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Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Spurned floriduh woman, who pulled knife on man
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1981 The Associated Press ran its first story about two rare
illnesses afflicting homosexual men. One of the diseases
was later named AIDS.
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>From Donny
We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of
a few lunatics, but we are told to judge ALL gun owners
by the actions of a few lunatics.
Funny how that works.
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>From Mary
My 20th high school class reunion was held at a hotel on the
same night that another school's 10th-year reunion was taking
place.
While my girl friends and I were in the rest room talking,
some unfamiliar women entered. After their stares became
uncomfortable, we turned toward them. One of the women said,
"Don't mind us. We just wanted to see how we'd look in
another 10 years."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Elizabeth Highley,56, Floriduh
Spurned Woman Pulled Knife On Man
A 56-year-old Florida woman is facing an assault rap after
allegedly threatening a 25-year-old man with a knife after
he “rejected her sexual advances,” police report.
Elizabeth Highley (seen above) is scheduled to be arraigned
July 11 on the felony charge, for which she is free on
$3500 bail.
According to an arrest affidavit, Elizabeth Highley was
entertaining victim Crue Finley in her Jensen Beach home
when trouble began around midnight on June 16. Finley
told St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office deputies that he
and Highley “are not a couple.”
Finley, investigators reported, said that Elizabeth Highley
“wanted to have sex,“ but he “rejected her sexual advances
causing her to become angry and violent.” Elizabeth Highley
allegedly grabbed a knife and sliced Finley’s left thumb as
he fled her Windmill Village home.
Cops subsequently encountered Elizabeth Highley as she ran
after Finley, who is pictured below in an unrelated mug shot.
Elizabeth Highley, carrying a large knife and a broken
wooden cane, complied with Officer Paul Hutchinson’s order
to drop the weapons and lie down on the ground.
Elizabeth Highley, the cop noted, was “angry, crying and
appeared to be intogschiggated” when taken into custody.
She was released later in the day after posting bail on
the aggravated assault count.
Tech Support Pits
From: Donny
Re: Shut down W7
Dear Webby
Thank You !
Webpages have been freezing a lot lately and I
Never shut down completely.
Guess I should (once a week ?)
Donny
Dear Donny
Hit CTRL SHIFT ESC
That will bring up the task manager.
Sort by the MEMOry column.
If your browser is at the top, and shows a high number,
highlight it, and hit END PROCESS in the bottom right
corner.
It will ask you if that is the program you want to
shut down.
Hit OK, and your browser is off.
Just restart the browser after that. The good browsers
will let you return to the 127 open tabs,
which you had open in order to bung it up.
Have FUN!
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Getting Rid of Ants Without Poison
I have had great success this year with using cinnamon on
my kitchen counter and windowsill to keep the sugar ants
at bay. So when I found ants congregating near my garage
wall, I knew just what to do.
We had recently moved a fridge and there was some leftover
gunk underneath that the ants found. There were hundreds of
them feasting. I went and grabbed my Costco sized spice
bottle and then covered them with a heavy coating of cinnamon.
Immediately, the ants scatter. They do not like the cinnamon
at all. Within a few minutes, they were gone. I'll reapply
cinnamon if I see any places where the ants are still getting
through. It is non-toxic and frugal.
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A husband and wife are on the 9th green when suddenly she
collapses from a heart attack!
'Help me dear,' she groans to her husband.
The husband dials 911 on his cell phone, talks for a few
minutes, picks up his putter, and lines up his putt.
His wife raises her head off the gr! een and stares at him.
'I'm dying over here and you're putting?'
'Don't worry dear', says the husband calmly. 'they found a
doctor on the second hole and he's coming to help you'.
'Well how long will it take for him to get here',
she asks feebly?!
'No time at all', says her husband, practicing his putting
stroke. Everybody's already agreed to let him play through'!
KNOW YOUR STATE MOTTO..
Alabama
Hell Yeah, We Have Electricity.
Alaska
11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
Arizona
Yeah, But It's A Dry Heat.
Arkansas
Lituracy Ain't Everythang.
California
By 30, Our Women Have More
Plastic Than Your Honda.
Colorado
If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother.
Connecticut
Like Massachusetts , only smaller
Delaware
We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water.
Florida
Ask Us About Our Grandkids
And Our Voting Skills.
Georgia
We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism.
Hawaii
Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru
(Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)
Idaho
More Than Just Potatoes...
Well, Okay, We're Not, But The
Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
Illinois
Please, Don't Pronounce the "S"
Indiana
2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa
We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas
First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky
Five Million People;
Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana
We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos,
But That's Our Tourism Campaign.
Maine
We're Really Cold, But We
Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland
If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts
Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden 's And Our
Senators Are More Corrupt!
Michigan
First Line Of Defense Against The Canadians
Minnesota
10,000 Lakes... And 10 Zillion Mosquitoes
Mississippi
Come visit And Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri
Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
Montana
Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing
Crazies, and Honest Elections!
Nebraska
Ask About Our State Motto Contest
Nevada
Hookers and Poker!
New Hampshire
Go Away And Leave Us Alone
New Jersey
You Want A ##$%##! Motto?
I Got Your ##$%##! Motto Right here!
New Mexico
Lizards Make Excellent Pets
New York
You Have The Right To Remain Silent,
You Have The Right To An Attorney...
And No Right To Self Defense!
North Carolina
Tobacco Is A Vegetable
North Dakota
We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
Ohio
At Least We're Not Michigan
Oklahoma
Like The Play, But No Singing
Oregon
Spotted Owl.. It's What's For Dinner
Pennsylvania
Cook With Coal
Rhode Island
We're Not REALLY An Island
South Carolina
Remember The Civil War?
Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender Yet
South Dakota
Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee
Home of the Al Gore Invention Museum
Texas
Se Hable Ingles
Utah
Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont
Too liberal for the Kennedy's
Virginia
Who Says Government Stiffs And
Slackjawed Yokels Don't Mix?
Washington
Our Governor can out-fraud your Governor!
West Virginia
One Big Happy Family...Really!
Wisconsin
Come Cut the Cheese!
Wyoming
Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Scared
Home of Brokeback Mtn.
The District of Columbia
The Work-Free Drug Place !
Today 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.
1790 In Paris, the marquis of Condorcet proposed granting
civil rights to women.
1844 Ambassador Caleb Cushing successfully negotiated a
commercial treaty with China that opened five Chinese ports
to U.S. merchants and protected the rights of American
citizens in China.
1863 The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended
after three days. It was a major victory for the North
as Confederate troops retreated.
1871 The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
introduced the first narrow-gauge locomotive. It was
called the "Montezuma."
1878 John Wise flew the first American 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.
1939 Chic Young’s comic strip character, "Blondie" was first
heard on CBS radio.
1940 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted on NBC radio.
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.
1945 U.S. troops landed at Balikpapan and take Sepinggan
airfield on Borneo in the Pacific.
1945 The first civilian passenger car built since February
1942 was driven off the assembly line at the Ford Motor
Company plant in Detroit, MI. Production had been diverted
due to World War II.
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.
1974 The Threshold Test Ban Treaty was signed, prohibiting
underground nuclear weapons tests with yields greater than
150 kilotons.
1981 The Associated Press ran its first story about two rare
illnesses afflicting homosexual men. One of the diseases
was later named AIDS.
1986 U.S. President Reagan presided over a ceremony in
New York Harbor that saw the relighting of the renovated
Statue of Liberty.
1991 U.S. President George H.W. Bush formally inaugurated
the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
National Memorial in South Dakota.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014, 11:01 AM
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Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Giggling woman busted for crashing truck,
twice, and eating her pot in cop car
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Today, in
1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter reinstated draft registration for
males 18 years of age.
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--- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be
yelling at the same kids.
-- Derrick, age 8
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want any more kids.
-- Lori, age 8
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
When they're rich.
-- Pam, age 7
IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It's better for girls to be single but not for boys.
Boys need someone to clean up after them.
-- Anita, age 9
HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET
MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?
-- Kelvin, age 8
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Style and fashion intrude into all walks of our lives. Two fellows
who had been rivals all their lives followed different career
paths. One eventually became an Admiral in the Navy, the
other went into the Catholic Church and became a Bishop.
As fate would have it, they happened to meet at the Airport.
The Bishop spied the Admiral first and said loudly,
"Oh Porter, from what gate is the flight to Dallas leaving?"
The Admiral approached, bowed, and said
"Gate 7 Madame, but should you be traveling in your condition ?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Tavish Smith,
Giggling woman busted for crashing truck,
twice, and eating her pot in cop car
cops say a Florida woman with a case of the giggles crashed
her car and then tried to eat her stash of pot in the back
of a squad car.
Tavish Smith, 45, was pulled over June 13 on suspicion of
DUI along U.S. 1 in Brevard County, Florida, after she
allegedly crashed her truck, drove the wrong way on U.S. 1,
then crashed again.
The arresting officer put her in the back of his cruiser while
he searched her truck.
He allegedly found a small sandwich bag of marijuana in the
vehicle, according to the New York Daily News.
A surveillance video taken inside the squad car shows a woman
identified as Smith denying the marijuana is hers.
The suspect appears to wiggle out of her handcuffs, reach into
the front seat of the cop car, and grab the pot-filled sandwich
bag, according to police.
Then she allegedly started to eat the cannabis, Local10.com
reports.
It was when she tried to slip back into her handcuffs that
she was busted.
"Do you have your handcuffs in front already?" The trooper
asked in the video. "Did you slip out?"
Smith said no.
"I could have sworn I just saw you scratch your nose," the
trooper said.
"Oh yeah I did," Smith said.
"Stay in your handcuffs please," the trooper said.
"I hope that's not why this marijuana bag was open over here.
Bags of weed just don't go missing inside a police car."
Smith's alleged marijuana munching bumped what were
misdemeanor charges up to a felony, according to WTSP TV.
Smith has been released on bail, but she has been suspended
from her job as an employee for a Brevard County judge,
HLN TV reports.
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From: Marilee
Re: How often should I shut down W7
Dear Webby
W7 is such a tedious klutz about starting up, and some people
tell me to just leave it running, sooner or later it will
crash on it's own.
What is YOUR opinion on that?
Marilee
Dear Marilee
I fondly remember a Marilee from the days before computers.
Leave the modem running, but shut windows down, if you are
not going to use it for two or more hours.
Yes, I know, unlike UNIX or Linux, Windows is not starting
very gracefully, and takes a lot of time. However, you will
notice that it runs a bit faster with a daily shut-down
than with a monthly one.
Just go make a fresh pot of coffee while it starts up.
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>From Brent
My boss wanted a "Clean Desk" policy, so he sent a memo saying
that any paperwork left on desks would be removed at night and we
would have to fill out a form to get it back.
So we left all our trash paper on our desks every night.
In a week, the boss had an office full of trash, nobody filled
out a retrieval form, and we never heard about the policy again.
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One day, while driving with my then 5 year old daughter
Melanie, I beeped the horn by mistake. She turned and
looked at me as if she was demanding an explanation.
I said, "I did that by accident..."
She replied, "I know that....'cause you didn't scream
'A********!' after beeping!"
From a passenger ship, everyone can see a bearded
man on a small island, shouting and desperately waving
his hands.
"Who is it?" a passenger asks the captain.
"I've no idea. Every year when we pass, he goes nuts."
Today 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 Prussia agreed to pull out of Schlewig and Holstein, Germany.
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.
1881 Charles J. Guiteau fatally wounded U.S. President James A.
Garfield in Washington, DC.
1890 The U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1926 The U.S. Congress established the Army Air Corps.
1937 American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the
Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world at
the equator.
1939 At Mount Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt's face was dedicated.
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. 9 months later Pelosi was born.
1964 U.S. President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964"
into law. The act made it illegal in the U.S. to discriminate
against others because of their race.
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.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 10:27 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Tuesday, July 1.
Happy Canada Day!
Same as July 4 south of the border, but 3 days earlier,
because Hagar was 500 years earlier than Columbus.
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Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Florida barber for running a strip club out of barber shop
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Today, in
1997 The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from
Great Britain to China. Britain had controlled Hong Kong
as a colony for 156 years.
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--- Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
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A hot red convertible with an equally hot woman driver raced
by as my husband and his friend stopped to stare.
"Wow," sighed Rick. "Nice."
"Yeah," agreed his buddy, transfixed.
"What color was the car?" I asked.
They answered simultaneously, "Blonde."
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The CIA loses track of one of its operatives, and so calls in
one of their top spy hunters.
The CIA boss says, "All I can tell you is that his name is
Murphy and that he's somewhere in Ireland. If you think
you've located him, tell him the code words, 'The weather
forecast calls for mist in the morning.' If it's really him, he'll
answer, 'Yes, and for mist at noon as well.'"
So the spy hunter goes to Ireland and stops in a bar in one of
the small towns. He says to the bartender, "Maybe you can
help me. I'm looking for a guy named Murphy."
The bartender replies, "You're going to have to be more
specific because, around here, there are lots of guys named
Murphy. There's Murphy the Baker, who runs the pastry shop
on the next block. There's Murphy the Banker, who's president
of our local savings bank. There's Murphy the Blacksmith, who
works at the stables. And, as a matter of fact, my name is
Murphy, too."
Hearing this, the spy hunter figures he might as well try the
code words on the bartender, so he says, "The weather forecast
calls for mist in the morning."
The bartender replies, "Oh, you're looking for Murphy the Spy.
He lives next door, up on the second floor."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Derrick Price, 43, Orange County, Florida
Running a strip club out of barber shop
Get your ears lowered and your pants raised.
That may have been the business model of a strip bar
that was allegedly run out of a barber shop in Orange County,
Florida.
Undercover agents working for the Metropolitan Bureau of
Investigation conducted a many months long investigation of
Super Fades barber shop before finally raiding the place
early Sunday morning.
MBI investigator Lt. Mike Gibson said the agents visited the
barbershop by day and saw it turn into an illegal strip bar
every Saturday night.
“On each and every occasion they were serving alcohol and
they had strippers. And, not strippers following local law,
but strippers that went completely nude,” Gibson told WFTV TV.
Along with the barber pole in front of Super Fades, there was
a stripper pole installed inside the establishment.
"That would have been a piece of equipment that was there
even when they operated during the day while they acted as a
barbershop," Gibson said, according to UPI.com
Agents purchased $20 worth of illegal vodka at Super Fades
early Sunday morning before discovering one of the dancers
was a 17-year-old female.
"As we were conducting the investigation, we were able to
identify one of the dancers being a juvenile, and that led
to the need to speed the investigation up," Gibson told WESH TV.
Derrick Price, 43, the owner of Super Fades, was arrested and
charged with allowing a worker to engage in nudity, allowing a
person under 18 in an adult entertainment establishment,
operation of an establishment without a valid license and
possession of alcohol without a license with intent to sell.
He was released after posting bond and is due in court on Monday.
The 17-year-old who was allegedly stripping was also arrested.
Gibson said the stripping pole has since been removed.
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From: Steve
Re: Kasperski vs McAfee vs Malwarebytes
Dear Webby
your efforts in your newsletter continue to be greatly
appreciated, as they have for a few years now.
How does the kaspersky internet security malware detection
compare to malwarebytes anti-malware you now tout ?
Are malware programs similar to anti-virus programs in the
respect of you do not want to run two programs concurrently ?
How does spy-bot fit into the malware picture, it does cookies
not malware ?
Again thank you for your time & sharing your wisdom.
steve j.
Dear Steve
Kasperski is the equivalent of McAfee. Some months McAfee is
a nose ahead, some months it's Kasperski. Both are huge
companies and not really known for good personal support.
However, they generally run fine and very rarely require
contacting their support.
You can consider those two, and Vipre as well, as heavy bombers.
Slow, and reasonably reliable.
They try to be a total solution for everything, including
blocking spam. However, they are rather klutzy about that.
It is best to disable their email section.
The same goes for Vipre.
MalwareBytes by comparison is a fighter plane. It can take
care of really nasty trojans, which disable McAfee and
Kasperski.
Malwarebytes also goes after "agreed to" nuisance stuff,
like pop up ads, browser redirection, search engine
redirection, etc. MalwareBytes does not care who agreed
to that kind of crap. It recognizes crap and flushes it.
Both Kasperski and McAfee try to uninstall Malwarebytes.
They seem to be really jealous and envious and start a
silly pissing contest.
Most recommendations are that you stick with McAfee or
Kasperski or Vipre for continuous routine protection,
and use MalwareBytes just for extreme problems or
"agreed to" crap.
I have run machines with just MalwareBytes, and found
it to be sufficient.
Spybot-Search&Destroy is free and will get some
light-weight stuff. Because it is free, it is a good
idea to try that first, before spending money.
Have FUN!
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We have a wall hanging appointment calendar in the entry
porch. When we come in from the library with a new load
of books, we mark the due date and the number of books
due on that date. Easy-peasy! I haven't had a fine yet.
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These ads could have benefitted from a bit of proof-reading!
Dinner Special -- Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef $2.25;
Children $2.00.
Dog for sale: eats anything and is fond of children.
We do not tear your clothing with machinery.
We do it carefully by hand.
For Rent: 6-room hated apartment.
Auto Repair Service. Free pick-up and delivery.
Try us once, and you'll never go anywhere again.
Illiterate? Write today for free help.
Great Dames for sale.
Mt. Kilimanjaro, the breathtaking backdrop for the Serena
Lodge. Swim in the lovely pool while you drink it all in.
Get rid of aunts: Zap does the job in 24 hours.
Stock up and save. Limit: one.
Save regularly in our bank. You'll never reget it.
Used Cars: Why go elsewhere to be cheated?
Come here first!
Wanted. Man to take care of cow that does not smoke or drink.
3-year-old teacher needed for pre-school.
Experience preferred.
Our experienced Mom will care for your child. Fenced yard,
meals, and smacks included.
Mother's helper--peasant working conditions.
Semi-Annual after-Christmas Sale.
And now, the Superstore--unequaled in size, unmatched in
variety, unrivaled inconvenience.
We will oil your sewing machine and adjust tension in your
home for $1.00.
An excerpt from brilliant Kentucky state legislation.
"No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway
within this state unless she be escorted by at least two
officers or unless she be armed with a club."
The following important amendment however is to be considered
here: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to
females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds,
nor shall it apply to male horses."
Today 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.
1690 The French defeated the forces of the Grand Alliance
at Fleurus in the Netherlands.
1798 Napoleon Bonaparte took Alexandria, Egypt.
1847 The U.S. Post Office issued its first adhesive stamps.
1863 During the U.S. Civil War, the first day's fighting
at Gettysburg began.
font color=red>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.
1941 Bulova Watch Company sponsored the first TV commercial
in New York City, NY.
1942 German troops captured Sevestopol, 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.
1960 Somalia gained its independence from Britain through
the unification of Somaliland with Italian Somalia.
1961 British troops landed in Kuwait to aid against
Iraqi threats.
1961 The first community air-raid shelter was built. The
shelter in Boise, ID had a capacity of 1,000 people and
family memberships sold for $100.
1963 The U.S. postmaster introduced the five-digit ZIP
(Zoning Improvement Plan) code.
1968 The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was signed by 60
countries. It limited the spreading of nuclear material
for military purposes. On May 11, 1995, the treaty was
extended indefinitely.
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 national anthem of Canada.
1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed legislation that
provided for 2 acres of land near the Lincoln Memorial
for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1987 John Kevin Hill, at age 11, became the youngest to
fly across the U.S. when he landed at National Airport
in Washington, DC.
1989 The Montreal Protocol, an international treaty, went
into effect. It limited the production of ozone-
destroying chemicals.
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.
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Good Morning, !
Today is Monday, June 30.
Yes, I know that the Ezinefinder is still down.
Mañana.
Maybe.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Georgia driver, who repeatedly ran over woman at
traffic light
Details at Boneheads
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Today, in
2004 The international Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit.
The craft had been on a nearly seven-year journey.
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when they started life as children.
--- Kingsley Amis (1922 - 1995)
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>From Roland
A passenger on a Southwest flight says that he once faced
a flight delay just before they boarded.
A flight attendant picked up the microphone and announced:
"We're sorry for the delay. The machine that normally rips
the handles off your luggage is broken, so we're having
to do it by hand. We should be finished and on our way
shortly."
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The little boy greeted his grandmother with a hug and said,
"I'm so happy to see you grandma. Now maybe daddy will
do the trick he has been promising us."
The grandmother was curious.
"What trick is that my dear," she asked.
The little boy replied, "I heard daddy tell mommy that he
would climb the walls if you came to visit us again."
Thanks to dad for this one
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This one bloomed today
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Dewey Green, 23, Douglasville, Georgia
Georgia driver, repeatedly ran over woman
at traffic light
A Georgia man is charged with murder after running over a
woman with his car.
Dewey Green, 23, drove up behind an SUV sitting at a traffic
light in Douglasville on Wednesday afternoon. Green allegedly
rammed the vehicle with his own car multiple times, according
to WSBTV.
The victim, 53-year-old Janice Pitts, got out to see how
badly the SUV was damaged, and Green allegedly slammed into
her, pinning the woman up against the vehicle.
Pitts' adult daughter, Iesha Davis, tried to save her mother,
jumping on Green's car and begging him to stop crushing the
woman.
Police say that after Green backed up and Pitt fell to the
ground, he ran her over. He then allegedly backed up over her
body again, according to AL.com
“I'll never ever get the image of my mom lifeless body lying
on the pavement and the man ran her over like she was nothing,"
Davis told WSBTV.
Davis' 4-year-old son was also in the vehicle at the time.
"Imagine your mother minding her own business and being
killed brutally,'' Nakeeta Davis, Pitts' other daughter who
was not at the scene of the crime, told AL.com. "This man
was out to kill. He didn't stop until he got what he was
after."
Pitts, who died at the scene, was studying for a master's
degree in psychology and was planning to open a non-profit
for abused women and children.
Acting District Attorney Brian Fortner told the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution that it does not appear Pitt and Green
knew each other, and that there is no indication Green
suffered from mental illness. Police say Green seemed
dazed and confused and reeked of alcohol.
“No doubt there's alcohol involved,” said Stan Copeland
with Douglas County police. Officials are trying to
determine if he was additionally under the influence
of drugs.
Tech Support Pits
From: Kathy
Re: Deleting files
Hi Webby,a question please!
My puter has been acting up lately,slow ,irratic,etc..
I defragged and when I went to do a Disc clean up,in the
list shown were Temp Files,(not temp internet files)
which are taking up 1.39 GB of space! Are these files
that I can delete? Also shown in System error memory dump
files,were 194 MB of files.Please advise!!!!!
Thanks for being there for us!!! Don't give up on us,we will
be more tech savvy with your help,one day!!!
Stay well,
Kathy
Dear Kathy
Download CrapCleaner from my ToolBox.
It is free
It will get rid of most of that crap.
Caution! Go into the settings and take the checkmark off the
Cookies.
Otherwise it will blithely delete all your cookies, and
you'll have trouble signing in to your bank.
That should help noticeably.
Additional help is at http://webby.com/fixclean
Re temp files, I just dump them when I come across them,
same as when I see files with wacky characters in the file
name.
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Monsters Be Gone Kit
Made about a thousand of these, LOL!
Supplies:
Spray Bottle
Lavender Oil
Steps:
Mix ten to twelve drops of lavender with water.
Put the spray top on and label the bottle.
Get a box and decorate it. Write on the side:
"Monsters Beware Kit".
On the other side, write "(Child's Name),
Go Away I Say Kit!"
Put spray, a tiny flashlight, and a small bell in the
box. Tell the child to ring the bell, because monsters
do not like bells (but really to wake up the parent)
and take the flashlight and turn it on because they hate
light. Then, spray the bed and under it to make them leave!
Source: Me, tired of Grand-kids nightmares!
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>From Em
While standing in line at airport security this morning, the
ahead of me poked her index finger at an article in the
newspaper she was reading and made a rather unflattering
comment about the author.
I read: "12 ideas to help you keep that resolution to lose
weight." After a couple of paragraphs, the article lists
things to do. The second of these hints reads:
"When cooking yourself,
substitute lower-fat ingredients whenever possible...."
"HUH?" she then asked, "Am I supposed to hunt down and
cook a low-fat jogger instead of myself?"
A young man hired by a supermarket reported for his first day
of work. The manager greeted him with a warm handshake
and a smile, gave him a broom and said, "Your first job
will be to sweep the entire store."
"But I'm a college graduate," the young man replied
indignantly.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that," said the manager.
"Here, give me the broom - Let me show you how."
