19 is correct if you follow the MOO. However it has been my experience in these kinds of puzzles that they often don't follow the MOO. Sometimes it's done just to frustrate the reader, sometimes it's out of ignorance.

If you like them, more power to you. I think of them as a device to shift the labor cost from the store to the customer and I don't like that. I also don't like the fact that they are putting people out of work at a time when no one needs that. I don't believe labor is a scarce commodity. Pay a fair wage for the time and effort expended and you have all the labor you need.

Self-checkouts are on the way out. There won't be any in a few years. Good thing, if you ask me. When one of the store employees invites me to use the self-checkout I always ask if I will get an employee discount. The answer is invariably "no" or an embarrassed silence so I go directly to a full service register.

True, but what they are actually doing is maintaining their profit margins without increasing prices. FYI, "profit" is not a dirty word. It is a necessary component of the free market system.

35, ignoring the mathematical order of operations.

Watched in on YouTube. A powerful message, thanks for sharing.

On the USS Forrestal somewhere in the Atlantic

With whom and about what?

Correct, and a pollywog is a sailor who has not crossed the equator.

We all die sooner or later. It is a fact of life that as soon as you are born you are condemned to die. Some of us face up to that reality but many of us don't. I suppose contemplation of one's own demise is an extremely difficult exercise for many. Those who don't face that reality are just pushing problems onto whomever they leave behind.

If nothing else, tell your family of your final wishes and what/how you would like everything done. Then put it in writing and leave that somewhere where it will be easy to find. That should include a discussion of funeral arrangements, burial place and where your will is kept, as well as personal details of your life such as bank name/branch, account number(s), service branch and dates, etc. The most important part is to not keep putting it off.

When my first wife passed I went through a terrible time. We had spoken vaguely about final wishes but mostly in a rhetorical way with few concrete decisions. I did the best i could for her funeral and carried out her final wishes as much as possible but it was a struggle and a real financial drain.

After all was settled and done I decided that I was not going to put anyone else through that so I went to the funeral home and made my own arrangements, including everything except flowers (which I don't want anyway). I then bought an annuity that will pay for everything when the time comes. All anyone will have to do is call the funeral home (everyone knows which one) and they will take care of everything else. The only thing that is not covered is transport cost if I were to pass overseas, which isn't going to happen. Every other contingency is covered.

I sleep well at night.

I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinion, wrong as it may be.

Made my eyes leak.