Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 12:16 PM Posted by Administrator
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Today is Wednesday, July 3.
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Your wheels:
Thanks to Cookie for this picture:
Read the side it is a hoot!!
Cookie
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The world is a tragedy to those who feel,
but a comedy to those who think.
--- Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)
I spent 20 minutes explaining life insurance options to one
of our employees. After reviewing the different plans and
monthly deductions, he decided to max out, choosing $100,000
worth of life insurance. But he had one last question.
"Now," he said, "what do I have to do to collect the money?"
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One of our patients wasn't taking any chances. Prior to her
operation, she taped notes to her body for the surgeon...
"Take your time," "Don't cut yourself," "No need to rush,"
"Wash your hands..."
After surgery, as I helped the patient back into her bed,
we discovered a new note taped to her, this one from the
doctor, "Has anyone seen my wristwatch?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Laura Whitehurst, 28, Redlands, California
Jailed After Having Sex With Student,
Delivering His Baby
Reported by the Weekly Vice
Laura Whitehurst, a 28-year-old English teacher at Citrus
Valley High School, was jailed Monday after she allegedly
had sex with a 16-year-old student, became pregnant by
him and delivered his child.
According to police, an investigation was launched Monday
after the victim's mother contacted school administrators
and told them that her son was the father of Whitehursts'
newborn child.
Whitehurst gave birth to the child on June 18.
Investigators say Whitehurst and the student began a
year-long sexual relationship last summer when the
student was 16.
"One thing led to another, and he ended up living at
Whitehurst's residence, and it's been going on, going
for approximately one year now," said Redlands Police
spokesman Shawn Ryan.
Whitehurst was booked into jail and charged with suspicion
of having unlawful intercourse with an underage student.
Is "Bonehead" a strong enough term for a ......?
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From: Allan
Re: How to save bookmarks in IE
Dear Webby
You wrote about it before, but I did not save that tip.
How do you save the bookmarks in IE ?
Thanks
Allan
Dear Allan
Just remember
ALT FINE
Hold down the ALT key, hit
F
I
N
E
and hit Enter a bunch of times.
You can even specify the file name that will have the
bookmarks in it, for example
C:\bookmarks130703.html
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Use Magnet to Hold Brush to Paint Can
When you're painting and you need to put your brush down
it can be messy, not to mention losing it. Just use a hot
glue gun and attach a magnet on to your brush handle.
Then when you need to set down your brush it will stay
right on your paint can.
By coville123
Most paint cans have a groove designed to trap paint and
splatter it all over, when you tap the lid in place.
Pros take two two inch spiral nails, and hammer two holes
each on opposite sides, and leave the nails in one hole
each per side. Then we run a rubber band across the paint can
berween opposite nails.
Now you can lean the brush with the handle on a clean rim
and the bristles on the rubber band, dripping into the can.
Any paint, that gets onto the rim, drips down through the
unoccupied holes, and there won't be any splattering, when
you remove the nails and slam the lid.
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Thanks to Sandie for this story:
Ever mindful of the congregation, the Baptist preacher and
his wife decided to get a new dog, and knew that the dog
also had to be a Baptist. They visited kennel after kennel
and explained their needs. Finally, they found a kennel
whose owner assured them he had just the dog they wanted.
The owner brought the dog to meet the pastor and his wife.
"Fetch the Bible,"he commanded. The dog bounded to the
bookshelf, scrutinized the books, located the Bible, and
brought it to the owner.
"Now find Psalm 23," he commanded. The dog dropped the Bible
to the floor, and showing marvelous dexterity with his paws,
leafed through and finding the correct passage, pointed to
it with his paw.
The pastor and his wife were very impressed and purchased
the dog. That evening, a group of church members came to
visit. The pastor and his wife began to show off the dog,
having him locate several Bible verses.
The visitors were very impressed. One man asked, "Can he
do regular dog tricks, too?"
"I haven't tried yet" the pastor replied. He pointed his
finger at the dog."HEEL!" the pastor commanded.
The dog immediately jumped on a chair, placed one paw
on the pastor's forehead and began to howl.
The pastor looked at his wife in shock and said, "Oh!! NO!!
He's Pentecostal!"
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Little Mary was attending a wedding for the first time. As
she sat in the church, she watched the bride slowly approach
the altar. Mary whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride
dressed in white?"
"Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the
happiest day of her life," her mother tried to explain,
keeping it simple.
The child thought about this for a moment, then said...
"So why is the groom wearing black?"
Today, July 3, in
1608 The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1775 U.S. Gen. George Washington took command of the
Continental Army at Cambridge, MA.
1878 John Wise flew the first US dirigible in Lancaster, PA.
1898 During the Spanish American War, a fleet of Spanish
ships in Cuba's Santiago Harbor attempted to run a blockade
of U.S. naval forces. Nearly all of the Spanish ships were
destroyed in the battle that followed.
1903 The first cable across the Pacific Ocean was spliced
between Honolulu, Midway, Guam and Manila.
1944 The U.S. First Army opened a general offensive to break
out of the hedgerow area of Normandy, France.
1944 During World War II, Soviet forces recaptured Minsk.
1950 U.S. carrier-based planes attacked airfields in the
Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first
air-strike of the Korean War.
1954 Food rationing ended in Great Britain almost nine years
after the end of World War II.
1991 U.S. President George H.W. Bush formally inaugurated the
Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
2013 smiled
Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 10:49 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Tuesday, July 2.
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DearWebby
Your wheels:
Thanks to Larry for this picture:
Been dreaming about one for two years.
Finally got one! A 2000 Corvette with
Head Up display (Speedo readout on inside of windshield).
I really enjoy it when the weather cooperates.
Larry
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Some have been thought brave
because they were afraid to run away.
--- Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than
sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
--- Martin Luther King Jr.
A reporter from New York was visiting an old colleague who
now edited a newspaper in a tiny Vermont town.
"I don't see how you do it," the NY reporter said. "How can
you drum up interest in the news when everybody in town
knows what everybody else is doing and with whom?"
"Sure they know," the editor said, "but they read the
paper to see who got caught at it."
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Ted Nugent on Deer Hunting
While on a European tour, Ted was being interviewed by a
French journalist. The journalist asked, "What do you think
the last thought is in the head of a deer before you shoot it?
Is it, `Are you my friend?`or is it `Are you the one who killed
my brother?'"
Nugent replied, "They aren't capable of that kind of thinking.
All they care about is, 'What am I going to eat next, who am
I going to screw next, and can I run fast enough to get away.
They are very much like the French."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Summer Michelle Hansen,
Special education teacher has been jailed for
having sex with 'multiple teenage' students
who stayed on after class
A special education teacher has been accused of having sex
with several of her students who stayed behind after classes.
Summer Michelle Hansen has been placed on administrative
while officials try to determine how many of her students
she had sex with.
Parents have been told to talk to their children to see if
they had any unwarranted contact with the married 31 year
old at Centennial High School in Corona, California.
Hansen has been charged with multiple counts of engaging in
unlawful sex and oral copulation of a minor.
The exact number of students she had sex with has is not
known but police believe there are multiple people she had
illegal sexual relations with.
The mother of three came under investigation after a former
student at the school came forward to say he had sex with
Hansen.
The Corona Norco Unified School District has placed Hansen
on leave, according to Superintendent Tom Pike.
Prior to her arrest, with some make-up and push-up, she
looked more cheerful, and one can understand why students
fell for her charms.
Tech Support Pits
From: Sunny
Re: Slow virus scanning
Dear Webby,
When I do a virus scan and it gets to big zip files,
everything slows down and it takes a long time to get
past those zip files. Is there a way to speed that up?
Thanks
Sunny
Dear Sunny
Burn those zip files onto CDs or DVDs, and delete them off
your computer. You are obviously not actively using them,
just storing them,
so you might as well store them elsewhere,
like out in the garage.
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Buy Marked Down Pastries And Freeze Them
Tired of buying those expensive snacks for school?
I try to do my shopping early in the morning because our
local store has a display of doughnuts, muffins, etc.,
marked down. I buy these marked down items and place
them in our freezer.
Once they are really frozen I put the items in a gallon
size freezer bag and place them back in the freezer. On
school mornings I pull the "snack" out, place it in a
sandwich bag, and pack it for their snack time. By the
time my children eat their snack, it is defrosted and
yummy!
By Tanya from Winchester, TN
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Mrs. Applebee, the 6th grade teacher, posed the
following problem to one of her classes:
"A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars.
One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his
son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity.
Now, what does each get?"
After a very long silence in the classroom, Little
Johnny raised his hand.
The teacher called on Little Johnny for his answer.
With complete sincerity in his voice, Little Johnny
answered, "A lawyer!"
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When Jill decided to improve her computer skills, she threw
herself into it with enthusiasm. Every week she'd check out
two or three instructional books from the library.
After about a month the librarian commented, "Wow! You must
really be getting knowledgeable at this stuff."
"Thanks," Jill said. "What makes you say that?"
The librarian answered, "Only one of the books you're checking
out this week has 'For Dummies' in the title."
Today, July 2, in
1298 An army under Albert of Austria defeated and killed
Adolf of Nassua near Worms, Germany.
1625 The Spanish army took Breda, Spain, after nearly a
year of siege.
1644 Lord Cromwell crushed the Royalists at the Battle of
Marston Moor near York, England.
1776 Richard Henry Lee’s resolution that the American colonies
"are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States"
was adopted by the Continental Congress.
1850 B.J. Lane patented the gas mask.
1857 New York City’s first elevated railroad officially opened
for business.
1858 Czar Alexander II freed the serfs working on
imperial lands.
1937 American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in
the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the
world at the equator.
1944 American bombers, as part of Operation Gardening, dropped
land mines, leaflets and bombs on German-occupied Budapest.
1947 An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force
insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts
led to speculation that it might have been an alien
spacecraft.
1967 The U.S. Marine Corps launched Operation Buffalo in
response to the North Vietnamese Army's efforts to seize
the Marine base at Con Thien.
1976 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was not
inherently cruel or unusual.
1976 North Vietnam and South Vietnam were reunited.
1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter reinstated draft registration
for males 18 years of age.
1981 Soyuz T-6 returned to Earth.
1985 General Motors announced that it was installing electronic
road maps as an option in some of its higher-priced cars.
1995 "Forbes" magazine reported that Microsoft's chairman,
Bill Gates, was worth $12.9 billion, making him the world's
richest man. In 1999, he was worth about $77 billion.
1998 Cable News Network (CNN) retracted a story that alleged
that U.S. commandos had used nerve gas to kill American
defectors during the Vietnam War.
2013 smiled
Monday, July 1, 2013, 04:44 PM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Monday, July 1.
Happy Canada Day!
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DearWebby
Your wheels:
Thanks to Tess for this picture:
Oh, I loved this car. Wish I hadn't sold it, but I got a
call the other day from the 4th owner, who says it is
still wonderful and filled me in on some of the work
he's doing on it.
It was bought in Texas, lived in Virginia and (I think) Ohio, and is now in the Colorado Rockies.
Tess
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself;
I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
---Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Too bad the only people who know how to run the country
are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.
--- George Burns
Tracy goes to get her haircut. The stylist cuts for about
30 minutes, then hands the girl a mirror and asks,
"How do you like it?"
Tracy looks at the cut carefully, evaluating it from every
angle. Finally, she says, "It's okay, but could you make it
just a little longer in the back?"
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A married couple, trying to live up to a snobbish life-style
went to a party. The conversation turned to Mozart. "Absolutely brilliant, magnificent, a genius!"
The woman, wanting to join in the conversation, remarked casually, "Ah, Mozart. You're so right. I love him.
Only this morning I saw him getting on the number five bus
going to Coney Island."
There was a sudden hush, and everyone looked at her.
Her husband was mortified. He pulled her away and
whispered, "We're leaving right now. Get your coat
and let's get our of here."
As they drove home, he kept muttering to himself.
Finally, his wife turned to him and said,
"You're angry about something."
"Oh really? You noticed?" he sneered. "I've never
been so embarrassed in my life! You saw Mozart
take the number five bus to Coney Island?
How could you say that? Everyone knows the number
five bus doesn't go to Coney Island !"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Karen Vaughan, Cook County,Illinois
Claiming that Pensioners picking dandylions
are commiting a CRIME
Reported by Walter, the StoneCarver
Karen Vaughan, spokeswoman for the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, said foraging is prohibited.
About a pensioner picking a shopping bag full of dandylion
leaves from amongst the weeds in an unmowed triangle
behind a fence:
"It's unsustainable," she said. "Quite simply, we could
see some of these plants disappear over time. It can also
have negative impacts on the natural plant and animal
communities we're trying to preserve for the public."
You'd think the district's yearly budget of almost $200
million would be better spent on catching the body dumpers
and the weirdos rather than harassing a few old people
holding fast to old ways. Europeans, esppecially Greeks,
Italians and Spaniards, have always used dadndylion leaves
for food, and rarely bought them in the store. They usually
send the kids to the nearest lawn and delight the owner of
that lawn by picking what he considers a nuisance weed.
With so much crime in the Chicago area, from murderous
gangbangers to those thug mobs and everything in between,
the Cook County Gestapo is now focusing on easier targets:
Senior Citizen Dandylion Pickers.
One example is John Taris, 75, retired tailor and
notoriosus dandylion picker.
He was find $75 and now has a criminal record.
And Karen Vaughan claims publicly, that
"foraging" is a serious crime and has to be eradicated.
Amazing, that is what your taxes pay for!
I got dandylions in my lawn. If anybody wants them,
pick them! I have rhubarb too. It is delicious with
a bit of honey. Go ahead and pick some!
Tech Support Pits
From: Bill
Re: Alternative to the obnoxious Yahoo Home Page
Dear Webby,
I have been using yahoo for years for a home page,
but I am really getting sick of their editorial policy -
is there someplace else that I could use
that's not as obnoxious? - but is also easy to use -
Bill
Dear Bill
My home page started out as an alternative to
home pages like that.
That was in the early 90's.
Just go to http://webby.com/humor
and make that your default home page.
On the riht side, a the top of the side menu,
is a Google search field. It will not secretly
change to some other search engine.
Below that are handy links.
If there are any sites, that you often go to, that
should be listed on the side menu, just tell me.
It works just fine as a home page, especially when
you want to back out of something nasty. Just hit HOME,
and you are back on the familiar Humor letter.
And unlike the socialist yahoos at Yahoo, I listen to
people, and if you suggest a link, I will add it.
Have FUN!
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Antacids For Muscle Cramps
This tip was given to me by my daughter and has worked very
well for me as I had been getting a great deal of cramps in
my hands. It is very simple, chew 2 Tums, or any antacid
that is taken for an acid reflux or upset tum ;)
By lesley
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During a jury selection process, the first lawyer began his
questioning as an intimidating showman. He looked over the
prospective jurors and asked, "Do any of you here today
dislike lawyers?"
Before the pause became too long, the judge said, "I do."
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A butcher, who had had a particularly good day, proudly flipped his last chicken on a scale and weighed it.
"That will be $6.35," he told the customer.
"That's a good price, but it really is a little too small," said the woman. "Don't you have anything larger?"
Hesitating, but thinking fast, the clerk returned the chicken to the refrigerator, paused a moment, then took it out again.
"This one," he said faintly, " will be $6.65."
The woman paused for a moment, then made her decision...
"You know what," she said, "I'll take both of them!"
Today, July 1, in
0096 Vespasian, a Roman Army leader, was hailed as a
Roman Emperor by the Egyptian legions.
1543 England and Scotland signed the peace of Greenwich.
1596 An English fleet under the Earl of Essex, Lord Howard
of Effingham and Francis Vere captured and sacked
Cadiz, Spain.
1798 Napoleon Bonaparte took Alexandria, Egypt.
1847 The U.S. Post Office issued its first adhesive stamps.
1867 Canada became an independent dominion.
1876 Montenegro declared war on the Turks.
1893 The first bicycle race track in America to be made
out of wood was opened in San Francisco, CA.
1898 During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt
and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on
San Juan Hill in Cuba.
1909 Thomas Edison began commercially manufacturing his
new "A" type alkaline storage batteries.
1916 The massive Allied offensive known as the Battle of the
Somme began in France. The battle was the first to use tanks.
1940 In Washington, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was opened
to traffic. The bridge collapsed during a wind storm on
November 7, 1940.
1942 German troops captured Sevestpol, Crimea, in the
Soviet Union.
1943 The U.S. Government began automatically withholding
federal income tax from paychecks.
1946 The U.S. exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near
Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
1950 American ground troops arrived in South Korea to stem
the tide of the advancing North Korean army.
1961 British troops landed in Kuwait to aid against Iraqi threats.
1968 The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was signed by 60 countries.
1969 Britain's Prince Charles was invested as the Prince of Wales.
1974 Isavel Peron became the president of Argentina upon the death
of her husband, Juan.
1979 Sony introduced the Walkman.
1980 "O Canada" was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada.
1991 The Warsaw Pact dissolved.
1994 Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Liberation Organization
visited the Gaza Strip.
1997 The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from
Great Britain to China. Britain had controlled Hong Kong
as a colony for 156 years.
2003 In Hong Kong, thousands of protesters marched to show
their opposition to anti-subversion legislation.
2013 smiled
Sunday, June 30, 2013, 11:43 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, June 30.
Now that most of the snow, that had remained on the mountains
a lot longer than during the years of the Warming Ripple, has
been melted by a warm summer rain, and has torn off the
vegetation and trees and shrubs and 30 years of accumulated
mud from the sides of the river, the Sheep River here has
settled down to a cute little brook.
On tonight's walk I hiked where there was a torrent of mud
and uprooted young forest roiling and boiling last week.
The river pretty well tore it's banks back to where they
were during the previous Cool Ripple.
Remember Carl Sagan and his
'Ice Age Is Coming because of your gas guzzling muscle cars!'?
He spouted that nonsense at the end of the last cool ripple,
just like Al Gore blathered to the sheeple about Gullible
Warming at the end of the warm ripple.
The #7 highway bridge is getting to be quite old, and when
a log jam of trees and bushes plugged it up, it got jostled
and moved a bit. To open the #7 and buy time for the Dept of
Highways to allocate funds for a new bridge, they are now
putting three culverts in and covering them with dirt for a
temporary road.
That seems scary when considering the late snow-melt flood,
but is actually quite generous considering the small amount
of water, that is now actually flowing. I spotted various
places along the river, where I could cross it without
getting my shins wet. They will fix or replace the bridge
long before they have to tear those culverts and dirt
out to make room for the next snow melt.
Yes, snow melt is going to be late for the next 30 years
or so, but now that the river beds have been cleaned and
widened, there won't be mud and forests coming down.
Well, Carl Sagan did not influence my choice of cars,
and neither did Al Gore.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Your wheels:
Thanks to Donnie for these pictures:
I got these photos last week. I would love to have one!
Donnie
A 1957,1958 and 1959 Chevy all rolled into one!
This car was built by N2A motors (No 2 Alike).
The company is planning a production run of about 100
vehicles. It sits on a Corvette C6 chassis, front styled
like a 57 Chevy, Side like a 58, rear like a 59.
Hence the designation "789."
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Have FUN!
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His lack of education is more than compensated for
by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.
--- Woody Allen
Was he talking about Al Gore, or WhatsHisName?
It is dangerous to be right
when the government is wrong.
--- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Barbie, a waitress, decided to put her matchmaking skills
to the test with our mutual friend Mike. She figured that
Sandy, another friend who seemed to have much in common
with Mike, would be an ideal date.
One day Mike came into the restaurant when Sandy was also
there. Barbie dragged Mike over to Sandy's table and
introduced the two.
Then she watched as Mike put his arm around the young
woman and said in his best mock-seductive voice,
"Helloooou, Sandy,"
whereupon Sandy broke up in roaring laughter.
"You guys know each other?" Barbie asked.
"We sure do," said Mike. "She's my sister."
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>From Hillary
I have CDO.
It's like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
only in alphabetical order,
like it should be.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Michael Barwick, 53, Sarasota, Floriduh
Jailed After Stealing Lawnmower With
Bicycle Getaway Vehicle
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Michael Barwick, a 53-year-old Florida bonehead, was jailed
after he allegedly tried to steal a lawnmower - towing it
away with a bicycle.
According to Sarasota Police, Barwick was seen by a resident
as he walked into a resident's carport and then pushed out
his lawnmower.
Barwick was then seen attaching the lawnmower to his bicycle
with string before peddling away with the loot.
Officers located Barwick, and returned the resident's lawmower.
Barwick was booked into jail and charged with felony burglary.
Tech Support Pits
From: George
Re: Thrifty Fun difficult to print
Dear Webby,
Some of the information that comes up in Thrifty Fun
is so wonderful for me that I need to copy it for
my information binder. However, I highlight it
and put it to print, but find that many of the words
in the right margin come out missing, or I only get
part words. Can I do anything that will prevent this
from occurring?
George
Dear George
That is a HoeMail "feature".
You can try shrinking the page by holding down the
CTRL key and rolling the scroll wheel on the mouse.
It might help.
I word-wrap the parts, that I feature, at 60
characters max, to avoid that well known HoeMail
problem, but there is nothing I can do about
the rest of the ThriftyFun site.
You can highlight, what you want to print,
hit CTRL C to copy it,
jump to a word processor or text editor,
hit CTRL V to paste it.
Then you have full control over sizes and fonts,
and can print it the way you want it.
You can also save it as a file.
That saves paper and ink, and you can search for it.
Simply save it with a descriptive name, and put all
those Thrifty Tips into a folder, that you make for them.
Have FUN!
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Antacids For Muscle Cramps
This tip was given to me by my daughter and has worked very
well for me as I had been getting a great deal of cramps in
my hands. It is very simple, chew 2 Tums, or any antacid
that is taken for an acid reflux or upset tum ;)
By lesley
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Harry was describing a 30 pound bass he'd caught
recently after fighting it for three hours.
Bill interrupted the story saying, "I saw the picture
you took of that fish. You're lucky if it even weighed
10 pounds."
Harry replied, "Well . . . a fish can lose an awful
lot of weight during three hours of fighting."
-----------------
This one didn't.
Moe is not saying where he caught it.
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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> From Ed
An effusive client brought a litter of golden-retriever
puppies to my veterinary clinic for inoculations and
worming. She loved them so much, she couldn't keep from
remarking about their cute habits.
As the look-alike pups squirmed over and under one another
in their box, I realized it would be difficult to tell the
treated ones from the rest. I turned on the water faucet,
wet my fingers, and moistened each dog's head when I had
finished.
After the fourth puppy, I noticed my hitherto talkative
client had grown silent. As I sprinkled the last pup's head,
the woman leaned forward and whispered, "I never realized
they had to be baptized."
Today, June 30, in
1097 The Crusaders defeated the Turks at Dorylaeum.
1841 The Erie Railroad rolled out its first passenger train.
1859 Charles Blondin became the first person to cross
Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1894 Korea declared independence from China and asked for
Japanese aid.
1908 An explosion in Siberia, which knocked down trees in a
40-mile radius and struck people unconscious some 40 miles
away. It was believed by some scientists to be caused by
a fragment from a meteorite, which has since been found.
1913 Fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and
Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War.
1915 During World War I, the Second Battle Artois ended when
the French failed to take Vimy Ridge.
1922 Irish rebels in London assassinate Sir Henry Wilson,
the British deputy for Northern Ireland.
1930 France pulled its troops out of Germany’s Rhineland.
1934 Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA
and bringing to power the SS in the
"Night of the Long Knives."
1936 Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was
published in New York City.
1950 U.S. President Harry Truman ordered U.S. troops into
Korea and authorizes the draft.
1953 The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly
line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250.
1955 The U.S. began funding West Germany’s rearmament with
US made weaponry.
1958 The U.S. Congress passed a law authorizing the admission
of Alaska as the 49th state in the Union.
1971 The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 returned to Earth. The
three cosmonauts were found dead inside.
1977 U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced his opposition
to the B-1 bomber.
1986 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states could outlaw
homosexual acts between consenting adults.
2000 U.S. President Clinton signed the E-Signature bill to
give the same legal validity to an electronic signature as
a signature in pen and ink.
2013 smiled
Saturday, June 29, 2013, 11:57 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Saturday, June 29.
Each success only buys an admission ticket
to a more difficult problem.
--- Henry Kissinger
Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.
--- Walter Lippmann
Your wheels:
Thanks to Trish for this picture:
We have a lot of 'Jeep' ads here in Australia
at the moment, all saying. . .
I bought a Jeep!
Yes I bought a Jeep
So I got a Jeep from those guys.
Trish
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Humor Letter, please donate what you can!
The full moon a few days ago reminded me of this story:
I gaze at the brilliant moon.
The same one, I think to myself, at which Socrates, Aristotle,
and Plato gazed. Suddenly, I imagine they appear beside me.
I tell Socrates about the national debate over one's right to die
and wonder at the constancy of the human condition.
I tell Plato that I live in the country that has come closest to
Utopia, and backed away from it, and I show him a copy of the
Constitution and the way the courts and the politicians
hacked it to pieces.
I tell Aristotle that we have found many more than four basic
elements and I show him a periodic table.
Then I get a box of kitchen matches and strike one.
They gasp with wonder.
We spend the rest of the night lighting farts.
On the border of Kentucky and Tennessee there's a small
forest. Half of the forest belongs to a Kentucky farmer, while
the other half belongs to a Tennessee man.
One day, while out for a walk in the woods, the Tennessee
man comes across a wolf caught in a trap. He rushes back to
his house and calls his Kentucky neighbor.
"There's one of your wolves caught in a trap on my side of the
forest."
"How do you know it's one of *our* wolves?" the Kentucky
farmer asked.
"Well," the Tennessee man replied, "he's already chewed off
three of his legs and he's still trapped."
-----------
Feel free to substitute your favorite states/provinces.
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Anyone who's ever ridden in a cab in Washington DC knows
they're some of the world's most brazen drivers. Oddly
enough though, their current accident rate isn't all
that bad. I asked one of the drivers one day the reason
for that.
"Easy," he said. "all the really bad drivers are dead now."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Christopher Haro, 41, Roseburg, Oregon
Oregon Man Wearing "Got Beer?" T-Shirt Is
Arrested For Drunk Driving
Reported by The Smoking Gun
An Oregon man wearing a “Got Beer?” t-shirt was arrested
for drunk driving, police report.
Christopher Haro, 41, was driving a Ford pickup truck
Wednesday evening when a Roseburg Police Department officer
pulled the vehicle over for a traffic violation. During
subsequent questioning, the cop concluded that Haro was
intoxicated.
Haro was busted for DUI and booked into the Douglas County
lockup, where he posed in his message t-shirt for the above
mug shot. He was freed from custody Thursday after posting
bond on the misdemeanor count.
Tech Support Pits
From: Beverly
Re: Weeding out the fonts
Dear Webby,
If anyone would know the answer to this, it will be you.
I use Windows XP and was just wondering. . . . . . . .
Is there anyway to move unused fonts to another folder to
get them out of the way? I have tried to drag and drop them
and copy/cut and paste them, but nothing works. The drop
down menu says I can delete them, but I really don't want
to do that because I might use them someday. But right now,
I seem to have so many that I don't use on a regular basis
that I see no need for them to be in the drop down menu.
Thanks for the great Humor Letter and many tips!
Beverly
Dear Beverly
Go into Control Panel
Fonts
and SHIFT-DRAG the fonts, that you don't want any more,
into some other folder. It helps if you make a new folder
beforehand and name it SpareFonts.
Moving those spare fonts in there normally takes them out of
the font list.
You may have to restart the application that uses the fonts to
clear it's cached font list.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Humor Letter, please donate what you can!
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Ant killer: Save your orange peels!
Mix up equal parts of peels and water in a blender, pour
over the ants nest or transfer to a pump-spray bottle to
mark a line around your property. A natural solution with
no nasty insecticides.
Source: An online site on how to rid garden pests.
By Monique
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One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother
was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off
the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy,
will you sleep with me tonight?"
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't
dear," she said. "I have to sleep in Daddy's room."
A long silence was broken at last by his shaking little voice:
"The big sissy."
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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Andy wants a job as a signalman on the railways. He is told
to meet the inspector at the signal box. The inspector puts
this question to him: "What would you do if you realised
that two trains were heading for each other on the same
track?"
Andy says, "I would switch the points for one of the trains."
"What if the lever broke?" asked the inspector.
"Then I'd dash down out of the signal box," said Andy,
"and I'd use the manual lever over there."
"What if that had been struck by lightning?"
