“...where both did some work on farms.”
When give a choice, ‘farm-kid’ gets the nod everytime. I’ve worked with a wide swath of humanity and farm-kids are the hardest working and creative workers who generally have no use for emotional drama.
“It’s a cluster ...k. Marines shouldn’t be sitting around filling out forms for equipment they should already have.”
Gunny Hiway.
We farmboys were raised by fathers/grandfathers who knew how to repair equipment creatively with the materials/tools on hand. You work hard and fast and learn quickly that temper tantrums do nothing useful.