Re: OT Jeopardy Winner 12/15/2022

[ABLE1 <somebody@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/16/2022 3:25 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 12/15/2022 6:07 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
>> Hey Bob,
>>
>> Do you know or are you related to a "Ray La Londe"???
>>
>> Well either way he is now the Jeopardy Champion as of tonight!!
>>
>> He won #32,600.   Maybe more on the way.
>>
>> Just I would share the news!!
>>
>> Les
>
>
> If I wasn't before I am now.  LOL.
>
> Nah! I don't actually know all that many La Londes.  Less than a hundred
> probably. We've been in country since the 1680s, but most are in the
> north country with a few in the deep south.  Cajuns and Canuks. Mostly
> Canuks.  Far less of us are Damn Yankees.
>
> I don't have any immediate relationship I am aware of.  No, I'm not
> directly related to that Canadian boxer either.
>
>
> Now if you asked if I was related to that Bob La Londe who was a
> research mechanic at NASA's Lewis Research Center who retired in the
> early 1980s.  Yes.  That was my Grammpa.  If you asked if I was related
> to the Paul La Londe who held several patents for R&D work with Donn
> Products (USG NOW) including the ceiling tile grid latch most of us have
> cursed at one time or another.   Yes.  He was my uncle.  If you asked if
> I was related to the grocery and hardware store owner from Dateland.  (2
> miles north of Dateland actually.)  Yep.  That's my dad.  If you asked
> if I am related to that kid named Rob La Londe who is a licensed
> pharmacy tech, crazy smart gamer (with paid creds as a gamer), and mad
> higher math skills.  Yep.  That's my son.  If you asked if I am related
> to that hack shade tree button pushing wannabee not a real machinist.
> That's me.
>
> Sorry.  I do not know who Ray is.
>
>
LOL thanks for the Family Tree!!

Depending on how long this "Ray La Londe" can maintain his championship
on Jeopardy it might be a good thought to check the DNA just to know.;-)

Last week the Champion walked out with more than $850,000.00

Les