The youngest of 5 and the only male, even my twin is 9 minutes older! My Dad was injured on the job when I was six months old and never worked again. Mom went to work to support our family and I recall spending most of my youth trying to be very quiet as disturbing Dad was a bad thing!
I studied Machine shop at Vocational school as going to College was not an option. We redefined the term 'dirt poor' but amazingly enough did not qualify for assistance.
I dropped out of school my second time around in the ninth grade and completed my life's education with honors from the school of hard more...