George is getting on in age and with that comes physical problems. He just had some surgery and is now wearing a cone on his head so he doesn't bother the stitches. He was acting self conscious so I suggested to the family that we all wear coneheads until the stitches come out. It's an interesting experience and will come in usefeul since as we all age many of us will also eventually need to wear a cone so we don't bother our stitches.
This is Dan speaking. I was looking at the list of recent posts and found three drafts from almost two weeks ago that were unposted. . .all from Grandma Jean. Two of them were blank. This one had a picture. I'm assuming she had problems. I'm posting it. She can tell us why.
Ever astute little brother Paul has noted that I haven't posted a photo of myself from the early years for quite sometime. Well I'm always eager to oblige. Here is a photo from my seventh birthday. Comments?
Looks like our plant is really shutting down this time. You can read the article by clicking on the title above. We'll be working until December or January with a few staying a few months longer. Thankfully this has been a great job for over 30 years and it is close to retirement time anyway. We were forewarned of this for several years and able to get ready for the final announcement.
Some of us went with Paul and JaNae to a Twins game on Saturday. It was raining and we got drenched going to the park. The game was uneventful and the eventual shutout loss was hardly ever in doubt. But then, the very next day, Johan Santana strikes out 17, makes the national news, and enters into the Twins record book with the most strikeouts in a single game. He could have even gone on to pitch a shutout but both Johan and Gardy thought it best to bring in Nathan to close it out. If Johan had struck out the last three batters he would have tied the MLB record of 20 in a game!
