Had a big emergency run here today because of somekinda yard mistake in Aberdeen, WA courtesy the Jackson-Timber front-office boys. Busted my ass to help get it all straightened out and was feelin’ pretty good about things until I made the mistake of stoppin-in at Longview to see if they had anything to do, since I was passing by. So they paged the loadin’ foreman over the intercom and he came struttin’ up to the office like one of them Hollywood bigwigs on the red-carpet at that Oscar Show they do every year. He’s one of these guys that can’t see a fella doing a nice thing for anybody for nothin’. And even if he could, he was all over everyone’s ass today for no particular reason at all. So all I did by being thoughtful and all, was to end-up walkin’ straight into a damn hornet’s nest. I sure was happy to pull into town again this week. Unloaded and grabbed a steak at the Dockside where I met a helluva guy named Jim. Seems Jim’s been providing the fireworks-show on the 4th of July for y’all out of his own time and pocket for years. He went on to tell me that the City-Hall boys have always been gripin’ about something he didn’t do quite right in his fireworks-show, which made me think again about the damn loadin’ foreman in Longview. I hate these kinda guys. They told Jim that they didn’t want him to do his show anymore on the 4thand that they would pay someone else to do it. That about did it for me - I was madder than an old wet-rooster. I figure that the boys at City Hall really don’t want Jim to help out because of all the insurance, red-tape and other what-nots that usually leave them City-Hall boys like deer in headlights. But I gotta tell y’all, it’s a pretty crappy way of saying thank you for all the years that Jim has helped out on the 4th for nothin’. Seems a lot like somthin’ the damn loadin’ foreman in Longview would do. Be sure to keep an eye out and take care of things here in this nice little town y'all got, ya hear?
-Tom
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