05/23/2013 Blog «The Legel Report»

Arthur is 90-years-old. He’s played golf every day since his retirement 25 years ago. One day, he arrives home looking downcast. “That’s it,” he tells his wife. I’m giving up golf. My eyesight has gotten so bad that once I hit the ball, I can’t even see where it goes.”

His wife sympathizes with him and makes him a cup of tea. As they sit down, she says, “Why don’t you take my brother with you and give it one more try?”

“That’s no good,” sighs Arthur. “Your brother’s a hundred and three. He can’t help.”

“He may be a hundred and three,” says his wife, “but his eyesight is perfect.”

So the next day Arthur heads off to the golf course with his brother-in-law. He tees up, takes an almighty swing and squints down the fairway.

He turns to the brother-in-law and asks, “Did you see the ball?”

“Of course I did!” replied the brother-in-law. “I have perfect eyesight!”

“Where did it go?” asks Arthur.

“I don’t remember.”

MjL 23 May 2013, 03:00 a.m.

1701 – After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.

1785 – Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter that he had invented bifocals.

1922 – “Daylight Saving Time” was debated in the first debate ever to be heard on radio in Washington, DC.

1934 – The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the “Battle of Toledo”, a five-day mel�e between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.

1937 – Industrialist Robber Baron John D. Rockefeller died.

1994 – “Pulp Fiction” won the “Golden Palm” for best film at the 47th Cannes Film Festival.

1995 – The first version of the Java programming language is released.

MjL 23 May 2013, 04:55 a.m.

Heaven forbid that Morton should leave the busses outside when they can afford to waste a million dollars on a bus barn!

Rising costs for District 709 bus park ‘mind-boggling’

MjL 23 May 2013, 04:59 a.m.

I ran across a term yesterday on the Internet I hadn’t heard before. Disaster Porn. There are several critics chastising major news networks like CNN of simply preying upon the victims of disaster long after there is any real news to report. After watching Anderson Cooper “interview” an injured woman in the hospital about the loss of her daughter in this latest tornado ... I agree. It really is kind of disgusting to see them badger the victims. The only upside is that this drama does help to collect money for the victims through donations but I still wonder if it is worth it.

MjL 23 May 2013, 05:07 a.m.

I never thought of a car as part of the family like a pet, but I guess so. We traded the 1996 Monte in last night for Andy. He will now be driving a silver (with black spoiler) 2005 Chevy Impala. They sure don’t let you say good bye to your oldie but goodie either. Wow...we arrived in the Monte and when we left, it was nowhere in sight! I guess they figure they should do it like a bandaid - fast and quick so it doesn’t hurt so much. We bought that Monte in 2001 for 5988.00 and drove it for 12 years. It was a great car!!

Tammy 23 May 2013, 07:02 a.m.

That is very much like how we all felt about our old blue Astro van. Only we saw it get hauled off to the junk yard. We literally drove it to death. There have been cars that I hated (AMC Pacer), cars that I loved (1984 Fiero) and then the cars that just become trusted friends like our late van and the recently traded Blazer. So many memories tied up in our automobiles!

MjL 23 May 2013, 07:07 a.m.

It was really a funny feeling driving out of that lot and not seeing our Monte anywhere! I know it’s going to be sold and not just junked, but still sad. We drive our cars here for a long time too. I told the salesman at Ray Dennison that we may not be frequent customers but we are loyal ones. All of my cars are from there except for Ashley’s car. We fell into a great deal with her car and couldn’t pass it up.
Kind of funny...my son is driving a newer car than me! Dave is still the winner with his 2006 motorcycle. (He’s also the loser - 1988 Ford) :)

Tammy 23 May 2013, 07:26 a.m.

Jeff Teel Trip Update

MjL 23 May 2013, 10:11 a.m.

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