DTR's Sheepishly Pathetic Watercooler 9.18.11-9.24.11
09-23-2011, 09:19 PM
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Thanks for the kind thoughts Scotty, but looking at other people, both here and in other areas of my life, I can honestly say that despite whatever losses or rough roads I might be encountering at the moment, I really lead a pretty charmed life.
Doesn't stop me from complaining tho! It's raining, humid and generally dreary here in New England. Going to stay that way for quite a few days too. I'm having home made chocolate chip ice cream right now to make up for it tho!
Doesn't stop me from complaining tho! It's raining, humid and generally dreary here in New England. Going to stay that way for quite a few days too. I'm having home made chocolate chip ice cream right now to make up for it tho!
Evening folks.
09-23-2011, 10:24 PM
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I'm looking forward to relaxing and not worrying about work at all.
09-24-2011, 05:59 AM
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Morning. Coffee's ready. Donuts are cooperating. Got plain, cinnamon and powdered. Sprinkley kind gave me the stink-eye so I let them be.
Little something off our director's blog some may enjoy. On labor day weekend, we had one of our new troops struck while on a stop. We didn't think he was gonna make it the first week or so, but he turned right around. The driver that hit him didn't see traffic slowing and locked them up in the left lane, went into a yaw and split the patrol car and the vehicle that had been stopped. Tpr Drew was where he was suppose to be on the outside, but the driver was going so fast, the two cars still weren't enough of a shield. His training officer tried to yell to him when he first heard the tires squeeling, but it was too loud out there. The author of the letter was stopped a little prior to the crash.
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Lessons Learned from a Traffic Stop
Friday, September 23, 2011
It's with great pleasure that I can report that Tpr. Drew Spencer has been released from the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, just days after being upgraded to "good" condition.
On Sept. 4, 2011, Trooper Spencer was struck by a motorist while on a traffic stop on eastbound Interstate 96 near Wallace Road in LeRoy Township, Ingham County. He had been hospitalized since the crash, but is now at home recovering.
Many people, both in the department and outside, have been praying for Trooper Spencer and closely following his progress. The support he's received has been overwhelming.
But there's a story that many don't know. On the day of Trooper Spencer's accident, he and his Field Training Officer (FTO), Tpr. Dana McKee, were working traffic enforcement on I-96 when they stopped a man who was speeding.
He was with his family and told the troopers he was on his way to a Detroit Tigers game. The man said he was attempting to get to the game early to get player autographs during batting practice, but was running a little late and was trying to make up for lost time.
Trooper Spencer cautioned the driver about the dangers of speeding and issued him a verbal warning. On his way home from the game, the man heard about the crash and the severe injury to Trooper Spencer.
Because he was so touched by this incident, the man wrote a letter and sent the autographed baseball he acquired at the game to Trooper Spencer.
The letter reads:
Dear Officer Drew Spencer,
On Sunday at about 4 p.m. you pulled me over for speeding. My family and I were on the way to a Tigers game. I was trying to get us there in time for batting practice because this is the best time for the kids to get a baseball and signatures. This was still no excuse for my speeding.
I have been a truck driver for twenty years now. I spent four of those years in the Marine Corps. I wanted nothing more than to be a police officer after my service time. I started driving and going to school. One thing led to another and I am still driving. I do my best to set a good example for my children. One of my faults is speeding. I never once considered the danger I am or was putting the officer in that had pulled me over.
My family and I made it to the game on time on Sunday. My youngest son was able to get this ball. My older son would like to be an officer some day and my teenage daughter thought you were very cute.
I and my family hope you come through this battle. We will pray for you and your family. The next time I think about stepping on the pedal for whatever reason
I am thinking of you and backing off. I am so sorry for placing you and all the other
officers in danger for my recklessness. May this letter find you in good health and with your family.
Sincerely,
Joe
We interact with the public every day, but don't always know the impact we have on others. Trooper Spencer's actions that day have resulted in a permanent positive change in Joe's life.
There are many people who have gone beyond expectations in their support of Trooper Spencer, from his co-workers at the Lansing Post, to fellow troopers and officers from across the state, to the talented and dedicated staff of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, the outpouring of support for one of our own has been impressive and humbling.
