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After a short six month period to orient himself with the new parameters of the Canadian company and after he learned to communicate better in English Anton’s father started earning a full mechanic’s wages which was a good amount of money each month. His father stood six and an half feet up and his wide shoulders filled the small door of their house each time he went in or out. A man of true European style taught Anton his ways and means and with the help of his wife Adina, they raised a sensible and down to earth young man who took after his father and grew high like his old man.
After Anton finished high school and the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, where he graduated in social studies, he did odd jobs, since he never bothered finding a job in his field as social worker, and under his father’s advice he applied for a position at CP Rail where he stayed for almost two years. Having a steady job he managed to get a bank loan which he used to buy his first vehicle: a black GMC pickup truck which he still drives. Having no inclination to become a CP Rail engineer at the advice of the CP Rail yard foreman and seeing no future working for the railroads he decided to try and find something else. He took a couple of courses via correspondence: an electrical apprenticeship and a plumbing apprenticeship and being a smart and observant guy he hoped to land a job soon.
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Manolis Aligizakis 