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My Life-Career Bio in Short!

My name is Larry Laborde I was Born in 1956 in San Bernardino,CA. I have been raised & Lived in most of the Western & Southern States in the USA, I call Louisiana my home (now since 1975), when I finished my Training in the Army Reserves in Fort Dix, NJ & Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland soon after I joined the National Guard because the unit was close to home. My MOS was a 54D20 Chemical equipment Repairman. I was trained in NBC..Nuclear,Biological & Chemical, I spent most of the time filling Flame Throwers & learning how to de-contaminate army personnel and repair Gas Masks ect.

I worked in the Oil Fields on Land Rigs in Florida,Texas and Louisiana & Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico until 1981, I was working for Diamond M Drilling Co. Now "Diamond" the Inland Barge "Rig 33" I was on ,was on a deep well about 22,000 feet when the Rig had a Blow-Out! ( Lost Circulation- no return of the Mud, the heavy Mud we were pumping in the hole was going into the formation (SAND) & bottom hole pressure was Higher then we were putting in the Hole). I was Injured, The well came in on us,and the Well Blew! I was Burnt over 65% of my body and spent 10 weeks in a Burn Unit at West Jefferson,LA Hospital(New Orleans). I recovered from my Injury, but with plenty of Scares....I never could win a Beauty pageant anyway! Hi

I have friends that want me to write a Book about some of the things I have done! I don't think I can pursue that, of coarse this is a start! Everyone has a Book about their Life!

I have Stepped on Alligators & Snakes,Crashed Snowmobiles,Motorcycles,3-wheelers,Cars,Trucks. I have ate: Rattle Snakes,Buffalo Fish,& 4 legged Buffalo (Bison),Moose,Black Bear,Elk,antelope,Mule Deer,Whitetail Deer, Raccoon, Logger Head Turtle,Turtle Soup (softshell), Shark, Squid, Abalone, Various "Clams", Shrimp, Snapper, Dolphin, Blue Crab, Rock Crab, King Snow Crab, Lobster, Horse, Crawfish (Mud Bugs), Snails, chocolate covered Ants, and there ain't no tell'in what else?

Places I have Lived ....I have been around, most places before I was 20 yrs old.

San Bernardino,CA.
Riverside,CA.
Indio,CA.
Big Bear,CA.
Bishop,CA.
Corning,CA.
FT. Bragg,CA.
Turlock,CA.
Chester,CA.
Westwood,CA.
Apple Valley,CA.
Kallispell, MT.
Newport,WA.
Tacoma,WA.
Roy,WA.
Kinzu,OR.
Topeka,KS.
Ft.Dix,NJ.
Aberdeen,Maryland
Bartow FL.
Vicksburg,MS.
Crowville,LA.
Delhi,LA.
West Monroe,LA.
Monroe,LA.
Marion,LA.
Baskin,LA. "Current"