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Monthly Archives: December 2011

“senior (driving) tsunami;” Go Packers!

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Joe SchrinerDecember 24, 2011
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Our motor home got hit last week.  It was parked on a quiet side street and an 82-year-old woman, in broad daylight (at a slow speed), swerved and hit the back corner.  The next day (Are you ready for this?), … Continue reading →

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Average Joe on Main Street USA

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Joe SchrinerDecember 19, 2011
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We spent the weekend moving into our new home on Main Street in Bluffton, Ohio (pop. 3,875).  That’s right, “Average Joe on Main Street USA.”  Doesn’t get much more populist than that!  And we don’t even plan these things, the … Continue reading →

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‘Joecare’

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Joe SchrinerDecember 17, 2011
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While the other candidates are holding town hall meetings, and the like, in Iowa and New Hampshire, I’ve decided on Northwest Ohio.  (Call it a hunch)  Last night I found myself in an impromptu round table discussion at McDonald’s with … Continue reading →

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split second lapse…

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Joe SchrinerDecember 15, 2011
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I talked with Kurt Schoenfeld yesterday.  He travels the Midwest giving training seminars for firefighters on tools (like “Jaws of Life,” etc.) used in extracting people from vehicles in the aftermath of a bad wreck for Howell Rescue Systems.  Coming … Continue reading →

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a 15 ft. by 15 ft. room; living on $9,000

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Joe SchrinerDecember 14, 2011
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I talked with Bluffton University professor Don Hooley.   Back from a sabbatical to India, he said it wasn’t uncommon to see a family of four there living in one 15 ft. by 15 ft. room, complete with a small kitchen, … Continue reading →

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On caskets, and such…

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Joe SchrinerDecember 8, 2011
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I talked with Neil Kehler who is involved with a “Casket Ministry” at First Mennonite Church in Bluffton, Ohio.  He and other church “carpenter hobbyists” make nice, cherry wood caskets for deceased church members.  The cost: $300. Neil told me … Continue reading →

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What the “Super Committee” couldn’t do…

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Joe SchrinerDecember 5, 2011
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And you think the Super Committee had problems…  I talked last week with Tom Eckelberry who is the president of the Harrod, Ohio (pop. 400), Village Council.  Harrod is one of a handful of towns that don’t assess a tax on resident … Continue reading →

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