User:Jim.henderson

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Wikimedian Jim Henderson
Wikimedian Jim Henderson
Name
Jim Henderson
Born
Wisconsin
PronounsHe
Country United States
HandednessRight
Education and employment
OccupationRetired Switchman
EmployerNew York Telephone
Primary schoolSeveral
Intermediate schoolManhasset Jr High
High schoolManhasset High School
UniversityNew York University
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
HobbiesAstronomy, bicycling, photography

I'm Jim Henderson, a retired telephone switchman in New York City from 1969 to 2010. Also a bicycler and fan of technical history and astronomy, and a BBS operator from 1991 to 2005. Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, lived as a child in Madison, Wisconsin, Knoxville, Tennessee and Plainview, New York, grew up in Manhasset, New York, dropped out of New York University. Thus I forsook suburbia to become a lucky resident of a small island off the coast of New Jersey, where life is so simple, the majority of islanders don't own an automobile, and hardly anyone has a lawn mower. When we want to visit a neighboring island or the mainland, we hop on our bicycle and pedal over a bridge, or take a quick ride on an underground train. Specifically, I am a denizen of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.