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Want again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Guys, get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, or bottle of water. Let's see what's happening out there.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.52. A 550lb steer calf $4.11. $4.11 all the way up to $4.19 depending on their condition. A butcher hog in Iowa 64ยข a pound, and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings will fetch you $2.23 on the top end. But guys there's more much more.
OK Solberg:Okay. Here's the deal. I have nothing to say today. I have no idea what today's episode is gonna be about. I wanna get this episode written so I can move on to other things, but I absolutely do not know the theme for today's episode and I love every minute of it. Can you imagine that anyone would actually enjoy a situation like this? But I'm not kidding. I love the pressure slash time limit.
OK Solberg:Now, have you ever been around a person who seems to take all things in stride? Oh, wow. You look at them and they aren't stressed at all and you know that they have to get all this stuff done. This has to be done, that has to be done, the other thing has to be done and they all have to be done by 06:00 tonight. No.
OK Solberg:Wait. The people are showing up at 6:00. They better have it done by 05:30. And you look at them and they're over there smoking a cigarette or drinking a bottle of water, looking off into the horizon with a smile on their face and you say to yourself, what in the world is wrong with that person? Don't they realize what's happening?
OK Solberg:See that reminds me of a story I heard from a dear friend of mine And this friend worked at a gravel crusher. And there was one of his employees that was the most excellent operator of a front end loader he had ever seen. My friend told me this excellent operator was so proficient on the loader that he could show me on the backside of his bucket the paint was wore off. Now that may not mean anything to some of you out there, but to the trained eye to have the paint wore off on the backside of his bucket meant that when he went to fill it with gravel, he got it so full that it spilled over the top back of the bucket and wore the paint off. Point of the story is this, he was so good.
OK Solberg:He got a full bucket every time. So my friend told me this story that I love. I have it in my mind's eye because I never saw it personally, but I love it in my mind's eye. So as this operator, the front end loader worked his job. He liked to stretch a little once in a while.
OK Solberg:You know what I mean? Get out and stretch your legs, stretch your back. And he would open the door of his loader and step out on the platform outside the door. He'd stretch. And remember the conveyor is running the whole time.
OK Solberg:Remember if the crusher runs out of gravel the whole operation shuts down. Remember you aren't making money for the company if the crusher runs out. It's this time a huge stress for many workers. And there he is on the platform of his loader stretching. And what's that?
OK Solberg:He reaches into its pocket and pulls out a cigarette. Looks like a Marlboro. Oh, wait. Oh, no. It's a Marlboro 100.
OK Solberg:Doesn't this guy know what's going on? He'll never have time to smoke that big long cigarette. Man, the crusher's gonna run out. The crusher's gonna run out. And my friend says, he stands there enjoying his cigarette kinda like, hey, I know what's going on here.
OK Solberg:Don't worry. I have plenty of time. Don't wait for me. And sure enough, just at the right time, he sits back down in the loader and presto. Another full bucket crusher never runs out.
OK Solberg:It's always comforting to see a person, man or woman, that can have a lot to do, but they don't get stressed out about it. They've been here before. I got this. Don't worry. Don't wait for me.
OK Solberg:It reminds me of a bible verse. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts you. Isaiah 26:3 Well, that's the way it is. I can't think of anything to write, so I won't write anything.
OK Solberg:Shoot. Probably no one's listening anyway. No one will even notice if I miss today. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.