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Last 5 months.............NOTHING

Starting a new job on Monday...Plant Manager , small fastener company.

I think I'll do this from now back
Retired. working on my projects 53 Ford curently / 57 chevy
94/04 Building homes garages remodeling
76/94 Took buy-out retired from major metal manufacturer (Maintanence
supervisor over (at times the entire plant) mechanical work, machine
design and fabrication)
71/76 Refrigeration engineer (ammonia)for cold storage company
68/71 Refrigeration instalation (ammonia & freon) maintainence in several
packing houses in stock yards Chicago
Before that I worked in machine shop as maintanence mechanic/electrician/plumber/anything that was broken.
college for Mechanical engineering didn't finish as Kids started showing up.
In the time I had after work and between jobs I built cars, repaired cars, and just got greasy.
I know I missed some but this isn't a job app. IS IT
This mounth I get my first S.S. check

I own an auto repair shop that was opened somewhere around 1928 by Grandpa then inherited by my Dad and then myself. Been a mechanic all my life and never wanted to do any thing else. Spent most weekends since high school strapped into some kinda circle burner untill 3 years ago when I retired from racin and started building my coupe. Of course 3 years sounds like a long time to be building a hotrod but that dang youngest kid (15) decided he wanted to go back racing after he retired from 1/4 midgets @ age 12. Well we started racing 600cc micro sprints last year and he won the championship so we are moving to sprint cars this year. Guess the coupe will get done when I find some extra time as I gotta keep Momma Worrell's favorite boy from getting crippled or killed from mechanical failures

25+ years as an Air Traffic Controller with the FAA. 4 years as an Air Traffic Controller in the Air Force before that. LOVE IT!!!!!

Layabout!

Actually, I am retired (disability almost fifty years of self abuse). In real life, I am an electrician. The job I had was at a large power company, and I worked in substation construction/maintenance, and operations; my job had elements of four trades - electrician, lineman, millwright, and test tech. For many years, on the side, I also had my own electrical contracting business, did residential concrete work, twisted wrenches for folks sometimes, and generally made a nuisance of myself.

Spent forty-odd years turning 329 acres of land from standing bush into a dairy farm. In order to get working capital I went driving cranes, trucks, (large ones, 40 tons or more,) bulldozers, excavators, buses, (tour trips,) also did a lot of contract welding on building sites, anything that paid good dollars.
Chucked it all away four years or so ago. I now spend most of my time playing in my shed, (40ft x 80ft) not doing much, but having fun.
I also run a caravan rental business, site vans, not for dragging behind a car.
It's a good racket....I pay $1500 to $2000 for a van, tittivate it up a bit, and lease it out for $35 to $45 a week. I can recoup my capital inside 12 months.
If one gets wrecked, (and so far only one has,) it's not a great loss.
It pays the bills and keeps me amused.

johnboy