As he continues on the road to recovery, please keep Trooper Spencer and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Little something off our director's blog some may enjoy. On labor day weekend, we had one of our new troops struck while on a stop. We didn't think he was gonna make it the first week or so, but he turned right around. The driver that hit him didn't see traffic slowing and locked them up in the left lane, went into a yaw and split the patrol car and the vehicle that had been stopped. Tpr Drew was where he was suppose to be on the outside, but the driver was going so fast, the two cars still weren't enough of a shield. His training officer tried to yell to him when he first heard the tires squeeling, but it was too loud out there. The author of the letter was stopped a little prior to the crash.
[MSP Intranet Home >> Director's Blog]
Lessons Learned from a Traffic Stop
Friday, September 23, 2011
It's with great pleasure that I can report that Tpr. Drew Spencer has been released from the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, just days after being upgraded to "good" condition.
On Sept. 4, 2011, Trooper Spencer was struck by a motorist while on a traffic stop on eastbound Interstate 96 near Wallace Road in LeRoy Township, Ingham County. He had been hospitalized since the crash, but is now at home recovering.
Many people, both in the department and outside, have been praying for Trooper Spencer and closely following his progress. The support he's received has been overwhelming.
But there's a story that many don't know. On the day of Trooper Spencer's accident, he and his Field Training Officer (FTO), Tpr. Dana McKee, were working traffic enforcement on I-96 when they stopped a man who was speeding.
He was with his family and told the troopers he was on his way to a Detroit Tigers game. The man said he was attempting to get to the game early to get player autographs during batting practice, but was running a little late and was trying to make up for lost time.
Trooper Spencer cautioned the driver about the dangers of speeding and issued him a verbal warning. On his way home from the game, the man heard about the crash and the severe injury to Trooper Spencer.
Because he was so touched by this incident, the man wrote a letter and sent the autographed baseball he acquired at the game to Trooper Spencer.
The letter reads:
Dear Officer Drew Spencer,
On Sunday at about 4 p.m. you pulled me over for speeding. My family and I were on the way to a Tigers game. I was trying to get us there in time for batting practice because this is the best time for the kids to get a baseball and signatures. This was still no excuse for my speeding.
I have been a truck driver for twenty years now. I spent four of those years in the Marine Corps. I wanted nothing more than to be a police officer after my service time. I started driving and going to school. One thing led to another and I am still driving. I do my best to set a good example for my children. One of my faults is speeding. I never once considered the danger I am or was putting the officer in that had pulled me over.
My family and I made it to the game on time on Sunday. My youngest son was able to get this ball. My older son would like to be an officer some day and my teenage daughter thought you were very cute.
I and my family hope you come through this battle. We will pray for you and your family. The next time I think about stepping on the pedal for whatever reason
I am thinking of you and backing off. I am so sorry for placing you and all the other
officers in danger for my recklessness. May this letter find you in good health and with your family.
Sincerely,
Joe
We interact with the public every day, but don't always know the impact we have on others. Trooper Spencer's actions that day have resulted in a permanent positive change in Joe's life.
There are many people who have gone beyond expectations in their support of Trooper Spencer, from his co-workers at the Lansing Post, to fellow troopers and officers from across the state, to the talented and dedicated staff of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, the outpouring of support for one of our own has been impressive and humbling.
As he continues on the road to recovery, please keep Trooper Spencer and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
09-24-2011, 06:19 AM
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Good story Don, thankS!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH:
1755 - John Marshall was born. He was the fourth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. His court was credited with defining the principles of government and the role of the Supreme Court.
1789 - The U.S. Congress passed the First Judiciary Act. The act provided for an Attorney General and a lower federal courts.
1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.
1948 - Mildred Gillars, known as "Axis Sally", pled innocent to charges of treason. She ended up serving 12 years for being a **** wartime radio propagandist.
1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
1976 - Patricia Hearst was sentenced to 7 years in prison for her role in a 1974 bank robbery. An executive clemency order from U.S. President Jimmy Carter set her free after only 22 months.
1991 - Theodor Seuss Geisel died at the age of 87. The children's author is better known as Dr. Seuss.
1994 - Ten Haitians were killed when a firefight erupted between U.S. Marines and a group of armed Haitians in Cap-Haitian.
1998 - The U.S. Federal Reserve released into circulation $2 billion in new harder-to-counterfeit $20 bills.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush froze the assets of 27 suspected terrorists and terrorist groups.
2004 - The USS Crommelin stopped the fishing boat San Jose. The Coast Guard team found 26,000 pounds of cocaine.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
More men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH:
1755 - John Marshall was born. He was the fourth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. His court was credited with defining the principles of government and the role of the Supreme Court.
