I ate some of the best Girls Scout cookies ever made today...... still warm, just out of the oven. This particular Girl Scout is married to a ship pilot that I have known since I was a kid. Really cool family. He's a grade ahead of me, my brothers age, and he learned his trade from his father, who co-owned the local ship pilot company.**************************
When I was in Babe Ruth Baseball league at age 13 they wanted us to sell pens for a dollar. That would have been 1973.
I sold 0ne pen after going door to door to at least 100 homes.
Not only would I never try to sell anything door to door again I never allowed my kids to do so.
I prefer to just pay the sports league, school club or association cash for that expected expense. It's a reasonable alternative for MOST families that cant just write a check OR can really raise a lot of money through sales for the cause. These are good causes. 100%
I buy the Girl Scout Cookies every year. They come to the house and I by them out front of the local grocery where I shop. Of course they're overpriced but at least they taste good.
Last night my brother and I went to a 'talk' at the local history museum. The talk was about our local ship piloting history and was presented by the people I'm working for.
A few years ago they wrote a book about the local ship piloting here since it's beginnings back into the mid 1800's in they hey day of the logging and coal trade. They donate all of the proceeds from the book sales to the museum. Really cool, especially since they spent 4 years researching and writing the book including numerous trips to the east coast interviewing long lost relatives of the local pilots from those old days of this trade.
I learned last night during their talk that there are only about 1500 ship pilots in the USA................. so he's one of the rare and few men who do this sort of work. He steers those 1200 and 1500 ft long ships up the Columbia river into Portland and Vancouver.
That's gotta be one scary occupation. Unlike flooring, mistakes are not allowed.
The equivalent to us would be:
One bad seam and you are going to lose your entire carrier.
These people I'm working for are one of those literally perfect down to earth families where every one in the family is super smart, super nice and super generous to the community. No flaws or bad sheep anywhere. Really cool people and every day working there is a good one.
Back to the Girl Scout Cookies............. cookies at noon fresh from the oven, then a bag full when I left today. Life is good.
..........did I mention, I work for food?
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