{"id":783,"date":"2014-06-26T23:42:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T23:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/?p=783"},"modified":"2014-06-26T23:42:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T23:42:15","slug":"its-a-lot-of-work-around-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a lot of work around here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I replaced the winch on my boat trailer the other day, a job made much easier having the auto\/machine shop here in the park.  No idea where the tools are stored, but I&#8217;ll learn, I&#8217;m sure.  Of course, with so many hands into the tools, stuff floats around a lot.  Took me a while to find a 1\/2 drive deep 12-point 9\/16 socket, for instance.  But it was there.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise the wood shop, which is very impressively equipped.  And no matter what you are doing, there is a steady stream of experts coming by to entertain or offer valuable advice.  Which is sometimes quite appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Today was work day, and I ended up on the crew pulling out &#8220;bad&#8221; plants and trees. We have a John Deere tractor with attachments, and with about 12 guys with nothing better to do with their time, things get done.<\/p>\n<p>As the newbie on the work crew, I get sent off to fetch tools and such, but I&#8217;m always alert to the almost guaranteed request for the chain stretcher or whatever.  I know it&#8217;s coming.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I need to get a pair of tires for the boat trailer.  Not even a used tire shop in El Paso would want the pair that&#8217;s there, and I&#8217;ll be holding my breath for the ten mile drive to the tire store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I replaced the winch on my boat trailer the other day, a job made much easier having the auto\/machine shop here in the park. No idea where the tools are stored, but I&#8217;ll learn, I&#8217;m sure. Of course, with so many hands into the tools, stuff floats around a lot. Took me a while to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martincassidy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}