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Please indulge me for a minute.
This thread and this TAC family here reminds me of a time a lotta years ago.
I had one old line crew foreman back in the 70’s-80’s who was pretty damn great. Ornery, but great. And tough?- oh, yeah, tough as they come.
I was probably pretty hot-headed and “full of p#ss & vinegar” at the time- (you had to be at that time- to survive in that trade). Anyway, I remember he sat me down one day and said “Kid, you don’t get ahead by keepin’ everybody else down– you get ahead by pullin’ everybody below you on up.”
I never forgot that moment. I remember it like it was yesterday.
6 months ago I stumbled upon TAC- and this “family”, and there it is!
To me, that’s what our TAC family does BEST- they help the ones behind them in the journey. And you/we all really get nothin’ for it except knowing we’ve helped.
If that ain’t the definition of cool- nothin’ is.
I’ve been to put this into words for awhile- and suddenly– out it came.
Thanks for readin’ it– Mark J