Michael Young:  

Whuzzzup, y'all? Enjoying early retirement from career in organized labor/transportation, was an Amtrak Ticket Agent at Columbia, then Charleston and finally Florence. Got involved with our labor union, the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks, and served as local chairman for the southeast region (SC-NC-GA-VA-WV), then moved on to General Representative at Chicago for about a year and a half, then my dad died and I went back to Columbia working for the railroad again for a while. Decided Columbia was getting too big and finally settled in Florence. Got bored and got active with the union again, became General Chairman of its Amtrak System Division, with offices in Rockville, Maryland, just outside Washington. All together I was in the railroad industry for 23 years. Actually, I retired on disability, since I was finally diagnosed with narcolepsy at age 36. Remember how I used to always sleep through classes? Turns out that was the reason. Sue Elliott, Thelma Humphrey and all my other teachers used to tell me I was just lazy. (Remember the locker room under the old gym? The laundry room used to be a great place to hide and sleep on a cart full of towels fresh out of the dryer!) BTW, that reminds me... anybody remember Coach Chetti? Talked to him a few years ago, at that time he owned a restaurant and bar in Richmond, VA. In 1992 the Florence County Republican Party needed somebody to fill out their ticket and asked me to run for county coroner (how ironic, since my nickname back in school was Un...Expand for more