I was doing some work at a church that entailed cutting off
some door bottoms to accomodate new carpeting. The church
contact that hired me asked me to use his son as a helper both
to reduce the costs and to teach the kid something about
construction. This kid is about 16 YO.
He is a pretty industrious and a good worker, just clueless
about construction.
When it came time for me to cut off the door bottoms, I set up
my saw horses and laid some carpet across them to save the
finish. I sent him out to my truck to get a new blade for my
circular saw. While he was gone, I laid the first door up and
marked my line. I took out my utility knife and began scoring
the cut line when he walked into the room. He stood there
watching me for a minute, then laughed.
I looked up and he said: "Man,...use the skilsaw to cut those
off, that knife will take all day!"
--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX
>I stand corrected. Anyone under 30 seems to belong to another
>dimension, I just don't know the proper names anymore.
My generation is supposed to be famous for slacking, but the younger
kids I see now take it to a whole new level. My kids come home telling
stories about the other kids at school.
brian
"Robert Allison" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> brianlanning wrote:
>> 16 y.o. probably qualifies as generation Y now. I'm a gen-x and I have
>> a 13 year old daughter.
>>
>> brian
>>
>
> I stand corrected. Anyone under 30 seems to belong to another dimension,
> I just don't know the proper names anymore.
The generation following the post-World War II baby boom, especially people
born in the United States and Canada from the early 1960s to the late 1970s.
Could be that he knows more than you give him credit for...sounds like he
got you!
Mark
"Robert Allison" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:6_D2e.17408$Go4.13496@trnddc05...
> I was doing some work at a church that entailed cutting off
> some door bottoms to accomodate new carpeting. The church
> contact that hired me asked me to use his son as a helper both
> to reduce the costs and to teach the kid something about
> construction. This kid is about 16 YO.
>
> He is a pretty industrious and a good worker, just clueless
> about construction.
>
> When it came time for me to cut off the door bottoms, I set up
> my saw horses and laid some carpet across them to save the
> finish. I sent him out to my truck to get a new blade for my
> circular saw. While he was gone, I laid the first door up and
> marked my line. I took out my utility knife and began scoring
> the cut line when he walked into the room. He stood there
> watching me for a minute, then laughed.
>
> I looked up and he said: "Man,...use the skilsaw to cut those
> off, that knife will take all day!"
>
> --
> Robert Allison
> Rimshot, Inc.
> Georgetown, TX
Well at least he was somewhat astute. I've met some who wouldn't have been
bright enough to figure out the better way to do it.
SteveP.
"Robert Allison" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:6_D2e.17408$Go4.13496@trnddc05...
>I was doing some work at a church that entailed cutting off some door
>bottoms to accomodate new carpeting. The church contact that hired me
>asked me to use his son as a helper both to reduce the costs and to teach
>the kid something about construction. This kid is about 16 YO.
>
> He is a pretty industrious and a good worker, just clueless about
> construction.
>
> When it came time for me to cut off the door bottoms, I set up my saw
> horses and laid some carpet across them to save the finish. I sent him
> out to my truck to get a new blade for my circular saw. While he was
> gone, I laid the first door up and marked my line. I took out my utility
> knife and began scoring the cut line when he walked into the room. He
> stood there watching me for a minute, then laughed.
>
> I looked up and he said: "Man,...use the skilsaw to cut those off, that
> knife will take all day!"
>
> --
> Robert Allison Rimshot, Inc.
> Georgetown, TX