1. I drink way too much coffee, well I don't think so....... and I am a coffee roster. So I have been known to drink 12 shots of expresso in three latte's a day or NINE pots of drip coffee in one day when I was building. The wife said no more!! :)

2. I play lead acoustic guitar in our Worship band twice a month, and I live by the motto " If it's too loud your too old"

3. Just because I am up in front of several hundred people with my guitar, you really would not believe I am quiet and a bit shy, and after years of doing this I still get nervous on stage.......

4. I am a planner, some people can make a snap decision, sometimes right sometimes wrong. I will dig for all information, and I mean dig. I was told once that the car we were looking to buy could only be had in a automatic transmission. I wanted the six speed manual, and I searched the internet and I found what I wanted in Kansas. I guess I am stubborn, if you tell me you can't do something I will find a way!

5. I married my best friend and I am blessed to share my life with her...... 37 years

6. I love the mountains, snow and being away from everything. We spend our vacation time in Eastern Washington near a German Bavarian town and usually don't go to town, we just hike and hang out...

7. I am a risk taker, I walked away from my career in the graphic arts after 23 years cold turkey, no new job, with my wife and three small children to move to Colorado..... Looking back I really don't know if I could do that now..scary :)

8. I was a stripper............ You need to look this up ..... I was a Journeyman four color stripper in the printing industry. This profession, high paid at the time, is all but gone because of computers

9. I learned to fly small single engine planes before I got married; the wife never got to go up with me ...too expensive now and I have found memories of landing on grass strips, snow packed runways and feeling like an ant landing in BIG airports!

10. I retired early... 59 and I am so busy now!!!!

11. BONUS: My oldest son and me have the same name Mike......... There you have a glimpse of the real @silvertop!