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ziore entering the canslruclron appamntly was the same lrne was not And rs we negonaled a sharrng of casls,

neld, l was a leacher, and marked zsll feet away euher. we remamed good to our word. l also

unlz of the poems lemoyerl mid him (lull Ihl~ phrlosaphy was bener

t2acl1ingwascccummlng~' Q‘ “'"1{§°*"5;";;'1fd “'1” tklmd I, h d lnlhelung run.
”Nubudy loses all me ma: " In lhe poem, "W" 5° “ ’“"‘"“" “ '“° “ .

, been dlscovcrcd earlrer rn our work, l l shared Lhls erperrenee al vzlrlous
he rleserrbes a frlmlly member s bouls
knew that even though the ulllltv lmd ercavalor meenngs, entuumglng my
wul. iallumand hrs ullrmalesuccess ln i I at k M I {My _ I i ‘h WM I
wh-my a:z"a::. rzfzllx :r::.'::,,,a'.:,'?::a
longuc ln cheek, the poem concludes 5 3 3 — 5 * '
‘hm Emybady Mum. mm Mm. b}olh lhefrr; and our flue call Wllélluull were Tolxledtllzl mtiuflzcd connnually
mew km ..'1:::* '" :°?'“;.°? :::l:.r:,":a:r:::w;:.r:;r,*:;l‘:::*:.
mmnmbm o err represen a rves a r was . . .
rnvorced for the total casl of lhe darnage lamentlng that they, as 2><cr1vatm'~

Ten years or so ago, l was called l wauld conlesl ll, but Lhal l drd nol were dolng everythlng they could do.
to anvesngale a srle where a ullllty expecl them to endure the ennre casl l would amend meelmgs where utlllty
had been dug up. l met vmh citlmr l told tlmm l woulrl splrl (112 casl members were presenl and they would,
represenlauves of lhe aflucled utlllly so/so anrl rssue them a oheck as soon as wlule ln the audience, make generally
and was aceompanrerl by our rnsurance l mccived I1'1I;‘lnVD|C2 for our half of Ihl: disparaglng remarks about ercavalors
company'~ salery audit speeralrsl. amount. rn general. The obvious truth rs Lhat
He ursuerl aurbusmess every 3.6 U m I 11 17 I V _ the truth is somewhere in tlm rnaddle,
manlhs lo make sure we were dolng W" ""1 °““_3’d“: V'° " ‘““’ because "nobody loses all the urne."
all we could la rnlnrmrze our exposure ”°'“_°“ ‘E C ‘"t‘ :2?“ if“: "‘l’d“1”“‘° The lesson remembered from (112 poem,
lo rrsk He walehed as «he ulllily §°’”"f(;' “"5 _° :1 If ‘°‘“ld }‘1"‘’‘ that everyone succeeds now and lhcn
represenlauves ancl l rnel, walked Ihl: G3‘: m°fi h“"‘ at a very mlnlmum, rncludes ulrlrnes,
area where Lhe lrne had been hlt, lalkerl ‘ Y P > P > 5 ercavalors, and thud pally loczllols.
wuh lhe superrmenrlem anrl rlrscussed ‘”“‘“ “T M‘ “'° ‘“'°.’° “‘ ‘1“ "5h" ‘° ,

. pay when we were m the wmng anrl II rs uittsn dlffltult to look at one s
‘“‘*’°““""“‘“”“‘°““°"“'}‘°’°"‘“°"' lo ne olnlc when we ielllhat the sell one's roeesses and racucesanrl
wasunmnrked.Ilwaswlthlnlllc 3 {,1 _l ‘M, I Eh Hg“ * lYVY_b L};
mpwmmlocmmqum Dumglhe responsr rrrywassmrc . wen on n an . u r canavla)~ e ere,

. . . ID explaln that, when we decrded to somewhere. The qurekesl path to iallum
rnlemew process, our supennlendenl . .
_ deny, we had assembled our evrdence rs lhe senlrmenl that all rs perleel and
°‘“d ‘hm }‘° ‘}“’“'d “°‘ “"2 ""2" clrefull v and had full anrl com lele Ihll Lhcrc 1n: no rssues m
sur-prrsed la find Lhe unmazked line dommgnmm whm W a “Ed (0 ’ ‘
Wham ;. had been hi. bmw WM. x 3 My ml, lllmltly rmmlns oerwraarrrl a/ arr Calvgge ;
PW the check Wm l>roc2»~rd q-nckly» aw ea. In: ll/in a Hmrfill am. lhml as was
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