May 18, 2010

Some days are just lucky for me. This was one of those days. I was allowed to tag along with my brother Bob and nephew Rick while they did a little work at their church. A couple of weeks ago, a group of men including Bob and Rick removed an old sidewalk at the church. They put four large pieces into the dumpster at the church to be hauled away. The dumpster company told them the pieces were too large and needed to be broken into smaller pieces before they would take them.

First the pieces needed to be removed from the dumpster. Rick, the youngest and most able, jumped into the dumpster and fastened a chain around them one at a time.

Bob, the equipment operator in the family, used his tractor to lift them out.

Rick is attaching a chain around the remaining piece in the dumpster. Another church member, Tim, used an electric jackhammer to break the large sections into smaller pieces. Now comes the lucky part, I got to cut the wires in the concrete to separate the smaller pieces. I didn’t get to climb into the dumpster or handle the heavy jackhammer.  Wasn't I lucky.

The entire job only lasted about two hours and I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time so I could help. At my age, it is a great feeling to be wanted when there is work to be done.