"Then," Andy continues, "I'd run back into the signal box
and phone the next signal box."
"What if the phone was engaged?"
"Well in that case," persevered Andy, "I'd rush down out
of the box and use the public emergency phone at the level
crossing up there."
"What if that was vandalised?"
"Oh well then I'd run into the village and get my uncle Tony."
This puzzles the inspector, so he asks, "Why would you do that?"
Came the answer, "Because his wife, my sister, keeps saying
his feet smell so bad, the stench could stop a train!"
Today, June 29, in
1236 Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon took Cordoba in Spain.
1652 Massachusetts declared itself independent commonwealth.
1767 The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts.
The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper
and tea shipped to America.
1860 The first iron-pile lighthouse was completed at Minot’s
Ledge, MA.
1880 France annexed Tahiti.
1888 Professor Frederick Treves performed the first
appendectomy in England.
1903 The British government officially protested Belgian
atrocities in the Congo.
1905 Russian troops intervened as riots erupted in ports
all over the country. Many ships were looted.
1917 The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia.
1925 Marvin Pipkin filed for a patent for the frosted
electric light bulb.
1926 Fascists in Rome added an hour to the work day in
an economic efficiency measure.
1946 British authorities arrested more than 2,700 Jews
in Palestine in an attempt to end terrorism.
1950 U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade
of Korea.
1951 The United States invited the Soviet Union to the Korean
peace talks on a ship in Wonson Harbor.
1955 The Soviet Union sent tanks to Poznan, Poland, to put
down anti-Communist demonstrations.
1966 The U.S. bombed fuel storage facilities near the
North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong.
1967 Israel removed barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem.
1982 Israel invaded Lebanon.
2007 The Apple iPhone went on sale.
2013 smiled
Friday, June 28, 2013, 10:25 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Here, in blue, is what I had written for Saturday, June 22.
I got as far as telling Natalie on Skype, that I had my and
Ophelia's newsletters ready to sent to her via Skype.
That was around 4 am. Then they turned off dial-up.
@#$%^&*@#$%!!!! So, here is what I had written in the preface:
===================
Today is Saturday, June 22.
DSL is still down, dial-up is almost down.
Not impressed!
And now the power is down.
Typo-ing by flashlight now, but not for long.
Power failures seem to be an invitation to catch up
on sleep.
I turned the big light on in the bedroom and the radio
on full volume, and as soon as I was horizontal, I was of
course sound asleep. Woke up about 4 hours later to bright
light and noise and the blanket partially pulled over my
shoulder.
OK, back to work.
DSL Internet is STILL down! And from what I hear from friends
who can afford a Smartphone, the net is not accessible for
them either. No point going into debt for one of those, if
they don't work.
To get yesterday's newsltters out, I had to send the text
and pictures via Skype to Natalie, my server tech director
in Kharkiv, Ukraine, along with instructions on how to
send the newsletters. She uploaded them and sent them out.
It looks like I will have to do it that way again!
I hope you have a LOT MORE fun than I am having!
DearWebby
Dial-up is still turned off.
I can understand DSL being down, because they strung the
fiber-optic cable under the bridge. DUH!
Yes, under the bridge, where it gets hit every year by stumps
and logs and pieces of other bridges. They were not smart
enough to hang it off the TV cable, that is strung up high
enough, that a sailboat could pass under it, not just the
skinnier inner-tubers.
I have no idea why it takes them so long to patch in some
new fiber-optic cable. Maybe the guy with the crimpers
is on vacation? They still don't allow anybody near the
river.
I also have no idea, why they deliberately turned off dial-up.
Dial-up was still working via the old route, not across the
river, and the damage to THIS bridge is not related to it.
Without the net, we get no news, of course, and on TV they
apparently just have vague and general excuses.
People with smart-phones from other companies get occasional
service now and then. I guess they are handicapped by the
problems at Telus too. I asked Barb to try to send an email
to my dad and watched her painfully type it into the tiny
phone during one of the times, when she had connectivity.
Definitely not good enough for work.
I would need something like an air-card that lets me connect
the computer and get some work done.
Nothing like that seems to be availabale here.
Well, before we get to the Humor Letter, that I had prepared
for you, a warning from Dianne:
"HP's customer registration bank was hacked.
Sunday a.m. I woke up to find my printer had printed all the
stats due to this machine. No, I did not ask it to.
Then Monday afternoon, an HP logo with update appeared on
my desktop. I clicked on it....
What a mess... full of ma la ware and junk. Took two hours
to clean out my computer.
Dianne"
Your wheels:
Thanks to Cookie for this picture:
On the way to mountains today to my son's home,
passed this on I-5.
It is on a very hot looking auto frame with a
chrome decorated motor.
Steering wheel is on the top of basket
Cookie
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Humor Letter, please donate what you can!
"I hope I don't sound like an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud,
but when I hear about people making vast fortunes without
doing any productive work or contributing anything to society,
my reaction is: 'How can I get in on that?'"
--- Dave Barry
After telling the customs agent he had nothing in his bags
but clothing, Mark was alarmed when the official decided to
open them up and check. In the very first one she opened,
cushioned between his socks was a bottle of cognac.
"Nothing to declare but clothing, huh?"
"Right," Mark extemporized. "That, madam, is my nightcap."
A new manager spends a week at his new office with the
manager he is replacing. On the last day the departing
manager tells him, "I have left three numbered envelopes
in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a
crisis you can't solve."
Three months down the track there is a major drama,
everything goes wrong - the usual stuff - and the manager
feels very threatened by it all. He remembers the parting
words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope.
The message inside says "Blame your predecessor!"
He does this and gets off the hook.
About half a year later, the company is experiencing a dip
in sales, combined with serious product problems. The manager
quickly opens the second envelope.
The message read, "Reorganize!"
This he does, and the company quickly rebounds.
Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third
envelope. The message inside says
"Prepare three envelopes".
The REAL Bible Of Fat Burning Food Choices And
Healthy Eating. Unsurpassed Quality book!
By Shaun Hadsall And Nick Pineault
Cut through all the BS and scams and learn the facts.
Get The Truth About Fat Burning Foods!
A man goes into a pet shop to buy a parrot. The shop owner
points to three identical looking parrots on a perch and says,
"the parrot on the left costs 500 dollars".
"Why does the parrot cost so much," asks the man.
The shop owner says, "well, the parrot knows how to use
a computer".
The man then asks about the next parrot to be told that
this one costs 1,000 dollars because it can do everything
the other parrot can do plus it knows how to use the
UNIX operating system.
Naturally, the increasingly startled man asks about the
third parrot to be told that it costs 2,000 dollars.
Needless to say this begs the question, "What can it do?"
To which the shop owner replies, "to be honest I have
never seen it do a thing, but the other two refer to
him as 'boss'!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Dylan Aufdengarten, 27 and Jennifer Harmon, 29 in
North Platte, NE
Jail Escape Cut Short After Annoying
Girlfriend Getaway Driver
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Dylan Aufdengarten, a 27-year-old escapee from the Lincoln
County Detention Center, was promptly returned to jail
after his girlfriend getaway driver kicked him out of her
car following an argument.
According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office,
Aufdengarten was working at the North Platte Animal Shelter
as part of a work program when he slipped away and got into
a vehicle that was driven by his girlfriend, 29-year-old
Jennifer Harmon.
Investigators say the shelter staff was left short handed
when someone called in a bogus report that a vicious dog
was on the loose. Staff notified the Sheriff's Office of
Aufdengarten's escape a short time after he fled the
premises.
A manhunt was launched which involved the Lincoln County
Sheriff's Office, North Platte Police and the Nebraska
State Patrol.
During the search investigators spoke with Harmon, who
admitted to being the getaway driver during Aufdengarten's
escape. She also stated that she booted Aufdengarten out
of her car five minutes after picking him up because he
wouldn't stop arguing with her.
Harmon directed authorities to the location where she
dropped Aufdengarten off. Aufdengarted was located and
returned to custody a short time later.
Aufdengarted was booked into jail on a new felony charge of
Escape From Custody. He was just 30 days from the completion
of his sentence when he was booked into jail on the fresh
charge.
Jennifer Harmon was booked into jail on a felony charge of
Aiding and Abetting Escape.
Tech Support Pits
From: Walter
Re: Mystery voice ads
Hi Dear Webby,
I guess as an introduction it is superfluous to say how great
your letter is.WE ALL KNOW IT IS!
My question is about intermittent vocal ads that I hear on my
lap-top. There is no video to be seen. The only way I know how
to stop is , is to select mute on the audio icon.
Have you a better suggestion?
Be well, live long, and prosper.
Walter
Dear Walter
"prosper" ? I would love to try that some day!
Your voice ads are probably an enslavement.
Somebody clicked AGREE without reading the small print and
got the machine enslaved and willing to pester you with
those voice ads.
Try Spybot-Search&Destroy from my tools page at
http://webby.com/tools
It MIGHT point out the culprit, but since somebody hit
AGREE, it can't really do much.
Have a look in the Browser TOOLS, ADD-ONS and see if there
is something new or unknown. If there is, dump it.
Also have a look in Control Panel, Programs and look for
weird stuff. Keep in mind, it might be using a name,
that is close to something legitimate.
I can't search the net right now, because the Internet
is down in this region.
However, if your net is up, try searching for VOICE ADS,
SOUND ADS etc.
Quite likely other people got enslaved too.
Keep in mind that the name of the ad delivery program is
usually not related to whatever program you "bought" with
the enslavement.
Also look for new tool bars and links to weather or
stock services.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Camping In a Travel Trailer
For 3-4 years our whole family camped in a travel trailer
exclusively. It was fun to prepare an entire meal of
home-made lasagne perhaps, complete with china and
silverware, and watch the other campers enviously eat
hot dogs over campfires.
On Monday morning, the kids and I would search the
empty campground for fires still burning and any other
detritus left behind. We hiked all over the place and
I would incorporate what we found into our lessons
which I was teaching them.
By Susan from Baltimore, MD
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An applicant was being interviewed for admission to a pro-
minent medical school.
"Tell me," inquired the interviewer, "where do you expect
to be five years from now?"
"Well, let's see," replied the student. "It's Wednesday
afternoon. I guess I'll be on the golf course by now."
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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"I bet you think twice before you leave your wife alone at
night," chided one man to the other.
"I'll say." replied the second. "First, I have to think up
a reason for going out. Second, I have to think up why she
can't go with me."
Today, June 22, in
1611 English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several
other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay
by mutineers.
1772 Slavery was outlawed in England.
1807 British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation
leading to the War of 1812.
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated a second time.
1832 J.I. Howe patented the pin machine.
1909 The first transcontinental auto race ended in
Seattle, WA.
1911 King George V of England was crowned.
1915 Austro-German forces occupied Lemberg on the
Eastern Front as the Russians retreat.
1925 France and Spain agreed to join forces against
Abd el Krim in Morocco.
1933 Germany became a one political party country when
Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis.
1940 France and Germany signed an armistice at Compiegne,
on terms dictated by the Nazis.
1941 Under the codename Barbarossa, Germany invaded the
Soviet Union.
1942 A Japanese submarine shelled Fort Stevens at the
mouth of the Columbia River.
1944 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the
"GI Bill of Rights" to provide broad benefits for
veterans of the war.
1945 During World War II, the battle for Okinawa
officially ended after 81 days.
1946 Jet airplanes were used to transport mail for
the first time.
1956 The battle for Algiers began as three buildings
in Casbah were blown up.
1970 U.S. President Richard Nixon signed 26th amendment,
lowering the voting age to 18.
1973 Skylab astronauts splashed down safely in the
Pacific after a record 28 days in space.
1980 The Soviet Union announced a partial withdrawal of
its forces from Afghanistan.
1992 The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that
hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar
expressions of racial bias violated free-speech rights.
1998 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that evidence illegally
obtained by authorities could be used at revocation
hearings for a convicted criminal's parole.
1999 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that persons with
remediable handicaps cannot claim discrimination in
employment under the Americans with Disability Act.
2013 smiled
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 09:08 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Thursday, June 20.
Thank you Billy!
A lot of readers asked me about what I learned about the
skeeters in the Yukon. It is quite simple. Don't get fanatic
swatting them. Let them do their thing.
They inject some nasty stuff to make the blood flow easier
up their little drill. After a hundred or a few hundred
"bites" the body gets fed up with that and produces something,
that seems to repel them. Once you get over the first few
hundred "bites", they stay away.
It is probably related to the same effect, that causes
skeeters to leave some people alone and really bug the one
walking beside them.
Your wheels:
Thanks to Jim for this picture:
1958_Chevrolet_Impala
my first car, oh do I wish I had it now 49 years later,
many good memories.
Jim USA
Larry
In those days, cars had style!
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
If you can help with the cost of the
Humor Letter, please donate what you can!
We don't bother much about dress and manners in England,
because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.
--- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
One thing you will probably remember well is any time
you forgive and forget.
--- Franklin P. Jones
While at the supermarket this weekend, I came across two
women talking in the the aisle I was going down.
"Harry and I have been together ten years now and he makes
me very happy," one said. "So I don't mind buying him what
he likes even if it is a litle more expensive."
"Well, with my Benny I have no choice. He's just plain
fussy," her friend replied.
As I passed by their carts I discovered both women were
loading their shopping carts with high-priced cat food.
Ray and his live-in girlfriend were having an argument
about who should brew the coffee each morning.
She said, "You should do it, because you get up first,
and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee."
Ray said, "You are in charge of the cooking around here
and you should do it, because that is your job, and I
can just wait for my coffee."
She replies, "No you should do it, and besides it is in
the Bible that the man should do the coffee."
Ray replies, "I can't believe that, show me."
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament
and shows him at the top of several pages, that it
indeed says ... "HEBREWS"
The REAL Bible Of Fat Burning Food Choices And
Healthy Eating. Unsurpassed Quality book!
By Shaun Hadsall And Nick Pineault
Cut through all the BS and scams and learn the facts.
Get The Truth About Fat Burning Foods!
>From Steve
I was working in the sun all day, putting finishing touches
on the new deck outside my house. My sister pulled into
the driveway, greeted me, and looked over my work.
"Wow, Steve," she gushed, "you're an expert."
Gloating, feeling like the king that I am, but trying not
to seem egotistical, I responded, "Once you get going,
it's pretty easy."
She looked puzzled, and I wondered if I'd misunderstood
her. So I asked, "What did you say, Jen?"
She replied, "I said, your neck's burnt!"
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Suburban SUV
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Yeiner Garizabalo, 24, San Francisco, Cakifornia
Jailed After naked attacks on subway platform
Reported by Arca Max
The 24-year-old man accused of attacking commuters while
naked at a San Francisco subway station proclaimed he is
not guilty Tuesday.
According to the San Francisco District Attorney's office,
Yeiner Garizabalo waived his arraignment and entered not
guilty pleas.
He is due back in court on July 18 for a pre-hearing
conference. The native of Colombia remains in jail on
a $100,000 bond and a request from U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement officials.
Garizabalo faces seven charges following the May 10
incident at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station.
He appeared in a bizarre video where he, sans clothing,
performed acrobatics off subway equipment, then went
after commuters trying to catch a train. A video of the
incident quickly went viral.
In it, a glistening man with a wild mane of hair turns fare
gates into balance beams, doing splits and back flips
buck-naked. Startled commuters flee as he dashes across
the station, attacking people at random.
He now stands accused of two felony counts of false
imprisonment, four misdemeanor counts of battery and one
misdemeanor count of sexual battery in the incident,
said Alex Bastian, a spokesman for the District
Attorney's office.
CNN affiliate KTVU reported Garizabalo faces deportation
because of an expired visa.
Tech Support Pits
From: Jennie
Re: Has PayPal gone bad?
Dear Webby,
Has PayPal gone bad?
I received a notice about an order, that was to be shipped
to somebody else, but that I supposedly agreed to pay for,
and to dispute it to go to their site.
And they sent it to one of my email addresses that does
not have a paypal account!
So far I have not gone to dispute it, not before checking
with you.
Jennie
Dear Jennie
PayPal is still good and secure.
What you got was a spoof from some crook, who is trying
to con you into handing out your password.
Just forward that mail to spoof@paypal.com, or trash it.
Real mail from the real PayPal always tells you to never
click on any apparent link, but to close all browser
windows, open a fresh one and type http://paypal.com
into the address bar.
The only exceptions to that are PayPal invoice buttons on
sites that you trust and normally deal with.
Whenever you get any mail pretending to be from PayPal,
but does not seem 100% right, forward it to
spoof@paypal.com. Let them deal with it.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Clean The Shower, Then Take a Shower
I hate to clean the shower, I get all wet! So I go IN
"prepared to take a shower", and bring my cleaning tools
with me. Then I turn on the water clean the shower,
then shower myself!.
CAUTION - don't use chemicals that may cause skin irritations!
Silly, but makes cleaning the shower a little more fun!
By Kate
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Mrs. Morris Siegel beckoned to a salesman in Bergdorf
Goodman's, pointed to white wool designer dress on a
mannequin, and said, "Hey Sonny boy, so how much is
the dress on that store dummy over there?"
"That dress is $899.95, Madam," sneered the rather
snotty salesman.
"Oy! For $99.95 I could get the same dress at
Klein's Bargain Store downtown!"
"But Madam," said the salesman, "You'll find that the
dress at Klein's is recycled wool. This original is
100% pure virgin wool."
"Nu! So for $800 I should be caring what the lambs do
at night?"
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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Two contafiters way up nort in Chicargo wuz makin sum
contafit money an dey accidently made sum twelve dollar
bill by mistake. Dey made a whole bunch of dem before
dey foun dere mistake, so insted of startin over dey
decide to try to pass dem off.
Dey always herd how backward people in Louisiana wuz,
especially dem folks name Boudreaux frum down neer
Lafayette so dey jumpin dere car an drive down to
Lafayette, LA an wen dey got dere dey look in da fone
book an shore enuf dey fine Boudreaux's General Store
an Mercantile listed rite dere in da yeller pages.
Dey went to Boudreaux's store an walk up to da man at
da counter.
Da firs contafiter say, "Are you Mr. Boudreaux?"
Boudreaux say, "Mais shore, dat's me. Wat can Ah do fer
you fellers?"
Da contafiter wisper to his frien, "This is gonna be
easier than I thought."
Da contafiter say, "Can you give us change for a twelve
dollar bill?"
Boudreaux say, "Mais shore Ah can! How you want dat,
tree fores, fore trees, or too sixes?"
Today, June 20, in
0451 Roman and Barbarian warriors brought Attila's army to
a halt at the Catalaunian Plains in eastern France.
1397 The Union of Kalmar united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
under one monarch.
1793 Eli Whitney applied for a cotton gin patent. He received
the patent on March 14. The cotton gin initiated the
American mass-production concept.
1837 Queen Victoria ascended the British throne following
the death of her uncle, King William IV.
1898 The U.S. Navy seized the island of Guam enroute to
the Phillipines to fight the Spanish.
1923 France announced it would seize the Rhineland to assist
Germany in paying its war debts. That did not go over well.
1943 Race-related rioting erupted in Detroit. Federal troops
were sent in two days later to end the violence that left
more than 30 dead.
1967 Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating
Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. The U.S.
Supreme Court later overturned the conviction.
1977 The Trans-Alaska Pipeline began operation.
2002 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the execution of
mentally retarded murderers was unconstitutionally cruel.
The vote was 6 in favor and 3 against.
2013 smiled
Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 11:55 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Wednesday, June 18.
From Dianne:
u made it into yahoo again...
1st time this month...
arrived at 0800
Dianne has other email addresses, of course, and tells me,
whenever Yahoo succeeds in delivering the Humor Letter
to her.
This evening during my walk the wind suddenly stopped.
Huh? No wind in Black Diamond?
Immediately the skeeters attacked. Not the slow tankers of
spring, that you simply hit over an eye with a stick, but
the small and fast summer skeeters, that attack in swarms.
For about three quarters of a mile I was busy brushing them
off and cussing them, until my blood remembered how to repel
them, a trick I have learned in the Yukon.
After that, they dived at me like before, but before touching
down, suddenly veered away. And did not come back.
By the time I got close to home, they did not even do that,
and just ignored me. Great!
After I got home, I was able to sit out on the deck to cool
off and have some soup, witout getting bothered.
I am ready for summer!
Your wheels:
1957 Chevy Bel Air
Larry
In those days, cars had style!
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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My work is a game, a very serious game.
--- M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972)
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
--- Milton Berle
I was buying a large bag of Purina dog food at Wal-Mart
for my neighbor and was in line to check out.
A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Purina
Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd
ended up in the hospital last time but that I'd lost 50
pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with
tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both
arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that
the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with
Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you
feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete, so I
was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the
line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a
tall guy who was behind her.
Horrified, she asked if I'd been poisoned. I told her no;
I'd been sitting in the street licking my butt and a car
hit me.
I thought the tall guy was going to need help as he
roared with laughter staggering to the door and fresh air.
>From Ethan
When the U.S. Mint reissued two-dollar bills, I thought they
might someday become collectors' items. I went to the bank
and picked up a hundred, serially numbered and still in their
original band. On my next trip to my parents' house, I gave
the $200 to my mother and said, "Take good care of these.
They might be worth something someday."
Several months later I asked Mom if she was keeping the two-
dollar bills safe. "Oh, yes!" she replied. "I deposited them
in the bank the day after you left."
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Many of you know Dorothy as the fanatical Alaskan Wolf Defender,
who managed to block poisoning and aerial hunting for a long time.
Nowadays Dorothy and her hubby Leo are busy building a
"Monarch Waystation" to help save the Monarch butterflies.
Some of the info about that is at
http://www.akwildlife.com/Saving_Monarchs.html
Dorothy had sent me this about the The Miracle Toddler Diet
People are always on the lookout for a new diet. The trouble
with most diets is that you don't get enough to eat (the
starvation diet), you don't get enough variation (the liquid
diet) or you go broke (the all-meat diet). Consequently,
people tend to cheat of their diets, or quit after 3 days.
Well, now there's the new Toddler Miracle Diet.
Over the years you may have noticed that most two year olds
are trim. Now the formula to their success is available to all
in this new diet. You may want to consult your doctor before
embarking on this diet, otherwise, you may be seeing him
afterwards. Good Luck !!!
DAY ONE
Breakfast: One scrambled egg, one piece of toast with grape
jelly. Eat 2 bites of egg, using your fingers; dump the rest on
the floor. Take 1 bite of toast, then smear the jelly over your
face and clothes.
Lunch: Four crayons (any color), a handful of potato chips,
and a glass of milk (3 sips only, then spill the rest).
Dinner: A dry stick, two pennies and a nickel, 4 sips of
flat Pepsi.
Bedtime snack: Throw a piece of toast on the kitchen floor.
DAY TWO
Breakfast: Pick up stale toast from kitchen floor and eat it.
Drink half bottle of vanilla extract or one vial of vegetable
dye.
Lunch: Eat a half tube of "Pulsating Pink" lipstick and a
handful of Purina Dog Chow (any flavor). One ice cube,
if desired.
Afternoon snack: Lick an all-day sucker until sticky, take
outside, drop in dirt. Retrieve and continue slurping until
it is clean again. Then bring inside and drop on rug.
Dinner: A rock or an uncooked bean, which should be
thrust up your left nostril. Pour Grape Kool-Aid over
mashed potatoes; eat with spoon.
DAY THREE
Breakfast: Two pancakes with plenty of syrup, eat one
with fingers, rub in hair. Glass of milk; drink half, stuff
other pancake in glass. After breakfast, pick up
yesterdays sucker from rug, lick off fuzz, put it on the
cushion of best chair.
Lunch: Three matches, peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Spit several bites onto the floor. Pour glass of milk on
table and slurp up.
Dinner: Dish of ice cream, handful of potato chips,
some red punch. Try to laugh some punch through your
nose, if possible.
FINAL DAY
Breakfast: A quarter tube of toothpaste (any flavor), bit
of soap, an olive. Pour a glass of milk over bowl of
cornflakes, add half a cup of sugar. Once cereal is soggy,
drink milk and feed cereal to dog.
Lunch: Eat bread crumbs off kitchen floor and dining
room carpet. Find that sucker and finish eating it.
Dinner: A glass of spaghetti and chocolate milk. Leave
meatball on plate. Stick of mascara for dessert.
Depending on how much weight you want to lose, you may
need a second stick of mascara.
Thanks to Nanarina for this picture:
Click on the picture for the large version
Chand Baori fountain in India.
These steps lead to a huge fountain built in the tenth
century to collect rain in the region and accumulate them
in temporary lakes. The structure has a total of 3,500
steps down to a depth of 30 meters.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Malia Brooks, 32, Simi Valley, Calif.
Teacher Jailed After Having Sex
With Student Under 14
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Malia Brooks, a 32-year-old teacher at Garden Grove Elementary
School, has been jailed after she allegedly had sex with a
male student who was under the age of 14.
According to police, an investigation was launched on
February 22 after the alleged relationship between Brooks
and the child surfaced.
Investigators say the relationship began in late 2012 and
continued for four months. The exact age of the victim has
not been disclosed, but court documents confirm that the
child is under the age of 14.
Brooks, who is divorced with two children, was placed on
administrative leave by the school district when the
allegations surfaced. She then submitted her
resignation on June 5.
Brooks' attorney says his client suffers from
"manic episodes" that she is now in treatment for.
She was booked into jail and charged with lewd acts upon
a child, oral copulation of a person under 14 years of
age and three counts of genital penetration by a
foreign object. Her bond is currently set at $2 million.
Seems they really don't want her to run away.
Tech Support Pits
From: frtbrn573...@aol.com
Re: Not getting responses
I make web pages, but when I write to businesses if they
want any, I never get any reply, and then they get pages
made by somebody else.I just seem to remind them to
go find somebody. Why is that?
Dear FartBrain
I can see why you would be sending potential customers
to your competitors.
1) You are writing with a silly alias that is about
as confidence and trust inspiring as a ski mask in a bank.
Get yourself a domain like the real businesses, and base
your address on that.
2) You blurt like a heckler or ill-mannered kid. Learn to
write emails like the grown-ups. Greet whoever you are
writing to by name.
3) You run away like a midnight vandal. Sign off properly!
Except for other AOLers, very few people will write to you,
if they have to invent a name for you.
4) Graduate from AOL ! Even though some AOLers claim
that they have made money marketing to other AOLers,
very few have any success trying to sell anything to people
on the real Internet. You have too many other AOLers giving
you a bad name. You might as well be using a jail address
or admit that you are using FrontPage. No money in that.
Have FUN!
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Cleaning Keyboards
I clean my keyboard using the alcohol wipes that are used
to clean an area before sticking a needle in you. I have
so many of them, the supply company keeps sending me a whole
box, and I only use two or three each time I need them.
I started to use them to clean the outside of the keys and
between the F keys and the numbers and other breaks like
that on keyboard.
The other thing I do often is use the canned air under the
buttons after I vacuum all loose grit up. Usually you will
get all the hair out that way. If you have a key that is
sticking pop the key off and use a cotton swab with alcohol
to clean the area then replace the button, should work
good as new now!
By jancat from New England
DON'T!!!
First get rid of any and all cans of canned air, before
another kid dies from "huffing" it. Read up on "huffing"!
Secondly, blowing dirt around the Universe is generally
considered a dumb idea.
Here is the proper way to clean a keyboard:
1) Unplug the keyboard
2) Slam it upside down onto a laid out garbage bag, preferably
outside. Ignore the breadcrumbs, but salvage paper clips,
pins etc. That is why you slam it onto a bag laid out on
something big and hard.
3) Thoroughly vacuum the keyboard
4) Take a big, soft shower sponge dipped in hot dishwater
and squeezed, so that it does not drip, and wipe the keyboard
in a slow, jiggly motion. Repeat if necessary.
5) Slam it upside down onto a fluffy towel and use the towel
to rub it dry.
That's all there is to it!
If keys are sticking, don't get carried away pulling them off!
If you do that with a laptop keyboard, you will probably
never get that key to work again and have to replace the
keyboard.
With some keyboards it is safe to pull a key off, but by no
means all keyboards! The safe method is to use WD40 with the
tiny nozzle, and mist under that key from all sides, before
you clean the keyboard. The WD40 will normally lubricate it
well enough and make it work like new. However, it can also
be a sign, that the mechanism is simply worn out and it is
time for a new keyboard.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Anni showed up at the photo shop with an old picture of a
former beau wearing a hat, She wanted to know if the
photographer could retouch the photo and remove the
hat from the picture.
