The audio button shown below may be useful to practice with. It has five bid sessions. The sessions are about ten seconds apart so that you can call out a lot number, start your rattle, and back your opening bid down to a starting number. SELL OUT on the FIFTH bid of each session. I [...]
The Five Minute Ceiling Fan Project

Not so long ago during the hot – hot summer I was made aware of two different sets of young couples living in Denver that took on the task of installing a ceiling fan in their separate abodes. Now that is not all that newsworthy of a thing to find out about and I here will [...]
Keith Wright and The Mississippi River Part I

1965 and 1966 often found me as a backseat passenger in a Ford Station Wagon traveling through and all around the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. At the time I was employed as a Rodman for a survey crew operated by Southern Natural Gas Company headquartered in Birmingham Alabama. Interstate Highway construction was [...]
Keith Wright And The Mississippi River Part II

Repeated from part I: I distinctly heard Tom say: “There you are big boy, I hope you’re a good swimmer.” Keith responded, “Not really, I can dog-paddle alright but I’ve actually never swam much at all.” With that he kicked off his boots, stripped off his socks and tee shirt, waded into the shallow water [...]
