12-22-2021, 09:49 AM
(12-22-2021, 09:44 AM)Scooterd Wrote: As I mentioned yesterday to cemanuelMetal work can be fun. I'm no master welder but fixing holes in classic auto sheet metal was a good way to learn. No harm done while you learn if you don't overheat things. That's why they make grinders.
I'm pretty lucky - Farm maintenance keeps me outdoors and off the couch. In winter months a little less but at minimum thrice a day 4am - 7am, Noon - 2, and again 4pm - 7pm most days.
I also step in and work for a local Vet (help run labs, surgeries, administration when one of her full time staff call out sick or take a vacation. (She taught me a whole new set of skills so late in life, I love it).
I also rent myself out as a handy man for only "elderly folks" in my community. (usually charge "exact cost" of material's and a lunch or dinner).
I also still accept the occasional Defense contract, but only if it meets my terms.
Hobbies? I have my '46 Mercury Truck, crude carpentry, and metal work (Learning to weld a proper bead!!)
My better half tells her friends I will never fully retire.