--- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I remember John from when I was at the Manor. He was a funny guy and > married to the pot scrubbing/dish washing scene. I don't know how > those guys did it day after day. I think the antic above was one way > to keep sane. > Jeff BTW, I was the "Park Ranger" at the Manor. That meant I was in charge of the sewage treatment plant. Every spring we'd have to pump some of the ponding sewer water (liquids, no solids) out of the "holding" ponds because all the run off from the melting snow would swell the ponds to the point of overflowing and totally washing their banks away. Any way we saw pumping as a lesser evil. One day somebody came to get me on a sleepy Friday afternoon and told me "Bernie" was at the front desk. He was the state inspector. After several expletives I snuck around some buildings and high tailed it for the ponds to remove the pump before he saw it. As I was racing toward the pond, I saw Bernie jump in his truck at reception - the race was on! I got to the pump and w/ my own adrenaline pumping, ripped it from the pond only to see Bernie's truck spitting gravel, leaping out of his truck, running toward me shouting. It was a beautiful moment. I dropped the pump and burst out laughing. It was such a bizarre scene. He cooled off instantly, laughed too, chewed me out as best he could and told me a funny story. He once went to another spot being used as a religious retreat. He said their sewage facility was woefully neglected. When he told the pastor about it, he got indignant, saying they'd never experienced a problem. So Bernie trotted him out to the septic field. The pastor said "There's nothing wrong here" and bravely strode in to the field, only to slog in up to his chest. Bernie thought that was pretty funny. Funny what events can bring you closer to someone.
Jeff PS BTW Next time somebody is tempted to tell me I don't know,sh*t, please use a different cliche. PPS when I left the Manor, the rest of the Maintainace Crew presented me a wooden plaque that a guy named Craig ( I believe we called him Durango) burned the inscription in to the wood w/ some sort of device. The plaque said "The Jeffrey A. Fischer Memorial Park" and they hung it from a 4x4 post at the entrance to the sewage facility. Still brings a tear to my eye. They were good, dedicated men. PPPS I have another Manor story about almost getting arrested if any one's interested. Jeff To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
