NUSENSE-CHAPTER THREE.

As noted in previous chapters, I am going through a variety of boxes which contain writings; journals and such that me and my family have kept since the Jones family first arrived in Nephi, Utah during 1852. The notes I have written in this Chapter and other ones referred to is "Nusense", as they contain various notes I have written down from other notes I have retained or kept in mind. Some may be accurate and some may be just what Uncle Hy Tolley was rumored to have said or did.

21. Park Day. When visiting a state or National Park, the visitors Center usually has a log so you can inform the world where you hail from. You can also make comments, both good or bad. I spent more than ten years doing volunteer duty every weekend for about ten years at a Utah State Park, and during slow times, I would log in how many visitors that came through, and giggle at some of the things they would write, and of course couldn't re-write them all, but did the best I could. Of the comments for improvement, I took them serious, and attempted to let the State Park Chief know what they were and what could be done about it. Utah parks are maintained, partially, by entry fees and by Utah taxpayers, as visitors often stop for food or gas prior to arrival at the park. Often times however, Park Rangers don't take the comments overly seriously, as they merely want the number of visitors recorded for selfish type purposes. They use those numbers to go to the State Legislature to extract more monies for their existence. Like all things said or done, one has to examine all information before a decision is made and know their motive. "Dick Loves Sally" were show to be from Shitwhitz Reservation may not have been accurate, although their is a reservation by that name, but they didn't spell it correctly and the names were modified inappropriately..

22. Belle Starr-My Kind Of Woman. Years ago while working as a policer officer during the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, I was moving a concrete barrier, and suffered a herniated disc and broke a piece of my hip bone off. Although I finished my duties, I went to a Salt Lake Hospital and had surgery which forced me to remain prone for some time. There were those first few days that were full of pain, but thank God their were Doctors that gave me pain pills to ease the pain. Once again, it was not elected people that are the physicians. Healing began, and the pain medications were eased off. Bodrum then set it, and I knew I had to be careful not to force it, so I turned to reading books that my brother and sister brought me. Breaks would be watching the particles of dust that the afternoon sun would come through the window and show their presence. Counting them was relaxing and helped healed the body and the brain. One of the books I read was on the life and times of Jesse James and his band of outlaws. It was one that was backed up with as much facts as possible and I enjoyed it. One of his female outlaw friends was Belle Starr and my thoughts and fantasy turned to her life and tried to find as much as I could. I was single at the time, so I let the dreams come forth. I soon heard enough to make my  journey. Montana called me and when I was well enough to sit for awhile, I took my weeks journey to Montana and Canada in search for my own Belle Starr. I didn't find her, but close enough. I took a freeway off and stopped in a small store and talked to the old man that was attending the store. He didn't show me Belle, but told me of a local author that wrote a book on her, so I traveled to that authors home and found the research on Belle Starr. She was my kind of woman, but I was a little late to find my Belle and I returned to Utah with all of the books written by my new friend and author-Anne Seagraves and she autographed each one including "Soiled Doves" I soon healed and went back to work and still think of Belle Starr, one of my loves of life.

23. Love At First Sight. Justin and Miranda were in love. It appeared they were from the first. After their marriage, their love seemed to increase, and that is when they decided to include a third ingredient in their family. The small St. Bernard puppy reminded me of the one we got both my boys when they were youngsters and it was their best friend. Although massive in size, they are gentle. Perhaps that is what some people are like. They don't have to be strong, but show their potential and most other dogs and people cow down to them. This puppy was built like a tank, and so they named it Tank. Although I am not necessarily a dog lover(because of their owners), me and Tank hit it off and I would often go play with it. He was a gentle giant and they kept a perfectly clean house and backyard where Tank roamed. I soon  realized that regardless of our problems of life, an animal may provide the love that all of us needs-the same sort of unconditional love to give and receive, just like Tank. And if you don't fall in love at first sight, there is nothing wrong with giving it time, and then gaze for a second glance. Nothing lasts forever, except forever and the love between each other.

