Hello,
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One more of the catch up attempts. This one chronicles the end of the excavation/filling/smashing/compacting cycle…for now.
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It begins, not surprisingly, with the rental of the compactor.
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![A close up view of these \"safety first\" connections on the welder is worth it.](https://rrop.org/wp-content/uploads/photoscompressor/img_0567.jpg "A close up view of these \\"safety first\\" connections on the welder is worth it.")
![And here is the approved safety mask in use. The only problem was that they weren\'t fixing it for me. Between the time I had secured it by phone, 8:00am and when I arrived as promised an hour later, the manager had rented it to someone else and then split, leaving his unsuspecting assistant in the hornets\' nest. I called his mobile phone. No answer. Then I heard her talking to him. I got the phone. He hung up. Wouldn\'t answer anybody\'s calls after that. It was of course the last compactor and I was of course dying to compact him. I had twenty guys waiting for this thing. If you know of anything more frustrating in an impotent feeling sort of way than hollering into a hung up phone, drop me a line. I\'d be anxious to hear. The only collateral damage was the poor guy who thought maybe he could insinuate himself into the situation as a problem solver and addressed me with a saccharine \"Jambo!\" It\'s a sucker greeting. Strictly for tourists. Kenyan\'s don\'t use it in real life. Too bad he couldn\'t hang up his phone and not hear me.](https://rrop.org/wp-content/uploads/photoscompressor/img_0570.jpg "And here is the approved safety mask in use. The only problem was that they weren\'t fixing it for me. Between the time I had secured it by phone, 8:00am and when I arrived as promised an hour later, the manager had rented it to someone else and then split, leaving his unsuspecting assistant in the hornets\' nest. I called his mobile phone. No answer. Then I heard her talking to him. I got the phone. He hung up. Wouldn\'t answer anybody\'s calls after that. It was of course the last compactor and I was of course dying to compact him. I had twenty guys waiting for this thing. If you know of anything more frustrating in an impotent feeling sort of way than hollering into a hung up phone, drop me a line. I\'d be anxious to hear. The only collateral damage was the poor guy who thought maybe he could insinuate himself into the situation as a problem solver and addressed me with a saccharine \\"Jambo!\\" It\'s a sucker greeting. Strictly for tourists. Kenyan\'s don\'t use it in real life. Too bad he couldn\'t hang up his phone and not hear me.")
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Let’s have lunch,
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David
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Linda says
October 18, 2008 at 2:55 pmyou write so well, Oscar, and anyone would react that way!! Even Mother Theresa I imagine.
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David says
October 19, 2008 at 1:09 amLinda,
For me it goes in streaks. At the end of a long stretch here like this one, I can be like a full tea cup, anything added causes overflow. Your prayers help, I’m sure.
David