Paul Ollinger
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No, I mean like when you're one of six kids, you know, by the time I was the fifth out of six kids, you know, we were the Brady bunch, three boys, three girls. And we weren't unique at all in our Catholic church and our Catholic schools. I mean, you know, half the families had six kids or more, it seemed like.
And, you know, but when you get to high school, you know, when you're the fifth kid, by the time you show up for your freshman year, you're like, oh, you're one of the Ollinger kids. which is you want to make your own way, but at the same time, the teachers know who you are. Your older sisters tease you in the hall. Her friends are like, oh, look at him.
And, you know, but when you get to high school, you know, when you're the fifth kid, by the time you show up for your freshman year, you're like, oh, you're one of the Ollinger kids. which is you want to make your own way, but at the same time, the teachers know who you are. Your older sisters tease you in the hall. Her friends are like, oh, look at him.
And, you know, but when you get to high school, you know, when you're the fifth kid, by the time you show up for your freshman year, you're like, oh, you're one of the Ollinger kids. which is you want to make your own way, but at the same time, the teachers know who you are. Your older sisters tease you in the hall. Her friends are like, oh, look at him.
He's such a cute freshman or whatever, and make fun of you, and you feel like a complete loser. Yet on some level, it gives you a safety net. I think that was a very big part of my childhood. Childhood dinners were The dinner table at our family was very raucous.
He's such a cute freshman or whatever, and make fun of you, and you feel like a complete loser. Yet on some level, it gives you a safety net. I think that was a very big part of my childhood. Childhood dinners were The dinner table at our family was very raucous.
He's such a cute freshman or whatever, and make fun of you, and you feel like a complete loser. Yet on some level, it gives you a safety net. I think that was a very big part of my childhood. Childhood dinners were The dinner table at our family was very raucous.
Whenever one of my siblings would have a friend over to spend the night, they'd all remark, good God, I've never seen a louder dinner table than what I just experienced with your family. My dad would go around and make everybody ask the guest a question, and then the guest would have to ask everybody at the table a question. It was...
Whenever one of my siblings would have a friend over to spend the night, they'd all remark, good God, I've never seen a louder dinner table than what I just experienced with your family. My dad would go around and make everybody ask the guest a question, and then the guest would have to ask everybody at the table a question. It was...
Whenever one of my siblings would have a friend over to spend the night, they'd all remark, good God, I've never seen a louder dinner table than what I just experienced with your family. My dad would go around and make everybody ask the guest a question, and then the guest would have to ask everybody at the table a question. It was...
It was, you know, it was sort of, it was like not, you know, it was like eight is enough for the Brady Bunch, but it was a very wholesome, positive way to grow up. We weren't perfect. We were dirty, nasty kids, but it was a positive environment to grow up in.
It was, you know, it was sort of, it was like not, you know, it was like eight is enough for the Brady Bunch, but it was a very wholesome, positive way to grow up. We weren't perfect. We were dirty, nasty kids, but it was a positive environment to grow up in.
It was, you know, it was sort of, it was like not, you know, it was like eight is enough for the Brady Bunch, but it was a very wholesome, positive way to grow up. We weren't perfect. We were dirty, nasty kids, but it was a positive environment to grow up in.
My dad was a nuclear engineer for Georgia Power. So he did environmental testing around nuclear power plants as part of the Georgia Power and eventually Southern Company system. So He was a nuclear engineer when Three Mile Island happened in whatever it was, 78, 79. And so it was a very relevant thing to do. But he's a brilliant guy. It's just not one of those jobs.
My dad was a nuclear engineer for Georgia Power. So he did environmental testing around nuclear power plants as part of the Georgia Power and eventually Southern Company system. So He was a nuclear engineer when Three Mile Island happened in whatever it was, 78, 79. And so it was a very relevant thing to do. But he's a brilliant guy. It's just not one of those jobs.
My dad was a nuclear engineer for Georgia Power. So he did environmental testing around nuclear power plants as part of the Georgia Power and eventually Southern Company system. So He was a nuclear engineer when Three Mile Island happened in whatever it was, 78, 79. And so it was a very relevant thing to do. But he's a brilliant guy. It's just not one of those jobs.
And again, we had very stable upbringing, but it wasn't like he had money falling out of his pockets.
And again, we had very stable upbringing, but it wasn't like he had money falling out of his pockets.
And again, we had very stable upbringing, but it wasn't like he had money falling out of his pockets.
That's 100% right. And I think it made me a very earnest person. It made me very hungry for attention. But to be my own person and have something to say and distinguish myself from my older brother and my family in general, you know, when I was a freshman, my brother Cole was a junior in high school.