Posted by rustyj on May 26, 2008 at 19:42:36 from (72.77.19.179):
In Reply to: Re: Memorial Day posted by Coffee Helps on May 26, 2008 at 19:24:32:
Well, setting around, feeling sorry for myself wasn't in my make-up! My family was all hard workers, and made good livings at what they did. Mainly building steamboats for the inland rivers, and barges, too. Grand-father was Captain J.M.Hammitt. Had several boat yards, including one in Marietta, Ohio, where the old steam boat sits in the river, on display, and the Campus Martius museum has a branch there, too! My Dad helped in the boat building business, but went to work for Gulf Oil later. My Mother was the kind of person who didn't sit around lamenting the fact we were not filthy rich! I guess that set me up to make something of myself after the war! I never went into the boat business, but went to work first as a janitor, then an auto mechanic, and that morphed into auto body work for many years. I had a wife and family to support, and being lazy has never been my way! After many years of auto body work and painting, i had gotten allergic to the new paints and chemicals, so i retired at the ripe old age of 72! After setting around for 3-4 months, getting stiff and bored, and driving the wife nuts, too, i decided to start repairing lawn mowers, etc., and i just kept at it, as i am now! I'll be 84 in September, but i aint quitting yet! When i can no longer play my banjo, nor find my way home from the Fire Hall, then i'll sit back and let the brain fairies take over! Hopefully it will take a while yet! Cheers: Rusty J.
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