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Reformed_convict

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  1. I love displays that have cutouts in them because thats how i see things in my head when i troubleshooting something even if i have never seen the particular mechanism my mind will still make a split second calculation to what it likely looks like on the inside for which ive always found it to be a fascinating gift for which i never understood how often i was correct for the most part and it assisted as a young man working as a maintenance mechanic and brought me praise from those i worked in under to where the head of the department once said ive never saw anyone walk up to a piece of equipment they have never seen before and within 3 min will be within 3ft of whatever the the problem is for which i said im curious and willing to learn how and why things work and it served me well as he took a liking to me and i was never pigeonholed to a specific category for example mechanical and was allowed to fix new and old from analog to digitial often converting dinosaurs with modern plcs and controls due to a fabricating background straight out of HS as a Tig/stick pipewelder at age 18 thanks to my vocational school having a program with the top welding school at the time in 2000 where the schoolboard worked to helped us get credit as if we were in class at school everyday so we could meet our requirements and credits to graduate normally while in reality we were 17 yr old kids from VA living out of motels in greenville SC half way through our senior yr of HS learning skills at whatever your skill level and ability allowed 4 10 hr days to the reality i was ready to go to work at the top of my chosen profession at that time but i hd to wait 2 months before i turned 18 so i could work on a construction site and 3 months till i would graduate high school which was realistically a unfair go around of the journey man system that existed as it made us really good at passing welding test cause that was all we did so the day after my 18th birthday i was paid $32 hr with $65 a day per diem for my first ever tax paying job on a 3 week shutdown in butler Indiana at a steel mill and i finished that job and walked with my fellow graduating class which was actually a program that has allowed alot of folks from a really poor poverty level community in the mountains that dont have any opportunities for work and cant afford college its rare for anyone to make 6 figures a yr straight from HS and a example of why we should put funding back into vocational programs so kids learn a skill instead of a exspensive piece of paper from a college so atleast theres an option out there some people are terrible in traditional school but i digress into a rant on my own personal experiences instead of the topic but my meaning is i love all things that show you how things work because being able to make something that didnt exist before from scratch as a thought in your head to an type of invention thats doing a needed function is mankinds greatest ability in my opinion sorry for writing a novel i often cant seem to help it and stay on point
  2. Im really glad to see that your not a actual inmate in a prison as a former convict pulling 2 yrs in state prison i was feeling somewhat jealous of you if you were in a facility that allows modeling but since it was hyperbolic i wasnt up in my feelings but for a second glad to meet you and you are far betterat this myself cant wait to see your projects come to life
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