The Copilot

I am the copilot. I sit on the right.

It's up to me to be quick and bright;

I never talk back for I have regrets,

But I have to remember what the Captain forgets.

I make out the Flight Plan and study the weather,

Pull up the gear, stand by to feather;

Make out the mail forms and do the reporting,

And fly the old crate while the Captain is courting.

I take the readings, adjust the power,

Put on the heaters when we're in a shower;

Tell him where we are on the darkest night,

And do all the bookwork without any light.

I call for my Captain and buy him cokes;

I always laugh at his corny jokes,

And once in awhile when his landings are rusty

I always come through with, "By gosh it's gusty!"

All in all I'm a general stooge,

As I sit on the right of the man I call "Scrooge";

I guess you think that is past understanding,

But maybe some day he will give me a landing.

— Keith Murray

Riddle

Solution to Question 3: 

Knights, Knaves and Normals

Imagine you are on an island called Texel, with inhabitants that look the same from the outside, but differ in their truthfulness. We distinguish the following types:

Knights, who always tell the truth.

Knaves, who never tell the truth

Normals, who sometimes tell the truth and sometimes lie.

Assume you meet one of these inhabitants, and he tells you: "I'm no Knight". Then, of what type is inhabitant?

 Knight

 Knave

 Normal

 Indeterminable

The Solution:

Normal

An Explanation

A Knight cannot make the statement "I'm no Knight", since this would be a lie and a Knight always tells the truth. A Knave could also not make the statement, since that would be a true statement, and a Knave never tells the truth. A Normal however can say, "I'm no Knight". It is true, and Normals sometimes tell the truth.

Question 4: Color of the Bear

A hunter leaves his cabin early in the morning and walks one mile due south. Here he sees a bear and starts chasing it for one mile due east before he is able to shoot the bear. After shooting the bear, he drags it one mile due north back to his cabin where he started that morning. What color is the bear?

Impressions of a Pilot

Flight is freedom in its purest form,

To dance with the clouds which follow a storm;

To roll and glide, to wheel and spin,

To feel the joy that swells within;

To leave the earth with its troubles and fly,

And know the warmth of a clear spring sky;

Then back to earth at the end of a day,

Released from the tensions which melted away.

Should my end come while I am in flight,

Whether brightest day or darkest night;

Spare me your pity and shrug off the pain,

Secure in the knowledge that I'd do it again;

For each of us is created to die,

And within me I know,

I was born to fly.

— Gary Claud Stokor

Riddle

Solution to Question 2:
Drawer with Socks

It is dark in my bedroom and I want to get two socks of the same color from my drawer, 
which contains 24 red and 24 blue socks. 
How many socks do I have to take from the drawer to 
get at least two socks of the same color?

The Solution
3

An Explanation

It is clear that taking zero, one, or two socks is not sufficient. However, if you take three socks, then either the first and second sock you take have the same color, or the third sock you take from the drawer has the same color as one of the previous two.

Question 3: Knights, Knaves and Normals

Imagine you are on an island called Texel, with inhabitants that look the same from the outside, but differ in their truthfulness. We distinguish the following types:

• Knights, who always tell the truth.
• Knaves, who never tell the truth.
• Normals, who sometimes tell the truth and sometimes lie.

Assume you meet one of these inhabitants, and he tells you: "I'm no Knight". Then, of what type is inhabitant?

 Knight
 Knave
 Normal
 Indeterminable

Happy Birthday!

Thinking of you on your birthday and 

hoping that all the happiness 

you have given to others will return 

to bless you a thousand fold.

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday dear friend!

Daily Bread of Life

Today's Verse: 

He loves you more than you will ever know.

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, 

while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

Romans 5:8

Let us pray:

Lord, your word says if we ask, we shall receive. 

We ask for your healing touch, for your strength, 

for your peace, for your joy, for your help. 

By faith, we receive the answer to every prayer. 

In Jesus' name we pray, 

Amen.

Good Evening Friends