Phil is an engineer … in “big business electricity generation” (not Eskom) if I’m not mistaken. 
… the reference to the “life experience” mentioned.
Soon-to-be gentleman farmer and eccentric tinkerer found on a rocking chair on a stoep facing West of an evening sipping brandy in a hemisphere near you.
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The honourable Baden Powell identified this when he fought in the Boer War. He started the scout/cub organisation which taught how to improvise in life to get things done. He’s not a hero of mine but I admire the contribution he made to managing our mindset to be resourceful.