I met the most interesting guy at the beach the other morning.

I easily met him a month ago, but when I saw him again he provided me a beer, & all of us sat to talk for a while.

He had his pet Max with him, & told me he had spent the entire last many weeks parked in his van at the beach, just enjoying the time of year, and when the weather turned, he would go further south, find another beach, & do it all over again. I asked how he funded his “endless summer” on the beach, & he said that he was a certified Heating & Air Conditioning repair tech. I asked him how that worked, because I had only ever seen Heating & Air Conditioning techs in work vans, wearing respected looking uniforms. He said he didn’t do that kind of work, he had a plan to approach local general corporations who might need a little quick Heating & Air Conditioning work done off the books. He didn’t fill out applications or file tax paperwork, he did quiet Heating & Air Conditioning jobs for money, & then lived off that money until the next town, where he found another corporation, then every town has Heating & Air Conditioning corporations, & they all like finding someone who is skilled, certified, fully trained, & willing to work for cheap. The corporations saved money, our new neighbor didn’t have to set up a bank account, & the Heating & Air Conditioning work got done officially, so it was a win for most people. He told me that he cycled back through this town once a year or so, & usually worked with the same Heating & Air Conditioning corporation every time.
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