Meadors started his engineering career in 1979 along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. Since that time, he has worked in all areas of the U.S. and on every continent except Antartica. Throughout his travels, he has investigated the unique outlooks, attitudes, and habits of the native peoples with whom he has lived and worked. This work is a collection of some of the humorous situations and debacles he has found himself in, and an honest retelling of the personal impressions and understanding of the many wonderful peoples and countries he has been fortunate enough to have encountered. He is still traveling the world working as a Global Technical Field Engineer for a major international oil company. He is an avid outdoorsman. Andy and his wife, Joyce, split thier time off between homes in Houston, Texas, their farm near Kingston, Arkansas, and their three grown children and five grandchildren.