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Thursday, Nov. 06, 2003 - 5:58 p.m. Since were are a branch of the government (State of North Dakota, for those not keeping track), whenever we need to have a major building repair at the storage we have to get three bids before hiring a contractor. This rule came up recently. Our salt dome has sprung a major leak (can you spring a leak on a roof?) over the main entrance, and water had been pouring down upon our salt stockpile. Since this was a job for a professional (replacing plywood, re-flashing the joint, etc.), I called the required three vendors on Monday. Two of the contractors came that day. Both promised me estimates that day . Haven�t gotten a thing from either as I write this. The third bidder didn�t show up until today. He arrived at lunchtime, and walked into the breakroom while we were still eating. One look at this guy, and I had to hold back laughing out loud at his appearance. It wasn�t the clothes he was wearing that caused this reaction. He was dressed like any other hard-workin� 50+ year old country boy. No, what cracked me up was his hair. He had the absolute worst black die job I have ever seen. His hair was cut in what looked like someone had slipped a mixing bowl over his head, used to make a perfect circle haircut. And his sideburns? Long (what used to be called )Mutton chops, also stained with the very black die. I have never seen an adult male with this much die applied to his follicles. Nor with so much hair, for his age. When he �left the building�, one of the guys at the round table said, �Elvis has left the building�. This caused us all to break into fits of laughter. He really did look like a poor-man�s Elvis, except for the floppy haircut. No ducktail for him. He returned to the office about a half hour later, and handed me his estimate (very high) and his business card. He then told me ,�Roofing is just my hobby. This is my real job� as he handed me another business card:
Yup- he actually is an Elvis impersonator. Or at least thinks he is (I didn�t ask him so sing a few bars of �Love Me Tender�) As he turned to leave, I said to him �Thank You. But I won�t say �Thank you. Thank you very much�, doing my lame impression of the King. He turned towards me, struck a stereotypical Elvis pose, pointed his finger at me and said,� Thank you very much� to me. This caused all of the guys standing in the bay to bust out loud. And it didn�t bother him one bit- he gave us a stage bow, and walked out the door (exit stage right?) No, he really didn�t sound much like Elvis. But at least he has a sense of humor about his �job��.. Back in August, Moose (the shop mechanic in the county to our east, and my white bass slaying partner from a fishing trip to B.A.C.E. Lake last summer) and San-D (our winter tech, and a friend of Moose) drove all the way to Indianapolis to watch the Brickyard 500. That�s the big NASCAR stockcar race held their every summer, for those who don�t follow these things. Yesterday, Moose was at our storage to help with the truck inspection, and he gave me a photo he took at the race. He told me to post it on the bulletin board at work (I have a ton of photos stapled there). Today he called, asking about some truck parts, and he asked me to do him a little favor:
He thought y�all might find this photo interesting. I think the labels explain the photo pretty well, don�t you San-D? The one question I have is about the man in blue, located in front of San-D. You think he was that trashed, this early in the race? Or just bummed that Gordon wasn�t in first place at the time��
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