Bill
Would it be cheating if I said a relative?
My grandfather. “Fought” the Imperial Japanese as a boy by volunteering to help look for their hideouts, a hobby he introduced to friends of mine who in turn turned it into a pastime of cave exploration. Moved to America, began a bed and breakfast type of thing like nothing ever happened. Most knowledgeable family member I know and never have I ever had an argument with him, ever. Lived long enough to see me graduate plus three years.
I used to work with this old guy named Mel in my early twenties at a graveyard job in a cold storage warehouse doing freight handling. He would bike to work 20 km down a dark highway to get to our shift at 1 am, he owned a car just preferred to bike, which I respect. This guy was in his 70s, consumed nothing but a cheese sandwich for lunch, coffee, and smoked heavily. Despite this he was in seemingly great shape and was fastest, hardest worker in the whole place. At Christmas time we would unload 20 lbs boxes of mandarin oranges from 53 foot trailers packed top to bottom, front to back onto pallets, this guy would go faster by himself than two people. He always said it’s just about the technique and how you position your body.
I knew him in my early twenties before going back to school and he was the only person at that job with a brain so we talked a lot about space and technology and all that. I moved away for school so it’s been like 13 years since I last saw him so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s dead given his age and how much he smoked but I always wondered what happened to him and if he’s still kicking around. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if this guy made it to 100.
I read his feat of unloading the truck and I was like “yeah, I mean, that’s not too crazy”, then I realized you didn’t mention him using a forklift.
I met a scientist researching rust and the rust process. It was a little over my head but if you find new tools being sold that don’t rust, I’m sure it will be her doing.
Rust actually sounds like a very interesting topic if you think about it a bit.
Fun fact, did you know that you are rusting, right now? Breathing is rusting, specifically it’s oxidisation of iron in your blood. It’s how your blood carries oxygen around your body.
Does that mean that if we took something rusty and put it in an environment without oxygen it would start to release oxygen from the rust?
Larry. he runs the local comic shop and has been running every competitor out of business for forty years.
his business strategy? sit on the couch and chill.
he has an ungodly amount of stories, knows people from every walk of life and a great memory and the charisma to tell those stories that he experienced or was just told about.
in his shop, on the couch.
I don’t want to dox him (did I use that right?) but if you’re ever in West Texas, send me a message.
