January Journal/Happy New Year

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

and one of those days she will be gone or be so far away you hardly get to see her and then you will wish she was back around. One of these days, you will be in her shoes with ambitious teenagers that need thousands of dollars for an RO or car, etc! LOL

[dano2840]

im staying right here in vt she wont go far away
my kids are gunna work in my sugar house not start their own, So y would they ask me for thousands of dollars?.........................hehehe
the only other problem i have right now is
I STILL NEED AN EVAPORATOR!!!!

[3% Solution]

Hey Dano,
You got a job?

[dano2840]

in tha summer time, right now my job is go to school hang pipe, 5 days aweek and then hang pipe hang pipe on the weekends

[3% Solution]

Dano,
What's your summer job?

[mapleman3]

Picked up the gate keys yesterday for my north bush. took a ride in, everything looks great. I'll start in there putting up mainline on Sunday.
This morning its a tad nippy a- -11 so maybe I should add a layer or wear a hat. Just starting to get cold

[dano2840]

Dano,
What's your summer job?

cuttin' grass
but i gues the real job tittle is professional landscaper, we do a tiney bit of land scaping but we mow 5 days a week, i started out as the trimmer guy, and did a tiney bit of mowing on the ZTRs but then his other guy who had worked for him for years left to work for a company where he could get benifits, and gues who gotta promotion! since he left most of the day is on the ZTR. They're big yella hustlers. "the worlds fastest mower" and they are, on a soccer field thats probably 6-7 acres we have it mowed in 40-50 min, they do 15mph and he tells me to go as fast as they can on the straight aways, he asked me if i would work this summer, i said yes then he said good now i can give you your raise.
$12 an hour, YAY!

i like it, reg hours, Its nicer than the irregular hrs working on the farm, and the moneys better, leaves more time to get my personal work done, like mowing my own accounts,....... Ididnt have a car last year so i would drive my mowers down the road, thats how i got them there and thats how i got them home. also leaves time to get my sugaring stuff done like putting up sugar wood, and other logging, brush hogging, garden making, and all the other things ppl hire me for....

[dano2840]

yestarday i tried to fire up the vac pump, i gues it doesnt work well when its 2 degrees, it plugs in hard to the extension cord, when the motor fired up and was struggleing i started to wiggle the plug to get it out of the extension cord, before i could get it unplugged it tripped the GFI outlet on the outside of my house, then i went to reset it to plug my tractor back in and i think it was froze up cause the reset button wouldnt reset it. NOW HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET INTO THE WOODS IF THE TRATER WONT START????

[dano2840]

ok we had a 90 min delay and im finaly at school ive gotta take my drivers licence test in about 10 min, its -24 outside, my feet are hurting some thing terrable from waiting for the bus gotta thaw them out so i can drive w/ my drivers ed teacher and get my license! it doesnt matter any way if i cant afford to pay the insurace because sugarings used up my money. im gunna get on my moms insurance but its still 700 bucks, uggggggg

[3% Solution]

mapleman3,
Yup, getting cold here too ................ -22 last night!!!!
Now that'll put a snap in your shorts!!!

Dano,
Sounds like you've got a good summer job there (plus your own work).
When I was your age I worked in the cemetary department, like you say it was steady and the pay was good.
Good luck on your driver's test!!!

Dave