Today 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 A meteor explosion in Siberia knocked down trees in a
40-mile radius and struck people unconscious some 40
miles away.
1912 Belgian workers went on strike to demand universal
suffrage.
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."
1935 Fascists caused an uproar at the League of Nations when
Haile Selassie of Ethiopia speaks.
1936 Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind,"
1950 U.S. President Harry Truman ordered U.S. troops into Korea
and authorizes the draft.
1951 On orders from Washington, General Matthew Ridgeway broadcasts
that the United Nations was willing to discuss an armistice with
North Korea.
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.
1957 The American occupation headquarters in Japan was dissolved.
1958 The U.S. Congress passed a law authorizing the admission of
Alaska as the 49th state in the Union.
1960 The Katanga province seceded from Congo (upon Congo's
independence from Belgium).
1964 The last of U.N. troops left Congo after a four-year
effort to bring stability to the country.
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.
1985 Yul Brynner left his role as the King of Siam after 4,600
performances in "The King and I."
1994 The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding
of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the
organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
1998 Officials confirmed that the remains of a Vietnam War
serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington
National Cemetery were identified as those of Air Force pilot
Michael J. Blassie.
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.
2004 The international Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit.
The craft had been on a nearly seven-year journey.
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Sunday, June 29, 2014, 06:59 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, June 29.
Yes, I know that the Ezinefinder is still down.
Mañana.
Maybe.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Woman, who deliberately sprayed weedkiller
into a 7 year old girl's face.
Details at Boneheads
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Today, in
1995 The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir
docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to
orbit the Earth.
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cannot hear what you say.
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Thanks to Linda for this story:
As the owner of a clunker, I was used to dealing with a
variety of car breakdowns. One day at the supermarket,
just after I had filled my trunk with groceries, I noticed
a stream of fluid pouring out of the bottom of the car.
I knew I had to get home before the car was once again out
of action.
When I arrived I asked my husband to take a look at the
problem.
Expecting the worst, I braced myself for his diagnosis.
When he came back in, he was smiling. "It's apple juice,"
he said.
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Since this is their first party and the wife hasn't done much
cooking, the husband suggests they order out for Chinese
food and she could bake a cake for dessert. She agrees,
but on Friday afternoon, the wife calls her husband in tears.
"The only recipe I can find is for a cake that will feed four,"
she says.
"Why don't you just double the recipe?" her husband asks.
Just before quitting time the husband gets another call
from her, and this time she is frantic.
"I just can't do it," she says. "It's impossible."
"Now, now, what's the matter?"
"Well, I doubled everything, just like you said," she tells
him, "and it's ready to go in the oven."
"Then what's the problem?" he asks.
The wife sobs. "The book says that the cake must be
baked at 350 degrees. I've checked the oven and it doesn't
go up to 700 degrees!"
"That's probably metric, just bake it at 350,
but don't double the time!"
>From Dianne
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Wilhelmina Rodenhuis, 60, Grover Beach, California
Woman, who deliberately sprayed weedkiller
into a 7 year old girl's face.
Grover Beach police arrested a woman Wednesday evening for
spraying a child in the face with a weed killer.
Detectives have not yet determined a motive, but police say
that 60-year-old Julie Wilhelmina Rodenhuis approached a
seven-year-old and sprayed pesticide in the child’s eyes.
The incident occurred around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in a
condominium complex at 676 North 12th Street in Grover Beach.
Family members immediately treated the child until medical
responders arrived. The child received further treatment
at a local hospital and was released.
Officers charged Rodenhuis with child endangerment, assault
with a deadly weapon and battery with serious child
endangerment. Rodenhuis could receive addition charges.
She is currently in San Luis Obispo County Jail on a
$100,000 bond.
No site lists a motive, just that Rodenhuis has been
involved in many neighborhood disputes, that some
have permanent restraining orders against her, and pretty
well all local commenters agree that she is crazy.
Tech Support Pits
From: Lynn
Re: Google Chrome infection?
Dear Webby:
It seems my Google chrome has an infected file because my
McAfee (I don't believe it is really McAfee that keeps
popping this window up)keeps popping up a window that says
a Trojan has been found and if I restart my computer, it
will be fixed. I restarted 4 times and the pop up that
says it is from McAfee still says it has found and
infected file and to restart my computer.
I did a complete scan with my McAfee and it says: no
issues found.
I closed Google Chrome and am now using Firefox and the
issue is gone. It only happens when I am using Google
Chrome. Should I uninstall Chrome and re-install it as
I like it better than Firefox?
Any help you can give me will be appreciated.
Many thanks
C.
Dear C
Whatever you do, do NOT restart! That is a common ploy of
many infections for installing a new super-user above you.
Quite possibly your McAfee has been compromised, just like
your Google Chrome. Now you need stronger medicine.
See that big link at the top of the side menu?
MalwareBytes
That should clean the crap out of your machine.
After that, uninstall McAfee and Chrome.
Run Malwarebyts again to make sure the machine is clean.
Then you can re-install a fresh McAfee, if you want it,
and Chrome.
Quite likely the infection started, when you agreed to
something or other. That causes mcAfee to bow out and
list that as something you want and agreed to,
Malwarebytes is not that polite with crooked shit.
No matter who agreed to it, out it goes.
When Microsoft stopped allowing the round clock "gadet",
I searched for an alternative and eventually found a
site with hundreds of clocks. I picked one, and during
the installation of it, hit Enter without reading the
small print one time too often. And got infected.
McAfee allowed that crap, since I had agreed to it.
GRRRRR!
So I installed MalwareBytes
It cleaned out not only THAT infection, but a few more,
that I suspected, but never had the time to hunt dwon.
THAT is why MalwareBytes got the spot of honor on top of
the recommended resources in the side menu.
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Exchange Keys With A Neighbor
My neighbor and I exchanged house keys so that we could
enter each other's homes in case of an emergency or to feed
pets while one of us is on vacation, etc. I bought two
magnetic key holders and gave one to my neighbor to hide
(I know where) on her porch for my house key and I put the
other one under my metal mailbox with my neighbor's key
in it.
If someone happened to find the key holder, the key wouldn't
work in the lock where the key is hidden and I doubt they
would go around trying the neighbor's doors. Also, her kids
often forget their keys and can get their spare after school
to get into their own house even if I'm not home.
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>From Ray
I'm also a counselor who helps coordinate support groups for
visually-impaired adults. Many participants have a
condition known as macular degeneration, which makes it
difficult for them to distinguish facial features.
I had just been assigned to a new group and was
introducing myself.
Knowing that many in the group would not be able to see
me well, I jokingly said, "For those of you who can't
see me, I've been told that I look like a cross between
Paul Newman and Robert Redford."
Immediately, one woman called out, "We're not THAT blind!"
A Swiss guy, looking for directions, pulls up at a bus
stop where two Americans are waiting.
"Entschuldigung, koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen?" he asks.
The two Americans just stare at him.
"Excusez-moi, parlez vous Francais?" he tries. The two
continue to stare. "Parlare Italiano?" No response.
"Hablan ustedes Espanol?" Still nothing.
The Swiss guy drives off, extremely disgusted. The first
American turns to the second and says, "Y'know, maybe we
should learn a foreign language."
"Why?" says the other. "That guy knew four languages, and
it didn't do him any good."
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Today in
1236 Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon took Cordoba
in Spain.
1652 Massachusetts declared itself an independent
commonwealth.
1776 The Virginia constitution was adopted and Patrick
Henry was made governor.
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.
1932 Siam’s army seized Bangkok and announced an end
to the absolute monarchy.
1946 British authorities arrested more than 2,700
Jews in Palestine in an attempt to end alleged
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.
1953 The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction
of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast.
1954 The Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's access to classified
information.
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.
1972 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty
could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." The
ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment
laws.
1982 Israel invaded Lebanon.
1995 The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir
docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to
orbit the Earth.
2007 The Apple iPhone went on sale.
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Saturday, June 28, 2014, 11:19 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Saturday, June 28.
Yes, I know that the Ezinefinder is still down.
Mañana.
Maybe.
I had a similar server error on one of our machines today,
but got it fixed OK.
Have FUN!
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Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
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necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the
people who got there first.
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Two men were sitting in a doctors office.
"What are you here for?" asked one.
"Circumcision," came the reply.
"That's rouh! I had one of those the day after I was born,"
"Afterward, I couldn't walk for a year."
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A customer was continually bothering the waiter in a restaurant;
first, he'd asked that the air conditioning be turned up because
he was too hot, then he asked it be turned down, because he was too
cold, and so on for about half an hour.
Surprisingly, the waiter was very patient, walking back and
forth and never once getting angry. So finally, a second
customer asked why didn't they just throw out the pest.
"Oh I don't care." the waiter said with a smile.
"We don't have an air conditioner."
>From Nanarina
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Latia Harris
Woman Charged For Brutal Beating Caught On Tape
JUNE 26--Police today charged a female McDonald’s employee
for the vicious beating of a New Jersey woman whose
two-year-old small son tried to stop the attack, a video
of which went viral this week.
Latia Harris, 25, has been named in a criminal complaint
accusing her of aggravated assault and two counts of making
terroristic threats, according to a court filing. The brutal
attack occurred Tuesday evening in an open field behind a
McDonald’s in Salem, a southwestern New Jersey city.
Harris, pictured in the above driver’s license photo, was
wearing her McDonald’s uniform as she punched, kicked, and
spat on the 27-year-old victim, who was “covered in blood”
when emergency service workers arrived at the scene
(she was subsequently transported to a local hospital for
treatment).
A video of the attack was posted to Facebook, where it was
copied by Salem police. Investigators reported that the
victim told them that “Tia who works at McDonalds” assaulted
her and accused her of spreading rumors about her and her
McDonald’s manager.
As seen on the video, during the assault Harris threatened
to kick the victim’s son in the face. As his mother was
being beaten, the boy kicked Harris several times in the leg.
At the conclusion of the assault, Harris “spat on the victim
and walked away asking those recording the incident not to
post it on social media,” according to a police statement.
The complaint alleges that Harris also threatened to shoot
the victim “while punching her about the face.”
Harris, who remains at large, has not reported to work since
the June 24 incident. When she is apprehended, Harris will be
booked into jail on the three felony counts, the bail for
which has already been set at $35,000.
Interesting to note, none of the half dozen or so dark skinned
spectators lending moral support and apparently initial help
holding the victim and kocking her down, helped the white victim
in any way whatsoever.
Video of attack
Tech Support Pits
From: Lynn
Re: Any other FF30 cautions?
Dear Webby
What is Fire Fox bleeding. I just downloaded Fire Fox and
I am in a steep learning curve.
Are there any other problems that I should be watching for?
I did have a problem with my roboform tool bar missing and
Firefox that I was finally able to resolve.
Thanks,
Lynne
Dear Lynne
The bleeding is not a serious problem, just an embarrassing
glitch, like spaghetti sauce stain on your nice white blouse.
You can cope with it, until we find a solution.
For the RoboForm bar, you already found it, and for anybody
else, just right-click on an empty spot on the top bar, and
put a checkmark on RoboForm.
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Cleaning With Lemons
Don't throw away those lemons after you've used them. They
are great for scrubbing the kitchen sink. Simply take half
a squeezed or unsqueezed lemon, dip it in some baking soda
and scrub away. The baking soda will act as an abrasive
while the lemon will help remove stains. You can also squeeze
some lemon juice down the drain to help freshen it. For
stronger odor elimination, just use some of the peel and turn
on your disposer. Lemony fresh results every time.
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Our priest suddenly became ill and asked his twin brother, also
a priest, to fill in for him and conduct a funeral Mass
scheduled for that day. His brother, of course, agreed. It was
not until the brother was accompanying the casket down the
aisle, however, that he realized that he had neglected to ask
the sex of the deceased. This was information that he would need
for his remarks during the service.
As he approached the first pew where the deceased's relatives
were seated he nodded toward the casket and whispered to one
woman, "Brother or sister?"
"Cousin," she replied.
An airline captain was breaking in a very pretty new
stewardess. The route they were flying had a stay-over in
another city. Upon their arrival, the captain showed the
stewardess the best place for airline personnel to eat,
shop and stay overnight.
The next morning as the pilot was preparing the crew for the
days route, he noticed the new stewardess was missing. He knew
which room she was in at the hotel and called her up wondering
what happened to her. She answered the phone, sobbing, and said
she couldn't get out of her room.
"You can't get out of your room?" the captain asked,
"Why not?"
The stewardess replied, "There are only three doors in here,
"she cried," one is the bathroom, one is the closet, and one has
a sign on it that says "Do Not Disturb!"
Today in
1635 The French colony of Guadeloupe was established in the
Caribbean.
1675 Frederick William of Brandenburg crushed the Swedes.
1709 The Russians defeated the Swedes and Cossacks at the
Battle of Poltava.
1776 American Colonists repulsed a British sea attack on
Charleston, SC.
1778 Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American
artilleryman, carried water to the soldiers during the Battle
of Monmouth and, supposedly, took her husband's place at his
gun after he was overcome with heat.
1894 The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a U.S. national holiday.
1902 The U.S. Congress passed the Spooner bill, it authorized
a canal to be built across the isthmus of Panama.
1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the
Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo along
with his wife, Duchess Sophie. This was the start of WWI.
1919 The Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I
exactly five years after it began. The treaty also established
the League of Nations.
1921 A coal strike in Great Britain was settled after three months.
1930 More than 1,000 communists were routed during an assault on
the British consulate in London.
1939 Pan American Airways began the first transatlantic
passenger service.
1942 German troops launched an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields
in the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad.
1945 U.S. General Douglas MacArthur announced the end of
Japanese resistance in the Philippines.
1949 The last U.S. combat troops were called home from Korea,
leaving only 500 advisers.
1950 North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea.
1954 French troops began to pull out of Vietnam’s
Tonkin Province.
1960 In Cuba, Fidel Castro confiscated American-owned oil
refineries without compensation.
1965 The first commercial satellite began communications
service. It was Early Bird (Intelsat I).
1967 Israel formally declared Jerusalem reunified under its
sovereignty following its capture of the Arab sector in the
June 1967 war.
1971 The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the draft evasion
conviction of Muhammad Ali.
1972 U.S. President Nixon announced that no new draftees would
be sent to Vietnam.
1978 The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the medical school at the
University of California at Davis to admit Allan Bakke. Bakke,
a white man, argued he had been a victim of reverse racial
discrimination.
1997 Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's
ear after three rounds of their WBA heavyweight title fight
in Las Vegas, NV.
1998 Poland, due to shortage of funds, is allowed to lease,
U.S. aircraft to bring military force up to NATO standards.
1998 The Cincinnati Enquirer apologized to Chiquita banana
company and retracted their stories that questioned company's
business practices. They also agreed to pay more than
$10 million to settle legal claims.
2000 The European Commission announced that they had blocked
the planned merger between the U.S. companies WorldCom Inc.
and Sprint due to competition concerns.
2000 Six-year-old Elián González returned to Cuba from the U.S.
with his father. The child had been the center of an
international custody dispute.
2001 Slobodan Milosevic was taken into custody and was handed
over to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands.
The indictment charged Milosevic and four other senior officials,
with crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and
customs of war in Kosovo.
2001 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit set aside an order that would break up Microsoft for
antitrust violations. However, the judges did agree that the
company was in violation of antitrust laws.
2004 The U.S. turned over official sovereignty to Iraq's
interim leadership. The event took place two days earlier
than previously announced to thwart insurgents' attempts
at undermining the transfer.
2004 The U.S. resumed diplomatic ties with Libya after a
24-year break.
2007 The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered
species list. It is still a carrion, though, and as such
protected from hunting.
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FireFox 30 still bleeding
Friday, June 27, 2014, 03:16 PM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Friday, June 27.
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Yes, I know that the Ezinefinder is still down.
Mañana. Maybe.
And the fan goes wild!
Well, not really.
The home coming welcome for the
English team was not very noisy.
One lonely Gramma and one reporter
on a distant parkade roof.
Englad got sent home ater two
games, in hopes, that they learn
more by watching the World Cup
on TV.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Minnesota burglar, who robs a home,
and leaves HIS Facebook profile open.
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2005 In Alaska's Denali National Park, a roughly 70-million year
old dinosaur track was discovered. The track was form a three-toed
Cretaceous period dinosaur.
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"We ask prospective job applicants at our business to fill
out a questionnaire. For the line 'Choose ONE word to
summarize your strongest professional attribute,' one
woman wrote, 'I'm very good at following instructions.'"
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"An individual applied for a customer-service job, and when
asked what he might not like about the job, he said,
'Dealing with people.'"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Nicholas Wig, 26, South St. Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota burglar robs home,
leaves HIS Facebook profile open
A Minnesota man came home to find his house unlocked, cash
and other items missing, and the accused burglar's Facebook
profile open on his computer, authorities said.
Nicholas Wig, 26, who has been charged with second degree
burglary, also left his wet jeans, shoes and a belt lying
on the floor by the computer in the South St. Paul house,
according to a criminal complaint.
"This is the first case in Dakota County in which a suspected
burglar left his Facebook account open," Monica Jensen,
spokeswoman for the Dakota County Attorney's Office, said
on Tuesday.
According to the criminal complaint, a resident called
police on Thursday and told them he found his house in
disarray, the front door unlocked and a screen removed
from a side window.
He also saw that "Nick Dub's" Facebook profile was open
on his computer, the complaint said. Items missing included
cash, a checkbook, credit cards, keys and a watch, it said.
That same day, the resident recognized Wig on the street
from his Facebook picture and told police, who found him
wearing a watch like one taken in the burglary, the
complaint said.
When police checked Wig for weapons, they found car keys
and an iPod shuffle, which the resident identified along
with the watch, the complaint said.
Wig admitted entering the house, swapping his rain-soaked
clothes for some from the house, logging on to Facebook and
taking the items reported stolen, the complaint said.
The felony charge calls for up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine,
but he wil undoubtedly get a lot less than that.
Tech Support Pits
From: Andy
Re: FireFox 30 bleeding
Dear Webby
Have you found a way yet to get around the Bleeding
in FireFox 30?
Andy
Dear Andy
Not yet.
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Cleaning Cast Iron
If cast iron is rusty, use steel pads to remove rust and
wash in hot Dawn detergent really well. Dry cast iron.
I use cooking oil to season the cast iron; using paper
towel, rub oil generously onto cast iron, inside and
outside. Place a heavy duty piece of foil on the shelf
of the oven and turn thermostat to 350 degrees F.
Place cast iron top side down and season for 1 hour.
This will allow the excess oil to drain off the cast
iron. Allow to cool and wash with warm water. No soap.
My first item cooked in my iron skillets, is a pan of
cornbread. I place 2 tablespoons of oil into the skillet
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"Candidate specified that his availability was limited because
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday was 'drinking time.'"
After driving all night, a man arrived in a small town where
he decided to stop in the local park and catch some sleep.
Just as he dozed off, there was a knock on the window.
Outside the car, was a jogger.
"Excuse me, can you give me the time?" the jogger inquired.
"Groggily, the man replied, "It's 6:27."
The man closed his eyes and just as he dozed off there was
another knock on the window. There stood another jogger
who said, "I'm sorry to disturb you. Do you have the time?",
Struggling to keep up his spirits he replied, "It's 6:34."
The man rolled up the window but realizing that this could
go on indefinitely, he took paper and pen and created a
sign which read:
"I DO NOT KNOW THE TIME."
He stuck the sign in the window, closed his eyes, and was
barely asleep when there came yet another tap on the window.
The man looked and sure enough, there was another jogger.
He disgustedly rolled down the window and said, "Yeah, what is it?"
The jogger replied, "It's 6:42."
Today in
0363 The death of Roman Emperor Julian brought an end to the
Pagan Revival.
1693 "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London.
It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and
answer" column that became known as a "problem page."
1743 King George II of England defeated the French at Dettingen,
Bavaria, in the War of the Austrian Succession.
1787 Edward Gibbon completed "The Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire."
It was published the following May.
1801 British forces defeated the French and took control of
Cairo, Egypt.
1847 New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires.
1871 The yen became the new form of currency in Japan.
1885 Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter applied for a
patent for the gramophone. It was granted on May 4, 1886.
1893 The New York stock market crashed. By the end of the
year 600 banks and 74 railroads had gone out of business.
1905 The battleship Potemkin succumbed to a mutiny on the
Black Sea.
1918 Two German pilots were saved by parachutes for the
first time.
1923 Yugoslav Premier Nikola Pachitch was wounded by Serb
attackers in Belgrade.
1927 The U.S. Marines adopted the English bulldog as their
mascot.
1929 Scientists at Bell Laboratories in New York revealed a
system for transmitting television pictures.
1931 Igor Sikorsky filed U.S. Patent 1,994,488, which marked
the breakthrough in helicopter technology.
1940 Robert Pershing Wadlow was measured by Dr. Cyril MacBryde
and Dr. C. M. Charles. They recorded his height at 8' 11.1."
He was only 22 at the time of his death on July 15, 1940.
1942 The FBI announced the capture of eight Nazi saboteurs who
had been put ashore from a submarine on New York's Long Island.
1944 During World War II, American forces completed their capture
of the French port of Cherbourg from the German army.
1950 Two days after North Korea invaded South Korea, U.S. President
Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict.
The United Nations Security Council had asked for member
nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North.
1954 The world's first atomic power station opened at Obninsk,
near Moscow.
1955 The state of Illinois enacted the first automobile seat
belt legislation.
1964 Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman were married. It only
lasted 38 days.
1966 "Dark Shadows" began running on ABC-TV.
1967 The world's first cash dispenser was installed at Barclays
Bank in Enfield, England. The device was invented by John
Sheppard-Barron. The machine operated on a voucher system and
the maximum withdrawal was $28.
1967 Two hundred people were arrested during a race riot in
Buffalo, NY.
1969 Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's
Greenwich Village, clashed with police. This incident is considered
to be the birth of the homosexual rights movement.
1972 Bobby Hull signed a 10-year hockey contract for $2,500,000. He
became a player and coach of the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey
Association.
1973 Former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate
Watergate Committee about an "enemies list" that was kept by the
Nixon White House.
1973 Nixon vetoed a Senate ban on bombing Cambodia.
1980 U.S. President Carter signed legislation reviving draft
registration.
1985 Route 66 was officially removed from the United States
Highway System.
1985 The U.S. House of Representatives voted to limit the
use of combat troops in Nicaragua.
1986 The World Court ruled that the U.S. had broken
international law by aiding Nicaraguan rebels.
1995 Qatar's Crown Prince Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani ousted
his father in a bloodless palace coup.
1998 An English woman was impregnated with her dead husband's
sperm after two-year legal battle over her right to the sperm.
2002 In the U.S., the Securities and Exchange Commission required
companies with annual sales of more than $1.2 billion to submit
sworn statements backing up the accuracy of their financial
reports.
2005 In Alaska's Denali National Park, a roughly 70-million year
old dinosaur track was discovered. The track was form a three-toed
Cretaceous period dinosaur.
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FireFox 30 is OK, except for bleeding top bar
Thursday, June 26, 2014, 12:33 PM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Thursday, June 26.
Yes, I know that the Ezinefinder is still down.
Mañana. Maybe.
The good news is that it looks like they are finally
moving up to a Linux server. Right now they are still
stumped and apparently don't realize how much simpler
it actually is. I am sure they will get the hng of it soon.
I got strep throat or something nasty like that.
You would not believe how tempting it would be to crawl
into bed and skip a day or two!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Birdhouse size "Little Library" ordered torn down in Kansas
Details at Boneheads
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Today, in
1998 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers are always
potentially liable for supervisor's sexual misconduct toward
an employee.
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This country is so full of opportunity. Where else can a
woman hire another woman to do her housework, so that she
can volunteer at the Day Care Center where the cleaning
woman leaves her child?
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Three guys were standing around talking about dying when
one asked, "What would you like people to say about you as
they come to pay their last respects?"
The second man said, "I hope they say I was a respected
doctor in my field, a good family man, and had lots of friends."
The third man said, "I hope they say I was a well spoken
attorney, helped my fellow man, good citizen, and played a
mean round of golf."
The first man said, "That's probably what will be said of the
two of you. My hope is that when they look down in my coffin,
they say, "Look...he's moving"!
>From Nanarina
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Richard Coleman, City of Leawood, Kansas
Kansas boy forced to remove little
free library from his yard
Spenser Collins, 9, loves to read. The idea of sharing his
love of books with his neighbors thrills him. So with the
help of his parents, he set up a Little Free Library in
their yard in Leawood, Kansas.
