Family Mellmann

According to Maslow's Hammer, or the law of the instrument, it is common to rely on one tool for most routine jobs.  We have twisted this "law" into a saying that is commonly used; "If you're a hammer, everything is a nail.".  Have you ever bought a new car and then notice that everyone seems to be driving the same car? Well, it turns out that when your son becomes a commercial pilot, you start seeing airplanes everywhere. On my way back to Livingston, after visiting the construction site, I caught up to a freight train heading west and carrying six commercial jet bodies.  Since my highway speed limit is higher than the train's speed limit, I passed it eventually. Back in Livingston, which is home to an active train yard, I found that same train idling in the yard.  I wonder where the wings are. So, trains moving on to Billings or Bozeman (Montana) will stop here in Livingston to pick up extra engines (let's call them "booster packs") to he

The foundation work has begun.  Footings were poured today.  The rest of the foundation work will hopefully happen next week, once the ICFs (insulated concrete forms) arrive. While I was on site to take a few pictures of the foundation preparation, the cement trucks started to arrive; first the pump truck then the cement trucks (4 cement trucks would come for this part of the job). The guy in the white shirt (with a long beard) is the man in charge.  And the skinny guy with the baseball cap is the one who controls the flow of cement. The moral of this photo...be the guy with the tech if you can; the rest have to do the physical labor.