Have you ever bought furniture from IKEA?
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Have you ever bought furniture from IKEA?
You assemble it yourself. They give a diagram and some tools, and if you follow the directions you can assemble a nice hutch or dresser.
I think of that when I pass by the rec center under construction. All the parts laid out and the cranes lifting massive concrete sections into place and they all look like they fit.
It’s quite amazing.
The engineering, design and all the knowledge that went into manufacturing the parts, and the expertise of the workers installing the parts is pretty impressive to me.
Workers have certainly been blessed with a mild winter. Aside from a couple of snowy days in October and November, we have not had much, or any, snow, to shovel. That has to be hard on the small army of people who plow driveways and parking lots as winter jobs
That may be ending as you read this. Seems there is a winter mix heading our way this weekend, but the temps go back up next week.