Re: [T3] New Fastback photos

[Aaron Clow <cars@tiserves.com>]

<x-flowed>Mysterious J wrote:

> Its funny ytou should mention this.  When I was in
> high school (circa 1988) all I wanted to be was a
> mechanic.  I took all the shop classes, and did the
> minimum of other academic work.  I even went to a
> technical school to learn more about mechanics.  By
> 1989 I had a job as a line mechanic at a Ford
> dealership, and by 1990 I was laid off.
>
> With the economy the way it was then, I couldn't find
> another basically entry-level mechanic job, so I
> decided to go back to school.  Part time at first, but
> eventually I ended up attending university full-time,
> and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1997.  Now I
> have a good paying job that allows me to do things
> like tinker with Type 3s.  
My parents didn't encourage my short-lived desire to be a mechanic, so I 
kind of did the reverse. I ended up with a degree in Communications 
(Film) from Emerson College in Boston, and couldn't find a job to save 
my life either in 1991 when I graduated thanks to the economy and the 
Reagan deficits. So I went to truck driving school, got my CDL... Was 
going to drive a truck but ended up moving to Long Island to be in a 
band... :) Worked at a music magazine for ten years, learned computers 
during that time & that's what I'm doing now.

When I couldn't get a job out of school, I thought if only I had 
mechanical skills or something more labor-oriented there would've been a 
job for me somewhere out there. In the end though, I can also conclude 
with your line that "I have a good paying job that allows me to do 
things like tinker with Type 3s." :)

I'm very grateful for that...

Aaron


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