Day 122, 12th Vocational Trade Day----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I just finished installing the hydraulic control valve and the hydraulic filter in the Grove crane, with help from some of the boys of course. This crane was built somewhere in the 1960's and it still surprises me how it still runs. Another thing that I am astonished by is not only how extremely complicated and inefficient it is to work on these machines, but also that through out the years, no one has come up with a better idea on how they should be manufactured. Not to mention that not one piece of machinery is exactly like another. A friend told me that these machines were built to be easily assembled, not to easily maintained. It doesn't seem to be very logical, but then again, they were man made. :-)
Other than that things are going alright. I'm learning A LOT and one of the counselors even said that I was very bright and she hopes to see me enroll in the Job Corps College Program. I've been considering it. Maybe I will do that after advanced training and get my AA degree. Then if I still want to, I can go into the coast guard and become an officer. :-) I think I'd do well in college.
P.S.
My social life is a little rocky right now in case any of you were wondering. But I'm doing my best to work things out. And if I'm careful and considerate, things might turn out the way I hoped after all.
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