Ice Ice Baby

What happens when you put 2 seniors, a four wheeler, ice, a Kubota tractor, a snowmobiel, one day, a camera, and two microwave pizzas together?

You get an awesome day of shoveling out a stuck snomobiel, an hour of plowing wiht a Kubota tractor, hours upon hours of doughnuts on the ice wiht a fourwheeler all the wile picture taking and video clipping it. The pizzas are eaten for lunch.

That is what I did for my last day of Vacation.

What did you do with yours?

The Crew

There are 11 of them, not including me. One is seasonal. Each of them are special in their own right.

First there is Doug. Skinny doesn’t even start to describe him. His special power is mind control. He can control anyone he wants by saying regular words.

Then there is Lucy. Her personality can brighten the mood anywhere, anytime.

Kip is the lead tech guy. He is down to earth and can figure out any problem. He has street smarts.

George is equally smart, just a different kind of smart. He could fix an armchair from across the world using a palm pilot.

Mitch is the strong silent type who can make anyone look deaf. He will mumble so much that you have to ask what multiple times and move closer each time.

Stephanie is one of our three drivers. Her skill in driving is control. She can control other vehicles and tell them where to go. Her eyesight accompanies this.

Jasmine is an adventurous easy going transporter. She brings a new meaning to get you there fast.

Joseph is a never ending fountain of personal stories set on repeat. He will talk your ear off. He is the third transporter, part time.

Jay is a grunt. He has some good ideas here and there, he knows his job, but his forte is work. He has stamina and endurance.

Lincoln is the one day wonder. He brings doughnuts and knows the technical aspects of the job. He has wits and cool-power.

Mike is the seasonal hero. When he is here during the summer, he kicks butt. He gets things done but what he does best is make people laugh. His humor is uncontestable.

Then there is me. I can mess things up big time and survive. I have smaller talents like maneuvering planes.
Our group is a formidable opponent.

Series of Events

I invite a lvoely friend of mine to go out for lunch at a local McDonalds around 12:15 ish this after noon and she agrees. I pick her up and we are off to the cabaret. The drive through, once again, is too narrow to pass so we wait while the ladies and gents in front of us order from their Audis and Escalades. The truck squeezes by as I pop it into 4WD, just in case. We pull aorund to the other side of the building and I scout out a decent spot to park. We defect from the Ford and head inside, crossing the perilous drive thru lane. We enter to have a warm greeting by a gracious, smiling employee behind the somewhat greasy counter. The orders are made andthe drinks are served. My lovely friend goes to find the perfect table to enjoy our meal at while I wait to pick it up. She finds one close to the front. The cleanest of them all. We sit and chat about teh exciting times we have had over our vacation and then talk about the boring times we had. The boring took longer to talk about. After she ate her chicken nuggets and I ate my number one wiht a double cheese burger, we exited the building, content wiht teh meal and our full stomachs to prove it. The truck came to life as we buckled up and I put it in Drive.

Now what happens next can get confusing, so follow closely.

As I start towards the parking lot exit we see an old couple in a van facing the building. A closer look reveals that the man appears to be either:

A) Shaving his wifes beard.

or

B) Drawing a mustache on ehr while she sleeps.

To explain the A portion. She had her head back, almost liek she was in a barbers chair. He was naking motions aorund her neck and face. Why would he be shaving her beard off at this cabaret? He wouldn't be unless he was crazy. If he is crazy why is he driving. So that leads up to believe that what he was doing was actually option B.

I explained this to my friend as we pulled out. I knew the situation perfectly. She, his wife, had alzheimers. She could never remember his name a or anything that he asked her to do for him. To get even wiht her he decided to take her to this cabaret, fill her with food to make her sleep, and then draw a mustache on her face, withought her knowing. I quoted the man to my lovely friend as we drove past the old Pizza Hut building.

scruffy voice "This is for having alzheimers! This will teach you to forget me! The mustache will make sure you never forget! Har har harrrrr!"

That must have been the exact thing that was happeneing. It made more sense than shaving his wife's beard.

We continued on and I dropped her off at her mansion and I went to my humble abode.

The previous story is TRUE. I in no way made it up. I will prove it if need be.

The cabaret:

Snow Sucks

So pretty much winter here sucks if you dont ski, snowboard, snomobiel or ice fish. If the only thing you can do with the snow is shovel it and make crappy snowmen, which gets old fast, the winter is sure to drive you crazy. As is with me. Its been snowing for close to 24 hours as of right now. not a fluffy slow snow, of course not, but a heavy wet snow that amkes driving suck and plans impossible. Hence why I started this blog. I have played video games, I have watched youtube videos, I have talked to friends who are also bored. Winter is really fun.
So to all those who dont get this kind of snow: Enjoy it.

The Office of the Saltmine

I am here in the office of the Salt mine. There is a mechanist here that I want to tell you about. She is pretty awesome. She i always helping out other Machinists, Miners and Drones of the company. But she does more than that. She helps the customers too. The owners of the Mine have limited her ability to help customers. So instead of a great customer care policy, they have decided to make it a "good enough for government work" policy. That is odd. You would think they would want to keep a good work related relationship between workers and customer. It is a mystery. Anyway, back to this mechanist, she works diligently all the time. Getting to work early to make sure she stays healthy and filing paperwork are all in a good days work for her. She is known as a leader in her working community. Her humor is uncontested. Her witty remarks and role playing acts keeps this Salt mine running. Congratulations for a job well done.