St. Patrick’s Day isn’t the only holiday being celebrated today. There are a few people around Boston, MA celebrating the day the British troops evacuated during the Revolutionary War. Since 1901 March 17th has been an official holiday, Evacuation Day, in Suffolk County. It is celebrated in several other cities on the east coast on different days based on the day the British army left those areas.
Wonder what color beer they’re drinking…
Taken from his presentation at Biz Con in Orlando, FL, February 24, 2011.
Last summer when we had a big wind storm come through Culver, the doors on what we call the North Drive were a casualty. (See picture at the right.) We have patched and repaired them for years, but this time the mortise & tenon connections were broken in multiple places. Their structural integrity was shot.
I tend to be sentimental and nostalgic about things at times and this was one of them. I had some difficulty making the decision to get rid of them, but cost and safety factored into the decision to remove the old doors and replace them with an overhead door.
This area of the building is unheated storage. It is mainly used to house our forklift and provide storage for deliveries before items received are transferred to the site for installation. The new door will serve the purpose adequately, but without the sense of history associated with the old doors.
Great Grandpa Easterday was always the pragmatist, so I don’t think he would be too concerned about the decision.
Taken from ABC’s Construction Economic Update, March 4, 2011