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One afternoon, when the temperature was near 90 and the humidity level was almost as high, my husband decided it would be a good time to start ripping up the old deck. You know, the one we hired a contractor to rip up and rebuild.
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It was hard, heavy, hot work. Which is why we’re paying someone else to do it.
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An hour or so into the demolition, said contractor showed up…
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And was a little surprised the husband had already started the project for which we’d hired him.
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But they worked side by side, in the heat…
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Because no one told him husbands who are bored with retirement need to keep busy.
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In less than three hours…
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All the rotted old wood planks had been ripped up…
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And hauled to my husband’s truck…
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Because yes, he would dispose of them as well.
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Remind me again why we hired a contractor….?
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River's world..... 
You hired a play date for the hubs not a contractor 🤣. Well as long as it gets done right?
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Play dates are free! I don’t need to pay someone to talk.
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I think you hired bored-husband-sitter. Pretty pricy, mind you.I’d sit him for half the price — and room and board and travel expenses. 🤣😄🤣😄🤣😄😂🤪😇
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What a deal.
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I would keep him busy letting him tell me wny marines hated hippies. He could drink his beer while I would smoke a legal joint! (Also at your expense!)
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While he’s a pretty accepting guy, he was spit on by hippies at the airport when he returned from Vietnam. He doesn’t hate anyone in general, but he certainly didn’t like that one.
As for the weed, he won’t tolerate that…legal or no.
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And he has no idea what he is missing, as I believe you know…
Yeah, some of my kindred brothers were pretty crude in those days, but it was retaliation for the way the cops and national guard treated us through the late 60s and 70s. It wasn’t meant to be personal, that’s what the cops told us as they beat our heads and shoulders with billy clubs.There was no respect for a uniform!
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I think we’ve learned a lot about protest since those days. Protest the policy, don’t take it out on the serviceman.
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I’m thinkin’ maybe hubby did this to impress the contractor with his demolition skills so that the contractor might hire him as a part-time (if not full-time) helper.
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The man needs to feel productive.
I’m glad I don’t have that problem….
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He is hilarious…such a worker bee; he can’t be tamed!!
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Or relax. It’s a curse…
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This sounds like my husband!
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He can’t help himself.
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Same here!
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Having the contractor should help keep the project moving with all the correct steps being taken. In any case, they made good progress.
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The correct steps is what I’m willing to pay for. We all know my husband working alone tends to … improvise.
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When’s all that government paperwork going to be approved again?
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Not soon enough apparently…
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If the guy charges by the hour, your husband could be saving money – maybe he’s trying to make up for all the gabbing he did with the driveway guys. 🙂
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That would be nice.
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