Joel Struthers
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I had saved up enough money, sent it home and invested it over those six years that I had enough to pay for my license, which was, I think it wasn't far off of 70 grand at the time.
I had saved up enough money, sent it home and invested it over those six years that I had enough to pay for my license, which was, I think it wasn't far off of 70 grand at the time.
Not the wrong liquid, but the one that didn't long-term.
Not the wrong liquid, but the one that didn't long-term.
Not the wrong liquid, but the one that didn't long-term.
Yeah. Now coming to that point, I can't take all the credit for that. I'd help people said, Hey, you got money, you'll invest for me. That was actually my family.
Yeah. Now coming to that point, I can't take all the credit for that. I'd help people said, Hey, you got money, you'll invest for me. That was actually my family.
Yeah. Now coming to that point, I can't take all the credit for that. I'd help people said, Hey, you got money, you'll invest for me. That was actually my family.
But the difference, I think, when we come back to it, the Legion, the style of life, we didn't really have a lot of free time to spend that money on. Yeah, that makes more sense. Yeah, so you kind of ended up with this chunk of change. But anyway, so I knew nothing about it, but I got into the flight school with Vancouver Island Helicopters on the island.
But the difference, I think, when we come back to it, the Legion, the style of life, we didn't really have a lot of free time to spend that money on. Yeah, that makes more sense. Yeah, so you kind of ended up with this chunk of change. But anyway, so I knew nothing about it, but I got into the flight school with Vancouver Island Helicopters on the island.
But the difference, I think, when we come back to it, the Legion, the style of life, we didn't really have a lot of free time to spend that money on. Yeah, that makes more sense. Yeah, so you kind of ended up with this chunk of change. But anyway, so I knew nothing about it, but I got into the flight school with Vancouver Island Helicopters on the island.
It was funny because I submitted my application, told the Legion, my commanding officer, that I wasn't going to re-sign. I was heading off. And they understood, but I had my interview from the phone booth on the parade square. The parade square in our company, there was a phone booth in the corner. And so I was talking to the guy, the chief pilot at the training school.
It was funny because I submitted my application, told the Legion, my commanding officer, that I wasn't going to re-sign. I was heading off. And they understood, but I had my interview from the phone booth on the parade square. The parade square in our company, there was a phone booth in the corner. And so I was talking to the guy, the chief pilot at the training school.
It was funny because I submitted my application, told the Legion, my commanding officer, that I wasn't going to re-sign. I was heading off. And they understood, but I had my interview from the phone booth on the parade square. The parade square in our company, there was a phone booth in the corner. And so I was talking to the guy, the chief pilot at the training school.
And there was a bit of a delay. And he's like, where are you calling from? And I remember saying, well, actually, the parade square in the French Foreign Legion in the island of Corsica. You know, he was like, there's a... A noticeable pause. An additional pause. So got out in 2000, straight into school within a month or two. It was a six month program.
And there was a bit of a delay. And he's like, where are you calling from? And I remember saying, well, actually, the parade square in the French Foreign Legion in the island of Corsica. You know, he was like, there's a... A noticeable pause. An additional pause. So got out in 2000, straight into school within a month or two. It was a six month program.
And there was a bit of a delay. And he's like, where are you calling from? And I remember saying, well, actually, the parade square in the French Foreign Legion in the island of Corsica. You know, he was like, there's a... A noticeable pause. An additional pause. So got out in 2000, straight into school within a month or two. It was a six month program.