So, I assume your background is farm equipment with all types of repairs.... Blue Colar work, I respect you more already... My argument and admittedly biased, is mostly growing up making a living at whatever paid the most... Started mixing mortar by hand at the age of 14 for bricklayers to start by 7 am... Every summer while in high school... During my 4 years of high school, played baseball and basketball until 5 PM then worked at a grocery store until 10 pm..... Do not feel sorry for me I love it, even the work... I finished my career with 25 years at AT&T and pouring concrete driveways on the weekends... In 2002 both of my knees were so bad they had to be replaced and became disabled...Still, no regrets from me, I have a painful hard time walking only short distances but I refuse a wheelchair... EGO... I have a great family two Sons and one Daughter, two Grandsons 21 and 14.... All live in Idaho, I live in Juliette Ga, I retired here in 2002 from the Midwest...
A great life, I feel ashamed and at times embarrassed to have lived such a great carefree environment... I feel my grandsons are not going to have that or ever know what I am talking about....
Still would like to pop for lunch, for your assistance... I can send a few bucks to your PayPal account if you allow me... I do that for my grandsons all the time... lol
Meanwhile, while I will fix this skid steer over time, my son wants it and it needs to be in decent shape... I do not think or I know he would ever be able too... A truly great person but lives his life as he sees it... all good. Let me know about lunch..Rog