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"nun" is correct. The last pic is showing up fine for me. Can the rest of you see it? George

There are times when I miss Chicago. Winter isn't one of them. The last time I was home for Christmas (about 20 years ago) it was 25 below with a wind chill of 85 below! My family is welcome to visit ME for Christmas, but unless someone in the family dies, they won't see me in Chicago in December or January again! Seriously, graduation is a GOOD thing, and your daughter will be fine. George

That's a bit harsh! :o George

Well, not brilliant, but doable. George

I'll come up with something brilliant tonight. George

Okay, fine. Since hiway didn't know and Steve! isn't around anymore (growing up near Chicago when I did, he might have seen this EARLY Saturday mornings), the answer is Bat-Fink! Bat-Fink was actually a wingless bat. He had an Asian sidekick named Karate. (How blissfully un-PC we were!) Karate's dad was a blacksmith who made Bat-Fink steel wings. Whenever someone would shoot at him, Bat-Fink would curl his wing in front and use the line above. (Except for the time he was shot with an amnesia ray. Then it was, "Your thing-a-ma-jig cannot harm me; my whatchacallits are like a something of, er, you know!") He also drove the "Batillac," which was equiped with a "thermonuclear, plutonium-insulated, (fill in the blank) shield. As silly as The Tick, and pre-dated him by about forty years. George

Looks like we need more help, Sharon! George

Sharon, is Pirate correct? George

I think Tom (who clearly hates posting pics) is stalling, so I'll jump in with "Pocahontas." (Not a bad puzzle, actually, though I wouldn't have got it without the hints.) George

For those of you just tuning in, my avatar was Batman until I found the Green Lantern pic I like. Anyway, drawing on a memory from forty years ago, Grandma and I would actually roast the chestnuts over a fire in the fireplace in a kind of wire basket. I don't recall any particular amount of time, but th chestnuts were hot and tender when done. It was probably trial-and-error. George

Here's one that probably only hiway29 will get (if anyone): What cartoon character used the following phrase at least once an episode: Your weapons cannot harm me; my wings are like a shield of steel! George

Rick, Your song is definitely a Herb Alpert tune. I'm pretty sure it's the one about a Mexican form of transportation! ;) George

Got me stumped, too, unless we're using non-English words (hearts = amar): "Amarcord"? George

I doubt that you could get ANYTHING on your list from Way Productions. My guess is that all of the people are "persona non grata" and all evidence of their existences has been expunged. George

Hey George. Click the following link and see if you can't find one. http://images.google.com/images?q=green+lantern&hl=en Rick Thanks for the tip, Bluzey! I didn't know I could just add a pic from my computer. I wonder if there are any copyright concerns? George

A lab I used to work in had fume hoods so loud we used to call them "the cone of silence"! Someone standing next to you would talk, and you could see his lips move but not hear a word! George

I used to roast chestnuts at my grandmother's place, years ago. What a fun memory! George

I think I can prove that the increase in promiscuity, etc., can be shown to be caused by an increase in the number of people who confuse correlations with cause/effect relationships. George

Hey, Boys and Girls, I'm BAAAACK! :wacko: Any new quizzes, 'n stuff? (I only read back a page. Kathy's link to Sudo's story was helpful.) This new site takes some getting used to, but it seems to have some more powerful features. Now if I can just find a "Green Lantern" avatar, or maybe the whole "Justice League." George

No so easy, I guess. :blink: George

"The Blues Brothers"? George

Just in case anyone's checking, Lucy and I are back. No damge to home whatsoever. George

My wife and I got back today after evacuating to La Grange (near Austin). Though our trip wasn't as harrowing as Mr. P's, what should have been a two-and-a-half-hour trip took nine hours. (And my car has essentially no A/C.) Houston's mayor wanted to show that he wasn't an idiot like New Orleans', so he pretty much told EVERYBODY to evacuate, demonstrating that he was, in fact, a completely different kind of idiot. People in NW Houston were evacuating, blocking roads that people who were actually in danger needed to use. Our kids (in Houston) had the good sense to stay put. Had the storm come in right over Freeport, our house would have been bombed, but the kids would have been fine. Good news: absolutely no damage to our home. In fact, I think the electricity only winked out for a short time. Now to get those boards off the windows! George

If you played all the time in college (not just one season), then you "played regularly as an amateur, non-national player, for fun." (If you played each year in DIFFERENT sports, you still PLAYED each year.) If you DIDN'T play all the time, then it would be similar to Junior Varsity and fit there. (Yes, that means busting your hump in JV for 4 years and never making it to the Varsity team counts as the "played regularly" option. You worked as hard as the Varsity team.) Fine. I voted "played regularly." George

The last major hurricane to hit here was Alicia in 1983. I was at the Rock at the time. By the time I came back, everything was fine. Rita may strengthen, even to category 5; but it will almost certainly be no stronger than a 3 at landfall. The water at this end of the gulf is never as hot as on the Florida side. On the other hand, unless the projections take a decided southward look, Lucy and I will evacuate on Thursday. George