Watching the big trucks
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63643)
United States
May 12, 2010 9:20pm CST
I was at my mom's this morning and after deciding that she wasn't up to going to Great Courses, I took her down to the end of the hall for a quiet place to talk to my sister.
Once we were done, I sat there and watched the construction going on in what used to be the parking lot.
There is now a BIG hole in the ground.
I watched a back hoe and a bulldozer and a trencher all working away. At one point the guy with the bulldozer used it to pick up a piece of equipment and help them load it on a truck.
I could see the big dump trucks leaving with dirt and then coming back empty.
It was really interesting - I sure can understand why kids find it fascinating - I sure did! I must of spent most of an hour there, watching the guy with the back hoe move a pile of dirt over, the bulldozer moving piles of dirt around that the trencher had cut out of the ground.
I also think I saw the base for the new swimming pool...
Only supposed to be another 2 years to be finished!
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13 responses
@zedrick_11 (931)
• Philippines
13 May 10
i think its fun watching a construction site and dreaming about your dream house will be constructed too..
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@commanderxo (1494)
• Canada
13 May 10
Still...two years is a long time to even be "sitting" at that window.....
;-D
My best to your mother;
cdrxo
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
13 May 10
yeah, that back hoe took down a mound of dirt it would've take days to do by hand and in 2 swipes the bulldozer did in less than a minute what it would've probably taken 10 guys to do in a day
Its just amazing what these guys can do with these machines!
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
13 May 10
Isn't it fascinating what they can do? I like watching that stuff too sometimes.
Down the street from me they were removing an old bank, why I don't know, but they are re-building the same bank. One day when I was walking to the store, there was a huge hole in the ground where they took the basement out. A couple days later, that huge hole was all filled to the top, and all these trucks and backhoe's were moving around. I asked one of the guys why they took out the basement and he had no idea why, and I said "You guys are really quick, I can't believe all you have done already", and he just sort of humbly grinned, too funny.
What are they putting in by your Mom's that has a swimming pool? or is it part of where she lives?
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
14 May 10
Awww, I hope she takes advantage of that new pool, and indoor too, awesome! It would be fun to go swimming while it's snowing outside, haha.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
13 May 10
2 YEARS, good grief that's a long time to have things in a mess. Hope your mom was well.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
13 May 10
That's great Elic, i know that made your day. Have a good night.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
14 May 10
Lol Elic what was Interesting, the Guy or just that he was shovelling dirt
When I was a Child I used to get into so much Trouble for playing on Building Sites, but do you know I would never have been found out if I had not jumped of this Hill of Dirt and landed on a large piece of Wood with a rusty Nail which ent straight through my Foot, not only did I need an Injection, my backside was terrible sore from the good Hiding I got
I mean as if I was not in enough Pain, did I really need to get the Punishment to 
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
15 May 10
ah yes, the old "insult to injury" thing
Noooo, couldn't see the guys that well really, the trucks weren't much bigger than Tonka toys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonka and the guy with the back hoe only got out of his cab once and the guy in the bulldozer looked like he might run fat, but they were artists with their machines...
@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
13 May 10
When I was a bus driver for pre school kids, we often would have construction on our various routes, and we watched things being built from start to finish. We even called one home "Our house". When I worked in the classroom we would walk to a construction site in the spring, those construction dreams make everyone feel powerful. As an adult, I sometimes lose patience with construction jobs, forgetting what is involved in the process and only remembering how inconvenienced I felt. I imagine for the elderly it is dreams of more productive days, and for all of us, if we would take the time, it can be a time of wonder and awe as well.
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
13 May 10
My kids and I spent a lot of time in the car just watching construction sites! We'd be going somewhere and one of them would yell from his carseat "Twuck! Lo-lo!!" (Loader) and of course we would stop and watch, sometimes get out for a closer look. Those boys played with construction toys till they were ten or so!!
It's surprising how many interesting things we find to look at when we take the time to look around.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
13 May 10
Good grief! It is going to take them two whole years to finish one Swimming pool? Just how big is it?
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@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
14 May 10
Sometimes it seems like things are just put up overnight and sometimes it seems to take forever. Two years is a long time! There is a hospital being built here, and it is supposed to take two years also. It is the only one close by that takes my health insurance so I can't wait till it's done. With any luck I won't have to go to the hospital until it is done.
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
14 May 10
yeah, I worked in an office building that took FOREVER to finish, it was nice enough when it was done - golly, hard to believe that its been done over 25 years now - heck, they said it would take that long before they needed more space, but it took less than 10... well, okay... 15
