On 10/27/2015 3:10 PM, John H. wrote:

On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:05:39 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

One of my tougher jobs was struggling with 400 pound cubes of rubber....trying to drag them out from under the wings of a cargo ships hold and hook up to the winch for offloading. A number of the full time longshoreman disappeared....leaving a few of the reliable guys and a handful of us hired from the bullpen to do the work.


I suppose that was good training for a janitor's job, eh?


I think that was uncalled for.

I don't know what Don did for a living but what does it matter?

I realized years ago as I watched my dad in his final days and my
father-in-law in his that what they held as jobs or had as titles in
their lives didn't matter. What mattered is they both fed and clothed
their families, paid the rent or mortgage and kept the lights on. How
they accomplished it is secondary.