Many times during the pre-election days, I worried about the future of television. After all, the air was filled with political stuff, so where was the money going to come from to assure tv’s survival? Thank goodness the lawyers took advantage of spaces to tell us they have court time to help about ignition problems, […]
Back in the 1970s, we put an awful lot of thought into building our Oxford Township home. We thought of things like a 2-car garage, garage door to the lower level and even an outbuilding with wide garage-type doors. At the time, we had two cars and lots of covered space. We couldn’t possibly have […]
In golf an ace is really fun, but can be costly Some sports have some nutty responses. When a football team is about to win a game, players like to dump Gatorade on the coach’s head. When a golfer hits a hole-in-one he’s expected to buy drinks for everyone in the bar, passersby and invitees. […]
I was born and raised a country boy on a farm without tractors, plows or cultivators, but with a mother who learned the ways of a farmer’s wife. Which means her Albion College degree didn’t help much in the kitchen. Of course, my dad’s University of Chicago degree didn’t help him until several years after […]
You got it! I’m going to start this column with comments about ma’dog, Shayna. About an equal number of Jottings readers say, either, “Not another column about your dog?” and, “Keep writing about your dog.” Thus the early warning. But, first: Where do you find a no-legged dog? Right where you left him. What goes […]
Several years ago I asked in a Jottings, ‘Why do so many tv sports stations have so many people covering a football game and reviewing every activity during every play?? In the beginning, they were said to add ‘color? to a game. Now, there may be three people at microphones in the booth and an […]
Golfers delight in pars and birdies. Golfers like to tell their lowest rounds. As golfers age, they dream of shooting their age. Consensus is that fewer than one percent of golfers achieve that goal. Fran Bertram has had 599, 18-hole rounds of golf shooting his age or under. He’s been doing it since 1991, when […]
If you stop exercising, start cigarette smoking, discontinue your prescribed cardiac medications, and increase your daily intake of high calorie and fatty foods, you’ll definitely have enough retirement money to last you the rest of your life. * * * A father buys a lie detector robot that slaps people when they lie. He decides […]
Recently President Barack Obama asked each of we U. S. citizens: ‘Are you better off today than you were six years ago?? Others have asked the same question. But it’s such a broad question there can be no single answer. What does the president mean: better off? Does he mean financially? Health? Securer? More comfortable […]
Golfers delight in pars and birdies. Golfers like to tell their lowest rounds. As golfers age, they dream of shooting their age. Consensus is that fewer than one percent of golfers achieve that goal. Fran Bertram has had 599, 18-hole rounds of golf shooting his age or under. He’s been doing it since 1991, when […]