Faces #605— at the Eye Doctor

By Jack Brummet

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One Adam Twelve: the phonetic cop alphabet and the NATO phonetic alphabet

By Jack Brummet, Alphabetics Ed.

The LAPD phonetic alphabet is an alphabet used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other California law enforcement agencies.  It is used for telephone and over the air communication for properly understanding a broadcast of letters in the as easily understood words.

The L.A.P.D. phonetic alphabet:

Letter	Phonetic	Letter	Phonetic	Number	Phonetic
A	Adam	N	Nora (or Nancy)	0	Zero
B	Baker (or Bravo)	O	Ocean	1	One
C	Charlie (or Charles)	P	Paul	2	Two
D	David	Q	Queen	3	Three
E	Easy (or Edward)	R	Robert	4	Four
F	Frank	S	Sam	5	Five
G	George	T	Tom	6	Six
H	Henry	U	Union	7	Seven
I	Ida	V	Victor	8	Eight
J	John	W	William (or Whiskey)	9	Nine
K	King	X	X-ray
L	Lincoln	Y	Yellow
M	Mary	Z	Zebra

The NATO Phonetic Alphabet:

A Alfa / Alpha 

B Bravo 

C Charlie 

D Delta 

E Echo 

F Foxtrot 

G Golf 

H Hotel 

I India 

J Juliett / Juliet 

K Kilo 

L Lima 

M Mike

N November 

O Oscar 

P Papa 

Q Quebec 

R Romeo 

S Sierra 

T Tango 

U Uniform 

V Victor 

W Whiskey 

X X-ray / Xray 

Y Yankee 

Z Zulu 

- (hyphen) Dash 

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Drawing: Faces #604 - Innocent

By Jack Brummet

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Drawing: Faces #603 - Twins

By Jack Brummet

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Happy birthday, Abraham Lincoln (with ten favorite quotes and seven photos and illustrations of Link)

By Jack Brummet, Presidents Ed.

Happy birthday to Link!  

Favorite Link quotes:

• “My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.” 

• "It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.”  (Often attributed to P.T. Barnum)

• “There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.” 

• “I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.” 

• “I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.” 

• “If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” 

• “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” 

• “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” 

• “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” 

• “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” 

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(R.I.P.) Shirley Temple's story about Santa Claus

By Jack Brummet, Mid-century America Ed.

I spent a lot of Saturday afternoons in my youth watching Shirley Temple movies. In an obit for her I heard today, she once said that she believed in Santa Claus until she was six years old—when Santa Claus asked for her autograph.

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Drawing: All Hail

By Jack Brummet

[analog-digital hybrid]

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Devices with Flappy Bird sell for $1,600

By Jack Brummet, Software & Games Ed.

Following the withdrawal of Flappy Bird from the App Store, devices with the game installed have been placed on sale at auction sites, for up to $1,600. S/S from the British eBay site:

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Photo: Flag - "Gave proof through the night..."

By Mona Goldwater, Signs & Symnbols Ed.

I have no idea as to the actual context of this flag photograph, or who shot--or Photoshopped?--this image.

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Sasquatch No. 7 - costumes

by Jack Brummet

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Drawing: Sasquatch/Bigfoot #6

By Jack Brummet

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Drawing: Faces #602 -

By Jack Brummet

click to enlarge

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