Eric:
 
        This "old timers" style of referring to women helpers may improve your
self esteem, but does little to raise you in anyone else's eyes!  Try
assessing the day without reference to  the gender of the workers, please!
 
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> From: Eric Abell <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: misery loves company
> Date: Friday, July 11, 1997 11:59 AM
>
> Here is a story that most of you who employ people to help you with your
> bees will relate to.  Perhaps you have had this kind of a day yourself.
> This story is about one of those days that makes other days look good.
>
> I have two people working for me who are just terrific.  Dependable,
> capable, etc.  One has been here for 4 seasons.  Anyway, they left with a
> truck to move barrels, winter stuff and junk from old locations to new
> locations and in general do a little clean up and check a few locations.
>
> When they finally returned at the end of the day they had accumulated:
>         1.  Got stuck - used a traction device we carry, and managed to
get
> unstuck only to lose the device in the mud.  Found it.
>
>         2.  Lost a drum off the load.  Retreived the drum.
>
>         3.  Backed into a pallet of hives and dominoed several hives
over.
> Damaged trailer in doing so.  Destroyed on of our nice new insulated
lids.
> Damaged a couple of supers.
>
>         4.  Drove around a mud puddle and pealed off a side mirror.
>
>         5.  Had difficulty with 3rd gear and started back to the honey
house
> in second (slowly).  We have had major transmission work and problems so
> thought this was related.  Found that it was really an operator error and
so
> retraced the route again.
>
> However, it seems no great damage was done except for the time lost.  In
the
> end they were able to solve the problems and keep going.  We will check
the
> knocked over hives in a few days.
>
> Is it only coincidence that this is the first time I have ever sent two
> women out alone like this?  :)      Not likely but it was an interesting
> day.  What make it more interesting is that we were in touch by cell
phone
> throughout the day as the events unfolded.  Ulee never had so much fun.
>
> Eric
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> Eric Abell
> Gibbons, Alberta Canada T0A 1N0
> Ph/fax (403) 998 3143
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