But the town of Leawood decided the birdhouse-sized
library was an illegal structure and the family was ordered
to remove it.
The family moved the Little Free Library into their garage.
But they are looking to take the issue with City Hall,
reported ABC affiliate KMBC.
The little library, which was made by the boy’s grandfather,
was capable of holding a few books. Like the Little Free
Libraries across the country, it had a “take a book, leave
a book” note taped on its door. The bookshelf sat next to
a bench on the family's front yard, which was intended to
provide a spot for readers to enjoy their books.
"When we got home from vacation, there was a letter from the
city of Leawood saying that it was in code violation and it
needed to be torn down by the 19th or we would receive a
citation," Spencer's mother, Sarah Collins told KMBC.
The City of Leawood bans buildings that aren't attached to
homes. Since the library was a free standing structure in
the family's front yard, it was considered illegal. The
city claims that they have received two complaints regarding
the library, according to Richard Coleman, Leawood's director
of community development.
"First, there was just a library. Then, a bench was place next
to it. I think people were concerned there would be more and
more stuff at their front yard," Coleman told ABC News.
“I find it rather humorous that the city [of Leawood] thinks
it is illegal," said Todd Bol, who helped create the Little
Free Library movement in 2009.
"It is a sweet thing that brings the community together."
Bol said the Little Free Library has worked well in some of
the toughest communities across the country. There are more
than 16,000 Little Free Libraries in 72 countries,
according to Bol.
Collins family has set up a Facebook page to inform supporters
of their progress. The page has received over 17,000 "likes."
"Our city law has been around for over a decade. This is the
first time that we have had a problem with this," Coleman said.
"We think that it is a great program. It's just that the
current ordinance doesn't allow it."
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From: Bree
Re: FireFox 30 Bugs
Dear Webby
I notice you mention FireFox 30. Is it safe, and what kind
of bugs do we have to expect?
Bree
Dear Bree
Yes, FireFox 30 is safe and works well.
The only bug I have an issue with is that the top Windows
bar bleeds down into the tabs.
I have used a light green fading to dark green top bar
for active windows since Windows 3.1, and red fading to
dark red for inactive windows. You were probably still
jail-bait in those days, but that has become my standard
set-up.
There is no logical reason for the Windows top bar to bleed
down onto the tab colors. Yes, I use Colorful Tabs 24.3.
Highly recommended Add-on!
I am sure somebody will craft a fix for that in the near future.
In the meantime, that is the only FireFox 30 specific bug,
that I have come across.
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the suggestions I received from friends and family, I
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While digging a shaft into the German homeland, German
scientists discovered small pieces of copper at 50 meters.
After studying these pieces for a long time, Germany
announced that the ancient Germans 25,000 years ago had a
nationwide telephone network.
Naturally, the British government was not that easily impressed.
The British ordered their own scientists to dig even deeper.
At a depth of 100 meters, they discovered small pieces of glass.
Soon the British announced that the ancient Brits 35,000 years
ago already had a nationwide fiber net.
Israeli scientists were outraged. They dug 50, 100, and 200
meters underground, but found absolutely nothing. The Israelis
concluded that the ancient Hebrews 55,000 years ago had
cellular telephones.
A man and his wife went to a psychiatrist to see if they
could gain some relief for the man's belief that he was a
refrigerator. After meeting with the husband, the psychiatrist
assured the wife that there was nothing about which to be
concerned. A bit perturbed the wife stated,
"But doc at night when he sleeps with his mouth open the
light keeps me awake!"
Today in
1096 Peter the Hermit's crusaders forced their way across
Sava, Hungary.
1243 The Seljuk Turkish army in Asia Minor was wiped out
by the Mongols.
1483 Richard III usurped himself to the English throne.
1794 The French defeated an Austrian army at the Battle
of Fleurus.
1804 The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the mouth
of the Kansas River after completing a westward trek of
nearly 400 river miles.
1819 The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr.
1870 The first section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City,
NJ, was opened to the public.
1894 The American Railway Union called a general strike in
sympathy with Pullman workers.
1900 The United States announced that it would send troops
to fight against the Boxer rebellion in China.
1900 A commission that included Dr. Walter Reed began the
fight against the deadly disease yellow fever.
1907 Russia's nobility demanded drastic measures to be
taken against revolutionaries.
1908 Shah Muhammad Ali's forces squelched the reform
elements of Parliament in Persia.
1917 General John "Black Jack" Pershing arrived in France
with the American Expeditionary Force.
1925 Charlie Chaplin's comedy, "The Gold Rush," premiered
in Hollywood.
THAT was the only movie about Canada, that I had seen,
before I arrived here!
1926 A memorial to the first U.S. troops in France was
unveiled at St. Nazaire.
1924 After eight years of occupation, American troops left
the Dominican Republic.
1942 The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter was flown for the
first time.
1945 The U.N. Charter was signed by 50 nations in San
Francisco, CA.
1948 The Berlin Airlift began as the U.S., Britain and
France started ferrying supplies to the isolated western
sector of Berlin.
1951 The Soviet Union proposed a cease-fire in the Korean War.
1959 U.S. President Eisenhower joined Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1961 A Kuwaiti vote opposed Iraq's annexation plans.
1963 U.S. President John Kennedy announced "Ich bin ein Berliner"
(I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.
1971 The U.S. Justice Department issued a warrant for Daniel
Ellsberg, accusing him of giving away the Pentagon Papers.
1975 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of
emergency due to "deep and widespread conspiracy."
1976 The CN (Canadian National) Tower in Toronto, Canada, opened.
1979 Muhammad Ali, at 37 years old, announced that he was
retiring as world heavyweight boxing champion.
1981 In Mountain Home, Idaho, Virginia Campbell took her coupons
and rebates and bought $26,460 worth of groceries. She only paid
67 cents after all the discounts.
1985 Wilbur Snapp was ejected after playing "Three Blind Mice"
during a baseball game. The incident followed a call made by
umpire Keith O'Connor.
1987 The movie "Dragnet" opened in the U.S.
1996 The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military
Institute to admit women or forgo state support.
1997 The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Communications
Decency Act of 1996 that made it illegal to distribute
indecent material on the Internet.
1997 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws that allow for
a ban on doctor-assisted suicides.
1998 The U.S. and Peru open school to train commandos to patrol
Peru's rivers for drug traffickers.
1998 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers are always
potentially liable for supervisor's sexual misconduct toward
an employee.
2002 WorldCom Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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PREVIOUS and NEXT buttons in FireFox 30
Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 11:58 AM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Wednesday, June 25.
Thanks Cookie!
Yes, I know that Ezinefinder is still down.
Manyana. Maybe.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Christian radio personality John Balyo
admitted guilt in child-sex assault probe
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Today, in
1998 The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the line-item veto thereby
striking down presidential power to cancel specific items in
tax and spending legislation.
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>From Cookie
Satnav
I have a little Satnav, It sits there in my car
A Satnav is a driver's friend, it tells you where you are.
I have a little Satnav, I've had it most of my life
It's better than the normal ones, My Satnav is my wife.
It gives me full instructions, Especially how to drive
"It's sixty miles an hour", it says, "You're doing sixty five".
It tells me when to stop and start, And when to use the brake
And tells me that it's never ever, Safe to overtake.
It tells me when a light is red, And when it goes to green
It seems to know instinctively, Just when to intervene.
It lists the vehicles just in front, And all those to the rear
And taking this into account, It specifies my gear.
I'm sure no other driver, Has so helpful a device
For when we leave and lock the car, It still gives its advice.
It fills me up with counseling, Each journey's pretty fraught
So why don't I exchange it, And get a quieter sort?
Ah well, you see, it cleans the house,
Makes sure I'm properly fed
It washes all my shirts and things, And keeps me warm in bed!
Despite all these advantages, And my tendency to scoff,
I only wish that now and then, I could turn the bugger off!!
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"You are all part of our team now," said the Human Resources
rep during the welcoming briefing. "You get all the usual
benefits and you can go to the cafeteria for something
to eat, but please don't eat any employees."
The cannibals promised they would not. Four weeks later
their boss remarked, "You're all working very hard and
I'm satisfied with your work. We have noticed a marked
increase in the whole company's performance.
However, one of our secretaries has disappeared.
Do any of you know what happened to her?"
The cannibals all shook their heads, "No"
After the boss had left, the leader of the cannibals said
to the others, "Which one of you idiots ate the secretary?"
A hand rose hesitantly.
"You fool!" the leader continued. "For four weeks we've been
eating managers and no one noticed anything. But NOOOooo,
you had to go and eat someone who actually does something."
>From Nanarina
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
John Balyo,
Christian radio personality John Balyo
admitted guilt in child-sex assault probe
Authorities in Michigan say Christian radio personality
John Balyo paid to have sexual encounters with minors.
Homeland Security agents and officers from the Michigan
State Police and Battle Creek Police Department arrested
Balyo, 35, Friday at a Christian music festival in Gaylord,
Michigan.
Balyo is facing charges of first-degree (penetration)
criminal sexual conduct, and has admitted guilt in ONE case,
according to a press release by U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.
"Baylo paid a defendant, who is the subject of a separate
child-exploitation investigation, to arrange sexual encounters
with minor victims," investigators said in the press release.
The man Balyo allegedly paid to arrange the encounters has been
identified by police as Ronald Lee Moser. The 42-year-old was
indicted earlier this month in federal court on child
exploitation and child pornography charges.
"They would meet in hotels in areas around Grand Rapids and
Balyo would have sex with the children," a Homeland Security
agent told Woodtv.com.
Balyo's $500,000 bail has been revoked after his admission to
one count, and more to be expected.
Balyo was instantly fired from his radio host job.
No comment is available from his wife, whom he married
two months ago.
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From: Dana
Re: FireFox 30 Forward and backward icons
Dear Webby
Version 30 of FireFox seems to work reasonably well, but
of course the thilly brats had to change the user interface,
so that we would notice that they are still on the loose.
Now the Forward and Backward icons are gone. Restoring Default
and laboriously getting all the prferences and stuff back the
way it should be, does not help.
However, at some random times those icons do appear!
What is the story?
Dana
Dear Dana
What we had wanted was the wastefully huge padding between
icons removed. Unfortunately, whoever had put in the extra
wide padding seems to have grown up and got a job somewhere.
So, since they could not fix the padding, they made the
NEXT and PREVIOUS icons "magic".
If you open a tab from an email link, then there is no
previous page to go to, so they don't show the PREVIOUS icon.
The same for the NEXT. If you have not gone to a PREVIOUS
page, then there is no NEXT page to return to, so they don't
show the NEXT icon.
It makes the top bar a bit spastic, but it does work, and
now that you know what is going on, you will soon get
comfortable with it.
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Cleaning a Very Burnt Saucepan
Cleaning a Very Burnt Saucepan
I took a telephone call and completely forgot my saucepan
boiling my Udon noodles. I didn't think anything would shift
the burnt-on food. How wrong I was.
I soaked the pot for two days with cheap cola (17p for 2
litres in my supermarket) and a dash of bicarbonate of soda
(baking soda).
I was then able to remove all burnt residue with a ball of
foil and it came up as shiny as if it was new!
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I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside
her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked.
She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to
this remote door un-locker. Now I can't get into my car.
Do you think they (pointing to a distant Home Hardware
store) would have a battery to fit this?"
"Hmmm, I Dunno. Do you have an alarm too?" I asked.
"No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing
it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and
manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you
drive over there and check about the batteries?
Or do you want to ride down there with me?"
The skydiving instructor was going through the question and
answer period with his new students when one of them asked
the usual question always asked:
"If our chute doesn't open; and the reserve doesn't open,
how long would we have till we hit the ground?"
The jump master looked at him and in perfect deadpan
answered:
"The whole rest of your life."
Today in
0841 Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeated
Lothar at Fontenay.
1080 At Brixen, a council of bishops declared Pope Gregory
to be deposed and Archbishop Guibert as antipope Clement III.
1580 The Book of Concord was first published. The book is a
collection of doctrinal standards of the Lutheran Church.
1658 Aurangzeb proclaimed himself emperor of the Moghuls
in India.
1767 Mexican Indians rioted as Jesuit priests were
ordered home.
1864 Union troops surrounding Petersburg, VA, began building
a mine tunnel underneath the Confederate lines.
1867 Lucien B. Smith patented the first barbed wire.
1868 The U.S. Congress enacted legislation granting an
eight-hour day to workers employed by the Federal government.
1870 In Spain, Queen Isabella abdicated in favor of Alfonso XII.
1876 Lt. Col. Custer and the 210 men of U.S. 7th Cavalry were
killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at Little Big Horn in
Montana. The event is known as "Custer's Last Stand."
1877 In Philadelphia, PA, Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated
the telephone for Sir William Thomson (Baron Kelvin) and
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil at the Centennial Exhibition.
1910 The U.S. Congress authorized the use of postal savings
stamps.
1917 The first American fighting troops landed in France.
1920 The Greeks took 8,000 Turkish prisoners in Smyrna.
1941 Finland, after asking germany for help, declared war on
the Soviet Union.
1946 Ho Chi Minh traveled to France for talks on Vietnamese
independence.
1948 The Soviet Union tightened its blockade of Berlin by
intercepting river barges heading for the city.
1950 North Korea invaded South Korea initiating the Korean War.
1959 The Cuban government seized 2.35 million acres under a
new agrarian reform law.
1959 Eamon De Valera became president of Ireland at the age of 76.
1962 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of unofficial
non-denominational prayer in public schools was unconstitutional.
1964 U.S. President Lyndon Johnson ordered 200 naval personnel
to Mississippi to assist in finding three missing civil rights workers.
1970 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission handed down a
ruling (35 FR 7732), making it illegal for radio stations to put
telephone calls on the air without the permission of the person
being called.
1973 White House Counsel John Dean admitted that U.S. President
Nixon took part in the Watergate cover-up.
1975 Mozambique became independent. Samora Machel was sworn in
as president after 477 years of Portuguese rule.
1981 The U.S. Supreme Court decided that male-only draft
registration was constitutional.
1986 The U.S. Congress approved $100 million in aid to the
Contras fighting in Nicaragua.
1987 Austrian President Kurt Waldheim visited Pope John Paul II
at the Vatican. The meeting was controversial due to
allegations that Waldheim had hidden his Nazi past.
1990 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of an individual,
whose wishes are clearly made, to refuse life-sustaining
medical treatment. "The right to die" decision was made
in the Curzan vs. Missouri case.
1991 The last Soviet troops left Czechoslovakia 23 years
after the Warsaw Pact invasion.
1991 The Yugoslav republics of Slovenia and Croatia
declared their independence from Yugoslavia.
1993 Kim Campbell took office as Canada's first woman
prime minister. She assumed power upon the resignation
of Brian Mulroney.
1997 The Russian space station Mir was hit by an unmanned
cargo vessel. Much of the power supply was knocked out and
the station's Spektr module was severely damaged.
1998 The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the line-item veto thereby
striking down presidential power to cancel specific items in
tax and spending legislation.
1998 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that those infected with HIV
are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act.
1998 Microsoft's "Windows 98" was released to the public.
1999 Germany's parliament approved a national Holocaust
memorial to be built in Berlin.
2000 U.S. and British researchers announced that they had
completed a rough draft of a map of the genetic makeup
of human beings. The project was 10 years old at the time
of the announcement.
2000 A Florida judge approved a class-action lawsuit to be
filed against American Online (AOL) on behalf of hourly
subscribers who were forced to view "pop-up" advertisements.
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Florida Wanna-be Goldilocks breaks into house,
steals wine, pajamas
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1497 Italian explorer John Cabot, sailing in the service
of England, landed in North America on what is now
Newfoundland.
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Each evening bird lover Tom stood in his backyard, hooting like
an owl - and one night, an owl finally called back to him.
For a year, the man and his feathered friend hooted back and
forth. He even kept a log of the "conversation".
Just as he thought he was on the verge of a breakthrough in
interspecies communication, his wife had a chat with her next
door neighbor.
"My husband spends his nights ... calling out to owls," she said.
"That's odd," the neighbor replied. "So does my husband!"
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She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes,
crates and suitcases.
On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her
things.
On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their
beautiful dining room table by candle-light, put on some soft
background music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar
of caviar, and a bottle of beer.
When she had finished, she went into each and every room
and deposited a few half-eaten shrimp shells dipped in caviar
into the hollow of the curtain rods.
She then cleaned up the kitchen and left. When the husband
returned with his new girlfriend, all was bliss for the first few days.
Then slowly, the house began to smell.
They tried everything; cleaning, mopping and airing the
place out. Vents were checked for dead rodents and carpets
were steam cleaned.
Air fresheners were hung everywhere. Exterminators were
brought in to set off gas canisters, during which they had to
move out for a few days and in the end they even paid to
replace the expensive wool carpeting. Nothing worked.
People stopped coming over to visit.
Repairmen refused to work in the house.
The maid quit.
Finally, they could not take the stench any longer and
decided to move.
A month later, even though they had cut their price in half,
they could not find a buyer for their stinky house.
Word got out and eventually even the local realtors refused
to return their calls.
Finally, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the
bank to purchase a new place.
The ex-wife called the man and asked how things were going.
He told her the saga of the rotting house. She listened politely
and said that she missed her old home terribly and would be
willing to reduce her divorce settlement in exchange for getting
the house back.
Knowing his ex-wife had no idea how bad the smell was, he
agreed on a price that was about 1/10th of what the house
had been worth, but only if she were to sign the papers that
very day.
She agreed and within the hour his lawyers delivered the
paperwork.
A week later the man and his girlfriend stood smiling as they
watched the moving company pack everything to take to their
new home.
And to spite the ex-wife, they even took the curtain rods!
>From Nanarina
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Chancy Layton, 19, St. Augustine, Floriduh
Wanna-be Goldilocks breaks into house,
steals wine, pajamas
Chancy Layton claims a friend broke into the house where she
drank wine and wore pajamas belonging to the owners, who found
her asleep when they came home.
The only things missing were the three bears.
A real-life Goldilocks is accused of breaking, entering and
making herself at home in a Florida house Friday night.
But while a shower and a soft couch in an empty St. Augustine
Beach home might have seemed just right to 19-year old
Chancy Layton, her trespass was an unpleasant surprise for
the homeowners.
The owners returned home early Saturday and told a local
news station that they were stunned to find Layton asleep
on their couch, wearing their pajamas and surrounded by
bottles of their wine.
"Not what I expected to see when I walked into my house.
We just stood there a bit, looking at each other, like,
'What do we do?'" homeowner Cheryl Petocz told News 4 Jax.
"I told her I was calling police. As soon as I said that,
she grabbed a few things and ran out the house, out the
back door."
The nursery rhyme scenario ended with charges of burglary,
theft and criminal mischief for the blonde suspect, who
left her purse and passport behind when she fled the scene,
according to the arrest report.
Police caught up with Layton a block away from the house,
where she expressed remorse and wanted to return the
pajamas she had stolen.
Layton told police that a male friend had broken into the
house earlier and told her it was empty. Her friend, whom
she knew only as "Jeremy," left the balcony door open for
Layton to enter, she told police.
Layton was later booked into the St. Johns County jail, where
she reportedly posted $8,000 bail and was released.
Police are still trying to find "Jeremy."
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Soda Crackers to Keep Salad Fresh
When having a salad, put the dressing on only the portion served.
The remaining salad can kept fresh by wrapping soda crackers in a
paper towel and placing them in the bowl. Cling wrap the container
to seal out the moisture. This trick will extend the life of the
remaining salad.
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Swampy Marsh, the young Australian father-to-be, is waiting
anxiously outside the maternity ward where his wife is having
their first baby. He is pacing the floor when the nurse comes out
and says, "You have a little boy, Mr. Marsh, but you had better
go out and have a cup of coffee, because there may be another
one."
Swampy turns a little pale and leaves.
Some time later he phones the hospital and is told that he the
father of twins, but the nurse cautions, "There is another on the
way, so call back later."
At that Swampy decides that coffee is not strong enough, so he
goes to a bar and has some beer. When he phones the hospital
again he is told that the third baby has arrived and a fourth is on
the way. White-faced, he stumbles to the bar and orders a
double scotch.
Twenty minutes later, he tries to phone again, but he is so
drunk that he dials the wrong number and gets the recorded
cricket game score. When they pick him up off the floor the
recording is still going strong:
"The score is ninety-six all out," says the voice, "and the last
one was a duck."
Bob took his 4 year old Josh, out to McDonald's for
dinner one evening for a "guy night".
As they were eating hamburgers, Josh asked
"Daddy, what are these little things on the
hamburger buns?"
He responded that they were tiny seeds and
were ok to eat.
Josh was quiet for a couple of minutes
and obviously in deep thought.
Finally, Josh looked up and said,
"Dad, if we go home and plant these seeds in our
backyard, we will have enough hamburgers to
last forever."
Today in
1314 Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce won over
Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn
in Scotland.
1340 The English fleet defeated the French fleet at
Sluys, off the Flemish coast.
1497 Italian explorer John Cabot, sailing in the service
of England, landed in North America on what is now
Newfoundland.
1509 Henry VIII was crowned King of England.
1664 New Jersey, named after the Isle of Jersey, was founded.
1675 King Philip's War began when Indians massacre colonists
at Swansee, Plymouth colony.
1717 The Freemasons were founded in London.
1793 The first republican constitution in France was adopted.
1812 Napoleon crossed the Nieman River and invaded Russia.
1844 Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for
vulcanized rubber.
1859 At the Battle of Solferino, also known as the Battle
of the Three Sovereigns, the French army led by Napoleon
III defeated the Austrian army under Franz Joseph I in
northern Italy.
1861 Federal gunboats attacked Confederate batteries at
Mathias Point, Virginia.
1862 U.S. intervention saved the British and French at
the Dagu forts in China.
1910 The Japanese army invaded Korea.
1913 Greece and Serbia annulled their alliance with Bulgaria
following border disputes over Macedonia and Thrace.
1931 The Soviet Union and Afghanistan signed a treaty of neutrality.
1940 France signed an armistice with Italy.
1941 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pledged all possible support
to the Soviet Union.
1948 The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.
1955 Soviet MIG's down a U.S. Navy patrol plane over the Bering Strait.
1968 "Resurrection City," a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor
People's March on Washington D.C., was closed down by authorities.
1970 The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to repeal the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
1997 The U.S. Air Force released a report on the "Roswell Incident,"
suggesting the alien bodies witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were
actually life-sized dummies.
1998 AT&T Corp. struck a deal to buy cable TV giant Tele-
Communications Inc. for $31.7 billion.
2002 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juries, not judges,
must make the decision to give a convicted killer the
death penalty.
2002 A painting from Monet's Waterlilies series sold for
$20.2 million.
2010 Apple released the iPhone 4.
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Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
California man jailed for running a meth lab
in a retirement home
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Today, in
1966 Civil Rights marchers in Mississippi were dispersed
by tear gas.
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that life is serious.
--- Brendan Gill
'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.
--- Malaclypse the Younger
A wise man gets more use from his enemies
than a fool from his friends.
--- Baltasar Gracian
The conventional view serves to protect us
from the painful job of thinking.
--- John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
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Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be
made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes
large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.
Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow.
Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.
Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get
intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says good-bye to his boyhood and looks forward to
his adultery.
Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes
A: Premature death.
Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? e.g.abdomen.)
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the
Borax and the abominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain;
the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abominal cavity
contains the five bowels, A, E, I, O, and U.
Q: What is the fibula?
A: A small lie.
Q: What does "varicose" mean?
A: Nearby.
Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section"
A: The Caesarean Section is the red light district in the Vatican
Q: What does the word "benign" mean?'
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.
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Planning a weekend of entertaining guests, I made a list of
things I needed to do, including taking food out of the
freezer and grocery shopping.
As it happened, a friend whom I had been promising to take
to lunch asked if we could make it that Friday.
So, hopping into the car, I taped my "to do" list to the
dashboard and went and picked her up.
As she settled into the car, her face dropped.
"Thanks a lot!" she sulked.
Then I glanced at my list and saw the first item:
"Take out the Turkey."
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Robert Short, 64, Fresno, California
Jailed for running a meth lab in a retirement home
A 64-year-old man in Fresno, California, has been arrested
for running a meth lab out of a retirement home.
Fresno Police made the discovery Saturday after pulling over
Robert Short, who was on parole on charges connected to
selling methamphetamine.
