# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 116
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2301 "2020-05-25T04:50:28Z")
New skills you’ve learned during the shelter in place. 1. How to make scrambled eggs 2. Using Blackboard, a remote learning/classroom management program 3. How to operate and adjust the linac at work 4. How to quickly and efficiently chop an onion 5. How to use Zoom 6. How to clean an old N95 mask that was sitting in a basement closet for years 7. Dusting off my bandanas and using them for masks. 8. The Big One: HOW TO CUT MY OWN HAIR 9. Cooking chili in the Instant Pot 10. How to sit still while my wife cuts my hair 11. How to trim my husband’s hair and hold his head still 12. How to use Microsoft Teams. 90,000! **Elendil’s Heir** , wow!!! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2302 "2020-05-25T06:43:22Z")
New skills you’ve learned during the shelter in place. 1. How to make scrambled eggs 2. Using Blackboard, a remote learning/classroom management program 3. How to operate and adjust the linac at work 4. How to quickly and efficiently chop an onion 5. How to use Zoom 6. How to clean an old N95 mask that was sitting in a basement closet for years 7. Dusting off my bandanas and using them for masks. 8. The Big One: HOW TO CUT MY OWN HAIR 9. Cooking chili in the Instant Pot 10. How to sit still while my wife cuts my hair 11. How to trim my husband’s hair and hold his head still 12. How to use Microsoft Teams. 13. How to play double stops on my cello. Pass And wow! Congrats, **Elendil’s Heir**! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2303 "2020-05-25T14:20:45Z")
Sorry guys, sorry **gkster** …next — In Michael Jordan’s “Repeat Three-Peat” championship teams, 6x, 1991, 1992, 1993, & 1996, 1997, 1998, name the players he beat in the finals who would win (or had already won) an NBA championship as a player or who eventually got elected to the Basketball HOF — again, as a player (not as coach or administrator). 1. Magic Johnson There are 17 such players. 7 are HOFers. 4 of those 7 HOFers won NBA Championships. 14 players had already won (or would later win) NBA Championships. ETA, to help, the teams he and the Chicago Bulls beat are: 1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers 1991-92 Portland Trail Blazers 1992-93 Phoenix Suns 1995-96 Seattle SuperSonics 1996-97 Utah Jazz 1997-98 Utah Jazz ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2304 "2020-05-25T15:10:04Z")
I will echo **gkster** and say it’s probably time to give Michael Jordan, the Bulls etc. a rest. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2305 "2020-05-25T15:33:32Z")
I third the motion. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2306 "2020-05-25T20:51:30Z")
I fourth that. No more Michael Jordan, no more basketball. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2307 "2020-05-25T20:53:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I will echo **gkster** and say it’s probably time to give Michael Jordan, the Bulls etc. a rest. > [@panache45](#): > > I third the motion. Yeah okay, I’ll fourth it. Here they are. BHOFers (as player): 7 Charles Barkley Vlade Divac Clyde Drexler Magic Johnson Karl Malone John Stockton James Worthy NBA Champions (as player): 14 Danny Ainge 2x 1984 1986 Celtics Shandon Anderson 2006 Heat Elden Campbell 2004 Pistons (H) Clyde Drexler 1995 Trail Blazers Greg Foster 2001 Lakers AC Green 3x 1987 1988 Lakers, 2000 Heat (H) Magic Johnson 5x 1980 1982 1985 1987 1988 Lakers Jerome Kersey 1999 Spurs Gary Payton 2006 Heat Kurt Rambis 4x 1982 1985 1987 1988 Lakers Byron Scott 3x 1985 1987 1988 Lakers Mychal Thompson 2x 1987 1988 Lakers Jacque Vaughn 2007 Spurs (H) James Worthy 3x 1985 1987 1988 Lakers And here are the complete rosters. > **[NBA & ABA Champions | Basketball-Reference.com](https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/)** > > List of NBA & ABA Champions Teams and rosters 1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers 35 Tony Brown 41 Elden Campbell 12 Vlade Divac 10 Larry Drew 45 AC Green 32 Magic Johnson 14 Sam Perkins 4 Byron Scott 34 Tony Smith 20 Terry Teagle 30 Irving Thomas 43 Mychal Thompson 42 James Worthy 1991-92 Portland Trail Blazers 31 Alaa Abdelnaby 9 Danny Ainge 2 Mark Bryant 42 Wayne Cooper 22 Clyde Drexler 00 Kevin Duckworth 25 Jerome Kersey 14 Robert Pack 30 Terry Porter 3 Clifford Robinson 12 Lamont Strothers 8 Ennis Whatley 52 Buck Williams 1992-93 Phoenix Suns 22 Danny Ainge 34 Charles Barkley 23 Cedric Ceballos 24 Tom Chambers 21 Richard Dumas 3 Frank Johnson 7 Kevin Johnson 8 Tim Kempton 32 Negele Knight 9 Dan Majerle 25 Oliver Miller 0 Jerrod Mustaf 31 Kurt Rambis 11 Alex Stivrins 41 Mark West 1995-96 Seattle SuperSonics 2 Vincent Askew 34 Frank Brickowski 1 Sherell Ford 33 Hersey Hawkins 50 Ervin Johnson 40 Shawn Kemp 10 Nate McMillan 20 Gary Payton 14 Sam Perkins 55 Steve Scheffler 11 Detlef Schrempf 3 Eric Snow 25 David Wingate And so folks, we need a new category… ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2308 "2020-05-25T21:13:47Z")