He convinced Anni, that it could easily be accomplished,
he would just take a picture of it, and work on it with
PaintShop Pro or Photoshop. Then he asked her what side
of his head did the man in the picture part his hair on.
-
Thinking hard for a moment, Anni said, "I forget, but you
can see that for yourself when you take off his hat."
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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Thanks to Martin for this story:
A group of Americans was traveling by tour bus through
Holland. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide
led them through a process of cheese-making, explaining
that goats' milk was used. She showed the group a lovely
hillside where many goats were grazing. These, she explained,
were the older goats who had been put out to pasture when
they no longer produced. She then asked,
"What do you do in America with your old goats?"
A spry old gentleman answered, "They send us on bus tours."
Today, June 19, in
0240 BC Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the
Earth using two sticks.
1586 English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC,
after failing to establish England's first permanent
settlement in America.
1821 The Ottomans defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Dragasani.
1864 The USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off of Cherbourg, France.
1911 In Pennsylvania, the first motion-picture censorship board
was established.
1912 The U.S. government established the 8-hour work day.
1917 During World War I, King George V ordered the British
royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames.
1933 France granted Leon Trotsky political asylum.
1939 In Atlanta, GA, legislation was enacted that disallowed
pinball machines in the city.
1942 Norma Jeane Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe) and her 21-year-
old neighbor Jimmy Dougherty were married. They were
divorced in June of 1946.
1943 Henry Kissinger became a naturalized United States citizen.
1944 The U.S. won the battle of the Philippine Sea against the
Imperial Japanese fleet.
1961 Kuwait regained complete independence from Britain.
1965 Air Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky became South Vietnam's
youngest premier at age 34.
1978 Garfield was in newspapers around the U.S. first time.
1981 The European Space Agency sent two satellites into orbit
from Kourou, French Guiana.
1987 The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Louisiana law
that required that schools teach creationism.
1998 Gateway was fined more than $400,000 for illegally
shipping personal computers to 16 countries subject to
U.S. export controls.
1998 Switzerland's three largest banks offered $600 million
to settle claims they'd stolen the assets of Holocaust
victims during World War II. Jewish leaders called the
offer insultingly low.
2000 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a group prayer
led by students at public-school football games violated
the 1st Amendment's principle that called for the
separation of church and state.
2013 smiled
Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 11:56 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Tuesday, June 18.
"The Supreme Court on Monday tossed out an Arizona
provision in its voter registration law that required
proof of citizenship."
Send me a WstJet ticket and I'll come to vote,
and I will even wear my INS cap.
A cop car and a few guys with INS caps at each polling
station should help.
I am most definitely on Arizona's side. I hope they
don't secede over that!
Speaking of cop cars,....
Your wheels:
Son Ron loves to show off his 1990 Caprice, an original
police car, now back to life, fully restored, lights, horns,
radar, etc. It lives in Ardrossan, Alberta, & is getting
lots of looks at the car shows.
Betty
Great looking car with probably a lot of chasing in it's
history. Might even have caught me a time or two.
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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The reason why worry kills more people than work is that
more people worry than work.
--- Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
"Life is 10% what happens to us and
90% how we react to it."
--- Dennis P. Kimbro
When a coworker received a phone call from her daughter,
we heard her exclaim joyfully, "Seven and a half pounds!
I'm so proud of you!"
After she had hung up, I asked, "Boy or girl?"
"Neither," my colleague replied... "Diet."
A strong young man at the construction site was bragging
that he could outdo anyone in a feat of strength. He made
a special case of making fun of John, one of the older
workmen. After several minutes, John had enough.
"Why don't you put your money where your mouth is?" he said.
"I will bet a week's wages that I can haul something in a
wheelbarrow over to that outbuilding that you won't be able
to wheel back."
"You're on, old man," the braggart replied. "It's a bet!
Let's see what you got."
John reached out and grabbed the wheelbarrow by the handles.
Then, nodding to the young man, he said,
"All right. Get in."
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The Immigration Officer said, "Mujibar, you have passed
all the tests so far, there is only one test left. Unless you
pass it you cannot enter the United States of America.
Make a sentence using the words, Yellow, Pink and Green."
Mujibar said, "The telephone goes green, green, green,
and I pink it up, and say,
'Yellow, this is Mujibar.'"
Mujibar now works for Verizon.
I know because I talked to him yesterday.
Thanks to Nanarina for this picture:
Click on the picture for the large version
Pailon del Diablo, Equador
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Kari Ann Dangler, 51, Key Largo, Floriduh
Threatened her roommate with a gun
because she hid her Vodka
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Kari Ann Bradford Dangler, a 51-year-old Florida bonehead,
was jailed Wednesday after she allegedly threatened her
roommate with a gun for hiding her Vodka.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, officers
were dispatched to a Key Largo residence after receiving
a complaint that a woman had threatened her roommate with
a gun.
Investigators say Dangler pointed a revolver at her roommate
and threatened her with it after the roommate reportedly
hid Dangler's Vodka.
Dangler told investigators that she had retrieved the
revolver because she was going to clean it.
Upon inspection of the gun, deputies found a spent bullet
casing and asked Dangler when the gun was last fired.
Dangler told them that she fired the gun at a frog about
a week prior because the frog had been making too much
noise.
Dangler was booked into the Monroe County Jail and charged
with aggravated assault.
If the roommate did not fork over the hidden vodka, she will
get off, but won't get her gun back. And she will be well
sobered up by then.
Then PETA will go after her for shooting a frog.
Tech Support Pits
From: Andrea
Re: Speakers
Dear Webby,
I need louder speakers, and if possible better quality,
because we use Internet radio as background music in the
warehouse. However, I found that $69 and $129 speakers
are not really any better than $14.95 speakers. What do
you recommend?
Andrea
Dear Andrea
Go to a second hand store or pawn shop and get yourself
a boom box (portable stereo system) or old home stereo
system. They are quite cheap and usually have great sound.
Unlike new and shrink-wrapped systems at a music store,
the people in used goods stores usually let you plug them
in and listen to them.
Then just cut off the wires going to the old speakers and
connect them to the AUX IN connectors on the boom box or
stereo, the connectors made for input from a record
player or tape deck or microphone.
That way you have the amplification and control, often
even with an equalizer, and plenty of volume.
Have FUN!
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Cooking Shirt
Don't throw men's shirts into the rag bin when they become a
little stained or frayed. Use it as a "paint shirt" when
cooking. The sleeves protect your clothing better than
aprons and kids love to wear them while helping out in
the kitchen. I have short sleeve for summer cooking
and long sleeved that I roll to my elbows for winter
days in the kitchen.
By Lisa
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Ed was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary.
His wife was really perturbed.
She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in
the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds.
AND IT BETTER BE THERE".
The next morning Ed got up early and left for work. When
his wife woke up, she looked out the window and sure enough
there was a small box, gift-wrapped in the middle of the
driveway.
Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway,
brought the box back in the house. She opened it and found
a brand new bathroom scale.
Ed's wife got rather noisy about that and Ed had to move in
with his secretary.
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
No sermon and not suitable for church, just jokes and fun for grownups.
Read it on-line or subscribe.
If you subscribe, look for the double-opt-in confirmation request.
When your wife says, "What do you think?"
she is not asking for YOUR opinion.
She is asking for HER opinion, from your mouth.
Today, June 18, in
1155 Frederick I Barbarossa was crowned emperor of Rome.
1429 French forces defeated the English at battle of Patay.
1667 The Dutch fleet sailed up the Thames toward London.
1778 Britain evacuated Philadelphia during the U.S.
Revolutionary War.
1812 The War of 1812 began as the U.S. declared war against
Great Britain. The conflict began over trade restrictions.
1815 At the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was defeated by an
international army under the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon
abdicated on June 22.
1928 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across
the Atlantic Ocean as she completed a flight from
Newfoundland to Wales.
1951 General Vo Nguyen Giap ended his Red River Campaign
against the French in Indochina.
1953 Egypt was proclaimed to be a republic with General
Neguib as its first president.
1961 "Gunsmoke" was broadcast for the last time on CBS radio.
1998 The Walt Disney Co. purchased a 43% stake in the Web
search engine company Infoseek Corp.
2009 NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/LCROSS
probes to the Moon. It was the first American lunar mission
since Lunar Prospector in 1998.
2009 Greenland assumed control over its law enforcement,
judicial affairs, and natural resources from the Kingdom
of Denmark. Greenlandic became the official language.
2013 smiled
Monday, June 17, 2013, 08:55 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Monday, June 17.
Your wheels:
Hi Webby, here is my 2012 MINI Cooper. Fun little car!
Carol
They sure got longer over the years! My first car, in 1971,
was a Mini Cooper. It had only been driven by a little old
lady before I bought it.
Yeah, right. I learned rebuilding the engine before I ever
got a speeding ticket. Once I had it working, the way it
should, it was a lot of fun. It was definitely not designed
for the Yukon, though. It required scraping the inside
of the windshield until late winter.
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Humor Letter, please donate what you can!
I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up -
they have no holidays.
--- Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool,
usually has his suspicions.
--- Wilson Mizner
Men who never get carried away should be.
--- Malcolm Forbes
The world is full of willing people,
some willing to work,
the rest willing to let them.
--- Robert Frost
>Thanks to Jessica for this one:
“I know you’re retired from the Armed Forces” said the boss.
“What did they say to you there if you showed up in the
morning so late and so often?”
The old man looked down at the floor and chuckled quietly,
“Good morning Admiral, can I get your coffee sir”
>Thanks to Jessica for this one:
A teacher asked a student. “Do you really think people
can predict the future with cards?”
He quickly replied, “My mother can. She takes one look
at my report card and tells me what will happen when
my father gets home.”
The REAL Bible Of Fat Burning Food Choices And
Healthy Eating. Unsurpassed Quality book!
By Shaun Hadsall And Nick Pineault
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Five Belgians in an Audi Quattro arrive at the French border.
The French Customs agent stops them and tells them: "It's
illegal to put 5 people in a Quattro."
"Oh, no, Quattro is just the name of the automobile. Look
at the papers: this car is designed to carry 5 persons."
"You can't pull that one on me," replies the French
customs agent. "Quattro means 4!"
"Oh, you are so stupid! Call your supervisor over!"
"He can't come. He's busy with the 2 guys in the Fiat Uno."
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Antonio Younger, 39, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Wanted Sex Offender Caught Wearing Wig
And Sharpie Marker Eyebrows
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Antonio Younger, a 39-year-old convicted sex offender,
was jailed while wearing a wig and sharpie marker eyebrows
after Tulsa Police picked him up on a warrant for failing
to register as a sex offender.
According to Tulsa Police, Younger was arrested during a
traffic stop in which he was found sporting a wig and sharpie
marker eyebrows.
Investigators say the warrant had been issued back in July 2011
when he failed to register as a sex offender or notify authorities
of his whereabouts following his release from prison.
According to court records, Younger served 5 years of a
9-year prison sentenced after he was convicted of first-degree
rape and intimidating a witness. Upon his release, Younger was
ordered to register as a sex offender and notify authorities
within 3 days anytime he had a change of address.
Younger apparently thought wearing a wig for the rest of his
life would be a far easier task to deal with.
He was booked into the Tulsa County Jail and charged with
failing to register with authorities (as required by provisions
of the sex offender registration act.)
He remains held in lieu of $5,000 bond.
Can't fool that face-recognition software with a Mark-All!
Tech Support Pits
From: Alex
Re: Tripod Bolt
Dear Webby,
I lent out my tripod and it came back with the bolt, that
holds the camera, missing. My Camera is a Canon
Powershot. What kind of bolt is required to hold it?
Alex
Dear Betty
Dear Alex
99.9% of all cameras take a standard 1/4" x 20
(1/4" coarse) bolt. With some searching around small
hardware stores you should be able to find a wing-bolt.
If not, simply glue a wing-nut onto the bolt head with
2-hour epoxy.
Proper tripod bolts have a tiny groove and a circlip
(C-shaped washer) to holt it from falling out. If you
don't have a lathe, you can mark where that groove
should be with a felt marker, and then cut it with a
hack-saw or key file. You can get circlips at better
hardware stores and automotive parts stores.
Normally the bolt just holds the camera down onto the
turret. If the camera is supposed to turn and swivel
on the bolt, that that piece of junk and heave it into
a dumpster. It is a waste of time.
With any half decent tripod, the turret, that holds the
camera, turns in a tall sleeve, that can be tightened.
The taller the sleeve, the better.
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A little boy who is rushing out of the house pauses in front
of his father.
"Dad," the boy says, "I'm late for football practice. Would
you please do my homework for me?"
"Son, it just wouldn't be right," his father says.
"That's okay," the little fellow says. "You could at least
give it a try, couldn't you?"
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Scientists were excited this week at having isolated a brief
sound which occurred immediately before the Big Bang.
Apparently, that sound was "OOOPS!"
Today, June 17, in
0362 Emperor Julian issued an edict banning Christians from
teaching in Syria.
1579 Sir Francis Drake claimed San Francisco Bay for England.
1775 The British took Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
1799 Napoleon Bonaparte incorporated Italy into his empire.
1837 Charles Goodyear received his first patent. The patent
was for a process that made rubber easier to work with.
1854 The Red Turban revolt broke out in Guangdong, China.
1876 General George Crook’s command was attacked and defeated
on the Rosebud River by 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne under the
leadership of Crazy Horse.
1885 The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard
the French ship Isere.
1912 The German Zeppelin SZ 111 burned in its hanger in
Friedrichshafen.
1913 U.S. Marines set sail from San Diego to protect American
interests in Mexico.
1917 The Russian Duma met in a secret session in Petrograd
and voted for an immediate Russian offensive against the
German Army. (World War I)
1924 The Fascist militia marched into Rome.
1926 Spain threatened to quit the League of Nations if
Germany was allowed to join.
1928 Amelia Earhart began the flight that made her the first
woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1930 The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill became law. It placed a
prohibitive tariff on imports to the U.S.
1931 British authorities in China arrested Indochinese
Communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
1932 The U.S. Senate defeated the bonus bill as 10,000
veterans massed around the Capitol.
1940 The Soviet Union occupied Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
1940 France asked Germany for terms of surrender in World War II.
1944 The republic of Iceland was established.
1950 Dr. Richard H. Lawler performed the first kidney
transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago, IL.
1953 Soviet tanks fought thousands of Berlin workers that
were rioting against the East German government.
1963 The U.S. Supreme Court banned the required reading of
the Lord's prayer and Bible in public schools.
1965 Twenty-seven B-52’s hit Viet Cong outposts but lost
two planes in South Vietnam.
1991 The Parliament of South Africa repealed the Population
Registration Act. The act had required that all South Africans
be classified by race at birth.
2013 smiled
Weird symbols due to Windows Live and Microsoft WORD
Sunday, June 16, 2013, 11:52 PM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, June 16.
Your wheels:
Our little "cube" have it 2 years and still get lots of
attention, mostly in parking lots-question asked "is it
combfortable?" answer "yes", "do you get good mileage?"
answer "yes". Also lots of storage room, bigger on the
inside then it looks.
Mary
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
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America is the only country where a significant proportion
of the population believes that professional wrestling is
real but the moon landing was faked.
--- Jay Leno
Only in America...could the rich people - who pay 86% of
all income taxes - be accused of not paying their
"fair share" by people who don't pay any income taxes at all.
--- Moe
Liz and Tina were sipping their Starbucks when a truck went
past loaded up with rolls of sod.
"I'm going to do that when I win the lottery," announced Liz.
"Do what?" asked Tina.
"Send my lawn out to be mowed."
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No more kneeling!
Everything is at the height, that is the most comfortable
for YOU!
No special skills or tools required. Give the lumber list to
Home Depot, and they will cut and deliver it.
Half an afternoon of screwing around with a drill used as
a power screwdriver, and it is done. The second one will take
less than half an hour. Get the GardenRack now!
A nurse was showing some student nurses through the hospital.
"This will be the most hazardous section in the hospital for
you. The men on this floor are almost well."
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Patrick Stapleton, 22, Lothian, marlyland
Jailed After Mistaking Handgun For BB Gun,
Shooting Friend In Butt
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Patrick Stapleton, a 22-year-old Maryland bonehead,
was jailed Wednesday after his idea of a prank went
painfully wrong.
According to Lothian Police, Stapleton was over at a friend's
home at about 4 a.m. Wednesday morning when he had the
ill-conceived idea of shooting his passed out friend in
the butt with a BB gun.
Investigators say Stapleton grabbed a .40 caliber handgun,
which he believed was a BB gun, and fired one round into
his 21-year-old friend's buttocks.
The owner of the home was not present during the shooting
and the hand gun belonged to the homeowner's son, who was
not involved in the shooting.
The victim was transported to Prince George's Hospital
Center where he is being treated for his injury.
Stapleton was booked into jail and charged with
second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
Tech Support Pits
From: Betty
Re: Weird symbols
Hi Webby, those funny symbols really bug me! I know I
didn’t type it in like that, so why does it change
to that, just in some places?
It seems to hit the ‘s spot!?? I think there is a
setting somewhere for it but sure can’t find it now!
Can you please help an old lady?
Thanks, TC, Betty
Dear Betty
You are talking about Microslop.
Microsoft Windows Live Mail is added to Microsoft WORD
in the same fashion as a Hillbilly tacks the fifth extension
onto his shack.
An extra bed, but you still have to use the same old free-fall
crapper.
Microsoft WORD was written for printing, and it has done a
great job since the mid 80's. In those days, some faggy
yuppie decided that it would be cute to use left and right
leaning quotes and apostrophes, to set WORD apart from
WordStar and WordPerfect.
Well, those left and right leaning quotes and apostrophes
are not on a regular keyboard, but Microsoft PRINTER
drivers have been told how to interpret them.
So, as long as you PRINT from WORD, everything is fine.
The problem starts when you go outside, into the big, wide
world. When the Internet and email came along, Microsoft
quickly added an email program, Outlook Express, that also
could understand and use the weird quotes and apostrophes.
However, they messed up, and mis-interpreted the regular
quotes, the ones you use for example, when you talk about
the early 90's, when they committed THAT screw-up and
carved it into stone.
That is the old free-fall crapper in the Hillbilly shack
with the half dozen extensions.
Everything they did since then has that screw-up built in,
including your Microsoft Windows Live Mail.
Yep, same old free-fall crapper.
The resultant crap is commonly referred to as Microslop.
Microsoft is still VERY defensive about that, and says
that if the whole world would use Microsoft Windows
Live Mail (or Outlook or Hoe Mail), then they would
not notice the Microslop.
Well, the whole world does NOT use those programs.
There IS a secret trick to turn the Microslop off.
On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, and
then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
Under Replace as you type, select or clear the
"Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" check box.
Depending on the program you use, they call the
Microslop "Curly Quotes" or "Smart Quotes". You might
be able to hunt down more information in the HELP by
searching for those terms.
Once you have the "Curly Quotes" turned off, your
mail recipients will stop snickering behind your back.
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My 30-odd year old Kenmore takes "nuking" seriously and
tends to explode and throw food. I use a wide putty knife
to get all the solids firs and screape them into a dust pan.
Then I put a saucer half filled with water into it and
add some vinegar. 3 minutes of nuking vaporizes most of it,
five minutes steeping softens whatever is left. After that
I use one of those yellow & green sponges to wipe it out.
Make sure you get the sponges, that have natural looking
holes ith varying and uneven size, not the foam rubber type.
That makes a HUGE difference. You can, of course, also use
a big shower sponge.
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A realty salesman had just closed his first deal, only to
discover that the piece of land he had sold was completely
under water.
"That customer's going to come back here pretty mad," he
said to his boss. "Should I give him his money back?"
"Money back?" roared the boss. "What kind of salesman are
you? For pete sakes, get out there and sell him a houseboat!"
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A farmer named Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside
with a pet dog he doted on. The dog finally died and
Muldoon went to the parish priest and asked,
"Father, the dog is dead. Could you be saying a mass for
the creature?"
Father Patrick replied, "No, we cannot have services for
an animal in the church, but there's a new denomination
down the road, no telling what they believe, but maybe
they'll do something for the animal."
Muldoon said "I'll go right now. Do you think $50,000 is
enough to donate for the service?"
Father Patrick asked, "Why didn't you tell me the dog
was Catholic?"
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"My god! What happened to you?" the bartender asked Kelly
as he hobbled in on a crutch, one arm in a cast.
"I got in a tiff with Riley."
"Riley? He's just a wee fellow," the barkeep said,
surprised.
"He must have had something in his hand."
"Aye...that he did," Kelly said. "A shovel it was."
"Dear Lord...didn't you have anything in YOUR hand?"
"Aye, that I did," Kelly said. "And a beautiful thing
it was, but that particular part of Mrs. Riley is not
much use in a fight!"
Today, June 16, in
0455 Rome was sacked by the Vandal army. That gave the Vandals
a bad name.
1487 The War of the Roses ended with the Battle of Stoke.
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven
Castle in Scotland.
1815 Napoleon defeated the Prussians at the Battle of Ligny,
Netherlands.
1884 At Coney Island, in Brooklyn, NY, the first roller
coaster in America opened.
1903 Ford Motor Company was incorporated.
1907 The Russian czar dissolved the Duma in St. Petersburg.
1922 Henry Berliner accomplished the first helicopter
flight in the US at College Park, MD.
1925 France accepted a German proposal for a security pact.
1955 Argentine naval officers launched an attack on
President Juan Peron's headquarters. The revolt was
suppressed by the army.
1963 26-year-old Valentina Tereshkova went into orbit
aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft for three days. She was
the first female space traveler.
1976 In Soweto, thousands of school children revolted
against the South African government's plan to enforce
Afrikaans as the language for instruction in black schools.
2008 California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex
couples.
2013 smiled
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 11:03 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Saturday, June 15.
Your wheels:
Here is my car, a 1991 Chrysler LeBaron.
If you don't send me pictures of your dream wheels
or actual vehicles, this may be the end of the
"Your Wheels" column.
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
--- Ted Turner
The big thieves hang the little ones.
--- Czech Proverb
We cannot control the evil tongues of others;
but a good life enables us to disregard them.
--- Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)
While I was attending a Law course, the 'Audi alteram
parten' rule was explained to us. Translated it means "To
hear the other party"
After discussing the subject at great length, the lecturer
asked if anyone didn't understand the rule.
Responded one man "My Wife"
Most Yuppette's have no use for men who try to mess up the
country's economy by living within their income.
I've noticed the oddest behavior of Yuppettes. The
only time they won't look into a mirror is when they're
pulling out of a parking space.
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Waist High Raised Beds! It's really easy, when you got
detailled instructions. You even get videos to show
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No more kneeling!
Everything is at the height, that is the most comfortable
for YOU!
No special skills or tools required. Give the lumber list to
Home Depot, and they will cut and deliver it.
Half an afternoon of screwing around with a drill used as
a power screwdriver, and it is done. The second one will take
less than half an hour. Get the GardenRack now!
"Oh, No!" he gasped as he surveyed the disaster before him.
Never in his 40 years of life had he seen anything like it.
How anyone could have survived he did not know.
He could only hope that somewhere amid the overwhelming
destruction he would find his 16-year-old son. Only the slim
hope of finding Danny kept him from turning and fleeing the
scene. He took a deep breath and proceeded. Walking was
virtually impossible with so many things strewn across his
path. He moved ahead slowly.
"Danny! Danny!" he whispered to himself. He tripped and
almost fell several times. He heard someone, or something,
move. At least he thought he did. Perhaps, he was just
hoping he did. He shook his head and felt his gut tighten.
He couldn't understand how this could have happened.
There was some light but not enough to see very much.
Something cold and wet brushed against his hand. He
jerked it away.
In desperation, he took another step then cried out,
"Danny!"
From a nearby pile of unidentified material, he heard his
son. "Yes, Dad," he said, in a voice so weak it could hardly
be heard.
"It's time to get up," the man sighed,
"and, for heaven's sake, clean up your room!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Taylor Chapman, Bitch extraordinaire, 27,
Broward County, Floriduh
Woman Browbeats Polite Dunkin Donuts Cashier
With 8 Minute Tirade, Now Hiding From Pissed
Off Internet
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Taylor Chapman, a 27-year-old Florida woman is the proud
owner of a video that has gone viral on the Internet.
There can be little doubt, however, that the attention
she's been receiving for that video isn't quite what
she expected.
When a Broward County Dunkin Donuts allegedly failed to
give Chapman her receipt, which probably sailed to the floor
of her vehicle, she decided to arm herself with a video
camera and cuss and swear at them for 8 minutes.
Taylor Chapman entered the store and warned the employee that
he is "under video surveillance" before unleashing a
barrage of foul language, insults, racial remarks and
arrogant blather onto him.
Be careful, if you watch the video, the foul-mouthed b****
spews vulgarities non-stop, for example
“complete cunt sand nigger whore”
The employee kept cool and collected as she unloaded an
8 minute long rant. He worked toward politely replacing
her order when most people would have grabbed a broom and
beaten her out the door.
Throughout the video, Taylor Chapman threatens that her
video will be posted on Facebook. Obviously that decision
didn't work out well for her since her Facebook and
Instagram accounts have now been deleted and the entire
Internet is ready to burn her at the stake for her
dehumanizing and racial remarks.
Oh, and we might also mention that Taylor Chapman is a spokesmodel
for Internet ad agency http://www.powersalesteam.com.
UPDATE: They have now taken her picture down due to a tsunami
of unfavorable comments. By the time the youTube video got to
about 1200 views, Taylor Chapman got fired.
"She does not work here any more."
It also looks like she has been kicked off FaceBook,
but the video on youTube will be there for some time yet. She
won't be able to live THAT down anytime soon.
http://youtu.be/juLHmG76P4Q
One thing is pretty much for certain, though. These employees
deserve an accolade for putting up with this foulmouthed b****.
Abid Adar
Carl (from Austin/San Antonio Tx). started an Education Fund for Abid Adar,
and it is at this time close to $10,000
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sorry ... -and-nithi
Tech Support Pits
From: Ana
Re: Online Calendar
Dear Webby
I found out the hard way, that even though initially
convenient, using a Smartphone as a calendar is very stupid.
When the phone gets stolen or lost, your calendar is vapor,
like the farts of yesteryear.
You mentioned an on-line calendar at one time, or probably
more than one time, but at the time I still relied on my
stupid phone, and was too snooty to take your advice
serilously enough to bookmark it.
Can you please tell me again?
Ana
Dear Ana
I use myMemorizer.com
Even if your computer gets stolen or breaks down, your
calendar is up on the cloud, and you can access it with
any computer from anywhere, as long as you can get onto the
net. You just have to remember your email address and a password.
You can set events to email you and/or text your phone a month
before, and/or a week before, and/or a couple of days before,
and/or a day before, and/or the same day. You set the time
of day for it to remind you.
It has colors and icons for fast at a glance overviews,
and you can even print a month.
I have used MyMemorizer for many years, and never had
any problem whatsoever.
If you just use the email notifications, it is free.
For phone text messages, of course, you have to pay,
but since they are very short, they are no big deal.
Usually, though, email messages are plenty.
Have FUN!
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Keeping Track of Water Intake
Finding time to always write down my water intake for the
day was not easy for me. Now I use a row counter that's
used for yarn projects. I just give it a quick click and
don't even have to look as I go about my day.
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Two women were walking through the woods when a frog called
out to them and said: "Help me, ladies! I am a stockbroker
who, through an evil witch's curse, has been transformed
into a frog. If one of you will kiss me, I'll be returned
to my former state!"
One woman took out her purse, grabbed the frog, and stuffed
it inside her handbag. The other woman, aghast, screamed,
"Didn't you hear him? If you kiss him, he'll turn into a
stockbroker!"
The second woman replied, "Sure, but these days a talking
frog is worth a lot more than a stockbroker!"
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"Is this a bad idea? The folks at Sprint announced it is
developing a TV cell phone. It will let you watch TV on
your cell phone. They have the perfect name for it: 'Nine
Dead in Interstate Pileup.'"
---Jay Leno
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"I see you were last employed by a psychiatrist," said the
employer to the applicant. "Why did you leave?"
"Well," she replied, "I just couldn't win. If I was late to
work, I was hostile. If I was early, I had an anxiety complex.
If I was on time, I was compulsive."
Today, June 15, in
1215 King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
1381 The English peasant revolt was crushed in London.
1389 Ottoman Turks crushed Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo.
1607 Colonists in North America completed James Fort in
Jamestown, VA.
