A radical idea...

Okay, this might piss a few people off.

On a message board I frequent, we were talking about this one guy's work troubles. ("This one guy's"--you like that? As I make the transition from white to blue collar, my dialect changes, too.) He's a sort of handyman, rancher, farmer, cowboy, etc., out in the Pacific Northwest. He's also one of the most level-headed, kind, thoughtful and apparently decent men I've ever "met." It just carries through in his words. Not surprisingly, he's Mormon. Unfortunately, he's having a hard time finding work.

I joked that as I start up this moving business, I could use someone like him to manage operations. I say "joked" because there's no way he's going to move across the country with his family from the P.N. to the urban sprawl of the DC suburbs. Still, he'd be a fantastic asset.

But then I got to joking ("got to joking?") about going to the local LDS temple to recruit some more guys like him, because in my experience, the LDS are conspicuously decent, mild-mannered, honest and hard-working. I know they're human beings, too, but this has just been my experience.

That's when I realized that this wouldn't just be a good idea, but a SCRUMTRELESCENT idea! My buddy agreed because there are a lot of younger, stronger guys saving money for mission trips, and this would be a great opportunity for them, especially if the schedule was flexible.

Now, is this wrong? I can't see why.

We'll see. Once I line up start-up capital and get some trucks, I'll put the theory to the test. I may have tapped into a great American resource here!