“Mom has son arrested for playing with present before Christmas”
A sensational headline with a deeper story. Apparently there were other circumstances such as:
- grandma buying the Game Boy and paying for it over time (a lot of sacrifice)
- the kid was already on suspension from school for unruly behavior towards a peace officer (already delinquent behavior)
- the kid only stayed in jail for a few hours (mom was teaching him a lesson)
On one hand I can agree with this kind of lesson if it teaches a lesson on respect, on the other hand law enforcement officials have a lot more on their hands than to deal with a Leave to Beaver lesson on the world and respect. A tough call. The question is, did it make the point or is it one more reason for this minor to push away from authority?
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76 Men Lost
December 2, 1943
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- Balao Class Submarine
- Keel laid: September 14, 1942 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME
- Launched: January 20, 1943
- Commissioned: June 4, 1943
- Displacement: 1,526 tons surfaced; 2,414 tons submerged
- Length: 311′ 9″
- Beam: 27′ 3″
- Operating depth: 400′
- Complement: 6 officers; 60 enlisted
- Armament: ten 21″ torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 4″/50 deck gun, one 40mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns
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Sailor P. Jabnickski(?) reading the thriller “The Stray Lamb” by Thorne Smith in his bunk aboard the USS CAPELIN (SS-289) at submarine base New London, CT in August 1943 (photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs)
Capelin put out on her second war patrol 17 November 1943, eager for new successes in the same area as that in which her first patrol took place. Capelin was never heard from again; radio silence was broken in the attempt to reach her on 9 December, but without success. Japanese records studied after the war listed an attack on a supposed United States submarine on 23 November, off Kace Bay, Halmahera, but the evidence of an actual contact was slight, and the action was incomplete. This is, however, the only reported attack in the appropriate area at that time. Gone without a trace, with all her gallant crew, Capelin must remain in the list of ships lost without a known cause.
Capelin received one battle star for World War II service. Her single war patrol was “successful.” She is credited with having sunk 3,127 tons of shipping.
Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
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Finally after 26 years and only seeing a handful of episodes in the last 20 years, I have in my hands Get Smart: The Complete Series, all 138 episodes!
It’s like I’ve been given a shopping spree at Toys ‘R Us! Calm down, Dave, breathe.
OK the set has the 25 DVD’s packaged by season in a box that is the coolest ever.
Would you believe that to get to the set you have to open what appears to be 2 steel doors before you open the phone booth…
…and there finally, are all 5 glorious seasons.
Totally awesome! HBO packaged the set beautifully (I assume that Time-Life is only the distributor).
Agent 86 is calling. Going into the Cone of Silence…
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