Posted on 09/06/2017 7:35:24 PM PDT by sergeantdave
When Aaron Rodgers — his friend, college football-watching buddy and amateur plumber — called him an “idiot” on Saturday afternoon from beneath his kitchen sink, well, Dekker had to agree with the two-time NFL MVP.
“I’ve actually fixed my own garbage disposal before. There’s incredible tutorials on YouTube,” Rodgers said. “So I did that at one point. Fixed it.
“Sam, he just got traded to L.A., I was hanging out with him Saturday. He was having some sink issues, asked for my help. He’s 23 years old. I know he’s engaged and taking the next step to being an adult, but he’s not quite there yet. So I went under the sink.
“What the tutorial told me was to test the switch first, (and then) what kind of rumble you hear or lack of rumble tells you what’s going on with the garbage disposal. So, I flipped the switch and nothing happened. (That) means two things: One, it’s completely broken and it needs to be changed out, or two, it’s not plugged in.”
And?
“It wasn’t plugged in,” Rodgers said with a laugh. “So, that’s the picture of me holding the plug as I call him from the other room, and said, ‘Hey, idiot, it wasn’t plugged in.’
“He’s learning.”
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I did a six month school at Chanute AFB, for Missile Facilities Technician.
I was, and still am, able to fix diesel and gasoline engines, ACs, minor electrical wiring and most plumbing issues.
One of the most complete trade schools I could have ever gone to. It has allowed me to amaze my family and neighbors with my home repair skills for years.
6 weeks at Chanute and they turned me loose to fix jet engines !!
It wasn’t the missiles, it was all the support network.
They would send us to a silo and we could not return until it was 100% MC. I have stayed at a site for several weeks fixing all the things that can go wrong with the support equipment.
32 weeks for my first tech school at Sheppard to become a Ballistic Missile Analyst Technician for the Titan II ICBM. Six more weeks at Vandenberg AFB for more training,mostly to learn how to be on Combat Crew, then another four to six weeks local training at my permanent base.
My second MFT was older and used to be a general contractor so he was the smartest MFT at our Wing. By the time I got promoted to Instructor crew he had taught me so much I was probably better than at least 90 percent of the MFTs on base.
My electronics and other training taught me how to troubleshoot and fix almost anything. Tech school and my duty gave us skills that exceeded almost anything in the civilian world at that time. When I went to finish my EE degree the first year of EE classes was a breeze because not only had I already been taught that I had to use it every time I pulled Alert.
Like I said, the MFT training was the most complete course of training I have ever went through. Probably better than most trade schools I could have attended.
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