Friday, February 29, 2008

WELL --IT WAS A NICE DRIVE ANYWAY!!!

This morning at 6 am , my wife and I left headed south. She had an appointment for surgery on her foot in Marble Falls TX. When she woke her eye was bothering her , and she washed it out . Now we are off to see the Wizard.

Once we got on our way it became apparent that this was more than an irritated eye. So as soon as the hour became reasonable , She started calling her local M.D. Sorry office closed till Monday! HERE IS WHERE THE MISTAKE IS MADE!!!!! The smart choice seemed to be to call the podiatrist and ask him to take care of getting some eye drops for her eye , and so she did. He said they would take care of it when she got there since we were just minutes away.

Neither of us expected the surgery center to refuse to do the foot surgery because of this eye infection. So--------------repeat in 2 weeks.

She has asked me on numerous occasions to amputate ---but I refuse. This normally active woman has been out of sorts with a foot problem or another for over 2 years. I have seen her handle pain over these last 20 + years and this is the first time I have seen her surrender to her pain. She usually just works through it and goes on. It is very frustrating not to be able to help any more than just kind words and prayers.

At least this doctor ( a kid -- 2 years out of school) found the problem . A microscopic bone sliver stuck into a nerve. Found it by testing in 2 mm sections instead of 4mm. Amazing!!!
Minor surgery to remove it-----but for an eye infection!!!

So the saga continues and I will update Ya ll when we RIDE SOUTH FOR BLOOD-REDUX

thanks for your time
Scott e

Monday, February 25, 2008

Whew!

I just have to tell you about a great deal I made this week. I sell things for other people, besides being a fiberglass suckerod salesman-I am also an auctioneer.

I sold 2 huge A\C units to a guy in Georgia. He sent a truck because I sell this big stuff as is - where is. We met a crane and the truck Saturday at 1 pm. Well almost -----crane is late.

2 pm and here is the crane---I be the swamper. Loaded and Rolling off to...........................................

Big Spring ----where the truck driver stops at the local TA truck stop and weighs the load............................. OVERWEIGHT BY 8000 LBS.
Saturday evening and now We need to unload 10,000 lbs of a\c equip off of this truck.
And because of the way that I loaded this truck , It is gonna take a crane to get the 10,000 lb switch off of this truck. I cradled the big units around this one and it must be lifted straight up.
No fork lift will do .
Oh did I forget to mention that due to the refinery blast earlier this week there is not a single crane or cherry picker available ----they are at the refinery.
Sunday morn..............................................more of the same. 1 p m Auction truck still overloaded.
Monday morn................Dispatcher calls ----truck need to go to Houston by Wed. They want to unload and reload on another truck.................................and after 2 hours of phone time to the buyer\shipper, trucker, broker, truck owner, crane operator, crane owner get the truck back to Big Spring(Dispatcher had sent him to Midland ????)...........................................Unloaded right?
Nope........................Wind too high! Gusts to 60mph!! We will wait to sundown--maybe the wind will die down. ...................................................................................................................................................................................more tomorrow.
thanks for YOUR time,
Scott e

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Dodging A Pretty Big Bullet!!!!!

Wow! Talk about the work of the Lord! We witnessed it in Big Spring , Tx yesterday. Alon(Fina, Total, Cosden) Refinery exploded at 8 am. If it had not been President's Day ( I know eerie isn't it) there would have been many more people injured. My mom's old office took a very big hit. Shrapnal and glass plus the actual concussion did a number on that building.

Thank God , there were only 5 injuries, and none of them are life threatening. Paul Berringer has 2nd Degree burns and at this posting is in Lubbock in Satifactory Condition. 2 others were treated for ear drum ruptures, and 1 for a concussion. 1 lady driving on I 20 was injured by the blast , also treated and released. There is alot to be said for the quick actions of employees of Alon, and every entity in Howard County and surrounding communities. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED.

But out of this tragedy comes an action which I find deplorable----The Big Spring Herald came out yesterday afternoon with a special free edition of the paper. This edition contained articles and pictures of the explosion along with a single half page ad. You Guessed It!

An Out of Town Attorney

Field of Expertise--wrongful death and injury!!! Oil Field Accidents!

Luckily this scum wasted his money----this time!!!

Shame on the Big Spring Herald for even publishing this under the pretense of being Free!
It wasn't free for the attorney at least--hahahahahahaaha
It wasn't as cheap for the paper either---I forsee a mass non renewal of this paper in the near future. Lost me as an advertiser also----maybe some out of town auctioneer will advertise in place of me.

I do PRAISE THE LORD that no one was killed or more seriously injured in this accident!
thanks for your time
Scott e

Friday, February 8, 2008

Bumped Out of Bad Boy Blast

Yep, thats right. I got bumped out of the sporting clay event of the year. Oh well , It is the boss of my company. If he can't shoot for some reason then I'm back in. I really can't complain , he did give me an Iphone yesterday. I think I may be able to throw this laptop away now.
Anyone need a shooter to fill out a team. I will pay my own way.
thanks for your time
ScottE

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

One Lucky Man

My co-worker won a new 2008 Ford F-150 tonight. He called me to let me know that he would be late to a meeting that we have scheduled tomorrow morning. You might be lucky enough to know this guy, Raymond Swafford, but as far as I am concerned - the right guy won this deal.

This was one of those purchases, solicited by a customer, that was a kid's school fundraiser. We have all bought a bunch of things from kids fundraisers. I think this is a better deal than wrapping paper or chocolates. Props to the Stanton School District and White Motor co in Stanton.

Raymond--You deserved that!!!

Thanks for your time
Scott e