When officers checked his car, they say they found four ounces
of crystal meth, along with small plastic bags and electronic
scales, KMPH-TV reports.
Officers then searched the suspect's home in a retirement
village and found more meth, heroin and a small meth lab.
All in all, the officers recovered a half pound of crystal
meth with an estimated street value of $1,700, according
to the Fresno Bee.
Short's neighbors were shocked to find out they may have been
living next door to a real-life episode of "Breaking Bad."
"It's shocking, I would never guess that anything like that would
go on at a senior citizen village," neighbor Robin Schramek
told ABC30.com.
Neighbors said that Short moved in about three or four months
ago, but didn't get involved in the tight-knit community. ABC30.com
reports that there were signs all over his front door demanding
privacy and no visitors.
Short was booked into the Fresno County Jail for charges including
transportation of narcotics, possession for sale of narcotics and
processing methamphetamine near a school campus.
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Re: How to blur
Dear Webby
With my old camera I used to be able to have the prime object
nice and sharp and everything else a bit blurred by precisely
setting the distance. With my new camera everything is auto-
matic and I can't set the distance. Is there a way to fake the
same results?
Billie
Dear Billie
With some digital cameras you can half depress the shutter
button and force it to take a reading. Then you can move the
camera and it will use that setting, when you fully depress
the shutter. However, that does not always blur what is not
in precise focus, especially with a small lens type camera
and bright lighting.
In the old days photographers smeared vaseline onto the lens
and cleaned the portion they wanted sharp with an alcohol
soaked swab. With a large lens camera you can still do that,
but I would not really advise it. The alcohol can affect the
coating on the lens.
It is a lot more precise and predictable to do the blurring
after you got the picture onto the computer. Any graphics
program like PaintShopPro or GIMP or Photoshop will do it
nicely.
Use the retouching tool, set it to a round shape and a
hardness of about 50%. Select it to SOFTEN. Then wipe
it from the edges in towards the area that you want to
leave sharp and crisp.
You can also use the irregular shape election tool, lassoo
the sharp area, invert the selection, and then blur or soften
the entire selected area in one shot.
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Toilet Scrubber for General Bathroom Cleaning
Toilet scrubbers are useful to clean far more than just
toilets. Their bristles do well for scrubbing a tub or sink,
especially when combined with a gritty cleanser like Comet.
They do a nice job on mildew in grout crevices.
If you're not comfortable using the same brush for toilets
as well as sinks and baths, you can always get a cheap extra
one for cleaning at a dollar store.
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An agriculture student said to a farmer: "Your methods are too old
fashioned. I won't be surprised if this tree will give you less than
twenty pounds of apples."
"I won't be surprised either," said the farmer, "From orange trees
like this, I expect about 220 pounds of oranges".
Soon after our last child left home for college, my husband
was resting next to me on the couch with his head in my lap.
I carefully removed his glasses. "You know, honey," I said
sweetly, "Without your glasses you look like the same
handsome young man I married."
"Honey," he replied with a grin, "Without my glasses, you
still look pretty good, too!"
Today in
1683 William Penn signed a friendship treaty with
Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
1700 Russia gave up its Black Sea fleet as part of a truce
with the Ottoman Empire.
1758 British and Hanoverian armies defeated the French at
Krefeld in Germany.
1760 The Austrians defeated the Prussians at Landshut, Germany.
1757 Robert Clive defeated the Indians at Plassey and won
control of Bengal.
1836 The U.S. Congress approved the Deposit Act, which contained
a provision for turning over surplus federal revenue to the states.
1848 A bloody insurrection of workers in Paris erupted.
1860 The U.S. Secret Service was created to arrest counterfeiters.
1868 Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention
that he called a "Type-Writer."
1884 A Chinese Army defeated the French at Bacle, Indochina.
1902 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy renewed the Triple Alliance
for a 12 year duration.
1904 The first American motorboat race got underway on the
Hudson River in New York.
1926 The first lip reading tournament in America was held in
Philadelphia, PA.
1931 Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the
first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.
1934 Italy gained the right to colonize Albania after defeating
the country.
1951 Soviet U.N. delegate Jacob Malik proposed cease-fire
discussions in the Korean War.
1952 The U.S. Air Force bombed power plants on Yalu River, Korea.
1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.
1966 Civil Rights marchers in Mississippi were dispersed by
tear gas.
1972 U.S. President Nixon and White House chief of staff
H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct
the FBI's Watergate investigation.
2003 Apple Computer Inc. unveiled the new Power Mac desktop computer.
2013 In Arizona, aerialist Nik Wallenda completed a quarter mile
tightrope walk over the Little Colorado River Gorge.
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I lost my cap down into that gorge about ten years ago,
and decided not to climb down after it.
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Today is Sunday, June 22.
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atop car during high speed turn
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1980 The Soviet Union announced a partial withdrawal of its forces
from Afghanistan.
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A woman with 14 children, ranging in age from one to
fourteen, went to court to sue her husband for divorce on
grounds of desertion.
"When did he leave you?" the judge asked.
"Thirteen years ago," the tired mother replied.
The judge was confused. "If he left thirteen
years ago, where did all these children come from?"
"Well," said the woman, "he kept coming back to
say he was sorry."
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While on a car trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant
for lunch. After finishing their meal, the elderly woman left her glasses
on the table, but she didn't miss them until they were back on the highway.
By then, they had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place
to turn around.
The elderly man fussed and complained all the way back to the restaurant.
He called his wife every bad name he could think of.
When they finally arrived at the restaurant, and the woman got out of the
car to retrieve her glasses, the man yelled to her, "And while you're in
there, you might as well get my hat, too."
>From Nanarina
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Kisha Young, 38, Crowley, Texas
Texas mom jailed after kids tumble from
atop car during high speed turn
Worried that her car’s interior would get soaked, a Texas
woman directed six children fresh from a community pool to
sit atop her vehicle’s trunk for the one-mile drive home
Tuesday evening.
That decision resulted in Kisha Young’s arrest when the
children fell from the Chevrolet Malibu around 8:30 PM when
the 38-year-old--who was allegedly intoxicated--made a
sharp turn on a residential street in Crowley, a city
15 miles south of Fort Worth.
Four of the six children flung from the car were injured,
with a 12-year-old girl requiring hospitalization for a
severe head injury. According to the Crowley Police
Department, the six children range in age from 8 to 14.
According to cops, Young and another woman in the car were
the mothers of the children, who were “allowed” to ride
atop the Chevy “because their clothes were wet.”
Young, seen in the above mug shot, was initially arrested
for intoxication assault with a vehicle and booked into
custody. She has subsequently been hit with two other
felony charges, injury to child and driving while intoxicated
with a child under the age of 15.
During an arraignment this morning at the Crowley Jail, Young’s
bond was set at $110,000.
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From: Helga
Re: MS Office or Open Office
Dear Webby
What is the difference between MS Office and Open Office?
I have to get one of them. Which one do you recommend?
Helga
Dear Helga
The biggest differnce that I can see is that you can install
Open Office on a shirt pocket USB hard drive and run it
from there when you plug it into any computer's USB port.
And it is free.
With MS Office you would need to buy a license for
each machine. With the free Open Office you got everything,
from settings and preferences to your documents, spreadsheets
and pictures on your portable hard drive, and basically just
"borrow" the keybaord and the printer and hardware of the
computer that you plug it into.
The included features are about the same as far as common
stuff is concerned. With rarely or never used stuff, that
only magazine writers, who never ever paid for anything, use,
MS-Office tends to come out slightly ahead. That seems to be
due to the huge Microsoft ads in those magazines.
Down here in reality, Open Office seems to be a better choice.
One permanent bone of contention is the "Microslop" caused by
MS-Office programs. Their cutesy fancy left and right leaning
quotes and similar stuff, that is not in the standard ASCII
set of characters, cause weird characters to appear when sent.
I am sure you have seen Greek or Scandinavian characters in
mails from people, who use Microsoft office.
Apparently that thilly nonsense can be turned off, but none
of the MS-Office users seem to know how. If all you do is
send beautiful memos in a circle inside a company, where
every machine has MS-Office, then those memos are indeed
more beautiful with MS-Office.
However, sent over the net they stink.
With Open Office you don't have to worry about that, and
everybody anywhere receives them looking exactly the way
you wrote them.
The future is definitely with Open Office. Even if the cost
of MS-Office is dropped to 1/10 of what it is now, with
companies, that have hundreds or thousands of machines,
the choice is pretty clear.
By the way, Open Office reads MS-Office documents and can
even save them in MS-Office format. MS-Office can now do
much of the same.
You can download Open Office free at
http://www.openoffice.org/
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>From Erin
A few years ago we were desperately trying to sell our house,
which was situated on a busy thoroughfare. Our real estate
agent decided to have open-house inspection nearly every day
to promote the sale. We instructed the children not to talk
to anyone about the house.
One evening a man took our seven-year-old daughter aside and
asked if our house had any secrets he should know. Her first
reaction was to smile and ignore his question. But he became
more persistent and, finally, she confessed there was one
secret but she could not tell it to him.
"Now we're getting somewhere," he said. "Tell me the secret.
I promise I won't tell anyone."
She looked him straight in the eye and whispered, "We have
monsters in the sewer."
In his Sunday sermon, the minister used "Forgive Your Enemies"
as his subject. After the sermon, he asked how many were willing
to forgive their enemies. About half held up their hands.
Not satisfied, he harangued the congregation for another twenty
minutes and repeated his question. This received a response of
eighty percent. Still unsatisfied, he lectured for fifteen more
minutes and repeated his question. All responded except one
elderly gentleman in the rear.
"Mr. Jones, are you not willing to forgive your enemies?"
"I don't have any."
"Mr. Jones, that is very unusual. How old are you?"
"One hundred and one."
"Mr. Jones, please come down in front and tell the congregation
how a man can live to be one hundred and one and not have an
enemy in the world."
The old man teetered down the aisle, slowly turned to face the
congregation, smiled and said,
"I outlived every one of them SOBs!"
Today 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.
1870 The U.S. Congress created the Department of Justice.
1874 Dr. Andrew Taylor Still began the first known practice
of osteopathy.
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.
1939 The first U.S. water-ski tournament was held at Jones Beach,
on Long Island, New York.
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.
1942 In France, Pierre Laval declared "I wish for a German victory".
1942 V-Mail, or Victory-Mail, was sent for the first time.
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.
1973 Skylab astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific after a
record 28 days in space.
1978 James W. Christy and Robert S. Harrington discovered the only
known moon of Pluto. The moon is named Charon.
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.
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Saturday, June 21, 2014, 10:53 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Saturday, June 21.
Longest daylight period of the year.
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DearWebby
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to two
Florida inmates who smuggled gun into prison and shot
themselves to attempt blackmail of the jail
Details at Boneheads
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Today, in
2004 SpaceShipOne, designed by Burt Rutan and piloted by Mike Melvill,
reached 328,491 feet above Earth in a 90 minute flight. The height
is about 400 feet above the distance scientists consider to be the
boundary of space.
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till they are seasoned.
--- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
In matters of style, swim with the current;
in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
--- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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In the subway train the conversation turned to the merits and demerits of
various ways of preserving health.
One stout, florid man held forth with great eloquence on the subject.
"Look at me!" he said. "Never a day's sickness in my life, and all due to
simple food. Why, gentlemen," he continued, "from the age of twenty to
that of forty I lived an absolutely simple regular life --- no effeminate
delicacies, no late hours, no extravagances. Every day, in fact, summer
and winter, I was in bed regularly at nine o'clock and up again at five in
the morning. I worked from eight to one, then had dinner--a plain dinner,
mark my words: after that, an hour's exercise; then.."
"Excuse me, sir," interrupted the facetious stranger in the corner, "but
what were you in prison for???"
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The newly wed wife said to her husband when he returned from
work: "I have great news for you. Pretty soon we're going to
be three in this house instead of two."
The husband started glowing with happiness and kissing his
wife said: "Oh darling, I'm the happiest man in the world."
But then she said: "I'm glad that you feel that way because
tomorrow morning my mother moves in with us."
>From Nanarina
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Deshandre Billups, 26, and Kirk Cartwright, 33 in
jail in Lake City, Floriduh
Florida Inmates Smuggle Gun Into Prison and shoot
themselves to attempt blackmail of the jail
. The two Florida inmates, along with five others, were
arrested Tuesday in what authorities describe as a plot to
sue the Florida Department of Corrections, according to
My Fox Orlando.
The department began its investigation in March after
Billups and Cartwright were shot with a .25-caliber Beretta
inside the Columbia Correction Institution in Lake City.
Cartwright, 33, and Billups, 26, told guards that they were
shot by an unknown assailant while they were praying in
their cell.
Nobody, of course, believed that.
With the help of friends, family members and a third inmate,
the suspects allegedly smuggled the semi-automatic pistol
into the prison through the mail, according to The Florida
Times-Union. They allegedly had plans to shoot themselves
and sue the prison system in an effort to settle for
reduced sentences.
Authorities say they regularly snuck cellphones and drugs
into the prison. They face five new felony charges, including
firearm possession by a felon and several counts of contraband
possession for the cellphones. Cartwright was already serving
a life sentence for murder and Billups was serving 20 years
for armed robbery and burglary, WTAQ reports.
The third inmate who allegedly helped them, 21-year-old Tony
Underwood, is charged with introducing contraband into the
prison. He's serving a six-year sentence for burglary and
grand theft. Cartwright's girlfriend and Billups' mother
were arrested Tuesday on charges stemming from the
investigation. Arrest warrants have also been issued for
Cartwright's sister and Underwood's girlfriend.
Tech Support Pits
From: DD
Re: Animations on OE
>Shared by Ophelia
Ophelia,
Actually I’m using outlook to read my mail.
In case anyone else has the same problem, Animations not
showing, you can tell them.
After clicking on the newsletter go up to actions and then
click on view in browser.
Thanks for the smiles and great selections to view.
DD
Thanks DD
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Baby Oil to Remove Adhesive
To remove gum, labels, or stickers, use baby oil. Soak a
cotton ball in oil and apply to the sticky area and heat
with a hair dryer. When adhesive softens, it can easily
be removed.
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Joe, the Governor's most trusted assistant, died in his
sleep one night. The Governor had depended on Joe for
advice on every subject, from pending bills to wardrobe
decisions. In addition, Joe had been his closest friend.
So, it was understandable that the Governor didn't take
kindly to the droves of ambitious office seekers who
wanted Joe's job. "They don't even have the decency to
wait until the man is buried," the Governor muttered.
At the funeral, one eager beaver made his way to the
Governor's side. "Governor," the man said, "is there
a chance that I could take Joe's place?"
"Certainly," the governor replied. "But you'd better
hurry. I think the undertaker is almost finished."
Today in
1404 Owain Glyndwr established a Welsh Parliament at Machynlleth
and was crowned Prince of Wales.
1834 Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical mechanical
reaper for farming. His invention allowed farmers to more
than double their crop size.
1859 Andrew Lanergan received the first rocket patent.
1937 In Paris, Leon Blum's Popular Front Cabinet resigned.
1938 In Washington, U.S. President Roosevelt signed the $3.75
billion Emergency Relief Appropriation Act.
1941 German troops entered Russia on a front from the Arctic
to Black Sea.
1945 Pan Am announced an 88-hour round-the-world flight at a
cost of $700.
1958 In Arkansas, a federal judge let Little Rock delay
school integration.
1963 France announced that they were withdrawing from the
NATO fleet.
1973 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may ban materials
found to be obscene according to local standards.
1974 The U.S. Supreme Court decided that pregnant teachers could
no longer be forced to take long leaves of absence.
1985 Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil
were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.
1989 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as
a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment.
2004 SpaceShipOne, designed by Burt Rutan and piloted by Mike Melvill,
reached 328,491 feet above Earth in a 90 minute flight. The height
is about 400 feet above the distance scientists consider to be the
boundary of space.
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Friday, June 20, 2014, 11:06 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Friday, June 20.
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Naked Georgia woman, who vandalized, flooded stranger's home
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Today, in
1977 The Trans-Alaska Pipeline began operation,
and is still going strong.
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I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and
damaging to all things American. But if I were 22
with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful,
patriotic and a progressive religious experience.
--- Shelley Winters (1922 - 2006)
Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent,
hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two
percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them.
--- Lily Tomlin
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There are these two statues in a park; one of a nude man and one
of a nude woman. They had been facing each other across a pathway
for a hundred years, when one day an angel comes down from the
sky and, with a single gesture, brings the two to life.
The angel tells them, "As a reward for being so patient through a
hundred blazing summers and dismal winters, you have been given
life for thirty minutes to do what you've wished to do the most."
He looks at her, she looks at him, and they go running behind the
shrubbery. The angel waits patiently as the bushes rustle and
giggling ensues. After fifteen minutes, the two return, out of
breath and laughing.
The angel tells them, "Um, you have fifteen minutes left. Would
you care to do it again?" He asks her, "Shall we?" She eagerly
replies, "Oh, yes, let's! But let's change positions. This time I
hold the pigeon down and you crap on its head!"
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Thanks to Ron for this story:
My wife and I are teachers, and our jobs often spill over
into our family life. One morning, as our eight-year-old
Maggie was getting ready for school, I peeked into her
room just to be sure she had tidied it up.
"You call THAT a made bed?" I asked.
"No, Dad," Maggie replied. "It's just a rough draft."
>From Dianne
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You're all wet!
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Suzanne Hussain,34, Calhoun, Georgia
Naked Woman Vandalized, Flooded Stranger's Home
A woman in Calhoun, Georgia, came home to a big surprise:
Her home was looted and filled with water.
The woman called deputies and when they investigated the
house, they allegedly found an even bigger surprise:
A naked woman hiding in one of the closets.
The naked woman in question was Suzanne Hussain, 34, who
lives about seven miles away and didn’t know the homeowner,
according to Sheriff Mitch Ralston of the Gordon County
Sheriffs Office.
“Ms. Hussain was in fact nude, and was acting abnormally,
but was taken into custody without further incident,”
Ralston posted on the sheriff’s office website.
An estimate of the destruction's cost has not been released,
but Ralston described the house as "extensively damaged."
Investigators have not determined any motive.
Hussain was taken to a local hospital to be evaluated. After
her release, she was arrested and charged with burglary and
criminal damage to property, WSB TV reports.
Hussain is still in jail awaiting a bond amount. She is also
being held on a probation violation for a prior charge of
possession of methamphetamine.
Tech Support Pits
From: Richard
Re: Computer for Europe
I have to go to Europe for six month. Can my computer be
adapted to work over there, or would it be better to buy one
there? I also have an Iomega remote hard drive. Does that
one work there?
Thanks
Richard
Dear Richard
Yes, they all work just fine in Europe. Take along the power
bar that you use now, but cut the plug off. When you get there,
go to the nearest hardware store or supermarket and buy a
regular plug. Each country there has a different plug, and
some countries have different ones in different regions.
All that talk about a united and standardized Europe is just
BS. The only thing they all have in common is a dislike for
Americans.
Get the local plug and attach it to the power bar cord.
Then look at the back of your computer for a tiny, red slide
switch. Sometimes it is covered by tape to keep kids from
playing with it. Use a pen or small screwdriver to slide that
switch to the 220 setting. The same with the monitor,
unless it already has a 100 - 240 Volt rating printed on
the back.
The Iomega remote hard drive doesn't care what voltage
you power it with. It adapts automatically for anything
between 100 and 240.
You COULD get an adapter for the area that you go to,
but they cost 8 - 10 times more than an ordinary power
plug, plus shipping.
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Saving Money on Hand Soap
Here is how I save money on soap. I do not have a brand
loyalty, so when I see soap at rummage sales and garage
sales, I buy it, often at 10-25 cents a bar. Often it is
something fancy from a gift set. I have not paid full
price for years.
When my soap bars get small, I save them in a paper cup.
When I have a good amount of these scraps, I grate them
and add just enough water to make the crumbs stick together
in a clay-like consistency then I form it into bars by hand.
I let it dry a bit, for a week or so, before using. It lasts
a long time. Use these for everyday hand-washing and bathing
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Final Exams
One night Jack Evans, along with his 3 university friends
went out drinkinig till late night, as many college students
are prone to do, and didn't study for their test, which, of
course, was scheduled for the next day.
In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves
look as dirty and weird as they could with grease and dirt.
They went up to the dean and explained that they had gone
out to a wedding last night and on their return the tire
of their car burst. They continued to explain how they had
to push the car all the way back and that they were in no
condition to appear for the test.
The dean, being a compassionate human being said that they
could rtake the test after 3 days. The students garaciously
replied that they'd be ready by that time.
On the third day, they appeared before the dean. The dean
explained that since this was a special test all four were
required to sit in separate classrooms for the duraction
of the exam.
They all agreed as they had prepared well in the last
three days. The test consisted of 5 questions with total
of 100 points:
FINAL COURSEWORK EXAMINATION
INSTRUCTIONS :
All questions are required. Any inconsistencies on any of
the questions among the four students will result in all
the candidates getting a zero mark.
Q.1. Write down your name. ----- (2 POINTS)
Q.2. Write the name of the bride and bridegroom at the wedding
you attended. ----- (30 POINTS)
Q.3. What type of a car were you driving? ------(20 POINTS)
Q.4. Which tire burst? ------- (28 POINTS)
Q.5. Who was driving? ------ (20 POINTS)
A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He
handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait.
Once the test was over the students all handed the tests back
in. The professor noticed that one of the students had attached
a $100 bill to his test with a note saying "A dollar per point."
The next class the professor handed the tests back out. This
student got back his test and $64 change.
Today 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.
1756 In India, 150 British soldiers were imprisoned in a cell
that became known as the "Black Hole of Calcutta."
1791 King Louis XVI of France was captured while attempting
to flee the country in the so-called Flight to Varennes.
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.
1910 Mexican President Porfirio Diaz proclaimed martial law
and arrested hundreds.
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.
1947 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was murdered in Beverly Hills,
CA, at the order of mob associates angered over the soaring
costs of his project, the Flamingo resort in Las Vegas, NV.
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.
1983 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers must treat
male and female workers equally in providing health benefits
for their spouses.
1997 The tobacco industry agreed to a massive settlement
in exchange for major relief from mounting lawsuits and
legal bills.
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.
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Good Morning, !
Today is Thursday, June 19.
My first cataract operation is over. Now my good eye
is great at distances of 30 feet or further, but of no
help at the computer. The left eye has a focus at 12 inches,
which is a bit too close for comfort. However, the biggest
hassle is that the focus is shifted sideways. When closing
one eye, then the other, a street light appears to jump
not only 100 feet closer, but to the nearer side of the
street.
Working with that is only possible by putting some paper
over the fixed eye, which right now is not much good at
less than 30 feet anyway, and work with just the weak left
eye.
I'll take the paper out tomorrow and go for a 3 - 4 mile walk
and hope to train the focus onto the same side of the
street.
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Indiana bonehead leads Police on 2 hour tractor chase
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Today, in
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.
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A woman walking down a residential street, noticed a
little old man rocking in a chair on his porch.
She called out to him as she passed.
"Hello there! I couldn't help but notice how happy you
look. What's your secret for a long happy life?"
"I smoke three packs of cigarettes a day," he replied.
"I also drink a case of whiskey a week, eat nothing
but fast food, and never exercise."
"Wow!" The woman was amazed. "How old are you?"
she asked.
"Twenty-six," he replied.
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Two confirmed bachelors are talking and their conversation
drifts from politics to cooking.
"I got a cookbook last Christmas," says the first, "but I
could never do anything with it."
"Too much fancy cooking in it, eh?" asks the second.
"You said it. Every one of the recipes began the same way,
'Take a clean dish and ...'"
>From Dianne
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Swallow hoovering bugs
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Dustin D. Clouse, 20, Decatur, Indiana
Indiana bonehead leads Police on 2 hour tractor chase
An Indiana man led police on a slow-speed, 2 hour tractor
chase that crossed the state line.
Monday evening in Decatur, Indiana, 20-year-old Dustin D.
Clouse allegedly tried evading police who were responding
to a vandalism call, WISH-TV reported.
With only a tractor as his getaway vehicle, Clouse managed
to reach a whopping top speed of 18 miles per hour, police
said.
Police said Clouse refused to pull over, despite
driving over stop sticks which caused his tires
to go flat. Clouse allegedly tried swerving into
a deputy and attempted to ram multiple patrol
cars, according to WANE.
Video captured by a witness shows Clouse cruising
down a rural road, police in front and behind him in
pursuit.
