Shamu

"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself." Potter Stewart - Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Since I am an Agnostic prayers from me might serve no purpose, just know that I am thinking of you and wishing you all the best in both your physical and mental health. Also know that this forum, from what I have seen in the past, can provide tremendous moral and spiritual support, take advantage of it. Also know that aside from the support you receive from XI it is probably most important that you yourself must stay strong and commit to doing the things you need to do to take care of body and mind. I wish you all the best and hope your battles will be won.

So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face, Yogi Berra

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." Vince Lombardi

"If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend." Doug Larson

I do not think any flag has as yet been confirmed as the original flag.

A flag that should forever be preserved for history. I hope it is found, that image of the Firemen and the flag is etched in my mind forever. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/us/cnn-films-the-flag/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

At this point my neighbor has conceded the damage was caused by the persons he had trimming his trees. It is rather clear and impossible to argue. You can see marks where the branch was dragged off of the car and chain saw chips alongside the car. Pics have been taken. The people doing the trimming were not insured, they did not have township permits if they were not insured. My neighbor is turning it into his home insurance to see if it can be resolved in that manner. As for a police report it would not amount to anything because it is a civil dispute. They would record it but not investigate it. This info per a retired local detective whom I hold in high respect. Licenses and inspections could make it uncomfortable for both my neighbor and the tree trimmer because there were no permits issued but I don't know what good that would do for my son in financial restitution. For know my son will wait to see if my neighbors property insurance will do anything. If nothing is done probably off to L&I for ammunition in court. I should note the damage appears to be limited to a large dent in the roof. I do not think a difficult repair.

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” Eleanor Roosevelt

"I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly." Winston Churchill

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." Mark Twain

The two of you are most fortunate. Good to see it is appreciated.

"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." Will Rodgers I actually liked that quote because, being the city boy that I was, I actually accidentally did that. It was truly a learning experience.

At this point I am going to leave my son address the issue since it was his car. He's a grown man and IMHO, his responsibility. Besides he has had that damn car sitting in my driveway for more than a few years now. I don't know the year or model but is one of the more desirable Mustangs. I have counseled him to file a police report if he gathers no more information than I. I did search Google and the prospects are not good if a person at fault cannot be identified. There was a storm in the area Friday night and the possibility of fallen limbs exists so the cleanup could be somewhat valid. Still, if something had hit the car it would have been nice to have been told. As for responsibility for a fallen neighbors tree it's probably my insurance companies responsibility. http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/responsibility-for-damage-caused-by-falling-trees-is-a-subject-fraught-with-confusion-663370/ Not sure how far we will go with this because much of the area is grey and difficult to prove.

This past weekend I was at my Pocono house with my oldest son and grand kids. My youngest son has a older Mustang, uninsured, parked in my home driveway. On my return home we notice there is damage to the roof of the car. We also notice my next door neighbor has had tree work done between our two houses. It is apparent one of the limbs cut landed on my sons car. I approach the neighbor and he claims ignorance of any incident and said he only had his lawn service cleaning up broken branches and no knowledge of anything hitting my son's car even after showing him where the branches were chain sawed. He claims ignorance. I see my neighbor across the street who is usually always at home and he is hesitant to say anything but eventually tells me the lawn crew was cutting branches from my next door neighbors trees with a long pole type of chain saw. After he tells me this he sort of hesitates and tells me he does not want to get involved leaving me to think he knows more than he told me. Well it is my son's issue to try and settle but I do not offer him much hope especially since the car is not insured. But it certainly damages my faith in neighbors. Just exasperating to find out how people can be. Were I to have acted as either one of my neighbors did my parents would have rose form the grave to kick my ass.

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power, we have guided missiles and misguided men." MLK

Just for Johnny: "Veni, vidi, vici" ('I came, I saw, I conquered') Julius Caesar in his better days.

My Mount Rushmore for quotable persons in no particular order: Mark Twain Will Rodgers Sun Tsu Winston Churchill For those visitors who may not know of Mount Rushmore which honors 4 selected Presidents: http://www.nps.gov/moru/historyculture/why-these-four.htm

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." Sun Tzu

"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader." Golda Meir

"God made man, but Samuel Colt made all men equal."

I was in dry as a bone Saltillo Mexico working at the Chrysler plant. Went in to work and old creek beds looked like the had not seen water in years. They are called Arroyos, dry creek beds. We did have rain that day, possibly more in the mountains near the plant. On leaving the plant these dry creek beds were raging streams. Streams simply do not do it justice. A 20 minute ride back to the hotel took over 5 hrs because of flooding. If I had not seen it I would not have believed it. I mean going in it was all desert, coming out raging torrents of water.

Rusty, you best start checking blood pressures and not worrying about where you pissed. You have more to concern yourself about than failing to make the toilet.

Your attorney should be providing the guidance you are asking for and not a bunch of Idiots and guests like me. I am curious however if you first approached Walmart about your injury before going to your own doctors? If you went out on your own before allowing Walmart to address any issue with a work related injury you may have already weakened your position. In most work related injuries that I am familiar with the company MUST be given the first opportunity to address and deal with the issue. If you just go to your own physician first and care is administered without the employers input you may have severely weakened your case. Only if you are unsatisfied with the company care offered should you then be seeking your own personal physicians. May not sound fair but that is how it is in many states relative to workman's comp. Good luck and be yourself, phony is easy to spot.