1789 - The U.S. Congress passed the First Judiciary Act. The act provided for an Attorney General and a lower federal courts.
1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.
1948 - Mildred Gillars, known as "Axis Sally", pled innocent to charges of treason. She ended up serving 12 years for being a **** wartime radio propagandist.
1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
1976 - Patricia Hearst was sentenced to 7 years in prison for her role in a 1974 bank robbery. An executive clemency order from U.S. President Jimmy Carter set her free after only 22 months.
1991 - Theodor Seuss Geisel died at the age of 87. The children's author is better known as Dr. Seuss.
1994 - Ten Haitians were killed when a firefight erupted between U.S. Marines and a group of armed Haitians in Cap-Haitian.
1998 - The U.S. Federal Reserve released into circulation $2 billion in new harder-to-counterfeit $20 bills.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush froze the assets of 27 suspected terrorists and terrorist groups.
2004 - The USS Crommelin stopped the fishing boat San Jose. The Coast Guard team found 26,000 pounds of cocaine.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
More men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies.
09-24-2011, 06:41 AM
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There is no G. There is no G. Repeat after me, THERE IS NO G!
Morning yall. Up early. DH doing a fun run this morning so I gotta go to ...don't know why. He doesn't go to my things 
Redleg, best wishes to the Trooper. Thanks for posting that.
Redleg, best wishes to the Trooper. Thanks for posting that.
09-24-2011, 07:35 AM
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Morning. Coffee's ready. Donuts are cooperating. Got plain, cinnamon and powdered. Sprinkley kind gave me the stink-eye so I let them be.
Little something off our director's blog some may enjoy. On labor day weekend, we had one of our new troops struck while on a stop. We didn't think he was gonna make it the first week or so, but he turned right around. The driver that hit him didn't see traffic slowing and locked them up in the left lane, went into a yaw and split the patrol car and the vehicle that had been stopped. Tpr Drew was where he was suppose to be on the outside, but the driver was going so fast, the two cars still weren't enough of a shield. His training officer tried to yell to him when he first heard the tires squeeling, but it was too loud out there. The author of the letter was stopped a little prior to the crash.
[MSP Intranet Home >> Director's Blog]
Lessons Learned from a Traffic Stop
Friday, September 23, 2011
It's with great pleasure that I can report that Tpr. Drew Spencer has been released from the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, just days after being upgraded to "good" condition.
On Sept. 4, 2011, Trooper Spencer was struck by a motorist while on a traffic stop on eastbound Interstate 96 near Wallace Road in LeRoy Township, Ingham County. He had been hospitalized since the crash, but is now at home recovering.
Many people, both in the department and outside, have been praying for Trooper Spencer and closely following his progress. The support he's received has been overwhelming.
But there's a story that many don't know. On the day of Trooper Spencer's accident, he and his Field Training Officer (FTO), Tpr. Dana McKee, were working traffic enforcement on I-96 when they stopped a man who was speeding.
He was with his family and told the troopers he was on his way to a Detroit Tigers game. The man said he was attempting to get to the game early to get player autographs during batting practice, but was running a little late and was trying to make up for lost time.
Trooper Spencer cautioned the driver about the dangers of speeding and issued him a verbal warning. On his way home from the game, the man heard about the crash and the severe injury to Trooper Spencer.
Because he was so touched by this incident, the man wrote a letter and sent the autographed baseball he acquired at the game to Trooper Spencer.
The letter reads:
Dear Officer Drew Spencer,
On Sunday at about 4 p.m. you pulled me over for speeding. My family and I were on the way to a Tigers game. I was trying to get us there in time for batting practice because this is the best time for the kids to get a baseball and signatures. This was still no excuse for my speeding.
I have been a truck driver for twenty years now. I spent four of those years in the Marine Corps. I wanted nothing more than to be a police officer after my service time. I started driving and going to school. One thing led to another and I am still driving. I do my best to set a good example for my children. One of my faults is speeding. I never once considered the danger I am or was putting the officer in that had pulled me over.
My family and I made it to the game on time on Sunday. My youngest son was able to get this ball. My older son would like to be an officer some day and my teenage daughter thought you were very cute.
I and my family hope you come through this battle. We will pray for you and your family. The next time I think about stepping on the pedal for whatever reason
I am thinking of you and backing off. I am so sorry for placing you and all the other
officers in danger for my recklessness. May this letter find you in good health and with your family.
Sincerely,
Joe
We interact with the public every day, but don't always know the impact we have on others. Trooper Spencer's actions that day have resulted in a permanent positive change in Joe's life.
