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Terri - Makes absolute sense. I never considered the male/female issue. Maybe my sister did it for the same reasons. Now I feel guilty for thinking she was making a silly change to her name to look better. She was a total spoiled brat at that age who hung around The Corner Cafe gang. I couldn't stand her. Yet she turned into the sweetest, most loving and caring person I've ever known. Then I felt like a schmuck for treating her so poorly as kids.

Jakey? You sure it isn't Seachecka? I'm pretty sure it's Seachecka!

05/25/23 07:18 PM

#3353

Hey, the beauty of a name like ours is that you can spell it or pronounce it any way you want, and it'll be wrong. That way, we can choose to ignore you, and always say with a straight face - "you didn't call my name." Worked great when I was in boot camp, and now with those strange phone calls we seem to get weekly.

06/01/23 12:47 PM

#3354

I don't post often but I sure do enjoy reading all the posts!!

Barb

06/01/23 07:24 PM

#3355

So, did “Masters” Jeopardy really prove anything? Holzhauer won, but many think Roach got gypped and, do we really know who is the Jeopardy master in terms of answers and questions? Not denying Holzhauer knows his stuff, but he is also (and by profession) much more adept at gambling and betting. They used a point system in the tournement, but it still reflected the betting. What if they took the gambling out? Use a point system, pure and simple. One point for each correct answer, 2 points for a Double Jeopardy, 3 for Final Jeopardy. Most points wins the day, and another point. Most points, i.e., correct questions, through the whole thing wins the tournament, period. All emphasis is on getting the most questions correct, and the only variable is reaction time - who can push the button fastest. They could even do it like a golf tournament, so Garry might like it. After the first week, round, or whatever, have a “cut,.” Just like that other “Masters.” Points below you’re out, points over, you play the next rounds. Smart is the real winner.

Leave the gambling and betting stuff out of it. Let that for all the folks in the sports bars, which I’m sure would cover a Jeopardy Tournament, with an appropriate atmosphere of beer, pizza, burgers, and beer.

06/02/23 12:14 AM

#3356

Mr. Seachecka - You need to go back to your Naked and Afraid programs. The beauty of Jeopardy is not just being smart with quick reflexes, but also the strategic aspect of how much to bet when (which could be called gambling). You can't give just one point to every correct answer because they get progressively more difficult as the money value increases. An $800 Double-Jeopardy answer is far easier than a $2000 one, and therefore worthy of a much larger bet. I think you've been watching too much of "The Kardashians Take on the Housewives of Oshkosh".

And you don't want to do anything like a golf match that I play in. Lying, cheating, kicking balls, making rude noises just as an opponent is swinging, throwing clubs and endless streams of profanity ... not suitable for family audiences. Which brings to mind, are all streaming programs on Netflix, Apple+, Prime, etc., required to use the "F" word 10 times within the first 60 seconds? It gets so tiring.

06/02/23 06:19 AM

#3357

Garry, I was just trying to keep the math simple for those watching at the sports bars, or golfers who don't have to work with numbers with more than three digits.

06/02/23 02:55 PM

#3358

Terri Levenhagen (Hoornstra)

Mr. G,

That's probably why we never see any of you guys on the real Jeopardy. The online tryout isn't the hard part. Figuring out how to do the electronic game is the mind blower. And to think you guys used to do that electric stuff on the stage crew.

06/02/23 03:48 PM

#3359

I, too, am so tired of the overuse of the F word. If it ever had it in any shock value, it's been completely lost, and it's just plain annoying that their vocabulary is so limited. It's not even Funny. ( Now there's a good F word that the script writers should strive for!) I love Ted Lasso, except for that one thing. I don't even know anybody who talks that way in real life. Do you think because I'm old people tiptoe around me with their vocabulary?

06/02/23 07:28 PM

#3360

THANK YOU TERRI!!! Ted Lasso is my all-time ever favorite TV program, better than St Elswhere, Hill Street Blues and Cheers! I don't mind the use of "f'ing this" or "F that" if it adds something to the scene. But it is so gratuitous these days. Can you imagine Friends or Cheers if they were written for today? You're exactly right Terri, nobody I know, even when I was in the Army, uses the F-word like they do in streaming programs. I think it's one of 6 or 7 total words assistant coach Roy from Ted Lasso has in his entire dialogue (that and "oi") ... although with him I've learned to expect it. Hollywood is absolutely out of touch in their self-indulgent world. "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once", was a stupid, filthy movie, that shouldn't be spoken in the same category as Casablanca, West Side Story, Schindler's List, The Sound of Music, etc.!!! I saw a preview of a new movie where a 6 year old Asian girl tells some bully "F you!" and punches him in the nose. Hilarious, huh? No. Writers are on strike? Good!!! Maybe they'll have time to find the real world!

