First I would like to say thank you to everyone who has inquired about making donations toward the, “foundation repair at the Ford Homestead”.
Below are three photos of the repairs to the foundation. The work was supposed to have begun on Wednesday morning and complete on Thursday. I received a call Wednesday morning saying they would be arriving about noon; they were having some difficulties at another job site. When they arrived there was a couple hours of work and unloaded some supplies on to our yard.
The next day they arrived on time and went to work. These fellows are hard workers and must be paid by the job as they do not waste much time.
They are very careful with anything that you designate as fragile or a flower that you don’t want killed. Past that, they don’t much care where they walk sit or stand, including areas that are flower beds.
Above they are digging holes in the drive way.
Two holes were dug in the porch. They reopened holes along the outside of the porch.
They were careful to lay down plastic to place the dirt on and the dirt was covered when they stopped work for the day.
Today is Friday and they should finish today. They are all laying in the front yard on some plywood taking a nap while they wait for the engineer to arrive. The engineer must be here when the house is being leveled. He checks for level and also to verify that the work is completed properly.
A neighbor down the street is having their house leveled by another company.
Changing the subject a little;
Seniors, Schedules, Rules and Laws
Seniors may not acknowledge how important schedules are to them but...
You probably know that I have studied human behavior for years and with this vast amount of information, I will attempt to help you understand seniors.
If you were to go to a nursing home a few minutes before a meal and observe those people that live there, you would see it does not matter who is visiting, when it is time to go to the cafeteria to eat, they go. These seniors have adapted to their schedule and if you attempt to alter their schedule in any way you will meet with resistance and irritation.
The appearance of irritation is what we will focus on. When you see an older person that seems to be upset it may very well be that something has put them off their schedule.
One can lessen the irritation by notifying the seniors involved of a canceled or postponed event. If possible, one should not wait until the last minute to notify others.
You want to know what type of event will possibly cause a senior to become irritated. It could be for almost any reason, cleaning, shopping, visiting someone, a TV show, meal time, taking a shower, etc.
The lesson here is, “Be mindful of others schedules, especially seniors”.
A slightly different subject;
Seniors most often see Rules and Laws as black and white. No not a race thing, rules and laws too many seniors do not have a gray area (yes their hair may have a gray area).
When was the last time you rode in a vehicle with a senior, they do not have to be the driver. The senior will most often comment on drivers who do anything which is even slightly outside the law.
Example; that car passed me and I am doing the speed limit, where is a cop when you need them.
Example; look at the woman, she is texting while she is driving; where is a cop when you need them.
Example: the traffic light has just turned yellow and a driver goes through it; where is a cop when you need them.
Example; a person mows their lawn and during the process blows grass cuttings into the street. This person does not clean the grass up when he finishes. To seniors, that rule or ordnance does not have a gray area. (That is one of my bug a boos).
As a senior, I believe non-seniors should pay more attention to me Seniors.
“Respect Thyn Senior”.
There should be many more discounts for me Seniors.
I hope your schedule is uninterrupted.
Don Ford
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