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C IGAR B OX B U LLE T INP AGE 5From Harold Wilkinson.RMA Jokes for August, 2020 Who said “Old dogs can’t learn new tricks?” This group of “old dogs” seems to havemastered the new world of electronics & Zoom!Bill Beebee: Zingers from Phyllis Diller:Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age. As your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out.I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve years tellingthem to sit down and shut up.My photographs don't do me justice – they look just like me.You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.Al Persson: The Korean War, in which the US Marine Corps fought some of its most brutal battles, was not without itsgallows humor:During one such conflict an ROK (Republic of Korea) commander, whose unit was fighting along with the Marines,called legendary Marine General Chesty Puller, to report a major Chinese attack in his sector."How many Chinese are attacking you?" asked Puller."Many, many, many, many, many Chinese!" replied the excited Korean Officer.General Puller asked for another count and got the same answer, "Many, many, many, many Chinese!""Dammit!" swore Puller, "Put my Marine Liaison Officer on the radio."In a minute, an American voice came over the air: "Yes Sir?""Lieutenant," growled Chesty, "Exactly how many Chinese you got up there?""General, we've got a whole shitload of Chinese up here!"Thank God!" exclaimed Puller, "At least there's someone up there who knows how to count!"Iberg: Witty double entendre’sThe meaning of opaque is unclear.I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down.It's not that the man couldn't juggle - he just didn't have the balls to do it.So what if I don't know the meaning of the word “apocalypse”! It's not the end of the world.Police were called to the daycare center. A 3-year old was resisting a rest.Did you know they won't be making yardsticks any longer?A relief map shows where the restrooms are.Iberg: Wine TasterIn a wine factory the regular taster died and they were looking for a new one. A ragged, dirty drunkard came to apply forthe position. The director was about to send him away, but first they tested him. They gave him a glass of wine. He triedit and said, “It's red wine, a Muscat, three years old, grown on a north slope, matured in steel containers.”"That's correct", said the boss.Continued on Page 6

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C IGAR B OX B U LLE T INP AGE 7Anniversaries in lliam Diana08/03/196357Alfred 664Norman E.SearsDorothy08/07/195565Robert /11/195169Gail V.DrakeDerena A.08/06/195070Average Years Married—56

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C IGAR B OX B U LLE T INP AGE 9Speaker, Continued—corporate the impulse to improve the current condition oflife, it is impoverishing.We choose to explain human nature in terms of heredity,because it promises a technological solution to our problems which seems easier than pursuing social/political solutions.Its great risk is that it obscures the power of diversity, thebeauty of chance, and the virtues of tolerance by illusionsof (technological) perfectibility.adapt to unknown future calamities. Since humans survive by helping each other, a calamity can be overcome bythose adapted to it cooperating with others (less-adapted)to make sure that the group as a whole comes through it.Without diversity in the group to deal with a wide varietyof problems, the group as a whole is less likely to survive.By choosing our genetics, we accept the risk of ruling outdiverse survival characteristics that might save us in unknown futures.)(Reporter's appreciation: Ken Mattes provided repeatedand essential help in getting the Speaker's input into useable form so that this Report could actually be written.)(Reporter's opinion: a great virtue of diversity for humansurvival is that a wide selection of human characteristicsallows a greater chance that some humans will successfullyA Corona Virus Article.Hi alleral days. Only later does it the immune system find theintrusive virus, resulting in symptoms finally showing ofCOVID-19. This is unique among viral infections. This iswhy so many infected carriers are so asymptomatic!!A friend sent me a very interesting article from ScientificAmerica about the Corona -19 virus. If you are interested ingetting a look into the virus’ complexity, open the link beIt also has "intelligence" to autocorrect its own DNA stringlow.if it is mutated. This makes it very tough to kill.I thought this article was outstanding, almost too technical,but not really.Note that the COVID virus amazing DNA strain allows itto initially hide itself from our body's immune system sothat it can quickly replicate itself in our lungs, etc. for sev-What scientists know about the inner workings of the pathogen that has infected the -visual-guideto-the-sars-cov-2-coronavirus/Knock Knocks for your grandchildren.Knock knock. Who's there? Hawaii. Hawaii who? I'm fine, Hawaii you?Knock knock. Who's there? Nana. Nana who? Nana your business.Knock knock. Who's there? Hatch. Hatch who? God bless you.Knock knock. Who's there? Mustache. Mustache who? Mustache you a question, but I'll shave it for laterKnock knock. Who's there? Amish. Amish who? Really? You don't look like a shoe.Knock knock. Who's there? Gorilla. Gorilla who? Gorilla me a hamburger.—Chris

