He said yes.
So today he mixed seventeen 30 Kg bags of concrete mix two at a time in a wheelbarrow with a mortar hoe by himself.
We set this foundation slab for a wheelchair lift I bought used and am working on installing for my father.
I think the teachers at his Catholic high school will be ok with this absence.
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please excuse MapleEngineer Jr’s absence yesterday. He had come down with a concrete illness but is much better now, although his arms and shoulders may be sore for a few days
It’s good to teach the kids manual labor. We do the same thing, although I don’t think that we have had truancy as a result… Yet anyway.
He’s a very good student and his teachers like him. I made sure that he wasn’t missing anything important. I think it’s a good thing to get some experience with difficult jobs with your father.
