
A 2x6 plank driven through a ten-ply tire by the tsunami in Whittier, AK.
Joan's grandpa comes over for dinner every Sunday. Grandpa loves to talk, and it's really hard to understand him and as he gets older his hearing has been getting worse. Usually Joan tries to find an excuse to be out after dinner on Sundays, but since she had food poisoning on Saturday night, this week she wasn't feeling like leaving the house.
Grandpa was feeling extra chatty this week and since Joan was a captive audience, she got the full force of his attention. His stories started with the neighbor's dog who won't stop barking, then on to his arthritis.
"Joanie, do you know that I think I have arthritis in my ankles because of an earthquake injury?" says grandpa.
Grandpa went on to tell Joan the story of when he lived in Anchorage Alaska in the