Sign of the Times
Yesterday afternoon I met with this fellow who is selling the timber off about 100 acres of his land and is willing to sell me some of the laps for making logs for growing mushroom at a reasonable price if I cut them. So, we met with the folks from the timber company to determine when I might be on-site to cut them. Turns out that's after they knock off at 4:00 in the afternoon, but it's plenty of time before dark. As I was dropping this fellow off at his house, he dropped the question: "Dave, are you willing to sign an agreement that I'm not responsible if you get hurt cutting the logs?"
There's your sign of the times. And, we have only three practicing lawyers in the entirety of Alleghany County!
I agreed and will start cutting them next week.
Anyhow, speaking of death-defying acts, the househusband is in the process of cleaning windows. "Death defying?", you ask. Well, yes. I've got a 20 foot ladder set up in the living area and I can still reach the top windows only with a pole. It's the first time they have been cleaned inside since the house was built and it may well be the last on my watch. All I've got left for today are the lower ones that will merely maim me if I fall.
The mulching project was completed. Turns out the "truck load" was something like 45 cubic yards! Imagine, if you will, a pile of mulch that was 30 feet long, 12 feet wide and 4 or 5 feet feet high. In the flatlands around Cary and Apex, that's somewhere around $1000 worth of mulch. At Delp's it was $101.41 worth ... delivered. I asked the guy if he was certain about that $1.41. "Yup, $101.41 exactly." So, I painstakingly wrote the check out for "One hundred and one and 41/100 ---------- dollars". And, over the next five days, I lifted every piece of that $101.41 mountain of mulch twice with a pitch fork, once into the wheelbarrow and once more out.
Man, I need a vacation from retirement!
There's your sign of the times. And, we have only three practicing lawyers in the entirety of Alleghany County!
I agreed and will start cutting them next week.
Anyhow, speaking of death-defying acts, the househusband is in the process of cleaning windows. "Death defying?", you ask. Well, yes. I've got a 20 foot ladder set up in the living area and I can still reach the top windows only with a pole. It's the first time they have been cleaned inside since the house was built and it may well be the last on my watch. All I've got left for today are the lower ones that will merely maim me if I fall.
The mulching project was completed. Turns out the "truck load" was something like 45 cubic yards! Imagine, if you will, a pile of mulch that was 30 feet long, 12 feet wide and 4 or 5 feet feet high. In the flatlands around Cary and Apex, that's somewhere around $1000 worth of mulch. At Delp's it was $101.41 worth ... delivered. I asked the guy if he was certain about that $1.41. "Yup, $101.41 exactly." So, I painstakingly wrote the check out for "One hundred and one and 41/100 ---------- dollars". And, over the next five days, I lifted every piece of that $101.41 mountain of mulch twice with a pitch fork, once into the wheelbarrow and once more out.
Man, I need a vacation from retirement!
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