Nusense-Chapter 2 of 50 years of writings and sayings; scripting of Kent Jones

Here it goes again. This is actually Number 700 of the History Blogs I have been writing those since going through all old papers collected by me and my family since 1852. Now I thought I should throw in some different kinds of my scripting's before I go 10-42. I will call this one "Nusense Chapter Two".

16. Oliver Wendall Holmes said "The best book is not the thought it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echo's of our hearts". The writings in this Nusense writing was completed by myself in 21 days, following right shoulder surgery, the first of three. The original was typed with one finger of my non-writing left hand. After the initial two weeks of pain and medication, there was the down time needed for rest and recovery. I lived alone and learned to survive on Spam. I could have watched TV, but found that useless and obnoxious. I could have read books, but I normally spend a lot of time reading history books anyway. I therefore, decided to let my thoughts and finger do the talking. I hope that these words and those of others collected here may incite and excite others to whatever your recovery is deemed necessary. All of us, regardless of mental, physical or otherwise will eventually need it.

17. Take Your Medication. Following a physical surgery, a surgeon will often prescribe a pain medication to assist in your recovery. It is proper to do so, and not to following the stupid advice of Legislatures and Congressman who think they know better. Many suffering people wait until the pain is unbearable, then take it. And then we have to take large amounts of the pain medication to catch up on the pain level. It just doesn't work that way and it means we have listened to the wrong advice from those so called do-gooders who think you are going to get hooked. To keep on top of the pain, we should take it in front of the pain or its first indication. Don't be stupid. Physicians are trained to do that. Politicians are trained on how to sell you baloney as many of these are connected to drug counselling centers or the love of more money. Additionally, there are other times we get caught up in situational depression, anxiety and consider to end the torment we are going though. Don't spend your parents life savings on those so called drug centers. Talk to a Doctor and get the truth. There is hope with the proper medication, then get to work on walking, exercise; good foods. Get away to nature and enjoy the wonders of the world. I took one drug addict fishing. He stood on a rock and caught a fish. That changed him forever. Take a kid for a horseback ride or hauling hay. It is good medicine.

18.  Recovery. All recoveries are different with different people and yet each person may find individual resolutions with each battle. All recoveries want to curb the pain, and all are personal and treated different. Don't ever try to fight the battle alone. It often requires a higher power through prayer, even if you are a sinner, as I am. God will listen and make haste, if that is the proper way. Regardless of who you are or what you may think you are, a higher power is always available to the seeker.

19. What a headache! For many, the simple headache is cured with two aspirins and a coke, or at least that was my medical compound as a kid. For others, it is a prolonged event, invoking the help of many. Such was the case of a nephew-Bobby Joe. As a kid, he was riding his bike up and down hills where they were building new homes by the rural invaders. He was ten and went down hard on his head. He was taken by Life Flight and had to have his skull removed with blood on the brain or what we call a serious Subdural Hematoma. It was a long fight for him; Guardian Angels and his family, but he made it and is living a happy life with wife and kids. Residual effects are his loss of hearing in one ear, but in good shape. He had to endure the mean kids that made fun of his helmet, but morally strong and showed them he was tougher then those bottom of the barrel kids.

20. Don't Squat With Your Spurs On. In the old west and part of the new west, wranglers are different than city slickers. When mother nature calls, a guy can take care of some business standing behind a cactus, but cowgirls have to find another way. If you are in a bad way, one needs to respect privacy. It is not just enough to pull your drawers down and do your business. One has to remove the Garcia spurs first and foremost. If you are shopping with a sling on your shoulder or bandage on your leg, let somebody else do the shopping. People in a grocery store or in a mall think that bag of candy is the last food on earth, and care little of your hurt body, but pretend to care when they leave the door open for you and they have parked in the handicap parking. If you are walking with a big brace, stay away from the buffet line. The overweight guy wants to push you to the ground to get their last potato and gravy. It ain't worth it. And never ever try to travel on Utah's 1-15. When we get on it, we too think stupid and pretend we are A.J. Foyt in the Indy 500 and don't care about you.

