tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138993497339296072.post2630648857210316926..comments2024-01-27T11:12:39.561-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Slave Driver: Construction SeasonLisa Deonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10619574582795102959noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138993497339296072.post-45914085757272322522009-05-03T12:55:00.000-06:002009-05-03T12:55:00.000-06:00Tony makes the construction look so much better LO...Tony makes the construction look so much better LOL.<br /><br />One day Rex and I were working during the daytime and a helicopter decided to come up and start flying all these huge beams from one building to another. There's always something going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138993497339296072.post-53871779055415177832009-04-29T19:29:00.000-06:002009-04-29T19:29:00.000-06:00Good post, as usual. And I love the photos. Goll...Good post, as usual. And I love the photos. Golly, those are gorgeous fences, gates. I do love wrought iron, or here in Texas, rot arn. Very pretty horses. Mall? Have not been to one in years. I love botanical gardens. I'd come to see flars'n'stuff. Or ride in a splendiferous carriage. I'd feel like Cinderella, maybe Cindy's granny. Oh, go to Travis Irwin's blog and see the Maya Angelou poem for carnivores. http://www.traviserwin.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138993497339296072.post-6819693168685376032009-04-28T08:05:00.000-06:002009-04-28T08:05:00.000-06:00BPA, we have all discussed this at legnth while st...BPA, we have all discussed this at legnth while standing around SG having much face time together. Used to be on a Thursday night we'd have 7 drivers out and everyone would have at least one ride. Three weeks ago on a Saturday there were 8 of us and I had 1. Very sad indeed, and we are all hoping that with the opening of the new mall business will pick up again as there will be an incentive for people to come downtown. Right now? Not so much.Lisa Deonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619574582795102959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138993497339296072.post-8123837406932700962009-04-27T23:34:00.000-06:002009-04-27T23:34:00.000-06:00The biggest problem that I saw during Christmas wh...The biggest problem that I saw during Christmas when I did drive last is that so many fewer people are taking rides. Even in the pre olympic construction era we had more business. the construction has been on going since I started driving carriages in 1995. The JSB was under construction. The south west corner of main and south temple was torn down and rebuilt. Main street was turned into a park. Light rail was built. The South east corner of main and south temple was torn down. The tabernacle was refurbished. The great and spacious building was built. The tornado hit and destroyed the Delta center and the double tree or was it the radisson at the time? The Gateway was built. I am now rambling. But you see my point. IT NEVER ENDS IN UTAH. I don't live there anymore. Is there a correlation, probably not, but it sounds good.Belle's personal assistanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202017525814542193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138993497339296072.post-87700144293992216882009-04-27T20:53:00.000-06:002009-04-27T20:53:00.000-06:00How does it compare to B.O.?Couldn't say as I was ...How does it compare to B.O.?Couldn't say as I was living in Missouri then. BPA could tell ya, she's been driving carriage since the horse replaced the dinosaur...<br /><br />I've been past that church. It's a beauty. Next time I'll take a closer look at the doors.<br /><br />The part I think I most look forward to is this: Right across the street, everything above the <br />2nd floor is condo. So, the top floors are considered "Temple View" and are priced at around $2 million each. But guess what else they get a view of???<br /><br />Carriage Drivers. <br /><br />Mwahhaaaaaaa~Lisa Deonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619574582795102959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138993497339296072.post-31086336106943518962009-04-27T20:24:00.000-06:002009-04-27T20:24:00.000-06:00Construction obstruction? It couldn't possibly com...Construction obstruction? It couldn't possibly compare to the 5 years leading up to the Olympics. North, south, east, and west, everything was torn up at the same time, including the interstates. Eating my lunch on the roof of the Grand America (under construction) I counted over 20 cranes one day; and that was just the big ones within a few miles of downtown. Still, the carriages were running, or walking that would be.<br /><br />Wish I were there now. I could use a shot in the arm, job wise. The malls are a pretty good gravy train.<br /><br />Speaking of cathedrals, if your tours ever take you past the Greek Orthodox cathedral on 4th west, check out the doors. I hung all of them. The refurbished exterior doors weren't so bad, just heavy: they are rectangular and just needed to be refit into the old jambs. But the interior arched doors leading into the chapel were a bear. The jambs had to be built on site and the rixon closers, which are set in the concrete, leave no room for later adjustments. I burned weeks worth of hours on those alone. Just a little item you can add to your spiel.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> S.Sagebrusheqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490175290841527388noreply@blogger.com