I went to a retirement party for one of my union business agents. His replacement was previously one of my apprentices. He reminded me of the time I was welding fuel oil pipe at a small power generating plant and our old Lincoln Pipeliner wouldn't start. I was unusually agitated by the constant welding machine issues.
Apparently, I sent him to the truck for a torch tip and a coat hanger and promptly welded the last joint with the oxy-acetylene torch. That didn't surprise him as much as using the coat hanger for welding wire. I remembered the job but not the gas weld. L0L.
And that's how I became a legend.
Another apprentice quoted me as saying we have done so much for so long with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. I think that was first said by a WW2 general.
