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From: Cypress,Ca.
Inspection Monday, should be pouring Tuesday.
Much to my chagrin, I found out when I called my pumper to order the mud that Paramount Ready Mix, the concrete company I've been using for almost 20 years, closed their doors right before Christmas. Bought out by Robertson's, who had purchased Paramount's other plant, as well as numerous other small companies over the last decade or so. Bummer. Had a decent relationship with that company, always had great service whether the job was large or small, and their salesman Ron would usually stop by the job on the day we poured and bring a few soda's and a couple of doughnuts for everybody. I guess I'll just have to get used to a faceless entity now. Seems so many things are going that way...
Much to my chagrin, I found out when I called my pumper to order the mud that Paramount Ready Mix, the concrete company I've been using for almost 20 years, closed their doors right before Christmas. Bought out by Robertson's, who had purchased Paramount's other plant, as well as numerous other small companies over the last decade or so. Bummer. Had a decent relationship with that company, always had great service whether the job was large or small, and their salesman Ron would usually stop by the job on the day we poured and bring a few soda's and a couple of doughnuts for everybody. I guess I'll just have to get used to a faceless entity now. Seems so many things are going that way...
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Working for a while today. Gotta make hay while the sun shines.
Last edited by SteveBricks; Jan 9, 2011 at 09:28 AM.
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From: So Cal
I know most of you guys are south of LA - but please keep me posted if anyone hears of shops hiring towards the N end of LA county. :-) I'm normally too stubborn to ask for any kind of help (it's not in my nature)... but I figure it couldn't hurt at this point.
