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Steve Keene

Lowell,

When life gives you a melon your name is Lowell Tuttle.

David Cordell

Janalu, what was Mark Wilson's wife's name? Seems like it was something like Noni

Separately --

Today I went to Home Depot in Richardson (Coit, just north of Campbell), and I noticed some power tools were behind a metal grate. I asked someone who looked like a manager, "Are you seeing people just pick up items and walk out with them without even trying to hide them?" 

His response, "Oh, yeah, but they are more likely to push 'em out in a shopping cart."

WTF???

David Cordell

This is my first time to play Wordle. If you're not supposed to reveal the word for the day, if that's what it is, ignore this post. I don't know if everyone gets the same word. Answer below.

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David Cordell

Tommy,

Sorry to demonstrate "poor form".  As I alluded, I don't know the rules. 

I rather resent your suggestion that I might be scamming Forum readers.  I'll add it to the two times you have essentially accused my of lying. Perhaps you recall my comment to you after one of those instances. In case you haven't noticed, I am not inclined to play practical jokes or do something like give a faux award that is intended to mock someone.

As to how I found the answer, my selection of LEARY was helpful as it eliminated vowels A and E, as well as Y. So I, O and/or U had to be in there somewhere. My choice of CRISP was OK because it eliminated I and the popular S, although R was already eliminated. T is a fairly common consonant, so I just played with S and C and possibly T as consonants, and O and U as vowels, rolling it over in my mind until something fit

I am not much of a game player. I have started working on crossword puzzles, but I have a long way to go to be proficient. I was able to solve the NY Times puzzle yesterday, but Martha is lots faster than I am. I need to improve my vocabulary of crossword words. Most pop culture references escape me. I have a good friend who solves the Times puzzle correctly every day. I look at the Sunday puzzle, and with some of the clues I just think, "WTF??"

David Cordell

Today is the anniversary of D-Day. We usually watch The Longest Day, but Martha has a meeting tonight so we'll watch tomorrow. Meanwhile I am watching a documentary on Fox Nation on the invasion of Italy. Audie Murphy of Farmersville is mentioned and quoted.

David Cordell

Tommy said: 

However, note that you knew that R had been eliminated in LEARY and you wasted the chance to uncover or eliminate a still unknown letter by using CRISP as your second word (it contains an R).

David responds: 

Yes, I acknowledged that the selection was OK, i.e. not great, and that R was already eliminated. Rookie mistake. 

Posting that Wordle result was a one-off. Just because you, Hull and Steve had mentioned Wordle, I thought I'd give it a try. I don't feel compelled to compete or show off, and I will probably not be a Wordle regular.

Bob Davidson

David,

Have you ever watched To Hell and Back?  It's one of my favorite war movies.  Audie Murphy plays himself and it's based on his war memoirs. 

David Cordell

Bob,

I think I saw it severl decades ago, but I don't remember it. Good suggestion.

Just checked, and I don't see To Hell and Back streaming anywhere. However, I went to TCM.com/watchTCM, and the banner showed Red Badge of Courage, starring Audie Murphy.

Wayne Gary

David,

Since you are watching "Longest Day"  The Airborne troops were issued "crickets".  J. Hudson & Co made them and are still making them with the same equipment.  I bought one several years ago.  This is not a reproduction as just a current production.  Thought you might be interested.

David Cordell

Number 470 clicker?? Why not number 469? I wonder how different the sound was from the clickers you could get at Woolworth's back in the day.

"Who was in last year's World Series?"

Wayne Gary

David,

I think Lowell is still celebrating the Astros.

The next time we get together I will try to remember the clicker.

Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

I am fat, but I identify as skinny.  I am Trans-Slender.

David Cordell

I identify as 30 years old, tall, dark and handsome, brilliant, funny, charming, and exceptionally wealthy -- with thick hair. However, I'd settle for exceptionally wealthy.

David Cordell

Tommy, did I mention exceptionally wealthy?

Wayne Gary

David,

I have To Hell and Back on DVD if you wpi;d like to borrow it.

I read Audie Murphy had severe PTSD and always slept with a Colt model 1911 under his pillow..

David Cordell

Tommy, apparently, we define some of the other characteristics differently also. 

David Cordell

You often see a TV Anchor ask Senator John Kennedy a question, and one would think he is just a good ole boy from Louisiana.

Kennedy graduated Magna cum Laude from Vanderbilt, has a Law degree from the University of Virginia and a B.C.L. degree from Oxford in England where he was a First-Class Honors graduate. He is no country bumpkin; he is very insightful and often humorous.
 
Comment about Cuomo lecturing us.  "It's like a frog calling you ugly".
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
This election in Ga will be the most important in history. You have nothing to worry about unless you are a taxpayer, parent, gun owner, cop, a person of faith, or an unborn baby!
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana describes Democrats as the “well-intended arugula and tofu crowd.”
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
You can only be young once, but you can always be immature.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Americans are thinking, there are some good members of Congress but we can’t figure out what they are good for.  Others are thinking, how did these morons make it through the birth canal.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
It’s as dead as four o’clock.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Always follow your heart, but take your brains with you.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
The short answer is ‘No.’ the long answer is ‘Hell No.’
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
It must suck to be that dumb.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
When the Portland mayor's IQ gets to 75, he oughta sell.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
I keep trying to see Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer's point of view, but I can't seem to get my head that far up my ass.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Go sell your crazy somewhere else... we are all stocked up here.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
She has a Billy goat brain and a mockingbird mouth!
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.) said on Wednesday that he trusted most Middle Eastern countries as much as gas station sushi.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
You can get a goat to climb a tree, but you’d be better off hiring a squirrel.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
1. This has been going on since Moby Dick was a minnow.
2. Never stand between a dog and a fire hydrant.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Our country was founded by geniuses, but it's being run by idiots.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
It appears that he might do the right thing, but only when closely supervised and cornered like a rat.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Dumb enough to be a twin of himself.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
This is why space aliens won't talk to us.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Democrats are running around like they found a hair in their biscuit.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Chuck Schumer just moos and follows Nancy Pelosi into the cow chute.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
What planet did you parachute in from?
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Just because you CAN sing doesn’t mean you should.
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy
 