Two hours later, Clouse's tractor malfunctioned after
crossing the state line into Ohio. Police said they had
to eventually use a Taser to take the suspect
into custody. They really suspected him,
“This was an unusual pursuit, we are happy that
no one from the public, Mr. Clouse, or law enforcement
was injured,” Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey
told WANE. “Law enforcement agencies from both
states worked well together to bring this to a safe
conclusion.”
Clouse was charged with a felony for fleeing and eluding
law enforcement, according to Indiana News Center.
It is not likely that it was his tractor. Otherwise
he wouod not have driven over the stop-sticks and
disks. Those tires are rather expensive!
Once they add all the interstate charges for taking a
stolen vehicle across state borders, it is going to
work out to some serious time on the chain gang.
He is no Duke of Hazard!
Tech Support Pits
From: Sir Squirrel
Re: Gmail's Red Banner Fetish
Here is what Sir Squirrel wrote about that
Red Banner Fetish:
==============
Webby, I admit to being lazy. That is why I have a remedy
that takes hardly a second to do. At the bottom of the red
strip at the top of your humor letter, the second sentence
sez, " Ignore, I trust this message, I Just left click on
this but once and all the pictures and the two 'vote now'
buttons will appear; right where Webby put them in his
humor letter.
Kind friend, it works every time for me! Have fun and
a good day!
~Sir Squirrel~
==============
Just do the same as what Sir Squirrel suggested.
I can't word it any better.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Premeasure Pancake Mix For Camping
Whenever we head to our camper, I always make a couple
batches of homemade, dry pancake mix in a ziplock. I
will also write on a small piece of paper the wet
ingredients needed to finish the pancake batter
inside the ziplock, so I know exactly what extra
ingredients I will need come breakfast time. I
never use mix from a box and already having the
dry ingredients waiting for me saves me time
in the morning, when I have to feed my hungry
crew.
Source: I thought of this myself as I am not a
morning person and needed something to help me
get breakfast on the table faster and easier
when camping.
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A salesman of many years is tired of his job and gives it
up to become a policeman. One day, while he's walking
his beat, he meets an old friend who asks him how he
likes his new work.
"Well," says the salesman-turned-cop, "the pay is good
and the hours aren't bad. But what I like best is that the
customer is always wrong."
Groan Alert!
A priest is out golfing one day. He is halfway down the
first fairway, waiting to hit his second shot, when he hears
the familiar, "Fore!"
Immediately, a ball slams into his back.
The golfer who hit the ball rushes up to
him and recognizes him.
"Father, I'm terribly sorry. The ball just got away from me."
"That's all right, my son," the priest says. "I'm not hurt."
"Thank goodness, Father!" the man exclaims. The two shake
hands and the man says, "You know, Father, I've been playing
this game for 40 years, and now I can tell my friends
that I've hit my first holy one!"
A scout for one of the leading colleges went to the office of
the athletic director and announced, "Have I got an athlete
for you! This guy can play every sport and excels at every
position. He is absolutely the finest athlete I have ever
seen play."
The athletic director was very impressed but had to ask the
question, "But how is he scholastically?"
The scout replied, "He makes straight "A"s in every subject.
However, I must tell you his "B"s are a little crooked."
Today in
0240 BC Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the
Earth using two sticks.
1821 The Ottomans defeated the Greeks at the
Battle of Dragasani.
1864 The USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off of
Cherbourg, France.
1865 The emancipation of slaves was proclaimed in Texas.
1903 The young school teacher, Benito Mussolini, was
placed under investigation by police in Bern, Switzerland.
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.
1937 The town of Bilbao, Spain, fell to the Nationalist forces.
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.
1942 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in
Washington, DC, to discuss the invasion of North Africa
with U.S. President Roosevelt.
1943 Henry Kissinger became a naturalized US citizen.
1944 The U.S. won the battle of the Philippine Sea
against the Imperial Japanese fleet.
1958 In Washington, DC, nine entertainers refused to
answer a congressional committee's questions on communism.
1961 Kuwait regained complete independence from Britain.
1965 Air Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky became South Vietnam's
youngest premier at age 34.
1968 50,000 people marched on Washington, DC. to support
the Poor People's Campaign.
1973 Gordie Howe left the NHL to join his sons Mark and Marty in the
WHA (World Hockey League).
1981 The European Space Agency sent two satellites into orbit
from Kourou, French Guiana.
1983 Lixian-nian was chosen to be China's first president
since 1969.
1998 Gateway was fined more than $400,000 for illegally
shipping personal computers to 16 countries subject
to U.S. export controls.
1998 A study released said that smoking more than doubles
risks of developing dementia and Alzheimer's.
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.
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Gmail's shift away from reliability towards Censorship
Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 06:01 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Tuesday, June 17.
Gmail's shift of focus away from becoming a reliable email
service and towards becoming snooty and unresponsive
censors is really changing the email landscape. Right
now they are making Incredimail and Hotmail look GOOD
by comparison. Icloud is gaining in popularity too.
Please tell me what alternatives you have found, and
especially your experiences with them.
Since Gmail is not reliable any more, and you never know
what they have censored, hidden or cut, finding a decent
alternative is getting urgent!
Personally, I don't have that problem, because I use mail
at webby.com. I just use Gmail on the side for test purposes,
to check now and then how the Humor letter appears on Gmail.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
NM woman, who shook naked friend off the back of
her pick-up at highway speed, causes accidents.
Details at Boneheads
From the History section at the bottom:
Today, in
1944 The republic of Iceland was established.
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I've got a new word for him... 'heredity.'"
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David bought his wife a piano for her birthday.
A few weeks later, his friend Bill asked how she was
doing with it.
"Oh," said David, "I persuaded her to switch to a clarinet."
"How come?" Bill asked.
"Well," he answered, "because with a clarinet, she can't sing."
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A Texan, a Russian and a New Yorker go into a restaurant in
London. The waiter says, "Excuse me, but if you wanted the
steak you might not get one as there is a shortage."
The Texan said, "What's a shortage?"
The Russian said, "What's a steak?"
The New Yorker said, "What the f***g hell is 'excuse me'?"
>From Nanarina
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Tashena Whitaker, 30, Taos, New Mexico
Nude Guy Causes Chain-Reaction Highway Crash
Truck-surfing dope, 27, fell onto New Mexico hwy
A naked man truck surfing atop a Ford Ranger as it traveled
on a New Mexico highway fell off the vehicle and triggered
a chain reaction crash that left a motorcyclist seriously
injured, police report.
As detailed in a probable cause statement, a passing motorist
told cops that he spotted a naked man standing on the truck
as it drove along State Road 522 in Taos last Friday night.
The man, later identified as Alexander Werner, 27, fell off
the truck “and was lying on the side of the road.”
A motorcyclist traveling in the opposite direction “was
slowing down because of Mr. Werner lying in the road” when
he was rear-ended by a Ford van. The motorcyclist, who is
not identified in court papers, suffered a “major head injury”
and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
Investigators allege that Tashena Whittaker (seen above)
helped Werner back into the Ford Ranger, which she was
driving. The duo then drove away from the scene of the
accident. They were subsequently pulled over by a patrolman
about two miles down the road. “Mr. Werner had injuries
from the fall and he declined medical attention,” an
investigator reported.
Werner and Whittaker were each arrested for leaving the
scene of an accident causing great bodily harm, a felony.
Werner was also charged with indecent exposure and failure
to wear a seat belt, both misdemeanors. Whittaker was also
hit with a misdemeanor count for driving without a license.
A judge set Whittaker’s bond at $10,000 and scheduled her
for a June 19 preliminary hearing. Court records do not
list bond information or court dates for Werner.
Werner’s rap sheet includes prior arrests in the state of
Washington for drunk driving, assault, and criminal
mischief.
Whittaker, a Tennessee native, is a mother of two young
girls. On her Facebook page, Whittaker describes herself
as a “polytheist” who will “bow only to the old gods
and goddesses.”
'Act your age': A judge scolded the 30-year-old mother of
two, telling her in court: 'You're too old to be doing
stupid stuff like that'.
Tech Support Pits
From: Peggy
Re: Gmail's red banner
Do you know about this? Â I'm afraid to click on your emails
anymore! Â Please let me know if it is alright to do so! Â
Hugs and blessings!
Peggy
Dear Peggy
Yes, my emails are OK, even though the Sniveling Ninnies
at Gmail snivel about it. The Sniveling Ninnies think
that because Thriftyfun links to Myfrugallife.com, and
that FRUGAL sounds dirty to semi-literate North Koreans,
they put that silly idiot-banner on.
I would love to frugal their turnip and inject some
intelligence!
Here is what Sir Squirrel just wrote about that:
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Webby, I admit to being lazy. That is why I have a remedy
that takes hardly a second to do. At the bottom of the red
strip at the top of your humor letter, the second sentence
sez, " Ignore, I trust this message, I Just left click on
this but once and all the pictures and the two 'vote now'
buttons will appear; right where Webby put them in his
humor letter.
Kind friend, it works every time for me! Have fun and
a good day!
~Sir Squirrel~
==============
Just do the same as what Sir Squirrel suggested.
Making a filter, as I have suggested probably more than a
dozen times, also helps. Tell the filter to NOT put it
into Spam, and to mark it as important. That normally
does the trick.
I realize that Gmail is too primitive to filter mails into
different folders, but you can assign a category letter to
emails. Unless you have already assigned the letter H to
something else, tell the filter to assign the letter H to
the Humor Letter.
That too seems to help.
Have FUN!
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Milk Jug Electric Cord Reel
I use the electric leaf blower frequently to blow off the
porch and carport. I've just been looping the cord and
laying it across the blower for storage and having to
untangle it every time I use it.
I told my husband that we needed to purchase a reel to
keep the cord on. A reel makes it easier to store the cord
and keeps it from getting tangled up. The idea popped into
my head to use a milk jug so I gave it a try and it works.
I cut out a section opposite the handle to make some sides
to hold the cord. Holding the jug by the handle, I wrapped
the cord around the jug. This works, however, I think a
heavier jug will work even better. I may not have to spend
money on a reel after all.
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Taking his seat in his chambers, the judge faced the opposing lawyers.
"So," he said, "I have been presented, by both of you, with a bribe."
Both lawyers squirmed uncomfortably. "You, attorney Morris, gave me
$15,000. And you, attorney Campos, gave me $10,000. In all
honesty I cannot accept two bribes. It just would not be fair."
The judge reached into his pocket and pulled out a check. He handed it
to Morris saying, "Now then, I'm returning $5,000, and we're going to
decide this case solely on its merits!"
>From Mary
I was having trouble with the idea of turning 30 and was
oversensitive to any signs of advancing age. When I found
a prominent gray hair in my bangs, I pointed to my forehead.
"Have you seen this?" I indignantly asked my husband.
"What?" he asked. "The wrinkles?"
Today 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.
1789 The Third Estate in France declared itself a national
assembly, and began to frame a constitution.
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.
1848 Austrian General Alfred Windischgratz crushed a Czech
uprising in Prague.
1854 The Red Turban revolt broke out in Guangdong, China.
1861 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln witnessed Dr. Thaddeus
Lowe demonstrate the use of a hydrogen balloon.
1872 George M. Hoover began selling whiskey in Dodge City, Kansas.
The town had been dry up until this point.
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.
1879 Thomas Edison received an honorary degree of Doctor
of Philosophy from the trustees of Rutgers College in
New Brunswick, NJ.
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
the highest 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 French troops landed on the island of Elba in the
Mediterranean.
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.
1970 North Vietnamese troops cut the last operating rail
line in Cambodia.
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.
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Pictures not showing in Gmail
Monday, June 16, 2014, 10:47 AM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Monday, June 16.
Thank you Norm!
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Floriduh shoplifter, who stuffed seven frozen
lobster tails intp her pants
Details at Boneheads
From the History section at the bottom:
Today, in
1963 26-year-old Valentina Tereshkova went into orbit
aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft for three days. She was
the first female space traveler.
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Thanks for the harmonica you gave me for Christmas,"
Little Johnny said to his Uncle Rodney, the first time
he saw him after the holidays. "It's the best Christmas
present I ever got."
"That's great," said his Uncle Rodney. "Do you know
how to play it?"
"Oh, I don't play it," Little Johnny said. "My mom
gives me a dollar a day not to play it during the
day and my dad gives me five dollars a week not to
play it at night.
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A civil servant is badly hurt falling down the stairs of the Ministry of
Absorption in Jerusalem. He is taken to Hadassah hospital where
he remains in a coma for several days.
Finally, an eye opens and his doctor tells him:
"My friend, I have bad news and I have good news. First of all, you'll
never be able to work again..."
"Nu," muttered the injured bureaucrat. "What's the bad news?"
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Wedding near Oregon wildfire
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Nichole Ann Reed, 30, DeLand,Floriduh
Floriduh shoplifter stuffed seven frozen
lobster tails intp her pants
Thawed lobster, frozen pussy
A central Florida woman faces petit theft charges after
officials say she stuffed seven frozen lobster tails into
her pants and walked out of a Publix supermarket without
paying for them.
A loss prevention officer at the DeLand Publix told police
he watched 30-year-old Nichole Ann Reed put the lobster
tails into her pants on Wednesday evening. He says she
walked around the store before leaving.
Police found her about an hour later. Reed told them she
went to the store with the intention of stealing the lobster
tails, which were valued at $83.99. According to a police
report, she said she planned to trade the lobster with a
friend to get either a Chinese buffet or the prescription
pain medication Dilaudid.
She posted $250 bail, over ten times as much as a $7.49 buffet
in her town.
Tech Support Pits
From: Diana
Re: No pictures in Gmail
Hi, I just love your newsletter. Â For about a week now the
picture you send doesn't show. Â The sentence telling me to
click on picture to show it larger is there but no picture
to click on. Â That happened and how do I get it back? Â
Thank you in advance.
Diana
Dear Diana
That is part of the North Korean Censors trying to make
Gmail less reliable.
However, you can still get around their nuisance changes.
Click on the sprocket near the right top.
Settings
Images
and move the radio button to
Always display external images
hit OK, and you should see the images again.
The reason I use external images, images stored on my servers,
is so that there is less of a load on your ISP. I have done
that sine 1994.
Just change the settings,
and you should see the pictures again.
To make sure the snooty do-gooder censors don't put the
Humor Letter into Spam, make a filter. Highlight a Humor Letter
in the INBOX or SPAM, wherever you find it in Gmail, click on
MORE on top, select Make a Filter.
What is always the same with the humor letter for about 20 years is
FROM is always humor@webby.com
SUBJECT always starts with Humor:
You can use either or both of those criteria.
Have FUN!
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"Mommy, my turtle is dead," the little boy, Futh, sorrowfully
told his mother, holding the turtle out to her in his hand.
The mother kissed him on the head, then said," That's all right.
We'll wrap him in tissue paper, put him in a little box, then have
a nice burial ceremony in the back yard. After that, we'll go out
for an ice cream soda, and then get you a new pet.
"Ice cream?" the little boy said, wiping his tears and smiling,
"Oh! Boy!"
His mother said, "I don't want you...." Her voice trailed off as
she noticed the turtle move. "Futh, you're turtle is not dead
after all."
"Oh, thit!" the disappointed boy said. "Can I kill it?"
A boy was taking care of his baby sister while his parents went
to town shopping. He decided to go fishing and he had to take her
along.
"I'll never do that again!" he told his mother that evening. "I
didn't catch a thing!"
"Oh, next time I'm sure she'll be quiet and not scare the fish
away," his mother said.
The boy said, "It wasn't that. She ate all the bait."
Today in
0455 Rome was sacked by the Vandal army.
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.
1858 In a speech in Springfield, IL, U.S. Senate candidate
Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved.
He declared, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
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.
1909 Glenn Hammond Curtiss sold his first airplane, the
"Gold Bug" to the New York Aeronautical Society for $5,000.
1922 Henry Berliner accomplished the first American helicopter
flight at College Park, MD.
1925 France accepted a German proposal for a security pact.
1932 The ban on Nazi storm troopers was lifted by the von
Papen government in Germany.
1940 Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain became the prime minister
of the Vichy government of occupied France.
1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the
closure of all German consulates in the United States.
The deadline was set as July 10.
1952 "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" was published
in the United States.
1955 Pope Pius XII excommunicated Argentine President
Juan Peron. The ban was lifted eight years later.
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.
1972 Ulrike Meinhof was captured by West German police in
Hanover. She was co-founder of the Baader-Meinhof terrorist
group and the Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion).
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.
1977 Leonid Brezhnev was named the first Soviet president of
the USSR. He was the first person to hold the post of
president and Communist Party General Secretary.
1978 U.S. President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar
Torrijos ratified the Panama Canal treaties.
1981 The "Chicago Tribune" purchased the Chicago Cubs
baseball team from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Company
for $20.5 million.
1992 U.S. President George H.W. Bush welcomed Russian
President Boris Yeltsin to a meeting in Washington, DC.
The two agreed in principle to reduce strategic weapon
arsenals by about two-thirds by the year 2003.
1996 Russian voters had their first independent presidential
election. Boris Yeltsin was the winner after a run-off.
1999 The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a 1992
federal music piracy law does not prohibit a palm-sized
device that can download high-quality digital music files
from the Internet and play them at home.
2000 U.S. federal regulators approved the merger of Bell
Atlantic and GTE Corp. The merger created the nation's
largest local phone company.
2000 U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson reported that
an employee at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New
Mexico had discovered that two computer hard drives were
missing.
2008 California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Sunday, June 15, 2014, 10:32 AM
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Today is Sunday, June 15.
Happy Fathers Day!
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NM felon, who raped his girlfriend's 8 month old daughter.
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Today, in
1215 King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans
are useless, but planning is indispensable.
--- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
"Miami was voted the worst road rage city. You have 20-year-
olds doing 95, and 95-year-olds doing 20, that's why."
--- Craig Ferguson
"Of cheerfulness, or a good temper -
the more it is spent, the more of it remains."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Rummaging through her attic one day, my friend Kathryn found
an old shotgun. Unsure how to dispose of it, she called her
parents.
"Take it to the police station," her mother suggested. My
friend was about to hang up when her mom added....
"And, Kathryn?"
"Yes, mom?"
"With YOUR looks, you better call them first and let them
know you're coming."
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Mr. Gable had a leak in the roof over his dining room, so he
called a repairman to take a look at it. "When did you first
notice the leak?" the repairman inquired.
Mr. Gable scowled. "Last night, when it took me two hours to
finish my soup!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Julio Iturralde, 27, Los Lunas, NM
NM man locks girlfriend out of hotel room,
rapes 8-month-old baby
A Los Lunas, NM man was arrested and charged in the rape
of his girlfriend's 8-month-old daughter on May 24.
Police say Julio Iturralde, 27, allegedly locked his
girlfriend out of their hotel room when she went to retrieve
something from their car. Reports say as she was knocking on
the door she could hear the baby scream.
Records state that eventually Iturralde let his girlfriend,
Jasmin Davis, 25, back in the room where she saw the babies
diaper covered in blood. Davis claims Iturralde would not
let her take the baby to the hospital or leave the room
the entire night.
Iturralde instead pulled out a pipe and began smoking meth.
Witnesses at the hotel claimed to have spoken with Davis
the night the assault occured and say she made no effort
to get any help for the baby.
Davis finally took the baby to the hospital the following
evening and when questioned, claimed another child must
have injured her daughter.
Davis finally admitted to police, what really happened also
copping to smoking meth with Iturralde the morning after
Iturralde allegedly raped her baby.
Iturralde is charged with criminal sexual penetration against
a minor, child abuse, false imprisonment & tampering
with evidence.
Davis was arrested on suspicion of child abuse, tampering
with evidence and conspiracy.
The baby is still in the hospital. Her internal injuries caused
massive bloodloss and the doctors are faced with the task of
reconstructing her internal organs. She is in the custody of
the Children, Youth and Family Services.
Iturralde's bail was set at $100,000, cash-only.
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All of a sudden the icons on my desktop are shrunk and many
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the center. How do I get my icons back?
Bree
Dear Bree
Click on an empty spot on the desktop.
Hold down the CTRL key, or SGRG in Europe
Roll the scroll wheel of the mouse forward,
away from you, The icon size will increase.
Do it slowly and gradually. If you go to fast
or too far, Windows will re-arrange the icons,
and some might be beyond the visible area.
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HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they are
yelling at the same kids.
-- Derrick, age 8
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want any more kids.
-- Lori, age 8
IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It's better for girls to be single but not for boys.
Boys need someone to clean up after them.
-- Anita, age 9
HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT
IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain,
wouldn't there?
-- Kelvin, age 8
When a guy's printer type began to grow faint, he
called a local repair shop where a friendly man
informed him that the printer probably needed only
to be cleaned. Because the store charged $50 for
such cleanings, he told him he might be better off
reading the printer's manual and trying the job himself.
Pleasantly surprised by his candor, he asked, "Does
your boss know that you discourage business?"
"Actually, it's my boss's idea," the employee replied
sheepishly. "We usually make more money on
repairs if we let people try to fix things themselves
first."
Today 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.
1836 Arkansas became the 25th U.S. state.
1844 Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for the process
that strengthens rubber.
1846 The United States and Britain settled a boundary dispute
concerning the boundary between the U.S. and Canada.
1866 Prussia attacked Austria.
1898 The U.S. House of representatives approved the annexation
of Hawaii.
1909 Benjamin Shibe patented the cork center baseball.
1911 The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. was incorporated
in the state of New York. The company was later renamed
International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.
1917 Great Britain pledged the release of all the Irish
captured during the Easter Rebellion of 1916.
1919 Captain John Alcock and Lt. Arthur W. Brown won $50,000
for successfully completing the first, non-stop trans-Atlantic
plane flight.
1940 The French fortress of Verdun was captured by Germans.
1944 American forces began their successful invasion of Saipan
during World War II.
1947 The All-Indian Congress accepted a British plan for the
partition of India.
1948 Soviet authorities announced that the Autobahn to Berlin
would be closed indefinitely "for repairs."
1958 Greece severed military ties to Turkey because of the
Cypress issue.
1964 The last French troops left Algeria.
1978 King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American
Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.
1981 The U.S. agreed to provide Pakistan with $3 billion in
military and economic aid from October 1982 to October 1987.
1982 In the capital city of Stanley, the Falklands war ended
as Argentine troops surrendered to the British.
1983 The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced its position on abortion
by striking down state and local restriction on abortions.
1986 Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper, reported that the
chief engineer of the Chernobyl nuclear plant was dismissed
for mishandling the incident at the plant.
1992 It was ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court that the government
could kidnap criminal suspects from foreign countries for
prosecution.
1992 U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to
spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee.
He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written
by the student's teacher.
1994 Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.
1999 South Korean naval forces sank a North Korean torpedo boat
during an exchange in the disputed Yellow Sea.
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Good Morning, !
Today is Saturday, June 14.
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
New Hampshire woman busted for prostitution at town library
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Today, in
1990 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld police checkpoints that
are used to examine drivers for signs of intoxication.
South Dakota.
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"Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon….
the pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and
then struts around like it won the game."
--- Vladimir Putin
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Doctor!" said the woman as she loudly bounced
into the room, "I want you to tell me very frankly
what's wrong with me."
He surveyed her from head to foot. "Madam,"
he said at length, "I've just three things to tell
you."
"First, you need to lose at least twenty pounds.
Second, you should use about one tenth as
much rouge and lipstick. And third, I'm an artist -
the doctor's office is on the next floor."
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Blue-haired old aunts used to come up to me at weddings,
poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me "You're next!"
They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them
at funerals.
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Brittany Macintyre, 20, Tewksbury, New Hampshire
Busted for prostitution at town library
Earlier this week a New Hampshire woman was arrested for
offering sex for cash at a suburban Massachusetts library.
On Tuesday, police in Tewksbury got a tip that there was
a woman working as a prostitute out of the town library.
An undercover cop went to check it out that evening.
He said that within moments of entering, Brittany Macintyre,
20, approached him with a pad and pen, and the two began
passing notes. (You know, because it's the library and you
should respect people's peace and quiet while engaging in
your illicit transaction.)
Eventually, according to police, Macintyre offered to perform
a sex act on the cop in exchange for $60. She was arrested
on charges of prostitution. Police say she was also wanted
on drug charges.
Back on Valentine’s Day, Macintyre was arrested for illegal
possession of cocaine and heroin in Methuen.
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Humor letter didn't arrive again. I finally managed to get
a stuporvisor at Telus. They want you to re-send the Humor
Letter.
