bad news
My father called this evening to tell me that my uncle (his brother) had died this morning. My uncle had had cancer for a long time, so this was in no way unexpected, but still. . .
I learned a lot from him when I was young:
I'll always remember him grading student papers on Thanksgiving, which was my first clue that teachers don't like homework either.
He taught me how to make change, even though he always set the price on his cotton candy, balloons, games, etc to multiples of a quarter in order to make it easy on his workers.
Hmmm. When running Romex through a new wall, put the holes though the studs at a different height than where you'll be nailing up the sheetrock. I've never had an opportunity to use this piece of knowledge, but there it is in my brain. . .
Millinocket is a town, so "going to millinock it" is about travel, not an item on a todo list.
Making things look easy is usually the result of careful planning and good prep work.
I'll think of more, but that's enough for now.
I learned a lot from him when I was young:
I'll always remember him grading student papers on Thanksgiving, which was my first clue that teachers don't like homework either.
He taught me how to make change, even though he always set the price on his cotton candy, balloons, games, etc to multiples of a quarter in order to make it easy on his workers.
Hmmm. When running Romex through a new wall, put the holes though the studs at a different height than where you'll be nailing up the sheetrock. I've never had an opportunity to use this piece of knowledge, but there it is in my brain. . .
Millinocket is a town, so "going to millinock it" is about travel, not an item on a todo list.
Making things look easy is usually the result of careful planning and good prep work.
I'll think of more, but that's enough for now.