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Re: OT How did you choose your career?


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Posted by largeandincharge on January 07, 2011 at 14:43:43 from (209.183.32.49):

In Reply to: OT How did you choose your career? posted by bkpigs on January 07, 2011 at 11:59:03:

Grew up on the farm with dad trucking and working for various soda bottling co. on the side. Always wanted to farm but knew I wasn't rich enough by far to last out a lifetime of losing money! lol So at 13 iwent to work for thre RC bottling company after school loading trucks and working as helper on the routes when I was out of school for holidays and summers. At 16 I switch to Coca-Cola doing same thing until age 18 and the made a relief route salesman. All this time I was farming about 40 acres of corn a year. After HS couldn't decide what to do, continue with Coke, Buy a dump trck and haul rock etc, or go to college. I went to college and kept working for Coke 40 hrs a week. But gave up on farming ( weren't enough hours in a day) Eventually ended up with a BS degree in Civil Engineering from Univ of Mo-Rolla. Went work for Mo Dept of Transportation just see if I liked it and began farming grandma's farm again. Retired after 33 years there as District Maintenance Engineer, intending to farm the rest of my life. God had other plans for me, my health went down hill fast the 1st year I retired and I had sell my herd of cattle and cut back on my farming. As my health gets better I plan on truck patching a little and playing with the grandkids.

Henry


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