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09-26-2012, 02:52 PM,
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
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.
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09-26-2012, 02:55 PM,
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
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.

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09-27-2012, 08:59 AM,
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Robert Lincoln loved to play golf. In 1901 he was an entrant in the Ekwanok President's Cup golf tournament.

Where did Robert finish?
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09-27-2012, 09:20 AM,
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At the 18th hole?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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09-27-2012, 09:55 AM,
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Yes, there is no WD or DQ after his name. So he finished. Where did his score rank in the tournament?
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09-27-2012, 10:03 AM,
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What? I didn't win?

I'm not a golfer, to me WD means Winn Dixie and DQ is Dairy Queen
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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09-27-2012, 10:51 AM,
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I'm going to guess it was last place, since that's where I usually finish (given that there's no lower ranking).

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09-27-2012, 10:58 AM,
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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

[Image: robertgolfswing.jpg]

Not a candidate for the Ryder Cup Team
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09-27-2012, 11:06 AM, (This post was last modified: 09-27-2012, 03:04 PM by Gene C.)
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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.
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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10-01-2012, 08:39 AM,
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's stepmother, spent time in a jail.

Why?
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10-01-2012, 10:07 AM,
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Debts?
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10-01-2012, 10:12 AM,
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Good try, Gene, but that's not it.
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10-01-2012, 10:28 AM, (This post was last modified: 10-01-2012, 10:28 AM by Rob Wick.)
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Because her first husband was appointed jailer in Hardin County, Kentucky and she cooked for the inmates and cleaned the place.

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10-01-2012, 10:33 AM,
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Well done, Rob. That's it.

Your prize: one totally free night at Marion.
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10-01-2012, 10:46 AM,
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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.
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