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|  I was at my mom's this morning and after deciding that she wasn't up to going to Great Courses, I took her down to the end of the hall for a quiet place to talk to my sister.
Once we were done, I sat there and watched the construction going on in what used to be the parking lot.
There is now a BIG hole in the ground.
I watched a back hoe and a bulldozer and a trencher all working away. At one point the guy with the bulldozer used it to pick up a piece of equipment and help them load it on a truck.
I could see the big dump trucks leaving with dirt and then coming back empty.
It was really interesting - I sure can understand why kids find it fascinating - I sure did! I must of spent most of an hour there, watching the guy with the back hoe move a pile of dirt over, the bulldozer moving piles of dirt around that the trencher had cut out of the ground.
I also think I saw the base for the new swimming pool...
Only supposed to be another 2 years to be finished!
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1.  zedrick_11 (699)
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2 years ago
| |  i think its fun watching a construction site and dreaming about your dream house will be constructed too..
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 ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | I guess this was so far beyond a home's construction that it never occurred to me - just wanting to see the whole project done. | | | |
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| 2. GardenGerty (35248)
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2 years ago
| |  When I was a bus driver for pre school kids, we often would have construction on our various routes, and we watched things being built from start to finish. We even called one home "Our house". When I worked in the classroom we would walk to a construction site in the spring, those construction dreams make everyone feel powerful. As an adult, I sometimes lose patience with construction jobs, forgetting what is involved in the process and only remembering how inconvenienced I felt. I imagine for the elderly it is dreams of more productive days, and for all of us, if we would take the time, it can be a time of wonder and awe as well.
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| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | it just amazes me how well and carefully those guys can drive those big things and with such care move that big back hoe around one little stick! | | | |
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| 3. cyrus123 (3255)
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2 years ago
| |  I haven't watched a construction site in a long time! There has been a lot of construction going on around my house in the last few years but I haven't taken the time to watch it. It's because it has taken place on what used to be our farm and I really miss the farm. You see, the property was divided up between the children when daddy died in 1985. My older brother got the part that is behind me and he gave it to his sons. They sold their property. One of my sisters sold her property that is next door to me and I have houses coming up all around me now. My other older sister and I are very sad about it.
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| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | I can understand that - I am actually watching where we used to park - so its kind of annoying that the parking is gone, but... at least they weren't drilling today so none of that pounding noise! | | | |
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| 4. dragon54u (15680)
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2 years ago
| |  My kids and I spent a lot of time in the car just watching construction sites! We'd be going somewhere and one of them would yell from his carseat "Twuck! Lo-lo!!" (Loader) and of course we would stop and watch, sometimes get out for a closer look. Those boys played with construction toys till they were ten or so!!
It's surprising how many interesting things we find to look at when we take the time to look around.
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| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | I have a friend who, before they moved the airport, used to take her then youngest - now second youngest down and watch the planes take off and land. At that point he wanted to be a pilot... | | | |
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5.  commanderxo (816)
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2 years ago
| |  That's a long time to be standing at that window.....
cdrxo
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| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | I was sitting in a chair, actually, looking at mom and then at the machinery | | | |
| commanderxo (816)
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2 years ago
| | Still...two years is a long time to even be "sitting" at that window.....
;-D
My best to your mother;
cdrxo
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| commanderxo (816)
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2 years ago
| | ...pay you to watch out the window?
...or...
...pay you to hang out with your mom?
cdrxo
(c'mon, I'm just kidding with ya.) | | | |
| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | ahh - both?
hang out with mom is what I meant | | | |
| commanderxo (816)
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2 years ago
| | Well...you could always hang your mom out the window and charge tickets to the event...and in that regard, you'd be similar to the construction workers, by digging a bigger hole for yourself.
No disrespect intended. It's only meant as a silly joke.
I'm sure your mother is a wonderful person, as you are.
Cheers;
cdrxo | | | |
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| commanderxo (816)
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2 years ago
| | Since it's obvious you are the sibling, it would also suggest that you too, are a very sweet and wonderful person, regardless of "whatever" planet, either of you came from.
cdrxo | | | |
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| 6. Lakota12 (23189)
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2 years ago
| |  Yes they are very interesting to watch I like to see the big earth haulers on the road work gangs!
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| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | yeah, that back hoe took down a mound of dirt it would've take days to do by hand and in 2 swipes the bulldozer did in less than a minute what it would've probably taken 10 guys to do in a day
Its just amazing what these guys can do with these machines! | | | |
| Lakota12 (23189)
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2 years ago
| | yup is and I would have like to have learned to do it myself! | | | |
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| 7. reishad (37)
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2 years ago
| |  Its interesting to watch something that would turn out to be fantastic soon. Enjoy your sight seeing.
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| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | it will be a couple of years, but I've seen the first concrete that's been poured, I think that's the base for the swimming pool - when I told mom that her eyes brightened up, she use to like doing pool exercises | | | |
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| 8. Canellita (4243)
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2 years ago
| |  Good grief! It is going to take them two whole years to finish one Swimming pool? Just how big is it?
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| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | no, not just a swimming pool, a whole BUILDING, just the swimming pool on the "ground" floor is what I think they have started to pour... | | | |
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| 9. ANTIQUELADY (16514)
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2 years ago
| |  2 YEARS, good grief that's a long time to have things in a mess. Hope your mom was well.
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| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | it wasn't one of her better days, but when I checked back after lunch, she actually spoke to me... | | | |
| ANTIQUELADY (16514)
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2 years ago
| | That's great Elic, i know that made your day. Have a good night. | | | |
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| ElicBxn (24659)
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2 years ago
| | unfortunately, I don't think mom is watching or enjoying the show | | | |
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