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Name: Rob
Birthday: 10/1/1978
Gender: Male
Interests: Working on cars
Expertise: Willys, Cadillacs, Old American Cars, Coffee, Welding, Machining, turning, CNC, designing stuff thats overly complicated,
Occupation: Other
Industry: Engineering
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Member Since:
2/6/2003
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| Peace Corps placement and Devine Providence
Hey, I just wanted to share a very speical moment with you all.
Some
of you know or knew I was thinking about volunteering for the Peace
Corps. Well I did. Today I spoke with the recruiter but first I must
tell a story.
I am not the church going type of guy. I know God is there for me when I need it.
I
have 2 very close friends I consider(ed) my grandparents. Mr. &
Mrs. Martin. Mr. Martin was a farmer his whole life, the oldest of 9
brothers and sisters, and the first in his family to go to colled
(though all his brothers and sisters went after him). He was born in
1900, went to college to work with and for farmers, worked with the CCC
during the depression, was a County Agent around Tennessee, and was a
farmer his whole life. My father passed when I was 6 so he was the only
'Male Role Model' I had growing up. He passed when I was 14. Mrs.
Martin is alive and doing well though she lives in an assisted living
home.
I bought an old Jeep and was going to drive it up to
school after a summer of repairs. The night was approaching and I in
the jalopy followed by my friend Adam took off on the long 3 hour
drive. Well about an hour from home I popped a wheel cyclinder (what
makes drum brakes brake) and locked up a wheel. I loped along until I
found a pasture and parked there. I walked up to the farm house to see
if anyone was home. A brother and sisiter where there. They were in
their 60's and just cutting the hay on the family farm before going to
their homes. They wanted to know who I was and what I wanted on their
property. I told the brother what happened and we got to talking. Not
only did he know my grandfather but he worked under him when he did 4-H
stuff with Mr. Martin when he was a child. He went to college for
agriculture, and was a County Agent in a neighboring county with Mr.
Martin for his last county (McMinn my home county). THere were quite a
few other similarities but what it boils down to is Mr. Martin was
looking out for me that day.
Well I have been placed in rural
French Speaking Africa doing Agri/business. Teaching basic economics to
farmers, establishing CoOps and farming networks, cost benefit analysis
with farmers. I have been placed doing the exact same thing as my
grandfathers life's work.
Some say chance but I see the hand of God, or at least Mr. Martin's presence in my life.
I've been on the verge of tears for a couple hours now. | | |
| Got my peace corps application all
done. 4 refrences from a teacher, my Bounty Hunter supervisor, and 2
friends (Adam and Ryan).
I've done a bunch of research about
different countries around the world where the Peace Corps has on going
projects. Some are kinda scary but I guess I'm gonna go where they send
me.
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| I've kind of had it and I'm reapplying to the Peace Corps.
Not going in 2003 is the only real regret of my life and I'm not doing
myself any justice in saying "Well you can go when you're 40."
Cause there is no time like the present and I've got to do something
with my life. | | |
| So yeah I've been putting this off for a while.
I've got a job. I'm a CNC operator at a place in Etowah.
Its a line job at a VERY small plant, but there is a new line going in
so I've got lots of room to go up. There are only like 35 people
that work there, 2 Engineers, 5 front office / HR / shipping and
recieving type people, 1 maintenance guy (who doesn't know baby shit
from apple butter), 3 shift leaders, 9 CNC operators, and something
like 15 floorworkers.
I'm working 3rds which is a REAL bitch. SO you'll see lots of
early mornin' posts. They pay is good, tonight was my 4th night
and there have been 4 people fired, one guy quit, and a couple of one
day temps. In rank I'm the #3 guy on my shift and by seinority
i'm #6.
I run 4 CNC Vertical Lathes, take measurements off the parts, and then
adjust the CNC lathe accordingly. I also have to clean the parts
in prepariation for going to paint but that is just blowing the metal
chips out and then wiping them with a rag. I also have to inspect
them for defects either from the maching process or casting related.
I scrapped 5 parts tonight cause I was trying to get one dimension
adjusted and another dimension fell so far out of tolerance that the
parts could not be saved. But hell its still my 4th night I'm not
really sure how everything works just yet.
The Incredibles RULES!! Its funny as shit, and a very mature
movie considering its from Pixar. There are super hero deaths and
well death in general so its not all happy and fun but DAMN is it good. | | |
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