Coquina Daily

Monday, June 16, 2008

How to beat the high price of gasoline

submitted by Ron

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A quiz for people who know everything

These are not trick questions.  They are straight questions with straight answers.

1.  Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants
know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2.  What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

3.  Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several
growing seasons.  All other vegetables must be replanted every year.
What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4.  What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5.  In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside
the bottle.  The pear is whole an d ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it
hasn't been cut in any way.  How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6.  Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "
dw" and they are all common words.  Name two of them.

7.  There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar.  Can you name
at least half of them?

8.  Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed,
cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9.  Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the
letter "S."

Answers below

submitted by Johanna

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No arms

We showed some videos a few days ago of people with no arms doing remarkable things. This video goes beyond the remarkable to the mundane. I don't know the background of the film - the narration is in an oriental language. It runs about ten minutes and it is worth every second of your time.

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Flag Day at Coquina Crossing

Forty nine retired flags were disposed of by burning as part of a respectful ceremony by the Coquina Veterans on Saturday.

In the background is a special flag that has come home to Coquina Crossing. The flag was presented to Mr. Peter Schulz on his retirement from the Air Force. It had been flown over the capitol building in Washington and Mr. Schulz donated it for the use of the Veteran's color guard.  There is another very meaningful aspect to that flag which is that it has actually flown in a war zone.

Through correspondence with the commander at Camp Lowell in Afghanistan, it was arranged to have the flag flown over the camp for the Coquina Veterans.  They were very honored to be able to dedicate this flag while celebrating Flag Day at the clubhouse in Coquina Crossing.
submitted by Patty

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Shaun the Sheep - episode 16

See yesterday for episode 15.

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Answers

1.  The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.  Boxing

2.  North American landmark constantly moving backward.  Niagara
Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)

3.  Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons.  Asparagus and rhubarb.

4.  The fruit with its seeds on the outside.  Strawberry.

5.  How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle? It grew inside the bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)

6.  Three English words beginning with dw.  Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.

7.  Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar.   Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses

8.  The only vegetable o r fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh is Lettuce.

9.  Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with "s".  Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.

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Today's Activities Schedule

7:30 Men's Golf @ Shores
7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
9:00 Pickle Ball/Shuffleboard
12:00 Coquina Classics
1:00 Chorus Practice
4:00 Pickle Ball
7:00 Euchre/Mah-jongg
7:00 Ladies' Poker

Tomorrow's Activities Schedule

7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
8:00 Tennis
9:30 Men's Bible Study
10:00 Open Art Class/Intrm. Tap
12:30 Bowling
1:00 Quilters/Rummy/Mah-jongg
2:00 Band Practice
4:00 Ballet/Jazz/Tap Dance
6:30 Ceramics
7:00 Billiards/Needlework
7:00 Bocce Ball

See the complete calendar

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Coquina Daily Cat

Maisy by Simon - link

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Coquina Daily Dog

Chewing on a bone by Kars Alfrink - link

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Sunset

Sunset in Annapolis by Shawn Duffy - link