TODAYS BLOG IS "NUSENSE CHAPTER 1". NONE OF IT MAKES CENTS. ITS 4 FUN.

Over my years, especially during boring meetings that take up valuable time to determine the next time we meet, I would write down sayings I heard as a kid. Since most of those boring meetings were paid for by the taxpayer, I thought I would do some free paybacks. If you are a policitcan, one would call them free "Grants" so in a way you all paid me for writing these down instead of wasting time on doing nothing. Smile if you get them or smile if you don't. I used to smile when I heard my mother swear. Well, she didn't really swear, she just spelled HELL out, or DAM but we knew she meant business. We will call this Chapter One then add other chapters from time to time. Most of them were written during boring meetings or with a broken up body and told to sit and do nothing and let it heal or I wrote it down when somebody else wrote them but used them. Some may find the words helpful in recovery and  some may find them neither humorous nor appropriate; kind of like gambling. Throw your dice.

1. Watch your P's and Q's actually came across the plains with Mormons who are against drinking               alcohol, but the P's and Q's stood for Pints and Quarts of beer in the British Isles and in Germany..

2. Where in the H E double toothpicks have you been?

3. There are three rules for Success. The first is to Go On. The second is to Go On and the third is Go        On. 

4. The greatest friends I have in the world. live right in my own house.  Kent Jones

5.  "All things are possible to he who believes. They are less difficult to he who hopes; they are easy to        he who loves, and they are simple to any who do all three."  Sunshine Magazine 

6.  A true friend is someone who thinks you are a good egg, even though they know you are slightly             cracked,

7. "Anything below 1st placed is last place."      Kent Jones

8.  "The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight; but they while,                their companions slept, were toiling upwards in the night."     Longfellow

9.  No life is perfect that has not lived; youth in feeling; manhood in battle; old age in meditation".

10."The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestry, is like a potato-the only               good belonging to him is underground."    

11. Big Men become is by doing what they didn't want to do when they didn't want to do it, so they              become bad parents by having their kids play the sports game for them.    

12. "Those who don't know, talk; those who know, listen"

13.  You Are Nobody. Nobody is perfect, therefore you are perfect. God didn't make any errors when             each of us were created. All people are individuals, yet each of us are blessed with a particular                 skill or ability. We may spend a lifetime searching for what that is ,but it is there. It may take                   other  people to help bring it out or events where a heart is broken; a life is lost or life altering                 injury. Keep searching for that which you are placed on earth for.       

14. Girls in Dresses. Perhaps it is just my generation, but I still am in awe of the striking femininely              beauty of a woman in a dress. A dress is the similarity of a barbed were fence. They both provide            protection without observing the view.

15. Pure Love is Never Wasted. While driving across Texas, I started to formulate the words for the son        titled "Nothing is Forever, Except Forever, and the my love for you". When we fall in love, and we        will at one time or another, we often experience differ moods or levels of feeling. If you are in a              state of recovery, seek those that truly love you to assist you. In one case with me, I only received          help from those who truly loved me. I knee it was a battle for my life as I was hit with MERCA at a        Salt Lake area hospital. Death was knocking on my door once again. I found the greatest friends I          have in the world are those that live right in my home or near me. When we are in love, that love is        forever and no earthly power can separate it. During this time of recovery, giving and able to                 receive love is a critical factor and sometimes it takes personal courage to receive it. It is not always       done by itself.

MAJOR MEDIA IS LIKE THE BIBLE. WE CAN READ BOTH, BUT OUR INTREPATION MAY BE DIFFERENT.

