IF YOU HAPPENED TO FOLLOW THE LINK FROM MY SISTER'S BLOG!!!
TOMORROW SHE WILL LEARN!!!!! SHE HAD BETTER DO HER BEST , CAUSE I AM GONNA BEAT HER BUTT AT SPORTING CLAYS.
Yeah , well ---- if you have ever seen her shoot ---you know that I''ve got a knack for idle threats!!!! Really I love this sport and no doubt the breaking clays never ask your gender!! I have put off trying it for years because of Janie's skill with a skattergun.
Ya'll wish me luck---maybe if you all pray ---I won't embarrass myself or Janie!!!!
Post our results tomorrow!!!
thanks for your time
scotte
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
Texas Tech AADE shoot
Called Janie this morning at just the right time, she was fixin to shoot a sporting clay event and her team had 1 opening. So I grabbed my gear and off to WindWalker. Caught up on the 3rd station and began to freeze my butt off.
Janie may say that I might of beat her if I had started at the first station, but she isn't taking into account that on every station -===she met an old friend, talked to a customer, took a phone call, smoozed with a opportunity, and just shot as an afterthought!!!
One of these days maybe......maybe.......I can be like her!!! I'm not talking about the shooting , I am talking about the other! She truly is a celebrity in the Oil Patch (not just the Permian Basin),
I saw a lot of good people, ate a lot of good food, got a sore shoulder, got to be with Janie, and got paid to do it!!!!
Someone remind me how hard this job is!!!!!!
Thanks again Janie,
ScottE
Janie may say that I might of beat her if I had started at the first station, but she isn't taking into account that on every station -===she met an old friend, talked to a customer, took a phone call, smoozed with a opportunity, and just shot as an afterthought!!!
One of these days maybe......maybe.......I can be like her!!! I'm not talking about the shooting , I am talking about the other! She truly is a celebrity in the Oil Patch (not just the Permian Basin),
I saw a lot of good people, ate a lot of good food, got a sore shoulder, got to be with Janie, and got paid to do it!!!!
Someone remind me how hard this job is!!!!!!
Thanks again Janie,
ScottE
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
I HOPE THIS ISN'T CONTAGIOUS!!!!!
What a day!!! Up at 6 am and youngest off to school. Then off to the West to Midland to call on customers. First rattle out of the box, I go to refill the caffeine canister (BIG coffee cup) and slosh coffee down the front of my shirt. Luckily I am wearing a pastel green shirt that is made of some synthetic fiber that absorbs coffee as readily as dye!!!
So now I sit at my desk to answer emails (really blog browsing) and the phone rings, a second later my intercom buzzes and our Adm. asst. asks me who to direct a call towards. She tells me that this is a customer who wants to talk to our sales manager--ABOUT A SALESMAN!!!!!
So I tell her to get his name , digits, and company name and we will have the boss call him.
Who's customer--...................................................MINE!!!!!!! Tense 15 minutes and the boss calls me to let me off the hook, the call was about a friend of his who applied to our company.
Back to phone calls and emails , trying to set up lunches & appointments for next week, just trying to make work until my lunch appointment at 11.30 am. No luck --all my contacts were busy next week or already spring breakin'!! Ahhhhhh so goes my day!!!
Finally 11 am and I set out to meet our NEW client at Springcreek in Midland. I get there early to get everything arranged (learned that from Janie Sue) and at 11 25 am my date arrives. I introduce myself and we start to get acquainted . 11.34 am my guy's phone rings and it is his wife - their son has been in a car accident in Dallas (home)- while he is fine both he and his mother are shook up and my man begs off until a later date. I follow him to the car rental establishment and then taxi him over to his plane. (Private-he is the pilot) . It is now 11.54 and my day is not half done!!!
Now I am hungry , its way to late to get another customer for lunch, and even my fellow workers are already mid-meal. Well heck - I need to go to Sam's for my better half anyway.
