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Joseph D. McCarthy

Oh Dave.  Can you please resolve one little question for me.  Al has tried to tell me that the Navy needed the BEST defense, but I question that supposition.

The Army often used Civilian guards around their bases;

The Air Force had guard (attack) dogs arounnd their bases; BUT

The Navy only had Marines.  Why?

Janie Albright (Blank)

Joe, well right off I got # 1,2,4,6,10,12. It’s going to take more brain power for the rest. Your hint isn’t helping me at all. I will look later. 

Fun! Thanks!

Joseph D. McCarthy

Spoiler alert.  Spoiler alert.  It was pointed out to me that I had a minor (MAJOR) typo error.

Number 7 has a MAJOR typo error.  It should read "16" (Sixteen).

Janie Albright (Blank)

Ok I also have number 7. I thought maybe it was trick question! Lol

John Maxwell

Joseph D. McCarthy

And Quiz two, the last (for now).

  1.    100 =  Y. on a F. F.

  2.  1600 = S. N. of the W. H.    

  3.        3 = M. in a T.  (R. a D. D.)

  4.      31 = F. of B. R. I. C.

  5.    109 = N. on J. F. K. B.

  6.        2 = P. in a Q.

  7.        7 = V. of S. the S.

  8.      29 = D. in F. in a L. Y.

  9.      64 = S. on a C.

10.      40 = D. and N. of the G. F.

That's it for now.

Timothy Lavelle

Joltin' Joe,

I have two brothers that served in the Marines. If either of them read "the Navy ONLY had Marines" they would be asking me if I knew your address. Are you referring to a time when the US Marines were a subset of the US Navy? I can't remember the year but my oldest brother was adamant that once the Marines got a man on the Joint Chiefs, they were no longer a part of the Navy. Soldiers on warships called "marines" (as seperate from "sailors" who sailed the ships) have been around at least since the late 1700s and probaby way way before that. I am forever stuck in 1790 thru 1815 it seems. A simple answer to your question woould be "What more would they need?"

Great puzzle...I love the one about PT 109. Some are just impossible for me, like 7 Voices of Sam the Sham or 25 Days and Nights of the Grand Funk....something not quite right, huh?

Rock On, Jocko!!

David Mitchell

Mark,

Now that we have been all over the map with storms and fires, you are in the thick of it. Are you safe from these new fires? Wow, scary looking scenes right near the edge of la Ciudad de los Angeles.

And Joe, Tim, Jack or whoever? - (uh, Nina, should that be "whomever?) I have only one thing to say about the Navy. No matter where they were - way up inside Cambodia on the Mekong, or some far corner of the world, they always manged to eat like kings - with real food and cooks who were actually trained as real cooks - seriously!  We ate on board a small Navy river boat a couple of times (while our Huey parked up on their deck heli-pad) and we went below and sqeezed into this teeny, tiny, little "mess hall" (8 guys at a time, shoulder to shoulder, and ate like Kings!

So my question is,,,,  How dey do dat ? 

(Back home in our regular mess hall we ate like poor step-children. "powdered eggs" - "filled milk" - grissely meat - bacon fried into shoe leather, etc.)  I always tell young guys who are thinking about joining the service, "If you like to eat, join the Navy."

Maybe the Marines get some of their chow? 

Mark Schweickart

Dave-- thanks for asking, and you were right, we were right in the thick of it, or should I say, "Luckily, we were right on the edge of it." We live on the extreme north edge of the SanFernando Valley where it butts up against the San Gabriel Mountain range at Big Tujunga Canyon, and one of the fires, the Creek Fire they called it, came right acrosss the hills next to us.  We were put under mandatory evacuation on Tuesday, so off we went with our six (yes count them, six) small dogs and descended on my brother Tom's small apartment who also lives here in L.A. The good news is that the Creek Fire was one of the smallest of those raging this week, and it was contained yesterday enough that the evacuation orders were lifted last night. So we retunred home, and everything was fine. We even had power in the area the whole time we were gone. And because the winds were so strong, and were blowing northwesterly, we did not find ourselves covered in soot, which is also a blessing, because that can cause havoc on one's A/C and duct-work. So we dodged the bullet, or should I say, "fireball", this time.

Michael McLeod

This is fascinating.

From today's NYTimes.

As an old newspaper vet whose butt was saved numerous times by a good copy editor who caught some dumb mistake I made.....just goes to show you anybody needs a good copy editor.

ROME — It has been a question of theological debate and liturgical interpretation for years, and now Pope Francis has joined the discussion: Does the Lord’s Prayer, Christendom’s resonant petition to the Almighty, need an update?

