I started out climbing crab apple trees picking the apples for my grandmother and some of her friends , then shoveled snow for them .
When I got into boy scouts we delivered hand bills to pay for our camping trips and to keep heat and electricity on in the boy scout barracks then sold Christmas trees,after school .
I helped my folks work on water wells and learned the finer points of a shovel in various ditches in all kinds of weather . where I learned that I enjoyed working on water wells and wind mills way more than plumbing or cleaning drain lines or pumping out septic tanks .
I bought my own device rig in 1991 and worked on water wells all over Southeastern Montana , pulling pipes pumps and wire as well as cylinders or working barrels under wind mills or pump jacks or fishing them out if the customer tried it themselves and it got away from them .
I started working as a stagehand in 1978 and can't remember all of the symphony's , opera's and concerts I've worked for or on then not to mention the 5 major motion pictures I've work on .
During this same time I worked line clearance for 2 seasons and tried logging during the winter months . then later cut and sold firewood .
I also was a skinner for the different fur shops and did a little trapping when I could until after graduation , A short stay in college that wasn't my cup of tea and as a back shop parts man for the Caterpillar dealership until highway construction funds were cut and was laid off .
Making a wide variety of predator snares and helping others to be proficient setting them and dealing with grandkids now while trying to avoid Dr's , surgeons , nurses nd hospitals is getting tougher all the time ha ha
As you may of noticed I prefer to keep busy , sorry if this isn't in order but it is what it is ha ha
Enjoy your day and Stay Safe out there even if you don't want to ha ha !