Thank Ya Jesus

Looking backward on how he spent his life Kadizzle is pleased he did not have an office job.  At one point Kadizzle thought he might like being a lawyer.  The Kadizzle family is polluted with lawyers.  The grandfather was a lawyer, three uncles on that side practiced law, two sisters were in the legal game, Kadizzles dad had two years of law school, and Kadizzle's brother in law was a law professor.  So law ran thick in the gang.

Long hours sitting at a desk would have driven Kadizzle nuts.  Fortunately most of Kadizzle's career was in coal mining.  Coal mining allows one to move around.  Mine safety involves getting out and seeing what might go wrong and trying to stop it.  That means Kadizzle spent three or four hours per day roaming around thousands of acres looking for where the next accident might happen.  After the mining career Kadizzle was a safety specialist in the Power Generation field.

Generating coal fired power is not an outdoor activity, but power plants are huge.  The plant Kadizzle worked at was the largest building in North Dakota. There was plenty of space to roam around.  Walking completely through the power plant could take two days, and it would be a walk of miles.

The greatest think about the safety business for Kadizzle was you got to be your own boss. You decided when to do what.  On most days if you got bored sitting at your desk you could get up and go for a walk or drive.  A key element of safety is surprise inspections.  If you don't know when you are going to be somewhere, how could anyone else?  So if all of a sudden you get bored and go to some remote area of the plant or mine, it is a good thing.  Someone out there may be about to do something stupid, and they don't think you are likely to show up.  There were times when Kadizzle could not sleep at night.  He would put on his clothes drive out the mine and surprise the dragline crew in the middle of the night.  It kept them honest.  Thank ya Jesus Kadizzle never sat in an office all day.