The job of waiting is excruciating when you have to play the dignified
one, instead of getting down close and personal and being the helper.

-jc


On Mar 10, 2004, at 8:40 AM, Gabriel Orgrease wrote:

> So yesterday, for work, seeing as I'm still a working Guy... I went to
> a
> church on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, off 5th Ave looking out
> over
> Central Park, and sat in a large stone gutter (Donald Trump's church)
> and cut open the roofing to expose the stone for the engineer and
> architect to inspect the details of the construction and it was
> threatening to snow -- we could see it coming in with the darker gray
> clouds from the West and we are opening a hole in the roof --
> understand, a hole in the roof and we do not want rain so snow is like
> OK right about now, and in the mid 30's, and partway through getting
> black crap all over my hands and 4 people standing around waiting for
> me... I was taking my time and doing a neat job of it while they all
> complained how cold they were  -- toughest job in the world to wait for
> someone to finish... and our discussing religious movies... it being an
> Episcopal Church... then I realize this damned cold water that was
> melted in the gutter and that I forgot about in my flow of focus on the
> work is now flowing itself up through my pants where I am sitting in it
> and my shorts and to regions beyond and DAMNED if it ain't cold water.
> Uncomfortable, yes, but made endurable from the fun we were all having
> in exploring another piece of this building and its amazing people.
>
>
> ][<
>
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