She hit the ground so hard, she cracked the sidewalk and moved the concrete about four inches,

If we get the full four inches that would be a rare event.

I was getting them to hit the ball on the ground. Edwin picked me up, made about four or five good plays for me. Those plays come up key getting you out of an inning.

All of a sudden I slipped and fell and hit the ground and I hit hard.

As the ground shifts and the building deteriorates, so does the sidewalk. We shored it up about 20 or 25 years ago and we've had to go back in a shore it up again. It's just not safe.

the cracked plate has to be retained in the pantry, has to be kept in service as a household necessity. It can never be warmed on the stove nor shuffled with the other plates in the dishpan; it will not be brought out for company but it will do to hold crackers late at night or to go into the ice-box with the left overs.