The races are over and I had a blast. I've got an honest to goodness farmers tan so I'm not the same old white guy in the picture.

My thoughts seemed to have moved on to a different set of tracks, I don't find myself thinking about my next post anymore.

It's 95 degrees here in Ohio and the plant is a pretty darn miserable place to be in the afternoon. We've got a couple of new guys working with us now. One is pretty sharp, good at math, ambitious and not afraid of work. The other is cautious, easily puzzled, and reluctant to ask for help and more concerned with his rate of pay than with the job he has to do.

He provides a good example for those of us who want to improve our lives.

While training for his job he never took notes. Is that a good idea? Doesn't look that way now, at least to the rest of us.

Taking good notes is a very helpful thing. I was talking to Rex about writing, he said "I get some good ideas but I can't remember what they were later in the day."

I said, "Those thoughts are like vapors. They drift away never to be seen again if you don't capture them on the spot. You have to write it down when you think of it, and you have to be detailed about that. If you try to write a good idea down in short hand you won't be able to figure it out later on."

Lots of good ideas come our way everyday, it's very helpful to write a few of them down for later use. If you don't you will be all puzzled when it is time to do something later on. Just like this new guy.