V O LUME 24 I SSUE 8P AGE 1 0RMA Bulletin BoardRiddlesfor Your Grandchildren.Double my numberI’m less than a scoreHalf of my numberIs less than four SIXGoes up and down the stairsWithout ever moving CARPETSome men lose itWhen they get oldA shiny sight to behold HAIRYou throw this outWhen you want to use itBut take it inWhen you no longer need it - ANCHORCartoons From The New YorkerIf you change your email address, be sure to let Ron Riggert know so youcontinue to receive RMA emails. Ron’s email is: rkriggert@verizon.net

P AGE 1 1C IGAR B OX B U LLE T INKing James IQueen Elizabeth I of England, the virgin queen, died in 1603. She left no heir. Therefore, King JamesVI of Scotland, her nearest relative, became King of England and Ireland. He also remained king of Scotland.He was the first king of the British Isles and was known as James I.James I, was highly educated and encouraged the education of those in his realm. He urged the study ofscience, literature and the arts.He, like many others of his day, believed in witchcraft. He wrote several essays on the subject. Themost famous is “Daemonologie,” a treatise on sorcery and witchcraft.Shakespeare used material from “Daemonologie” in writing Macbeth and Hamlet.In 1604, James I wrote “A Counterblast to Tobacco,” in which he states that the use of tobacco is offensive to others and very harmful to the liver, heart and lungs of the user.The tobacco James I was talking about in his thesis was grown in Toledo, Spain, from seeds broughtfrom Mexico by Hernandez de Boncalo.Jamestown, Virginia, founded on May 4, 1607, was the first permanent settlement in North America. Itwas named in honor of James I, who granted the charter to the Virginia Company of London.The natives of America had grown tobacco for years. They used tobacco in rituals and not for generalrelaxation.When Jamestown was founded, tobacco had become very popular in England. From the very beginningof Jamestown, tobacco was the main cash crop. Because of his aversion to tobacco, James I leveled a hefty import tax on tobacco imported into England.The import tax had little effect on the use of tobacco. In the 1600s and later, tobacco was smoked usingvarious pipes.On November 5, 1605, a group of Catholics were planning to blow up the House of Parliament whenJames I was in the building attending a ceremony. One of the conspirators, Guy Fawkes, was discovered in thebasement with barrels of gun powder. The incident is known today as the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkesday is celebrated every November 5 by the lighting of bonfires or fireworks.James I did not write, but authorized the translation of the King James Bible from the Greek and Latin.One of the problems the translators encountered was the lack of English words to express concepts in the Bible. They often created new words to capture the correct meaning.At the time, most of the educated class in England was bilingual. They spoke both English and French.French words often appeared in the translations and later in everyday use by those with little or no formal education.It is similar to the introduction of new words to express new concepts and procedures into the moderncomputer world.

First Class MailNext MeetingFriday, September 11, 2020Web site RMenA.orgE-mail info@RmenA.orgR.M.A.Box 261Wayland, MA 01778Next RMA Meeting: Friday, September 11 10:00 am via ZoomLarry Kerpelman; Topic: “A Race to RememberA Live Presentation—Larry Kerpelman's writing and editing reflects both his widely varied personal interests and his educationalbackground. His work has appeared in a variety of popular publications, such as The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe Magazine, HealthWorks magazine, and Green Prints magazine, as well as in professional journals,among them The Journal of the American Medical Association, Physicians News Digest, The Chronicle ofHigher Education, and Journal of Counseling Psychology.Zoom address link will be sent about a week before the meeting. Watch your email!Invite a Guest to our September 11 Zoom Meeting !

Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University UPCOMING ZOOM MEETINGS VOLUME 24 ISSUE 8 Cigar Box Bulletin AUGUST 2020 RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION B orn and raised in Montreal and gradu-ated from McGill U., Dr. Shapiro lat-er earned his PhD in Economics at Princeton in 1964. He then joined the U. of