Ode to Ole Yeller

I bought the rusty school bus repair garage for the Eldred School District back in 2008 or so. It was an ugly 25 yr old rusty steel structure. Since then we have rehabbed and renovated section by section, this latest fix-up was a consequence of sometimes having 5 people and a dog and subcontractors, delivery men and a million other folks working in a 300 sq ft space, with computers, filing cabinets, dog beds, a cactus, blueprints, printers, copiers, etc... Above, the space with polished concrete and two refurbished spaces. it's kind of like a house inside a house. And then when I was inside Farm 12 reviewing some odds and ends, and tree fell on one of my trucks (it was very windy yesterday). Not cool at all.

And there goes Old Yellow - my very first truck I owned after relocating to Sullivan County. Now a few of you know the story, how I bought this yellow truck, the only 2 wheel-drive vehicle in this 4-wheel drive territory. Well, she did good - I beat it up good, ran it hard, and she kept on ticking (besides getting stuck on completely flat surfaces when they got a little slick). When you are just starting a business, the last thing you need are unreliable and costly vehicles, and old yellow did just fine (so did my '98 Rav, which gave us 150k miles before we sold it to Juan, who sold it to Job - it's still out on the road, looking good). A local mechanic took it away for me and gave me $250, cash. The end of an era for me. So long Ole Yeller - you done good.

And my new office, with a superb mid-century chair, and a shelf to display my old school type-writer collection that has been warehoused for years. I should be moved in by late next week.

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