Time For Change

I've grown lazy. Lack of work, and a company about to shut the doors really makes you worthless.

I'm going back to my roots. Equipment maintenance.
Time to polish up the Red Wings and starch the Dickies. I think I'll leave the chewing tobacco behind.
Hopefully my new crew will not be prejudiced toward my engineering degree.

My wife's uncle had that prejudice toward me. He is an electrician, good ole boy.
One day he decided to take me out 4 wheelin' in the mud and freezing temperatures. I guess he thought he would school the pasty white engineer boy. After we got into a 4 foot deep mud bog and we had mud and bodies and smoke blowin', he decided to respect the engineer boy.

Side story : I was on another trip with the wife's uncle. We were trail ridin' when he pulled over and pulled a roll of toilet paper from under the seat, takes off his shirt and wonders into the woods. When he returned, I asked what was with taking off the shirt. He said it is just more comfortable. To this day, I like to remove my shirt as I head to the john. I refer to it as "taking a Cha-Chi". (The uncle's nick name).

Anyway...My career is changing. Back to the real man work of fixing broke stuff.

-The HTRN