Jim Blair:  

Hi, I was born and raised pretty much in Fbks, The first 8 or 10 years we went back to St. Louis Mo. for the winters but after that it was good old squarebanks. I Went to Joy. Main, Ryan, and Lathrop for schooling.It didn't seam to help my spelling tho. Thank God or Bill Gates for spell checker. I Quit high-school 3/4 of the senior year (74). I Got a job on the pipeline. That is why I quit but not sure if they would have let me out of there or not. Joined the Carpenter and the labor unions. Starter the apprenticeship program for the carpenters. They where so busy that I did not go to any schooling for the Carps just worked for 2 years. Then They demanded that I cut my hair So I looked at the big picture and moved on. The labores 942 Was also keeping me very busy so I just stayed with them. It's was a good decision due to the fact that the Carpenters would not sign a Maintenance contract. 942 did sign so we got all that work also. I got 30 years in the 942. I got the bad back the ex got the money but at least I got to retire and got my retirement. Hence I am retired now (no I didn't say r...Expand for more