Wild Cards! – May 2, 2016

Krazy Pic  Sometimes you can hear a joke just once too often! 🙂  Well, . . at least they said please!  See May2KP.

They Said What?  We’ve likely all seen those occasional quotes of badly mistaken predictions about the future – from folks who should have know better!  Subscriber David Perkins sent a whole collection this past week.  They’re so good, I’ll share them a few at a time, starting with some now-funny thoughts about the future of computers:  TheySaidWhat?

Clever Father?  Subscriber Mike Brown sent this along recently.  It’s more of an anecdote, I guess, but it’ll qualify for this week’s Joke of Week.  Interesting response that should bring a grin.  See JokeWk.

Guest Photo Our Guest Photo contributer this week is our own Anita Dixon (Proofreader Extraordinaire for the Weekly Sharings).  On a trip last year to the alpine region of Switzerland and Austria, she captured this great shot on Lake Geneva in Switzerland.  See GP.ASGD.

Towed Plane – Update! Did you see last week’s pictures of the red plane being towed up our Lake?  I’ve discovered this was the actual plane used in the old Fantasy Island TV series!  It was owned by Mark Trimble, local aviation enthusiast, and it was being towed to auction, where it sold for over $300,000!  To view again, see FantasyIslandPlane.  (Sources: Local breakfast gossip, Branson Daily Independent via Anita Dixon.)

April BTs: Answers & Notes  Answers and submitters to April’s Brain Teasers.  ALSO, in green, a couple of comments/notes, including an interesting real world application to 2 of the BTs.  See APR.BTs

May BDs  Here are the known subscriber birthdays in May.  MayBDs.

 


Thought(s) for the Week:  

God is in the details.     Mies Van Der Rohe

Details are all there are.     Maezumi