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<p>[QUOTE="lloyd249, post: 150286, member: 1211"]I would rather be antiquing/collecting , i spent over ten years in the oil fields of sask and albt , i have had to work in - 75 degree wind chills to +40's with major bugs ,and more, i spent weeks to months away from my family , and walked away with nothing, but a thanks, and if i had been at work the day i found my chair i would never had the chance to find it. or any of the things we have . he got to enjoy 11 years of his long retirement it is sad that he has passed but he did what he wanted and died as he wanted in his house,with his dog at his side, not in a hospital sick (the life of an iron worker ) he may have built a building near you as he traveled all over the world building them .</p><p>PS. i have been to a lot of iron worker funerals . the are a rare breed and there should be a reality show about them hmmmmm....</p><p>pss, thanks to him i never had a fear of heights , just falling . he had some horror stories and pic to go with them .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lloyd249, post: 150286, member: 1211"]I would rather be antiquing/collecting , i spent over ten years in the oil fields of sask and albt , i have had to work in - 75 degree wind chills to +40's with major bugs ,and more, i spent weeks to months away from my family , and walked away with nothing, but a thanks, and if i had been at work the day i found my chair i would never had the chance to find it. or any of the things we have . he got to enjoy 11 years of his long retirement it is sad that he has passed but he did what he wanted and died as he wanted in his house,with his dog at his side, not in a hospital sick (the life of an iron worker ) he may have built a building near you as he traveled all over the world building them . PS. i have been to a lot of iron worker funerals . the are a rare breed and there should be a reality show about them hmmmmm.... pss, thanks to him i never had a fear of heights , just falling . he had some horror stories and pic to go with them .[/QUOTE]
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