I ran across this 42 year old copy of the local newspaper in Nephi, and if you didn't know the year or the people in it, one could make all kinds of thoughts about the who and the wherefores of what took place. We could distort the information on either page and declare that "Russ is on a Bender" when we didn't explain that Russ Bender is a real person. Or how about the three then young girls selling on the streets, or how about a young Army Vet can only be a Legal Medic if he gets a paper to say he was trained by the best in the world-the United States Army in various medical schools, but nothing like being on the front lines with the 9th Infantry in Viet Nam. And still when he is in his mid 70's he is still a Medic. We saw a heavy set lady go down outside a diner. While customers "gawked", Hal was outside to assist. Then with the speedway up American Fork Canyon two weeks ago, he noticed a woman was down on the rocks below the road. Hal jumped from the vehicle and was down to assist her and determined it was a sprained ankle and to keep the shoe on. I directed the vehicle to control traffic and the "Utah Gawkers" that sped by. Read the paper and find what you wish from a time when news in Nephi was good news and truthful. Rather than watch the fire burn the house down, many of us locals are going in to pull the people out to safety. Are you a Gawker or a Doer?

ALTHOUGH NEPHI IS FRIENDLY, WE EXPXECT VISITORS TO ABIDE OUR RULES.

 

HAPPY 42ND BIRTHDAY TROY COYN JONES

In Nortonville, it is Troy Boy's day today. Doesn't seem possible, but it is, and we have the cigar to prove it. In the old days that is all we needed to show you was done did born, and back then your name was King Edward. Now if they would just pay back your royalties. Anyway, I wanted to shout Yippy Ty Yeah to you cowboy, and yes, I still have your cowboy hats and your six shooters with the real caps in them. I forgot what the photo of the bare arms were, but I think it was when you got your cast off from the one arm. Like your old man, you have lived a lot of life's, and that is good. I forgot my Corvette was the same color as your truck and we both had brain injuries', but I am the only one that can still use that as an excuse. I love you kid, and hope you know that our life's on earth or just a test for the real world when we get back home. Keep hanging on to your true grit and determination. You are stronger that you think. Remember when you were playing with your cousins in Mona and had your thumb cut off playing in the barn. We held it together while we raced to a hospital in Salt Lake to get it reattached. I still don't like the Highway Patrol Trooper pulling us over for speeding and instead of giving an escort he didn't care about the thumb, 'you can't speed'. Then the time I got a brain concussion while sledding. At age 11, you drove me to the Nephi Hospital and your 12 year old brother was the Navigator. I don't know who taught you to drive that standard truck, but glad we were in our home town to find the hospital. And  they called my sister and didn't know who she was and I wasn't even kidding that time. Thanks for saving my life kiddo. You did a year in the Air Force, but that was a year longer than your old man did. Remember always, we have your brother to help us through this life which is often dismal. He is our assigned guardian angel, and you, like Justin; me, my father and his father may die penniless, but have great earth memories, which God is proud of. Never Ever Give Up!

 

CAN WE ERECT THIS AGAIN IN DOWNTOWN NEPHI

 On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war against imperial Germany and entered the 'War to End All Wars" that had been raving Europe  most of three long years. We did hold off going into it, but had been shipping food and supplies to assist England and France.Young men from all over joined and Juab County was no exception.They held a mass party and send off by way of train with most of the local boys serving with the 145th Field Artillery Battalion and saw oversee battles. The Ladies Dellu Band joined in the send off. Patriotism during the war reached such a peak that on July 14, 1918. the French National Holiday was celebrated in Nephi. A large crowd was assembled in the Tabernacle listening to speeches of the French Revolution and Americans debt to France during the Revolution,  along with several people from nearby towns signing a revolution to support France to the end and mailed it to the French government. The war was soon over and in 1925, a fitting tribute and to shown appreciation a service star was placed in the middle of Main Street where it connects with Center Street. Years later because of increased traffic flow, it was removed but placed inside of the DUP Museum, and we would like to restore it and again place it somewhere where we can give credit to all service people who will be called on to defend our country in future battles that will sure to come. Perhaps

in front of the old CourtHouse by the flag, or wherever it is deemed appropriate. Please contact your County Commissioner and DUP officials of your willingness to collect funds or help for such dedication to our Veterans.