On Wednesday, Pope Francis said the common rendering of one line in the prayer — “lead us not into temptation” — was “not a good translation” from ancient texts. “Do not let us fall into temptation,” he suggested, might be better.

French Catholics adopted that change this week, and the pope suggested that Italian Catholics might want to follow suit.

The distinction is subtle and easy to miss, even for devout Christians.

“It is I who fall,” the pope said in Italian, in an interview with TV2000, an ecclesiastical television station in Rome. “But it is not He who pushes me into temptation.”

The pope elaborated. “A father does not push me into temptation, to see how I fell,” he said. “A father doesn’t do that. He helps you get up right away. What induces into temptation is Satan.”

Joseph D. McCarthy

Pencils down class.

Quiz 1.

   1.     7 Days in a Week

   2.     6 Zeros in a Million

   3.  1.98 Price Tag on Minnie Pearl's Hat   (You might need to have traveled South of Frank Rd. for this one)

   4. 24 Hours in a Day

   5. 50 Years for a Golden Wedding Anniversary

   6. 212 Degrees Farenheit at which Water Boils

   7.  16 Ounces in a Pint

   8. 101 Dalmations in the Walt Disney Movie

   9. (Tim's favorite)  100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

 10. 7 Strripes on the American Flag

 11. 6 Sides to a Snowflake

 12. 16 Men on a Dead Man's Chest

Quiz 2

   1. 100 Yards on a Football Field

   2. 1600 Street Number of the White House

  3. 3 Men in a Tub (Rub a Dub Dub)

  4. 31 Flavors of Baskin Robbins Ice Cream

  5. 109 Number on John Kennedy Boat

  6. 2 Pints in a Quart

  7. 7 Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor

  8. 29 Days in February in aa Leap Year

  9. 64 Squares on a Checkerboard

10. 40 Days and Nights of the Great Flood

I often used these the first day of classes I taught around the country as an ice breaker.

Colleen Cotter (Blumer)

Sorry to be at work Tuesday & to miss WHS luncheon. Wishing you all well & looking forward to getting together in the new year. 

Mary Margaret Clark (Schultheis)

Mike, I thought that since you posted the NYT's article about  Pope Francis and the Lord's Prayer, you might have some interest in reading this article as well.  http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/no-pope-francis-is-not-changing-the-lords-prayer

Michael McLeod

Thanks from mm to mm for the lord's prayer clarification. The whole thing fascinates me on several levels. 

John Maxwell

Joseph Gentilini

Great Story, Max!!  Glad you only had to get a few stitches.  It could have been a really bad ass accident!  Merry Christmas.  Joe

James Hamilton, M. D.

Timothy Lavelle

Jocko,

What a brilliant outcome to a potentially disastrous situation. I want the movie rights. I see Steve Martin as you and Martin Short plays the leaf blower. The tree will play itself! Your telling of the tale was perfect as I thought for sure the end would be an account of an ambulance ride and was so happy to read you snuck by the grim reaper.

Glad you're OK bud.

David Mitchell

Jack,

Wow!  You are a lucky man!  Don't know weather to berate you for your foolishness, congratulate you on your luck, or compliment you on how well you told the story????

You may have just stolen Tim's bonehead trophy away from him (and Beth too).

But seriously, is the blower okay?

David Mitchell

For anyone foolish enough to follow Tim's movie advice, you get what you deserve. What I just got for my foolishness tonight is something I will not soon forget.

I just saw "WONDER"

 WONDERFUL !      BEAUTIFUL !  

(I rate it 4 kleenexes!)

 Tim, Thanks for the tip. Loved it !

Michael McLeod

Glad you're ok Jocko. 

Frank Ganley

after going through the ceiling in my garage twiceand one other ladder accident I hire the kids next door or the son in law. There is no more on the ladders. 

Donna Kelley (Velazquez)

Jack, I'm really  glad you are ok after that amazingly choreographed fall.  Btw I would recommend acupuncture and pilates for your sciatica in the future.  Just a thought!

Linda Weiner (Bennett)

John M,

Wow! Just wow! Miracles? I absolutely do believe in miracles and even if I didn’t before, I do now. Your angels must really care about you (or they were promised a nice promotion for doing a good job 😉.)

That remark about Chevy chase is spot on… I can picture it right now. This story is “AARP” magazine worthy and “Readers Digest” also.

Did you do as I would after such an incident: you pick yourself up and look around to see if anyone noticed what just happened? After the tree hug, of course. 

I’m not trying to make light of your mishap—I’m glad you’re ok 👌.

Michael McLeod

Wondering now what species of tree it was.

Obviously it has more sense than its owner.

Might be a good investment for a guy like me.