There are many people who have gone beyond expectations in their support of Trooper Spencer, from his co-workers at the Lansing Post, to fellow troopers and officers from across the state, to the talented and dedicated staff of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, the outpouring of support for one of our own has been impressive and humbling.
As he continues on the road to recovery, please keep Trooper Spencer and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Little something off our director's blog some may enjoy. On labor day weekend, we had one of our new troops struck while on a stop. We didn't think he was gonna make it the first week or so, but he turned right around. The driver that hit him didn't see traffic slowing and locked them up in the left lane, went into a yaw and split the patrol car and the vehicle that had been stopped. Tpr Drew was where he was suppose to be on the outside, but the driver was going so fast, the two cars still weren't enough of a shield. His training officer tried to yell to him when he first heard the tires squeeling, but it was too loud out there. The author of the letter was stopped a little prior to the crash.
[MSP Intranet Home >> Director's Blog]
Lessons Learned from a Traffic Stop
Friday, September 23, 2011
It's with great pleasure that I can report that Tpr. Drew Spencer has been released from the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, just days after being upgraded to "good" condition.
On Sept. 4, 2011, Trooper Spencer was struck by a motorist while on a traffic stop on eastbound Interstate 96 near Wallace Road in LeRoy Township, Ingham County. He had been hospitalized since the crash, but is now at home recovering.
Many people, both in the department and outside, have been praying for Trooper Spencer and closely following his progress. The support he's received has been overwhelming.
But there's a story that many don't know. On the day of Trooper Spencer's accident, he and his Field Training Officer (FTO), Tpr. Dana McKee, were working traffic enforcement on I-96 when they stopped a man who was speeding.
He was with his family and told the troopers he was on his way to a Detroit Tigers game. The man said he was attempting to get to the game early to get player autographs during batting practice, but was running a little late and was trying to make up for lost time.
Trooper Spencer cautioned the driver about the dangers of speeding and issued him a verbal warning. On his way home from the game, the man heard about the crash and the severe injury to Trooper Spencer.
Because he was so touched by this incident, the man wrote a letter and sent the autographed baseball he acquired at the game to Trooper Spencer.
The letter reads:
Dear Officer Drew Spencer,
On Sunday at about 4 p.m. you pulled me over for speeding. My family and I were on the way to a Tigers game. I was trying to get us there in time for batting practice because this is the best time for the kids to get a baseball and signatures. This was still no excuse for my speeding.
I have been a truck driver for twenty years now. I spent four of those years in the Marine Corps. I wanted nothing more than to be a police officer after my service time. I started driving and going to school. One thing led to another and I am still driving. I do my best to set a good example for my children. One of my faults is speeding. I never once considered the danger I am or was putting the officer in that had pulled me over.
My family and I made it to the game on time on Sunday. My youngest son was able to get this ball. My older son would like to be an officer some day and my teenage daughter thought you were very cute.
I and my family hope you come through this battle. We will pray for you and your family. The next time I think about stepping on the pedal for whatever reason
I am thinking of you and backing off. I am so sorry for placing you and all the other
officers in danger for my recklessness. May this letter find you in good health and with your family.
Sincerely,
Joe
We interact with the public every day, but don't always know the impact we have on others. Trooper Spencer's actions that day have resulted in a permanent positive change in Joe's life.
There are many people who have gone beyond expectations in their support of Trooper Spencer, from his co-workers at the Lansing Post, to fellow troopers and officers from across the state, to the talented and dedicated staff of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, the outpouring of support for one of our own has been impressive and humbling.
As he continues on the road to recovery, please keep Trooper Spencer and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Shorts, I can honestly say you're the first person I've heard of that likes counting feathers and climbing trees to remove decapitated bird carcasses. I guess I can see why he doesn't go along.
Y'all have a great morning! I have a tree to finish so I'll catch you later.
09-24-2011, 08:28 AM
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Awesome Don, very uplifting. hope that good stuff transfers (pun) to you!
T raddy, eek- unseen electrical. good on ya for securing the ground too, don't meet the firefighters that way....
CanuckScottychef, no better salve for the soul than cooking (or eating really good food!) Larrytroublebrother, hope you are crossing off the days on a calendar till you can be reckless, wild and free again! or yesterday...lol!
Where's my TX davey? too much lunch laddying?
