Memryz

Ah memryz, sitting with the head sets on late at night not botherin a soul. Head bangin tunes from the 70's, Captain Beyond, Little Feat. OK little Feat ain't no Head bangin group but that Captain Wa Who! How time has flown and the memryz accumulate.
Was livin within site of the worst smell in Pratville, the paper mill, when I first heard Captain Beyond. Dad had bought a trailer for Neysa and I to live in and set it up in a park just off of old 31 near a cement factory. Not a shade tree within a hundred yards! Hotter than *&%#@. So we moved it to the cesspool of Pratville but at least it had shade. within 2 years we had 3 acres and a house south of Montgomery on old 31 in Letohatchee. That's where the Feat came to me. In the person of Mike Martin. Wierder than dirt with a smile. Knew the boy for another 5 years, well into the second wife, then nada. Yep time flies but memryz just creep around and grab ya!

Zippidee Dodah

Succumbing

All of my working life I've either made my living with my skills or my labor or both. Never was interested in making money off of others. Not that I thought it was wrong it just never appealed to me.
This year I guess I'll succumb to the system and become a General Contractor(guess it's what tired old carpenters do). That's were I arrange for tradesmen and materials to come together for a customer to complete a project for them. This project is a $300,000 home. My slice of the pie will be considerable. It's not that I will get payed for doing nothing it's just that I'll get paid real good for doing something that I feel is not very much.
While this house is being built by others I only have to see that the material is on the site for them, take care of the inspections, see that they've done what their contract calls for and pay them.
Between those responsibilities I'll be building a small addition for a family in my neighborhood and an addition on our house.
Gonna be a busy year. Hopefully a profitable one too!

Zippidee Dodah