What are your prized possessions? In my home office, I have three: a mid-1980s vintage custom French horn I still play, a leather stuffed rhinoceros called Nelson, and my father’s pipefitting handbook from the U.S. Navy that dates back to the early 1950s.
Until I began working at the PHCC Educational Foundation in 2005, I didn’t know my father was a pipefitter. I knew he had done deep sea diving while in the Navy, but I was not aware of why he was diving. Based on the stories he has told me from his time serving on a sub tender, I am amazed the man is still alive and that I exist at all. Who knew pipefitters had such a good time?