JOYNER’S CORNER
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PERCY P. CASSIDY P O L E S A PA R T
Terse Verse
Give a woman a yard
OK, Pers. How would you define a “pocket calculator”?
I find that there is always something to do around the house whenever I have an afternoon to spend with my spouse.
One of the little things that count.
Either the lawn should be mowed or graded and leveled, or else it is winter and there’s snow to be shoveled, or shrubs to be moved and trees to be planted,
second thought
or the hedge to be pruned and sprayed and de-anted.
on daylight saving time
And when it is spring, the yard must be seeded– There always is something urgently needed.
Spring forward, fall back “The world is too much with us; late and soon...” –Wordsworth
What yesterday was one o’clock, today is only noon. –cgj
You may find a woman who keeps her vows to the letter, and sticks to you through thin and thick, for worse or for better, but there is one thing that she absolutely will not, and that is to ever be content with her lot! - cgj
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T
S
X
S 6 I
H
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2 N
L T
2 N
U L
6 H I 2 N
X S
O L
U
6 T I
2 O N
Each letter in these multiplication problems stands for a digit. Repeated letters stand for repeated digits. Given I=6 and N=2, can you find the value of the other letters which give the total value of THE SOLUTION? Collections? Over the years, Carolina Country has printed more than 50 of my “cherce” terse verses. I wonder if any of our readers would be interested in a book of these. If anyone is interested in a collection of these or anything else I have published here, let me know. Charles Joyner joyner@carolinacountry.com or c/o Carolina Country/PO Box 27306/Raleigh, NC 27611
For answers, please see page 45 40 NOVEMBER 2010 Carolina Country
GO FIGURE! There were two “perfect square” years in the 1600s. Since then there has been only one in each century. What was the “square year” in the 20th century, and how old will people born that year be next year? © 2010 Charles Joyner