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Wiped Out
As mentioned yesterday, the Church has contracted for geothermal wells for the sanctuary renovation and we got good news several weeks ago. The subcontractor didn’t have any jobs coming up and offered us a tremendous discount…if we could help with labor.
He came today and four of us showed up to help, not including the mechanical contractor (a member of Gadfly’s Church) who donated his time!
After 8 hours of roughnecking, I’ve decided that there’s work and there’s work. Dave, our mechanical contractor, worked the tongs, serving as derrickman. The rest of us took turns shoveling mud.
We were blessed with relatively smooth operating, no injuries, and great contractors.
Three wells done. Thirty to go…
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