The Owners' Manual | Issue 24 | Spring 2022

Robert Wilcher Job Captain I

During the 2008 recession, I was one of 12 left in my firm (was a firm of 75). As you might have experienced, cut pay and benefits were standard and I was struggling with a mortgage. Things were going from bad to worse in my personal life also, the world sucked! Then an old friend helped me out with some moonlighting (which was allowed by my firm). I didn’t expect the payback to be so nice. After I got my finances back into shape, I felt a spark. I looked for months for the right price. Then it appeared 200 miles away, the exact match to my dreams. I flew from Tampa to Jacksonville to a little motorcycle shop that was going out of business with only a helmet and jacket. I walked into the shop and jumped on my new Ducati Monster! It was a huge splurge and a great way to turn around a bad time in my life. My Duc may be long and gone now, but the best part of the whole story, is that it’s how I met my wife. That’s another story! Thanks for listening.

John Carroll Principal Environmental Scientist

After sailing boats owned by my family and friends for many years, when I was fresh out of college I saved up and bought my first boat! She was a high performance race boat that I named “Jammin”.

Michael Burgess Senior Construction Administrator Either the KitchenAid mixer for my wife or the PS5 for my teens.