Dear Folks, Recently I'm aware that on almost a daily basis I think of one of the memorable expressions from old TV programs. For some reason I remember the Jackie Gleason program, "The Honeymooners," in which Jackie as Ralph Kramden is trying to teach Ed Norton the basics of the game of golf. In that episode Ralph tells Norton to address the ball. Norton does as he is told and says, "Hellooo, ball!" Well, every once in awhile I use that expression myself when I'm trying to find something. Once I find it I say to myself, "Well hellooo"with Norton's voice in the back of my mind. There's another TV expression that I also remember. However, for the life of me I can't tell you the name of the program. As I recall it was a program involving a southern sheriff's office, his deputies and the inept mayor of a small southern town. On a number of occasions when the sheriff went to the mayor and told him the crisis they were in, the mayor didn't have a clue how to solve it so his standard reply was "Handle it, handle it." Now every once in awhile when I'm faced with a minor problem and I turn to myself and ask what I should do next, the answer I always get it "Handle it, handle it! Then every once in awhile whenever the moment is right, I remember Gomer Pyle's drawled out "Gollllee." Yep, on occasion when I'm pleasantly surprised at something, I say to myself, "Gollllee!" And then when I get angry with me, I say to myself, "To the moon . . . !" and I give a punching gesture with my fist. That expression was one that Jackie/Ralph frequently used on his program. There's another expression that I've used in some of my genealogy stories is "Just the facts Ma'am, just the facts." That's from the 1950s series Dragnet and that's what Joe Friday frequently asked of a witness. I'm certain that other TV expressions have come to my mind over the years but the above are what comes to my mind tonight. vee