Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

Thanks @Mini Horses It is the thought that counts right?

Babs- you know I'd be over there in a heartbeat if it were possible!

I hope Devonviolet is putting him to good work.

I really need the young man that used to work for me to come home from his summer job and get back to work for ME. That was downright inconsiderate of him to take off for the entire summer. His mom tells me that he might not be coming back either. He is supposed to weld the milk stands for the dairy. I NEED him here. I could put him to work installing gates.

Goat Whisperer said:

Weird how it all works! LOL

You should have him put some fences up too

So if he's staying at a hotel who has Mel? Did he sell off his chickens? I don't know if he already posted that or not…

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it's funny you should say that @Goat Whisperer. He has already offered to help with the fencing.

The sellers have offered to give him a short term lease until they can get to closing. So, he is now staying there until his shipping container gets there tomorrow.

There is a fenced backyard behind the house and Mel is back there. He has already dug a hole under a bush, to keep cool, out of the sun. So, he is settling in nicely.

He left the chickens behind. I think he gave them to the buyer when he left.

Baymule said:

@Devonviolet I see a lot of this mutual working together for ya'll in the upcoming future!! I'm sure for Latestarter, hanging gates with your DH sure beat sitting in a boring motel room!

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Absolutely! Starting tomorrow. Once the shipping container is delivered, he is going to call us, and we will head over to help him unload it.

He isn't sitting in a boring hotel room any more. Nope! He traded it for a boring, empty house. That's why he called to see if he could come give us a hand here. We were sure glad he called!

babsbag said:

I really need the young man that used to work for me to come home from his summer job and get back to work for ME. That was downright inconsiderate of him to take off for the entire summer. His mom tells me that he might not be coming back either. He is supposed to weld the milk stands for the dairy. I NEED him here. I could put him to work installing gates.

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We can certainly identify, Babs! Finding reliable help here is impossible.

This young man used to do chores for me when he was in High School and even then I could just point him in the right direction and he would figure it out. He has done fencing, tractor work, tree cutting, building dismantling, pen cleaning, weed eating, and last but far from least...WELDING. After high school he went away for a few years and worked in a welding and fabrication shop, his talents go way beyond his 21 years. He welded the gates for my kidding pens and did a really good job. I worked him HARD when we were dismantling the old barn for the dairy. I had a time line and never would have made it without him. He is reliable, honest, fast, and good, and I miss him. And for me he works for cheap as he is farm born and raised and he understands the economics of farm life. I want to adopt him. I pay him extra when I can as paying him by the hour just doesn't seem right as he is always done way sooner than I anticipated.

I suspect, while he is wandering his way thru the world on his current sabbatical, he will very soon learn to bid jobs BY the job, and not by the hour.
that or he will learn to slow down a lot

Right now he is working at a summer lodge doing who knows what...maintenance and recreation was what they told him when they hired him. The only report his mom got a month after she dropped him off was that they all admire his work ethic and attitude. He would love to go into the military but has some health issues and they won't take him; it would suit him well though. And yes, he should work by the job and not the hour.

This thread is getting to be better reading every day. If all of you need more to do we had the skid steer with jack hammer yesterday that lost the battle with our rock. I picked up bags of cement yesterday to make up for some of the less than deep holes.