His father, a bulldozer operator, would take the family there on summer days, but then they had to pack up and drive the 30 miles back home.

Jeff: A man who has spent most of his working life as both a logger and a bulldozer operator.

"But then," Lunan said, "not every bulldozer operator works on the Moon."

But at one point in the ceremony, a Moslem official had to reprimand a bulldozer operator.

They had some bad earthquakes down there that year, and he was a bulldozer operator, you know.

"Does he really think the wildlife is painted with Day-Glo for the bulldozer operators to see?"

The engineering and housing department, for example, has lost 15 positions, including four mechanics, a pipefitter and a bulldozer operator.

He extended his arm and pointed the Mossberg at the bulldozer operator.

"But the bulldozer operator kept telling us we should be paying attention to the hills and the stream."