The Wild Sow

Slight correction: Drew wasn't Bode's coach, he was the player on the other team when Bode was injured. They're the same age (seniors in HS in 2009, so 32-33 now I guess.) Yeah, I wish Bode had just said thanks but NO thanks to that! When he was sleeping peacefully before the call from Three Rock came in, I got a little worried. Probably started out as a cold or flu bug, which can go into ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) pretty quickly. The guy was a skinny alcoholic, not sober very long, may have had some underlying medical compromises from malnutrition, liver stuff, pancreatitis, who knows. Also, an impending heart attack can present as stomach symptoms -- and I know this very well, since my husband had two of them that started just like that. Nausea, vomiting, "breathing felt funny" -- but denied any chest pains. He survived the first one, 2003. Sadly, the second one, about 18 months ago, was fatal. The paramedics, who got there in 7 minutes, assured me I did everything right. All the good CPR classes I took over my long career kicked in. Just didn't bring him back.😪 I have a very hard time watching CPR scenes on TV, even now, and I was in tears watching them try to save him (Birch, I think they called him.) So I can feel for Bode and the nightmares, and I hope he gets (proper!) help. I was relieved when the boy in the culvert made it, and I was pretty scared when Bode had to be the one to go down after him. Interesting that the Three Rock guys were allowed to help carry his litter, as I thought they weren't to touch civilians. BTW, I know Birch went to bed with his cold, and was supposed to go to the infirmary in the morning. And the crew got called out to dig to the culvert. So no one checked on him for at least a few hours. Surely they didn't leave him alone there! How many guards are normally at Three Rock? Usually we just see the one, but there must have been at least 2 -- they couldn't leave an inmate unattended in the camp no matter how sick he was -- that's prime escape opportunity there! I'm going to have to count guards next time.

If you worry about possibly being a psychopath, is that a pretty good clue that you're probably not one?

Yes, the morning of December 10, 1941. Only 2 days after Pearl Harbor (which is on the other side of the International Date Line!) Most sources I can find put the deaths (from both ships, the Repulse and the Prince of Wales) at around 840, with 796 survivors. News really did not travel instantaneously in the 1940's though. My Uncle Jimmy, a navigator on a B-24, was KIA on June 11, 1944. They were returning from a bombing run on a Romanian oil refinery (Italian Theatre of the war) when the plane crashed. My grandparents weren't notified -- yes, by telegram, I believe -- until around June 24. One of the most horrifying parts of that situation is that my grandpa was in the hospital having heart surgery, a very big deal in 1944, when my grandma got the news! So they weren't able to tell him until he was stronger! My poor grandma had to bear that burden alone, I'm not sure for how long. I'm getting tears in my eyes just thinking about it. Grandpa never did regain good health after losing Jimmy, and he did not live long after that. As for my dad Mike, a D-Day vet who was "somewhere in France" at the time -- he didn't learn about Jimmy's death until mid-July. When the chaplain called him into his tent to break the news, Dad fully expected to hear that his father had died, and was shocked and saddened to learn that it was his brother. We know all this from the letters Dad and Jimmy sent home to their family. Dad had asked his mother to "put these letters aside in a box for me -- maybe someday when I'm old and gray I'll want to read about my Army days!" Thank God she did. What a treasure! Because Dad never got to be old and gray -- he also died fairly young, but now his children have the letters and are getting to know our Dad all over again. About those telegrams now. Yes, that was the usual method of notifying a family of a death. Starting with "we regret to inform you...." In the case of the UK, the family would later receive a condolence letter signed by the king and queen, and personal letters from their loved one's commanding officer(s) and maybe crewmates. Occasionally a notification might be done in person, but that wasn't common. We've probably all seen Saving Private Ryan, and the War Department did a personal notification in that because the family had lost 4 sons! And the "sole surviving son" chance to go home was a real thing too. They offered it to my dad Mike after Jimmy's death, and just like Private Ryan, SSgt. Mike McG refused it. He explained to his parents in one of the letters, "We have a job to do." The radio broadcast on the show stated that the casualty lists would be published in the newspaper after the next of kin were informed. So Mrs. Hall technically should not have found Edward's name on the lists without being notified first. But telegrams can certainly go missing! I was spoilered and knew Edward would survive, but I was still tearing up watching Audrey trying to keep that stiff upper lip!

I'm really liking their developing friendship - and the swimming lessons! And yay for the show actually explaining how an adult managed to get to Audrey's age without learning to swim, fercryinoutloud. Although her trauma story (they threw me into the deep end! And my mom didn't come back!) seemed really unlikely. The throwing into the pool part; the mom part is probably true. Hey, I've spent 60-plus years being a Pool Rat, and I have never seen or heard of a swimming teacher doing that. I took a ton of swimming & diving lessons starting at age 5 or 6, and I've taught a ton of kids to swim & dive -- and Nobody. Does. That! Maybe back in the Little House on the Prairie days -- like when Pa tossed Mr. Oleson's nephew into the creek -- but that water was only about 2 or 3 feet deep! Late 20th/21st Centuries, though? Nope. In fact, my kids' diving coach chewed me out once for pushing one of mine into trying a skill she didn't feel ready for. She only had to chew me out that one time, BTW. Lifeguards and teachers know what the heck they're doing. Anyway, knowing some of Gabs' Pool Rat backstory is making me like her a lot more! Yes! Nobody died, hopefully Manny's patient that he wasn't allowed to touch will recover, and Bode slaying the dragon was just golden! I haven't been to RenFest yet (ours is in August and September) but I have some friends who do it and I'm tempted to check it out now! Hmmmmm, I did archery for a few years as a kid too, wonder if I can still handle a bow & arrow?

