SkiWhiz
Elite Member
I have been kind of quiet on the forum for awhile due to my work schedule. Many of you know me by way of years on the forum. For those of you that don't here is a bit of my history-
Farming (dairy) was in my family further back than I can remember, so I guess it was in my blood. A couple years after graduating high school my Dad passed away (love you Dad) so me and my Mom decided to keep on a farmin. Mom & I worked the farm for 3 years (looking back I don't know how we did it), then my Brother said that he had enough working at a factory job and wanted to join us on the farm. It was nice having his help,etc. this was back in 1975, things went well up until about 2011. The price of milk went way down the cost of everything went up our equipment was worn out and we couldn't afford to repair or replace anything. We decided to sell the land and cows and machinery in 2013 the last 2 years were so stressful knowing that you can not make your payments. We got decent money from the sales but still needed a job. I always like dabbling with electronics and electricity and got lucky to find a job that fits my likes. I got a job at a factory where we build big led lights for stadiums,etc. I quickly became a repair technician, the work was fairly similar to the type of things that I done while running my satellite tv business (while I was farming) so it was second nature to me. Being a farmer there were no days off and of course no traveling, with my new factory job I got every Saturday and Sunday off and traveling around the country repairing lights (ex. Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Timberwolves, Miami Dolphis and Heat, Anaheim Angels, and a few others). It was a good 4 year run, then our work at the factory started to slow down way down so much so I recently got laid off and it doesn't look good about going back. So here I am again at 57 years old (young) looking for another job. One of the engineers at the place that we made lights for messaged me about possibly going out on the road to do a few repairs in Miami and Buffalo but I would have to get my own insurance and fill out a W9 form and not sure if it would be worth it. Be thankful for what you have as it can be gone in a blink of an eye.
Farming (dairy) was in my family further back than I can remember, so I guess it was in my blood. A couple years after graduating high school my Dad passed away (love you Dad) so me and my Mom decided to keep on a farmin. Mom & I worked the farm for 3 years (looking back I don't know how we did it), then my Brother said that he had enough working at a factory job and wanted to join us on the farm. It was nice having his help,etc. this was back in 1975, things went well up until about 2011. The price of milk went way down the cost of everything went up our equipment was worn out and we couldn't afford to repair or replace anything. We decided to sell the land and cows and machinery in 2013 the last 2 years were so stressful knowing that you can not make your payments. We got decent money from the sales but still needed a job. I always like dabbling with electronics and electricity and got lucky to find a job that fits my likes. I got a job at a factory where we build big led lights for stadiums,etc. I quickly became a repair technician, the work was fairly similar to the type of things that I done while running my satellite tv business (while I was farming) so it was second nature to me. Being a farmer there were no days off and of course no traveling, with my new factory job I got every Saturday and Sunday off and traveling around the country repairing lights (ex. Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Timberwolves, Miami Dolphis and Heat, Anaheim Angels, and a few others). It was a good 4 year run, then our work at the factory started to slow down way down so much so I recently got laid off and it doesn't look good about going back. So here I am again at 57 years old (young) looking for another job. One of the engineers at the place that we made lights for messaged me about possibly going out on the road to do a few repairs in Miami and Buffalo but I would have to get my own insurance and fill out a W9 form and not sure if it would be worth it. Be thankful for what you have as it can be gone in a blink of an eye.
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