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Show THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 6 Volume III, Issue X March 15, 2001 A Cutting Story By Janet Hoffmann How sharp is a bread knife? Sharp enough to cut a finger. I have six stitches and a red mark where I got a tetnus shot to prove it. My teens tell me that I don’t have to suffer consequences for my actions—boy, are they wrong. Besides the stitches and the shot, my work on the computer has slowed dramatically. Why doesn’t one finger out of commission only slow down my typing 1/10th of the time? When my children get the outcome for their actions they say, “It’s not fair.” I would have to agree with them. And the results for my actions go on—-there is the pain, inconvenience, the cost—both for the medical bills and the money my husband lost from leaving work, and the wasted time just waiting. But the worst consequence is appearing so dumb. I met someone today who asked if I was the Janet Hoffmann who wrote articles for the newspaper. This is a first time anyone has asked me that. Most everyone who has mentioned my articles is someone I already know. Instead of feeling good about someone reading my articles—I thought, “Oh no, now he knows how dumb I am and this article is even more proof! I guess I’ve never thought about the readers who don’t know me, and what they must think of my confessions. (My confessions are no shock to those of you that really know me, but to someone new— that’s another story.) I guess a couple of good things came out of my poor choice to use my finger as a cutting board. One, I found out my husband really loves me. I called him from my cell phone when I got to the emergency facility. I needed him to go home and take care of my parents who need constant care. When I heard his voice I burst out bawling (don’t ask me why, but most women understand where I’m coming from). The phone I called wasn’t working very well, so my sentences kept breaking up. All my husband Chuck heard were my sobs, that I cut myself . . . and then we were disconnected. He immediately called home and my parents, who are hard of hearing, didn’t answer the phone. He decided I had passed out and headed for home. By the time I called him back at work, he had already left for home. I was thankful that I finally got through to his cell phone before he reached the canyon or called an ambulance. What did we ever do before cell phones were invented! Anyway, he was pretty worried and his concern felt like love to me but maybe he was really worried about blood staining the carpet . . . Second, I learned that even if you think all your knives are dull, the new ones really aren’t, and it’s too hard to remember which are which. The message here—be smart and follow safety rules, no matter what, so you don’t have to pay the piper. Who is the piper anyway? He must be rich . . . Murder Mystery Dinner March 31st Reservations required 508 Ogden Canyon Ogden, Utah 84401 392-6775 WORLD CUP cont. from page 1 sit-Ski races Allison Pearl won took a first-place gold, Muffy Davis a silver, and Sarah Will a third-place bronze medal. In the standing division, Mary Riddle took first. Andy Parr took a second in the men’s blind category, and Chris Waddell in the Sit-Ski division took a third place bronze medal. The World Cup races finished up Sunday with Muffy Davis ending up on top as the World’s best woman mono-skier after winning the gold in Among the winners receiving medals in the Disabled Alpine World Cup Mens Super-G races were first place winner in the blind division Gianmaria Dal Maistro and his guide Guido Lanaro from Italy; first place winner in the Sit-Ski division Martin Braxenthaler from Germany; and first place winner Rolf Heinzmann in the standing division. 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