Off to Sam's club-- No parking up close --but I drive a brand new crew cab 1 ton 4x4 anyway.
It is a lot easier to park way way out in the lot and walk--I really don't mind the walk and that way no runaway carts loaded with cokes and 1 gallon cans of corn can get away from some 102 lb woman and run into my new truck.
12.19 pm , The loudspeaker crackles and the lady says " Would the owner of the Fiberod truck in the Parking lot , please come to the front of the store!!!" SSSHHHHHIIIIIIIIIT!!!
12.45 pm Finally get out of Sam's Club parking lot. After meeting a very nice gentleman who neglected to set his brake or put his standard Ford F-150 into gear. Yep it was only a 1\2 ton but on the front of it was a cow-catcher brush guard that any F-350 would have proudly worn.
His insurance (State Farm thank you) has assured me that my vehicle will be put back good as new as soon as an adjuster calls me.
I think I should be verrry verrrry careful on the trip east to Big Spring. Lets see anything important that I need to do today ................Something verrry important..........................
Oh yeah! I've got to go VOTE!!!!!!!!! Yeah! That is something I could really screw up!!
My whole industry is keyed into this election !!! Oh well Wish Me Luck!!!!!
thanks for your time,
Scotte
So now I sit at my desk to answer emails (really blog browsing) and the phone rings, a second later my intercom buzzes and our Adm. asst. asks me who to direct a call towards. She tells me that this is a customer who wants to talk to our sales manager--ABOUT A SALESMAN!!!!!
So I tell her to get his name , digits, and company name and we will have the boss call him.
Who's customer--...................................................MINE!!!!!!! Tense 15 minutes and the boss calls me to let me off the hook, the call was about a friend of his who applied to our company.
Back to phone calls and emails , trying to set up lunches & appointments for next week, just trying to make work until my lunch appointment at 11.30 am. No luck --all my contacts were busy next week or already spring breakin'!! Ahhhhhh so goes my day!!!
Finally 11 am and I set out to meet our NEW client at Springcreek in Midland. I get there early to get everything arranged (learned that from Janie Sue) and at 11 25 am my date arrives. I introduce myself and we start to get acquainted . 11.34 am my guy's phone rings and it is his wife - their son has been in a car accident in Dallas (home)- while he is fine both he and his mother are shook up and my man begs off until a later date. I follow him to the car rental establishment and then taxi him over to his plane. (Private-he is the pilot) . It is now 11.54 and my day is not half done!!!
Now I am hungry , its way to late to get another customer for lunch, and even my fellow workers are already mid-meal. Well heck - I need to go to Sam's for my better half anyway.
Off to Sam's club-- No parking up close --but I drive a brand new crew cab 1 ton 4x4 anyway.
It is a lot easier to park way way out in the lot and walk--I really don't mind the walk and that way no runaway carts loaded with cokes and 1 gallon cans of corn can get away from some 102 lb woman and run into my new truck.
12.19 pm , The loudspeaker crackles and the lady says " Would the owner of the Fiberod truck in the Parking lot , please come to the front of the store!!!" SSSHHHHHIIIIIIIIIT!!!
12.45 pm Finally get out of Sam's Club parking lot. After meeting a very nice gentleman who neglected to set his brake or put his standard Ford F-150 into gear. Yep it was only a 1\2 ton but on the front of it was a cow-catcher brush guard that any F-350 would have proudly worn.
His insurance (State Farm thank you) has assured me that my vehicle will be put back good as new as soon as an adjuster calls me.
I think I should be verrry verrrry careful on the trip east to Big Spring. Lets see anything important that I need to do today ................Something verrry important..........................
Oh yeah! I've got to go VOTE!!!!!!!!! Yeah! That is something I could really screw up!!
My whole industry is keyed into this election !!! Oh well Wish Me Luck!!!!!
thanks for your time,
Scotte
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
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
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
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
Anyone need a shooter to fill out a team. I will pay my own way.
thanks for your time
ScottE
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