MikeL

I think "three beating hearts" was a brilliant choice of words at the close of the chapter. Without them, the ending would have been merely tense.

I recognize him, but will give others a chance. He's well known in my home state.

A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office. "Is it true," she wanted to know, "that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?" “Yes, I'm afraid so,” the doctor told her. There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, "I'm wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked 'NO REFILLS'."

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore This is a great example of how we can learn about unfamiliar people and cultures from this little exercise. Congratulations, Podga! Now it's your turn to lay one on us.

Hopefully you are not diabetic, Renee. I am. It's both scary and a nuisance. I have to test my blood glucose level twice daily and try to keep it between 70 and 120. If it drops below about 50, I know it...a rather lightheaded feeling...which is when I treat myself to a Coke. Otherwise, I avoid sweets and eat very little bread or pasta. I've never passed out. That would be dangerous, especially if it occurred while asleep. I also have low blood pressure which folks with high blood pressure would love to have. The big problem is it presents the same lightheaded symptom, so I have to do an extra blood glucose check before I raid the fridge for a Coke. Best wishes.

Middelfart, Denmark

An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation. As he was about to get the anesthesia, he asked to speak to his son. "Yes, Dad, what is it?" "Don't be nervous, son; do your best, and just remember, if it doesn't go well, if something happens to me, your mother is going to come and live with you and your wife...."

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Opp, AL/USA

I apologize, Paya. Grousing was a poor choice of words...certainly no humor in it. I think we have had a pretty good balance of American and European personages in our challenges and we have demonstrated a better knowledge of each others' history than I would have expected. We have even had one of your countrymen here, admittedly better know in our own time than the current challenge, especially the youthful picture WL selected. You are quite right about the educational value in this exercise. If you identified the person and went on to read about him, then you have learned a bit of American history. I have certainly learned something; even Wikipedia alone is pretty good. Don't hesitate to post a challenge, Paya. We can all learn from it.

European participants should stop grousing about the occasional American pictured in this thread. We have posted more pictures of Europeans than Americans here and GA members from both sides of the Atlantic have displayed an extensive knowledge of each others' history. WL's challenge is a picture of one of the most prominent Americans of 19th century. Let's have some guesses. Sorry, Red. Billy the Kid is not correct.

My wife is also a former teacher. She found it hilarious and quite appropriate.

Australian School Answering Machine... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Pwghabw4N80

Dollarbeg, Scotland Dollarbeg Castle

Early 1900s would be a bit late. Contrary to widespread belief, US history goes back earlier than that.

Tittybong, Victoria, Australia

stagnicolous (living in stagnant water)

Experiment, GA/USA

Zip City, AL/USA

How is your knowledge of U S history, Podga?

I must eat too much chocolate. I've never been depressed.

Night after night, for years on end, My mattress has been my closest friend. My mattress and I are cozy and pally; There are hills on the sides – I sleep in the valley. It clearly reveals the shape I’m in: Where I’m thin it’s thick, where it’s thick I’m thin. Its contours reflect the first and the last of me. It’s very nearly a plaster cast of me. I miss my mattress when I am gone; It’s one thing I’ve made an impression on. ~ Richard Armour

And quite handsome in his early years. Not the fright he was later.

You are fast, WL. It is Charles Lindberg and Ann Morrow Lindberg leaving a church in Washington, DC. The exact date of the photo is not known, but probably was in the late 1920s. The kidnapping was March 1, 1932. Lindberg's famous trans-Atlantic flight was May 20–21, 1927. He had police escorts everywhere he went for many years after that. Now, it's your turn to challenge us.

Who are these people?