1667 Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully
documented human blood transfusion. He successfully
transfused the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy.
1752 Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite
during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark
that showed the relationship between lightning and
electricity.
1775 George Washington was appointed head of the
Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
1844 Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for
the process that strengthens rubber.
1866 Prussia attacked Austria.
1898 The U.S. House of representatives approved the
annexation of Hawaii.
1909 Benjamin Shibe patented the cork center baseball.
1917 Great Britain pledged the release of all the
Irish captured during the Easter Rebellion of 1916.
1940 The French fortress of Verdun was captured by Germans.
1947 The All-Indian Congress accepted a British plan
for the partition of India.
1958 Greece severed military ties to Turkey because
of the Cypress issue.
1964 The last French troops got chased out of Algeria.
1978 King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American
Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.
1992 It was ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court that the
government could kidnap criminal suspects from foreign
countries for prosecution.
1999 South Korean naval forces sank a North Korean
torpedo boat during an exchange in the disputed Yellow Sea.
2013 smiled
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Moe!
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us
to an understanding of ourselves.
--- Carl Jung
"Don't worry about avoiding temptation.
As you grow older, it will avoid you."
--- Winston Churchill
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are
reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used
in correct context -- no human being has been reported
to have learned dolphinese.
--- Carl Sagan
Yes, and dolphins are pretty good at training humans to
throw pre-killed and cooled fish at them!
A little old lady answered a knock on the door one
day, only to be confronted by a well dressed young
man carrying a vacuum cleaner. "Good morning," said
the young man. "If I could take a couple of minutes
of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very
latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners." "Go away!"
said the old lady. "I haven't got any money!" and
she proceeded to close the door. Quick as a flash,
the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed
it wide open. "Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not
until you have at least seen my demonstration."
And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure
onto her hallway carpet.
"If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces
of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will
personally eat the remainder."
"Well," she said, "I hope you've got a good appetite
because the electricity was cut off this morning...."
A kindergarten teacher is walking around her classroom
observing her students while they draw. One little girl is
working especially diligently, so the teacher asks what
she is working on.
"I'm drawing God," the child says.
The teacher pauses, then says, "But no one knows what
God looks like."
Without missing a beat or looking up from her drawing,
the girl replies,
"They will in a minute."
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With the GardenRack style there is no more bending down.
No more kneeling!
Everything is at the height, that is the most comfortable
for YOU!
No special skills or tools required. Give the lumber list to
Home Depot, and they will cut and deliver it.
Half an afternoon of screwing around with a drill used as
a power screwdriver, and it is done. The second one will take
less than half an hour. Get the GardenRack now!
Thanks to Phil in Salisbury, England
Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called
"Bureaucracy." Everybody stands in a circle. The first person
to do anything loses.
Thanks to Jim for sending these pictures:
Click on the picture for the large version
Jim's Night-Blooming Cereus
Click on the picture for the large version
Jim's Night-Blooming Cereus
These Night Blooming Cereus blossoms last one night,
then they turn into those reddish seed pods.
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Brittany Cole, 22, Altheimer, Arkansas
Jailed After Tossing 9-Month-Old Baby
Into Dumpster
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Brittany Cole, a 22-year-old Arkansas Woman, was jailed
Sunday after she allegedly tossed her 9-month-old baby
into a dumpster and then told relatives that she was tired
of caring for the child.
According to police, officers were dispatched to an Altheimer
residence after receiving a report that a baby's mother had
thrown him into a dumpster.
When officers arrived on the scene, the child had already
been retrieved out of the dumpster by the child's grandmother
who called police.
Investigators say Cole became angry earlier that evening
shortly after her son was returned to her home after
spending time with his father.
In retaliation, Cole grabbed her son, left the residence
and tossed him into a garbage dumpster. The baby's grandmother
noticed that the child was missing and asked Cole about the
baby's whereabouts.
That's when Cole reportedly pointed in the direction of the
dumpster and stated that she was tired of caring for the baby.
The child's grandmother retrieved the child from the dumpster
and called 911.
Cole was booked into jail and charged with first-degree
endangering the welfare of a minor. Prosecutors may upgrade
the charge to attempted capital murder.
The baby and his two siblings have been taken into
protective custody.
Tech Support Pits
From: Jerry
Re: Supersensitive mouse
Dear Webby
I replaced my original mouse that came with my Gateway a
thousand years ago. The new one is a Logitech Optical
Mouse and if I even look at it crossways, I get popup menus
all over the place.
Needless to say, this is extremely annoying.
Do I have to live with it or do you have another miracle
solution?
Jerry
Dear Jerry
Run the install CD that came with that mouse.
That will give you a desktop icon to it's settings menu.
There you can tweak all the settings to suit you.
You can assign the different buttons to different tasks
like copy and paste, instead of popping help info.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Use Sawdust to Fill Holes in Wood
Save that sawdust! Just mix Elmer's glue and sawdust to
fill any hole or gouge in wood. Let dry and sand, then
stain or paint.
Source: My husband
Sandig dust works even better. You can usually harvest
some from a back corner, and make a thick paste. Tamp that
hard into the hole or scratch, so that it portrudes just
a bit. It WILL shrink! Then you can later sand it flat,
but don't be in any hurry with that! It won't stop shrinking
for a day!
Have FUN!
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A new employee joins the Company, and is required to
have a password setup for his computer. The boss
directed a secretary to setup the password for him.
The secretary asks the man for the password. The man,
attempting to embrass the secretary in order to show
superiority, said, "Penis."
Blushed, the secretary stepped back and told him to
type it in, and re-type it again.
The whole office heard the secretary bursting out
laughing, as a reaction from the computer's
quite predictable response:
"Password rejected. Reason: Too short"
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A doctor examines a female patient. Afterward, he takes her
husband aside. "I donít want to alarm you," the doctor says,
"but I don't like the way your wife looks."
"Me neither, Doc," says the husband. "But she's a great
cook and real good with the kids."
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
No sermon and not suitable for church, just jokes and fun for grownups.
Read it on-line or subscribe.
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There were two good ol' boys from the South, who love to
fish, and they wanted to do some ice fishing. They'd heard
about it up in Canada, so they took off up there. The lake
was frozen nicely. They stopped just before they got to
the lake at a little bait shop and got all their tackle.
One of them said, "We're gonna need an ice pick." So they
got that, and they took off.
In about two hours, one of them was back at the shop and
said, "We're gonna need another dozen ice picks."
Well, the fellow in the shop wanted to ask some questions,
but he didn't. He sold him the picks, and the old boy left.
In about an hour, he was back. Said, "We're gonna need all
the ice picks you've got."
The bait man couldn't stand it any longer. "By the way," he
asked, "how are you fellows doing?"
"Not very well at all," he said. "We ain't even got the boat
in the water yet."
"Well, replied the bait man, "at this time of year, if you
drive a heavy enough SUV onto the ice, you'll get a hole
big enough for your boat."
Today, June 14, in
1789 Captain William Bligh of the HMS Bounty arrived in
Timor in a small boat.
1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his
reaping machine.
1834 Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper.
1841 The first Canadian parliament opened in Kingston.
1846 A group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaimed the
Republic of California.
1893 Philadelphia observed the first Flag Day.
1900 Hawaii became a U.S. territory.
1907 Women in Norway won the right to vote.
1917 General John Pershing arrived in Paris during World War I.
1919 The first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight began.
Captain John Alcot and Lt. Arthur Brown flew from
Newfoundland to Ireland.
1927 Nicaraguan President Adolfo Diaz signed a treaty with
the U.S. allowing American intervention in his country.
1940 The Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz
in German-occupied Poland.
1940 German troops entered Paris. As Paris became occupied
loud speakers announced the implementation of a curfew
being imposed for 8 p.m.
1943 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schoolchildren could
not be made to salute the U.S. flag if doing so conflicted
with their religious beliefs.
1944 Sixty U.S. B-29 Superfortress' attacked an iron and
steel works factory on Honshu Island. It was the first
major U.S. raid against Japan.
1945 Burma was liberated by Britain.
1949 The state of Vietnam was formed.
1951 "Univac I" was unveiled. It was a computer designed
for the U.S. Census Bureau and billed as the world's
first commercial computer.
1952 The Nautilus was dedicated. It was the first nuclear
powered submarine.
1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an order
adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
1965 A military triumvirate took control in Saigon.
1967 Mariner 5 was launched from Cape Kennedy, FL. The space
probe's flight took it past Venus.
1982 Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the
Falkland Islands.
1989 Former U.S. President Reagan received an honorary
knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
1990 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld police checkpoints that
are used to examine drivers for signs of intoxication.
2013 smiled
Thursday, June 13, 2013, 08:13 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Thursday, June 13
Back in the saddle again!
Your wheels:
Thanks
Betty!
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative
the day after the revolution.
--- Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975)
There is no fix for stupidity,
but there are some work-arounds.
--- Chuck Snyder
Money will buy you a pretty good dog,
but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
---Henry Wheeler Shaw
"May I try on that dress in the window?" the gorgeous
young woman asks the manager of the designer boutique.
"Go ahead," the manager replies,
"Maybe it'll attract some business."
Thanks to Lillemor for this one:
Male Vs. Female Logic
Woman: Do you drink beer?
Man: Yes
Woman: How many beers a day?
Man: Usually about 3
Woman: How much do you pay per beer?
Man: $5.00 which includes a tip
(This is where it gets scary !)
Woman: And how long have you been drinking?
Man: About 20 years, I suppose
Woman: So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day which
puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, it
would be approximately $5400.correct?
Man: Correct
Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for
inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at $108,000,
correct?
Man: Correct
Woman: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer,
that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings
account and after accounting for compound interest for the
past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?
Man: Do you drink beer?
Woman: No
Man: Where's your Ferrari?
Grow Your Greatest Garden Ever in Do-It-Yourself Built
Waist High Raised Beds! It's really easy, when you got
detailled instructions. You even get videos to show
how easy it is!
With the GardenRack style there is no more bending down.
No more kneeling!
Everything is at the height, that is the most comfortable
for YOU!
No special skills or tools required. Give the lumber list to
Home Depot, and they will cut and deliver it.
Half an afternoon of screwing around with a drill used as
a power screwdriver, and it is done. The second one will take
less than half an hour. Get the GardenRack now!
Little Johnny is approached by the lifeguard at the
public swimming pool.
"You're not allowed to pee in the pool," said the lifeguard.
"I'm going to have to report you."
"But everyone pees in the pool," said Little Johnny.
"Maybe," said the lifeguard, "but not from the diving board!"
Thanks to Cookie for sending this picture:
Click on the picture for the large version
Jacaranda trees at San Luis Obispo
...or fondly known as SLO
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Leslie Williams, 45, Sarasota, Floridu
Jailed for using a GMC Yukon to murder hubby
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Leslie Williams, a 45-year-old Florida woman, was jailed
Wednesday after she allegedly ran over her husband with an
SUV, then left his dead body laying in the driveway for
her son to deal with.
According to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, Williams
and her husband were arguing at their home at around midnight
on March 17, when the couple took their dispute out into the
front driveway, as hubby was leaving.
At some point during the argument Williams got into her 2006
GMC Yukon while her husband walked towards a gate at the end
of the driveway. That's when Williams allegedly punched the
gas, and used the front of the vehicle to knock her husband
against the gate.
Williams then punched the gas again, drove over her husband,
busted through the gate and fled the scene. The couple's
21-year-old son found his father's mangled body and called 911.
Emergency crews arrived a short time later and found the victim,
48-year-old Christopher Williams, dead at the scene.
Deputies located Williams at her mother's home, questioned her,
but did not charge her without a full investigation. There was
reportedly some question as to whether the fatality was
intentional or an accident.
Family members who spoke with local media referred to the
incident as a "tragic accident" or "just a freak thing."
But after nine weeks investigating the "accident," detectives
obtained a warrant for Williams' arrest. She was taken into
custody on Wednesday.
Williams was booked into the Sarasota County Jail and charged
with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crash with
a death.
Tech Support Pits
From: Ella
Re: Pharma Spam
Dear Webby
I noticed a new wave of spam advertising STUPER DIFCOUNTS
Mis-spelled on perpose here, since you would probably filter
it out otherwise, but you probably know what I am referring
to.
What is the easiest way to filter out that crap?
Ella
Dear Ella
I notced a drastic increase in spam caught by my RU filter,
that catchs stuff with a Russian URL. I love that pretty
Pie chart in MailWasher!
So I had a look.
It is those STUPER spams.
They pretend to have discounts on drugs, but their hidden
destination URLs are in Russia. Yeah, sure. And it is
probably a safe bet, if somebody clicks on it, they get
hit with a trojan or a virus.
So, what is my oh so sophisticated and complicated RU filter?
If the
BODY
CONTAINS
.ru/
then dump that mail.
It sure is easy to click together a filter, if you have
MailWasher.
You select BODY from a pull-down
then select CONTAINS from a pull-down
type *.ru/
and click in the selection above it what you want done with
the undesirable mail, for examle
Dump it automatically.
That is all there is to it!
You can make filters with Gmail too. Not quite as simple,
but you can do it!
You can also filter for "productas"
Have FUN!
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Keep Bugs Out Of Your Drink Outside
Here's another great use for Press and Seal. When you take
a drink outside, you risk getting bugs in it. So put a small
piece of Press and Seal over your glass leaving a drink hole
or poke a tiny hole in it and stick a straw through it. You
will drink bug free. For a recyclable way to do the same
thing, you can also use those little bowl covers that look
like mini shower caps and poke a hole in those for a straw,
then they can be washed over and over! I have used both and
it works great.
By Melmarr from MI
The lids from small Glad freezer conatiners
fit many typical glasses and cups. I use the smallest ones
for meal sized batches of berries, and they just fit a
regular drinking glass and also a perfect fit for regular
cans, like for example cranberry jelly. It is a tight
enough fit, so that the wind does not blow the lid away.
Have FUN!
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The young man told his father,
"I want to marry a good woman,
a beautiful woman, a smart woman,
one who'll be a good mother to our kids,
a woman who will make me happy."
His father told him he'll have to make up his mind.
"By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy.
If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."
--- Socrates
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A beautiful young lady was about to undergo a minor
operation. She lay on a rolling bed and the nurse brought
her into the corridor.
Before entering the room, the nurse left her behind the
surgery room door to go in and check if everything was
ready.
A young man wearing a white coat approached, took the
sheet away and began examining her naked body. He walked
away and talked to another man in a white coat. The second
man came over and did the same examination.
When a third man started examining her body very closely,
she grew impatient and asked, "These examinations are fine
and appreciated,
but when are you going to start the operation?"
The man in the white coat shrugged his shoulders and told her,
"I have no idea. We're just going to paint the corridor
whem they haul you in there."
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
No sermon and not suitable for church, just jokes and fun for grownups.
Read it on-line or subscribe.
If you subscribe, look for the double-opt-in confirmation request.
A carpet layer had just finished installing carpet for a
lady. He stepped out for a smoke, only to realize he'd lost
his cigarettes. In the middle of the room, under the carpet,
was a very slight bump.
"No sense pulling up the entire floor for one pack of
smokes," he said to himself.
He proceeded to get out his hammer and flattened the
hump. As he was cleaning up, the lady came in.
"Here," she said, handing him his pack of cigarettes.
"I found them in the hallway. Now, if only I could find
my parakeet!"
Today, June 13, in
1415 Henry the Navigator, the prince of Portugal, embarked
on an expedition to Africa.
1777 The Marquis de Lafayette arrived in the American colonies
to help with their rebellion against the British.
1789 Ice cream was served to General George Washington
by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton.
1825 Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. Hunt then then
sold the rights for $400.
1898 The Canadian Yukon Territory was organized.
1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Chinese
Christians erupted into violence.
1912 Captain Albert Berry made the first successful parachute
jump from an airplane in Jefferson, Mississippi.
1920 The U.S. Post Office Department ruled that children may
not be sent by parcel post.
1922 Charlie Osborne started the longest attack on hiccups.
He hiccuped over 435 million times before stopping. He died
in 1991, 11 months after his hiccups ended.
1923 The French set a trade barrier between the occupied Ruhr
and the rest of Germany. Germans did not like that.
1940 Paris was evacuated before the German advance on the city.
1943 German spies landed on Long Island, New York.
They were soon captured.
1944 Germany launched 10 of its new V1 rockets against Britain
from a position near the Channel coast. Of the 10 rockets
only 5 landed in Britain and only one managed to kill
(6 people in London).
1944 Marvin Camras patented the wire recorder.
1949 Bao Dai entered Saigon to rule Vietnam. He had been
installed by the French.
1951 U.N. troops seized Pyongyang, North Korea.
1966 The landmark "Miranda vs. Arizona" decision was issued
by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision ruled that criminal
suspects had to be informed of their constitutional rights
before being questioned by police.
1978 Israelis withdrew the last of their invading forces
from Lebanon.
1979 Sioux Indians were awarded $105 million in compensation
for the U.S. seizure in 1877 of their Black Hills in
South Dakota.
1983 The unmanned U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 became the
first spacecraft to leave the solar system. It was launched
in March 1972. The first up-close images of the planet
Jupiter were provided by Pioneer 10.
1994 A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found Exxon Corp. and
Captain Joseph Hazelwood to be reckless in the
Exxon Valdez oil spill.
1995 France announced that they would conduct eight more
nuclear tests in the South Pacific.
2000 In Pyongyang, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il
welcomed South Korea's President Kim Dae for a three-day
summit. It was the first such meeting between the leaders
of North and South Korea.
2013 smiled
Monday, June 10, 2013, 01:39 PM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Monday, June 10
By the time you read this, I will be on the road to Calgary
for my monthly eye injections.
That means no Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday newsletters.
I will be missing you!
DearWebby
Your wheels:
Here is Jim and Linda's Dream Car:
Webby here is my wife's and my dream vehicle,
45 foot motor home with 3 slide-outs on a Volvo
chassis by Powerhouse Coaches. We would travel
all over the USA and Canada.
Jim & Linda H.
MN USA
Thanks
Jim and Linda
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative
the day after the revolution.
--- Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975)
SIXTEEN STEPS TO BUILD A CAMPFIRE
1. Split dead limb into fragments and shave one fragment
into slivers.
2. Bandage left thumb.
3. Chop other fragments into smaller fragments
4. Bandage left foot.
5. Make pyramid structure of slivers (include those
embedded in hand)
6. Light Match
7. Light Match
8. Repeat "a Scout is cheerful" and light match.
9. Apply match to slivers, add wood fragments,
and blow gently into base of fire.
10. Apply burn ointment to nose.
11. When fire is burning, collect more wood.
12. Upon discovering that fire has gone out while out
searching for more wood, soak wood from can labeled
'kerosene'.
13. Treat face and arms for second-degree burns.
14. Re-label can to read 'gasoline'.
15. When fire is burning well, add all remaining firewood.
16. When thunder storm has passed, repeat steps.
---------------------
Modern alternative:
1. Point to the sign that forbids camp fires.
2. Click the propane BBQ ON.
Little Johnny was afraid of the dark. One night his mother
told him to go out to the back porch and bring her the broom.
Little Johnny turned to his mother and said, "Mama, I don't
want to go out there. It's dark."
His mother smiled reassuringly at Little Johnny. "You don't
have to be afraid of the dark," she explained. "Jesus is out
there. He'll look after you and protect you."
Little Johnny looked at his mother real hard and asked, "Are
you sure he's out there?"
"Yes, I'm sure. He is everywhere, and he is always ready to
help you when you need him," she said.
Little Johnny thought about that for a minute and then went
to the back door and cracked it a little. Peering out into
the darkness, he called, "Jesus? If you're out there, would
you please hand me the broom?"
Grow Your Greatest Garden Ever in Do-It-Yourself Built
Waist High Raised Beds! It's really easy, when you got
detailled instructions. You even get videos to show
how easy it is!
With the GardenRack style there is no more bending down.
No more kneeling!
Everything is at the height, that is the most comfortable
for YOU!
No special skills or tools required. Give the lumber list to
Home Depot, and they will cut and deliver it.
Half an afternoon of screwing around with a drill used as
a power screwdriver, and it is done. The second one will take
less than half an hour. Get the GardenRack now!
The man was in no shape to drive, so he wisely left his car
parked and walked home. As he was walking unsteadily along,
he was stopped by a policeman."What are you doing out here
at 2 A.M.?" asked the officer.
"I'm going to a leckschure." the man said.
"And who is going to give a lecture at this hour?" the cop asked.
"My wife," said the man."Wanna lischen to the lekschure
wif me?"
Thanks to Lillemor for this picture of part of her garden.
Click on the picture for the large version
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Kelly Ann Garcia, 29, Houston, Texas
Teacher Jailed for Repeatedly Having Having Sex
With Gossipy Student.
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Kelly Ann Garcia, a 29-year-old teacher at Hastings High
School, has been jailed after she allegedly had sex with
a 16-year-old female student.
According to police, a relationship developed between Garcia
and a 16-year-old student after the two met through a mutual
friend in March of this year.
Investigators say Garcia would then stay after school with
the student working on "various projects" even though Garcia
was not the student's teacher. At one point Garcia reportedly
approached the girl's parents and told them that she would
like to "mentor" their daughter.
The relationship quickly changed, however, when Garcia invited
the student to Starbucks and informed her that she had been
having erotic dreams about her. About a week later, Garcia
told the student that she had broken up with her boyfriend and
the two expressed feelings for one another.
The following day, according to the arrest report, Garcia and
the student got together and spent the evening "kissing
passionately." The next day, Garcia and the student went to
a Katz Boutique and Sex Shop where Garcia purchased a sex toy
with her credit card. Garcia then drove the student back to
her apartment where the two engaged in sex.
The victim told investigators that she and Garcia engaged in
sex multiple times over the next few days. The alleged affair
came to light when the teen bragged about the relationship
to other students. Word eventually reached a school
administrator who contacted police.
Detectives say Garcia continued to see the student even
though an investigation was underway. The teen's father
caught Garcia and their daughter together at a local park,
however, Garcia fled to her car and sped off before he
could confront her.
Investigators were able to recover the receipt from Katz
Boutique showing that she had purchased a sex toy on the
day the victim indicated. Detectives also obtained phone
records, text messages and a photograph of Garcia and the
teen kissing.
Following a month-long investigation, Garcia was booked into
jail and charged with indecency with a child and sexual
assault of a child. She was released after posting a
$60,000 bond.
Tech Support Pits
From: Tiny
Re: Headset
Dear Webby
I'm interested in getting a mic. for my computer.
Preferably one with a headset. Could you reccomend
a good one with little or no feedback and distortion?
Thanks in advance!
Tiny
Dear Tiny
Modern headsets don't have feedback or distortion problems.
As long as you avoid the single ear types, just about any
headset will be fine. Most of them eliminate feedback by
actually using it to suppress ambient noise by electronically
subtracting it.
Cup types are more comfortable than ON-Ear, and those are
more comfortable than IN-Ear.
With Cup and ON-Ear the leather (or fake leather) cushion
types are more comfortable and usually have better acoustics
than the bare foam cushion types, but are also more expensive.
Unless you have "tall hair", traditional over-the-head hoops
are more comfortable than behind-the-head horizontal hoops.
If you browse to http://dalco.com and type headset into the
search field, you will see about 10 headsets ranging from
$6 to just over $20. They even have a wireless headset
for under $10.
TigerDirect also usually has a good selection of headsets.
For slightly more you can get the same from Walmart.
Have FUN!
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Paper Clips to Fix a Hem
If you have no straight pins use paper clips to keep
folded-over fabric in place when sewing a simple hem.
Just slide the paper clip along the material as you work.
Works really well.
By coville123
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All Time Dumbest Questions Asked by Banff Park Tourists
Yes, they're ALL TRUE as heard at the information kiosks
manned by Parks Canada staff!)
1. How do the elk know they're supposed to cross at the
"Elk Crossing"signs?
2. At what elevation does an elk become a moose?
3. Tourist: "How do you pronounce 'Elk'?"
Park Information Staff: " 'Elk' "
Tourist: "Oh".
4. Are the bears with collars tame?
5. Is there anywhere I can see the bears pose?
6. Is it okay to keep an open bag of bacon on the picnic table,
or should I store it in my tent?
7. Where can I find Alpine Flamingos?
8. I saw an animal on the way to Banff today - could you
tell me what it was?
9. Are there birds in Canada?
10. Did I miss the turnoff for Canada?
11. Where does Alberta end and Canada begin?
12. Do you have a map of the State of Jasper?
13. Is this the part of Canada that speaks French, or is
that Saskatchewan?
14. If I go to B.C., do I have to go through Ontario?
15. Which is the way to the Columbia Ricefields?
16. How far is Banff from Canada?
17. What's the best way to see Canada in a day?
18. Do they search you at the B.C. border?
19. When we enter B.C. do we have to convert our money
to British pounds?
20. Where can I buy a raccoon hat? ALL Canadians own one,
don't they?
21. Are there phones in Banff?
22. So it's eight kilometres away... is that in miles?
23. We're not on the decibel system ya know.
24. Where can I get my husband really, REALLY lost??
25. Is that two kilometres by foot or by car?
26. Don't you Canadians know anything?
27. Where do you put the animals at night?
28. Tourist: "How do you get your lakes so blue?"
Park staff: "We take the water out in the winter and paint
the bottom."
Tourist: " Oh
29. And the most common question, also referred to as the
mating call of the blue haired Winnebagan:
"An haw much ees dat in reel mohney?"
30. The mating call of the males is:"We're the Fog Owie?"
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A fire started on some grassland near a farm
in Indiana.
The fire department from the nearby town was
called to put the fire out. The fire proved to
be more than the small town fire department could
handle, so someone suggested that a rural volunteer
fire department be called.
The volunteer fire department arrived in a
dilapidated old fire truck.
They drove straight towards the fire and stopped
right in the middle of the flames.
The volunteer firemen jumped off the truck and
frantically started spraying water in all directions
and beating the fire out by flaling it with their jackets.
Soon they had snuffed out the center of the
fire, dividing the flames into two easily controllable
parts.
Now the farmer was so impressed with the
volunteer fire department's work and so grateful
that his farm and crops had been spared, he
presented the volunteer fire department with a
check for $1000.
A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire
captain what the department planned to do with
the funds.
"That should be obvious," he responded.
"The very first thing we're gonna do is
get the brakes fixed on that stupid old fire truck."
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"Danielle keeps repeating it over and over again.
We've been back to this animal shelter at least five
times. It has been weeks now since we started all of this,"
the mother told the volunteer.
"What is it she keeps asking for?" the volunteer asked.
"Puppy size!" replied the mother.
"Well, we have plenty of puppies, if that's what she's
looking for."
"I know...we have seen most of them," the mom said in
frustration.
Just then Danielle came walking into the office
"Well, did you find one?" asked her mom. "No, not this time,"
Danielle said with sadness in her voice. "Can we come
back on the weekend?"
The two women looked at each other, shook their heads and
laughed.
"You never know when we will get more dogs. Fortunately,
there's always a supply," the volunteer said.
Danielle took her mother by the hand and headed to the door.
"Don't worry, I'll find one this weekend," she said.
Over the next few days both mom and dad had long
conversations with her.
They both felt she was being too particular. "It's this
weekend or we're not looking any more," Dad finally said
in frustration.
"We don't want to hear anything more about puppy size
either," Mom added.
Sure enough, they were the first ones in the shelter on
Saturday morning. By now Danielle knew her way around,
so she ran right for the section that housed the smaller dogs.
Tired of the routine, mom sat in the small waiting room at
the end of the first row of cages. There was an observation
window so you could see the animals during times when
visitors weren't permitted.
Danielle walked slowly from cage to cage, kneeling
periodically to take a closer look. One by one the dogs
were brought out and she held each one.
One by one she said, "Sorry, you're not the one."
It was the last cage on this last day in search of the
perfect pup.
The volunteer opened the cage door and the child carefully
picked up the dog and held it closely. This time she took a
little longer.
"Mom, that's it! I found the right puppy! He's the one! I know it!"
she screamed with joy. "It's the puppy size!"
"But it's the same size as all the other puppies you held
over the last few weeks," Mom said.
"No not size ---- the sighs. When I held him in my arms, he
sighed," she said.
"Don't you remember? When I asked you one day what love is,
you told me love depends on the sighs of your heart.
The more you love, the bigger the sigh!"
The two women looked at each other for a moment. Mom's eyes
gathered tears. As she stooped down to hug the child.
