up in the bubble burst of 2008 and being laid off 3 times in 2 years, reinvented myself as a Resiliency guy. Growing up, working professionally, living and raising a family around the water all while surrounding our lives completely where we live, we are affecting in everything we do by development pressure while balancing it with the natural environment. During retrofitting areas for greener techniques, I have the knowledge and history of understanding how it was originally intended to function. And then can apply the proper improvements to make it resilient as we face over 1.5' of sea level rise in the next 30 years. I'm working in several communities that are nearly completely in single digit elevations, so everything is at risk. While the simple answer is build a wall, that's not as simple as it sounds...thus several gray hairs all around my head.

Welp, there's the intro....have at it!

Edit to add that the hobbies include golf (obviously), craft beer, and amateur photography. I have several of my own photographs that I've taken on our recent travels blown up and hanging around our house. I refuse to spend a lot on a cameras or on photoshop...if it pops in the original, it's a good shot. I've won a few state fair competitions and some on-line comps with my shots over the years.

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My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

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Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
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