John:

Have you always had a soft place for the honest, hard working individual? or are you
just a sucker for losing causes?

HO-Ho-ho...

Bryan
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John Callan wrote:

> Ken Follett wrote: The Bishop thought
>
> > he had lost the check and was preparing to write another one.
> >
> > ][<en
>
> On being informed that the contractor had paid for a building permit that
> rightfully should have been paid by us (client), I apparently set precident, or
> was way out of line, by suggesting that the contractor may have done this
> knowing that it would get the project moving faster and we are about to face a
> Minnesota winter with a roof that wouldn't survive a gentle winter further to
> the south and east.
>
> Awhile back this contractor had been the only member of a the assemblage of
> "professionals" to agree that if the roof failed within a year, some part of
> that responsibility was his.  Damn if he didn't step up and accept his beating.
> Others wanted to beat him some more, but I couldn't bring myself to do it with
> the other culprits standing around looking all innoscent.  Of course I was
> accused of being overly fond of the contractor.  Yep.  Guilty.  I'm a sucker for
> a guy I can turn my back on.
>
> Its nice too fall into the clutches of someone who assumes the best about you
> now and again.  Sometimes even Bishops and Contractors get lucky.
>
> Maybe if you earn your living pounding nails its easy to know if the nail has
> been pounded in a way that brings credit to the pounder and his colleagues.
> Maybe if its hard to tell at the end of the day that you pushed a stack of
> paper, or electrons well, or poorly...and perhaps you can come to believe it
> doesn't matter.  And when it doesn't matter...it doesn't make sense to take
> responsibility for the poorly pushed electron.
>
> I hope you and the Bishop enjoy the project.  You are already richer by one
> story.  Stories make the best payment.
>
> -jc