Dianne.
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Never Mix Cleaners or Household Chemicals
For the fourth time in less than a year, I have responded
to a med call where someone mixed household chemicals.
Never, ever, in any form or combination, mix bleach with
any other chemical. Do not mix vinegar with any other
chemical. Do not mix ammonia with any other chemical.
This includes general cleaning, in your mop water,
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When an express train to London made an unscheduled stop
at Reading, the philosopher, C.E.M. Joad, climbed aboard.
"You¹ve got to get off sir," the guard told him, "this train
doesn¹t stop here."
Replied Joad, "In that case, don't worry.
If it didn't stop here, I didn't get on it."
Asked by his third-grade teacher to spell "straight." The
boy did so correctly.
"Now," said the teacher, "what does it mean?"
"Without water."
Today in
1777 The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the
"Stars and Stripes" as the national flag of the United States.
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.
1900 Hawaii became a U.S. territory.
1907 Women in Norway won the right to vote.
1917 General John Pershing arrived in Paris during WW 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 Superfortresses attacked an iron and steel
works factory on Honshu Island. It was the first U.S. raid
against mainland 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.
1954 Americans took part in the first nation-wide civil defense
test against atomic attack.
1965 A military triumvirate took control in Saigon, South Vietnam.
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.
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Friday, June 13, 2014, 11:49 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Friday, June 13.
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Thank you, Frank!!
Thank you, David H.!
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to an
Alabama woman, who tries to solicit murders of the family,
where she is staying, via Facebook.
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Today, in
1979 Sioux Indians were awarded $105 million in compensation
for the U.S. seizure in 1877 of their Black Hills in
South Dakota.
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Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize
what a burden it was.
--- Margaret Mitchell (1900 - 1949)
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man.
But they don't bite everybody.
--- Stanislaw Lec
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An irate woman burst into the baker's shop and said, "I sent
my daughter in here for two pounds of cookies this morning, but
when I weighed them there was only one pound. I suggest that
you check your scales."
The baker looked at her calmly and replied,
"Ma'am, I suggest you weigh your daughter."
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Marissa Williams, 19, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Aunt Befriends Niece With Fake Facebook Account;
Niece Allegedly Asks Her To Murder Family
An Alabama woman's duplicitous attempt to befriend her niece
with a fake Facebook account may be what saved her life.
The niece was allegedly looking for someone to murder her
entire family, including the aunt who set up the fake account.
Marissa Williams, 19, is in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on
charges of solicitation of murder. Authorities said she asked
a person she met on Facebook named "Tre Topdog Ellis" to
pretend to kidnap her and kill her family, along with the
family dog.
But Ellis was actually Williams' aunt, who set up the bogus
Facebook account in May in order to teach her niece a lesson
about the dangers of social media.
The name of Williams' aunt has not been released, but the
suspect has been living with her since April.
The relationship was strained because Williams kept inviting
strangers she met on Facebook over to the house, WSB TV reports.
The aunt's experiment didn't go as planned.
On May 24, the very first day of online interaction, Williams
gave the fictional boy her phone number and address, and asked
him to come over and get drunk. She also offered to have sex
with him if he'd pay her $50 phone bill, AL.com reports.
As the two conversed in the coming days, the suspect allegedly
asked her Facebook friend to kidnap her and take her away
from her family, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The aunt didn't call police at first, but changed her mind
when Williams suggested that "Tre" shoot and kill her family.
Williams allegedly gave instructions on how to break into
the aunt's room.
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Dear Webby
The site that he wants off his computer is
Desert Nights Casino.
Sure hope you can help.
Hope your eye surgery goes well.
Thank you and God bless.
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Polishing Silver
In a small pot (the pot's size depends on what you're
cleaning), place water to where it will cover the item being
cleaned. Add 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. salt, and a capful of
white vinegar. Then place the silver (silverware, etc.) on
top a piece of aluminum foil with the shiny side down in pot,
submerge it, then bring pot to a boil. Turn the silver or
whatever it is on the other side, and you should see beautiful
shiny silver on the side that was submerged. Don't ask me how
it works but it really does.
By Ms_Thrifty from Houston, TX
The tarnish, Silver Oxide, gives
it's Oxygen to the Aluminum, which desperately wants to
become Aluminum Oxide. That turns the Silver Oxide back
into Silver. The baking Soda accelerates the process.
Vinegar and salt are optional.
You still have to polish the silver afterwards with a linen
or MicroFiber cloth to get a nice shine and slow down the
inevitable future tarnishing. Inevitable, unless you do the
final rub with a cloth dampened with a non-rancid oil like
WD40 or gun oil. Those oils keep the oxygen away from the
silver, and are easily polished off before using the utensils.
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When I stopped the bus to pick up Chris for preschool, I
noticed an older woman hugging him as he left the house.
"Is that your grandmother?" I asked.
"Yes," Chris said. "She's visiting."
"How nice," I said. "Where does she live?"
"At the airport," Chris replied. "Whenever we need her,
we just go out there and get her."
A tractor salesman was passing a farm, where the farmer
was plowing the field with a bull. He goes over and offers
to sell the farmer a tractor to plow with. The farmer tells
him "I don't need a tractor, I have three new ones at the
barn"
Well if you have three new tractors at the barn, why are you
plowing this field with that bull, asked the salesman ?
The farmer replied, "This is part of the bulls continuing
education. I am teaching him that there is more to farming
than messing with cows and tearing down fences.
Today 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.
1927 For the first time, an American Flag was displayed from
the right hand of the Statue of Liberty.
1940 Paris was evacuated before the German advance.
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.
1971 The New York Times began publishing the "Pentagon Papers".
The articles were a secret study of America's involvement
in Vietnam.
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.
1988 The Liggett Group, a cigarette manufacturer, was found
liable for a lung-cancer death. They were, however, found
innocent by the federal jury of misrepresenting the risks
of smoking.
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.
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Thursday, June 12, 2014, 09:26 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Thursday, June 12.
Thank you, John C.!
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Minnesota man, who threatened a neighbor with a gun
over bike-riding lesson.
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Today, in
1992 In a letter to the U.S. Senate, Russian Boris Yeltsin
stated that in the early 1950's the Soviet Union had shot
down nine U.S. planes and held 12 American survivors.
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There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
--- Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity
for taking things for granted.
--- Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
"Boys will be boys,
and so will a lot of middle-aged men."
--- Kin Hubbard
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On a flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew,
the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached
cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin
lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the
appearance of your flight attendants."
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"On landing, the stewardess said, "Please be sure to take
most of your belongings. If you're going to leave anything,
please make sure it's something we'd like to have."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Gary Drake, 61, Minnesota
Man threatens neighbor with a gun
over bike-riding lesson
A Minnesota man faces second-degree assault and terroristic
threat charges after allegedly threatening a neighbor with
a shotgun over the way the neighbor was teaching his
7-year-old daughter to ride a bike.
When Gary Drake, 61, yelled some tips from his driveway
on May 25, the neighbor told him, "I've got it."
That got Drake mad, according to the criminal complaint,
and he allegedly responded: "If you don't like my advice,
get off my street."
The neighbor told Drake that he didn't own the street
in Rosemount and that the lesson would continue, TwinCities.
com reports.
As the bike lessons went on, Drake became increasingly
agitated that his advice was ignored.
So he went inside and came back out with a long-barreled
gun and allegedly threatened the father and his 7-year-old
daughter.
Drake's wife eventually pulled the gun away and dragged him
inside the house.
A few moments later, he was back outside. As the neighbor
and his daughter walked away, Drake allegedly yelled,
"I'm going to kill ya," CBS Minneapolis reports.
When police arrived on the scene, Drake allegedly told them
he didn’t like how the neighbor treated his daughter.
Drake also said he had been drinking but denied alcohol had
anything to do with what the complaint refers to as
"poor decision-making," according to the Star-Tribune.
Drake said that perhaps he should have been more drastic.
"Maybe next time. I should have shot him," MyFoxTwinCities
reports.
His wife told police she tried to stop her husband and
she gave them the shotgun and another rifle.
Drake is free on bail and is due for a court appearance
on Aug. 11.
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About a dozen years ago I flew to Florida to teach Sandie to
ride her brand new Harley VR, and to grasp "counter-steering".
I was a bit concerned about the racket her Harley VR with
straight pipes made on her residential street, as she was
cruising up and down doing a slalom around the dotted center
line. However, people there did not seem to mind. Some came
out to cheer her on, a few even took pictures of her.
Being comfortable with counter-steering saved her live quite
a few times in dicey traffic situations. Being able to
correctly and instantaneously lean and gun it out of a bad
situation is extremely important. I wish every new rider
was taught how to do that!
Sandie has died a year ago, but not on the road.
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You help me get PC Tools off my Computor and now my
husbands has a site that we can't get off.
We tried Control Panel.
Programs & uninstall. But that doesn't take it off.
Would you PLEASE send me the instructions again.
Thank You
Martha
Dear Martha
My Ouija board is broken.
What is the name of the site or program,
that you want to get rid of?
Have FUN!
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Kiddie Pool As Cooler
When cooking and serving out-of-doors, pick up one of those
cheap, rigid plastic kiddy pools, fill it with ice, and set
bowls of cold foods in the ice. You can also keep cans of
juice or soda pop in the pool. We've been using this method
for keeping foods cold when we're cooking outside and on
picnics for over 40 years and have never lost a potato
salad yet.
If it's a big party, by all means use 2 pools, one for
drinks and one for foods. I think they take up less room
than all the bowls and containers sitting out too.
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"Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you
enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed
taking you for a ride."
From a Southwest Airlines employee: "Welcome aboard Southwest
Flight 245 to Tampa. To operate your seat belt, insert the
metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like
every other seat belt; and, if you don't know how to operate
one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised."
Today in
1099 Crusade leaders visited the Mount of Olives where they
met a hermit who urged them to assault Jerusalem.
1442 Alfonso V of Aragon was crowned King of Naples.
1665 England installed a municipal government in New York.
It was the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.
1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia began.
1838 The Iowa Territory was organized.
1839 Abner Doubleday created the game of baseball,
according to the legend.
1849 The gas mask was patented by L.P. Haslett.
1897 Carl Elsener patented his penknife. The object
later became known as the Swiss army knife.
1898 Philippine nationalists declared their
independence from Spain.
1900 The Reichstag approved a second law that would
allow the expansion of the German navy.
1901 Cuba agreed to become an American protectorate
by accepting the Platt Amendment.
1918 The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit
occurred on World War I's Western Front in France.
1921 U.S. President Warren Harding urged every young man
to attend military training camp.
1923 Harry Houdini, while suspended upside down 40 feet
above the ground, escaped from a strait jacket.
1926 Brazil quit the League of Nations in protest over
plans to admit Germany.
1935 The Chaco War was ended with a truce. Bolivia and
Paraguay had been fighting since 1932.
1937 The Soviet Union executed eight army leaders under
Joseph Stalin.
1941 In London, the Inter-Allied Declaration was signed.
It was the first step towards the establishment of the
United Nations.
1944 Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung announced that
he would support Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek in the
war against Japan.
1963 "Cleopatra" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison,
and Richard Burton premiered at the Rivoli Theatre.
1963 Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in
front of his home in Jackson, MS.
1967 State laws which prohibited interracial marriages
were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1975 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was found guilty
of corrupt election practices in 1971.
1979 Bryan Allen flew the Gossamer Albatross, man powered,
across the English Channel.
1982 75,000 people rallied against nuclear weapons in
New York City's Central Park.
1985 Wayne "The Great One" Gretsky was named winner of the
NHL's Hart Trophy. The award is given to the the league
Most Valuable Player.
1985 The U.S. House of Representatives approved $27 million
in aid to the Nicaraguan contras.
1986 South Africa declared a national state of emergency.
Virtually unlimited power was given to security forces and
restrictions were put on news coverage of the unrest.
1987 U.S. President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev
to tear down the Berlin Wall.
1990 The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declared
its sovereignty.
1991 Russians went to the election polls and elected Boris N.
Yeltsin as the president of their republic.
1992 In a letter to the U.S. Senate, Russian Boris Yeltsin stated
that in the early 1950's the Soviet Union had shot down nine U.S.
planes and held 12 American survivors.
1996 In Philadelphia a panel of federal judges blocked a
law against indecency on the internet. The panel said that
the 1996 Communications Decency Act would infringe upon the
free speech rights of adults.
1998 Compaq Computer paid $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corp.
in largest high-tech acquisition.
1999 NATO peacekeeping forces entered the province of Kosovo
in Yugoslavia.
2003 In Arkansas, Terry Wallis spoke for the first time in
nearly 19 years. Wallis had been in a coma since July 13,
1984, after being injured in a car accident.
2009 In the U.S., The switch from analog TV trasmission to
digital was completed.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 08:44 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Wednesday, June 11.
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Kentucky Man Wearing Marijuana-Themed T-Shirt
Busted On Marijuana Trafficking Charge
Details at Boneheads
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1998 - Mitsubishi of America agreed to pay $34 million to end the largest
sexual harassment case filed by the U.S. government. The federal lawsuit
claimed that hundreds of women at a plant in Normal, IL, had endured
groping and crude jokes from male workers.
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Schwartz goes to see his Rabbi.
He says, "Rabbi, I think my wife is poisoning me."
The Rabbi says, "I'll tell you what...let me talk to her.
I'll see what I can find out and I'll let you know."
A week later the Rabbi calls Schwartz and says,
"I spoke to your wife on the phone for four hours,
or rather listened to her for four hours."
Schwartz says, Do you have any advice?"
The Rabbi says, "Yeah. Take the poison."
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Lidia Zuradzka, 52, WHEELING, Illinois
Kentucky Man Wearing Marijuana-Themed T-Shirt
Busted On Marijuana Trafficking Charge
A Kentucky man wearing a narcotics-themed t-shirt was
arrested last night for marijuana trafficking following
a traffic stop, police report.
A search of Andrew Anderson’s vehicle turned up packages of
pot and cash that investigators concluded represented the
proceeds of drug sales. As seen in Anderson’s booking photo,
the 22-year-old had on an “All my friends are baked” t-shirt
when collared.
During a subsequent search of Anderson’s home in Wingo,
police seized more marijuana and assorted drug paraphernalia.
Anderson was charged with marijuana trafficking and
possession of drug paraphernalia, both misdemeanors. He was
also cited for a vehicular violation for failing to properly
signal. Anderson was released from custody today after
posting $2500 bond.
Tech Support Pits
From: Brittny
Re: Graphics program
Dear Webby
I need a complete graphics program, but I can't afford
photoshop oreven your favorite PSP. Is there one, that
is free or nearly free?
I am not used to and stuck on any graphics program, and
would prefer to stay away from cracked, illegal versions.
Thanks
Brittny
Dear Brittny
There IS indeed a program written for you and
Millions like you:
GIMP
It is not gimpy at all but the
GNU Image Manipulation Program and is totally free.
The manual is at http://www.gimp.org/docs/
Downloads are at http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Don't get it from scam sites, that will let you have an
old download, IF you agree to let them install a tool bar
or other malware. Like many popular programs, it has
attracted scammers trying to cash in on a good name.
Always go straight to Gimp.org and avoid the scammers.
As far as I know, you can do anything you want with Gimp,
that could be done with Photoshop, but just like Photoshop,
very few people get even near the limits.
It has built in help, and also complete manuals in
many languages.
Have FUN!
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Use Citronella Soap as Mosquito Repellent
I tried the 50/50 baby oil and vinegar as a mosquito
repellent and I still got bitten. I tried using citronella
soap and put it all on my legs and arms and the mosquitoes
did not bite me at all. Just put water on the citronella
soap and spread it all over the exposed legs/arms. Do not
rinse it off. I am so happy and I don't have to use the
chemical spray "Off" on my body anymore. Best of luck to
all who get mosquito bites.
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Classic!
A young boy had just gotten his driving permit. He asked his father,
who was a minister, if they could discuss his use of the car.
His father said to him, "I'll make a deal with you. You bring your
grades up, study your Bible a little, and get your hair cut, then we
will talk about it."
A month later the boy came back and again asked his father if they could
discuss his use of the car.
His father said, "Son, I'm real proud of you. You have brought your
grades up, you've studied your Bible diligently, but you didn't get hair
cut!"
The young man waited a moment and replied, "You know dad, I've been
thinking about that. You know Samson had long hair, Moses had long
hair, Noah had long hair, and even Jesus had long hair."
His father replied, "Yes son, and nobody lent a car to them either!"
Two priests died at the same time and met Saint Peter at the Pearly
Gates. St. Peter said, "I'd like to get you guys in now but our
computer's down. You'll have to go back to Earth for about a week
but you can't go back as humans. What'll it be?"
The first priest says, "I've always wanted to be an eagle, soaring
above the Rocky mountains." "So be it," says St. Peter and off flies the
first priest.
The second priest mulls this over for a moment and asks, "Will any of
this week 'count', St. Peter?"
"No, I told you the computer's down.
There's no way we can keep track of what you're doing. The week's a
freebie."
"In that case," says the second priest, "I've always wanted to be a stud."
"So be it," says St. Peter and the second priest disappears.
A week goes by, the computer is fixed, and the Lord tells St. Peter
to recall the two priests. "Will you have any trouble locating them?" He
asks. "The first one should be easy," says St. Peter. "He's somewhere
over the Rockies, flying with the eagles. But the second one could
prove to be more difficult."
"Why?" asketh the Lord.
St. Peter answered, "He's on a snow tire somewhere in Alaska."
Today in
1346 - Charles IV of Luxembourg was elected
Holy Roman Emperor in Germany.
1509 - King Henry VIII married his first of six wives,
Catherine of Aragon.
1770 - Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef
off of Australia when he ran aground.
1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte took the island of Malta.
1895 - Charles E. Duryea received the first U.S. patent granted
to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven American automobile.
1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born. He was the French underwater
explorer that invented the Aqua-Lung diving apparatus.
1912 - Silas Christoferson became the first pilot to take off
from the roof of a hotel.
1915 - British troops took Cameroon in Africa.
1930 - William Beebe dove to a record-setting depth of 1,426
feet off the coast of Bermuda. He used a diving chamber
called a bathysphere.
1934 - The Disarmament Conference in Geneva ended in failure.
1937 - Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a purge of Red Army
generals.
1940 - The Italian Air Force bombed the British fortress at
Malta in the Mediterranean.
1942 - The U.S. and the Soviet Union signed a lend lease agreement
to aid the Soviets in their effort in World War II.
1943 - During World War II, the Italian island of Pantelleria
surrendered after a heavy air bombardment.
1947 - The U.S. government announced an end to sugar rationing.
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Florida for
trying to integrate restaurants.
1963 - Alabama Gov. George Wallace allowed two black students
to enroll at the University of Alabama.
1967 - Israel and Syria accepted a U.N. cease-fire.
1973 - After a ruling by the Justice Department of the State
of Pennsylvania, women were licensed to box or wrestle.
1977 - In the Netherlands, a 19-day hostage situation came to
an end when Dutch marines stormed a train and a school being
held by South Moluccan extremists. Two hostages and the six
terrorists were killed.
1982 - Steven Spielberg's movie "E.T." opened.
1987 - Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister
in 160 years to win a third consecutive term of office.
1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that would prohibit
the desecration of the American Flag.
1991 - Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted. The eruption of ash
and gas could be seen for more than 60 miles.
1993 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who commit "hate crimes"
could be sentenced to extra punishment. The court also ruled in favor
of religious groups saying that they indeed had a constitutional right
to sacrifice animals during worship services.
1993 - Steven Spielberg's movie "Jurassic Park" opened.
1998 - Mitsubishi of America agreed to pay $34 million to end the largest
sexual harassment case filed by the U.S. government. The federal lawsuit
claimed that hundreds of women at a plant in Normal, IL, had endured
groping and crude jokes from male workers.
1998 - Pakistan announced moratorium on nuclear testing and offered to
talk with India over disputed Kashmir.
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Did north Korea really take over Gmail?
Tuesday, June 10, 2014, 08:28 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Tuesday, June 10.
In seven days from now I will get the first cataract
operation. I am not worried about the operation. That
apparently is a well practised routine, and the doctor
in charge is a teaching doctor supervising, with a student
doing the actual work.
My only concern is whether I can write and send out the
newsletters that night. We'll see.
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to an
Illinois woman jailed for breaking into home
and taking beer
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From the History section at the bottom:
Today, in
1993 It was announced by scientists that genetic material was
extracted from an insect that lived when dinosaurs
roamed the Earth.
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>From Roland
In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more
people who send text messages and emails have long forgotten the art
of capital letters.
For those of you who fall into this category, please take note of
the following statement:
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack
off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
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had been misbehaving and was sent to bed.
After a while emerged and informed mother
that had thought it over and then said a
prayer.
"Fine", said the pleased mother. "If you ask God to
help you about your misbehaving, He will help you."
"Oh, I don't need help with misbehavin' ", said
. "I asked Him to help me not to get
caught quite so much."
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Lidia Zuradzka, 52, WHEELING, Illinois
Woman jailed for breaking into home and taking beer
An Illinois woman's desire for an alcoholic beverage got her
tossed into the slammer.
Lidia Zuradzka has been accused of breaking into a stranger's
home in Wheeling and demanding a beer on Monday.
According to Cook County Assistant State's Attorney David Shin,
Zuradzka entered the house through an unlocked door while the
female homeowner was upstairs. The homeowner walked into her
living room and allegedly saw Zuradzka holding a beer that had
been left out on a table.
When asked what she was doing, Zuradzka responded "I want beer,"
the Daily Herald reported. The homeowner screamed and Zuradzka
left the residence.
The 52-year-old has been charged with residential burglary
charges and was held on a $100,000 bond on Wednesday.
Zuradzka has previous convictions for residential burglary
and criminal trespass to a residence
Tech Support Pits
From: Rolando
Re: North Korea?
Dear Webby
I'm a long time user of Gmail. Never had problems until
now that sometimes the links for graphics or to Ophelia
or for pictures don't work. Today all was fine except
for a warning that the message could be a phising type.
Of course I discarded the note and enjoyed the newsletter.
However I understand that Google owns the service, and
then why North Korean "censors" are mentioned in your
newsletter as being the ones interfering with the service?
Thank you
Rolando
Dear Rolando
People use Gmail for receiving and sending email, not
for having their email censored by some incompetent
do-gooders acticng like North Korean email censors.
Whether the Gmail censors are real North Koreans, or
just act like they were, is not known for sure.
I had to cut the link to MyFrugalLife,com, because
they thought it was naughty and cut emails to some
people because of it.
I would love to frugal their turnip and inject some brains!
On other reader's newsletters they cut out the vote button,
claimed it was phishing.
Before the North Korean Censors took over, Gmail was an
excellent email system. Now it is time to look for a
replacement.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Newspaper for Stinky Shoes
Sure, there are many things you can do to try and remedy
the long-time battle of the "stinky shoe". You can mix
various concoctions, sprinkle dust, make magic potions
or whatever, but why not invest that valuable time
somewhere else? Want to get rid of the stink?
Stuff the shoes with newspaper. That's right. Newspaper.
Shoes should be "stink-free" come morning!
Source: I'm the grandmother of the boy with the world's
stinkiest shoes!
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Sue noticed her husband standing on the bathroom scale,
sucking in his stomach.
Thinking he was trying to weigh less with this
maneuver, she commented,
"I don't think that is going to help."
"Sure it does," he said. "It's the only way I can see
the numbers"
A new miracle doctor was in town. He could cure
anything and anybody, and everyone was amazed with
what he can do. Everyone except for Mr. Smith, the
town grouch.
So Mr. Smith went to this 'miracle doctor' to prove that
he wasn't anybody special. "Hey, doc, I have lost my
sense of taste. I can't taste nothin', so what are ya goin'
to do?"
The doctor scratches his head and mumbles to himself
a little, then tells Mr. Smith,
"What you need is jar number 43."
Jar number 43? Mr. Smith wonders.
So the doctor brings the jar and tells Mr. Smith to taste it.
He tastes it and immediately spits it out,
"This is gross!" he yells.
"I just restored your sense of taste Mr. Smith," says the
doctor. That will be $100.
So Mr. Smith goes home very mad.
One month later, Mr. Smith goes back to the doctor
along with a new problem, "Doc," he starts,
"I can't remember!"
The doctor scratches his head and mumbles to himself
a little and tells Mr. Smith:
"What you need is jar number 43..."
Before the doctor finished his sentence, Mr. Smith fled
the office.
