Photo of old Grumpy!

You will note that I have added a photo of myself on this page, so that, now the reader will have something to put on his dartboard!

Did you ever notice how, in our post-WWII generations, no one seems to want to take responsibility for his(her) actions? In my own family, yes, my own offspring, if something goes wrong, they always seem to contrive some logic that proves that it is not their fault! I feel sorry for such persons . . . they will never know the feeling of pride and satisfaction that comes from standing before a judge and saying, "It was my fault!" as I did at a hearing on an automobile accident that I caused in a moment of carelessness at a lonely crossroads one time, years ago. Not pride that I had caused the accident to happen, but pride that I had the guts to stand up and take the consequences, whatever the judgement might be. Fortunately, no one was injured, so the damage to the other car, which struck my car over the left rear wheel as I ran a stop sign that I just didn't see, was limited to rather light front end damage. I had rather an exciting ride down off the side of the road and into the ditch after the collision, but I was able to drive my car out of the ditch. The other fellow's car had radiator damage and had to be towed. The judge gave me a rather stern lecture on the dangers of not watching more carefully, adding that I could be killed in such cases. I was appropriately contrite, and he made a judgement in favor of the other fellow, which was as it should have been. I have often wondered if my being taught the three answers in the Air Corps . . . yes, sir, no, sir, and no excuse, sir . . . when I was a flying cadet during WWII had anything to do with my unhesitating acceptance of responsibility for my actions. I am not sure how my insurance company felt about my response, but they paid to fix the other man's automobile, and my own, as well! Since then, I have often enjoyed the look on some of the younger generation's faces when I confess to being responsible for some incident or policy that they found to be less than pleasurable . . .Comments? Henry http://henry-letsgetreal.blogspot.com