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Today is Saturday, Aug 6

Happy Valentines Day for all the subscribers in China!


On the Chinese Valentine's Day, people in love like to go to 
the temple of Matchmaker and pray for their love and the 
possible marriage. People still single will do the same thing 
to ask their luck of love in the Matchmaker temple.

The Chinese Valentine's Day is also called The Daughter's 
Festival. Long ago, Chinese girls always wanted to train 
themselves having a good handcrafting skill like the 
Weaving Maid. The skill is essential for their future family. 
On that night, the unmarried girls may pray for the 
Weaving Maid star to let them become smarter. When the 
star Vega is high up in the sky, girls do a test, which is 
to put a needle on the water surface. If the needle doesn't 
sink, then girl is already smart enough and ready to find a 
husband. Girls may ask for any wish, but only one per year.

The Weaving Maid is from the really ancient history, about
the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. 
They were separated by the Emperor. 
The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star Vega and the 
cowherd moved to the star Altair. They are allowed to meet only 
once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month
This year, that is today, August 6.

The star Vega (Weaving Maid) is the 5th brightest star in the sky. 
Therefore, it's very easy to find in the summer night. The size of 
Vega is 16 times bigger than the Sun. The temperature on its 
surface is more than 10,000 degrees. The brightness of Vega 
is 25 times brighter than the Sun. It's 25 light years away 
from the Earth.

The star Altair (Cowherd) is the 11th brightest star in the sky. 
Therefore, it's not difficult to find in the summer night. The size 
of Altair is 4 times bigger than the Sun. The temperature on its 
surface is about 8,000 degrees. The brightness of Altair is 
11 times brighter than the Sun. It's 17 light years away from 
the Earth.

Have FUN!
DearWebby



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"You can often measure a person 
by the size of his dream."
--- Robert H. Schuller

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; 
it's a depression when you lose yours.
--- Harry S Truman

If I knew I was going to live this long, 
I'd have taken better care of myself.
--- Mickey Mantle



Just after the maid had been fired, she took five bucks from
her purse and threw it to Fido, the family dog. When asked
why by her former employer, she answered:

"I never forget a friend. That was for cleaning the dishes all 
the time!"



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"Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher.

The small boy wrote: "The fireman came down the ladder
pregnant."

The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don't you
know what pregnant means?" she asked.

"Sure," said the young student confidently. "Means carrying
a child."





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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to 
Leroy Michael Smith, 41, in Wilkes-Barre, PA

PA. man shot toilet in bar named Shooters

WILKES-BARRE, PA. -- Authorities say a man is charged with 
using a stolen handgun to shoot a toilet in a northeastern 
Pennsylvania bar named Shooters.

Police say they received a report of a toilet being shot in 
the men's room at the Wilkes-Barre bar early Tuesday.

Police say 41-year-old Leroy Michael Smith walked out of the 
bar after the gunshot and returned five minutes later. 
Investigators believe Smith hid the gun in the seat of a vehicle. 
Police say they later recovered the weapon.

Smith told investigators he didn't shoot the toilet. He has 
been released from jail after posting $5,000 bail. It's not 
clear if he has an attorney.

Smith was charged with reckless endangerment, 
receiving stolen property and illegal possession of a 
firearm by a convicted felon.
Leroy Michael Smith

From the Tech Support Pits:

From: Louis
Re: How do you recognize something is a scam?

Dear Webby,
How do you recognize if something is a silly scam or if it is 
real ?
Louis

Dear Louis
If there is a line that says:
"Pass this on to all you friends."
then it is a silly scam or political, or both. 

If it is the opposite, and warns you NOT to tell anybody
about it, then it is usually a scam.

If somebody wants your help in disbursing illegitimate 
money, then it definitely is a scam.

Have FUN!
DearWebby


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Beifeld's Principle:
The probability of a young man seeing a desirable and receptive 
young female increases by pyramidal progression when he 
is already in the company of:
(1) a date,
(2) his wife,
(3) a better looking and richer, single male friend.

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Make Container Covers from Old Socks
If your daughter is going away to college, here is a great 
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can slip glass, plastic, or cardboard containers (whatever 
they will stretch around) into them for handy organizers. 
This gives them a little piece of home without being too 
obvious to others. If she is into jogging, make wrist bands 
out of them. Cut off the foot part with pinking shears. Run 
a stitch used for elastic around the raw edge after you 
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Customer at a counter of a lawn ornament shop:

"Give me four of those pinwheels, two of those pink flamingos, two of
the sunflowers, and one of those bent-over grandma in bloomers."

Cashier reply's:

"That'll be eight dollars for the pinwheels, ten dollars for the
flamingos, six dollars for the sunflowers, and an apology to my wife!"



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It was my first year of teaching tenth-graders 
geometry, and I was frustrated with the lack of 
effort in the class.  Trying to make the group 
more interactive, I asked, 
"Who can define a polygon?" 

The reply was, "A dead parrot." 





 
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While driving along the back roads of a small town, two truckers 
came to an overpass with a sign that read CLEARANCE 11'3". 

They got out and measured their rig, which was 12'4".

"What do you think?" one asked the other.

The driver looked around carefully, then shifted into first. 
"Not a cop in sight. Let's take a chance!"

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