I was waiting for the part where he b!tched about the bill. But if he's "good pay," well, that's what you do for a living, so its job security.
My dad was a carpenter, and I used to work with him sometimes. He was pretty happy about the whole thing. I was less so, when working on my own projects, because it was just one more thing to do in my busy life. But he whistled and joked while he worked. I asked him if it ever bothered him that he never "got done"- there was always another job to do. He said if he ever did "get done", THEN he'd be unhappy.
He did a lot of remodel jobs, and he never bid them- always on time and materials, after an estimate. And I never saw him look at a job without a level in his hand. First thing he'd do is check the place for plumb, level and square. If it was, then the job is fairly straightforward; but most old homes are not, and depending on what you're doing, can add a lot to the cost, which he'd go over with the homeowner.
He wasn't much of a mechanic, though- hated it, didn't undertand it, and it showed. He had 3 cars he used for work, and when I came home from college at breaks, he'd have me fix what had broken down from last time. I was careful not to make light of it.
He had not had the use of his favorite for a couple of months, said the generator was apparently out because it wouldn't charge. I took a look, noticed the fan belt was gone. Didn't point it out, just said I'd get right on it. Got a belt when I went to town, put it on when he wasn't around, then said it wasn't the generator after all, just needed "a new" belt. Another time it was a broken rotor in the distributor.
He's been gone about 8 years, I miss him, but wish we could have been closer in life.
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