Our first stop was the Goofus Roofers on Crane Street. When we pulled up, the crew was just starting to receive instructions on what they had to do. Their crew chief, Scott, was briefing them on how to properly scrape the paint off and apply a fresh new coat of "dolphin gray." During this conversation, we heard a few questions, including something about painting around the windows with Q-Tips and the mention of a "spiffy" paint stirrer that uses a cordless drill. We chatted with Sharon from Houston NW and Danny from Russelville about the area and where they were from. Then we had to move on to the next crew. However, on our way out, we heard a plea for ice cream. This request must not have fell on deaf ears because when we returned later that afternoon with some ice pops, we were the third people to bring some by.The Drips & Runs (or Paint Licks as some wanted to call themselves) were the next stop. Apparently, we had just missed the dancing lessons given by Mark, their crew chief. As they got up on the roof, they found that it already had been inhabited by a nice family of yellow jackets (who obviously didn't want company). Mark went to dancing and freaked many of the crew out because they thought the roof was collapsing. They "calmly" evacuated the roof (which was later bragged on by Mark on how good of a job they did). This is when we arrived. They were waiting for the yellow jacket removal spray. As they waited, one member decided that it was time for a port-a-potty check and she later returned a pretty stinky report. The potty seemed to be a place for fun and games since there was used fireworks in it and reading material floating in the nice blue waters. After Bruce from Nashville harassed the flies with the yellow jacket spray and then yelled at the crew returning to the roof to not forget the "roof getter offer", we felt it was time to move on.
When we first arrived to visit the Dandy Sanders, they were already hard at work. Most of the crew was on the roof shoveling shingles. Then there were the lucky few on the ground cleaning up the shingles that were being tossed down at them. After the ground crew looked under a few boards to check for snakes, most of the roof crew decided to come down and help. This is when I met "Happy Girl" (sorry, I missed your name) and Colby, both from Memphis. She was telling me that she was trying to make everyone be happy and then turned to Colby and told him to "Shut up and be quiet!" I guess this must be Memphis' version of happy. 8^D
Because of the Dumpsters crew, I learned that going to the store to buy tin snips just wasn't that easy. Who would have thought that there would be so many choices. Obviously, I am not very handy when it comes to this stuff. Now I know that there are tin snips for any occasion. If you want one to cut right, they got it. Left cut? Yep one of those too. But I don't want left or right, can I just cut straight? You sure can if you buy the right kind. So, I bought the right cutting tin snips for Rick, the crew chief and went back to their site. They had young people crawling all over the house, scraping paint and prying off rotting wood.
The final crew in Park Hills was Glueless. I had a nice little discussion with Haley, a classic book reader, from Houston NW. I quickly found out that I know nothing about classic literature. Thank goodness that we were interrupted by the break master to discuss when to take a break and do a devotion. Confusion quickly broke out. I think a decision was finally made and all was well again.
We visited other crews, but that must be included in other posts. Until then, we must bid you a fond farewell. Y'all come back now, you hear?
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