Dang. That was supposed to be 'alternate', not 'alternative'. Color me embarrassed.

Perhaps they remain in the alternative universe which holds their Summer Olympic Games two years offset from our own.

If only it didn't look like a maggot sandwich.

According to the newspaper shown, the second no-hitter was at Ebbet's Field, not Crosley Field.

1. Maggie's trip to the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville had the biggest impact. At least, she thinks that's the one. She is less than definitive on the point. However, she provide compelling evidence for why that trip would have the biggest impact. For that reason, and the absence of a viable alternative, I submit it as the most likely candidate. Unless, of course, the questioner is gaming the system by using that most abhorrent of writing gimmicks, withheld information.

2. Grammy was ecstatic when she and Grandpa moved into a retirement townhouse that had central heating. That answers the when but not the why. From contextual clues, one can infer that the why was gathered round the central heating. But as I'm perhaps too fond of observing, correlation is not causation. Not having actually asked why, you probably don't care and are perfectly happy with just the when, as asked; but even in that case, I can only offer the contextual clue of the when and not the when as pinned to a conveniently graduated, near universally accepted timeline.

3. I deserve a copy of Maggie's new book, if for no other reason than word count. Rather than expound here, where the exam implies an essay question, I believe the surprising word count of my answers to the copy and paste questions is book reward worthy. QED

The archaic Plumb Bob, so named in the Middle Ages for its common use in plumbing the depths of The Bobs, the offshoot of the Masons, practitioners of intentional obtuse carpentry.

Star Trek Command T, Medium

Lovely example of the Plumb Bob, used in the Middle Ages to plumb the depths of Bobs, that order of intentionally obtuse carpenters.