Slocum

“We’re not seeing so much pain right now,” said Slocum, chief executive of Green Development Co. of Pasadena.

Andrew Slocum, who is working on 14 home rebuilds in the Eaton fire area, said builders were used to uncertainty from supply chain problems that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Another big advantage to stacking up birthdays, Mark Slocum said, is that you are met with lowered expectations.

And speaking of grandparenting, Slocum said his skills in that department are seldom called into question.

Take it from Jordan Slocum and Barry Bordelon, better known as the Brownstone Boys.