Winter Layoff Chapter 12
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| Time frame | January 2006 |
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Locations
- Pass Christian, Mississippi
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Summary
Bob and Jim spend the next week working when they can and clearing the lot, including breaking up the entire slab into big chunks and hauling them to the dump. On rainy days they investigate permits and utility restoration.
One Sunday the dump truck blew a hydraulic seal in the load box lift pump. The lift system was out of business until they could get the pump fixed, and the nearest place was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana about 125 miles away – and with it being Sunday it would have to wait a day. Early Monday morning saw Jim headed to Baton Rouge and by the afternoon he was on his way back with a new hydraulic pump installed.
Lot clearing continued. Then one day there was the BLAAATTT of an air horn not far up the street. Jim and Bob looked up and saw a big tractor-trailer rig easing toward them followed by a convoy of a box truck, a motor home pulling a large enclosed trailer, and several cars and pickups. Randy Clark, Rachel Clark, Ken Halpern, Mike Shanahan and Russ Compton, along with several other friends and co-workers crowded around Jim and Bob.
The chapter ends with Randy telling Jim “what we have here is a genuine Clark Construction one-to-one scale single-family barrier-free model house kit.” He waved his arm back at the semi-trailer and added, “Complete in this box.”
Also Mentioned
- "several other friends and co-workers"
