he is part of a weird "team" with this other guy of similar age. they are incredibly knowledgeable about the business and quite frankly, probably have no business being here. but they are here and acting like they are doing us a favor by being here. (i don't want to be here at all)
anyhow this ultra-resume thing is a common problem according to guy in question whom we'll call butch - companies look at butch's resume and think either he's lying or they can't afford him - thus - he doesn't get hired.
he is a little threatening to me because he's a VERY close talker and for whatever reason my senses indicate that lack of space is for sexually predatory reasons rather than a lack of common sense.
he weighs about 275 or so but stands around 5'4". yesterday he went into a somewhat detailed and very brutal description of his testicular problems and surgery from last year, peppering his story with a liberal dose of "that fuckin nut had to come out". i'm not sure if my future memory will do what i heard much justice. he was told by doctors that he developed this hernia after installing 250lb doors on construction sites for many years.
but this, of course, was in the midst of working on the WTC, constructing the empire state plaza, restoring historic households in florida, doing private contracting work for the wealthy queer population of mid-upstate NY, maintaing the NJ turnpike as head foreman during the entire 80s, running a vast arm of a giant acoustical contractor, doing time as an air force tech during vietnam, and then serving 11 years as an medic/EMT somewhere in there.
and on top of all that he ruptured his ball (didn't specify which side), and at the same time the doctor's pointed out that his "moonpie" shaped belly-button outie wasn't normal either; his umbilical cord ruptured along with his fuckin nut. he underwent multiple surgeries on the same day, someone fucked up (most likely the surgeon who applied the gas that separated his skin from his fatty tissues, and he was layed up for 29 weeks (his approximation) because his "balls inflated to the size of any football you've seen". he showed me the size with his hands, to a room empty of any other witness. he tells me these things while we are completely alone.