Jim Mc Connell:  

Workplace Been in a lot of workplaces in my 48 years of working life. Right now I'm pretty much retired and have been since 2004. I still keep busy doing real estate appraisals 20 hrs a week but, here in Flotida, real estate is very slow so there has been lots of time for travel, camping, motorcycle touring, and puttering. Yes, puttering. That stuff which older men do to keep busy out in the garage or yard. But, work has been really good to me. I have done a lot of varied stuff. Probably just like everyone else. Looking back, my first paying job was with Frank Lebirty on his farm in Marlton. 12 years old and making 50 cents per hour. Weeding and picking the tomatos, strawberries, beans, and peppers. Helping out at the farm stand at the four point intersection near St Joan of Arc was less difficult and more fun. It must have been a long time ago cause all of the fields have gone to woods and you'd never know that once the land was tilled by a three generation Italian family who always worked hard. Military I was only 17 when we graduated, so I wasn't too worried about the draft. Remember that whole Viet Nam thing and seeing our older classmates coming home from boot camp and visiting Lenape in their new uniforms ? College was not financially possible ( gradewise too) for me so I knew that sooner or later I would have to enlist or get drafted. Before I turned 18 in August I went to the selective service board in Mt Holly. Nice people there told me if I registered for the draft that day. I would most likely be called for a physical in Oct.'66 and most likely be sent to boot camp by Christmas ''66. It was kind o...Expand for more