Keith&Co.
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Not a terribly complicated puzzle, but one that seems to antagonize the living shit out of my kids when i told them. And some of my students. And some of my wife's students.
I spent half my life in the Navy, twice.
There was one enlistment in 1980.
One retirement in 2000.
A total of 20 years in uniform (20 years, 3 mos and 3 days, to be ultra accurate, but not important here).
I joined when i was 17. At 34, i'd spent half my life in the Navy. I retired when i was 37. Three years after i was out, i was 40, and once more, i had spent half my life in the Navy. it's pretty straightforward.
But MAN! Make that statement in front of reasonably intelligent high school students, and they lose their minds trying to 'figure it out.'
They've suggested that the answer means i died on the operating table at some point, or an assumed identity is involved, or i got out and got back in again, or i have multiple personality disorder...
It's fun! A LEETLE disappointing when i explain it. But fun.
I spent half my life in the Navy, twice.
There was one enlistment in 1980.
One retirement in 2000.
A total of 20 years in uniform (20 years, 3 mos and 3 days, to be ultra accurate, but not important here).
I joined when i was 17. At 34, i'd spent half my life in the Navy. I retired when i was 37. Three years after i was out, i was 40, and once more, i had spent half my life in the Navy. it's pretty straightforward.
But MAN! Make that statement in front of reasonably intelligent high school students, and they lose their minds trying to 'figure it out.'
They've suggested that the answer means i died on the operating table at some point, or an assumed identity is involved, or i got out and got back in again, or i have multiple personality disorder...
It's fun! A LEETLE disappointing when i explain it. But fun.