I have been a programmer of mainframes for Univac, a self-employed programmer of personal computers, a school and transit bus driver, Santa Claus, and a variety of other small jobs until I couldn’t find anybody to pay me for my extensive talents. The only thing left was to be a ski instructor at Spirit Mountain in Duluth. It helped pay for new equipment. When my wife retired, she wouldn't ski if I was teaching, and so now I'm fully retired. Oh, there is writing a blog, cutting firewood, and clearing paths at our cabin, taking and editing pictures, reading, …

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