My wife's secretary mentioned in passing that her husband's unemployment insurance was about to run out. His job was shipped, along with 300 others' from his factory, to China.
After a few days of hanging around my shop, he absolutely fell in love with the silliness of my operation and wanted to sign on. I tossed him a couple of projects, a few fabrication manuals, and answered a collection of questions he accrued over the duration. The dude is a natural and quickly earned the respect of my other 2 guys. . . . Oh... and did I mention he has 21 years of CNC experience? Did I mention he writes code for a variety of machines?
I never thought about it before, but sometimes gloats come in the form of a human being. A blessing indeed.
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