[at-l] Pack weights of yesteryear

Raphael Bustin rafeb at speakeasy.net
Wed Sep 27 15:34:26 CDT 2006


At 04:11 PM 9/27/2006 -0400, Black Wolfe wrote:

>FWIW; I graduated high school spring of 1973 and went to work.
>Unfortunately I took up bull work.  That is heavy physical labor.  This
>resulted in the breakdown of the disks in my back.  I have held a number of
>other jobs, many around the major job of Mr. Mom.  I took up truck driving
>in 1996.  In 2001 I injured my knee on the job.  This stymied my exercise
>program which exacerbated my back problems.  Since I now can't get
>reemployed as a truck driver without getting "reeducated", I figured I might
>as well go for something I might enjoy and not destroy what little is left
>of my back's structure.  (The time frame is longer, but the price structure
>is better.)  Therefore, I am back in school, full-time.


If you graduated HS in '73, you're just a bit younger than me.
So what are you studying?  What's the next career gonna be?


rafe b
aka terrapin




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