In Case You've Wondered

My blog is where my wandering thoughts are interspersed with stuff I made up. So, if while reading you find yourself confused about the context, don't feel alone. I get confused, too.

If you're here for the stories, I started another blog: scratchingforchange.blogspot.com

One other thing: sometimes I write words you refuse to use in front of children, or polite company, unless you have a flat tire, or hit your thumb with a hammer.

I don't use them to offend; I use them to embellish.

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Friday, October 31, 2014

Tomorrow...

...I will be hoarse. I spent the day teaching three bricks how to run a hot poured rubber joint sealing kettle, and to seal cracks in asphalt paving.

Like water soaking into a rock, the information will penetrate only to a shallow depth, and my inspiring diatribes will bounce around the earth; growing fainter and eventually only being an echo of a physically tiring day.
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  1. DaBladeOctober 31, 2014 at 8:13 PM

    Give a brick a road, and he will journey for a day. Teach a brick how to run a hot poured rubber joint sealing kettle, and to seal cracks in asphalt paving, and he will probably go fishing instead.

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    1. Ed BonderenkaOctober 31, 2014 at 8:58 PM

      Local walmart tire shop is only open til 5, even though Discount Tire nearby closed.
      Why?
      Can't get good help.
      In this economy.

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    2. JessNovember 1, 2014 at 3:05 PM

      I really don't know exactly why so many people don't want to work, but I have the feeling that the mother of invention went South, since the necessity of survival was removed by too many freebies.

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  2. MSgt BNovember 1, 2014 at 8:08 AM

    I'm laughing with you, not at you..

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    1. JessNovember 1, 2014 at 3:06 PM

      I know. You probably see much of the same thing during your travels.

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  3. LeeAnnNovember 1, 2014 at 10:42 AM

    In this case I have it actually easier at work: when I have to train a new coworker, I have at least a 65% chance they will retain the valuable knowledge I impart to them. This is based on the inexplicable bias BossMan has against hiring people too dumb to accurately fill out a one-page, large font, application. This actually worked well for me, since I am an excellent filler-outer. Not so great a cashier, but hey, nobody's perfect.
    Which I'm sure you can surely testify to, especially after your day.

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    1. JessNovember 1, 2014 at 3:08 PM

      I had one fill out an application, had the necessary skills and didn't write down a phone number. Such little things indicate either an unwillingness to work, or the attention span of a gnat.

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  4. Ed BonderenkaNovember 1, 2014 at 10:43 AM

    I however am faced with a plethora of good choices for a position I have to fill.
    Four applicants, and I wish I had four positions to fill.

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    1. JessNovember 1, 2014 at 3:09 PM

      Your apprehension will grow, when you finally make a choice. Mr. Murphy usually determines that choice will be the fourth best.

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    2. JessNovember 1, 2014 at 3:10 PM

      ...and I have to add you won't have any choices when the time for such choices arrive.

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