"Mom, every time you hold me, I sigh. When you and Daddy
come home from work and hug each other, you both sigh.
I knew I would find the right puppy if it sighed when I held
it in my arms," she said.
Then holding the puppy up close to her face she said,
"Mom, he loves me. I heard the sighs of his heart!"
Today, June 10, in
1776 The Continental Congress appointed a committee to write
a Declaration of Independence.
1793 The Jardin des Plantes zoo opened in Paris. It was the
first public zoo.
1801 The North African State of Tripoli declared war on the U.S.
The dispute was over merchant vessels being able to travel
safely through the Mediterranean.
1898 U.S. Marines landed in Cuba during Spanish-American War.
1902 The "outlook" or "see-through" envelope was patented
by Americus F. Callahan.
1909 The SOS distress signal was used for the first time.
The Cunard liner SS Slavonia used the signal when it wrecked
off the Azores.
1916 Mecca, under control of the Turks, fell to the Arabs
during the Great Arab Revolt.
1920 The Republican convention in Chicago endorsed woman
suffrage.
1925 The state of Tennessee adopted a new biology text book
that denied the theory of evolution.
1935 Alcoholic Anonymous was founded by William G. Wilson
and Dr. Robert Smith.
1940 Italy declared war on France and Britain. In addition,
Canada declared war on Italy.
1943 Laszlo Biro patented his ballpoint pen. Biro was a
Hungarian journalist.
1943 The Allies began bombing Germany around the clock.
1946 Italy established a republic replacing its monarchy.
1948 Chuck Yeager, first American to exceeded the speed of
sound in the Bell XS-1.
1954 General Motors announced the gas turbine bus had
been produced successfully.
1967 Israel and Syria agreed to a cease-fire that ended
the Six-Day War.
1971 The U.S. ended a 21-year trade embargo of China.
1984 The U.S. Army successfully tested an antiballistic missile.
1984 The United States and the Vatican established full
diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years.
1985 The Israeli army pulled out of Lebanon after 1,099 days.
1993 It was announced by scientists that genetic material was
extracted from an insect that lived when dinosaurs roamed
the Earth.
1994 U.S. President Clinton intensified sanctions against
Haiti's military leaders. U.S. commercial air travel was
suspended along with most financial transactions between
Haiti and the U.S.
1996 Britain and Ireland opened Northern Ireland peace talks.
The IRA's political arm Sinn Fein was excluded.
1998 The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that poor children
in Milwaukee could attend religious schools at taxpayer expense.
2013 smiled
Sunday, June 9, 2013, 01:02 PM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, June 9.
>From Bob in Maryland
In regard to the monsters under the bed,
every child should be informed that monsters are
completely repulsed by the smell of toothpaste
on anyone's breath. This lasts about eight hours
after brushing.
Bob
Your wheels:
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Pris
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Pris!
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Have FUN!
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When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an
accomplice.
--- Marquis de la Grange
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
--- Shana Alexander
During class, the chemistry professor was demonstrating the
properties of various acids. "Now I'm going to drop this
dime into this glass of acid. Will it dissolve?"
"No sir," one student called out.
"No?" queried the professor. "Perhaps you can explain why
the silver won't dissolve in this particular acid."
"Because if it would, you would have asked for MY dime
before you dropped it in."
Slash, a well-known murderer, had been on death row for
nearly 20 years. During that time, he had befriended the
Warden. Now, the Warden still had a job to do, but that
didn't stop him from treatin' Slash special from time to
time. A week before Slash was to go to the electric chair,
the Warden asked Slash if there was anything special he
would like. Slash thought for a bit and said he would like
the Warden to contact his wife and have her make meatloaf
for him the rest of his life (which by this time, was
short).
Of course, the Warden complied and each day, Slash sat down
and had a big feed of his wife's meatloaf.
The night before the big day, another prisoner was allowed to
visit Slash and asked him. "Aren't you afraid of dying tomorrow?"
Slash answered' "I ain't gonna die tomorrow."
The other prisoner then said, "but tomorrow is Friday and we all
know, that's the day they're sendin' you to the electric chair."
"Don't matter," said Slash, "if this meatloaf can't kill me,
nothin' can."
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An elderly lady, who lived on the third floor of a boarding
house, broke her leg. As the doctor put a cast on it, he
warned her not to climb any stairs.
Several months later, the doctor took off the cast.
"Can I climb stairs now?" asked the little old lady.
"Yes," he replied.
"Thank goodness!" she said.
"I'm sick and tired of shinnying up and down that drainpipe
every time I have to take the garbage out to the curb!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Shavaughn Robinson, 27, Richmond, VA
Jailed After Delivering Baby Inside Medical Building
Restroom, Leaving Baby To Die In Back Dumpster
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Shavaughn Robinson, a 27-year-old Virginia woman, has been
jailed after she allegedly gave birth to a baby daughter
while at work, bagged the newborn up and then threw her
into a dumpster.
According to police, Robinson gave birth to a full-term baby
girl in the restroom of the Lee Medical Building where she
works as a massage therapist.
After giving birth to the child, Robinson then allegedly
tossed the infant into a trash bag, covered her with toilet
tissue, then tied the bag closed. The infant was then tossed
into a dumpster behind the building where she reportedly
died of asphyxiation.
Investigators say a female janitor entered the restroom a
short time later and saw Robinson on her hands and knees
cleaning up blood in front of a toilet. Robinson reportedly
told the janitor that she had been having stomach problems.
Another janitor reported hearing baby cries coming from
inside the restroom before Robinson was seen exiting the
restroom with a trash bag that appeared full. The same
janitor discovered the deceased child in the dumpster
later that evening.
Robinson was booked into jail and charged with felony
concealment of a dead body. Additional charges WILL be
forthcoming, according to prosecutors.
At Robinson's arraignment on Monday, prosecutors asked
that she be held without bond, claiming that she would
be a flight risk. The judge disagreed, however, and set
Robinson's bond at $10,000.
Virginia does have a "Safe Haven" law. Babies can be
dropped off at any hospital or ambulance by the mother,
with no questions asked, except, if she is the mother.
You can't drop off your neighbor's noisy brats.
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From: Aline
Re: What is best for back-up?
Dear Webby
OK, so CD's are a bit finicky at times. What then is
best to use for back-ups? I have to back up all the
machines in the office.
Aline
Dear Aline
Home-made CDs are usually readable by the machine, that
made them, but with older machines, others often have
trouble reading them.
That problem is eliminated with external USB hard drives.
There the writing and reading mechanism is always the same,
it just gets plugged into different USB ports.
In your case I would recommend a 1 TeraByte USB hard drive.
They cost from $65 to $125, depending on where you buy them.
At the same time also get USB hubs for each machine, since
they probably don't have USB ports free. With a 7 - 12 port
hub that problem is eliminated and if you glue the hub to
an easy to get to place, it will save you from having to
crawl under desks to plug in.
Some external hard drives take their power from USB, others
have a little power cube, that needs to be plugged into a
household power outlet. In some places, there are no free
ones. In that case you also need a power bar to plug in
all the frivolous stuff and still have one slot free for
your back-up drive. Since users will just plug in more
silly stuff, when they see open slots on a power bar, take
some old power cubes from long obsolete modems, cut the
cables off and spraypaint them fluorescent orange. Then
tell the users that those may never be unplugged.
Have FUN!
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Mrs. Donovan was walking down O'Connell Street in Dublin
when she met up with Father Flaherty.
The Father said, "Top o' the mornin' to ye! Aren't ye
Mrs. Donovan and didn't I marry ye and yer husband 2 years
ago?"
She replied, "Aye, that ye did, Father."
The Father asked, "And be there any wee ones yet?"
She replied, "No, not yet, Father."
The Father said, "Well now, I'm going to Rome next week
and I'll light a candle for ye and yer husband."
She replied, "Oh, thank ye, Father."
They parted ways.
Some years later they met again. The Father asked,
"Well now, Mrs.Donovan, how are ye these days?"
She replied, "Oh, very well, Father!"
The Father asked, "And tell me, have ye any wee ones yet?"
She replied, "Oh yes, Father! Three sets of twins and 4
singles, 10 in all!"
The Father said, "That's wonderful!" How is yer loving
husband doing?"
She replied, "E's gone to Rome to blow up yer damn candle."
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A woman went into a hardware store to purchase a bale of
peat moss. She gave a personal check in payment and said to
the clerk, "I suppose you will want some identification."
He replied, without hesitation, "No ma'am, that won't be
necessary."
"How come?" asked the woman.
"Crooks don't buy peat moss." answered the clerk.
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Reporters interviewing a 104 year-old woman:
"And what do you think is the
best thing about being 104?"
the reporter asked.
She simply replied,
"No peer pressure."
Today, June 9, in
1064 Coimbra, Portugal fell to Ferdinand, the King of Castile.
1534 Jacques Cartier became the first to sail into the river
he named Saint Lawrence.
1790 Civil war broke out in Martinique.
1923 Bulgaria’s government was overthrown by the military.
1934 Donald Duck made his debut in the Silly Symphonies
cartoon "The Wise Little Hen."
1940 Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II.
1945 Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared that Japan
would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional
surrender.
1959 The first ballistic missile carrying submarine, the
USS George Washington, was launched.
1978 Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints struck down a 148-year-old policy of excluding
black men from the Mormon priesthood.
1985 Thomas Sutherland, an American educator, was kidnapped
in Lebanon. He was not released until November 1991.
1986 The Rogers Commission released a report on the Challenger
disaster. The report explained that the spacecraft blew up as
a result of a failure in a solid rocket booster joint.
Few engineers beieved that BS.
1999 NATO and Yugoslavia signed a peace agreement over Kosovo.
2000 Canada and the United States signed a border security
agreement. The agreement called for the establishment of a
border-enforcement team.
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Saturday, June 8, 2013, 02:03 PM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Saturday, June 8.
Enjoy
Ophelia
Please, help me stay online!
Tyrone was visiting Leroy and discussing Leroy's problems
with his wife when Leroy's doorbell rang. Leroy answered
the door and was handed a paper which the deliverer said
was a subpoena. Leroy showed it to Tyrone and asked him
if he knew what it was.
Tyrone in his pompous lack of knowledge said, "Dis here
is a subpeena."
"Wut is a sub-peena?" Leroy asked.
"Well," said Tyrone, "dat's law talk. Yo wife is suing you for
deevorce. We know dat 'sub' means 'unda' and 'peena' is Latin
for 'penis', so -- 'subpeena' means unda the penis which means
she done got you by da balls."
>From Paul
The Reason Why I Fired My Secretary
Two weeks ago was my forty-fifth birthday, and I wasn't
feeling too hot that morning anyway. I went to breakfast
knowing my wife would be pleasant and say Happy Birthday,
and would probably have a present for me.
She didn't even say Good Morning, let alone any Happy
Birthday.
I thought, Well, that's wives for you. Maybe the children
will remember.
The children came in to breakfast and didn't say a word.
When I started to the office I was feeling pretty low and
despondent.
As I walked into my office, my secretary, Janet, said,
Good morning boss, Happy Birthday.
So I felt a little better; someone had remembered.
I worked until noon. Then Janet knocked on my door and
said, You know, it's such a beautiful day outside and it's
your birthday, let's go to lunch, just you and me. I said,
By George, that's the best thing I've heard all day. Let's
go.
We went to lunch. We didn't go where we normally go;
we went out into the country to a little private place.
We had two martinis and enjoyed lunch tremendously.
On the way back to the office, she said,
You know, it's such a beautiful day.
We don't need to go back to the office, do we?
I said, No, I guess not. She said, Let's go to my
apartment.
After arriving at her apartment she said, Boss, if
you don't mind, I think I'll go into the bedroom and
slip into something more comfortable.
Sure, I excitedly replied. She went into the bedroom
and, in about six minutes, she came out carrying a big
birthday cake, followed by my wife, children and dozens
of our friends.
All were singing Happy Birthday and there on the couch I
sat... with nothing on except my socks.
And that is why I fired my secretary!
Marty arrives home from work and as soon as he sets foot in
the house, Sadie is on to him, telling him that their friend
Marvin has finally quit smoking.
"Imagine that, Marty," she says, "someone who smoked 3 packs
a day for 20 years has stopped smoking all of a sudden. Now
that's what I call will power - something that you
definitely don't have."
But Sadie hadn't finished.
"And that's not all. I hear that Bernie, that drunken friend
of yours, is finally giving up drinking - another example of
the kind of will power that you don't have."
"OK, Sadie," said Marty, "you want to see will power,
do you? Well here's will power. I am going to sleep in the
spare room from now on. I am going to prove to you that I won't
be affected at all by not sleeping with you."
Marty keeps to his word.
One night, when he had been sleeping alone for a week,
there is a knock on his bedroom door.
Marty shouts out, "What do you want?"
Sadie replies, "Marvin has started smoking again."
A husband and his wife advertised for a live-in maid to cook and do the
housework. They hired a most comely young woman for the job. She worked
out fine, was a good cook, was polite, and kept the house neat, and also
kept the gentleman of the household most satisfied indeed!.
One day, after about six months, she came in and said she would have to
quit. "But why?" asked the disappointed wife.
She hemmed and hawed and said she didn't want to say, but the wife was
persistent, so finally she said, "Well, I'm pregnant."
The wife said, "Look, we don't want to lose you. I am not able to have
children and my husband and I would dearly love children, so we'll adopt
your baby if you will stay." She talked to her husband and of course he
readily agreed, and the maid said she would stay. The baby came, they
adopted it, and all went well.
After several months though, the maid came in again and said that she
would have to quit. The wife questioned her, found out that she was
pregnant again, talked to her husband, and offered to adopt the baby if
she would stay. She agreed, had the baby, they adopted it, and life went
on as usual.
In a few months, however, she again said she would have to leave. Same
thing. She was pregnant. They made the same offer, she agreed, and they
adopted the third baby. She worked for another two months, but then
said, " I am definitely leaving this time."
"Don't tell me you're pregnant again?" asked the lady of the house.
"No," she said, "there are just too many bloody kids here to pick up
after!"
Enjoy!
Ophelia
Friday, June 7, 2013, 11:46 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Friday, June 7.
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Thank you Moe!!
Your wheels:
My dream car is a Stutz Bearcat. I read a book called
Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton Porter when I
was about 12 years old and it sounded different and
fun. Then the show Alias Smith and Jones came along
and I got to see one being driven. I've loved it ever since,
but not something I can have unless I win the lottery. :)
Thanks for all you do,
Regards, Margee :)
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Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Thanks
Margee!
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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
--- William Feather
Ms Elizabeth Gold was shopping at a produce stand in
her neighborhood. She approached the vendor and asked,
"How much are these oranges?"
"Two for a quarter," answered the vendor.
"How much is just one?" she asked.
"Fifteen cents," answered the vendor.
"Then I'll take the other one," said Ms Gold.
Reading on Vacation
"What happened?" asked the hospital visitor to the
heavily bandaged man sitting up in bed.
"Well, I went down to Busch Gardens on vacation and
decided to take a ride on the Loch Ness Monster...
As we came up to the top of the highest loop, I noticed
a little sign by the side of the track.
I tried to read it but it was very small and I couldn't
make it out. I was so curious that I decided to go round
again, but we went by so quickly that I couldn't see what
the sign said.
By now, I was determined to read that sign so I went round
a third time. As we reached the top, I stood up in the car
to get a better view."
"And did you manage to see what the sign said this time?"
asked the visitor.
"Yes," he said sheepishly, "Remain seated at all times!"
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My husband and I decided to take our two children, then ages
seven and three, to our favorite "adult" restaurant for the
first time. The younger child refused to stay in her seat
and danced around our table. Her sister, tears rolling down
her face, laughed loudly at the three-year-old's antics and
pounded the table.
Beet-red with embarrassment, my husband warned them through
clenched teeth, "If you don't start behaving, you'll never
eat out with us again!"
The man at the next table leaned over to his wife. "Look
dear," he said. "Quality time!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Mhai Scott, 38, Sterling, VA
Food Sample Server Goes On Rampage After
Running Out Of Pizza, Shot Dead By Deputies
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Mhai Scott, a 38-year-old food sample server at Costco,
was shot dead Wednesday afternoon after she allegedly
threatened employees and then charged deputies with a
knife because she ran out of pizza samples.
According to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, deputies
were dispatched to a Sterling area Costco Wednesday after
employees called 911 to report that a co-worker was
threatening to harm other employees with a knife and a
pair of scissors.
Investigators say Scott apparently became angry when she
ran out of pizza, picked up the weapons and proceeded to
a break room where she intended to confront another
employee over the situation.
An employee at the store told local media that Scott was
using the knife to threaten a supervisor while "making
strange comments about the pizza."
Deputies who arrived on the scene asked Scott to put down
the weapon, however, she refused and charged toward them
instead. A deputy used a stun gun in an attempt to subdue
Scott, however it had little to no effect, according to
the arrest report.
When Scott raised the knife and charged again, deputies
fired several shots killing her. At that close range,
no shots missed and nobody else was hit.
Scott reportedly worked for Club Demonstration Services,
which provides food product samples inside Costco's stores.
One deputy was injured during the altercation and treated
at a local hospital. Both deputies who responded to the call
have been placed on administrative leave while officials
evaluate the officers' conduct to assure appropriate
procedures were followed.
Charging at fully armed deputies with a knife and scissors
qualifies her for not just a Bonehead Award, but a
Darwin Award for voluntarily taking herself out of the
gene pool.
Tech Support Pits
From: Yara
Re: Shaky tripod
Dear Webby
I have to use a tripod to take pictures at work for
maintenance planning. Flash is useless when distance
is involved and the lighting requires long exposures.
Combined with slightly vibrating floors and a shaky,
well worn tripod, the pictures turn out crappy. Is there
a fix fo that?
Yara
Dear Yara
A modern camera with digital anti-shake technology
takes care of that without any tripod at all.
However, stay away from fancy SLR cameras like
the Canon Rebel. They are too fussy for that kind
of work. A Canon Powershot at a quarter the cost
will do fine. Turn the automatic flash off in the settings
and if necessary, tape down the flash.
For the tripod use big gobs of two component rubber,
like they use for patching conveyor belts, or a fast setting
silicon caulk and attach tennis balls to the feet of the
tripod.
Then use a piece of coathanger wire to hang a metal
weight off the wing-bolt or star wheel that is used to
attach the camera. Do NOT use stretchable string or
soft weights. Only a solid metal-to-metal connection
lets you take advantage of the inertia of the mass in
the weight, and forces the tennis balls to absorb any
vibration. If you used a bungee cord and a sand bag,
the sandbag would be perfectly still, but the camera
would still vibrate.
A hanging weight is not perfect, but it will cause a
remarkable improvement. However, without the tennis balls
or other small balls, the weight makes no difference.
Have FUN!
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Washing Small Items in the Dishwasher
A lingerie bag is a great help in an automatic dishwasher
for washing small, unbreakable items. Fill the bag, zip it
closed and lay it in the top rack. Clothes pin it to the
prongs if needed, if you feel it may bounce around. Items
will stay in the bag, but the holes in it will let the items
come real clean. This works great for plastic silverware,
plastic figurines, and most anything that won't break.
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An American tourist in London decided to skip his
tour group and explore the city on his own. He wandered
around, seeing the sights, and occasionally stopping at a
quaint pub to soak up the local culture, chat with the lads,
and have a pint of Guinness.
After awhile, he found himself in a very high class
neighborhood..... big, stately residences... no pubs, no
stores, no restaurants, and worst of all... NO PUBLIC
RESTROOMS.
He really, really had to go, after all those pints of
Guinnesss. He found a narrow side street, with high walls
surrounding the adjacent buildings and decided to use the
wall to solve his problem.
As he was unzipping, he was tapped on the
shoulder by a London bobbie, who said, "I say, sir, you
simply cannot do that here, you know."
"I'm very sorry, officer," replied the American, "but
I really, really HAVE TO GO, and I just can't find a public
restroom."
"Ah, yes," said the Bobbie..."Just follow me".
He led him to a back "delivery alley", then along a
wall to a gate which he opened.
"In there," pointed the Bobbie. "Whiz away,...
anywhere you want."
The fellow entered and found himself in the most
beautiful garden he had ever seen -- manicured grass lawns,
statuary, fountains, sculptured hedges, and huge beds of
gorgeous flowers, all in perfect bloom.
Since he had the cop's blessing, he zipped down
and unburdened himself and was greatly relieved. As he
went back through the gate, he said to the bobbie, "That
was really decent of you .... is that "British Hospitality?".
"No" replied the Bobbie, with a satisfied smile on his
face, "that is the French Embassy
Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
NO WEEDING with Aquaponics!
As the X-Ray tech walked down the aisle to say the marriage
vows with a former patient, a co-worker Nurse whispered to
a doctor seated next to her,
"Wonder what she saw in him?"
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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The personnel office received an email requesting a listing
of the department staff broken down by age and sex. The
personnel office sent this reply:
"Attached is a list of our staff. We currently have no one
broken down by age or sex. However, we have a few alcoholics."
Today, June 7, in
1494 Spain and Portugal divided the new lands they had
discovered between themselves.
1498 Christopher Columbus left on his third voyage of
exploration.
1654 Louis XIV was crowned king of France.
1712 The Pennsylvania Assembly banned the importation of
slaves.
1775 The United Colonies changed their name to the United States.
1776 Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental
Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
1863 Mexico City was captured by French troops.
1892 J.F. Palmer patented the cord bicycle tire.
1900 Boxer rebels cut the rail links between Peking and
Tientsin in China.
1903 Professor Pierre Curie revealed the discovery of Polonium.
1929 The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence
as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.
1932 Over 7,000 war veterans marched on Washington, DC,
demanding their bonuses.
1939 King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrived
in the U.S. It was the first visit to the U.S. by a
reigning British monarch.
1942 The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted
4 days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft,
and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown,
the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307
casualties.
1942 Japan landed troops on the islands of Attu and Kiska in
the Aleutians. The U.S. invaded and recaptured the Alutians
one year later.
1944 Off of the coast of Normandy, France, the Susan B. Anthony
sank. All 2,689 people aboard survived.
1948 The Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia.
1966 Sony Corporation unveiled its brand new consumer home videotape recorder. The black and white only unit sold for $995.
1965 In the U.S., the Gemini 4 mission was completed. The mission
featured the first spacewalk by an American.
1968 In Operation Swift Saber, U.S. Marines swept an area 10 miles
northwest of Danang in South Vietnam.
1981 Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq’s only
nuclear reactor.
1983 The U.S. ordered Nicaragua to close all six of its consulates
and informed 21 Nicaraguan consular officials that they could
no longer remain in the U.S.
2000 U.S. Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the
breakup of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft appealed.
2013 smiled
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 12:29 PM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Thursday, June 6
Today, in 1944 The D-Day invasion of Europe took place
on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied
Canadian, American and British troops were involved.
Thanks to those brave troops we have a Free Enterprise
system, instead of what Hitler wanted.
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Here is Anthony's Landrover
Hi Webby,
These are my wheels :) It is a 2007 Landrover Defender with
a set of BFGoodrich KM2 Mud Terrains.
Really enjoy your daily newsletter, been receiving it for
more than a decade.
Anthony from Malta/Europe
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Anthony!
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I went to a fight the other night,
and a hockey game broke out.
--- Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.
--- Langston Coleman
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
-- Alfred E. Newman
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through
ignorance that we can solve them.
-- Isaac Asimov
At the end of the college year, a star football player celebrated
the relaxation of team curfew by attending a late night campus
party.
Soon after arriving, he became captivated by a beautiful young
thing and eased into a conversation with her by asking if she
met many dates at parties.
"Oh, I have a 3.9, so I'm much more attracted to the strong
academic types than to dumb party animals," she said. "What's
your G.P.A.?"
Grinning from ear to ear, the jock boasted, "I get about 27 in
the city and 38 on the highway."
Daffinitions:
SALESMAN -- man with ability to convince wife she'd look
fat in mink.
CANNIBAL -- person who likes to see other people stewed.
EGOCENTRIC -- a person who believes he is everything you
know you are.
MAGAZINE -- bunch of printed pages that tell you what's
coming in the next issue.
COLLEGE: The four-year period when parents are permitted
access to the telephone.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS: Police station, fire department and
places that deliver.
OPERA: When a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of
bleeding he sings for half an hour.
BUFFET: A French word that means "Get up and get it yourself."
BABY-SITTER: A teen-ager who must behave like an adult so
that the adults who are out can behave like teen-agers.
TRAFFIC LIGHT -- apparatus that automatically turns red when
your car approaches.
PIONEER -- early American who was lucky enough to find his
way out of the woods.
PEOPLE -- some make things happen, some watch things happen,
and the majority have no idea what's happened.
SELF-CONTROL -- the ability to eat only one peanut.
TATTOO: Permanent proof of temporary insanity.
Hardware Diagnostics
If you are not sure, that the problem is messed up software,
get the Microscope V16 Software Hardware Diagnostics
With Over 250 Proprietary Functions.
That's what the Pro's use to quickly determine what
needs to be replaced or upgraded.
As a distinguished matron approached the church entrance, a
little boy stepped aside and held the door for her.
"What a polite little doorman," she said as she walked
through. "Is there a tip involved?"
"Oh, no," answered the young man. "My mother taught me never
to be good for money, but always to be good for nothing."
Thanks to Robert for this one:
The new Miss Kentucky.
The picture that will haunt her for the rest of her life:
Make-up and hair style ................... $500
New dress for the show ...................$700
Giant stuffed bear ........................... $100
Not knowing how to hold the bear with a corded
microphone in her hand..........Priceless!!!
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Gerardo Perez, 50, Chicago, Ill
Jailed for Smashing Kitten To Death When
Boyfriend Tried To Break Off Relationship
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Anaeli DeJesus, a 23-year-old Massachusetts bonehead, was
jailed Thursday after she allegedly killed a 6-week-old
kitten because her boyfriend tried to break up with her.
According to Lawrence police, officers were dispatched to
the home of Roberto Jordan after receiving a report that
a 6-week-old kitten had been killed during an argument between
Jordan and his girlfriend, Anaeli DeJesus.
Investigators say DeJesus became angry when Jordan attempted
to end their relationship. In retaliation, DeJesus picked up
a 6-week-old kitten and violently smashed it against a wall.
The kitten dropped to the floor and shook until it passed away.
DeJesus then packed up the couple's dog, various recording
equipment, a computer and several video games before fleeing
to a residence on Gale St.
When officers arrived at the Gale St. residence and asked
DeJesus if she knew why they were there, DeJesus allegedly
told them it was because she had killed a kitten.
DeJesus and Jordan share a 1-year-old child together and
DeJesus is now pregnant with their second baby.
DeJesus was booked into jail and charged with animal cruelty.
Tech Support Pits
From: Lilly
Re: Spreadsheets
Dear Webby
Which spreadsheet do you recommend?
Everybody seems fanatic about their favorite, but
they can't explain why. Hope you can!
Lilly
Dear Lilly
The big two are Quattro from Corell Office (used to be
Word perfect office and before that Borland Quattro),
and Microsoft Excel.
Less popular and not quite as good is Open Office Calc
and the Google Docs Online Spreadsheets.
Quattro and Calc will pick up spreadsheets started by other
formats. Excel will pick up a few formats.
The Google Online Spreadsheet is handy, if you need access
to a VERY BASIC spreadsheet from different locatons and don't
want to be bothered with up and downloading it into different
machines. However, it is still VERY limited. Forget fancy
graphs or formatting or layered spreadsheets. They are free.
Also free is Open Office Calc. Calc is very popular in Europe
and Asia, and is slowly getting to be very close to Microsoft
Excel. You can do most spreadsheet work with Calc, and it is
free.
Excel has been battling with Quattro since the 80's.
In the 2000's they diverged slightly, with Excel focusing on
entry level ease of use, and Quattro remaining the heavy duty
spreadsheet for the corporate office. That does not mean Quattro
is difficult to use. It just goes further into complicated
or difficult stuff. Both have layered spredsheets since the
mid 90's. You can for example have separate spreadsheets for
each month in layers, and then a top layer,where you pull
results from each month. That "Drilling Down" might not be
necessary for what you want to do, but it is handly to have.
For fancy graphs Quattro goes a bit further.
You can, though, use a simple Excel spreadsheeet for
accumulating data, then import that into Quattro for the
corporate analysis stuff and fancy presentation graphs.
That seems to be the norm in business in North America,
however, i have never understood, why they don't use Calc
for the entry level and data input, like they do in Europe
and Asia.
