Oh Deer

            I often set out early on Sunday mornings to Lancaster County flea markets where I try to sell antiques and collectibles. It was just after three a.m., Sunday, February 27^th, when, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike a little ways west of Valley Forge, that I crashed into a deer. The front of my mini-van was demolished.  I pulled to the shoulder and was luckily OK.  It happened in a split-second.  My insurance company has totaled the vehicle and I’m in the hunt for another one. One moment I’m driving along a highway stretch in complete darkness and the very next there’s a deer standing still in the middle of my lane. It could have been worse.

            At about 8:45 PM on another recent Sunday Ch. 10 News scared the bejeebers out of elderly couples throughout the Delaware Valley.  An attractive female news person intoned, “An elderly couple attacked in their own home tonight at 11.”  That gave elderly couples throughout the areas just two hours and fifteen minutes to wait and wonder whether they’d be the subject of the horrible, senseless attack.

            According to a frequently played commercial on KYW Newsradio, St. Mary Medical Center, in Langhorne, Bucks County, is prepared to face the challenge of A Fib.  The announcer speaks about being able to manage A Fib.  Over the years I’ve told my share of little white lies and large, bold-faced lies and I know that even a little white lie, a fib, has had consequences for me and the one I’ve told a fib to.  I wish St. Mary Medical Center luck in managing the guilt.

            I found a recent headline eye-catching because it stated, “Peco seeks slight increase in electricity billing rate.”  To me seeing “Peco” and “slight rate increase” in the same sentence seemed terrifying.

            As a former broadcaster I take pleasure in hearing commercial announcers on the radio who have successfully moved from one commercial to another.  Not having heard the yelling announcer for Unclaimed Freight for a while I was happy to hear what sounds just like him yelling Forman Mills over and over on local radio.  Bravo.

            I’m proud that I’ve been able to get through just about all of this particular post without one mention of Charlie Sheen.

In case you missed the following story:

“Jackson, Wyo. — A 78-year-old retired doctor was handcuffed and hauled away on a toboggan for skiing uphill in Wyoming, but he won't face charges.

Roland Fleck of Jackson was arrested after refusing ski patrollers' orders to stop. Jackson Hole Resort officials say avalanche danger and the presence of grooming machines made it unsafe.

Skiers can get uphill with snow-gripping "skins" on their skis, among other methods.

The Jackson Hole News & Guide says Fleck was jailed on charges of trespass, interference, unsafe skiing and theft of services.

Resort officials say they won't press charges because Fleck's removal resolved their complaint. Sheriff Jim Whalen says he sees no need for prosecution.” 

That’s just as well.  Pressing charges would have been an uphill battle.