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He looks happy

Looks like he is getting back to his old self. If that is after the accident, he is back to his old uniform and eating Asian food. Even using chopsticks!
Norm

Yep, with bibs, it must be Steve. Keep up the good work Steve.

Allan from down under.

I would be willing to bet that is Korean food. He was really missing his Kimchee.
Derrick got him some ice cream, too.

I cannot believe his beard is that shaggy. He told me he wanted it
to look nice and neat, like Dallas'.

Great pics! I sure hope that Steve can find a computer with a good keyboard that he can use to re-engage on the web.

I wonder where that last picture was taken? The palm in the background looks like Southern California. I haven't seen a Foster's Freeze stand for years. Maybe still some in the L.A. area.
Norm

Looks like that’s the All You Can Eat Korean place in LaHabra?

Looks like it was Shabu-shabu with a bunch of Kimchee sides? Go Steve!!!!!

Foster's Freeze ain't what it used to be. I remember it in Wilmington, Harbor City, and lots of other places. The one in the photo still operates on Cravens Avenue in downtown Torrance.

This part of California is unrecognizable from what it was fifty or sixty years ago. In Lomita all former vacant lots have been filled by apartment buildings. Mail is no longer delivered by a Model A panel truck. There used to be four markets on Narbonne Avenue in Lomita. Now there are none.

As a souvenir of four months in a series of hospitals and rehab centers, I still have an unused feeding tube dangling down my side. I have an appointment soon with a doc to discuss its removal. I will get it done here or back home in Kansas, whichever comes first.

Fortunately Derrick Pang is still kind to old people. He took me to the Korean barbecue Sunday afternoon. The. food was good, but I didn't care for the slippery steel chopsticks. I do much better with the ordinary wooden ones.

A couple of weekends ago Kim Dobbins came and got me in a Model T pickup. We went to see Larry Smith, who lives a couple of miles west. We had a nice visit, discussing Model T's and the general state of the world.

When will I get home to Kansas? Dunno. Sometime this month, I hope.

Steve Jelf wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:47 pm

When will I get home to Kansas? Dunno. Sometime this month, I hope.

For what it's worth, you picked a good winter to be absent from our fair state of Kansas. A lot of snow and mostly below average temperatures this January! This week we're getting a glimpse of spring; sunny and in the 60s.

Neal

Steve, good to see and read your post on how you’re doing and that you’re active. I’m sure things have changed to unrecognizable for you, but that should make it fun to explore the old neighborhood.

Take care, I’m sure it’s warmer there than your stay in Idaho lol

Good to see you are posting again. Wait till the snow melts in Kansas. We want to see you at the National tour. We will be going to some locations which have not changed much since we were children. I am reserving a seat in my T for you unless you are driving one. I also grew up in the L.A. area, a little farther north from Torrence. I lived in Glendale and Montrose. When I drove to High School it was about 5 miles but took about an hour because of traffic. I thought it would be great to have a freeway here. They built two and they intersect about half mile from our former home. They took out many houses and the street I lived on which went around a several block circle, became a Cul De Sac about 3 lots from ours. The little park I used to play in is gone and there were so few houses left that they closed my elementary school. later after we had moved out the house where we lived burnt down. However another brick house we lived in is still standing although our neighbor said it was going to collapse in an earthquake!
Things change but the Model T's keep chugging along, and so do you!
Norm

Hey Steve,

There is $13k waiting for you.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/steve-jelf-t ... dn-cache=0

Rod

Norman Kling wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:13 pm

...another brick house we lived in is still standing although our neighbor said it was going to collapse in an earthquake!...

Not wanting to derail this thread, but having been very closely involved with buildings and earthquakes I'd be very cautious about an older brick house.

Unreinforced brick/masonry can be a killer - in an instant ... or over several hours If you're still living in it and you're in an earthquake-prone area, it might be worth getting it checked out.

Luke.

Not only was it brick, but the bricks were standing up sideways two thick with one going in between leaving the 4 bricks standing on their side with a hollow space between kind of like cinder blocks. These were alternated each tier so that the cross brick was in the center of the hollow space in the layer below. Once in a while one or more would fall out. There was no rebar or filler in between. Made good insulation for cold days. The floor of the upstairs was 2x4 joists so it would go up and down when you walked on it. I think it was originally a carriage house because the living window was big enough for a barn door and there was a space upstairs only one brick thick standing on their side. Which was probably the door to a hay loft. I was upstairs when I felt my first earthquake.
Still standing today! Built before building codes. Steve would like this house!
Norm

Great photo!