# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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**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\
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**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:** [June 7, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2481 "2020-06-07T19:02:53Z")

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Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.

1. Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
2. Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
3. Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
4. Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
5. Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
6. Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
7. US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
8. Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.

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**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:** [June 7, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2482 "2020-06-07T20:10:41Z")

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Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.

1. Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
2. Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
3. Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
4. Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
5. Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
6. Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
7. US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
8. Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
9. Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.

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**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:** [June 7, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2483 "2020-06-07T22:38:00Z")

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Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.

1. Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
2. Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
3. Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
4. Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
5. Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
6. Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
7. US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
8. Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
9. Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.
10. Come to think of it, my current job, software engineering for a gyroscopic surgical robotics company, manufacturing a machine performing non-invasive brain surgery. It is SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery, delivering high-dose radiation pencil beams at sub-millimeter precision to the brain. Zap Surgical, [www.zapsurgical.com](http://www.zapsurgical.com). The founder is a bonafide genius, a former brain surgeon. I’m grateful to be with this company.

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**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:** [June 8, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2484 "2020-06-08T23:14:26Z")

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Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.

1. Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
2. Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
3. Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
4. Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
5. Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
6. Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
7. US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
8. Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
9. Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.
10. Come to think of it, my current job, software engineering for a gyroscopic surgical robotics company, manufacturing a machine performing non-invasive brain surgery. It is SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery, delivering high-dose radiation pencil beams at sub-millimeter precision to the brain. Zap Surgical, [www.zapsurgical.com](http://www.zapsurgical.com). The founder is a bonafide genius, a former brain surgeon. I’m grateful to be with this company.
11. Teaching a special summer enrichment seminar for gifted high school students. They were bright, fun, and happy to be there.

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2485 "2020-06-09T00:09:38Z")

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Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.

1. Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
2. Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
3. Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
4. Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
5. Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
6. Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
7. US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
8. Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
9. Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.
10. Come to think of it, my current job, software engineering for a gyroscopic surgical robotics company, manufacturing a machine performing non-invasive brain surgery. It is SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery, delivering high-dose radiation pencil beams at sub-millimeter precision to the brain. Zap Surgical, [www.zapsurgical.com](http://www.zapsurgical.com). The founder is a bonafide genius, a former brain surgeon. I’m grateful to be with this company.
11. Teaching a special summer enrichment seminar for gifted high school students. They were bright, fun, and happy to be there.
12. College tutor. Mostly mathematics, but also basic physics and chemistry. A little English too. I failed algebra in junior high, then ended up getting a degree in Applied Mathematics, so I can relate to people struggling with math.

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2486 "2020-06-09T07:23:59Z")

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Jobs rebounding is in the headlines — a favorite job you’ve held in life, and why.

1. Paperboy for the Hartford Courant, by 0630 Mon-Sat, and by 0830 Sun. For $8 a week, about 35 papers on my route in early to mid 1970s, I learned at an early age that you show up each and every day, rain or snow or ice, or summer vacations or holidays.
2. Library assistant in a college library annex. Not the main library, a repository for less frequently used books and periodicals. I enjoyed searching through the shelves and there was lots of down time to read.
3. Warehouse worker in a brewery warehouse. I spent shifts throwing empty cases of beer bottles around. I lost 30 lbs. and got into the best shape of my life.
4. Bowling alley pinsetter. Picking up pins, putting them in a rack, and manually pulling it down to reset the pins. And putting the ball in the return track. You could do two adjacent lanes at a time.
5. Loading semi trailers for UPS, midnight shift. It was a good workout and you had to hustle. Good pay and benefits.
6. Substitute teacher. I learned a lot about children (and quite a bit about adults), and enjoyed some of the amusing things students said.
7. US Marine. I ended up reenlisting a few times and it helped pay for college. The older I get the more grateful I am to have served. And, small-unit leadership courses, and later the Staff NCO Academy, taught me valuable management skills that have been useful in the tech industry.
8. Book reviewer. Interesting to look at new books and express my opinions. I didn’t do it for long enough to get tired of reading bad books.
9. Wild West gunfighter. I got to spend the day outdoors, I got to handle a Colt revolver, and do some basic stuntwork.
10. Come to think of it, my current job, software engineering for a gyroscopic surgical robotics company, manufacturing a machine performing non-invasive brain surgery. It is SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery, delivering high-dose radiation pencil beams at sub-millimeter precision to the brain. Zap Surgical, [www.zapsurgical.com](http://www.zapsurgical.com). The founder is a bonafide genius, a former brain surgeon. I’m grateful to be with this company.
11. Teaching a special summer enrichment seminar for gifted high school students. They were bright, fun, and happy to be there.
12. College tutor. Mostly mathematics, but also basic physics and chemistry. A little English too. I failed algebra in junior high, then ended up getting a degree in Applied Mathematics, so I can relate to people struggling with math.
13. College registration, ID desk: back in the 80s when they were laminated plastic and Polaroid photos, my friends and I made ourselves extra IDs during the lulls.

New:  
Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn

Visible in a conjunction tonight: [How to See a Conjunction of the Moon, Jupiter & Saturn Tonight - Thrillist](https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/conjunction-jupiter-saturn-moon-triangle-june-2020)

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2487 "2020-06-09T09:07:06Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2488 "2020-06-09T09:19:27Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2489 "2020-06-09T09:24:51Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2490 "2020-06-09T11:06:49Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue
5. Dawn

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2491 "2020-06-09T12:23:06Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue
5. Dawn
6. Early light

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2492 "2020-06-09T14:46:07Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue
5. Dawn
6. Early light
7. Horizontal convective rolls

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2493 "2020-06-09T14:55:29Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue
5. Dawn
6. Early light
7. Horizontal convective rolls
8. Contrails

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2494 "2020-06-09T15:01:05Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue
5. Dawn
6. Early light
7. Horizontal convective rolls
8. Contrails
9. The Sun!

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2495 "2020-06-09T16:11:20Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue
5. Dawn
6. Early light
7. Horizontal convective rolls
8. Contrails
9. The Sun!
10. A UFO!

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2496 "2020-06-09T16:41:08Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue
5. Dawn
6. Early light
7. Horizontal convective rolls
8. Contrails
9. The Sun!
10. A UFO!
11. Ahhh, a full moon…

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2497 "2020-06-09T17:34:19Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue
5. Dawn
6. Early light
7. Horizontal convective rolls
8. Contrails
9. The Sun!
10. A UFO!
11. Ahhh, a full moon…
12. Jupiter

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2498 "2020-06-09T17:48:35Z")

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s…

1. Saturn
2. Stars
3. Birds
4. Blue
5. Dawn
6. Early light
7. Horizontal convective rolls
8. Contrails
9. The Sun!
10. A UFO!
11. Ahhh, a full moon…
12. Jupiter
13. Superman!

Look! Down on the ground! It’s:

1. Snails!

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**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:** [June 9, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2499 "2020-06-09T19:02:39Z")

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Look! Down on the ground! It’s:

1. Snails!
2. slugs

I found one when loading my dishwasher yesterday! :eek: Maybe it came in on a plate when hubby was bbqing in the backyard?

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2500 "2020-06-09T19:46:35Z")

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Look! Down on the ground! It’s:

1. Snails!
2. slugs
3. Legless lizards

I find them fascinating and love to watch them. Unfortunately, I regularly kill a few every time I mow the lawn.

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