If you want a reasonably good but free spreadsheet, get
Open Office. Calc is included.
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Grass Stain Remover
For a cheap grass stain remover that truly works, combine
equal portions of white vinegar, liquid dish washing soap,
and water. Shake well and work the solution into the spot.
Let stand a few minutes and then launder as usual.
It also works on fruit or beverage stains. This got all
of the grass stains out of my son's light colored pants.
I will never buy expensive stain removers again!
Source: The Queen of Clean by Linda Cobb
By Windchime from Maple Falls, WA
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An elderly couple, Marty and Helen, along with some friends agreed to try a Thai Restaurant. While looking at the menu, Helen
noticed her husband looking at the vegetarian section of the menu. "What would you like Marty?"
she asked.
"I'm looking at this Eggplant Spicy dish." He replied.
"Marty, you like meat and potatoes. You won't like that dish."
Helen said.
"What do you know," answered Marty, "I'm getting it."
"Marty, I'm telling' you, you are a meat and potatoes
kind of guy. You won't like it!" Helen exclaimed.
"I'm getting it and that is the last word!" says Marty.
A short while later the meals arrive at the table.
Marty looks down and his dish and says to Helen,
"Where are my eggs?"
Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
NO WEEDING with Aquaponics!
An airliner is coming into land at an airport obscured by fog.
Visibility is practically nil, the radar system is on the blink,
so the pilot has to land on wits alone.
"Flaps, check," he says to the co-pilot,
"Landing Gear, check.
Altitude, check.
Right, we're going in. HANG ON!"
The plane lands and comes to a screeching, grinding halt,
just short of the edge of the runway.
"Holy Cow!" exclaims the pilot,
"This must be the shortest runway I've ever landed on!"
The co-pilot looks left and right and says
"Yeah, and about the widest, too."
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Two rednecks were driving a semi down a road when they came
to a viaduct. The sign said 10 feet zero inches, so they got
out to measure their truck. Unfortunately, the truck was just
over 11 feet high.
They didn't know what to do, when finally one of them
looked both directions and said, "I don't see any cops,
let's go for it!"
Today, June 6, in
1674 Sivaji crowned himself King of India.
1813 The U.S. invasion of Canada was halted at
Stony Creek, Ontario.
1882 The first electric iron was patented by H.W. Seely.
1924 The German Reichtag accepted the Dawes Plan. It was
an American plan to help Germany pay off its war debts.
1925 Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
1932 In the U.S., the first federal tax on gasoline went into
effect. It was a penny per gallon.
1933 In Camden, NJ, the first drive-in movie theater opened.
1936 The first helicopter was tested in a building in Berlin, Germany.
1941 The U.S. government authorized the seizure of foreign ships
in U.S. ports.
1942 The first nylon parachute jump was made by Adeline Gray
in Hartford, CT.
1944 The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches
of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and
Canadian troops were involved.
1968 U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44am in Los
Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy was was
shot the evening before while campaigning for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
1982 Israel invaded southern Lebanon in an effort to drive
PLO guerrillas out of Beirut.
1985 The U.S. Senate authorized nonmilitary aid to the Contras.
The vote authorized $38 million over two years.
1993 Mongolia held its first direct presidential elections.
2005 The United States Supreme Court ruled that federal
authorities could prosecute sick people who smoke marijuana
on doctor's orders. The ruling concluded that state medical
marijuana laws did not protect uses from the federal ban.
2013 smiled
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 11:02 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Wednesday, June 5
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Here is Cookie's 1955 T-Bird
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To err is human, but to really foul things up
requires a computer.
--- Farmers' Almanac, 1978
While working in the psychology department at
Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville, MI,
I was asked to enlarge a chart for a
Meeting. I called the copy room and asked,
"Can I get something blown up down there?"
After a pause the voice on the line replied,
"I think you want the chemistry lab."
The case concerned a will and Kelly was a witness.
"Was the deceased," asked the attorney, "In the habit of
talking to himself when he was alone?"
"I don't know," said the Irishman.
"Come now man, you don't know and yet you pretend you
were intimately acquainted with the deceased?"
"Well, Mr. Lawyer," said Kelly, "I never happened to be
with him when he was alone. "
Hardware Diagnostics
If you are not sure, that the problem is messed up software,
get the Microscope V16 Software Hardware Diagnostics
With Over 250 Proprietary Functions.
That's what the Pro's use to quickly determine what
needs to be replaced or upgraded.
Working as a cargo handler for a major package delivery
company, I came across an express envelope with shipping
instructions that puzzled me, particularly the line
describing the contents.
I finally realized the parcel contained some kind of manual
and was addressed to a church. But at first I thought I
was processing one of our company's most momentous pieces
of freight.
The description read, "Instructions for the Assembly of God."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Gerardo Perez, 50, Chicago, Ill
Jailled for screwing dog in the pound
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Gerardo Perez, a 50-year-old Illinois bonehead, was jailed
Saturday after he allegedly had sex with a pit bull while
touring the local city pound.
According to police, Perez was found inside a cage with a
white and grey pit bull after he entered a restricted area
of the Chicago Animal Care and Control Facility and proceeded
to have sex with the dog.
Perez was reportedly touring the facility with others when
the incident took place. He was discovered by an employee
who works at the facility.
Investigators say Perez was found on his hands and knees
next to the dog and appeared to have just had sex with the
animal. Perez then made statements to employees that
supported their suspicions of his activity.
Perez was booked into jail and charged with felony sexual
conduct with an animal and burglary.
Tech Support Pits
From: Fran
Re: Portable Hard Drive
Dear Webby
How difficult is it to connect a portable hard drive to an
XP computer? And how do you do it?
Fran
Dear Fran
Not difficult at all.
You plug it into a USB port, Windows recognizes it as a
new device the first time you do it.
If necessary Windows offers to install a driver for it.
After that, it simply shows as an additional hard drive.
Have FUN!
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Grass Stain Remover
For a cheap grass stain remover that truly works, combine
equal portions of white vinegar, liquid dish washing soap,
and water. Shake well and work the solution into the spot.
Let stand a few minutes and then launder as usual.
It also works on fruit or beverage stains. This got all
of the grass stains out of my son's light colored pants.
I will never buy expensive stain removers again!
Source: The Queen of Clean by Linda Cobb
By Windchime from Maple Falls, WA
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Mr. Goldblatt was known far and wide as a hard-nosed boss
who watched his employees like a hawk. He was making one
of his regular tours of the factory when he spotted a young
man leaning against a pile of boxes just outside the foreman's
office. Since George, the foreman, wasn't around, Goldblatt
stood off to the side and watched to see just how long the
young man would stand around doing nothing.
The young man yawned, scratched his head, looked at his
watch, and sat on the floor. He took out a nail file and
began cleaning his nails. Then he stretched, yawned again,
and leaned back on the pile of boxes.
Goldblatt stepped from his hiding place and walked up to
the young man. "You!" he boomed. "How much do you in a week
make?"
The young man looked up indifferently. "Four hundred and fifty
dollars," he said.
Goldblatt swooped into the cashier's office, took $450 from
the cash box, and returned. "Take it," he said, "and get out!
Don't let me see you around here again!"
The young man took the cash, put it in his pocket, and left.
Goldblatt snorted at his lack of remorse, embarrassment, or
any other emotion. Then he went looking for George. When he
found him, Goldblatt was red with anger. "That idler in front
of your office," Goldblatt said. "I just gave him a week's
pay and fired him. What's the matter with you, letting him
stand around as though he had nothing to do?"
"You mean the kid in the red shirt?" George asked.
"Yes! The kid in the red shirt!"
"He was waiting for the two dollars we owe him for lunch,"
George said. "He works for the coffee shop around the
corner."
Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
NO WEEDING with Aquaponics!
Thanks to Bill for this story:
Our mom needed a new mattress for her antique bed, so my
brother, Josh, and I decided to buy her one as a gift. The
problem was we weren't sure what to get, because it was an
odd size. Fortunately, my brother happened to be visiting
my mother one day when I called home.
"Measure the bed frame before you leave," I told him.
"I don't have a tape measure."
"You can use a dollar bill," I suggested, "each one is six
inches long."
"Can't," he replied after digging through his wallet, "I
only have a ten."
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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A college senior took his new girlfriend to a football game.
The young couple found seats in the crowded stadium and was
watching the action. A substitute was put into the game, and
as he was running onto the field to take his position, the boy
said to his girlfriend, "Take a good look at the fellow. I expect
him to be our best man next year."
His girlfriend snuggled closer and said to the surprised
young man, "That's the strangest way I ever heard of for
a fellow to propose to a girl.
Regardless of how you said it, I accept!"
Today, June 5, in
1595 Henry IV's army defeated the Spanish at the Battle
of Fontaine-Francaise.
1752 Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for the first time to
demonstrate that lightning was a form of electricity.
1783 A hot-air balloon was demonstrated by Joseph and Jacques
Montgolfier. It reached a height of 1,500 feet.
1827 Athens fell to the Ottomans.
1917 American men began registering for the World War I draft.
1924 Ernst F. W. Alexanderson transmitted the first facsimile
message across the Atlantic Ocean.
1933 President Roosevelt signed the bill that took the U.S. off
of the gold standard.
1940 During World War II, the Battle of France began when Germany
began an offensive in Southern France.
1956 Premier Nikita Khrushchev denounced Josef Stalin to the
Soviet Communist Party Congress.
1967 The Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan began.
1975 Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping,
eight years after it was closed because of the 1967 war
with Israel.
1981 In the U.S., the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
reported that five men in Los Angeles were suffering from a
rare pneumonia found in patients with weakened immune systems.
They were the first recognized cases of what came to be
known as AIDS.
1986 A federal jury in Baltimore convicted Ronald W. Pelton of
selling secrets to the Soviet Union. Pelton was sentenced to
three life prison terms plus 10 years.
1998 A strike began at a General Motors Corp. parts factory
near Detroit, MI, that closed five assembly plants and idled
workers across the U.S. for seven weeks.
1998 Volkswagen AG won approval to buy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
for $700 million, outbidding BMW's $554 million offer.
2013 smiled
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 09:09 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Tuesday, June 4
Thank you Fred!
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An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
--- Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
Behold the turtle: He only makes progress
when he sticks his neck out.
--- James Bryant Conant
A good looking woman walked into an orchard and found a
lovely pool in it, and decided to go skinny-dipping. She
looked around, didn't see anyone, undressed and was just
about to dive in when the owner of the orchard appeared
from behind a bush and told her that swimming was
not allowed.
"You could have told me that before I undressed!" she
scolded him.
He replied, "Hey! You can sun tan all you want,
but swimming in my drinking water is not allowed."
Hardware Diagnostics
If you are not sure, that the problem is messed up software,
get the Microscope V16 Software Hardware Diagnostics
With Over 250 Proprietary Functions.
That's what the Pro's use to quickly determine what
needs to be replaced or upgraded.
Mr. Schwartz was the oldest of 7 children, so he
had to quit school and work to help support his
younger brothers and sisters. He never learned to
read. So, when he married and started a checking account,
he signed his checks just, "XX".
He started his own business, which soon prospered.
He soon was a very rich man. One day, he got a
call from his bank. "Mr. Schwartz, I wanted to ask
you about this check. We weren't sure you had
really signed it. All these years, you've been signing
your checks, 'XX'; this one is signed with
three XXX's."
Mr. Schwartz answered, "Since I've become so
wealthy, my wife thought I ought to have a middle name!"
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Tyler Deutsch, 25, Roy, Washington
Charged With Placing Baby In Freezer
Before Taking Hour-Long Nap
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Tyler Deutsch, a 25-year-old Washington man, was jailed
Saturday after he allegedly placed his 6-week-old baby
daughter in the freezer because he had grown tired of
the child's crying and wanted to take a nap.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office,
deputies were dispatched to the couple's trailer home
after Deutsch's girlfriend saw him remove the child
from their freezer.
When deputies arrived at the couple's home and questioned
Deutsch, he admitted to placing the baby girl into the
freezer and then closing the door because she wouldn't
stop crying. Deutsch then settled in for a little nap.
The child's mother, who was out running errands during
the incident, returned to find Deutsch attempting to
remove the child from the freezer before she walked into
the residence.
When the mother attempted to call 911, Deutsch grabbed
the phone away from her stating that he didn't want to
get into trouble. The woman then ran out of the trailer
home and alerted neighbors who called 911 for her.
The baby is believed to have been inside the freezer
for about an hour before she was removed and her core
temperature was about 84 degrees when arrived at the
hospital. Doctors say the child will likely survive,
but it is too soon to determine what health complications
might persist since a baby's small size make it especially
vulnerable to hypothermia and hypothermia related injury.
Prosecutors say the child also sustained two broken bones
and a head injury during the incident, however, an
explanation for those injuries has not yet been made
available.
Deutsch was booked into the Pierce County Jail and charged
with first-degree assault of a child, first-degree criminal
mistreatment and first-degree interfering with the reporting
of domestic violence. His bail has been set at $1 million.
Tech Support Pits
From: George
Re: Sticky Keys
Dear Webby,
My son has a problem with Sticky Keys! What is the best
way to get rid of Sticky Keys? And lock them out?
George
Dear George
Hitting the SHIFT, CTRL or ALT key 5 times turns sticky
keys on or off. To permanetly turn them off, go to the
Control Panel, and click on the Ease of Access line.
Click on the Change how Your Keyboard Works.
By default, under the Make It Easier to Type section,
most of the items should be unchecked.
Click on the Set Up Sticky Keys link to reach the
configuration screen.
On this screen, you want to uncheck the Turn on Sticky Keys
when SHIFT Is Pressed Five Times box. That will prevent
Windows from asking if you want to turn the feature on.
Hit OK a few times to get out of that, and it is done.
Have FUN!
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Credit Cards on Vacation
Call your credit card company(ies) before you leave.
Let them know where you're headed and what kind of
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normal spending pattern. This ensures they know your
card hasn't been stolen, so they won't potentially
freeze your account while they investigate.
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The efficiency expert concluded his lecture with a note
of caution: "I should warn you. . .you may not want to try
these techniques at home."
"Why not?" asked someone from the back of the audience.
"Well, I speak from personal experience," the expert explained.
"For years, I watched my wife's routine at breakfast. She
made lots of trips to the refrigerator, stove, table and
cabinets, often carrying just a single item at a time.
"So finally one day I made a suggestion: 'Hon,' I said,
'Why don't you try carrying several things at once?'"
The voice from the back persisted, "And didn't that save
time?"
The expert replied, "Actually, yes. It used to take her
20 minutes to get breakfast ready.
Now I do it in seven."
Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
NO WEEDING with Aquaponics!
One evening I was driving my six-year-old daughter to her
grandparents' home for an overnight stay. It was late,
there was little traffic and we were enjoying a peaceful
ride. It was a far cry from the usual chaos surrounding
us when I drive her to various activities during rush hour.
My daughter seemed deep in thought when she said, "I have
a question."
"What do you want to know?"
"Mom, when you're driving," she asked, "are you ever the
idiot?"
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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A University of Alabama football player was visiting a Yankee
relative in Boston over the holidays. He went to a large party and
met a pretty co-ed. He was attempting to start up a conversation
with the line, "Where does you go to school?" The coed, of course,
was not overly impressed with his grammar or southern drawl, but
did answer his question.
"Yale," she replied.
The UA student took a big, deep breath and shouted,
"WHERE DOES YOU GO TO SCHOOL?"
Today, June 4, in
1615 The fortress of Osaka, Japan, fell to shogun Ieyasu
after a six month siege.
1647 The British army seized King Charles I and held him
as a hostage.
1674 Horse racing was prohibited in Massachusetts.
1717 The Freemasons were founded in London.
1784 Marie Thible became the first woman to fly in
a hot-air balloon. The flight was 45 minutes long and
reached a height of 8,500 feet.
1792 Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Britain.
1794 British troops captured Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
1805 Tripoli was forced to conclude peace with U.S. after
conflicts over tribute.
1878 Turkey turned Cyprus over to Britain.
1911 Gold was discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek.
1919 The U.S. Senate passed the Women's Suffrage bill.
1931 The first rocket-glider flight was made by
William Swan in Atlantic City, NJ.
1935 "Invisible" glass was patented by Gerald Brown
and Edward Pollard.
1939 The first shopping cart was introduced by Sylvan
Goldman in Oklahoma City, OK. It was actually a folding
chair that had been mounted on wheels.
1940 The British completed the evacuation of 300,000
troops at Dunkirk, France.
1942 The Battle of Midway began. It was the first major
victory for America over Japan during World War II.
The battle ended on June 6 and ended Japanese
expansion in the Pacific.
1944 The U-505 became the first enemy submarine
captured by the U.S. Navy.
1944 During World War II, the U.S. Fifth Army
entered Rome, which began the liberation of the Italian capital.
1954 French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier
Buu Loc initialed treaties in Paris giving
"complete independence" to Vietnam.
1960 The Taiwan island of Quemoy was hit by 500
artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China.
1974 The Cleveland Indians had "Ten Cent Beer Night".
Due to the drunken and unruly fans the Indians
forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
1985 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling
striking down an Alabama law that provided for a
daily minute of silence in public schools.
1989 In Beijing, Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen
Square to crush the pro-democracy movement. It is
believed that hundreds, possibly thousands, of
demonstrators were killed.
2008 The United Kingdom and Canada became the first
countries to be able to buy and rent films at the
iTunes Store.
2013 smiled
Monday, June 3, 2013, 11:29 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Monday, June 3
Thank you Attila!
Lillemor sent me a link to an interesting article on Forbes
about the end of Gullible Warming.
To The Horror Of Global Warming Alarmists, Global Cooling
Is Here - Forbes
Did somebody actually pay attention to what I have been
writing about that for a dozen years?
Now watch the "Ice Age Is Coming" alarmists coming out of
the woodwork!
Since the drastic increase in wheat fuel (CO2) production
had no influence on climate, and since atmospheric CO2 was
just an indicator of something else, like I had writen dozens
of times, we can now all go back to muscle cars and having
fun!
Like this guy!
Send me pictures of YOUR wheels, or dream wheels!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
If you can help with the cost of the
Humor Letter, please donate what you can!
Anything too stupid to be said is sung.
--- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
There was this 35 year old couple who had been married
for ten years. They had a healthy and giving marriage.
One morning the wife said, "I wish I was six again."
What the wife didn't know was that her husband had
heard her while shaving in the bathroom. So at
breakfast he told his wife, "Change in plans, let's
take a break from spring cleaning today and go out."
Surprised, his wife agreed. First he took her to the
movies to see a sobby romance film she had been dying
to see. Next, they went to a rollerblading park and
skated for hours. Afterwards, the husband took his wife
to a carnival, that was in town for the week. They rode the
Ferris wheel and bought some cotton candy and He even
won her an unreasonably oversized stuffed animal. After
the carnival, they went for ice-cream and a sub.
That night in bed her husband said, "So, how did it
feel to be six again?"
His wife replied somewhat confused, "Oh you silly idiot!
This morning I meant my dress size!"
Hardware Diagnostics
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get the Microscope V16 Software Hardware Diagnostics
With Over 250 Proprietary Functions.
That's what the Pro's use to quickly determine what
needs to be replaced or upgraded.
A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his
voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, "I hear you
Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. I'll give $500
American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10
pints of Guinness back-to-back." The room is quiet and
no one takes up the Texan's offer.
One man even leaves. Thirty minutes later the same
gentleman who left shows back up and taps the Texan on
the shoulder. "Is your bet still good?", asks the
Irishman.
The Texan says yes and asks the bartender to line up 10
pints of Guinness. Immediately the Irishman tears into
all 10 of the pint glasses drinking them all back-to-
back.
The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits in
amazement.
The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, "If ya
don't mind me askin', where did you go for that 30
minutes you were gone?".
The Irishman replies, "Oh...I had to go to the pub down
the street to see if I could do it first".
Sorry re all the requests for lots more pictures of the
Calgary Stampede Princesses. The only other one I got is
this one, from just before I asked Catherine to tilt up
het hat to get sunshine onto her face.
Click on the picture for the large version
Catherine Morneau and two other princesses
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Anthony Berry, 57, Lake Worth, Florida
Charged With Sexually Assaulting Door
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Anthony Berry, a 57-year-old Lake Worth man, was jailed Monday
after he allegedly had sex with a door that belonged to a
local business.
According to Lantana Police, officers were dispatched at
around 2:00 p.m. when an employee at a local business called
to report that a man was masturbating himself up against the
front doors of the building.
The employee reportedly used her iPhone to capture the action
as Berry exposed his penis and began jiggy-jamming the door.
Investigators say Berry then proceeded to a nearby bus stop,
sat on the bench and basked in his short-lived afterglow.
Officers arrived on the scene and took Berry and his penis
into custody.
Berry was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail and charged
with lewd or lascivious exhibition. He was released two
hours later.
According to court records, this is at least his 32nd arrest
since 1979. He has been arrested on an array of charges,
including cocaine possession, trespassing, robbery, and
sexual assault.
Tech Support Pits
From: Helen
Re: Get rid of Delta search
Dear Webby,
I love your newsletter and look forward to getting it every
day. I have learned a lot and smiled a lot.
I hope you can advise me, because I have a very unique problem:
I use Windows XP SP3. I have Firefox as my browser of choice.
I open the browser and search. Everything is fine. If I open
a second browser tab, it goes to Delta Search. Of course I
ignore it and use Bing or Google in the taskbar search area.
I have researched this for several months. I have followed every
suggestion and it still will not go away. Nothing can find it.
I have run:
ü MalwareBites
ü CrapCleaner
ü Spybot
ü Avast
ü HiJackThis
ü Zsoft Uninstaller
ü RootKillerKit
ü RevoUninstallerPro
ü RegistryCleaner
ü Checked in FireFox Add-ons, and Plug-ins
ü Checked in “Manage Search Engines List”
ü Cleaned Cookies, temp files, & cache
ü Checked Control Panel “add/remove programs”
It did not show up in any of the above searches.
(I have also used IE and it also comes up on
the second browser tab.)
Everything on the internet makes it seem like an easy task,
but as you can see, it is hidden “where the sun don’t shine”.
Helen
Dear Helen
type in "about:config" in the url
accept "I'll be careful I promise"
type in "new tab browser"
find the delta search bogus garbage,
and double click the url link.
replace it with what ever you like, google, yahoo, bing,
about:blank, whatever you want.
After that everything will be the way it should be.
That will clean that uninvited nuisance off your machine.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Water Down Dish Detergent To Save Money
I keep a dish detergent dispenser on the sink. When I refill it,
I fill it with about 1/3 water and the rest with soap. I shake a
little to mix. I find it works just as well as full strength
detergent. Half of the time my family uses too much anyway and
the detergent is a little too thick for me. Saves quite a bit
on soap.
By Barbara from Park Ridge, IL
Using a shampoo style pump dispenser also helps to regulate
dish soap usage. AND, they don't leak and get sticky.
Have FUN!
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Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
NO WEEDING with Aquaponics!
Anni and Wendy rented a boat and fished in a lake every
day. On this particular day they caught over 50 fish. Anni
turned to Wendy said, "Mark this spot so that we can come
back here tomorrow."
The next day when they were driving to rent the boat, Anni
said, "You did you mark the spot, right?"
Wendy replied, "Yeah, I painted a big X on the floor
of the boat."
Anni said, "You fool! What if we don't get that
same boat today?"
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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A young lady was describing to her grandfather her experience
at the theater the preceding evening. "Why, I was really
shocked," the young girl said. "Everybody in the place was
making out."
"Making out? What in the world is that?" her grandpa asked.
"It's the same thing you called necking, Grandpa."
"Maybe so," Grandpa replied. "But now I call it reminiscing."
Today, June 3, in
1098 Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seized
Antioch, Turkey.
1539 Hernando De Soto claimed Florida for Spain.
1621 The Dutch West India Company received a charter
for New Netherlands (now known as New York).
1805 A peace treaty between the U.S. and Tripoli was
completed in the captain's cabin on board the USS Constitution.
Libya did not stop being a problem.
1851 The New York Knickerbockers became the first
baseball team to wear uniforms.
1856 Cullen Whipple patented the screw machine.
1918 The Finnish Parliament ratified its treaty
with Germany.
1923 In Italy, Benito Mussolini granted women the
right to vote.
1937 The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the
British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson.
1952 A rebellion by North Korean prisoners in the
Koje prison camp in South Korea was put down by
American troops.
1965 Edward White became the first American astronaut
to do a "space walk" when he left the Gemini 4 capsule.
1970 Har Gobind Khorana and colleagues announced the
first synthesis of a gene from chemical components.
1989 Chinese army troops positioned themselves to begin a
sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy
demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.
1999 Slobodan Milosevic's government accepted an
international peace plan concerning Kosovo. NATO
announced that airstrikes would continue until
40,000 Serb forces were withdrawn from Kosovo.
2013 smiled
Sunday, June 2, 2013, 11:47 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, June 2
Thank you Dr Bill!
Thank you Jeris!
Saturday we had our annual parade.
They marshalled on the other side of the soccer field, and
a bunch of bands tuned up on the soccer field. This was the
view from the office window:
More pictures of the parade further down.
The Saskatoon bushes are in full bloom now:
It was a bit too windy for bees, but the blooms usually stay
lit until they have been found by bees.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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"My father says, 'Marry a girl who has the same belief as
the family.' I said, 'Dad, why would I marry a girl who
thinks I'm a schmuck?'"
---Adam Sandler
People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.
--- Lee Iacocca
Two storks are sitting in their nest: a father stork and
baby stork. The baby stork is crying and crying and father
stork is trying to calm him.
"Don't worry, son. Your mother will come back. She's only
bringing people babies and making them happy."
The next night, it's father's turn to do the job. Mother
and son are sitting in the nest, the baby stork is crying.
The mother is saying, "Son, your father will be back as
soon as possible, but now he's bringing joy to new mommies
and daddies."
A few days later, the stork's parents are desperate: their
son is absent from the nest all night! Shortly before dawn,
he returns and the parents ask him where he's been all
night.
The baby stork says, "Aw, Nowhere. Just scaring the heck
out of college students!"
Hardware Diagnostics
If you are not sure, that the problem is messed up software,
get the Microscope V16 Software Hardware Diagnostics
With Over 250 Proprietary Functions.
That's what the Pro's use to quickly determine what
needs to be replaced or upgraded.
A young schoolboy was having a hard time pronouncing the
letter "R" and all the other kids were, of course, teasing
him about it.
To help him out, the teacher gave him a sentence to practice
at home: "Robert gave Richard a rap in the ribs for roasting
the rabbit so rare." In class a few days later, the teacher
asked the boy to recite the sentence out loud.
The boy nervously eyed his classmates - many of them already
laughing at him - then replied, "Bob gave Dick a poke in the
side because the bunny wasn't cooked enough."
Click on the picture for the large version
Catherine Morneau, a Princess from the Calgary Stampede,
the Cowboy world's equivalent of Miss Universe
Jim from the Hellshalfacres.com Turner Valley Oilfield Society,
a long time hosting customer.
Our prime minister's wife usually rides in our parade.
I think she was in this bunch, or one like it. She was born
here and just fits in comfortably, no big fuss.
These guys mean business. Cowboys don't like cattle rustlers.
Unlike Obama's Marine honor guards, who have to take the
bolts out of their guns, so that they can't shoot him, these
cowboys are fully armed. And you can bet they also have some
fairly long barreled revolvers within easy reach.
They are not in the parade for security, just to show off
how well prepared they are to deal with rustlers on the range.
However, if somebody did try something improper, they got
enough ammo to deal with any emergency. And one even
carried a sabre!
Quite the opposite were the Mini Horses. Kids go nuts
over them, and they get excellent hay mileage.
Mini donkeys
Politician in nicely polished antique car.
I hope you enjoyed watching some highlights of the hour long parade.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Megan Garland,28, Milwaukee, WI
Teacher - Caught Having Sex With Student
In School Parking Lot
Reported by The Smoking Gun
Megan Garland, a 28-year-old science teacher at Messmer
High School, was jailed after she was allegedly caught
having sex with a 14-year-old student outside a school
event at another high school.
According to police, an adult attending a school event at
Destiny High School in north Milwaukee became suspicious
after noticing a car in the parking lot with fogged up
windows.
The adult opened the car door and found Garland inside the
vehicle performing a sex act on a 14-year-old student.
Garland and the teen were detained at the scene until police
arrived, however, Garland cut herself in a failed attempt of
suicide after her activity with the teen was discovered.
