So you think you're a homesteader? Lessons from the Mayflower. When we last saw the colonists, they had returned to Dartmouth, England for repairs to the "Speedwell", consort of the Mayflower. After a week of repairs the "Speedwell" is pronounced ready and re- loading of its cargo begins. During the repairs, Master Martin has made a pest of himself by annoying the shipwrights with "his ignorant boldness in meddling and controlling in things he knows not what belongs to" and made himself a "scorn and laughing stock unto them". This behavior will prove costly. The lesson is- when you hire someone to do work for you, respect their abilities. Nothing annoys craftsmen more than an amateur pretending to know better than they do. By all means ask questions, learn from them & oversee the work for quality, but don't think you know better. Tradesmen will give their best for people who treat them fairly and respectfully. If you are the expert, do it yourself, otherwise treat them as you would want to be be treated.
-Unicoi Ludd
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