1989

DURING THE 80'S THE DRIVEWAY WAS SLOWLY DETERIORATING-FOOLISHLY THROWING TOO MUCH SALT PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP. AND FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON ,THE EDGE OF THE DRIVEWAY,UNSUPPORTED BY THE GRAVEL WHERE IT MEET THE ROAD, STARTED BREAKING OFF. I OVER THE YEARS REMOVED THE BROKEN ASPHALT PIECES, NEVER DREAMING THAT INSIGNIFICANT ACT WOULD HAVE SO MUCH SIGNIFICANCE.    IN 1989 WE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO PUT  A 28 FOOT ADDITION ONTO OUR HOUSE- A NEW KITCHEN,LIVING AND DINING ROOM. WE ALSO DECIDED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE OURSELVES AND TO PAY AS WE WENT. ARLENE AND I BOTH LIKE LEARNING NEW THINGS AND  DOING THINGS.   SO IN APRIL 1989 WE HAD A CONTRACTOR COME OVER AND DIG OUT FOR OUR ADDITION, THEN IN MAY IT RAINED ALMOST EVERY DAY, THE FRONT WALL OF DIRT FELL AND I HAD TO DIG THE FRONT FOOTER OUT AND MOVE TONS OF DIRT BY HAND. BUT WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE DRIVEWAY, AND THE NEIGHBORS LAWSUIT, YOU ASK?  WELL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT AT TRAIL. IN APRIL 1989 ANOTHER VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENT OCCURRED. THE NEIGHBORS, NOW "THE CATHERS", ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE AND HAVE A SURVEY OF THEIR PROPERTY.  THAT SURVEY PUTS A PIN IN MY DRIVEWAY. THAT MEANINGFUL EVENT AND WHAT WAS SAID AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, NOT SAID, HAD EVIDENTIAL IMPORTANCE. THEY SAID NOTHING TO US AND WE SAID NOTHING TO THEM. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I LOOKED AT IT LIKE THIS-OUR DRIVEWAY CROSSES THE CORNER OF YOUR PROPERTY AND YOUR GARAGE IS ON OUR PROPERTY-WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO CAUSE A PROBLEM. THE NEIGHBORS HAD THEIR HOUSE BUILT AND WE STRUGGLED ON DOING IT OURSELVES FOR 4 YEARS. 
 AND I'M GOING TO STOP RIGHT NOW AND POST BECAUSE I'M GOING UP AND DOWN TO MY WORKSHOP DOING GLUE-UPS AND I ALMOST LOST THIS ONCE.