06/02/23 08:34 PM

#3361

What's a Ted Lasso?

06/15/23 11:34 AM

#3362

Father's Day, Christmas and my birthday is always a guessing game as to which of my 3 daughters will wish me a happy one or all of the above. Even after 35 years since our divorce,I know that it's all my fault. All I did was to give my EX what she asked for, after every arguement " I want a divorce " So, I finally gave her what she supposedly wanted. My son doesn't count, as he died 4 years ago.

06/15/23 12:42 PM

#3363

But I need a new tie.

06/16/23 11:09 PM

#3364

Ray Thompson

Wow--It's been a while since I said anything--Check the site every day but keep my mouth shut--Saw some fathers day posts. My wonderful wife passe away 30 odd years ago from cancer. I movd to the upnort woods in Wisconsin & love it up here. I remaried in 2009 to a great lady and we are very happy up here. She also lost her husband years ago. Now the today world. Mychildren love & appreciate her nd love driving up for visits and fun on the lake. Her children however do not approve or her leaving the Milwakee area & having to drive over 2 hours to visit & do not really like the woods. Wishing all my father budies a great day & hope all is well with your families--Bottom line is I am doing great

06/18/23 06:33 AM

#3365

Garry,

Speaking of golf - where can you get those golf balls like they use in tournaments - the ones that leave that neat red trail when you hit it so you can follow the ball? They’re like tracer bullets. Wish they had those when I was playing golf. I think I’ve seen ones that do green trails too, in other tournaments. Wow, neat.

06/18/23 07:12 AM

#3366

Mitchell Heinrichs

Hi Ray nice to see your message, I also look at the sight but don't say much my wife of 58 years and I also moved up north and love it. Have to go in to the city periodically and hate it. We are about 3 hours from Mil. and the kids have stopped visiting regularly also busy lfe they I guess . Anyway stay safe and enjoy and good luck Mitch

06/21/23 05:24 PM

#3367

"World Naked Bike Ride in Milwaukee on Saturday, June 24"

Any volunteers?

06/23/23 01:50 PM

#3368

Kenneth Pallaske

Hello to all,

Greetings from Michigan. Gar(r)y, keep this wesite viable. Although I don't contribute very often, I enjoy the bantering back and forth.

Mitch, I will be in up nort in August. If I get the chance, I might stop in to see you.

Some of the BYDK answers were surprising. BYDK I split HS's between Granville (2yrs) and Custer (2yrs)

Have a great summer. Please send us some rain. Most of Michigan is experiencing a significant drought.

06/25/23 06:03 PM

#3369

Oh Ken ... thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been waiting to say this for years and years, "You're welcomed to all the water you want from California." In fact, the Sierras are still getting rain almost on a daily basis. All of those thoughtful people who sent us a glass of water, it's time for us to pay you back. Astute planners that we are, we send most of our rain water back into the ocean anyway.

06/29/23 01:03 PM

#3370

Garry,

Please send your extra water to Canada. Those fires are sending smoke & horrid smells all the way to Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Sick of weepy eyes, coughing and runny nose! Plus, every day I have to clean out the birdbath - it is like a huge water-filled ashtray.

Barb

06/30/23 11:04 AM

#3371

The smoke is just as bad, here in Michigan. Plus, we have an ozone alert on top of it. I have stage 2 COPD and premature ventricular contractions,PVC. Also, all 4 heart valves have slight leaks. I may be spending the rest of summer inside, with the air on, whether or not we really need it for cooling. Neither COPD or PVC are curable. We should have stayed in Arizona.

07/03/23 02:22 PM

#3372

My daughter & her husband now live in Arizona. Temps there are over 100!!

Barb

07/04/23 10:31 AM

#3373

We lived in Bullhead City, AZ ( across the river from Laughlin, NV ) for 5 years. Most of the time, we were the hottest part of the state. 100 degree temps start in the beginning of June. From the end of July until Labor Day, it's usually 120 or a little higher. " But, it's a dry heat " humidity is 0 to 5 %. You are sweating; but, you don't know it, because it evaporates instantly. You have to remember to drink enough. What most people think is enough, is NOT. But, the winter's are really nice.

07/04/23 06:23 PM

#3374

Lauren,

I've been through Bullhead City. You'd think all that sweating would at least add something to the humidity.

07/05/23 12:10 PM

#3375

Jim, That's just wishful thinking. Being next to the river doesn't make any difference, either. a 120 degrees with 1% humidity is just too much to overcome. We lived in Bullhead for 5 years. We've been in Portland, Mi ( 20 miles West of Lansing ) for a year, now. If for some remote reason, I'd go back out West, it would be to Deming, NM instead of Bullhead City, AZ. The weather is much nicer there. I lived in Deming for 6 years.

07/08/23 12:19 AM

#3376