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ziore entcring ll1e eanslmenon apparently was the same lrne was not And If we ncgollated a shaung of erase.-,
held, I w.1s a leaeher, and marked Z50 icnl away enher we remamed guod to our word. 1 al.n
one of Lhe paems len,oyed A‘ um mm mm‘ mm the luld hrm (11iIlI1'1i~' phrlasuphy was bener
"‘“d““5 W” “ ‘ ‘“"““‘“5" knowled e Lhal ll1e unmarked line had ‘“ ‘}“‘ "mg ““
”NnImdy lose. all Hm time " ln the poem, 5
. been drseovered earher rn our work! I shared llus erpenenee .1: vanous

he desrnbe. a famlly member s hours .

with mum and 1m ummam mam m fnlag thar Evin lhuughdll1e llmlztyl ll1.1d ereararor rruinellngtglm en:ouxa§}|:llg my I
overcoming lhase fmlums. whrle very hm ° ?T';“’d Lg" ‘d“’“ P: °“  ’ Pf” ;"’“; °;"‘. ‘“d:“f"‘ '1‘ "t‘l°”
mg“ m [Mk ‘hi Wm concludes ave a1 ar e e amage y ca‘ mg 11 ere a rea y Lung r. nr sum ar, 1ere
‘hat emybody “mm mm Mm. h}oll1 tllefrnl anfd our [One call Wnélluull were Tomedthzl mtiuflzrd  ronnnually
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mmmbu > o err represen .1 res a r wa. .1 a u e r . were err an an

mvoreed for the total eusl of lhe damage lamentmg that lhny, .1. excavatun

Ten years or .u ago, lwas e.1lled lwuuld ennle.lrl,hullhalld1d not were dolng everything Ihcy eould do.
to mvcsligatn a sue where a utility erpeel Lhcm lo enrlure Ihl: enlue eusl l wuuld allend meenngs where utlllty
had been dug up. 1 met wlth e1ll1er l lald ll1em l would .-pln lhe eusl members were presenl and mey wauld,
represenlauve. ui «he affnclcd utlllty 50/50 and 1s.ue Lhcm a eheek .1.- soun a. wlnle ln Ihl: audrenee, make generally
and was accompanllzd by our m.uranee l mcclved lhe mvoree for our half of lhe dlsparaglng remarks about uxcavalnrs
eompanys salely nudu .-pee..1lrsl. amount. ln general. The uhvrous truth as that

He ursned uur husrness every 3-5 ll1e truth r. somewhere 1n ll1e mrddle,

_ upon return lo my vehrele, l was _ ,, _ ,.

mamhs to make .ure we were dolng Yh ‘ 1 1 d b V beeau.e nahody lo.e. all «he ume.

all we could to mlmmrze our expo.-ure *°"‘_°“ S‘? C ‘"5 :33“ ‘>“:‘;" "‘l:;‘l"‘“‘“ The lesson remembered mm the poem,
to nsk. He walehed as lhe ulillty §”’°:' ‘"5 _" :1 ’ ‘°‘“ld }‘1""“ tlmlevezyonc succeeds now and «hen
represenlauve. and l rnel, walked the ‘hi’:  ‘E’; ‘:5 h“"‘ al a very mlmmum, rneludes ulrlmes,
area where the line had been hrl, lalkcd > Y P > P > 5 exeavalur.-, and thud party loealors
wuh lhe supennlendenl and dr.eus.-ed ‘”l‘“’‘ “'2 M‘ ‘“"’ ‘“"”‘° "‘ “"3 "31" ‘° ,

_ , pay when we were rn me wrong and I! r. ahen dlfficult to look at une .-
re.pon.rhrlmes. The lme, w here .lruek. ,
_ _ Io nsgnlmle when we felt that the self, one s proresses and praenee. and
was unm.1rked. It was wnhrn Lhe
_ respunsrhrlrry was shared. l wenl on find fault. But u ean alway. be lhere,
seope of the lorale reque.l. Duung the ‘ 1 ‘h I h d d at _ Yh T1 k I ‘ht i I
mlemm Pmmm M supmmmdml o exp am a , w en we en e u somen ere. 1e qulr: es pa a a1 ure
deny. we had .1.sembled aur evldence r. lhe senlrmenl that all rs pczfctl and
sa1dlh.1lhe .hauld nol have been
carefully and had full and eomplele ll1.1l lhere are no rssue.-. fig
surpn.-ed la find me unmarked lrne h
Whm ,. pm pm, h,.1,mu,e Wm document-ll-<=n W m we alzmed to M1 ml, ream. ..1...».;a. Lvtl‘ wrullml a/ the Cmvggt ;
Pay. the :1-ark \"’“»*PY°C?°‘i‘d <lu-ddy- Lwscu be .1,..»...a.h..rll,re/.11a..1ema...rr...1..
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