What is your trade

[Bob Carriere]

Born in 1943, I grew up in the shadow of the Peace Tower on the Quebec poor side of the Ottawa river.

Dad was a stationary engineer for the pulp and paper plant. Rebuilding old cars was an economic reality and I was given car parts to wash when I was old enough not to fall in the tub..... we degreased with Naphta and carbon tetrachloride and loved the smell. Dad was a heavy smoker why we never exploded or developed a 3 leg from carbon tet is beyond me....

I learned from my Dad and practiced on my friends cars ... I fixed things and got free rides..... when money was tight I was popular.

Graduated to VW dune buggies, dirt bikes and Dodge M37 and eventually saw the light and went for CMPs.

Earned a good living as a Human Resources specialist pushing papers for the Federal Pubic ( not a typo) Service for 52 and half years retiring end of March 2013.

I learned by watching others, reading books and being to dumb to realize I could not do it ..... I tried until I got it right.

Life has been good to me ....I have outlived the last two previous generations of Carrieres by almost 20 years....thanks to modern medicine.... I drank from garden hoses ...... kept spare 22. cal. lead bullets in my mouth when shooting and played with mercury such a cool stuff...... imagine how healthy I could be if I had been careful .......

Bob C.