Merry Christmas

As I sat in the pizza place, watching my daughter eat her lunch I was looking past her, thinking about doing the same thing with MY dad. This is Christmas Eve and I needed to get a few things completed at work. She asked if she could come with me and I was glad for the company - as a dad of 4, I don't get as much one on one time with them as I would like. It cost me lunch and she insisted on listening to the Disney channel on Satellite radio all morning.
Its funny what brings back memories, isn't it? As her toes thawed out, I was smiling because I remember having the same complaints almost 40 years ago.
Anyway, that's all. No big announcement from the company. No boasting about an acheivement. Just sharing a little Christmas present I got today from my daughter Hannah.
Merry Christmas to all.

Reaching new heights

I had some fun this week. I was asked to help a friend in the industry solve a problem. You see, he works for a large, predominantly high rise company and was on a fairly big project that came up late in the season. His high rise guys were doing this seven storey condominium complex but, due to poor installation of the roof anchors, they couldn't access some areas of the building.
I went in, planning to clean what I could for him, but not knowing what we could get at. I called my supplier (Waterfed Canada) and they dropped off a couple of extra sections for my Gardiner Super Lite water fed pole. I set it up, and kept adding sections. Eventually, we made it all the way up to the full 7 storeys!
As well as reaching the height we did, we used our back pack delivery system, essentially a mini resevoir and pump, to gain access about 500' from the accessible hose bib.
Here's where I hope you'll allow me to gloat. There was NO other way to get these windows cleaned. Lifts couldn't get to the back of the building and the roof anchors were unsafe. It felt pretty good getting this done for my friend. It also felt really good pushing the limits of my equipment.