Today 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 without being
attacked by Tripoli's pirates.
1854 The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, held its
first graduation.
1898 U.S. Marines landed in Cuba during the
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.
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 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.
1970 A fifteen-man group of special forces troops began training
for Operation Kingpin. The operation was a POW rescue mission
in North Vietnam.
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 Frank Sinatra was portrayed as a friend of organized crime
in a "Doonesbury" comic strip.
1985 The Israeli army pulled out of Lebanon after 1,099 days
of occupation.
1990 The Civic Forum movement won Czechoslovakia's first free
election since 1946. The movement was founded by President
Vaclav Havel.
1990 Bulgaria's former Communist Party won the country's first
free elections in more than four decades.
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.
1999 NATO suspended air strikes in Yugoslavia after Slobodan
Milosevic agreed to withdraw his forces from Kosovo.
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Can you revert to an older version of Gmail without North Korean style Censorship?
Monday, June 9, 2014, 09:37 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, June 8.
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to an
Drunk driver had three jell-o shots
stuffed in her pockets
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From the History section at the bottom:
Today, in
1998 Honda agreed to pay $17.1 million for disconnecting
anti-pollution devices in 1.6 million cars.
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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, "Sweetheart, what time did you get in
last night?"
"Not too late, Dad." she replied nervously.
Dead-panned, her father said, "Then, my precious one,
I'll have to talk with the paperboy about putting my
paper under the front tire of the car."
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I was at a yard sale one day and saw a box marked
"Electronic cat and dog caller -- guaranteed to work."
I looked inside and was amused to see an electric
can opener.
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>From Ed
FOR SEVERAL YEARS my husband and I have made a conscientious
effort to get our family to eat more healthful foods at
meals and for snacks. The children often express their
discontent with this.
One afternoon I returned from grocery shopping and our
17-year-old son started to unpack the bags.
"Oh, no!" he exclaimed, pulled out paper towels in a
new earth-tone shade. "Whole-wheat towels!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Cathy Sanchez, 28, Clydon, Texas
Drunk driver had three jell-o shots
stuffed in her pockets
A Minnesota woman arrested early Saturday for drunk driving
had several “alcohol Jello-shots” stuffed in her pockets
when searched by police, according to a court filing.
Cathy Sanchez, 28, was driving on Highway 10 around 2 AM
when a cop spotted her vehicle speeding and swerving across
the road. Upon pulling over Sanchez’s Buick LeSabre, a
Glyndon Police Department officer detected signs that she
was impaired (slurred speech, bloodshot and watery eyes,
and an aroma of booze).
Pictured above, Sanchez failed a series of sobriety tests
and registered a .136 blood alcohol content during a
Breathalyzer test.
“In a search incident to her arrest,” an investigator noted
in a probable cause statement, an officer “located three
alcohol Jello-shots in the female’s pockets.”
For her part, Sanchez--who initially gave cops a fake name--
told officers that she had previously been busted five times
for drunk driving.
A subsequent police check revealed three DWI convictions
and a concealed weapons conviction. Her license had also
been cancelled as “inimical to public safety.”
Sanchez was charged in a four-count criminal complaint
that includes a pair of felony charges that each carry
a maximum of seven years in prison. She is currently
locked up in the Clay County jail, where bond
was set at $20,000.
She's really going to be considered "inimical" now!
Tech Support Pits
From: Adela
Re: Can you return to older versions of Gmail?
Dear Webby
Is there a way to return to older versions of Gmail
from the days, before the North Koreans took it over?
Adela
Dear Adela
Unfortunately that is impossible. The North Korean dicks,
ahem, I mean dicktaters, do the censorship at their end.
You are just a visitor, and have no voice.
The search for a usable alternative to Gmail continues.
Have FUN!
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Use Half Recommended Detergent
Laundry detergent may help remove stains and scent your
clothes, but it's not the main reason they get clean. Most
of the cleaning is done by your washer's agitator and by
the clothes rubbing against each other, which loosens dirt.
That is why experts say you can use half the recommended
detergent and still get fresh, clean clothes!
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>From Ella
Let's just walk up the hill to the terminal, rather than
wait for the bus," I suggested to my two young sons.
Much to their displeasure, we began our walk.
After a while, my seven-year-old son asked: "Mom, why do
you always make the decisions?"
"Because I'm an adult," I said. "When you become an adult,
then you'll make the decisions."
He thought for a few seconds, then said: "No, I won't.
Then I'll have a wife."
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Sunday, June 8, 2014, 11:58 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, June 8.
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to an
Burglary Suspect's Mom Arrested
For Punching Deputy
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Today, in
1998 Honda agreed to pay $17.1 million for disconnecting
anti-pollution devices in 1.6 million cars.
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--- Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to
fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an
artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak.
--- Jay Leno
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A little boy returning home from school said to his mother,
"Mom, what's sex?"
His mother, who believed in all the most modern educational
theories, gave him a detailed explanation, covering all
aspects of the tricky subject.
When she had finished, the little lad produced an enrollment
form which he had brought home from school and said, "Yes,
but how am I going to get all that into this one little square?"
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A judge was instructing the jury that a witness was not
necessarily to be regarded as untruthful because he changed
his statement after he gave it to the police.
"For example," he said, "when I entered my chambers today, I
was positive that I had my gold watch in my pocket. But then I
remembered that I left in on my nightstand in my bedroom."
When the judge returned home that evening, his wife asked him
"Why so much urgency for your watch? Isn't sending three men
to pick it up for you a bit extreme?"
"What?" said the judge, "I didn't send anyone for my watch,
let alone three people. What did you do?"
"I gave it to the first one," said the wife, "he knew exactly
where it was."
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These survved the winter outside and bloomed today.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Sanqusia Johnson,
Burglary Suspect's Mom Arrested
For Punching Deputy
The mother of a teenage burglary suspect is behind bars
herself after allegedly punching a sheriff's sergeant who
was trying to charge her son.
The Saturday night incident began when sheriff's deputies
in Pinal County, Arizona saw three teens walking and
recognized two as possible suspects in several recent
residential burglaries, AzStarNet.com reports.
The deputies took suspects Jesse Samano, 16, and Kenneth
Mosley, 17, into custody for questioning.
Samano was questioned with his mother present and admitted
to committing the burglaries with Mosley, police claim.
He was released to the custody of his mother and faces
burglary charges.
Mosley was about to be question when his mother, Sanqusia
Johnson, 37, arrived with her boyfriend, Genaire Roberts,
42, at the Arizona City substation.
Investigators say Johnson was confrontational with officers
when her son was being questioned and that she had to be
restrained.
When a supervisor tried to walk her away from her son,
she allegedly struck the deputy in the face with her
hand,
Roberts then allegedly grabbed on to Johnson to prevent
her from being handcuffed, AzCentral.com reports.
Both Roberts and Johnson were taken into custody. Johnson
was booked into the Pinal County Jail on charges of
aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, disorderly
conduct and obstruction of a governmental operation,
KPHO.com reports.
Roberts was cited and released for obstruction of a
governmental operation. According to Pinal County
Sherrif Paul Babeu, Roberts allegedly told a deputy
that when Johnson "acts like that at home he just
leaves until she calms down,” according to AzStarNet.com.
Moseley was referred to juvenile court on the
burglary charges.
Tech Support Pits
From: Robert & Loretta
Re: Gmail censorship
Dear Webby
When I receive your humor letter It tells me that this
message could be a scam and also there is no place to
vote like I do for Ophelia Please help if you can!!Â
Robert&Loretta
Dear Robert & Loretta
That is the Gmail malfunction, that I have written about.
Just make a filter. When you have a filter in place to
Never put the Humor letter into Spam, and to mark it
as Important, then the sniveling ninnies usually
won't sabotage it.
You can use the Subject line, which always starts with
Humor:
or the FROM line, which is always
humor@webby.com
It is sad, that Gmail has been taken over by
North Korean censors, and I can no longer recommend it.
Right now I am hoping that Protonmail from CERN gets
out of BETA soon and becomes available to everybody.
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Use Dishwater in Garden
I keep a large empty bucket by the floor near my kitchen
sink. As I rinse off my dishes, I collect the water in a
container in the sink (I use an empty large sized yogurt
container). then I pour the water I collect into the
bucket until it is full. I use this to water all of my
potted plants in the garden. If there is left over water,
I use it to water my flowers and veggies. This not only
saves many gallons of water, but the soap residue in the
water seems to cut down on bugs that attack my plants.
I have almost no insects in my organic garden. It has
also cut down on my water bill which used to be
considerable.
By Lois from Cleveland, OH
All water from the kitchen sink can be used in the garden.
Unless you are renting in an apartent, you can easily enough
undo the "U" trap under the sink, and connect it to a pipe
or hose through the wall and to your rain barrel.
Gray water is fertilizer and bug repellant, not just already
paid for water.
In winter,when you don't water the garden, reconnect the "U".
Have FUN!
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Thanks to Dianne for this literary masterpiece:
(don't think of it as blasphemy, but as literary art)
CARSTIANITY
"Haul a Yugo. Haul a Yugo."
Gearly beloved, we are Blazered here in the name of our Four-door,
who art in Half-ton.
I'm speaking of our lord and Mazda, Jeep-sus Chrysler.
He is the Alfa and the Romeo.
He was born in a Ranger, he was Tempo'd by the DeVille,
and he Daihatsu'd for your Sentras.
He said, "Dodge not, that ye not be Dodged.
Thou shalt not Corvette thy neighbor's Whitewall,
but turn the other Cherokee.
If ye have Fiat, ye can move Montecarlos.
He ain't Chevy, he's my Beretta."
He ate the Last Supra, and he climbed the mount of Cavalier,
where they Cruise-controlled him on the Motocross.
But God, in his Infiniti Mercedes, did Rolls away the Stanza.
Let us Prelude:
Sayeth the prophet Isuzu, in the Dusenburg Bible,
In the 23rd Saab, "The Ford is my Chauffeur. I shall not Walk.
He Lexus me in the paths of Right-turn-signals.
Yea, though I walk through the Valet of the Shadow of Dart,
I shall Fiero no Eagle.
Subaru Goodwrench and Mercury shall Volvo me Audi Daytonas
of my life, and I shall Dwellmeter house of Delorean,
Four-cylinder."
Gloria, In Ex-Celica Geo!
GM
A woman suspects her husband is cheating on her. One day, she dials her
home and a strange woman answers. The woman says, " Who is this?"
"This is the maid," answered the woman. "We don't have a maid," said
the woman.
The maid says, "I was hired this morning by the man of the house." The
woman says, "Well, this is his wife. Is he there?" The maid replied, "He
is upstairs in the bedroom with someone who I figured was his wife." The
woman is fuming. she says to the maid, "Listen, would you like to make
$50,000?" The maid says, "What will I have to do?" The woman tells her,
"I want you to get my gun from the desk, and shoot the jerk and the
witch he's with."
The maid puts the phone down; the woman hears footsteps and the gun
shots. The maid comes back to the phone, "What do I do with the
bodies?" The woman says, "Throw them in the swimming pool."
Puzzled, the maid answers, "But there's no pool here."
A long pause
Finally the woman says, "Is this 555-4821?"
Today in
0452 Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun.
0793 The Vikings raided the Northumbrian coast of England.
1786 In New York City, commercially manufactured ice cream
was advertised for the first time.
1790 The first loan for the U.S. was repaid. The Temporary
Loan of 1789 was negotiated and secured on September 18,
1789 by Alexander Hamilton.
1866 Prussia annexed the region of Holstein.
1869 Ives W. McGaffey received a U.S. patent for the
suction vacuum cleaner.
1872 The penny postcard was authorized by the U.S. Congress.
1904 U.S. Marines landed in Tangiers, Morocco, to protect
U.S. citizens.
1915 U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned
in a disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the
Lusitania.
1953 The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated restaurants
in Washington, DC.
1965 U.S. troops in South Vietnam were given orders to
begin fighting offensively.
1967 Israeli airplanes attacked the USS Liberty in the
Mediterranean during the 6-Day War between Israel and
its Arab neighbors. 34 U.S. Navy crewmen were killed.
Israel later called the incident a tragic mistake due
to the mis-identification of the ship. The U.S. has
never publicly investigated the incident.
1969 U.S. President Richard Nixon met with President
Thieu of South Vietnam to tell him 25,000 U.S. troops
would pull out by August.
1978 A jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled that the
"Mormon will," was a forgery. The work was supposedly
written by Howard Hughes.
1987 Fawn Hill began testifying in the Iran-Contra
hearings. She said that she had helped to shred some
documents.
1991 A victory parade was held in Washington, DC, to
honor veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
1994 The warring factions in Bosnia agreed to a one-month
cease-fire.
1995 U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady was
rescued by U.S. Marines after surviving alone in Bosnia
after his F-16 fighter was shot down on June 2.
1996 China set off an underground nuclear test blast.
1998 Honda agreed to pay $17.1 million for disconnecting
anti-pollution devices in 1.6 million cars.
1998 The space shuttle Discovery pulled away from Mir,
ending America's three-year partnership with Russia.
2004 Nate Olive and Sarah Jones began the first known
continuous hike of the 1,800-mile trail down the U.S.
Pacific Coast. They completed the trek at the U.S.-Mexico
border on September 28.
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Saturday, June 7, 2014, 08:58 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Saturday, June 7.
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to an
Indiana doctor caught trading prescriptions for sex
Details at Boneheads
From the History section at the bottom:
Today, in
2000 U.S. Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the
breakup of Microsoft Corporation.
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Two dogs were walking down the street. The one dog says to
the other, "Wait here a minute, I'll be right back." He walks
across the street and sniffs this fire hydrant for about a
minute, then walks back across the street.
The other dog says, "What was that about?"
The dog first dog says, "I was just checking my p-mail."
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Thanks to Dora for this story:
One evening, two girlfriends and I went to a nightclub, only to
find the place packed with young people. At 40+, we felt old,
but before we could make a dignified exit, a tall, handsome
man approached us.
"Perhaps we were being a little hasty in leaving," I thought.
Then with a big smile, the man extended his hand to one of
my friends and said, "Hello. Remember me? You taught me
in third grade."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Charles E. Myers, 65, Mishawaka, Indiana
Indiana doctor caught trading
prescriptions for sex
Dr. Charles Myers, 65, is accused of trading sex for drugs.
An Indiana doctor is being accused of trading prescriptions
for sex. His daughter is also charged with selling
prescriptions.
On Wednesday, police in Mishawaka, Indiana, charged
Dr. Charles E. Myers, 65, with two Class B felonies for
allegedly dealing controlled substances and booked him i
nto St. Joseph County Jail on $10,000 cash bond.
His daughter, Autumn Myers, 30, who worked as the office
manager, was charged with one Class B felony for dealing
in controlled substances and booked into jail on $5,000
cash bond. She was later released.
Supervisory Deputy Indiana Attorney General Drew Adams
with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit said the doctor
had been in a sex-for-cash relationship with an
unidentified woman since 2010.
The woman told investigators Myers paid her approximately
$10,000 for sex over a two-year period. At one point in
the relationship, he told her he could no longer pay for
sex and offered to pay her with prescriptions.
The prescriptions were written in the woman's name and
in the names of several other people, investigators said.
Other patients allegedly claim they received prescriptions
for controlled substances, including Adderall, oxycodone
and methadone. Dr. Myers never examined these patients,
according to court documents.
Police estimate that Myers issued about 150 prescriptions
without legitimate medical reasons between 2011 and the
beginning of 2014,
Meyers allegedly advised the woman to become a patient of
her father and to “make up” a medical problem to obtain
Adderall, according to WNDU.com.
Court documents allege that Dr. Myers admitted to the affair
and to providing the woman with controlled substance
prescription for her and her friends, according to WNDU.
As a condition of bail, Dr. Myers license to practice
medicine has been suspended.
Autumn Myers will be in court on June 17 to set trial
and record dates. Dr. Myers' trial will be assigned
on June 19.
Tech Support Pits
From: Ophelia
Re: Pay with cards at PayPal
Dear Webby
One of my subscribers wanted to know how to pay with
credit cards at PayPal, so I showed hi the top secret trick.
Some of your subscribers might be interested in that
trick too. So here is what I answered:
Requested by Lawrence:
The TOP SECRET trick for paying with a credit card at PayPal:
Click on the almost hidden Continue at the bottom!
Then on the next page, that it continues to, you can
use your cards.
Enjoy!
Ophelia
Thanks Ophelia!
Have FUN!
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Solar Lights for Camping
I discovered this by chance last year while packing for
camping. I took my 2 outdoor solar lights to use in my
tent. These have a flat bottom because they hang from
small shepard hooks. I put them outside the tent door in
sunlight to recharge during the day and brought them
inside at night. Worked great and were fireproof.
By Tootic from Plainville, CT
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A van carrying a dozen movie stuntmen on the way to a film
location in the mountains of Alberta spun out of control on
the icy road, crashed through a guard-rail, rolled down a
1200-foot embankment, landed on it's roof, and burst into
flames.
There were no injuries.
A driver who was bringing a meticulously prepared and
pre-dented bus to a location in New York City for an
on-location movie shoot, was too early and drove to a nearby
restaurant to wait there. Just to be funny, he carefully lined
up the artificial dent at the front with a light pole.
When he came back out of the restaurant, there were eight
passengers in the bus, moaning and groaning about whiplash
and talking to their lawyers on their cellphones.
Today in
1494 Spain and Portugal divided the new lands they had
discovered between themselves.
1498 Christopher Columbus left on his third voyage of
exploration.
1546 Peace of Ardes ended the war between France and England.
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.
1935 Pierre Laval received emergency powers to save the franc.
1937 The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus
fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes.
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.
1955 "The $64,000 Question" premiered.
1966 Sony Corporation unveiled its brand new consumer home
videotape recorder. The black and white only unit sold for $995.
1965 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 not longer remain in the U.S.
1994 The United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Virginia declared the RMS Titanic, Inc. (RMST) salvor-in-
possession of the wreck and the wreck site of the RMS Titanic.
2000 U.S. Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the
breakup of Microsoft Corporation.
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Friday, June 6, 2014, 06:15 AM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Friday, June 6.
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to an
Ohio man who tried impersonating a cop in Florida
Details at Boneheads
From the History section at the bottom:
Today, in
1944 The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches
of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, Canadian and
British troops were involved.
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--- Czech Proverb
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
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Three pastors from different congregations were having
lunch and sharing experiences and ideas to help each other
out with their different fellowships.
After several minutes of animated conversation, the first
one remarks, "Hey, you know, we've got a serious problem
at our church that I want to discuss with you guys."
The other two pastors nod and he goes on, "Well, it's bats.
We can't seem to get these bats out of our attic. The
singing and organ playing wake them up, and they start
flapping around. Then when I start to preach, we can
still hear them moving around up there and it's really
hard for anyone to pay any attention. The kids start to
cry and, well, it's starting to really get in the way
of a good church service."
The second pastor says "Well that's interesting, because
we've had the same problem, they won't stay out of our
belfry. We've tried ringing the bells at all hours,
spraying chemicals, we've even had a couple of
exterminator companies out. Nothing's worked yet." He
throws up his hands in exasperation and shakes his head.
The third pastor smiles and nods his head knowingly.
"Well, gentlemen. We had that problem a few years ago,
and we found a quick solution." he says. The other two
pastors look up with hope on their faces, and he goes on,
"It was easy. We went up there, got to know 'em a little
bit, got 'em baptized and started passing the collection plate
to them. Haven't seen 'em since."
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Chelsea Clinton was talking to a combat decorated soldier and
she asked him what three things he worried him most.
He answered:
"Obama, Taliban, and Yo Mama."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Michael McMahon, 20, of Ohio
Fake officer accused of pulling over a real one,
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida: Police say a man impersonating an
officer faces charges after signaling a real detective
to pull over on a road in Florida.
St. Johns County authorities say 20-year-old Matthew Michael
Lee McMahon activated a red and blue light Monday while
driving behind an unmarked sheriff's car. Detective Chance
Anderson pulled over and was shocked to see an unknown face
behind the wheel of the other car.
First Coast News reports that during his more than 10 years
of service the detective has arrested several police
impersonators. But none had ever ordered him to stop his car.
McMahon is charged with impersonating an officer and
unlawfully displaying blue lights.
He was released Tuesday after posting $5,500 in bail.
Tech Support Pits
From: Jack
Re: Fake FROM line in email
Dear Webby
Hope this mail comes with you in good health. I have a
question about spam. I keep getting e-mails that the come
from from (Intuit.com) but with another person is in the
From: line. For example: Solar America (info@intuit.com).
If I run the mouse over the first part Solar America the
little info box comes up saying info@intuit.com. My spam
catcher dose put these in the junk mail but I would like
to know how that is done. Sometimes I bounce it back them.
Thanks for all your hard work putting this page, my first
stop in the AM.
Jack
Dear Jack
You can put anything you want into the FROM line.
President of the Universe pres@universe.com
whatever you want. Most email programs don't care
or have a setting allowing you to change the FROM line.
The spammers just forge the info@intuit.com sender address.
Just make a filter to dump anything, that contains
Solar America and/or intuit.com
Bouncing mail like that is useless, since intuit.com
is really not interested in that and probably use
MailWasher to get rid of that crap. unseen,
right on the server.
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Chain Clothes Drying Line
I use lengths of painted, rustproof chain instead of cotton
or nylon cord on my clothesline poles. Then I hang the
clothing on hangers and put on the line. When they're dry,
all I have to do is hang them in the closet! Towels can
be hung the usual way, with clips.
By Beth from Danvile, OH
I use regular plastic sleeved steel cable clothesline
with clothesline pulleys on the deck and on the garage.
I drive my laundry cart out onto the deck, hang clothes
and just push the line along until all the space between
the deck and the garage is filled.
For hangers I just put clothes pegs onto them. They lock
them securely and they never slide.
Have FUN
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Advice to aspiring newsletter writers:
1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat)
6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary;
it's highly superfluous.
14. One should NEVER generalise.
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
16. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
17. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
18. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
19. The passive voice is to be ignored.
20. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words
however should be enclosed in commas.
21. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
22. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
23. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth
shaking ideas.
24. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate
quotations. Tell me what you know."
25. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist
hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
26. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
27. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
28. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
29. Who needs rhetorical questions?
30. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
And the last one...
31. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
A Mother's Dictionary...
Bottle feeding: An opportunity for Daddy to get up at 2 am too.
Defense: What you'd better have around de yard if you're
going to let the children play outside.
Drooling: How teething babies wash their chins.
Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to
order dessert.
Family planning: The art of spacing your children the
proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of
financial disaster
Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't
appreciate the strained carrots.
Full name: What you call your child when you're mad at him.
Grandparents: The people who think your children are
wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right.
Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
Impregnable: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.
Independent: How we want our children to be as long as
they do everything we say.
Look out: What it's too late for your child to do by
the time you scream it.
Prenatal: When your life was still somewhat your own.
Prepared childbirth: A contradiction in terms.
Puddle: A small body of water that draws other
small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.
Show off: A child who is more talented than yours.
Sterilize: What you do to your first baby's pacifier
by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.
Storeroom: The distance required between the supermarket
aisles so that children in shopping carts can't quite reach
anything.
Temper tantrums: What you should keep to a minimum so as
to not upset the children.
Top bunk: Where you should never put a child wearing
Superman jammies.
Two-minute warning: When the baby's face turns red and
she begins to make those familiar grunting noises.
Verbal: Able to whine in words
Whodunit: None of the kids that live in your house.
Whoops: An exclamation that translates roughly into
"get a sponge."
Today in
1674 Sivaji crowned himself King of India.
1813 The U.S. invasion of Canada was halted at
Stony Creek, Ontario.
1833 Andrew Jackson became the first U.S. president to
ride in a train. It was a B&O passenger train.
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.
1942 Japanese forces retreated in the World War II Battle
of Midway. The battle had begun on June 4.
1944 The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches
of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, Canadian and
British 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 body of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele was
located and exhumed near Sao Paolo, Brazil. Mengele was
known as the "Angel of Death."
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 users from the federal ban
on the drug.
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Good Morning, !
Today is Thursday, June 5
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to an
Airline Passenger, who was Arrested After
Saying, 'I Kill White People Like You'
Details at Boneheads
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Today, in
1998 Volkswagen AG won approval to buy Rolls-Royce Motor
Cars for $700 million, outbidding BMW's $554 million offer.
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"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history,
when everybody stands around reloading"
--- Thomas Jefferson
According to a new medical study, barbecuing is bad for
your prostate. Well, I'm glad they got this out in time.
