I personally know John Tice, aka as Trapper John. He is a retired Boilermaker who was a Project Superintendent for Riley Stoker, working on power house maintenance and repair. I worked as one of his foremen on an air heater replacement.

He is the salt of the earth. During my time with him, he was a stand up guy, he never backtracked on anything he said and stood by his men when he needed to. He was smart, he listened when someone had something to say and we put in @500,000 man-hours and nobody got hurt.

Having said that, he would spin a yarn and yank your chain with the best of them. If fun was the objective, truth just might take a backseat.

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James L. "Jim" Rhiner