Hi: I retired 11-'04, planning to read and garden. Alas, I needed more money, so I now have 2 part-time jobs to go with my reading and gardening.One of these is gardener/handyman for an older guy and his family. I rather enjoy the work. I have skills they need and they are easy to work for. I used to live in the Ozarks where I raised goats, chickens, etc. I was self employed most of the time as chimney sweep, painter, handyman, etc. i also hauled trash and cleaned up rentals. After 9 years, we moved to Oregon, where I got my AAS in Water Quality Technology and became a wastewater plant operator for 10 years, 8 months. I'm a deacon in the United Church of Christ, although a number of my beliefs don't really jive with conventional church doctrine. For instance, I think the dumbest thing Gerald Ford ever did was renounce assasination as a tool we can use. If Bin Laden had been taken out before 9-11, I'm sure the world would be a better place. Hey, more later, house husbands have to earn their keep!