I was going to barbecue my prostate this weekend. I had no
idea it's bad for it.
--- Jay Leno
As kids, instead of building sandcastles, we'd make sand
sculptures of naked women. It was tricky though, cause we
didn't know what naked women looked like. I grew up in
Scotland in the 1970s. I was 24 before I saw a woman with
her coat off. I thought a cardigan was an erogenous zone.
--- Craig Ferguson
You can't really fight for peace, but we intend to make sure
that from now on the inevitable hostilities take place on
their turf, and not on ours.
--- G.W. Bush
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Mrs. Goldman, the 6th grade teacher, posed the following
problem to one of her arithmetic classes:
"A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars. One-third is to
go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler,
one eighth to his secretary; and the rest to charity. Now, what
does each get?"
After a very long silence in the classroom, Little Morris raised
his hand.
The teacher called on Little Morris for his answer.
With complete sincerity in his voice, Morris answered,
"A good lawyer."
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I'd had a pretty hectic day with my three-year-old. When
bedtime finally came, I laid down the law: "We're getting
on your p.j.s, brushing your teeth, and reading ONE book.
Then it's lights out!"
Her arms went around my neck in a gentle embrace, and I
heard her say, "We learned in Sunday school about little
boys and girls who don't have moms and dads."
Even after I'd been such a grouch, I thought, she was
grateful to have me. I felt tears begin to well up in my eyes,
and then she whispered,
"Maybe you could go be THEIR mom."
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Riley Allen Mullins, 28, Port Orchard, Washington
Airline Passenger, who was Arrested After
Saying, 'I Kill White People Like You'
Lashonda Lee Williams was arrested after allegedly saying
'I kill white people like you.'
A 43-year-old woman is being charged with assault after
allegedly making threatening comments on a United Airlines
flight.
According to a court affidavit obtained by The Huffington
Post, Lashonda Lee Williams was asked to turn off her phone
shortly after takeoff on a flight from Nashville, Tennessee,
to Houston on Sunday. Williams allegedly responded by saying,
“I kill white people like you," Williams allegedly told a
female passenger that she would follow her once the flight
reached Houston in order to find out where she lived.
The affidavit notes the woman feared for her safety.
The plane returned to Nashville shortly after takeoff.
Once there, Williams was arrested and charged with
assault. Davidson County Sheriff’s Office records state
Williams was released Sunday night. She was let out on
$3,000 bond, reports note.
She is scheduled for a court appearance on June 25.
Tech Support Pits
From: Sig
Re: Gmail eats newsletters
Dear Webby
for a long time you have brought a smile to me every day.
Thank you for your great efforts in the news letter.
I hope everything went OK in your recent invasive procedure.
Recently your newsletter arrives in my email and within five
seconds it disappears. Ophelia's letter does not disappear so
I have to click in her letter for your letter. It shows and
stays open in my browser. I thought to bring this to your
attention.
Sig
Dear Sig
Yes, the colonoscopy went OK. They clipped five polyps and
sent them to some lab for analysis.
Re newsletter disappearing, that might be related to the
current malfunctions at Gmail.
Check in the SPAM and the TRASH.
The remedy is the same as what I have been recommending for
years. Make a filter.
That is why I have used a consistent subject line long
before there was a Gmail. It always starts with
"Humor: "
Without the quotes, of course.
Also, the FROM has always been
humor@webby.com
You can use the subject line or the FROM for a filter.
Tell the filter to never put it into SPAM,
and mark it as Important.
That usually does the trick.
There is no point writing to Gmail. The girl, who knew
how to read mail, seems to have left.
Have FUN!
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Protecting Ice Cream from Freezer Burn
This is a great and simple tip to save your ice cream
from getting frostbitten. Get a freezer zip lock bag
and place your ice cream container in it and seal it.
And there you go, it is something so simple and will
help save your ice cream.
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The pastor's sermon focused on how God know's which of us
grows best in the sunlight and which of us needs shade.
"For example," he said, "roses must be planted in the sun,
but fuchsias thrive in the shade."
After the service, a woman, her face beaming, approached
him.
"Your sermon did me so much good," she said.
Before he had time to gloat too much, however, she added,
"I always wondered what was wrong with my fuchsias."
A customer sent an order to a distributor for a large amount
of goods totaling a great deal of money. The distributor
noticed that the previous bill hadn't been paid. The collections
manager left a voice-mail for them saying,
"We can't ship your new order until you pay for the last one."
The next day the collections manager received a collect
phone call, "Please cancel the order. We can't wait that long.
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I know some clients like that.
Today 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.
1794 The U.S. Congress prohibited citizens from serving
in any foreign armed forces.
1827 Athens fell to the Ottomans.
1851 Harriet Beecher Stow published the first installment
of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in "The National Era."
1865 The first safe deposit vault was opened in New York.
The charge was $1.50 a year for every $1,000 stored.
1884 U.S. Civil War General William T. Sherman refused
the Republican presidential nomination, saying, "I will
not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."
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.
1942 In France, Pierre Laval congratulated French volunteers
that were fighting in the U.S.S.R. with Germans.
1944 The first B-29 bombing raid hit the Japanese rail line
in Bangkok, Thailand.
1946 The first medical sponges were first offered for sale
in Detroit, MI.
1947 U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall gave a speech
at Harvard University in which he outlined the Marshall Plan.
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.
1998 C-Span reported that Bob Hope had died. The report was
false and had begun with an inaccurate obituary on the
Associated Press website.
2001 Amazon.com announced that it would begin selling personal
computers later in the year.
2004 The U.S.S. Jimmy Carter was christened in the U.S. Navy
in Groton, CT.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 09:57 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Wednesday, June 4.
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
Bozo, who robbed woman's ipod, then
friended her on facebook the next day
Details at Boneheads
From the History section at the bottom:
Today, in
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.
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With or without religion, you would have good people doing
good things and evil people doing evil things.
But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
--- Steven Weinberg (1933 - )
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
--- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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>From Nanarina
As a crowded United Airlines plane is about to take off,
the peace is shattered by a 5-year-old boy who picks that
moment to throw a wild temper tantrum.
No matter what his frustrated, embarrassed mother does to
try to calm him down, the boy continues to scream furiously
and kick the seats around him.
Suddenly, from the rear of the plane, an elderly man with
a baseball cap that said Viet Nam Vet on it slowly walked
forward up the aisle.
Stopping the flustered mother with an upraised hand, the
white-haired, courtly, soft-spoken man leaned down and,
motioning toward his chest, whispered something into the
boy's ear.
Instantly, the boy calmed down, gently took his mother's
hand, and quietly fastens his seat belt.
All the other passengers burst into spontaneous applause.
As the old vet slowly made his way back to his seat, one
of the cabin attendants touches his sleeve. "Excuse me, Sir,"
she asked quietly, "but could I ask you what magic words
you used on that little devil?"
The old man smiled serenely and gently confided, "I showed
him my old helicopter pilot's wings, service stars, and
battle ribbons, and explained that they entitle me to throw
one passenger out the plane door on any flight I choose.
That did the trick"
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THE LUCKY LOTTO WINNER
At breakfast, the husband says to his wife
“What would you do if I won the Lotto?”
I’d take my half and leave you” she says.
“Great” he says. “Here's $6. I won $12 yesterday!
Stay in touch.”
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Riley Allen Mullins, 28, Port Orchard, Washington
Bozo robs woman's ipod, then
friends her on facebook the next day
Authorities say that a 28-year-old man suspected of robbing
a woman at a Washington ferry terminal friended her on
Facebook the next day.
The Kitsap Sun reports Saturday that Riley Allen Mullins was
charged Friday in Kitsap District Court with second-degree
robbery.
Authorities say a woman was sitting at the Bremerton ferry
terminal on Tuesday using her headphones when she was struck
on the head from behind. After being struck, a man grabbed
her iPod and purse and ran. She didn't recognize the man
but noticed a tattoo of a triangle on his neck.
The next day, the woman received a Facebook friend request
and recognized the sender as the man who robbed her.
Investigators confirmed the Facebook account belonged to
Mullins, and they noted a profile picture of Mullins showing
the triangle neck tattoo.
Tech Support Pits
From: Frank
Re: Which printer?
Dear Webby,
Webby,
Hope everything worked out OK for you today (pardon the pun).
Would like your sage advice once again...
My multipurpose (scan, copy, print) inkjet printer is not
well. Ink even from Atlantic is not worth the investment
considering how often I have to clean print head and the
ink runs out.
It is an Epson 7800 and was a gift many years ago.
I would like advice on a multipurpose laser printer and
where is best place to purchase.
It does not need to be a color printer and it does not
get much use in copying or scanning but is nice to have
rather than go to a store to copy. It is for personal
use and only occasionally has to print 50 pages at a
time. Normally just a few.
Best Regards
Frank
Dear Frank
Keep the relic for scanning and faxing, and
get yourself a cheap black Laser printer.
Dell sells black laser printers for about the
same as a decent color ink-jet.
Even color laser printers have become quite affordable.
Have FUN!
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Store Steel Wool Pads in a Jar
I keep my used pad in a small jar with a lid. I had
accidentally pushed a pad in a jar to the back of my
cabinet and a few months later when I discovered it,
it was still unrusted and usable.
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The Dean of admissions at Bates College in Maine reads through
reams of applications from nervous high school seniors, some
maybe a little more nervous than others. Here are a few...
"If there is a single word to describe me, that word would be
'profectionist'."
"I was abducted into the National Honor Society."
"I function well as an individual and a group."
"Mathematics has hung like a stork around my neck."
Thanks to Dianne for this story:
The other day, my wife and I were discussing clothes for
awhile, and then she said she was going to visit the local
Super-Store. Did I want anything from there while she was
shopping there.
I replied, "Yes, honey... I could use a new G-string."
She looked at me kinda oddly, and went to the store.
When she got back, she presented me with a g-string made
for women to wear (who dance at bars) to avoid 100% exposure.
"Here," she said, "I hope this is what you are looking for!"
I replied to her, "Yeah, baby -- that is JUST what I needed!
Now, show me how to put it on my guitar and tune it!"
Today 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.
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 tributes, that should have stopped pirating,
but didn't, until the US Navy shelled them for a week.
1812 The Louisiana Territory had its name changed to the
Missouri Territory.
1816 The Washington was launched at Wheeling, WV. It was
the first stately, double-decker steamboat.
1878 Turkey turned Cyprus over to Britain.
1896 Henry Ford made a successful test drive of his
new car in Detroit, MI. The vehicle was called a
"Quadricycle."
1911 Gold was discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek.
1918 French and American troops halted Germany's
offensive at Chateau-Thierry, France.
1919 The U.S. Senate passed the Women's Suffrage bill.
1924 An eternal light was dedicated at Madison Square in
New York City in memory of all New York soldiers who
died in World War I.
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.
1943 In Argentina, Juan Peron took part in the military
coup that overthrew Ramon S. Castillo.
1944 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.
1946 Juan Peron was installed as Argentina's president.
1947 The House of Representatives approved the Taft-Hartley
Act. The legislation allowed the President of the United
States to intervene in labor disputes.
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.
1974 Sally Murphy became the first woman to qualify as an
aviator with the U.S. Army.
1984 For the first time in 32 years, Arnold Palmer failed
to make the cut for the U.S. Open golf tournament.
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.
1986 Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former Navy intelligence
analyst, pled guilty in Washington to spying for Israel.
He was sentenced to life in prison.
1986 The California Supreme Court approved a law that limited
the liability of manufacturers and other wealthy defendants.
It was known as the "deep pockets law."
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.
1992 The U.S. Postal Service announced that people preferred
the "younger Elvis" stamp design in a nationwide vote.
2003 The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that
would ban "partial birth" abortions with a 282-139 vote.
2003 Amazon.com announced that it had received more than
1 million orders for the book "Harry Potter and the Order
of the Phoenix." The released date was planned for June 21.
2008 The United Kingdom and Canada became the first countries
to be able to buy and rent films at the iTunes Store.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 08:42 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Tuesday, June 3.
Thank you Moe!
By the time you read this, I am on my way to Calgary
for a colonoscopy.
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
19 year old of Snohomish, Washington, who claimed
that he caused the 3 car crash in the tunnel
because he fainted from holding his breath for 10 seconds.
Details at Boneheads
From the History section at the bottom:
Today, in
1965 Edward White became the first American astronaut to do a
"space walk" when he left the Gemini 4 capsule.
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a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.
--- Russell Baker (1925 - )
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Murphy man was quite unhappy because he had lost his
favorite hat. Instead of buying a new one, he decided
he would go to church and steal one out of the vestibule.
When he got there, an usher intercepted him at the door
and took him to a pew where he had to sit and listen to
the entire sermon on "The Ten Commandments."
After church, Murphy met the preacher in the vestibule
doorway, shook his hand vigorously, and told him "I want
to thank you preacher for saving my soul today. I came to
church to steal a hat and after hearing your sermon on
the 10 Commandments, I decided against it."
Preacher: "You mean the commandment 'I shall not steal'
changed your mind?"
Old Man: "No, the one about adultery did. As soon as you
said that, I remembered where I left me hat!"
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How many members of your sign does it take to change a light
bulb?
ARIES: Just one. You want to make something of it?
TAURUS: One, but just try to convince them that the burned-
out bulb is useless and should be thrown away.
GEMINI: Two, but the job never gets done -- they just keep
discussing who is supposed to do it and how it's supposed to
be done!
CANCER: Just one. But it takes a therapist three years to
help them through the grieving process.
LEO: Leos don't change light bulbs, although sometimes their
agent will get a Virgo in to do the job for them while they're
out.
VIRGO: Approximately 1.000000 with an error of +/- one
millionth.
LIBRA: Er, two. Or maybe one. No, on second thought, make
that two. Is that okay with you?
SCORPIO: That information is strictly secret and shared only
with the Enlightened Ones in the Star Chamber of the Ancient
Hierarchical Order.
SAGITTARIUS: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got
our whole lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a
stupid burned-out light bulb?
CAPRICORN: I don't waste my time with these childish jokes.
AQUARIUS: Well, you have to remember that everything is
energy, so....
PISCES: Light bulb? What light bulb?
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Daniel J. Calhon, 19, of Snohomish, Washington
Bozo caused 3 car accident in tunnel and
claims he fainted from holding his breath
A 19-year-old man told investigators he caused a three-car
crash when he fainted while holding his breath as he drove
through a tunnel northwest of Portland, Oregon State Police
said.
Daniel J. Calhon, of Snohomish, Washington,
instead of admitting to what he did, told investigators
he fainted Sunday afternoon while holding his breath in
the Highway 26 tunnel near the community of Manning,
according to a news release. His car, a 1990 Toyota Camry,
drifted across the centerline and crashed head-on with a
Ford Explorer.
Both vehicles struck the tunnel walls before a pickup
hit the Camry.
Calhon and his passenger, 19-year-old Bradley Meyring,
of Edmonds, Washington, suffered non-life-threatening
injuries, as did the two people in the Explorer: Thomas
Hatch Jr., 67, and Candace Hatch, 61, from Astoria.
All four were taken to hospitals.
The two people in the pickup were not hurt.
Calhon was cited for reckless driving, three counts of
reckless endangerment and fourth-degree assault in
Washington County Circuit Court.
The tunnel, called the Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel, was completed
in 1940 and carries the highway through the Northern Oregon
Coast Range mountains. It’s 772 feet long, meaning that a car
traveling at the posted speed limit of 55 mph would get through
it in about 10 seconds.
State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings said Monday he’s not sure why
Calhon was holding his breath.
“It is odd,” he said.
It is doubtful that anybody believes him that he can cause
himself to faint by holding his breath for 10 seconds,
but there is apparently no proof, that he was texting or
taking pictures.
Tech Support Pits
From: Nina
Re: is 123 ecard legit?
Dear Webby,
I got this in my email. Is it legit?
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Subject: Unread e-card
From: ecard@123greetings.com
Easily go to http://goo.gl/Gf6IsH so you may accept the greeting e-card
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Nina
Dear Nina
NO!
Delete that, and delete it out of the trash.
If you click on that, you give control of your computer
to some hacker.
If there is an attachment with that email,
DON'T click on it.
Hunt it down by hovering over the attachment and seeing
it's location on your machine. Search for it and delete it,
and then delete it out of the trash, to make sure nobody
clicks on it out of curiosity.
Some dimwit recommended disconnecting your modem and then
trying those attachments. He probably got a candy-bar from
a hacker to write that totally idiotic recommendation.
Those trojans don't require the machine to be online.
They just take control of your machine, and lurk in the dark.
Then some day, when the machine is online and not busy,
for example, when a screen saver is running, THEN the hackers
will use your machine to send spam or participate in
attacking some site. After that, they start using your
machine more and more, without your knowledge or permission.
All you will notice is a general slowdown.
Be VERY careful with that kind of stuff!
There IS a legitimate 123 card site, but they don't send
you to a weird address like that.
Have FUN!
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A couple moved to the country when they retired. One mild
winter, they had a bit of a problem with rodents in the
garage. So they bought one of those little sub-sonic mouse
repellants, the kind you plug in and they emit some kind
of sound that drives off mice. The husband was showing it
to their neighbor and explaining that it was an animal
repellant. He told her that it worked on every thing from
mice to elephants.
"Really!?" she said, "Mice to elephants, eh." sounding a
bit skeptical.
"Yes," he replied, seriously. "We've had it here for a
couple of weeks now and we haven't had a single elephant
in the garage the whole time!"
>From Erika
A woman in our diet club was lamenting that
she had gained weight. She'd made her family's
favorite cake over the weekend, she reported,
and they'd eaten half of it at dinner.
Her husband teased her and said she would
never be able to stay away from the other half
until dinner the next night.
The next day, she said, she kept staring at the
other half, until finally she cut a thin slice for
herself. One slice led to another, and soon
the whole cake was gone. The woman went
on to tell us how upset she was with her lack
of willpower, and how she knew her husband
would rub it in.
Everyone commiserated, until someone asked
what her husband said when he found out.
She smiled. "He never found out. I made
another cake and ate half!"
Today 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).
1784 The U.S. Congress formally created the United States Army
to replace the disbanded Continental Army. On June 14, 1775, the
Second Continental Congress had created the Continental Army for
purposes of common defense and this event is considered to be the
birth of the United States Army.
1800 John Adams moved to Washington, DC. He was the first President
to live in what later became the capital of the United States.
1805 A peace treaty between the U.S. and Tripoli was completed in
the captain's cabin on board the USS Constitution.
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.
1938 The German Reich voted to confiscate so-called "degenerate art."
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 began 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.
2003 Toys "R" Us, Inc. announced that it had signed a multi-year
agreement with Albertson to become the exclusive toy provider
for all of all of Albertson's food and drug stores.
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Monday, June 2, 2014, 08:53 AM
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Good Morning, !
Today is Monday, June 2.
Thank you James!
Today's International Bonehead Award goes to a
S.C. woman for threatening to "shoot up" a
Burger King because of a stale Cinnamon bun.
Details at Boneheads
From the History section at the bottom:
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1969 Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne sliced the
destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half off the shore of
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Thanks to Erik for this story:
Some time back, my cousin, Steve moved to a new apartment.
Steve had a business commitment out of town that weekend and
so I and my three brothers all chipped in to help his wife
move the furniture. The new apartment was on the third floor.
We hauled everything up the three flights of stairs and
around the tight corner through the kitchen put them where
they belonged.
Finally, we came to the large couch. After hauling it up three
flights to the top of the stairs, we discovered it would not
go around the corner through the kitchen. We took it back out
into the hall and turned it and tried again. It still wouldn't
fit.
Finally all of us boosted the couch from the back of the truck
up the side of the building. From the third floor, we passed
the couch up and over the railing of the tiny balcony and in
through the sliding doors into the living room. We all cool-
lapsed on the couch to catch our breath and made a pact that
we would not tell Steve how we got the couch into the apart-
ment. "The next time he moves," we conspired, "he will have to
figure out how to get the couch out of there on his own. It
will be our little secret. He will have to take a saw to it!"
As luck would have it, Steve found a place he liked better
about three months later. It really was a busy weekend at
work, and none of us were available to help move. We waited
eagerly to hear from Steve but there was nothing. Finally,
after several days of waiting, I asked Steve, "So, did you
get everything moved OK?"
"Sure," he replied.
"Did you run into any problems?"
"No."
"Now, wait a minute, we had to drag the couch up the outside
of the building and haul it over the railing! How did you get
it out of the living room? It didn't fit through the kitchen!"
Steve looked at me with total disbelief and said
"Geez, you idiots, the legs unscrew!"
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Reported by Walter, the Stonecarver
An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Andrea Ann McCullough, 33, Mount Pleasant, SC
Woman Arrested For Threatening To Shoot Up A
Burger King Over Stale Cinnabon Roll
South Carolina police today announced the arrest of a woman
who allegedly threatened to “shoot everyone” at a Burger King
after she received a stale Cinnabon roll earlier this month.
Andrea Ann McCullough, 33, was nabbed yesterday on a
misdemeanor assault charge in connection with the May 13
incident at the eatery in Mount Pleasant, a Charleston
suburb.
According to police, McCullough quarreled with Burger King
workers when she discovered that her Cinnabon roll was
not fresh. The 7 PM dispute escalated, a patron told cops,
when McCullough threatened, “I’m going to shoot down the place.”
While saying this, McCullough "had her hand inside a black
purse," the witness added.
After employees said they were calling police, McCullough
and two female companions fled the restaurant’s parking
lot in a Dodge Charger.
McCullough’s eventual apprehension was aided by Burger King
workers who were able to record the getaway car’s license
plate number.
Seen in the above mug shot, McCullough was freed from
custody yesterday after posting $10,000 bail. If convicted
of the assault count, McCullough faces a maximum of three
years in state prison.
Burger King’s web site reports that the Cinnabon "Minibon"
roll is “Available in 1pc, 2pc and 4 pc” and "baked fresh daily."
The dessert is described as “Warm dough filled with Makara Cinnamon,
topped with rich cream cheese frosting.”
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From: Rose
Re: The task bar moved!
Dear Webby,
When turning on my computer my task bar that was on the
bottom is now on top, how can I get it back to normal.
Thank you so much for your help.
Rose
Dear Rose
Just grab an empty grey space in the task bar with the mouse,
and drag it to the bottom.
It won't follow like when dragging an icon, but act like it
was stuck, until your cursor gets to the bottom, then it will
snap to the bottom.
Move all icons well out of the way, otherwise it will kick
them to unexpected and hard to find places.
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>From Jake
I had moved to South Carolina from New York, and at that
time a vehicle inspection was required to register my car.
I was nervous; my car was in rough shape. I thought of New
York State's rigorous inspections. Any number of problems
might turn up that would be expensive to fix. I drove down
a country road and found a garage that had an inspection
sign. When I told the mechanic what I needed, he circled
the car, turned on the lights and honked the horn. Then he
attached a new sticker and asked me for the three-dollar
fee.
I was shocked. "Is that all you have to do?" I asked.
He answered, "Well, you drove it here, didn't you?"
>From Maryann
A visiting minister waxed eloquent during the offertory
prayer. "Dear Lord," he began with arms extended and a
rapturous look on his upturned face, "without you we are
but dust..."
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient
daughter (who was listening carefully for a change!) leaned
over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little girl
voice, "Mom, what is butt dust?"
Today 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.
1818 The British army defeated the Maratha alliance in
Bombay, India.
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.
1910 Charles Stewart Roll became the first person to fly
non-stop and double cross the English Channel.
1924 All American Indians were granted U.S. citizenship
by the U.S. Congress.
1928 Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek captured Peking, China.
1930 Mrs. M. Niezes of Panama gave birth to the first baby
to be born on a ship while passing through the Panama Canal.
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 The National Arts Center in Canada opened its doors
to the public.
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.
1985 The R.J. Reynolds Company proposed a major merger
with Nabisco that would create a $4.9 billion conglomerate.
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.
1999 In South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC)
won a major victory. ANC leader Thabo Mbeki was to succeed
Nelson Mandela as the nation's president.
2003 In the U.S., federal regulators voted to allow companies
to buy more television stations and newspaper-broadcasting
combinations in the same city. The previous ownership
restrictions had not been altered since 1975.
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.
2003 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies could not
be sued under a trademark law for using information in the
public domain without giving credit to the originator.
The case had originated with 20th Century Fox against
suing Dastar Corp. over their use of World War II footage.
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