Alright, shall we try this one? Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2309 "2020-05-26T00:35:35Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2310 "2020-05-26T00:48:21Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2311 "2020-05-26T01:37:28Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2312 "2020-05-26T01:59:28Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. 5. Senior year, high school — beach weekend! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2313 "2020-05-26T03:08:56Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. 5. Senior year, high school — beach weekend! 6. Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2314 "2020-05-26T03:10:42Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. 5. Senior year, high school — beach weekend! 6. 1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2315 "2020-05-26T04:18:46Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. 5. Senior year, high school — beach weekend! 6. 1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on. 7. Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day. 8. 2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2316 "2020-05-26T07:23:10Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. 5. Senior year, high school — beach weekend! 6. 1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on. 7. Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day. 8. 2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade 9. The Indy 500. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2317 "2020-05-26T07:56:44Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. 5. Senior year, high school — beach weekend! 6. 1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on. 7. Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day. 8. 2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade 9. The Indy 500. 10. Decoration Day in the '50s. There was always a parade in our town, and we kids decorated our bikes with crepe paper and streamers, and joined the parade. And it was the day when my father started planting the vegetable garden, with my help. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2318 "2020-05-26T15:44:37Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. 5. Senior year, high school — beach weekend! 6. 1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on. 7. Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day. 8. 2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade 9. The Indy 500. 10. Decoration Day in the '50s. There was always a parade in our town, and we kids decorated our bikes with crepe paper and streamers, and joined the parade. And it was the day when my father started planting the vegetable garden, with my help. 11. Small town parade followed by a service in the town park with “God Bless America” and a rifle salute. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2319 "2020-05-26T18:28:48Z")
Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. 5. Senior year, high school — beach weekend! 6. 1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on. 7. Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day. 8. 2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade 9. The Indy 500. 10. Decoration Day in the '50s. There was always a parade in our town, and we kids decorated our bikes with crepe paper and streamers, and joined the parade. And it was the day when my father started planting the vegetable garden, with my help. 11. Small town parade followed by a service in the town park with “God Bless America” and a rifle salute. 12. Mule Days in Bishop CA: celebrating the mule and its contributions to settling the Sierra Nevada Mountains area. ETA \>\> [https://muledays.org/](https://muledays.org/) ---
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Memorial Day Weekend Memories 1. 1. That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off! 2. Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning. 3. Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top. 4. Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other. 5. Senior year, high school — beach weekend! 6. 1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on. 7. Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day. 8. 2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade 9. The Indy 500. 10. Decoration Day in the '50s. There was always a parade in our town, and we kids decorated our bikes with crepe paper and streamers, and joined the parade. And it was the day when my father started planting the vegetable garden, with my help. 11. Small town parade followed by a service in the town park with “God Bless America” and a rifle salute. 12. Mule Days in Bishop CA: celebrating the mule and its contributions to settling the Sierra Nevada Mountains area. ETA \>\> [https://muledays.org/](https://muledays.org/) 13. 2006 in the Catskills. Tent caterpillars were so plentiful that year, with hundreds dangling from the trees, that walking outdoors was scary. New! Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=115) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=117)