Good luck to the son.
My Mothers dad only went through to about the 9th or 10th grade and I posit he could still hand most college educated mechanical engineers their asses to this day (he was born in 1912). He went into apprenticeship programs and became a Millwright [sp?] later moving into power plant and heavy industrial work. Later jobs included doing stuff like insuring correct tolerances on multi ton rotor installations into power house turbines.
We got a good laugh a year or so back when a rep from his union called up and requested a letter documenting that he was still alive, they couldn’t believe they’d had a genuine pensioner on the books for approaching 40 years.
Thanks-he’s a good kid, but kind of lost. I feel bad because I know moving him has not helped. You are so lucky to have your Dad. I miss mine everyday. He was from Ireland and had a sixth grade education. He supported a wife and four kids. He was self educated. There was little this man could not figure out. He was able to help me with higher math in fact.
He owned a bar-The Turtle Lounge- in the Bronx and later worked security- could not stand being retired.