Response to Pribek.net -- Do you know why you were protected ...

"... untouched especially by anything that could have harmed, or diminished, or injured living body tissue, or its parts ... so as no relevant component is removed or destroyed, leaving one physically virginal, and not castrated ...?"

Patron Saint of General Issue Welding
By Pat Darnell, Patron Sainthood Pending, for Thrombosis

It comes down to a self-eval of one's station, as one approaches mid-life. It has been repeated for decades: "The first fifty years remain the hardest ..."

And -- "First marriage is for Love: second marriage is for the money;"
And -- "... the man of learning who was also a man of God: the patron saint of all those, young and old, who love the truth with their whole hearts, and who wish to know and serve it well as welders… ..."

And -- Pending patron-saint-hood candidates according to G.I. -- General Issue -- Patron Sainte Ordinants: "Cuba Gooding Junior, Patron Saint Pending, for All ma' fingers and toes intact"

• And -- Pat. Pend., P S for Bone felon in right thumb from table saw when sixteen"
  In accordance with the following Work Ethic of "corner stall for beginners:"
  -- De-burr and Sweep down with de' broom
  -- Degrassi
  -- De-greasing pieces to be Welded
  Apprentice School:


• MIG


• TIG


• Acetelene


• NCS
  Novice Welder
  Welder
  Master Welder ... one gets the idea.