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\nOur son, who in recent years has acquired the “mariner bug,” has left a perfectly good engineering job and a beautiful Afton, Minnesota house, to pursue his dream of working in a mariner-orientated job near the sea. He and his family have purchased a house on shore of Chesapeake Bay. And, in a week, he will begin a new engineering job, leading a team, designing the propulsion system for the next class of US Navy submarines.<\/p>\n

This is quite a leap for our “march-to-his-own-drummer” Renaissance Man who, in his many varied occupations, has driven 18-wheelers, hand delivered impossibly heavy commercial sheet-rock, worked a forklift for a brewer, managed the assembly floor for a furnace manufacturer, overseen the installation of overhead power transmission lines on the outskirts of Kathmandu, achieved patents for large-volume transportation refrigeration systems, become an accomplished sailor and licensed skipper, and has self-learned numerous trades in his personal endeavors.<\/p>\n

And all of this as a pup, with the best yet to come.<\/p>\n

We wish he and his family the best in this bold, new adventure. And we look forward to visiting their new abode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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