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Posted by Ol Chief on October 02, 2006 at 19:41:24 from (69.91.92.199):
In Reply to: OT...Day Jobs??? posted by CIBF on October 02, 2006 at 10:06:19:
I learned most of the watchmaking profession at my Dads knee when I was real small.He taught me the whole deal, had to make many of the tools.Fine screws,flat drills,taps,cutting tools,treatment of metals the whole works.We had a chicken farm which Mom ran. Early WW 2 Got a job in a machine shop nights and weekends while ln hi. school.Went to sea in 44 in US Merchant Marine.Hit the books and worked up thru the ranks. Got my engineering license.Sailed until Korean war.Then went in Navy 1950 as Eng.Officer.Out of Navy,went back Merchant shipping.After lots of years in the junior ranks made it to Chief Eng. which jobs I held for forty years until retirement in 2003.During many of those years I sailed in the winter time and farmed in summer.Have reduced from 300 acres to only 30 now.I love farming but still have a hankering to go back to sea for a while, part time.Maybe to old? I have a nice shop and do occasional repairs for others but my own tractor fleet is more than enough to keep we busy forever.
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