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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fishfiles" data-source="post: 52203" data-attributes="member: 782"><p>I have done  heavy equipment mechanic work  for a living since 1976  , I guess the reason I like hanging on  this site is that I like my job ,  my grandfather use to always tell me , that if you are not happy at work then you won't be happy at life , it seems he was right on with that , 1/3 or more  of your life is work , think about it , 8 hours of work ,  8 hours off time ( working around the house ) and 8 hours of sleep , it doesn't always work out to those numbers , for me it's more like 12, 8 and 4 x 6 a week ....................I  have learned a lot of things from this site as people from across the country and around the world have the same basic problems and  there are  different way of doing things , as the old saying goes ....there is more than one way to skin a cat , you got to listen to what others have to say even if you think that you are above their level of experience , the road they took to get to where they are at had different turns and terrain to travel .................. I like the feeling  I get after troubleshooting and fixing something that was broken or helping someone else to do the same  , a sense of accomplishment , a little more than you would get from handing someone their change from a burger combo ,  I do a lot of refub /frabrication and sometimes I think of it as art ,  to stand back and look at a bunch of metal , nut and bolts put together into something that works and looks good ................I have a lot of friends who are well schooled and making big bucks at good jobs that couldn't and wouldn't even try to change the battery in thier truck if their life depended on it , they would walk or call AAA , I really experienced this have lived thru hurricane Katrina ( which is till going on ) ,  most of my friends  do no hands work or even hobbies except  drinking beer and TV on the couch , which is their life ..................</p></blockquote><p></p>

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