Senator John Kennedy on Nancy Pelosi, “She can strut sitting down!”
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy

David Cordell



01. If a bottle of poison reaches its expiration date, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?

02. Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S or the C?

03. Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned?

04. Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.

05. The word "swims" upside-down is still "swims".

06. Over 100 years ago, everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses. 

07. If people evolved from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?

08. Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigerator? 

09. As I've grown older, I've learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake!

10. I'm responsible for what I say, not for what you understand. 

11. Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it the most never use it.

12. My tolerance for idiots is extremely low these days. I used to have some immunity built up, but obviously, there's a new strain out there. 

14. It's not my age that bothers me - it's the side effects. 

15. I'm not saying I'm old and worn out, but I make sure I'm nowhere near the curb on trash day. 

16. As I watch this generation try and rewrite our history, I'm sure of one thing: it will be misspelled and have no punctuation. 

17. As I've gotten older, people think I've become lazy. The truth is I'm just being more energy-efficient. 

18. I haven't gotten anything done today. I've been in the Produce Department trying to open this stupid plastic bag. 

19. If you find yourself feeling useless, remember: it took 20 years, trillions of dollars, thousands of lives and four presidents to replace the Taliban with the Taliban. 

20. Turns out that being a "senior" is mostly just googling how to do stuff. 

21. I want to be 18 again and ruin my life differently. I have new ideas 

22. I'm on two simultaneous diets. I wasn't getting enough food on one. 

23. I put my scale in the bathroom corner and that's where the little liar will stay until it apologizes. 

24. My mind is like an internet browser. At least 18 open tabs, 3 of them are frozen, and I have no clue where the music is coming from. 

25. Hard to believe I once had a phone attached to a wall, and when it rang, I picked it up without knowing who was calling. 

26. My wife says I keep pushing her buttons. If that were true, I would have found mute by now. 

27. There is no such thing as a grouchy old person. The truth is that once you get old, you stop being polite and start being honest.

Wayne Gary

David,

We say something is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

What was the grearest thing before sliced bread?

Wayne Gary

Susan Melton

I am not sure whose profile you were looking at. I live in Garland and have lived here for 40 yrs.  Jim Bedwell used to live in Washington State and now lives in Knoxville, TN.

David Cordell

Any comments on the indictment of former president Trump?

Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

David,

Yes, I have a few comments:

First off, the idea that any President could take any document that was supposed to be in the archives, not his personal property regardless of whether it was classified or not is, bad form and that is putting it mildly.  It demonstrates lack of respect for the office of President and a blatant disregard for the laws and rules of being the President.  One would expect at the very least, that these documents would be handled with respect, stored correctly and returned to the proper department in a timely manner.  I realize that not every President or Vice President is perfect, but even Pence and Biden both cooperated, submitted to a search and returned, with apology, any documents they had in a timely manner.  Fact is, they both reported it and admitted they had them.   Not so with Trump.  It has been a round for round circus that was not necessary and has cost us millions, plus no telling who he showed these documents to, and those agencies had to jump through hoops to protect their personnel and plans because of his arrogance and disregard for National security.

To take, after leaving office, and store classified documents, top secret documents, and mixing them up with general office crap, newspaper clippings and memorablia is clearly against the law.

That all being said:  If they find him not guilty then it sets a model for any future or presiding Presidents to do anything they want with the archives, classified or top secret documents.  So letting this pass is a very bad idea.  Who of you who does not like Biden would put up with one minute of boxes of Presidential records stored in a shower?

Now for all the finger pointing at Biden.  Like he told Trump to pack up all that stuff and save in the ballroom, show it to his buddies and biographers and whine like a baby he is being mistreated by the Justice Department. 

I await the trial and see who get the GOP nomination.  The level of tolerance for Trump seems to have no limits.

David Cordell

Yeah, Trump is an egomaniac jerk, and he is last in my list of GOP hopefuls. That said, I still much prefer him over Biden.

I'll be interested to hear testimony in the actual Trump trial. For example, I saw the photo of the alleged documents on a stage in a ballroom at Mara Lago. Umm, have there been no events in that ballroom in the past two years?

It will be interesting to see if the controversy regarding the Biden family's dealings finally convinces the Dems to send mentally-challenged Biden back to Delaware permanently.

David Cordell

Does anybody know enough to say whether this guy makes any sense?

Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

David,

Interesting response to my comments.  Have you read the indictment?  If not, I strongly suggest you do.  Do you know how many foreign governments were affected by the top secret and classified documents that Trump had in the shower, ballroom and spilled all over the floor in an unlocked storeroom? 

I bet Biden has a filing system.  I bet that classified and top secret documents are stored properly.  Deranged indeed.

Don't worry, De Santis will pardon him.  He said that before the indictment was even released.  Evidence, rule of law is meaningless....just as long as they get votes, big donors and the believers believe.