I thought about this thread, and the underlying theme today.
I was sitting in a client's office. He owns a maintenance shop which specializes in Lake Amphibians, among other types. His director of maintenance intercommed him to inquire about a particular Lake, which they are reviewing for a potential purchaser. The DoM inquired about a rebuild signed out by a aircraft maintainer I knew as a kid. The name caught my ear, it has been more than 35 years since I have heard of him.
I used to hang around his little airport, and do whatever I could to get near an airplane. He put me to work as a 14 year old, with my first job being scraping off and cleaning excess sealant applied to the hull joints of a Lake. I asked the the DoM what year the maintenance entry was made: 1975. Yup, that was the right year, that would be the same plane. It's still flying today, and up for sale.
A little tiny reminder to me from my very distant past, that volunteering worked out really well for my career in aviation......