I’m a goddamn sexual Tyrannosaurus of course!
Well, maybe not quite, but close 😉
Seriously, I am a jack of all trades kind of guy. I weld/ fabricate. I fix stuff, from cars, to outboards, to diving gear, to home appliances. There’s not much I can’t manage in those departments. When I do run across something over my head, I’ll break down and pay someone who can do it. (Or in some cases if the numbers simply add up to it, I might as well pay to get it done, considering parts, time, and special tools for the job.) But I really, really, hate to pay someone to do it for me. I’ll scour the net for info, videos, for whatever I find myself in the middle of, and when all else fails, I call the professionals.
Long story short, I’m a hard headed, cheap bastard, who would rather do it myself than pay through the nose to have it done for me.
I’m a good enough guitar player that I understand how much I still need to learn, after playing one for ~45 years.
I’m a good enough amateur astronomer I can point out the planets, the constellations, and navigate by the stars if I had to.
Even at my age, I’m still a pretty good shelldigger too. But I can tell I’m slowing down. When you can talk about what hurts for 20 minutes, you probably need to slow down anyway 😉
Guys like me are a dime a dozen. We’re nothing special. We get by on the edge of existence, hoping things will finally allow us to retire to the rocking chair sometime soon. But know full well, it ain’t happening yet.
But it’s right around the corner, I just know it.
Evidence Based Reality 
You sound a lot like me. I’ve driven truck and buses, am a fair to middling farmer if I have to be, gardner, cook (worked in a restaurant for a year or two), above average carpenter, decent plumber, dabble in electronics, amateur astronomer, amateur radio operator. Never dug shells, though <grin> Water and I don’t get along well at all. Almost drowned in a canoe accident back in the 1970s and ever since then I can’t even put my face in water without going into a full blown panic attack.
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You’re part of that dime a dozen crowd then! Not a terrible club, though as far as I know, there’s no patch or hat that goes with the territory…
I grew up in an owner operator trucking family. I can drive anything with wheels on it. Except an airplane… Unless a sim counts 🙂
A canoe can be a fun experience, right up until the current takes you straight into a downed tree overhang. I managed to muscle my way out of it without getting wet, but it was real iffy for a minute there. I stood up and met the overhang with both hands, the canoe turned sideways, and I was doing the canoe watusi, trying to keep the canoe from overturning. The canoe was moving/rocking back and forth, while my hands and feet, were using leverage to keep it under me. It’s amazing how clear you can remember those things. Had my first wife and two sleeping young uns in the canoe too. They had life jackets on, but the last thing in the world I needed right then and there was an overturned canoe.
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I had quite a few incidents over the years, that had me inches away from death while diving. It’s a rattling experience sometimes. But after a few minutes recovering in the boat, I realize I ain’t making any $$ up here… But I’ve got diving gear to rely on. So there’s that…
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