I know, this is a family blog so all six of you readers get the news on my eldest son who's enjoying the Army. Well done, boy. But there's another son you've hardly heard of, a Junior LSP, who lives in the land of the ice and snow, in Calgary. What's he up to?
Roofing. That's right, up at 5 am and onto the roofs of Calgary and beyond, which is no small thing right about now with our Old Enemy the Weather about to get -40++ with the wind. You can imagine what it's like on the roofs.
So respect to the young 'un. Graduate from High School and get up on that roof instead of taking a "year out" as some kind of two-bit hippy. And, when college looms shortly he'll be able to pay for it, what with having a trade and all. Quite unlike, say, trannie theater collective majors.
Familial plaudit regardless, we spoke for the first time in a while this evening, "Dad, we were working on a roof in Cochrane for the RCMP, it was pretty cool, a big complex, and there was this noise, so we stopped and looked up. A bald eagle, soaring, I couldn't believe it was real, but it was."
God bless and keep our young men, wherever they are.
Your Old Pal,
LSP
Sounds like that acorn didn't fall far from the tree! Responsibility and accountability is good in a young person!
ReplyDeleteAmen, Parson. God bless them and keep them safe.
ReplyDeleteYou all be safe and God bless.
Well done again, sir! My son enjoys working outdoors and doing "Real Work" as he calls it. He was doing OK monetarily back in SoCal, but the environment was really depressing to him.
ReplyDeleteGlad your xon enjoys it!
Good on him!
ReplyDeleteThat's tough work! Good for him. The toughest job I ever had was baling hay. At least that's what we call it up north. I've heard it is called hay shucking in certain parts of the south.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations LSP, you have a beautiful family, God bless them all and keep them safe♱
ReplyDeleteThat roof could be a slippery slope up there in Calgary.
ReplyDeleteI'm proud of him, NFO. That's hard work, no doubt about it.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed, Linda. Keep safe.
ReplyDeleteBless you.
Thank you, drjim! And good luck to your son.
ReplyDeleteWSF, I'd be worried if he was doing that teen "sit in mom's basement" thing, but no, out on the roofs getting his tickets. But whoa, the winter's got to be hard.
ReplyDeleteHay bailing's a deal, Infidel... The hardest for me was army stuff and... being a concrete laborer for two brickies. Kyrie eleison.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anon!
ReplyDeleteBless you.
I understand they have to be careful up there, pewster.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine roofing in the Canookian winter. That's a better man than I am, for sure!
ReplyDeleteI'm a little late on this but you have a handsome buck there. Like the beard. Is the red hair from your side? Reminds me of my youth here on the farm, WORK, it never killed anyone. Today you see all these "cut" muscle bound showoffs, wonder how many could keep up with the average farm boy or roofer doing "real" work
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