Eddie came up just four blowouts short of finishing his route yesterday \u2014 not bad, considering he had his usual Tuesday afternoon meeting to attend. He made a solid run at it (literally), because that man doesn\u2019t walk anywhere. Customers keep reporting sightings of him sprinting across lawns like he\u2019s late for a touchdown. I\u2019m starting to think if we gave him a stopwatch and a whistle, he could qualify for the sprinkler blowout Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It reminds me of my military days when running was the universal solution to everything. Need to go to chow? Run. Headed to the BX? Run. Feeling sick? You guessed it \u2014 run. If you were too ill to run to the infirmary, you\u2019d better be arriving by ambulance. I once tried to tough it out with a raging fever, only to have one of my teammates \u2014 a 6\u201910\u201d, 300-pound human forklift \u2014 throw me over his shoulder and jog a full mile to the medic. By the time we arrived, I was half-conscious and registering a cozy 106 degrees. He saved my life that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadly, that friend passed away a few years ago, and I\u2019m now the only surviving member of my team. Moral of the story: some people run because they have to, others run because they can \u2014 and if you\u2019re lucky, you\u2019ll have someone who\u2019ll run for you when you can\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ben absolutely crushed it yesterday, wrapping up his entire route without a single hiccup in sight. He\u2019s one of those guys who puts his head down, works hard, and gets it done \u2014 no drama, no excuses, just results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, though, he\u2019ll be starting later than usual. A close relative of his is in the hospital, and he\u2019s taking the morning to visit and make sure everything\u2019s okay. Once he\u2019s comfortable leaving, he\u2019ll jump right into his route. No worries, though \u2014 anything he doesn\u2019t knock out today, he\u2019ll finish tomorrow. That\u2019s how Ben operates: steady, reliable, and built with the \u201cget it done\u201d wiring most of us wish we had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Ben was steady as ever, Challis\u2019s day was\u2026 a little more explosive. He had what you might call a compressor wardrobe malfunction<\/em> when the main hose running from the machine to the hose reel \u2014 the big supply line \u2014 decided to explode like a miniature nuclear test. The sound probably set off car alarms three counties over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He swung by my shop, and within 30 minutes we had him back on the road \u2014 hose replaced, compressor topped off with diesel, and my truck conveniently refueled with gas in the process. Challis tore through his route afterward like a man on a mission, only leaving four stops undone because it got too dark to work safely. He\u2019ll knock those out first thing this morning before heading off on his regularly scheduled route, hopefully without any more \u201cboom\u201d moments. I\u2019m very proud to call him my nephew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If there\u2019s one thing this crew has in common, it\u2019s determination \u2014 whether it\u2019s Eddie sprinting through yards like he\u2019s training for the Olympics, Ben methodically checking off every stop like a machine, or Challis wrestling a rebellious air compressor into submission. Every day brings a new story, a new challenge, and a reminder that The Maintenance Shop team doesn\u2019t just get the job done \u2014 we get it done with grit, humor, and a whole lot of hot air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are the routes for today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ben with “Leroy” in Boise 83705<\/p>\n\n\n\n West Camas Street Challis with “Orange Julius in Boise 83716 (After finishing is route from yesterday)<\/p>\n\n\n\n East Chateau Drive Eddie with “Purple Rain” in Eagle<\/p>\n\n\n\n West Bolton Drive <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are the routes for today:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eddie came up just four blowouts short of finishing his route yesterday \u2014 not bad, considering he had his usual Tuesday afternoon meeting to attend. He made a solid run at it (literally), because that man doesn\u2019t walk anywhere. Customers keep reporting sightings of him sprinting across lawns like he\u2019s late for a touchdown. I\u2019m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprinkler-blowouts"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Steven Crist","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"Eddie came up just four blowouts short of finishing his route yesterday \u2014 not bad, considering he had his usual Tuesday afternoon meeting to attend. He made a solid run at it (literally), because that man doesn\u2019t walk anywhere. Customers keep reporting sightings of him sprinting across lawns like he\u2019s late for a touchdown. I\u2019m…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5191,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189\/revisions\/5191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treasurevalleyrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Edson St
S Roosevelt St
West Teton Street
Glencoe Place
South Latah Street
Leona Circle
Randall Street
South Shoshone Street
Opal Street
W Hoover St
Manor Drive<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Whittier Place
North Sequoia Place
East Anemone Lane
South Fuchsia Place
South Indigo Place
South Nasturtium Place
East Immigrant Pass Drive
South Yarrow Avenue
East Wormwood Court
South Pegasus Way
South Tulip Place
E Felly Rim Ct
South Peppertree Avenue
South Cruzatte Lane
East Fort Boise Lane
E Trail Bluff Ln<\/p>\n\n\n\n
West Bavaria Street
W Gray Fox St
S Brandenberg Ave
South Chipper Way
West Stafford Drive
South Whitehaven Place
South Willow Grove Lane
Lakemoor Way South
East River Quarry Court
E WoodLander Drive
South Island Glenn Way
West River Trail Drive
West Water Grove Drive
South Lake Pointe Way
S Kestrel Pl
S Riparian Way
East Joplin Lane<\/p>\n\n\n\n