"Learn you a trade" he would say "something to fall back on". I'm afraid of heights but I some how ended up being really good at roofing. Mark Edwards from Irish hills construction swears I have mountain goat in my blood, But the best comparison I heard last year. From an old man who lived next door to the house I was roofing. He told me "Your like a little kid on a great big pile of sand." "Thank you" I told him."You only appreciate it because you watched me do it all by myself." It was 100 degrees on the ground. I left sparky home in the A/C a couple days. I bet we've roofed 100 houses together but he still don't do anything. He knows when it's lunch and when it's time to go home. I don't have to chain him up on a job. He stays right under me. Watching me. He's been on one or two roofs. I think he realizes the danger . I tell him "If I fall grab my phone and call for help."
When I worked at the radio station. I didn't make enough money to depend on just my radio salary.
I had to go to work after work. And I know roofing So I talked on the air about certain jobs I was doing. It was a perk to the job. "Irish hills construction, Million builders, Walsh builders." They wanted to hear their names on the radio so I gave mentions to whose roof I was doing. At the radio station they kept firing people. Tell me their job was my job now. pretty soon I didn't have time to roof on the side and radio didn't pay any more so I had to let it go. When the building trade collapsed work got thin.
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