That was on this morning. And the Mom didn't actually "see" her, you know. And I think it was just the DUMBEST storyline ever. OK, the daughter thinks Mom abandoned her because daughter was going blind. Nope, Mom left her at the orphanage because she HERSELF, the Mom, was going blind! So why not TELL her? "I didn't want her to come to me out of pity..." WHAT?? Giving her information that she didn't have, the fact of her Mom's blindness, isn't asking for "pity" -- it's explaining a situation that the daughter was unaware of. Freakin' TALK to each other, people.

I really was hoping Drew G. would make it to the finals -- at first I was kind of put off by the cockiness, but he was so good-natured and having so much FUN with it, he just grew on me! But really, missing "grand mal"? He's never watched a medical show? Or read a book with an epileptic character? Or just, you know, absorbed it from living in the world?? I assumed that term was common knowledge. Grad Mal = Big Bad! Petit Mal = Little Bad, the "absence" type of seizure. Brief loss of awareness but without the "falling" that often happens in a grand mal seizure. Guillain Barre is a whole 'nother condition.

Yeah...I'm wondering how they managed to sneak him back to the Three Rock crew without the actual guards noticing! I mean, neither Sharon nor Eve (his cap!) reported him AWOL, but he was gone an awfully long time! Wonder how often they do a headcount? That's what they were preparing to do when they were digging in - er, digging their own graves! - right before the cavalry arrived! Speaking of the cavalry - remember way back in Season One's "Get Some, Be Safe," the one where Super-Bode rescues the panicky horse from the barn fire? I wondered then how could they miss the opportunity to have Bode come out of the burning barn riding that horse! OK, I guess they made up for it now! Grandpa Walter, and and guess so. And now Vince & Sharon will browbeat him to come and live with them, instead of going to a proper assisted living or eldercare situation which knows how to handle dementia, because families always do that on TV (lookin' at you, "Chicago PD"!) Shenanigans will ensue, most likely Walter setting the kitchen on fire. Because that always happens on TV too. Yawn.

That too! I was wondering through the whole thing, who the heck acts like that? And how did she ever get through a psych evaluation to even get on the force? Plus, she's undercover, she must have superior officers aware of what she's doing. Where were they? Dumb, dumb episode.

Really! All she had to do was tell Shaw that he had a bottle, or might have had one! Especially since he did have it when he came out (and where’d it go, anyway?) Altogether a stupid & forgettable episode.

First for manslaughter - assuming that the box itself had some sort of dangerous malfunction. Later upped to murder when the cops learned that Adelaide wasn't a random victim. I called the mentor, though -- because it's always the mentor, isn't it? Although I thought it would be a jealousy motive rather than a "don't wanna get exposed as a sexual predator" motive. Martin Trenway! I was trying all through the show to remember what I knew him from! I guess he's the dad on The Nanny but since I've never watched it, I wouldn't know.

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Somehow my last 2 or 3 posts - from my phone - have not showed up. Gonna have to check that. Anyway....No Hamilfans on last night's show? Wow! The entire show is about how Alex "won't throw away his shot" - and then proceeds to do just that. And Aaron Burr standing back to "wait for it...wait for it..." And then doesn't! Also, what was with all the paintings? Was it "Nekkid Art Day" on Jeopardy last night?! 😁LOL even Birth of Venus, although they didn't show it, just described it!

@MrAtoz - Thank you (and everyone who remembers Jim.) He mentioned meeting you and said you were a great contestant too, as well as a pretty cool guy. I'm heading over to the house now to spend some time with Jan and help with planning for the service Friday (including getting our 100 year old Mom there!) So awful - no one should lose a child, and certainly no one expects to reach the age of 100 and lose a child 💔 Here's Jim's obituary.

Hi, Jeopardy Peeps - some sad news to share. My brother Jim McGinnis (gimmickgenius on the forums) passed away suddenly this past Thursday. He had just turned 65 a few weeks ago. My baby brother (along with Tom) and just the best brother and friend and all around wonderful guy anyone could ever hope to know 😪 Jim's show aired July 3, 2018. He lost on a very tough Final Jeopardy, but just making it to the Alex Trebek stage - and meeting Alex himself! - was such a great thing. We're all so proud of him. Miss you like crazy, Brother - till we meet again 💔

Years ago, there was clue about Osama Bin Laden - with a picture. Taped before 9/11/01, of course. When it showed up in a morning rerun, yes, of course they added a chyron about it being taped prior to the attack.