  It's been a good long time since I blogged, and I'm feeling bloggish. So here I go. Ahem. Bloggity blog-blog bloggo blog. Bloggity bloggity blogitty bloggin blogger blog. Blog blog. That was great. I really had to get that out of my system. So anywho, I've decided to make a post about the people I work with, because they're just so derned inneresting. Moe's gotten the low-down on most of this already, but I'm sure you other city people are curious about the inner workings of a blue collar hillbilly company.
The most interesting person is probably Mike Trubshaw. Most people call him Mikey or Little Mike because there are a lot of people at M&T Sprinklers who are named Mike. The interesting thing about Mike is that, when I think about how to describe him, the first trait that jumps readily to mind is that he loves to drink. I mean, LOVES to drink. He's currently working through some court business for his 3rd DUI. He can no longer drink legally, but that doesn't stop him, and is currently up to a $1000 signature bond.
Also, his divorce is final tomorrow, so he, in the tradition of all people when they finally slice the knot, is throwing a beer bash at the VFW tomorrow night to celebrate his divorce. All this comes to mind before even what he looks like, and he is easy to pick out because he's about 5'4" and always wears black socks to work, so he looks pretty goofy. He routinely comes to work hung over and can't remember what all he did the night before. He's the son of the owner of M&T, but was still in danger of being fired because his drinking is so gratuitous that Luke has had to drive Mikey around on service calls because Mike hasn't had a license for quite some time now.
Justin Ellis is the other most fun person to work with. He's a foreman, been with the company for 5 years now. He's also not a real big guy, but he still looks tough. He's the most tattooed person I know, with all the usual tough guy tattoos, including barbed wire lacing his forearms, and then some skull tattoos and a big dragon head covering a bicep from shoulder to elbow.
He's the most likely to scope out women while working and then make uncouth comments. (His grossest that I've heard him say, and he's said a lot of gross stuff, is, "if they're old enough to bleed, they're old enough to breed. ") This guy is also married and has 2 young daughters. But he's the easiest to work with, because he's always cracking jokes and doesn't take the job too seriously.
He's also had to regularly carry little Mike out of bars because Mike is drunk beyond the capacity for movement. So there's a taste for the Wisconsin working class. Fun guys all, and definitely motivation for better education. Later, bloglings! The Boy 
