Inquiring Mindsets want to know: "What funny/silly terms have you heard for civil engineering structures or concepts?" Jeff Puthoff, Project Manager “My wife calls each leg of a cloverleaf interchange a ‘loop-ty loo.’ As in ‘The GPS says to take exit 55A, go around the loop-ty loo, and...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nick Selhorst: “I’m thankful I didn’t have to wear a bathrobe for the Christmas card this year.” As 2019 wraps up, we at Choice One have been reflecting on what we are grateful for, including our families, friends, and the...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Jeff Puthoff: “It figures that the traffic engineers* would sign the Christmas card in roundabout fashion.” It wouldn’t be Christmastime without a Choice Mindset centered on our annual Christmas card signing. It’s not that we feel obligated to provide a...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Holly Fannon: “Please don’t make Caray cuss. She wants to get to heaven someday.” She may look cheery in the photo at right, but imagine a blunt object in Choice One controller Caray’s hand and that image feels a little...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Josh Turton, Redi-Rock: “Best decoration in my house…” Mr. Turton won the Longest Beard Competition at Wednesday night’s lumberjack-themed Choice One Charity Cup in Loveland, which earned him quite a trophy (that unintentionally kind of looks like him). And when he got home,...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kaye Borchers: “I feel like we should be able to get some kind of two-for-one discount here…” Welcome to this week’s episode of General Hospital… er, Choice Mindsets. With three bum shoulders and one broken heel in the house*, it’s...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chad Henry: “I think I’m gonna make a card for Craig. It’s his week.” Last week was National Roundabouts Week, and we could hardly hold Craig Eley back from skipping merrily through the office while tossing little yield sign-shaped confetti...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nick Selhorst: “Billy Highfill with Deerfield Township told Dane that he looks like Tom Brady. Dane was quite flattered, but I don’t see it.” Thanks a lot Billy. You just inflated Dane’s head as quickly as New England Patriot’s QB...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Megan Bornhorst: “Good thing Kaye has those fake tiny hands to use this tiny keyboard!” We recently purchased a rather large TV for one of the expanded Sidney office conference rooms, and it came with a rather small keyboard. While we’re sure...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Matt Hoying: “You’re planning on flying the whole company over to Spain for Christmas, right Ryan?” Believe it or not, the routinely clumsy, ungraceful folks at Choice One have a legit professional athlete in our midst. Recent Ohio Northern University...