Dale - 1, Nail - 0

"November 24, 2001:  Baked three pies.  Mitch and Anna here in evening.  We watched TV, played cards and then Rummikub.
November 25, 2001:  Nancy came for me.  We met Dale's family and Mary's family at a restaurant called "Grandmother's".  Had a buffet style dinner -- really good.  Then to Nancy's house for the p.m.  Bill came -- Jenny wasn't feeling well.  We played cards and visited.
November 26, 2001:  Tired after the busy day yesterday."

The meal at Grandmother's is when I first heard the story of Dale shooting himself with the nail gun while working on the house.  Quite the story from quite the storyteller.  Needless to say, we were all thankful on that Thanksgiving Day to know that he was okay.  It could definitely have been much worse.  It isn't because of any bad karma feeling, but I do not believe I have been back to Grandmother's since that day.

Here's a photo of Dale before he handled very many power tools.