Teamwork

 Memorable Vehicles from The Past:

 I am a carpenter but I can do some concrete.

Above was the first pour of what Josh called the Flat. We put it together for him to use while attending college. He did well Staying on the Chancellor's list.

I have no idea how many yards we poured over the years. But once Sherry and I poured 32 yards in one day ourselves.... 110' x 24' drive way! Of course it about killed us. LOL

For today:

A man and his son (Concrete First) will do the slab and driveway.  I talked with the son, got a price. Date is not set. We are hoping to have it done while we are away on a two week RV trip. We need to stay off it at least 5-7 days after it is poured. We are getting 9 yards of concrete.

It really hurts my feelings when I hire something done that I could do myself. Looking at life causes lots of contradictions. Thinking back to my 40s, I looked at 70-80 year old men and thought they are past manual labor, after all he was OLD!

Now I think different. There are some who think I might ‘hurt’ myself pulling and dragging concrete. They think of heart attacks, strokes, etc. ME? I don’t think so. I still think I can put in an 8 hour day.

I am writing this in our motor home. Looking out the window I see our trailer. WE bought it so we would have a place to live when we were not RVng here in Florida. Reasonable campsites are hard to find. I never thought I would see a camp site cost what a motel does. When we started RVng camp sites were $8-$15 a night.  Now they are approaching $100.

Okay I said that to say, the trailer now is occupied by our son. He sold his home in New Port Richey, FL and is bedding down here until his next move. He is now 60 years old. At one time he was the best employee I had. We worked together like hand and glove. On one occasion he said to me, “Dad you are the smartest man in the world!”

NOW? If things were about the same he and I would be pouring this slab. I did the cost of equipment rental, day labor and materials and was giving some thought to awarding the job to him. BUT things are different now. I am no longer smart. He knows more than I do concerning construction, life, family and politics. As my dad would say, ‘We can no longer Gee-Haw.’

He would take this entry wrong, I hope you don’t. I love him to death, probably enabled him too much. I am doing better now; I did let off too much steam once or twice lately, but I am doing better (Sherry says).

Mark doesn’t read Shipslog, he hasn’t read any of my books. He watches TV, old movies etc. the TV stays on 24/7 awake or not. ;-). 

    Jack Jr, me and Mark our two sons (they outgrew me!)

So we will pay someone else to do the job, I will hurt inside watching a man and his son do the job, remembering when Mark and I were a team.

NiteShipslog

PS: From the papers of kids in a Christian School:

9. THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE.