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Hey, folks, this is Max Jung Rice from the StoryCorps podcast.

Just want to remind you that we would love to hear your personal stories.

So call our voicemail at 702-706, T-A-L-K.

This week, we want you to tell us the story of something your family passed on to you.

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It's the StoryCorps podcast from NPR. I'm Michael Garofalo, sitting in for Jasmine

Morris this week, and on this show, we bring you stories from the largest collection of

human voices ever gathered to find the beauty and wisdom hidden in ordinary lives.

There's a difference between your job and your work.

Your job is something you leave behind at the end of a day, but your work is everything you leave behind at the end of a lifetime.

In this episode, the place where work and family meet.

As children, we didn't have that leisure time. You know, we couldn't go to the playground.

He said to us, I need you at the garage. I was in junior high when I figured I was going to follow in the

family footsteps. Are you nervous for me to take it over? No, I'm not nervous about that.

You will be the fourth generation of the family line.

For some kids, what your parents do all day is something of a mystery.

Not for the people we're about to hear from, though.

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