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#4301
Miscellaneous / Re: Chuckles
December 16, 2007, 08:48:18 AM
I'm am up way too early today so I took the time to read all the chuckles!  Let me add a couple that I can remember.

A man going through a "midlife crisis" goes out and buys a new sports car.  He takes it onto the freeway to see what it can do.  He speeds up to eighty miles per hour and then to 100, and then to 120.  At that point he thinks to himself how foolish he is to be driving so fast and begins to slow down.  In the meantime, a state trooper sees him speeding and pulls him over.  The trooper walks up to the car and tells the man, "Sir, it is Friday and I go off duty in fifteen minutes.  If you can give me an excuse for speeding that I haven't heard before I won't write you a ticket."  The man looks at the trooper for a minute and says, "son, my wife ran off with a state trooper many years ago and I thought you were bringing her back."  The trooper says, "have a nice day, sir".


Or-----

An elderly couple were concerned with their increasing short term memory loss, so they went to the Doctor.  He told them that there was no "magic bullet" pill that could help them.  The Doctor suggested that when they wanted to remember somrthing, to write it down to refresh their memory later.  That night they were watching TV and the old man got up from his chair.  His wife asked him where he was going and he told her that he was going to the kitchen for some ice cream.  She asked him to bring her some and put some caramel topping and nuts on it.  Then she told him to write it down so he wouldn't forget.  He told her that something as simple as that didn't need to be written down.  About twenty minutes later he brings her a plate with scrambled eggs and bacon.  She looks at him and says------"AHA!  I knew you would forget the toast"!!!!!