Garland was taken to a local hospital for treatment and then
charged with second-degree sex assault of a child under the
age of 16.
During the investigation, police learned of a second potential
victim that Garland may have had sexual contact with.
Charges have not yet been filed in that case.
Tech Support Pits
From: Bill
Re: Get rid of Zone Alarm search
Dear Webby,
I downloaded an update for Shockwave and Foxit Reader two
days ago. Since then, when I open Firefox, I get a
http://search.zonealarm.com/ page. In my options, I have
set "open with blank page". My "home page" is also blank.
How can I get rid of http://search.zonealarm.com/?
Thanks.
Bill
Hi Bill
Your machine seems to be infected with ZoneAlarm.
From what I read while searching for an easy solution for you,
some people have, once upon a time, long, long ago, signed up
for a free version of Zone Alarm, and totally forgot, that
they elbowed the AGREE, without reading the 27 pages of
small print.
Apparently somewhere in there, they agreed to automatic
updates. ZoneAlarm used that back-door to sneak in that
crappy nuisance.
Most likely the same happened with you.
Well, a lot of people got conned into it, and there is good
info on the net for getting rid of that infection.
Here is one:
Totally uninstall Zone Alarm (the Windows FireWall does
everything nowadays, that Zone Alarm once promised):
If you don't have the Secure Uninstaller
you can use the Revo Uninstaller.
Download and run the free version of Revo Uninstaller.
It is at http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uni ... nload.html
Select Zone Alarm and click Uninstall.
Set it to 'Advanced' and click Scan.
Revo will do this:
Step 1. Create restore point.
Step 2. Run the official Zone Alarm uninstaller.
Step 3. When uninstaller finishes, click Scan in Revo
and it will search for remnants (make sure it is set to
Advanced). Delete everything found (Select All, Delete All).
Reboot if asked to.
That will clean that uninvited nuisance off your machine.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Use a Marble Inside Spray Bottles
When at the bottom of a spray bottle's contents and nothing
comes out but foam, just drop in a marble. Every last bit
of cleaner will be used up. Sometimes I drop in the marble
when I first use the cleaner. It works every time.
By Janette
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Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
NO WEEDING with Aquaponics!
There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the
baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and
he found that he was not. This angered him and he took the farmer to
court.
The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer
replied, your Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but
I do have a scale."
The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?"
The farmer replied "Your Honor, long before the baker started buying
butter from me, I have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every
day when the baker brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him
the same weight in butter. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker."
------------------------
At one time bakers were hanged, if they sold underweight
bread. A dozen rolls were supposed to weigh a pound. Since
they traditionally sold underweight, they tossed in an extra
roll, when they suspected, that the customer had a scale.
Ever since then, 13 has been called a "Baker's Dozen".
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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Here is a real classic:
After experiencing difficulties with his computer, a poor, incognizant
user called the system maker's technical support line for assistance...
Technician: Hello. How can I help you today?
Customer: There's smoke coming from the power supply on my
computer.
Technician: Looks like you need a new power supply.
Customer: No, I don't! I just need to change the startup
files.
Technician: Sir, what you described is a faulty power supply.
You need to replace it.
Customer: No way! Someone told me that I just had to change
the system startup files to fix the problem! All I need is
for you to tell me the right command.
For the next ten minutes, in spite of the technician's
efforts to explain the problem and its solution, the customer
adamantly insisted that he was right. So, in frustration,
the technician responded:
Technician: I'm sorry. We don't normally tell our customers
this, but there's an undocumented command that should fix
the problem.
Customer: I knew it!
Technician: Just add the line 'LOAD NOSMOKE.COM' at the end of
the autoexec.nt file and everything should work fine.
Let me know how it goes.
About ten minutes later, the technician received a call
back from the customer.
Customer: It didn't work. The power supply is still
smoking.
Technician: Well, what version of Windows are you using?
Customer: Windows NT
Technician: Well, that's your problem. That version
of Windows doesn't include NOSMOKE. You'll need to
contact Microsoft and ask them for a patch. Let me
know how it all works out.
When nearly an hour had passed, the phone rang again.
Customer: I need a new power supply.
Technician: How did you come to that conclusion?
Customer: Well, I called Microsoft and told the technician
what you said, and he started asking me questions about
the make of the power supply.
Technician: What did he tell you?
Customer: He said my power supply isn't compatible with
NOSMOKE.
Today, June 2, in
1537 Pope Paul III banned the enslavement of Indians.
1774 The Quartering Act, which required American colonists
to allow British soldiers into their houses, was reenacted.
1793 Maximillian Robespierre initiated the "Reign of Terror".
It was an effort to purge those suspected of treason
against the French Republic.
1851 Maine became the first U.S. state to enact a law
prohibiting alcohol.
1883 The first baseball game under electric lights was
played in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1896 Guglieimo Marconi's radio was patented in the U.S.
1897 Mark Twain, at age 61, was quoted by the New York
Journal as saying "the report of my death was an
exaggeration." He was responding to the rumors that
he had died.
1924 All American Indians were granted U.S. citizenship
by the U.S. Congress.
1928 Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek captured Peking, China.
1933 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the
first swimming pool to be built inside the White House.
1946 Italians voted by referendum to form a republic
instead of a monarchy.
1953 Elizabeth was crowned queen of England at
Westminster Abbey.
1954 U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that there
were communists working in the CIA and atomic weapons plants.
1966 Surveyor 1, the U.S. space probe, landed on the moon and
started sending photographs back to Earth of the Moon's
surface. It was the first soft landing on the Moon.
1969 Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne sliced the
destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half off the shore of
South Vietnam.
1979 Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on
the first visit by a pope to a Communist country.
1995 Captain Scott F. O'Grady's U.S. Air Force F-16C
was shot down by Bosnian Serbs. He was rescued six days later.
1998 Royal Caribbean Cruises agreed to pay $9 million to settle
charges of dumping waste at sea.
1998 Voters in California passed Proposition 227. The act
abolished the state's 30-year-old bilingual education program
by requiring that all children be taught in English.
2003 In Seville, Spain, a chest containing the supposed remains
of Christopher Columbus were exhumed for DNA tests to determine
whether the bones were really those of the explorer. The tests
were aimed at determining if Colombus was currently buried in
Spain's Seville Cathedral or in Santo Domingo in the Dominican
Republic.
2013 smiled
Saturday, June 1, 2013, 02:26 PM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Saturday, June 1
Thank you Jeris!
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Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers?
Have the people we've been bombing over the years
been complaining?
--- George Wallace
Caution! This story from Martin contains some words
in Australian, and might not be suitable for reading
from the church pulpit.
This Chinese man moved into his new home in Australia.
His Aussie neighbor, being the nice Aussie bloke that he
was, decided to make him feel welcome. He went next door
to wish him welcome.
He was shocked to see the Chinese man in his nice backyard
chasing ten chickens around like mad.
"Must be a Chinese custom" he thought to himself. Deciding
he could put off the welcome till a later date, he went home.
The next day, he decided he was going to welcome the
Chinese man When he looked through his window, he saw
the Chinese man urinate into a cup and drink it.
"Must be a Chinese custom" he thought to himself. Deciding
he could put off the welcome till tomorrow, he went on with
other stuff.
The third day, he was determined he had to welcome the
Chinese man. At his gate, he saw the Chinese man with his
ear pressed against a cow's big butt.
He became angry and went up to the Chinese man. "I'm sorry
sir, I want to wish you a welcome, but I cannot stand your
crazy Chinese customs!" He yelled in the Chinese man's face.
The Chinese man looked confused and answered.
"Solly sir, I think you awe mistaken. These awe
actually Austwalian customs. I was told, to become an
Austwalian, you have to chase chicks, get piss dwunk,
and lissen to boohll sheet."
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Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift.
One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said,
"I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?"
"Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her.
With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of
paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make
five "blank" copies.
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Jennifer Morrow, 38, and Andrea Mobley, 36, Ocala, Florida
Women Busted After "Bucket List" Theft Of
Swimsuits, Beef Jerky From Walmart
Reported by The Smoking Gun
Two women whose joint “bucket list” included stealing from
a retail store were jailed Wednesday after being caught
swiping bathing suits and beef jerky from a Walmart in Florida.
Jennifer Morrow, 38, and Andrea Mobley, 36, were collared
for petty theft following their outing to an Ocala Walmart.
he women are lifelong friends who had not seen each other
in 15 years prior to recently reconnecting. For some reason,
their reunion included a “bucket list” of things the duo
wanted to accomplish while together, according to an
Ocala Police Department report quoting the pair.
Morrow and Mobley are pictured in the above mug shots.
Morrow is the one, who looks like she feels she was
entitled to that beef jerkey, and it is YOUR fault
that she got caughts, and that she is going to make
YOU pay for that.
After being booked into the Marion County jail for
misdemeanor theft, the women were each released on
$250 bond. Cops say that Mobley stashed the bathing
suits in her purse, while Morrow ate the beef jerky
as she walked through the store. The items were valued
at $73.78.
The police report does not indicate what else was on
the Morrow/Mobley “bucket list,” which investigators
noted was "commonly a term used for a list of things
to do before one dies."
Tech Support Pits
From: Ellie
Re: Picasa
Dear Webby,
I heard of a program called Picasa that helps store and sort
pictures, but don't know where I can get it.
Can you please tell me?
Ellie
Dear Ellie
You can download it from Download Picasa
It is free.
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Use Less Ingredients When Baking
When making cookies and squares, I never find that I need
as many chocolate chips or nuts as the recipe calls for.
Manufacturers are trying to sell their product. I don't
believe in reducing the amount too much. By only putting
in what is needed, I have reduced the fat content of the
sweets and have some ingredients left over for the
next batch.
By Kathy
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Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
NO WEEDING with Aquaponics!
>Thanks to Dave for this story
My father is a skilled CPA who is not great at self-promotion. So when
an advertising company offered to put my father's business placard in
the shopping carts of a supermarket, my dad jumped at the chance. Fully
a year went by before we got a call that could be traced to those
placards.
"Richard Larson, CPA?" the caller asked.
"That's right," my father answered proudly.
"May I help you?"
"Yes," the voice said. "One of your shopping carts is in
my yard, and I want you to come and get it."
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The whole neighborhood shook from the ear splitting explosion
in a nearby Pharmacy. As 911 was called, shopkeepers ran
outside to see what happened, people spotted the pharmacist
staggering out of his smoldering building.
His white uniform was now scorched black. He looked like
Frankenstein. He went up to a shaken and shivering old lady
standing nearby.
"Lady!" he said, "Would you please ask your doctor to write
that prescription again. And this time insist he better,
PRINT IT!"
Today, June 1, in
1533 Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s new queen, was crowned.
1774 The British government ordered the Port of Boston closed.
1869 Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric
voting machine.
1877 U.S. troops were authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
1915 Germany conducted the first zeppelin air raid over England.
1916 The National Defense Act increased the strength of the
U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.
1921 A race riot erupted in Tulsa, OKlahoma. 85 people were
killed.
1935 The Ingersoll-Waterbury Company reported that it had
produced 2.5 million Mickey Mouse watches during its
2-year association with Disney.
1938 Baseball helmets were worn for the first time.
1939 The Douglas DC-4 made its first passenger flight from
Chicago to New York.
1941 The German Army completed the capture of Crete
as the Allied evacuation ended.
1942 The U.S. began sending Lend-Lease materials to the
Soviet Union.
1944 Siesta was abolished by the government of Mexico.
1958 Charles de Gaulle became the premier of France.
1963 Governor George Wallace vowed to defy an injunction
that ordered the integration of the University of Alabama.
1970 Zimbabwe came into existence. It was formerly known
as Rhodesia.
1998 A $124 million suit was brought against Goodyear Tire
& Rubber that alleged discrimination towards black workers.
2008 The Phoenix Mars Lander became the first NASA spacecraft
to scoop Martian soil.
2009 General Motors filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
2013 smiled
Friday, May 31, 2013, 12:09 PM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Friday, May 31.
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
--- Anais Nin (1903 - 1977)
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow
why the things he predicted yesterday
didn't happen today.
--- Laurence J. Peter
Way down upon the Mississippi, two tugboat captains who had
been friends for years, would always scream "Aye!" and
furiously blow their whistles whenever they passed each
other.
A new crewman asked his boat's mate,
"What do they do that for?"
The Cajun mate looked surprised and replied, "You dumbo,
ya say you neva heard of...
'an aye for an aye and a toot for a toot'?"
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During a dinner party, the hosts' two little children entered
the dining room totally nude and walked slowly around the
table.
The parents were so embarrassed that they pretended
nothing was happening and kept the conversation going. The
guests cooperated and also continued as if nothing
extraordinary was happening.
There was a moment of silence at the table, during which
the little girl was heard to say to her brother,
"You see, it *IS* vanishing cream!"
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Jennifer Lowery, 35, West Haven, CT
Hoe Called Police Over Pimp
While Attempting To Service John
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Jennifer Lowery, a 35-year-old West Haven woman, was jailed
Sunday after she allegedly called police to complain about
her pimp, then attempted to turn a quick trick while waiting
for police to arrive.
According to police, officers were dispatched to a Super 8
Motel in West Haven after Lowery called to report that her
pimp was verbally harassing her.
When officers arrived on the scene, they were unable to
locate the reported "pimp" but did find Jennifer in a motel
room with a man who had just paid her $200 for sex.
When asked why she would be foolish enough to call police
right before committing a crime, Lowery reportedly told
investigators "I thought it would take police awhile to
show up, so I figured I'd just turn a trick."
The alleged john, identified as 60-year-old Richard Burford,
appeared to be less than impressed by the whole ordeal in
his mugshot.
Lowery was booked into jail and charged with prostitution.
Burford was charged with patronizing a prostitute.
Tech Support Pits
From: Rhonda
Re: Locate De-Sorted pictures
Dear Webby,
My not too bright hubby moved around all of my pictures
while I was away on a course. Instead of in twelve neat
category sub-folders in one folder, they are now all over
the computer, and most I can't even find! He says, at the
time his system made more sense to him, but even he
can't find most of them.
HELP! How do I get them back?
At least he didn't get W7, as he had threatened.
Rhonda
Dear Rhonda
Add another category folder and call it "UNSORTED".
Click on START, Search, and search for *.jpg
When the search is completed, open a Windows File
Explorer and line up your categories folder.
Then, back in the Search window, look for the VIEW Icon
on the top. It's the one with six dots in it and a pull-down
arrow beside it. Pull that down and select "Thumbnails".
Windows will start making a thumbnail for each picture.
If you have thousands of pictures, this will take some time.
Best is to not touch anything while it is doing this. Just
let it run until that task is completed.
Open a File Explorer beside it, and drag any of the pictures,
that look like they might be yours, over into the "UNSORTED"
folder. There might be a ton of useless crap like the silly
Incredimail footer doo-dads, and logos and footers from spam
emails. You can delete those or ignore them.
Once you have all the keepers over in your "UNSORTED" foolder,
close the search window,
and open the "UNSORTED" folder wide open.
Now you can drag the pictures from there into the 12 sorted
folders.
Now you have the thumbnails on the right, and your twelve
category folders on the left, and you simply drag each
picture into the correct category.
This obviously is going to take some time. It will work
best if your hubby in the meantime cleans up the kitchen
and cooks meals, while you repair the damage.
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Use Less Ingredients When Baking
When making cookies and squares, I never find that I need
as many chocolate chips or nuts as the recipe calls for.
Manufacturers are trying to sell their product. I don't
believe in reducing the amount too much. By only putting
in what is needed, I have reduced the fat content of the
sweets and have some ingredients left over for the
next batch.
By Kathy
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Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
NO WEEDING with Aquaponics!
Thanks to Gina for this story:
Upset over a newlywed squabble with my husband, I went to
my mother to complain. Trying to console me, my dad said
that men are not all like this all the time.
"Nonsense," I said. "Men are good for only one thing!"
"Yes," my mother interjected, "but how often do you have to
parallel park?"
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Thanks to Martin for this classic:
Two beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Rome.
One has a cross in front of him; the other one, the Star
of David. Many people go by and look at both beggars,
but only put money into the hat of the beggar sitting
behind the cross.
A priest comes by, stops and watches throngs of people giving
money to the beggar behind the cross, but none give to the
beggar behind the Star of David.
Finally, the priest goes over to the beggar behind the Star
of David and says, "My poor fellow, don't you understand?
This is a Catholic country; this city is the seat of Catholicism.
People aren't going to give you money if you sit there with
a Star of David in front of you, especially when you're
sitting beside a beggar who has a cross. In fact, they would
probably give to him just out of spite,"
The beggar behind the Star of David listened to the priest,
turned to the other beggar with the cross and said:
"Moishe, look who's trying to teach the Goldstein brothers
about marketing."
Today, May 31, in
1433 Sigismund was crowned emperor of Rome.
1859 In London, Big Ben went into operation.
1870 E.J. DeSemdt patented asphalt.
1884 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented "flaked cereal."
1889 In Johnstown, PA, more than 2,200 people died after
the South Fork Dam collapsed.
1900 U.S. troops arrived in Peking to help put down the
Boxer Rebellion.
1902 The Boer War ended between the Boers of South Africa
and Great Britain with the Treaty of Vereeniging.
1907 The first taxis arrived in New York City. They were
the first taxis in the United States.
1910 The Union of South Africa was founded.
1913 The 17th Amendment went into effect. It provided for
popular election of U.S. senators.
1915 A German zeppelin made an air raid on London.
1927 Ford Motor Company produced the last "Tin Lizzie"
in order to begin production of the Model A.
1947 Communists seized control of Hungary.
1961 South Africa became an independent republic.
1962 Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel. Eichmann was a
Gestapo official.
1970 An earthquake in Peru killed tens of thousands of people.
1974 Israel and Syria signed an agreement on the Golan Heights.
1977 The trans-Alaska oil pipeline was finished after 3
years of construction.
1979 Zimbabwe proclaimed its independence.
1994 The U.S. announced it was no longer aiming long-range
nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union.
1995 Bob Dole singled out Time Warner for "the marketing
of evil" in movies and music. Dole later admitted that he
had not seen or heard much of what he had been criticizing.
2003 In North Carolina, Eric Robert Rudolph was captured.
He had been on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for five years
for several bombings including the 1996 Olympic bombing.
2013 smiled
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 11:13 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Thursday, May 30.
Had to go to the bank, 20 miles away, so of course I took
the car. While in the bank, some bozo backed into it and
crunched some plastic. A pretty lady watched him do it,
get out and inspect the damage, and take off.
She got the licence plate number. A Govt pick-up truck.
I did not look at the front of the car, when I came out
of the bank, and took off, while that lady was busy scribbling
a note. So she chased me to the grocery store at the other
end of town, and gave me the info, which I gave to the cops
later on. Now I'll have to get some estimates.
Plastic for a 1991 Chrysler LeBaron is probably getting
rather scarce, and could be expensive.
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Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.
--- Ron Nesen
Don't fight a problem, solve it!
--- Millard Fuller
A troop of Boy Scouts was being used as "guinea pigs" in a
test of emergency systems. A mock earthquake was staged,
and the Scouts impersonated wounded persons who were to
be picked up and cared for by the emergency units.
One Scout was supposed to lie on the ground and await his
rescuers, but the first-aid people got behind schedule, and the
Scout lay "wounded" for several hours.
When the first-aid squad arrived where the casualty was
supposed to be, they found nothing but a brief note: "Have
bled to death and gone to McDonalds to refill."
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At the construction site of a new church, the contractor
stopped to chat with one of his workmen.
"Paddy," he asked casually, "didn't you once tell me that
you had a brother who was a bishop?"
"That I did, sir."
"And you are a bricklayer! It sure is a funny old world.
Things in life aren't divided equally, are they?"
"No, that they ain't sir," agreed Paddy, as he proudly slap-
ped the mortar along the line of bricks. "My poor brother
is such a miserable klutz, he couldn't do this to save his life!"
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Luis Briones, 25, Albuquerque, NM
He drove drunk while having sex,
crashed, hid behind cactus
Thanks to Dianne for sending this in:
Reported by The Calgary TV News
A New Mexico man faces multiple charges after police say
he was having sex with a woman while driving drunk and
crashed, ejecting the woman from the vehicle.
The Albuquerque Journal reports 25-year-old Luis Briones
was found with one shoe on and his shorts on inside-out
Monday night after he wrecked his Ford Explorer in
Albuquerque.
Police say Briones' female passenger was found naked outside
the sport utility vehicle after being ejected. She had deep
cuts to her face and head.
Authorities allege Briones tried to drive away after the
crash and abandon his passenger, but a witness grabbed his
keys from the ignition. He also allegedly tried to hide
from responding officers behind a cactus.
Briones is charged with aggravated driving while
intoxicated, reckless driving and evading police.
Tech Support Pits
From: Veronica
Re: quiet and washable keyboard
Dear Webby
I am a home care nurse and spend a large part of my time
"just being there" with terminally ill patients. I know some
of them are overly sensitive or just want to complain about
something, but the noise from my laptop when I write my
reports or whatever, caused a few complaints. Is there a
really quiet keyboard that I could use?
Janice
Dear Janice
Yes, there sure is!
The flexible Indestructible keyboard is totally quiet,
and you can safely disinfect or wash it without worrying
about damaging it.
They are full size 52 cm (20") keyboards, but you can roll
them up to fit into a purse, or for cleaning, to fit into even
the smallest sink or disinfectant basin.
You can see them at http://grandtec.com/products-vik.html
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Safe and Effective Mosquito Repellent
A safe mosquito repellant is 2 ounces of water and
2 ounces of pure vanilla extract. Put in a spray bottle.
They "hate" the smell. Make sure you use pure vanilla
extract and not imitation vanilla extract.
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Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
NO WEEDING with Aquaponics!
David and Bernice had just given their teenage daughter
family-car privileges. On Saturday night she returned home
very late from a party.
The next morning her father went out to the driveway to
get the newspaper and came back into the house frowning.
At 11:30am the girl sleepily walked into the kitchen,
and her father asked her, "Sarah, what time did you get
in last night?"
"Not too late, Dad." she replied nervously.
Dead-panned, her father said, "Then I'll have to talk with
the paperboy about putting my paper under the front tire
of the car."
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A father from Eastern Europe is visiting his son in America
for the very first time. They are at the local supermarket
going up and down the aisles.
Dad: "Vas diss, powdered orange juice?"
Son: "Yeah, Dad. You just add a little water, and you
have fresh orange juice!"
A few minutes later, in a different aisle the father
says: "Und vas dis, powdered milk?"
Son: "Yeah, Dad. You just add a little water, and you
have fresh milk!"
A few minutes later, in a different aisle the father
says: "Und give look here. Baby Powder! Vat a country!
Dey take da fun outta making everyting!"
Today, May 29, in
1416 Jerome of Prague was burned as a heretic by the Church.
1431 Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France,
at the age of 19.
1527 The University of Marburg was founded in Germany.
1539 Hernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer, landed in Florida
with 600 soldiers to search for gold.
1814 The First Treaty of Paris was declared, which returned
France to its 1792 borders.
1848 W.G. Young patented the ice cream freezer.
1883 Twelve people were trampled to death in New York City
in a stampede due to a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge was in
danger of collapsing.
1889 The brassiere was invented.
1896 The first automobile accident occurred in New York City.
1911 Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis Sweepstakes.
The 500-mile auto race later became known as the
Indianapolis 500. Harroun's average speed was 74.59 miles
per hour.
1912 The U.S. Marines were sent to Nicaragua to protect
American interests.
1921 The U.S. Navy transferred the Teapot Dome oil reserves
to the Department of the Interior.
1943 American forces secured the Aleutian island of Attu
from the Japanese during World War II.
1967 Daredevil Evel Knievel jumped 16 automobiles in a row
in a motorcycle stunt at Ascot Speedway in Gardena, CA.
1971 Mariner 9, the American deep space probe blasted off
on a journey to Mars.
1982 Spain became the 16th NATO member. Spain was the first
country to enter the Western alliance since West Germany in 1955.
1989 The "Goddess of Democracy" statue (33 feet height) was
erected in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
2003 Peter Jennings was sworn in as a U.S. citizen
2013 smiled
Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 09:15 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Wednesday, May 29.
Thank you Andrew!
From Mike:
Hi Dear Webby,
Thanks for brightening my day each morning! I really
look forward to reading your humor every day.
The last time I contributed was close to a year ago,
so when my budget allows, I will be sending you
another contribution this year.
Your joke about the senior citizen and the college
student is one of my favorites, being an
almost-senior-citizen myself. I find it particularly
appropriate that the original version was actually
attributed to Ronald Reagan in his biography:
Mike
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"In a new interview, Uma Thurman says that when she wants to
lose weight, she keeps her food intake down by eating in the
nude. Actually, I tried that once, but I was kicked out of
Denny's." --Conan O'Brien
My cousin Marion and the church organist were discussing
music for Marion's wedding service. A first-time bride at 30,
she said she'd like a song from Fiddler on the Roof.
"You mean 'Sunrise, Sunset'?" the organist asked.
"Actually," Marion replied, "I was thinking of
'Miracle of Miracles.'"
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>Thanks to Rosie for this:
On his way home from work recently, my husband came upon
a 'Road Closed' sign. Undeterred, he maneuvered his truck
around it and continued on. But he didn't get very far.
The pavement ended with a 20 foot deep trench,
and another, larger sign:
"What Part of 'Road Closed'
did you not understand?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Jeremy Lovitt, 23, and Gabriel Gonzaels, 19, Stockton, Calif
Jeremy Lovitt, Gabriel Gonzalez, Robbers
Stranded When Burger King Employee Takes Getaway Car
Reported by The Hufington Post
Two alleged robbers were left high and dry Thursday when a
Burger King employee hid their getaway car, Fox 40 reported.
Police in Stockton, Calif., say Jeremy Lovitt, 23, and
Gabriel Gonzales, 19, held up the fast food restaurant
at gunpoint at about 9:45 p.m.
While the manager and another employee handed over the
money, a third employee says he exited the restaurant
through the back and noticed that there was a car with
the engine running in the parking lot, according to
News 10/KXTV.
The employee figured the vehicle was the suspects'
getaway car, so he drove it around the corner and
hid it, CBS 13 reported.
When the two men ran out of the Burger King, they
found their car was gone and attempted to flee to
a nearby field, but cops quickly caught up to them.
When they were all tired out from running, they were
arrested and taken to the San Joaquin County Jail.
All the robbed money was recovered by police.
Tech Support Pits
From: Mellie
Re: Pictures too big
Dear Webby
when I take pictures with my digital point and shoot,
or my Galaxy SII cameraphone, they're always one to two
megs in size. How can I reduce the file size to a
reasonable level? I don't have Photoshop, I have Photo Filtre.
Thanks for all your help.
Mellie
Dear Mellie
You don't need Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro or any of those
big programs. Just about any graphics program lets you
resize pictures.
Straight off the camera they are usually 1600 x 1200 or bigger.
The pictures you see in the humor letter are 600 x 480,
a size, that is comfortable in emails.
Most likely your "Photo Filtre" will let you resize the
pictures. Save the resized picture with a descriptive name,
and try not to overwrite the original. That way you can
always make other, good quality, clones of it.
If "Photo Filtre" can't do resizing, let me know, and I
will find you a free program, that does.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
It workded!! Yeaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for the help!
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Use Chrome Mirrored Trays For Bathroom Bottles
Yes, all those bottles! I still use one of the old chrome
and metal mirrored bottom trays with chrome pipe sides.
They are easy to clean and all the bottles, tubes and such
are contained in a small area. I think you can still buy
the trays at bath stores and I have seen them at resale
shops, too. You can spray paint to match your taste.
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Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $19 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
By the way, there is NO WEEDING necessary with Aquaponics!
>From Susan
During my brother's wedding, my mother managed to keep from
crying---until she glanced at my grandparents. My grandmother
had reached over to my grandfather's wheelchair and gently
touched his hand. That was all it took to start my mother's
tears flowing.
After the wedding, Mom went over to my grandmother and told
her how that tender gesture triggered her outburst.
"Well, I'm sorry to ruin your moment," Grandmother replied,
"but I was just checking if he was awake."
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>From Alex
One night at about 3am my wife was getting up from the
toilet to return to bed when she heard a little noise. It
was a suspiciously rodent like sound that seemed to be
right in the bathroom with her.
She, of course, froze and listened attentively for any
further sign of invaders. After a moment, satisfied that
she was alone, she took a step for the door. Rodent
scratchy sounds again! She froze, not breathing. Silence.
