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For those who don't know Uncle Bob, his story is encouraging to all of us. His humble beginnings are nothing short of inspirational....how he joined the Air Force at an early age and got immediately assigned to aircraft carrier duty....until someone told him that the US Air Force didn't have carriers. He rose to the rank of some emblem with a star and wings. After leaving the AF, he gravitated into the auto body business....he was what we now consider "poor"; so poor that he had to pound patch panels out of steel beer cans. He did paint work using what little paint he could catch in the air near an exhaust fan of the local body shop. Insurance adjusters feared Bob; he was known for putting a lacquer-soaked rag over the adjuster's nose when negotiations got tense. As a hobbyist, Bob was equally creative, turning a single piece of metal into a full car using only materials at hand. Swap meet vendors feared Bob, grandmothers with car parts did also. Finally, Bob had an epiphany to move to the land where clear heads rule...Texas. There he and his bride are building their retirement home that we see today. And the vendors and grandmothers in Texas are really afraid.

Originally Posted by robot

For those who don't know Uncle Bob, his story is encouraging to all of us. His humble beginnings are nothing short of inspirational....how he joined the Air Force at an early age and got immediately assigned to aircraft carrier duty....until someone told him that the US Air Force didn't have carriers. He rose to the rank of some emblem with a star and wings. After leaving the AF, he gravitated into the auto body business....he was what we now consider "poor"; so poor that he had to pound patch panels out of steel beer cans. He did paint work using what little paint he could catch in the air near an exhaust fan of the local body shop. Insurance adjusters feared Bob; he was known for putting a lacquer-soaked rag over the adjuster's nose when negotiations got tense. As a hobbyist, Bob was equally creative, turning a single piece of metal into a full car using only materials at hand. Swap meet vendors feared Bob, grandmothers with car parts did also. Finally, Bob had an epiphany to move to the land where clear heads rule...Texas. There he and his bride are building their retirement home that we see today. And the vendors and grandmothers in Texas are really afraid.

Wow!
An attitude to admire and strive to achieve!

Originally Posted by robot

For those who don't know Uncle Bob, his story is encouraging to all of us. His humble beginnings are nothing short of inspirational....how he joined the Air Force at an early age and got immediately assigned to aircraft carrier duty....until someone told him that the US Air Force didn't have carriers. He rose to the rank of some emblem with a star and wings. After leaving the AF, he gravitated into the auto body business....he was what we now consider "poor"; so poor that he had to pound patch panels out of steel beer cans. He did paint work using what little paint he could catch in the air near an exhaust fan of the local body shop. Insurance adjusters feared Bob; he was known for putting a lacquer-soaked rag over the adjuster's nose when negotiations got tense. As a hobbyist, Bob was equally creative, turning a single piece of metal into a full car using only materials at hand. Swap meet vendors feared Bob, grandmothers with car parts did also. Finally, Bob had an epiphany to move to the land where clear heads rule...Texas. There he and his bride are building their retirement home that we see today. And the vendors and grandmothers in Texas are really afraid.

That's mostly myth and rumor..............however, the part about insurance adjusters has been softened for general audience consumption............reality was what some might consider a bit more .....................shall we say, vigorous.