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Missive #346 Published 13 September 2024

52. How Old is Nasruddin’s Wife?

One evening Nasruddin turned to his wife and asked, “How old are you?”

“I don’t know,” she replied.

“What do you mean you don’t know? You keep track of everything!” Nasruddin exclaimed. “You know how many knives and forks we have, and how many pots and pans. You could probably tell me how many grains of rice there are in the pantry. How can you not know how old you are?”

“I keep household accounts so that I’ll know if someone steals something,” she replied. “But nobody is going to steal my age, so what’s the point in keeping track?”

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Missive #345 Published 11 September 2024

Sailing across the Caribbean, Hector Lynch falls into the hands of the notorious buccaneer, Captain John Coxon. Hector’s two friends, Dan and Jacques, are released when Coxon mistakes Hector as the nephew of Sir Thomas Lynch—the Governor of Jamaica—an error that Hector encourages. Coxon delivers Hector to Sir Henry Morgan, a bitter enemy of Governor Lynch. The captain is expecting to curry favour with Henry Morgan but is publicly humiliated at a Christmas ball. From then on, Coxon seeks to revenge himself on Hector and the young seafarer finds himself on the run again.

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Missive #344 Published 9 September 2024

There Will Be War is a landmark science fiction anthology series that combines top-notch military science fiction with factual essays by various generals and military experts on everything from High Frontier and the Strategic Defense Initiative to the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

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Missive #343 Published 8 September 2024

Continuing The Federalist Papers.

Federalist No. 29
Concerning the Militia
Author: Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:

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Missive #342 Published 6 September 2024

51. Nasruddin’s Wife and the Stew

“Here are four kilos of meat,” Nasruddin told his wife. “Please make a nice stew! I’m going out now to invite all my friends.”

Nasruddin’s wife made the stew but it smelled so good that she invited her friends over, and they ate all the stew.

When Nasruddin got home, his wife shouted, “That cat gobbled the meat before I could cook it!”

Nasruddin looked at her suspiciously. He grabbed the cat and put it on the scales.

“Four kilos!” he said. “So, if this is the cat, where’s the meat? And if this is the meat, where’s the cat?”

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Missive #341 Published 3 September 2024

This book was not any easier to read than the prior two histories, 1939 and Silent Conflict. It picks up where Silent Conflict left off and takes you to 1939. Most historians when writing about a period focus on country leaders; this author focuses on the country diplomats with the leaders taking a back seat. Good history but difficult reading for me.

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Missive #340 Published 1 September 2024

Continuing The Federalist Papers.

Federalist No. 28
The Same Subject Continued: The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered Author: Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:

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Missive #339 Published 30 August 2024

50. Nine Months for a Baby

Nasruddin’s wife had given birth to a child barely three months after their wedding.
“Pardon me for asking,” said Nasruddin, “but doesn’t it usually take nine months for babies to be born?”
“That’s right,” she replied.
“But then how could you have had this child so soon?” he asked.
“It’s simple arithmetic,” she answered.

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Missive #338 Published 26 August 2024

There was heavy cloud cover this morning and we had a few sprinkles when we started our walk. I decided not to chance getting wet and we did a potty walk. Maybe get in a mid day walk and maybe not.

I was late getting the posting up for yesterday. Got involved in the dual boot project again and forgot about doing anything else. I now have what I think to be a good bootable thumb drive with Android operating system on it. When I try to boot that it fails and continues to boot up the default operating system.

Author name: Ed Frey