09-18-2012, 02:07 AM
Wooof, Woof, Woof. I may be relatively young, but I have been using machine tools since I was nine so that is over 30 years and I opened my first commercial machine shop when I was 22. so that's 19 years ago.
It's only in the last five years that I've been able to get respect as an "Old timer" despite often having way more hours of hands on experience than some of the real oldies, but until you have the grey hair and bald spots....
Some guys just won't give you any respect at all, despite the fact that I built the shop from the ground up, literally from nothing, I had one disgruntled newish employee that claimed that it had been "handed to me on a silver platter", I don't know who by? but he did come back and apologize profusely after having talked with one of the other employees and actually found out the true story.
It doesn't help that I still don't have any grey hair at all, or any bald spots, but i'll cop that disability any day!
Regards
Rick
Whatever it is, do it today, Tomorrow may not be an option and regret outlasts fatigue.