To answer your question Jock;
When I was five years old I was taught the carpentry field the same way most were, if not all of us were. I was a gofer for my father. You know, gofer this gofer that (lol). At 18 years old I enlisted in the US Army. I spent twelve years in the US Army from February 1983 to September 1996, fifteen months of which were in the Florida National Guard. I had three different MOS’s (Military Occupational Specialties). A 64C (Real Truck Driver, stick driving, not like the 88M’s they have now, with automatic gear shifting.) A 13M, a MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) crewmember. And I was an 11B, Infantryman soldier. After getting out of the service in 1996, I went to work for my uncle in the construction field of framing houses. I then became partners with an old war buddy in the Landscaping business. That didn’t work out, so I went to work for different builders framing new houses. I’ve also done demolition, renovation, remodeling, roofing (I leave anything steeper than a 6 pitch to the career roofers), sheathing, siding, windows, doors, trim, floors. I’ve also helped install carpet with my brothers. I decided I like my knees and leave the kicking in for them. I’ve also done general labor for a Mason.
In conclusion, anything I don’t know how to do, my family, brothers, cousins, uncles and friends know. And if all else fails, I sub-contract out.
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