The Suburban Times

Question: At what speed are you dead if hit by a car?

Answer: “A pedestrian has an 85 percent chance of death when involved in a motor/vehicle collision at 40 mph, a 45 percent chance of death at 30 mph, and a 5 percent chance of death at 20 mph.”

I bet, from the title, you thought this was about football. It’s not. But because you thought it was, we’ll begin there.

Solving problems by common sense and courtesy.

“An old recipe for a rabbit dish starts out, ‘First, catch the rabbit.’

“That puts first things first,” writes Charles Swindol in his book “Man to Man.”

Loyalty or honesty – which quality best describes a friend? “I thought he was your friend?”

The question was asked of me by a reporter. I’d just retaken my seat following the allowed three minutes at the microphone in which I had chastised one of the city council for his attempt to override our community effort to honor one of our locals.

Anonymity, most typically, suggests epic buffoonery sans backbone.

A while back a local newspaper, in an article headlined “No More Taking Potshots from Behind Anonymity,” decided that if you can’t stand behind it, they were not going to print it.

About Puget Sound Clean Air – On the day after July 4 when America celebrated with bombs bursting in air, I’m preparing my case to argue before the Pollution Control Hearings Board about chestnuts (actually hot-dogs) roasting on an open fire.