Ted Smith, lives in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA. He has lived there since 1985 when he resigned from his position on a Guinea, West Africa, diamond mine. Ted has done a variety of jobs. At one time he worked as a Work Study observer for Joseph Lucas, in Birmingham, England. Later on he worked for the Kenya government in the Forest Department. Afterwards he worked in the diamond mining industry in West Africa and Angola. At present, though he has retired, he works part-time as guide/cashier at the Newport mansions.