I am still typing with one hand so forgive me for any mistakes I didn't catch.
#4302
The Coffee Shop / Re: Okra
December 13, 2007, 11:50:55 AM
My mother-in-law was from New Orleans and made the best gumbo in the world with lots of okra.  Fortunately, my wife inherited that great ability to cook so I still get a taste now and then. 
#4303
The Good Old Days / Re: OUR HERO
November 27, 2007, 11:39:48 AM
I don't know if anyone remembers, but I used to go to the saturday afternoon movie.  Of course, there was the cartoon and then the serial prior to the movie.  What was funny was a car chased by the police on a winding mountain road and goes off the edge right at the end and then the next saturday the car was still on the road!!!!  Talk about cliffhangars, no pun intended.  larryJ
#4304
The Coffee Shop / Re: ROLL CALL TO ALL MEMBERS !!!!
November 18, 2007, 12:31:00 PM
This one will make you giggle.  Yesterday, my son and his wife came by and cleaned up our garage a little so I won't be tripping over things.  We were informed that Thanksgiving will be held at the recreation room where they live.  Then we found out what we get to bring for the dinner-------the turkey, stuffing, and maybe a pie.  So, in this case, our children won't be going home to moms cooking.  Moms cooking will be going home to them!!!! ::)
#4305
The Coffee Shop / Re: Hosptal horror stories
November 16, 2007, 08:10:26 PM
FIRST FOLLOWUP  Thanks for caring and sharing. Yesterday I hunted and pecked a letter to the finance office to explain what had occurred.  During the night I thought it would be better to go there and talk to them in person.  I went this morning and asked for an itemized list of the services they had done.  When my file came up on the computer, the lady looked confused briefly and then printed out my request.  It showed a charge for level 1 care for $271 for talking to the triage nurse.  Then she informed me that all the services rendered had not been entered into the system yet.  I almost had to laugh, but managed to keep a straight face.  I told her not to hold her breath because that wasn't going to happen.  I pointed out that the insurance company might balk at paying two different triage nurses on the same day.  So stay tuned, folks, this could be a real page turner.  Oh, as for the $50 co-pay, that is how our insurance works.  If you are admitted overnight then the co-pay is not necessary.  Thanks again!  larry
#4306
The Coffee Shop / Hosptal horror stories
November 15, 2007, 05:15:50 PM
Last Tuesday, I took a spill and was pretty sure my wrist was broken and I had banged my head on the concrete driveway causing a deep cut.  I went to our closest hospital for emergency treatment.  At this point, I had more or less stopped the bleeding on my head.  When I went in I was the only one in the waiting room and went directly to the admitting desk where a young lady took my information.  My forehead began to bleed again and I asked for something to hold on the cut.  She handed me some tissues. There I sat for twenty minutes until a triage nurse called me in for information. By this time,the tissuse was used up and I asked for more.  I was given some gauze pads. I was then taken to a treatment room.  The next person I saw was the finance person to sign the papers.  The next person I saw was the cleaning lady mopping the floor.  After two hours, i tried to attract some attention and was told someone would be with me shortly.  After a few more minutes, I went to the admitting desk, had her cut off I.D. tag, and told her to tear up the paperwork.  I told her I was going somewhere else to get help. I went to the next hospital and had all my prolems taken care of within an hour.  My head required six stitches and my left wrist is broken.  As if the lack of treatment wasn't bad enough, (and here is the horror part) today. I received a bill for a $50 co-pay from the first hospital!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't had to type and peck leltter in a long time :'(
#4307
The Good Old Days / Re: The Origin of Veteran's Day
November 09, 2007, 03:32:03 PM
This is the one holiday that used to really burn me up.  I worked for the Los Angeles Times for over 30 years and not once did I, a veteran, get the day off unless it happened to fall on my regular day off.  Nor was it a paid holiday.  However, all state and county eimployees were given the day off with pay, the vast majority of them not being veterans.  Many corporations also took the day off usually incorporating it into a three day weekend. >:(  However, I will remember those who served and served with pride and say a little prayer for all.  larryJ
#4308
The Coffee Shop / Re: MISSING...........
November 07, 2007, 11:14:22 AM
AHA!  Twas the carpenter, Watson
#4309
The Coffee Shop / Re: ROLL CALL TO ALL MEMBERS !!!!
November 05, 2007, 03:20:04 PM
Bonnie, I live in Covina, 22 miles due east of downtown L.A. on the 10 freeway.  Our house is in the San Gabriel Valley (sprawl) far away from any of the fires.  But we did have the smoke and every morning there would be a fine coating of ash on the cars.  We have lived here for 33 years.  Both of our children are grown and gone.  Our son married in July this year and lives in Orange County not far from the Silvarado fire.  His wife works in Irvine and had to be evacuated from her building one day last week.  The reason I am slow in answering is that our daughter got married yesterday.  She and her now husband had been "living in sin" as my wife calls it for a while, but now they are legal and they have given us our wonderful granddaughter who was the flower girl at the wedding.  She was the flower girl at her Uncle's wedding in July, also.  She is getting a lot of practice.  Now we are waiting to see which one of our children wants to have Thanksgiving at their place!!!! :laugh:  Larry
#4310
The Coffee Shop / Re: ROLL CALL TO ALL MEMBERS !!!!
October 28, 2007, 01:53:04 PM
I have been procrastinating about getting this done, so here goes.  My name is Larry Jordan and I live in southern California east of Los Angeles.  My mother was Iva Jane Andrews who was one of the sisters featured in the 1921 photo of four sisters graduating high school.  According to my Aunt Mary Ellen Snodderley, they all graduated at the same time.

I was born in New Mexico and lived in Colorado and Wyoming before moving to California in 1965.  Uncle Sam caught up with me and sent me off to the army for two years.  I returned to California and worked in various menial jobs until I started working for the Los Angeles Times as a pressman.  After 34 years, I retired rather than accept the changes that were coming to my job.  I thought I was going to be in hog heaven with all my free time.  However, my wonderful granddaughter was born just before I retired and so my baby sitting chores doubled from one day a week to two.  My "honey-dew" list expanded beyond belief.  I still manage to read quite a bit.  My wife still works for the county of Los Angeles so we don't travel much.  We do enjoy a weekend here and there along the coast. 

I have lots of memories of being at my Grandmother's house in Howard.  I had lots of cousins around and aunts and uncles galore.  My mother and I would stay for the summer and then go whereever she could get a teaching job.  I baled a lot of hay in those days!  I couldn't get in trouble because everyone knew who I was and if there was a problem it was reported to my Grandmother right away.  Her name was Edith Andrews and lived on Pennsylvania due west of downtown.  When I last visited there in 2002, I saw that the house was no longer there, although the little shed that the Redmond twins lived in was still there. 

Larry Jordan
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