Shorts, hubbys just want to be adored. better go so you can do the adoring...heheh. bring the headless bird, he will run faster then....
apt is staying free and clear of idiots. no shows and the last pair that called five times to ask if I can come and get them because "my boyfriend didn't want to drive that far" (three miles). they are over 40....
we can enjoy the hot tub for another month!!! wheeee!!!
picking up son's bike from the service shop (1,000 mile check up) he works when they are open, hubby will ride the 650 and look funny doing it.
got a lot of stuff to do, pick my battles today (where's the grumpy smiley?)
T raddy, eek- unseen electrical. good on ya for securing the ground too, don't meet the firefighters that way....
CanuckScottychef, no better salve for the soul than cooking (or eating really good food!) Larrytroublebrother, hope you are crossing off the days on a calendar till you can be reckless, wild and free again! or yesterday...lol!
Where's my TX davey? too much lunch laddying?
Shorts, hubbys just want to be adored. better go so you can do the adoring...heheh. bring the headless bird, he will run faster then....
apt is staying free and clear of idiots. no shows and the last pair that called five times to ask if I can come and get them because "my boyfriend didn't want to drive that far" (three miles). they are over 40....
we can enjoy the hot tub for another month!!! wheeee!!!
picking up son's bike from the service shop (1,000 mile check up) he works when they are open, hubby will ride the 650 and look funny doing it.
got a lot of stuff to do, pick my battles today (where's the grumpy smiley?)
09-24-2011, 02:50 PM
#203
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I agree. In spite of some hurdles, Life is good.
I made my signature home made lasagne today and tonight. Started this morning with blanching tomatoes and then doing the sauce from scratch etc etc. The clan is not here as there is football on and they are at the inlaws. They just came and got some lasagne and left me a home made cup cake and a ten dollar tip! LOL
Sometimes right now I am just too tired to partake and the quiet time is nice.
Life is Good!
I made my signature home made lasagne today and tonight. Started this morning with blanching tomatoes and then doing the sauce from scratch etc etc. The clan is not here as there is football on and they are at the inlaws. They just came and got some lasagne and left me a home made cup cake and a ten dollar tip! LOL
Sometimes right now I am just too tired to partake and the quiet time is nice.
Life is Good!
Did some wandering around Prescott this morning. Neat town with some great history. The people are very proud of their town.
Ya'll have a gudurn today.
Bob
09-24-2011, 03:07 PM
#204
There is no G. There is no G. Repeat after me, THERE IS NO G!
Shorts, hubbys just want to be adored. better go so you can do the adoring...heheh. bring the headless bird, he will run faster then....
apt is staying free and clear of idiots. no shows and the last pair that called five times to ask if I can come and get them because "my boyfriend didn't want to drive that far" (three miles). they are over 40....
we can enjoy the hot tub for another month!!! wheeee!!!
picking up son's bike from the service shop (1,000 mile check up) he works when they are open, hubby will ride the 650 and look funny doing it.
got a lot of stuff to do, pick my battles today (where's the grumpy smiley?)
apt is staying free and clear of idiots. no shows and the last pair that called five times to ask if I can come and get them because "my boyfriend didn't want to drive that far" (three miles). they are over 40....
we can enjoy the hot tub for another month!!! wheeee!!!
picking up son's bike from the service shop (1,000 mile check up) he works when they are open, hubby will ride the 650 and look funny doing it.
got a lot of stuff to do, pick my battles today (where's the grumpy smiley?)
True they do. DH did good on his run. I talked to the firemen while I waited for him to run the race. But I missed getting a pic of him crossing the finish line. I was looking at the cop car
As for the BF that didn't wanna drive that far....yeah, probably better they aren't your new renters
Photos from today
09-24-2011, 05:49 PM
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darn, you got my pic anyways.....
matt, Congrats!! good marriages have two listeners...
sucked it up and did chores, got Blessed with a nice, clean employed renter.
also some nice Amish centercut pork chops, pretty mums, a large pumpkin to spruce up the road entrance and no waiting at the Fall cleanup (where you take junk that normally can't be tossed). wow. pays to do the chores you have been avoiding.....
treating myself to ice cream wooo hoooo!
matt, Congrats!! good marriages have two listeners...
sucked it up and did chores, got Blessed with a nice, clean employed renter.
also some nice Amish centercut pork chops, pretty mums, a large pumpkin to spruce up the road entrance and no waiting at the Fall cleanup (where you take junk that normally can't be tossed). wow. pays to do the chores you have been avoiding.....
treating myself to ice cream wooo hoooo!
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