By TOM MOORE
It was a beautiful “summer” day, but only five showed up for our retiree luncheon for March:. Tom Moore, Al Hunsickle, Gene McClellan, engraver Watson Blanton's widow with Lennie Thomas.
And with all these “young” folks at the table, the main topic seem to be past, present and possible future health problems.
Everybody had a tale or two. Gene said he's been having
trouble with a pain in his arm, but he was sure it was just a pinched nerve. But he's going in for tests anyway, and we all stressed that it was nothing to fool with...have that heart checked.
His latest car project is restoring an old clunker he bought three years ago and cannibalize for parts to another car. Now he thinks it would be a good project to “keep me off the streets” to see if he can get that clunker chugging down the highway.
Al added a thing or two to the discussion and Mrs. Blanton related some of her problems and said she hopes to get
back into some exercise when the top of the new Summa program of silver sneakers came up.
That's a program where you can attend exercise classes at various recreation centers and it cost you nothing if you have Summa Care medical coverage.
Tom came up with a story about his quad bypass of nine years ago. He had recovered and was in the dentist chair when the dental assistant asked who his surgeon was.
He replied: “Dr Lee.”
The assistant said to him: “You're lucky, he killed my grandmother.”
At least she said this AFTER the surgery.
The discussion turned to scams and Mrs. Blanton said she received a call that she had won a big prize, but she had to pay the shipping charge of $600.
When she said that sounded high, the caller offered to negotiate. Needless to say, she didn't fall for the scam.
She had another good story. The Jehovah Witness's came to the house and she let them in. They went into their spiel. She was holding her little dog. So after listening for awhile,she figured she's let the dog loose and maybe that would shut up the fellow.
But the dog just left her lap and laid down on the floor and continued to listen to the talking.
The newspaper came in from some criticism during discussions...especially how they failed to cover the Chardon school shootings which, somebody thought might win the Plain Dealer a prize.
And also mentioned was a Portage County story that carried a Columbus Dispatch byline.
The five decided that local news was no longer a priority.
Next luncheon is the second Wednesday of April ( April 11) about 1 pm at Papa Joes' in the Valley. Retirees, working stiffs and anybody associated with the BJ are welcome to come chew the fat.
It was a beautiful “summer” day, but only five showed up for our retiree luncheon for March:. Tom Moore, Al Hunsickle, Gene McClellan, engraver Watson Blanton's widow with Lennie Thomas.
And with all these “young” folks at the table, the main topic seem to be past, present and possible future health problems.
Everybody had a tale or two. Gene said he's been having
trouble with a pain in his arm, but he was sure it was just a pinched nerve. But he's going in for tests anyway, and we all stressed that it was nothing to fool with...have that heart checked.His latest car project is restoring an old clunker he bought three years ago and cannibalize for parts to another car. Now he thinks it would be a good project to “keep me off the streets” to see if he can get that clunker chugging down the highway.
Al added a thing or two to the discussion and Mrs. Blanton related some of her problems and said she hopes to get
back into some exercise when the top of the new Summa program of silver sneakers came up.That's a program where you can attend exercise classes at various recreation centers and it cost you nothing if you have Summa Care medical coverage.
Tom came up with a story about his quad bypass of nine years ago. He had recovered and was in the dentist chair when the dental assistant asked who his surgeon was.
He replied: “Dr Lee.”
The assistant said to him: “You're lucky, he killed my grandmother.”
At least she said this AFTER the surgery.
The discussion turned to scams and Mrs. Blanton said she received a call that she had won a big prize, but she had to pay the shipping charge of $600.
When she said that sounded high, the caller offered to negotiate. Needless to say, she didn't fall for the scam.
She had another good story. The Jehovah Witness's came to the house and she let them in. They went into their spiel. She was holding her little dog. So after listening for awhile,she figured she's let the dog loose and maybe that would shut up the fellow.
But the dog just left her lap and laid down on the floor and continued to listen to the talking.
The newspaper came in from some criticism during discussions...especially how they failed to cover the Chardon school shootings which, somebody thought might win the Plain Dealer a prize.
And also mentioned was a Portage County story that carried a Columbus Dispatch byline.
The five decided that local news was no longer a priority.
Next luncheon is the second Wednesday of April ( April 11) about 1 pm at Papa Joes' in the Valley. Retirees, working stiffs and anybody associated with the BJ are welcome to come chew the fat.
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