Here's a similar story from my "Young Paden" vault of memories.?ÿ I posted this late in 2016.?ÿ It is a true story and I didn't even change any names....

My first wife (she hailed from West Texas) had an uncle, her father's brother, that was a crusty old hermit rancher from a little place named Fluvanna...

@holy-cow?ÿ There are two things that drew me toward land surveying, junk piles and berry patches.?ÿ Free stuff is like the earth giving you a big h...

I was raised by folks that had a similar mind-set, except there was little wealth involved.?ÿ I always blamed it on the fact they had lived through th...

@holy-cow?ÿ An old friend of mine use to be keen on sending cards to me and all his other friends that were "recycled".?ÿ ?ÿLike for Christmas I migh...

I don't guess this counts because it was intentional...but once I gave a surveying seminar and I purposely let about 18" of toilet paper hang down fro...

@field-dog?ÿ No surge protector will protect from a lightning strike.?ÿ That doesn't mean they're a bad idea, they just protect from surges on the no...

@holy-cow?ÿ "Everybody is the same age when you're in bed." - Sam Malone, bartender at Cheers

Last night I watched the 1959 B&W western "Day of the Outlaw" that included Robert Ryan, Burl Ives and a host of all the "usual suspects" found in...

I remember reading about this years ago.?ÿ Took me a bit to find it. Hafele-Keating experiment

@jaro?ÿ I had (at different times) a 1951 Chevy sedan and a 1951 Chevy PU and both were 6v systems.?ÿ The car was a negative ground and the truck was...

Back in the day the positive anode of the wet cell batteries in the central office were grounded as opposed to the negative (cathode) being ground.?ÿ ...

@dave-lindell?ÿ Once in the throws of passion I heard a car door slam.?ÿ I jumped up and had my britches half on when I realized it was my own house ...

I'm pretty sure that as the velocity of an object approaches the speed of light it can outrun gravity.?ÿ I discovered this by actual physical observat...

Sometime around 1976 I was living in a rural trailer park with my two small children.?ÿ The folks next door had a young daughter that played her KISS ...

@williwaw?ÿ According to my wife it's not the species but the gender.?ÿ 😉

A buddy of mine got some hearing aids a few years ago.?ÿ I had no idea his hearing loss was as great as it was, but he was happy with his purchase. O...

Ain't that the truth.?ÿ In my old age I have lost a good part of the hearing in my left ear.?ÿ After a few years I realized I was getting pretty good ...

I apologize for my sick humor, but a room full of old goats that can't hear seems like a hilarious situation. "Hi, my name is Paden and I can't hear ...

It's been difficult for me to convince my wife that I hear an air raid siren constantly.?ÿ Sometimes it quiets a bit and I only hear the roar of the o...