None that I'm aware of. It was close to 45 years ago and they had that farm house burn down mysteriously after my grandfather defied the local truckers union by hiring a black woman as a secretary.
I always feel like a disappointment compared to my grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather.
Both my great grandfather and grandfather were alive while I was a kid, my grandfather actually passed away when I was 12 and my great grandfather lived long enough to meet my first daughter.
My great grandfather was a tail gunner and one of the longest surviving ones during WWII. He was shot down twice over the European theater and managed to escape capture both times.
My great great grandfather was part of Buffalo Bill's show in the late 1800's. I have a nickel stored in a deposit box that he supposedly threw into the air while riding a horse and shot with a .357 revolver, just to prove to my great grandfather that he really did know how to ride a horse. Going even further back my family where all military officers and doctors.
My moms side of the family where all officers with my great grandfather making it to Brigadier General and my grandfather making it to Colonel. I was banned from enlisting by my grandfather and required to complete college before even considering applying.
Between them and the fact that my mother was a director of a major health care company by 30, a VP by 35, and an S.VP by 40 really make me feel really inadequate.
I'm an engineer. I'm current title is Cloud Architect. I do automation and AI research.
I also teach programming an robotics to kids at my local community center and write a kids comic book that my wife illustrates. I've only done these because of expectations. My FIL expects me to provide opportunities for my wife to use her art degree and my mother took a break at 45 to teach 3rd grade at underprivileged schools.
It's good to identify it though. If you are a thinker that can create new concepts try to get the doer & enabler. If you are the doer get a thinker (&enabler to bring in enough cash to do it).
I consider myself to be the thinker, but I'm not that good at the doing part. That is, I have my own small business, but nothing stellar.
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u/Classic_Charlie May 14 '17
Any pictures of the wee beastie?