My recent post about an electrical extension cord was rooted in a response to a Facebook post on a Ventura lifestyle page
One person who replied to my comment originally thought I was a different David Stone Yeah, it’s a common name and it happens. We actually had two working at Lumber City for a while. One was me, and the other was a Ventura Police Officer.
Lumber City hired off duty police officers to work security during anticipated busy times of the week. He worked there some of the same time I did and was one of the VPD officers who swayed me into a career in law enforcement.
He and I actually first met and laughed about our common name one night at a crash at Telegraph and Mills, when a DUI he was chasing smashed into the back of my van while I was stopped at a red light.
Years later when I let him know I was hired in Fresno and was heading to the police academy, he gave me his baton with his/our name scratched on it. He had quickly scratched his name on it at his academy when he realized the instructors were making the cadets throw their batons in a pile and he wanted to be able to identify his baton. He thought I might have the same challenge and wanted me to be ready. I carried it through the academy and patrol until our department switched to the side handle baton (PR-24).
I still have it on display in my workshop.
And, I just realized these photos are taken on one of two rock solid workbench kits I bought at Lumber City.
