2019-09-01 Reader\'s Digest

While serving on the
USS Fulton (AS-11),
in New London, Con-
necticut, a fellow sailor
and I were topside. He
leaned over the railing
and opened his mouth
to say something. As
he did, his uppers fell
out and sank to the
bottom of the Thames
River. He didn’t seem

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too bothered, though.

“That’s OK,” he said.

“My serial number’s

engraved on them.”

—Pavel Wilson

Old Saybrook,

Connecticut

When my daughter had

her baby, I flew down

to the Naval Air Station

in Kingsville, Texas,

where her husband

was stationed, to help.

My first job was to fig-

ure out why there was

no hot water. I found

the water heater and

soon discovered the

problem—it was set

too low. So I raised it.

My daughter was so

impressed she bragged

to her husband that I’d

fixed the water heater.

“Well, I don’t know

anything about water

heaters,” he said. “I’m

a jet engine mechanic.”

—Bettie W. Cashion

Picayune, Mississippi

“Sir, 29 Across is classified too. They’re all classified.”

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