Observations

[larryJ]

Addendum to the last post........

Here is SoCal, there are things you see that would never, ever, not even be seen in Elk County.  I observed in my drive to the beach:

A man who had been stopped by police, parked in a driveway of a business, being handcuffed.  Traffic didn't slow for that at all.

An outlaw looking biker on his Harley, dressed in black leather, sunglasses, full beard, tattoos...and his girlfriend similarly dressed with tattoos riding on the back of the chopper.  She was busy texting.  (I would have been afraid of dropping my phone.)

Sitting looking out on the bay from the American Legion Post, I saw a variety of boats big and small all really nice looking craft.  Except for one old ugly fishing boat with fading chipped green paint sitting at anchor in the midst of all the really nice ones.  My son took a picture of the bay with the boats and I asked him to make sure he didn't get the ugly one in the shot.  He didn't

In SoCal, it is the law that if someone puts one foot into a crosswalk, you must stop.  Pedestrians have the right of way.  As I was going down the main street through Balboa, there was a family of five, mom, dad and three little girls waiting on the curb to cross the double lane street.  Although they hadn't stepped into the crosswalk, I stopped and waved them on.  As they walked in front of me, the mom told the little ones to wave to me and they did.  I thought that was nice.  Must have been from out of state and didn't know about the law.

These are not rare occurrences here.  Makes you want to move to Kansas.

Well, except for the beach and the ocean and the bay and the scantily dressed girls........I think I will just stay here.

Larryj

[Diane Amberg]

Ok, I paid attention. If that baseball incident had happened here...and it does, I promise you, you would have had a BLS/ EMT ambulance for transportation and a Paramedic truck because of possible loss of consciousness and neck injury. The engine would not have been dispatched, nor the rescue, unless there had been some unusual out of the ordinary sports injury that needed extra hands for packaging and carrying. The Kids usually don't catch on fire.
If she had been hit with a line drive right to the nose, that could have been serious...possible fractured nose and frontal skull fracture with bone fragments pushed into the brain... not common but very serious. The goose egg on the forehead was probably fine, as it didn't split open and cause a very scary looking, but minor laceration that splits the skin to the bone and makes the eyes look like they moved aside... definitely worth the the trip to the ER to check for unlikely but possible sub or epidural bleeding...a slow leak doesn't show up right away. Clots can form.  Sounds like she got very good care. I wonder how it all turned out?

[larryJ]

I will put this here only because it helps me right now to talk about it.  I could put it in the Obituaries, but it really doesn't quite fit there somehow or maybe it does.  I don't know.

My sister-in-law called me this morning to inform me of the passing of her son, my nephew, Philip K. Jordan.  He died last night, April 27 around 8 PM. 

Philip was 44 years old and one of the greatest kids......people.....I know.  He was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy at age six.  My brother told me that Philip would not live past the age of 18.  At age six, he could walk, but couldn't run.  At age ten, he became forever imprisoned in a wheelchair.  He managed to graduate from High School with top honors.  At graduation, the school had a ramp built just for him to be able to go up and receive his diploma. He was a computer genius as that was about all he could do.  His family......my brother and sister-in-law made sure he had the latest in technical equipment and the latest and best in wheelchairs.  The last time I saw him I was totally amazed at all the things that were built into that chair.  We communicated through e-mails often and for a while he even had a blog.  As he lived some distance from me, I didn't get to see him very often.  I will miss that.  He endured many moments of agony from the pain caused by the wheelchair.  There were many times he went to the hospital and I feared that would be the last, but he was resilient and managed to overcome his problems.  He was extremely intelligent and had a great sense of humor.  He is one of the best. 

As to his relationship with Elk County.....He is the great grand son of Albert and Edith Andrews of Howard.  He attended many family reunions there being driven a specially modified van that my brother had designed just for him. 

My sadness and grief are eased by the knowledge that he no longer has to suffer from his disability.  He handled that disability very well.

Rest in peace, Philip, rest in peace.................

Larry Jordan

[Judy Harder]

I am sorry for your loss Larry. There are no words to ease your plight. I know a cyber Hug would do so here is one.
(((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Bless you and your family as you cope with this loss.

[Diane Amberg]

Our condoences for your loss. It sounds like he had the best life he could have had and lots of love.

[larryJ]

In a follow-up to my post about the young lady getting hit in the head.........I attended my #1 granddaughter's game this afternoon.  Well, actually, it's my job to get the girls there.  But I stayed for most of the game.  When my son-in-law arrived, I asked him about the young lady and he told me the doctor checked her out and she was sent home 20 minutes after she got there.  So she is fine.

Larryj

[larryJ]

A major disaster has struck this household!  For a few days now the microwave oven has been acting a little weird.  You open the door to put something in and it starts up before you program the time.  It was easy enough to work around, but we knew its time was limited.  This afternoon, it finally just quit.  Then there was the discussion about how old it was.........how do you get by without one.......or look online to see what is on sale.....

I made the decision that we should go out tonight and get a new one.  I went down the hall to tell my wife to get ready......she had fallen asleep.  I said to myself that I don't need her for such a simple errand.......I can do this myself.  Then a thunderstorm rolled in.

We just don't get rain in May.  Our rainy season is over.  But here it is.......rain with rare lightning and thunder. 

Conclusion:  She asleep......its raining....I'm tired........get one tomorrow.

Observation:  It's amazing how much we have grown to depend on a microwave.  What did we do before?  Funny!

Larryj

[Diane Amberg]

I just bought a new one too. Kenmore, on sale. The other one was just out of warranty.  %$@#!! It had started acting up and making a vibrating noise and finally stopped heating...The tube had quit.

[Wilma]

I have a Kenmore that I bought 8 years ago and I am not having any trouble with it.  In fact, I had a Kenmore in Sedgwick County, too.  Can't remember how long we had it.  It was still working good when I moved over here and not needing it, I sold it at a garage sale.  I think it was the second microwave that we ever bought.

[larryJ]

Kenmore is usually our choice, also.  Our first one lasted a long time.  It was a huge bulky thing.  This one is our second one and we have had it for ten years.  In having a discussion last night when going to bed, it was decided that we really like this Kenmore and this morning we will go to Sears and get another one.  This one was a 1200 watt one and so cooked a little faster. 

On reflection of the above paragraph, I should correctly state that the possibility exists that the "we" will more than likely be "I".

Oh well.

Larryj