Her heart beat fast as she once again tried to retreat
from the bathroom.
This time the noise was accompanied by something touching
the back of her leg! That was too much to bear. She
literally flew the 8 feet to the bed, clearing the foot
board by a couple feet, to land screaming by my side.
The culprit was right there in plain sight, a trail of
toilet paper neatly marked the path from bed to the bath-
room.
Today, May 29, in
1453 Constantinople fell to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II,
ending the Byzantine (Eastern half of Roman) Empire.
1660 Charles II was restored to the English throne
after the Puritan Commonwealth.
1765 Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before
Virginia's House of Burgesses.
1849 A patent for lifting vessels was granted to Abe Lincoln.
1910 An airplane raced a train from Albany, NY, to New York City.
The airplane pilot Glenn Curtiss won the $10,000 prize.
1911 The first running of the Indianapolis 500 took place.
1912 Fifteen women were dismissed from their jobs at the
Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia, PA, for
dancing the Turkey Trot while on the job.
1916 U.S. forces invaded Dominican Republic and remained
until 1924.
1922 Ecuador became independent.
1932 World War I veterans began arriving in Washington, DC.
to demand cash bonuses they were not scheduled to receive
for another 13 years.
1951 C.F. Blair became the first man to fly over the
North Pole in single engine plane.
1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became
first men to reach the top of Mount Everest and live.
1985 Thirty-nine people were killed and 400 were injured
in a riot at a European Cup soccer match in Brussels, Belgium.
1986 Colonel Oliver North told National Security Advisor
William McFarlane that profits from weapons sold to
Iran were being diverted to the Contras.
1988 U.S. President Reagan began his first visit to the
Soviet Union in Moscow.
1999 Space shuttle Discovery completed the first
docking with the International Space Station.
2000 Fiji's military took control of the nation and
declared martial law following a coup attempt by
indigenous Fijians in mid-May.
2001 In New York, four followers of Osama bin Laden
were convicted of a global conspiracy to murder Americans.
The crimes included the 1998 bombings of two U.S.
embassies in Africa that killed 224 people.
2001 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer
Casey Martin could use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2013 smiled
Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 10:41 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Tuesday, May 28.
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Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to
borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
--- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914)
Basic research is what I am doing when I don't
know what I am doing.
--- Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977)
An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart.
--- David Augsburger
Thanks to Tammy for this story:
My husband, son and I had stopped to take in a spectacular
sunset and were on our way back to our car, when four
Buddhist monks walked by.
When our son asked about them, I explained, "Their life is
a quest for enlightenment."
"I wonder what kind of car they drive," my husband said
and jokingly suggested, "A Ford Focus?"
"Or a Honda Odyssey," I said.
The monks got into a Nissan Pathfinder.
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* Lerman's Law of Technology: Any technical problem can be
overcome given enough time and money.
Corollary: You are never given enough time or money.
* Murphy's First Law for Wives: If you ask your husband
to pick up five items at the store and then you add one
more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.
* Kauffman's Paradox of the Corporation: The less important
you are to the corporation, the more your tardiness or
absence is noticed.
* The Salary Axiom: The pay raise is just large enough to
increase your taxes and just small enough to have no effect
on your take-home pay.
* Miller's Law of Insurance: Insurance covers everything
except what happens.
* First Law of Living: As soon as you start doing what you
always wanted to be doing, you'll want to be doing something else.
* Isaac's Strange Rule of Staleness: Any food that starts out
hard will soften when stale. Any food that starts out soft will
harden when stale.
* Kenny's Law of Auto Repair: The part requiring the most
consistent repair or replacement will be housed in the most
inaccessible location.
* The Grocery Bag Law: The candy bar you planned to eat on the
way home from the market is hidden at the bottom of the
grocery bag.
* Lampner's Law of Employment: When leaving work late, you
will go unnoticed. When you leave work early, you will meet
the boss in the parking lot.
* Loftus' Law: Some people manage by the book, even though
they don't know who wrote the book or even which book it is.
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Latasha Renee Love, 37, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mom Has Child Busted For Theft
Of Her Pop-Tarts
Reported by The Smoking Gun
A North Carolina mother had her son arrested this week for
taking her Pop-Tarts without permission, police report.
The child was busted on a larceny charge, according to the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, whose officers were
summoned Monday night to a Charlotte home by
Latasha Renee Love, the accused juvenile’s 37-year-old mother.
A police report notes that “the known suspect stole Pop-tarts
belonging to his mother at their home at 530 Goldstaff Ln.
The suspect was juvenile arrested at the time of the offence.”
Cops described the stolen goods as “Foodstuffs” valued at $5.
Love, who reportedly has had discipline issues with her child, apparently decided to have him arrested as some kind of a
lesson. Love is pictured above in a mug shot snapped after a
September 2009 drunk driving arrest.
The misdemeanor case against the boy will be handled in
juvenile court.
Tech Support Pits
From: Bonny
Re: Fuzzy pictures
Dear Webby
I have a bunch of older digital pictures that are quite fuzzy
by today's standards. How do you make fuzzy pictures clear
and sharp?
Bonny
Dear Holly
As long as it is not motion blur or jitters, you have a very
good chance at clarifying the pictures. If you have Paintshop
Pro, increase the image size 10-15%, then use the "Clarify"
button. Increase the size again and clarify once more. By
now the pricture is probably getting rather coarse looking.
Now use the Effects tool and select "Edge Preserving Smooth".
After that, shrink the picture to original size. It should be
quite acceptable now.
This trick works pretty well on original pictures, but nothing
works, if a picture has been saved a few times with a high
JPG compression. Always work in PSP or PSD or PNG format,
until all work is completed. Then save in that format first
before doing a final save in JPG format. If it is for the web,
you can leave it in PNG format. Most browsers can handle that.
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Freeze and Bake a Few Cookies at a Time
My husband and I are what I call "cookie pigs"! If I make
30 cookies, we'll eat 30 cookies. Needless to say, we
don't need 30 cookies. What I do now, since we came to
our senses, is make a double batch of our favorite
cookie recipe, bake a few for now, and put the others
in the freezer.
I prepare them just as if I were going to bake them
now and place closely together on a cookie sheet.
After they're frozen very hard (I wait a night),
I put them in a plastic container separated with
waxed paper. Then when we want cookies, I can bake
4 (they're small!) and we have 4. Sure helps to
control our eating but still allows us to have treats.
By Judi
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Have I got a deal for you!
Aquaponics is on special for $27 instead of the normal $97!
What's Aquaponics? It's top secret technology some pros use
to grow medicinal herbs and stuff in half the time and two
to ten times the crop per square foot?
Yes, it sure is!
It is the technology of combining a fish tank, that produces
all the nutrients the plants need, with hydroponics, that
clean that stuff out of the water and preps it for the fish.
Very neat and clean WIN-WIN deal!
You don't need a shark tank on your balcony. The book
tells you how small a fish tank is enough for your tomatoes
and carrots and parsley and mushrooms and herbs.
If you have a closet, balcony, or garden space, grab
Aquaponics, while it is on sale!
AND, they throw in $300 worth of additional books!
By the way, there is NO WEEDING necessary with Aquaponics!
Thanks to Sandie for this story:
A man who just died is delivered to the mortuary wearing
an expensive, expertly tailored black suit. The mortician
asks the deceased's wife how she would like the body
dressed. He points out that the man does look good
in the black suit he is already wearing.
The widow, however, says that she always thought her
husband looked his best in blue, and that she wants him
in a blue suit. She gives the mortician a blank check and
says, "I don't care what it costs, but please have
my husband in a blue suit for the viewing."
The woman returns the next day for the wake. To her delight,
she finds her husband dressed in a gorgeous blue suit with
a subtle chalk stripe; the suit fits him perfectly. She says to
the mortician, "Whatever this cost, I'm very satisfied. You
did an excellent job and I'm very grateful. How much did
you spend?"
To her astonishment, the mortician presents her with the
blank check. "There's no charge," he says.
"No, really, I must compensate you for the cost of that
exquisite blue suit!" she says.
"Honestly, ma'am," the mortician says, "It cost nothing.
You see, a deceased gentleman of about your husband's
size was brought in shortly after you left yesterday,
and he was wearing an attractive blue suit. I asked his
wife if she minded him going to his grave wearing a black
suit instead, and she said it made no difference as long as
he looked nice.
So I switched the heads."
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A very self-important college freshman at a recent football
game took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen
sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older
generation to understand his own.
"You grew up in a different, actually almost primitive,
world," the student said loud enough for the whole crowd
to hear.
"We young people today grew up with television, jet planes,
space travel, man walking on the moon, our spaceships
have visited Mars...We even have nuclear energy, electric
and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing
and uh.."
Taking advantage of a pause for breath in the student's
litany, the "wizened" one said,
"You're right, Son. We didn't have those things when
we were young........so we invented them...... you arrogant
little TURKEY!!
All you invented so far is rap, saggy pants and and rear
cleavage.
Now......what else are you doing for the next generation??"
Today, May 27, in
585 BC Thales Miletus predicted a solar eclipse.
585 BC The Persian-Lydian battle ended.
1533 England's Archbishop declared the marriage of
King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.
1805 Napoleon was crowned in Milan, Italy.
1863 The first black regiment left Boston to fight
in the U.S. Civil War.
1900 Britain annexed the Orange Free State.
1918 Azerbaijan declared independence.
1928 Chrysler Corporation merged with Dodge Brothers, Inc.
1937 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pushed a button in
Washington, DC, signaling that vehicular traffic could
cross the newly opened Golden Gate Bridge in California.
1940 During World War II, Belgium surrendered to Germany.
1976 The Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty was signed,
limiting any nuclear explosion regardless of its purpose
to a yield of 150 kilotons.
1987 Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German pilot, landed
a private plane in Moscow's Red Square after evading
Soviet air defenses. He was released August 3, 1988.
1995 An earthquake in the Russian town Neftegorsk killed
at least 2000 people. It had a magnitude of 7.5.
1996 U.S. President Clinton's former business partners
in the Whitewater land deal were convicted of fraud.
1998 Dr. Susan Terebey discovered a planet outside of
our solar system with the use of photos taken by the
Hubble Space Telescope.
1999 In Milan, Italy, Leonardo de Vinci's "The Last Supper"
was put back on display after more than 20 years of
restoration work.
2002 Russia became a limited partner in NATO with the
creation of the NATO-Russia Council.
2013 smiled
Monday, May 27, 2013, 10:51 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Monday, May 27.
I wish all American readers a happy and safe Memorial Day.
Whether you're relaxing at home or traveling with family,
enjoy your long weekend, and give a thought or two to the
heroes, who paid for your freedom with their lives and limbs.
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I am not young enough to know everything.
--- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at
science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?
--- Kelvin Throop III
Jim's doctor tells him he has only one day to live. When
Jim goes home to share the bad news with his wife, she asks
what he wants to do with the little bit of time he has left.
"All I want," Jim tells his beloved wife, "is to spend my
last few hours reliving our honeymoon." Which is exactly
what they did.
But after hours of blissful romance, she announces that
she's tired and wants to go to sleep.
"Oh, come on," Jim whispers in her ear.
"Look," his wife snaps, "I've got to get up in the morning.
You don't!"
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A hunter walking through the jungle, found a huge, dead
dinosaur, with a pigmy standing beside it. Amazed, he asked,
"Did you kill that?"
The pigmy said, "Yes."
The hunter asked, "How could a little bloke like you kill
a huge beast like that?"
The pigmy said, "I killed it with my club."
The astonished hunter asked, "How big is your club?"
The pigmy replied, "Not counting the Women's Auxiliary,
there are about two hundred of us."
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Rodney Wold, 64, Louisville, KY
Jailed After Threatening Neighbor
With Rifle Over Wabbits
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Rodney Wold, a 64-year-old Kentucky man, was jailed after
he allegedly threatened a neighbor with an AK-47 because
the neighbor had been shooting at wabbits, err rabbits.
According to Louisville Police, Wold became angry when he
caught his neighbor sitting on his back porch shooting at
rabbits.
In retaliation, Wold retrieved a loaded AK-47 rife from
his home, pointed it at his neighbor and yelled "if you
want to hunt something, you can hunt me."
When officers arrived on the scene, the neighbor admitted
to shooting at rabbits with an air rifle because they were
damaging his garden.
The neighbor's wife, who witnessed the incident, told officers
that they had previously had problems with Wold.
After obtaining permission to search Wold's residence, officers
located the AK-47 between the mattress and box spring of his bed.
Officers found the rifle loaded with a magazine that held 19
rounds, according to the arrest affidavit.
Wold was booked into jail and charged with wanton endangerment.
His bond has been set at $5,000.
Tech Support Pits
From: Holly
Re: Picture clarity
Dear Webby
Why are some pictures on the net and in email so fuzzy
and others are sharp and clear? is that because of the
type of camera used?
Holly
Dear Holly
Usually that has nothing to do with the camera, but with
how the camera was used, and especially how the pictures
were saved.
Some people are on slow servers and have to reduce the
size of their files, so that they finish loading before the
visitor's attention span runs out. That is done by chosing
a high compression ratio. With the JPG files, that are used
on the web, the compression is "lossy". When pixels are
thrown away, color depth and clarity naturally suffers.
This is made even worse if a picture is edited and saved
multiple times. Each time the compression loses more
pixels and the picture gets fuzzier and more washed out
looking.
Lost pixels can never be returned.
For editing I recommend using PSP, PSD, or PNG format, and
only convert the picture to JPG as a last step before
uploading. You can even leave them in PNG format. Most modern
browsers can handle PNG pictures.
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Spray Pans With "No Stick" Spray in Dishwasher
When spraying your baking and frying pans with no stick
spray, open your dishwasher door and place the item on it.
Spray your cooking pans as desired and simply close the
dishwasher door. No oily mess to clean off the counters
and items on your counter in the general area and especially
not on the floors making an extreme slipping hazard.
Close the door and easily clean it all up the next time
you run your dishwasher through the cycles leaving a shiny
clean inside door and no residue to clean while trying to
prepare your food saving time, energy and money by not
having to purchase as much cleaning supplies. Simple and
easy, try it and guaranteed you will use this trick often,
I know I do!
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Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner
at his Grandmother's house. Everyone was seated around
the table as the food was being served. When little Johnny
received his plate, he started eating right away.
"Johnny wait until we say our prayer."
"I don't have to," The boy replied.
"Of course, you do," his mother insisted.
"We say a prayer, before eating, at our house."
"That's at our house," Johnny explained. "But this is
Grandma's house and her food always turns out good!
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My mother-in-law just ran me over!"
the shaken man told the police officer.
"The car hit you from behind," the officer said.
"How could you tell it was your mother-in-law?"
And the man said, "I recognized the laugh!"
Today, May 27, in
1647 Achsah Young, a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed
for being a "witch."
1668 Three colonists were expelled from Massachusetts for
being Baptists.
1896 255 people were killed in St. Louis, MO, by a tornado.
1907 The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.
1919 A U.S. Navy seaplane completed the first transatlantic
flight.
1931 Piccard and Knipfer made the first flight into the
stratosphere, by balloon.
1937 In California, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened to
pedestrian traffic. The bridge connected San Francisco
and Marin County.
1941 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed an
"unlimited national emergency" amid rising world tensions.
1941 The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by British
naval and air forces. 2,300 people were killed.
1942 German General Erwin Rommel began a major offensive
in Libya with his Afrika Korps.
1960 A military coup overthrew the democratic government of Turkey.
1977 George H. Willig was fined for scaling the World Trade Center
in New York on May 26. He was fined $1.10.
1982 Japan announced the elimination of tariffs on 96
industrial goods.
1986 Mel Fisher recovered a jar that contained 2,300 emeralds
from the Spanish ship Atocha. The ship sank in the 17th century.
1996 Russian President Boris Yeltsin negotiated a cease-fire
to the war in Chechnya in his first meeting with the leader
of the rebels.
1997 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the sexual harassment
suit filed by Paula Jones could continue while President
Clinton was in office.
1998 Michael Fortier was sentenced to 12 years in prison for
not warning anyone about the plot to bomb an Oklahoma City
federal building.
1999 In The Hague, Netherlands, a war crimes tribunal indicted
Slobodan Milosevic and four others for atrocities in Kosovo.
2013 smiled
Sunday, May 26, 2013, 11:12 AM Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, May 26.
The snow we got during the week and the icy rain
did not delay the Rhubarb one bit. With blatant disregard
for climate and weather it shook off the snow and virtually
exploded. From now until the end of September it will produce
more than I can use.
During the afternoon it looked like a major storm was
approaching, but I managed to mow the back half before it
broke.
The Saskatoon bushes in the back are just starting to bloom.
If we get some sunshine, I'll take some pictures.
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No matter what side of the argument you are on,
you always find people on your side
that you wish were on the other.
--- Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy
is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest
threat to liberty.
--- Eugene McCarthy
A young mother paying a visit to a doctor friend and his
wife made no attempt to restrain her four-year-old son,
who was ransacking an adjoining room.
But finally, an extra loud clatter of bottles did prompt
her to say, "I hope, doctor, you don't mind Johnny
being in there."
"No," said the doctor calmly, "He'll be quiet soon.
That stuff is cheap but quite poisonous."
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How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb?
Charismatic: Only one. Hands already in the air.
Pentecostals: Ten. One to change the bulb, and nine to
pray against the spirit of darkness.
Presbyterians: None. Lights will go on and off at
predestined times.
Roman Catholic: None. Candles only, but they must be
bees wax candles.
Baptists: At least 15. One to change the light bulb, and
three committees to approve the change and decide who
brings the potato salad.
Episcopalians: Three. One to call the electrician, one to
mix the drinks and one to talk about how much better the
old bulb was.
Mormons: Five. One man to change the bulb, and four
wives to tell him how to do it.
Unitarians: We choose not to make a statement either in
favor of or against the need for a light bulb. However, if
in your own journey you have found that light bulbs work
for you, that is fine. You are invited to write a poem or
compose a modern dance about your light bulb for the
next Sunday service, in which we will explore a number
of light bulb traditions including incandescent, fluorescent,
three-way, long-life and tinted, all of which are equally
valid paths to luminescence.
Methodists: Undetermined. Whether your light is bright,
dull, or completely out, you are loved. You can be a light
bulb, turnip bulb, or tulip bulb. Church-wide lighting
service is planned for Sunday.Bring bulb of your choice and a covered dish.
Nazarene: Six. One woman to replace the bulb while five
men review church lighting policy.
Lutherans: None. Lutherans don't believe in change.
Amish: What's a light bulb?
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Joseph Meacham, 39, St louis, Missouri
Flees From Police During Traffic Stop,
Attempts To Hide Inside Police Headquarters
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Joseph Meacham, a 39-year-old St. Louis man was jailed
Wednesday after he allegedly ran into a police department
while trying to flee officers.
According to the Clayton Police, an officer was attempting
to pull Meacham over for an unknown traffic violation when
Meacham stopped the vehicle and fled on foot.
As Meacham was being chased by the officer, he unknowingly
ran into the St. Louis County police office looking
for a place to hide.
Investigators say detectives watched as Meacham darted in
and out of hallways, clearly not knowing where he was going.
Eventually, Meacham ran into an office occupied by the
Chief of Police. That's when he realized that he had hit a
dead end, dropped to the floor and curled up into a ball.
Meacham was then taken into custody at gun point.
"He acted like if he didn't look up and couldn't see us,
then we couldn't see him," said St. Louis County Lt. Bryan Ludwig.
Meacham was booked into jail and issued several court
summonses. He was later released without bail.
A female who was a passenger in Meacham's vehicle during the
arrest was also taken into custody, but has been cooperating
with police.
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From: Rheta
Re: Lost browser
Deat Webby;
Will here I am again. With another question. Some how I have
AOL as my browser. I have no idea how I lost my Internet
explorer. How do I get it back? Please.
Rheta
Dear Rheta
Click on start and type
iexplore
and hit enter.
If you have FireFox installed somewhere, you can type
firefox
and hit Enter.
When you hit Enter, the selected browser will start up,
and ask you, if you want to make it the default browser.
Most likely you have an icon for your favorite browser
somewhere in your forest of desktop icons.
Send a youngster on a scavenger hunt to find it.
When it is found, right-click the status bar,
and make sure it is not locked.
Then drag the found icon onto the status bar next to START.
Now it will always be handy and won't get lost again.
After that, you can lock the tool bar again.
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That changed when a kitten adopted me.
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They covered for me by calling my kitten
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One morning I was leaving the dorm
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A student stopped me and asked,
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I explained that I was taking the kitten to the vet.
"She's getting fixed today," I told him.
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When Bob came home, his wife was crying.
"Your mother insulted me," she sobbed.
"My mother? How could she do that when she is on
vacation on the other side of the world?" Bob asked.
"I know. But this morning a letter addressed to you
arrived. I opened it because I was curious."
"And?"
"At the end of the letter she wrote:
PS. Dear Diane, when you have finished reading this letter,
don't forget to give it to my son."
Today, May 26, in
0017 Germanicus of Rome celebrated his victory over the Germans.
1328 William of Ockham was forced to flee from Avignon
1521 Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because
of his religious beliefs and writings.
1647 A new law banned Catholic priests from the colony of
Massachusetts. The penalty was banishment or death for
a second offense.
1660 King Charles II of England landed at Dover after being
exiled for nine years.
1670 A treaty was signed in secret in Dover, England, between
Charles II and Louis XIV ending the hostilities between them.
1736 The British and Chickasaw Indians defeated the French
at the Battle of Ackia.
1791 The French Assembly forced King Louis XVI to hand over
the crown and state assets.
1805 Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned King of Italy in Milan
1831 Russians defeated the Poles at battle of Ostrolenska.
1896 The last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, was crowned.
1908 In Persia, the first oil strike was made in the Middle East.
1913 Actors’ Equity Association was organized in New York City.
1940 The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began
1946 A patent was filed in the United States for an H-bomb.
1946 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed a military
pact with Russian leader Joseph Stalin.
1956 The first trailer bank opened for business in Locust Grove,
Long Island, NY. The 46-foot-long trailer took in $100,000
in deposits its first day.
1959 The word "Frisbee" became a registered trademark of Wham-O.
1961 A U.S. Air Force bomber flew across the Atlantic in a
record time of just over three hours.
1969 The Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth after a successful
eight-day dress rehearsal for the first manned moon landing.
1975 American stuntman Evel Knievel suffered severe spinal
injuries in Britain when he crashed while attempting to jump
13 buses in his car.
1977 George H. Willig was arrested after he scaled the
South Tower of New York's World Trade Center. It took him
3 1/2 hours.
1991 A Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashed in Thailand, killing all
223 people aboard.
1994 U.S. President Clinton renewed trade privileges for China,
and announced that his administration would no longer link
China's trade status with its human rights record.
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A man entered a stationery store and asked the clerk for a
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The clerk replied, "We have birthday cards and we have an-
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The man said, "You don't understand. I need a card that
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The ninety-five year old woman at the nursing home received
a visit from one of her fellow church members.
"How are you feeling?" the visitor asked.
"Oh," said the lady, "I'm just worried sick!"
"What are you worried about, dear?" her friend asked.
"You look like you're in good health. They are taking
care of you, aren't they?"
"Yes, they are taking very good care of me."
"Are you in any pain?" she asked.
"No, I have never had a pain in my life."
"Well, what are you worried about?" her friend asked again.
The lady leaned back in her rocking chair and slowly
explained her major worry. "Every close friend I ever had
has already died and gone on to heaven. I'm afraid they're
all wondering where I went."
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Couple Jailed After Stabbing One Another
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Gregory Stambaugh, 57, and Karen Harrelson, 48, were jailed
last Wednesday after they allegedly stabbed each other
during an argument over which contestant should win
'American Idol.'
According to police, Stambaugh and Harrelson had been
watching the show at Stambaugh's home Wednesday evening
when they got into an argument over who should win the
season's title.
Investigators say one of the suspects went to the kitchen,
grabbed a knife and stabbed the other. In retaliation, the
other suspect grabbed the knife and stabbed back.
When police arrived at the scene, both Stambaugh and
Harrelson argued about who stabbed first.
Police believe alcohol was likely a factor in the altercation,
and since they did not leak much and were internally antiseptic,
Stambaugh and Harrelson were booked into the York County Prison
and charged with assault.
Tech Support Pits
From: Sharon
Re: Ad Blocking
Deat Webby;
Thanks for the camera hints on pixel size for emailing. I
saved the pic to the pc then cut them down in size &
emailed them. The receipants said they came thru really well.
I read some where a long time ago that there is a way to
stop the ad banners while surfing a site. Do you know
how to do this?
Also I am curious if using instant messenger for chatting
w/ family & friends is a way of getting a virus? I do a virus
scan twice a week & have one that is on auto protect all
the time.
Thanks for your wonderful help.
Sharon
Dear Sharon
There are ways to block all ads.
The easiest is not to go to sites, that use ads to help pay
for their web space.
Contrary to popular opinion, web space is not paid for by
the Easter Bunny.
When I really like a site, I click on every ad they have.
I know they will get a few pennies per 1000 exposures,
and I don't begrudge them that. The same when I buy
something over the net, I try to approach it through an
ad on a site that I like. It does not cost me any extra,
but it may make the difference between them staying alive
or not.
If you do the opposite, and block ads, then you are looking
for trouble. Many sites consider that as being a parasite,
and they redirect your browser away from their good pages.
Where they redirect you to, that's anyones guess and
depends on how much they dislike parasites. Often those
redirect targets are bad news.
Nobody is getting rich off the ads any more, but they do
help with the expenses of running a site.
Re Instant Messengers: If you use AOL Instant messenger
or MSN messenger or Yahoo messenger, then you better have
VERY good security up and running,
and pray a lot.
Especially AIM seems to be a real trouble magnet.
On the other end of the spectrum is Skype. It is encrypted
and hostile stuff just does not make it through that encryption.
We use Skype for tech support and there has never been
even the slightest hint of any problem. And it's free!
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A vacuum cleaner works well too.
Since I stopped smoking a bit over two years ago, keyboards
require a lot less cleaning. Nowadays I just hit them
upside down over the garbage can, then give them a squirt
of window cleaner and vacuum them. One swipe with the carpet
beater is enough and all the keys are bright and shiny again.
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cost to get married?"
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it."
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A father noticed that his son was spending way too much time
playing computer games. In an effort to motivate the boy to
focus more attention on his schoolwork, the father said to
his son, "When Lincoln was your age, he was studying books
by the light of the fireplace."
The son replied, "But Dad, when Lincoln was your age, he
was President of The United States!"
Today, May 25, in
585 BC The first known prediction of a solar eclipse was
made in Greece.
1085 Alfonso VI took Toledo, Spain from the Moslems.
1810 Argentina declared independence from Napoleonic Spain.
1844 The gasoline engine was patented by Stuart Perry.
1895 Oscar Wilde, a playwright, poet and novelist, was
convicted of a morals charge and sentenced to prison in London.
1927 Ford Motor Company announced that the Model A would
replace the Model T.
1953 In Nevada, the first atomic cannon was fired.
1961 America was asked by U.S. President Kennedy to work
toward putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
1970 Boeing Computer Services was founded.
1977 An opinion piece by Vietnam verteran Jan Scruggs appeared
in "The Washington Post." The article called for a national
memorial to "remind an ungrateful nation of what it has done
to its sons" that had served in the Vietnam War.
1979 An American Airlines DC-10 crashed during takeoff at
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. 275 people were killed.
1981 Daredevil Daniel Goodwin scaled Chicago's Sears Tower,
while wearing a "Spiderman" costume, in 7 1/2 hours.
1985 Bangladesh was hit with a hurricane and tidal wave that
killed more than 11,000 people.
1997 Poland adopted a constitution that removed all traces
of communism.
2001 Erik Weihenmeyer, 32, of Golder, CO, became the first blind
climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
2008 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander landed in the arctic plains
of Mars.
2009 North Korea announced that it had conducted a second
successful nuclear test in the province of North Hamgyong.
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... not getting my subscription newsletters, not just the Humor Letter, but
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Dear Friends, If you are on the list, then the subscriptions are sent out
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them.
Complaining to me won't fix your or your ISP's spam block. Check your spam
control program and, if necessary, white-list the missing subscription or
declare it as friendly. If your spam control program is OK, contact your
ISP.
If you are using one of those address collectors that pretend to be email
verification programs, but ask for people to fill out all kinds of information,
forget it!
NO newsletter send program will even click on a verification link, never
mind filling out some silly junkmail order form. If you want a newsletter,
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