Hi everybody. Welcome to the blog where I talk about my past.
Build a bridge and get over it. That was a pillow my ex-wife gave me when I was building my house. You see, I bought a blank lot in Montauk NY. The only access was where the flagpole would be and it was over a ditch where some wetland plants had grown. It was kind of a nightmare. I bought this land, but the only way to get to it was by building a bridge. And the DEC would not allow you to build a bridge over wetlands. I guess, in hindsight, I should have hired a lawyer, but I resolved this problem for myself. Now, it’s kind of a complicated, but to cut a long story short, I’ll tell you what I did.
I spent a lot of time at the DEC on Long Island. Finally they agreed that I could build a bridge but only twelve feet wide. That was to allow wetland plants to grow. Now, the town said I could build a bridge, but it has to be at least 15 feet wide. I was at an impasse. The DEC and the Town did not like each other. In fact, they would not really communicate. I was going back and forth like a ping pong ball. One day, I thought. OK, that’s it. I can’t build a bridge or build a house. So my solution was to open a bottle of red and finish it. Well, at about 4 in the morning with my head on the table, I woke up and with piece of plain white paper I wrote 12 feet wide. Then I ripped the paper in half vertically, and separated the pieces. I made the piece of paper 15 feet wide. I put a 3 foot gap in between the two pieces of paper. I filled the gap with a grate that would allow daylight to go through. I went to the DEC first thing in the morning, with coffees in hand. I said, I’ve got a solution to our problem. They looked at me like I was an alien, but they said, you know what? That’s a good idea. And they gave it the go-ahead. I think this is one reason my brain exploded. Anyway, I made a pretty awesome bridge. It looked like a Japanese Bow Bridge. It was cool. It was made of steel, hardwood and concrete. It was indestructible. It will be there for thousands of years. Also longer than either of my marriages. It was a great project. I know how to build an awesome bridge now. I was there everyday for the construction. The DEC even uses it as an example of what to build. If anyone’s interested, I’ll give you a free tour. We’ll just have to sneak onto the property. It was expensive though. Man, for the price of that bridge, I could have bought a condo in Colorado,
Love and miss you guys. Love B. Nice