Management is a tough job.
This last weekend was busy. We had friends come form Wisconsin for the weekend for a visit. Time spent was enjoyable and I was able to spent most of my time with them along with Ruth. Their son wanted to go over to the Grotto located in West Bend, and as it turned out, I was not needed over at Mikes for a construction job he was doing.
I have to admit the Grotto was not big on my list of things to do as we had been there a number of time before, but it had been over 20 years since we last visited. So we all climbed into a mini-van and took off.
When we arrived, I noticed right away they had improved the area a lot. I never did figure out what the improvements were, but I have to admit I enjoyed the walk thru tour and enjoyed the time. I would recommend it to anyone who is passing by to stop in and spend some time. You will scratch you head at what one man and a few helpers can do when they set their mind to it.
Anyway Mike had a project scheduled for this weekend also, which required that he rent a very large trenching machine. I was large enough that I had to pull it over to his place as his truck was not heavy enough. He rented it on Friday, and I was able to get it out there without any issues. He had two friends from Work show up to assist, thus I was able to watch and give advice. As it turned out, I didn't bring any sand shovels with, so we had nothing to lean on. This meant that 3 of us stood around sipping on beer's while one man worked the trencher. Of course drinking beer while standing next to a machine that could take your arm off in a millisecond is what I call management at its best.
I soon tired of this, and because we had company at home, I left. Besides I wanted to be as far away as I could be when they struck water as we hadn't located the existing water line yet. When I arrived back Saturday morning with the shovels, the team was just finishing up with the trencher and was getting around to backfilling everything. Thus my management skills were never really needed and overall I was only able to lean on a shovel for less then 10 minutes.
I guess that's all the time management is needed anyway on any major project.
Later
PS: Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
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