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90-year-old roofer has no plans to retire

A roofer, who is also a Navy veteran, recently turned 90 years old and has no plans of retiring any time soon.

90-year-old roofer has no plans to retire
A roofer, who is also a Navy veteran, recently turned 90 years old and has no plans of retiring any time soon.
WEBVTT KELLIE: HE HAS 70 YEARS OF ROOFING EXPERIENCE AND NO PLANS TO QUIT WORKING ANY TIME SOON. GULSTAN: AT 90 YEARS OLD, NAVY VET JOE STAYNER MAY BE THE OLDEST ROOFER IN SACRAMENTO AND HE SAYS CLIMBING LADDERS AND FIXING LEAKS IS WHAT KEEPS HIM FEELING YOUNG. HOW HARD IS IT TO BLOWOUT 90 CANDLES? HIS GRANDSON COULD NOT GET THE JOB DONE, BUT FOR JOE STAYNER, IT WAS A PIECE OF CAKE. THE NAVY VETERAN MOVED TO SACRAMENTO AFTER WORLD WAR II AND STARTED HIS ROOFING COMPANY WHEN HE WAS 20. AND 70 YEARS LATER, HE IS STILL RUNNING THE BUSINESS. I DON'T PLAN ON QUITTING PRETTY QUICK. MOTHER NATURE HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME. GULSTAN: HE SAYS HE STILL FEEL SAFE WORKING ON TOP OF MULTI-STORY BUILDINGS. IT MAKES ME LOOK BAD WATCHING THEM GO UP. GULSTAN: HE CLIMBS LADDERS WITH THE SAME SUREFOOTED SPEED HE HAD BACK IN 1946. WE HAD 50 MEN WORKING AT ONE TIME. RIGHT NOW, I DO IT MYSELF. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT HE WOULD BE DOING THAT HIMSELF. GULSTAN: RIGHT NOW, HE IS TRYING TO CATCH UP ON REPAIR JOBS. HE MISSED WORK BECAUSE HIS SONS TOOK HIM TO EUROPE TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY. IN FRANCE, HE VISITED THE WORLD WAR I BATTLEFIELDS WHERE HIS OWN FATHER WAS MUSTARD GASSED AND LEFT FOR DEAD. HE EVEN VISITED THE VATICAN. WE DID A LOT OF WALKING. HE WAS AMAZING. HE KEPT UP WITH YOUNGER GUYS. GULSTAN: HIS SONS CREDIT HIS FATHER STRENGTH AND LONGEVITY TO CLIMBING ROOFS. WE TRIED TO GET A MOP WHEN HE TURNED 80. WE SLOWLY REALIZED IT KEEPS THEM GOING. STAYING ACTIVE LET YOU LIVE A LONG TIME. GULSTAN: HE LOOKS GREAT. STAYNER HAS A BLACK BELT IN JUDO AND BRIEFLY CO-OWNED THE SACRAMENTO JUDO CLUB. HE'S ALSO ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. HE'S THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MAHALA LION'S CLUB. HE HAS A LOT ON HIS PLATE BUT IT KEEPS THEM YOUNG. KELLIE: I LOVE HIS BIRTHDAY
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90-year-old roofer has no plans to retire
A roofer, who is also a Navy veteran, recently turned 90 years old and has no plans of retiring any time soon.
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