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RJNorton · 09-26-2012, 01:52 PM

You are correct, Rob.

I have currently run out of prizes, so I will send you the same amount of cash as last time.

Hopefully, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois is in better shape than what I've been hearing, and my pension checks will keep on arriving.

Rob Wick · 09-26-2012, 01:55 PM

You can always write me a check, and I can fill in the amount later. Just make it out to the Committee Accessing Special History, but you can just use the first letters of each word.

Best
Rob

RJNorton · (This post was last modified: 09-27-2012 08:00 AM by RJNorton.)

Robert Lincoln loved to play golf. In 1901 he was an entrant in the Ekwanok President's Cup golf tournament.

Where did Robert finish?

Gene C · 09-27-2012, 08:20 AM

At the 18th hole?

RJNorton · 09-27-2012, 08:55 AM

Yes, there is no WD or DQ after his name. So he finished. Where did his score rank in the tournament?

Gene C · 09-27-2012, 09:03 AM

What? I didn't win?

I'm not a golfer, to me WD means Winn Dixie and DQ is Dairy Queen

Rob Wick · 09-27-2012, 09:51 AM

I'm going to guess it was last place, since that's where I usually finish (given that there's no lower ranking).

Best
Rob

RJNorton · 09-27-2012, 09:58 AM

Good enough, Rob. He finished second to last. You win one free round at the Ekwanok Country Club when you are in Manchester, Vt.

Robert swinging a golf club

Not a candidate for the Ryder Cup Team

Gene C · (This post was last modified: 09-27-2012 02:04 PM by Gene C.)

I might have gottton that if you spelled Equinox right. (Especially with my extensive knowledge about golf - not) I guess thats the old spelling.
(But who am I to complane about spelling?)

It is a beautiful place, especially when the leaves are changing color.

RJNorton · (This post was last modified: 10-01-2012 11:56 AM by RJNorton.)

Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's stepmother, spent time in a jail.

Why?

Gene C · 10-01-2012, 09:07 AM

Debts?

RJNorton · 10-01-2012, 09:12 AM

Good try, Gene, but that's not it.

Rob Wick · (This post was last modified: 10-01-2012 09:28 AM by Rob Wick.)

Because her first husband was appointed jailer in Hardin County, Kentucky and she cooked for the inmates and cleaned the place.

Best
Rob

RJNorton · 10-01-2012, 09:33 AM

Well done, Rob. That's it.

Your prize: one totally free night at Marion.

LincolnMan · 10-01-2012, 09:46 AM

Cooked for the inmates and cleaned the jail? Reminds me of Aunt Bea bringing something in for Andy, Barney, and Otis. My, how times have changed.