Soul music.
Music….for your soul.
I can’t help it.
I judge people by the size of their mailbox….even though most folks say that size doesn’t matter.
Aaron and his family have a big mailbox.
And….he’s a pretty darn good songwriter, too.
We have a great radio station in our area called WNCW that I can pick up all over the mountains and coves that I call my mail route.
I heard this song for the first time on that station the other day.
Aaron Burdett!
I’m his mailman!
How’s that for being a world champion name dropper?!
Can you imagine the moment where this guy learned he could sing like THIS?!
What a moment that must have been for him!!
I would have had a blast screwing around in the bathroom after a discovery like that!
Singing….of course.
This is a great band.
Great.
Read an article in Men’s Health about this guy, Robert Field, who quit the corporate world to travel around, fish, and film his exploits.
Living his dream.
Man.
That sounds pretty great when the ….stuff….is hitting the fan at the PO.
To be able to satisfy an obsession is healthy….if the obsession is healthy.
Right?
I love to see people doing things that make them happy.
It’s a good thing to be around.
This episode was filmed in our neck of the woods.
Cool.
Check out Robert Field’s YouTube Channel!
Oh!!
Check it!!
I work for the POST OFFICE!!
Who knew that such a thing would be so important?
I know that I love seeing my customers.
I know that it makes me feel good about my job when I can say hello and ask how everybody is doing.
But…who knew that I was part of something that had MADE AMERICA?!!
That’s pretty darn cool.
His points about the Post Office not being about making money….but….about making connections….was enlightening.
Now we have all the electronic ways of communicating….but (again, but)….what we do is still really important.
This video makes me happy to be part of a long tradition.
ANALOG!!
WRITE A LETTER!!
ONE THAT NEEDS A STAMP AND NOT JUST A CLICK OF A MOUSE!
I’M A DARN COOL MAILMAN!!
GOOD FOR ME!
I don’t know what’s wrong with the Toyota that I’m using on the mail run…that I’m using right now because the Mail Jeep is messed up.
How many vehicles can be down at any one time?
Hopefully, not many more.
I’ll figure out all this stuff….but, for now, let’s look at some fish in a place I’d like to be.
Idaho!!
Why not go….to Idaho?
Look at the job these survey crews do….going around and checking on the fish!
Walking somewhere to check on fish sounds a lot more appealing than wondering if my truck is going to blow up when I’m miles from the Post Office.
What the heck, though?
I can fix it.
Someday soon, I will fix it.
But ,this morning, I will look at fish!
Fish! In Idaho!
Awwwwwwwwww…..Dave is such a potty mouth.
But…to me, at least….kind of funny.
Did I mention that Dave is a potty mouth who….likes to cuss?
Like….cuss…a lot.
It’s nuts that people are making money on YouTube posting videos about being a vegan and driving around in a Volkswagen van that somebody else can learn to work on.
Check out the video about 15 minutes in.
I think that Dave wants to (no matter how snarky or bitter he seems) make out in his van.
With someone else….in his van.
Maybe he’s jealous of the people he’s slamming?
Awwwwwwwww…..Dave!!
Slamming the vanlifers.
From the YouTube description:
In October 2017, the city of Santa Rosa was hit by the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California state history. Local resident Gerald Buhrz remembers that night vividly, having only just narrowly escaped with his wife to safety. When the flames subsided, he returned to find that nearly every home in his close-knit neighborhood of Fountaingrove was destroyed by the fires. Every home, that is, except one.
What if you’re the “lucky” one…but you have no one left to share your good fortune with?
Crazy sad.
I picked up a bunch of used tin tonight down in Saluda.
That’s the advantage of driving around all these old houses all the time.
Sometimes you see people tearing stuff up and throwing it away.
I asked them if I could have some of the tin….and they were glad to give it to me.
“It would be great to keep some of it out of the landfill” is what they said when I asked.
When you re-roof an old house, there’s a lot of tin in a dumpster.
What a shame that it wasn’t easier to get, though.
There was a lot of screws and other garbage on top of it….hard to get it cleaned up enough to get it out of the dumpster without spreading screws all over the place.
I got about 30 big pieces before I quit to go home and eat tacos.
That’ll make some good shed roofs, for sure.
Maybe I’ll go back and get some more tomorrow?
Bring a broom to sweep the screws off this time?
Some work gloves?
Free stuff to build with is good stuff, for sure.