4shorts
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Well actually he is going to trade one job for another, he will retire from his present position to allow his son to take it over; has been grooming him for some time, several years after graduation.
He started out working in HS in a funeral home and auto repair shop. Eventually owned his own business with several mechanics then sold it and went into industrial machinery maintenance, fabrication, modification etc.
In a typical day he will work inside a -40 cold room, 120+ engine room, among compressors pumps, high pressure anhydrous ammonia lines, climb ladders, work on roof units etc.; getting a little harder in his 60's.
His "retirement" will be driving tractors, maybe a backhoe after he rebuilds it, working on equipment, cars, trucks, motorcycles and whatever comes to his mind.
My dad drove a truck into his seventies when cancer took him out of the cab then he worked on the farm until he passed.
Wow. What a guy. Just imagine the knowledge and experience he has. Sounds like he has a great plan. I think a person always needs something to keep his or her brain working. Hope everything works out for him. He has my respect. :thumbsup: