jughead500
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You beat me to itI just gotta ask??
You beat me to itI just gotta ask??
I can see why you needed that 660Elementary School Vice-Principal
of all the mechanics I have read about,,,seems smokey yunich was the top dog..........Politics and religion can destroy our unity........I rarely talk about either. This thread has been great so far.......I appreciate being able to read about what you guys do........it's very interesting to me.
I thought I was a real smart guy when I was a kid. Every summer I helped my older brother frame houses. By the time I was 14 I was making more per hour than guys twice my age that worked in the local plants. So when summer was over, and school started, I'd pick a fight and get suspended. That way I could spend another week or so working. It turned into a bad habit......and I ended up quitting school in the 8th grade.
I got hurt in a bad car wreck when I was 16.......and couldn't work for a few months. During that time I got my GED, and started the Automotive Technology Program at CCTC. At the time, I was the youngest student in the school.
The school is located in Central North Carolina and that is smack dab in the middle of NASCAR country. One of the instructors was good friends with a man named Tom Usury. Tom built a lot of top tier race engine engines in a little cinder block shop. When I met Tom, I realized that I was anything but smart. Tom was so full of real knowledge that it was scary.......the man was a genius. He was kind enough to allow the second year students in the program that were interested in performance engines go to his shop and help out a little. I was one of the very interested ones......
I was also a work study student. That means I stayed after school and cleaned up the shops in exchange for a small amount of money.......that money allowed me to get back and forth to school without trying to hold down a job like many of the other students had to do. That also meant that I was there when the "after hour" projects of the instructors were being done. Looking back now I see how lucky I was to get the experiences that I got back then.
When I was done with school, I worked for a shop in Sanford, NC........the place ended up closing it's doors suddenly when the owner got sick. I needed to pay my rent, so I called my brother and went back to framing houses. That was the end of my automotive "career".
kids tend to alter things a mite................just a miteI'm a career firefighter and on my days off I work for a industrial rescue company doing confined space and high angle rescue as well as rope access.
And on my days off from my days off I beg my wife to let me go cut wood...which I'm not having much luck considering there is a 2year old at home and another one due in a month.
yeah,,and to this day, mechs aint paid what they are worth......docs, dentists and lawyers, want their vehicles to run right,,but they still think your just a grease monkeyI went to Dunwoody technical college for automotive after high school then was in the auto industry for about 10 years. I really didn't like it, seems no matter how good of work you do and try to treat people fairly auto techs always seem to be looked down upon and thought of as crooks. So not a good feeling and not a fun job, at least not for me. And if I don't like doing something, I do something else. I drove truck for a few years, delivered propane a few years, then moved on to doing service work for the propane company. Now I found a job I enjoy and get a descent wage. I do all of the testing at a fire truck manufacturer. I run the pumps, foam systems, hydraulics, generators, aerials, I do the UL testing of them and get the trucks calibrated and working correctly before they are shipped worldwide to our customers. I've been doing it for 6 years now. Monday-friday 9 hour days. I get to play with fire trucks all day, not a bad gig.
No I don't. I respect a man who can do things I can't. Actually, I respect all men until they prove to me that I shouldn'tyeah,,and to this day, mechs aint paid what they are worth......docs, dentists and lawyers, want their vehicles to run right,,but they still think your just a grease monkey
you sir,,are one of the VERY few.........................and ive met a few..........................................No I don't. I respect a man who can do things I can't. Actually, I respect all men until they prove to me that I shouldn't
bench vise and vise grips?If u'r unlucky enough to be growing something like this in u'r neck, I make it go bye-bye. The hard way.View attachment 396143 View attachment 396142
If u'r unlucky enough to be growing something like this in u'r neck, I make it go bye-bye. The hard way.View attachment 396143 View attachment 396142
I worked 40 years for the CSX railroad, but my last 3 months were with the NS. I got a NS paycheck, and actually retired from the NS RR. It's a long story, and would be boring.I'm a Diesel Locomotive Mechanic.
I start the day with clean shiny tools an before long they look like this
Here I have an injector from a 710ci two stroke cylinder and there is 16 cylinders on this particular engine. That's 11,360ci per engine to produce 4000hp
Here is the hole it belongs in
And here it is installed
I do this for this company
My wife makes the money.
I sit around, sleep, poop, and play video games.
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