Sunday, August 4, 2013, 10:37 AM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, August 4.
Thanks to all who wrote to tell me, that Tupperware is still
around.
Tupperware is overpriced,
but considering the food and the 5:1 female:male ratio at
traditional Tupperware parties, quite justified. If I got
an invitation to a Tupperware party, I would free up some
time for it, and I would break a piggy bank and cash the
coins to have plenty of money to buy stuff.
However, I won't buy it on the net and take money out of
the mouths of some good Tupperware seller's kids.
I buy other stuff on the net, but with Tupperware prices
I insist on the traditional party.
The raspberries are sure tasting great and it is difficult
to put three into the basket for every one I eat on the spot.
With the Saskatoons that is a lot easier. This fall I am
going to trim the Saskatoon bushes down to six feet. Ten or
more feet are ridiculous! Sure, the branches are flexible
and can be pulled down, but that is unnecessary work. They
will just spread more to the sides.
Have FUN!
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Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity,
and higher education positively fortifies it.
--- Stephen Vizinczey
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
--- Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
>From Lisa
Our family owned restaurant is the setting for many of our
discussions about how to handle the customer who asks,
"What's good tonight?"
Obviously, we would never serve anything we didn't think was
good. I braced myself one Saturday night when I heard the
dreaded question posed to my husband.
He calmly replied, "Anything over $13.95."
>From Ann
One morning I was called to pick up my son at the school
nurse's office. When I walked through the main entrance, I
noticed a woman, curlers in her hair, wearing pajamas.
"Why are you dressed like that?" I asked her.
"I told my son," she explained, "that if he ever did anything
to embarrass me, I would embarrass him back. He was caught
cutting school. So now I've come to spend the day with him!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD goes to
Joseph Lee Toben, 86, Virginia Beach, VA
Jailed After Waving Sex Toy
At Customers In Grocery Store
Parking Lot
Reported by The Weekly Vice
Joseph Lee Toben, an 86-year-old Virginia man, has been
jailed after he was allegedly seen in a grocery store
parking lot attempting to solicit sex with a sex toy.
According to police, Toben was in a Farm Fresh parking
located on Independence Blvd., when he drew the
attention of two men.
Investigators say the men saw Toben inside his vehicle
attempting to solicit sexual contact with several customers
while waving a sex toy about.
When officers arrived on the scene, Toben was still at the
location harassing customers.
Toben was booked into jail and charged with obscene sexual
display. He was released on bond a few hours later.
Tech Support Pits
From: Sally
Re: HP Touchpad
Dear Webby,
Have read you site for probably close to 15 years.
I now have a problem and no one to ask. Got this item for
Xmas about a year and a half ago. I got on the www site
and looked for phone numbers to call and then spent the
afternoon doing just that. Called all of the numbers and
was passed on to another person who spoke so fast and not
very clear. At the end was told to go do what I had already
done and also to call a certain number that had been
disconnected. What a waste of time. Small town, no repair
people, and I am at a lose as to trash it and buy something
else. Is a HP 10 inch and nice when working but maybe I am
out of my league. Have had a WebTV for so long and has
such a good e-mail program and they are going out of
business at the end of Sept. Need to get something and
get info transferred.
Any help would be appreciated.
A senior citizen, Sally
Dear Sally
Don't expect support from HP. From what I heard, they are
busy giving the Taliban a bad name.
I don't know anybody who accepts HP Touchpads for repair,
because apparently that would cost more than to buy one
off eBay. That just leads to arguments and unhappy customers.
Consider buying one off eBay, or else buying a Google
Chrome Book like the Acer C7 for $199
http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/de ... html#ac-c7
It has everything you might need, actually a lot more than
your HP touchpad had. It has a real keyboard AND a touchpad,
and sockets to connect mouse, big speakers, big HiDef TV
screen, etc.
Plus, with Acer you get real support.
It has
* Browsing
* Email
* Hard Drive for storage
* Cloud Storage for back-up
* Instant connectivity, even on airplanes
* Google Hangout for playing intercontinental poker or hearts
or whatever, even with the players on different continents
* Camera built in for video conferencing (Like I do every day
with my dad in Austria)
All of that is installed and working, the moment you unpack
it and turn it on.
You can, of course download and install all kinds of programs,
but I have a hunch, the installed stuff will be plenty for
you. It might be years before you add more programs.
A Chrome Book is not a powerful starwars machine for juveniles
to brag about on the school bus, but it has what you want,
ready to run.
Have FUN!
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Tote Bags on Decorative Hooks
I have two pretty, sturdy tote bags hanging on decorative
hooks on my bedroom wall. You'd be surprised how much they
hold. I have wallets, extra pairs of glasses, etc. Things
that I don't want to get rid of, but don't want taking up
room elsewhere. I found one of the pretty totes at a thrift
store for $2.70 after my senior discount.
By Betty from Lubbock, TX
Check out ThriftyFun's Blog at http://www.myfrugallife.com
"Mr. Clark, I'm afraid I have some bad news
for you," the doctor told his anxious patient,
"You only have six months to live."
The man sat in stunned silence for the next
several minutes.
Regaining his composure, he apologetically
told his physician that he had no medical
insurance -- "I can't possibly pay you in that time."
"OK," said the doctor, "Let's make it a year."
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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Thanks to Phil from Oz for this story:
One day some soldiers from a nearby Army camp saw a boy
leading a donkey. They thought they would have some fun
with him.
"Say, boy," called out one of the soldiers. "You sure are
keeping a tight rein on your brother, aren't you?"
"Sure am," said the boy. "If I didn't he would probably
join the Army."
Today, Aug 4, in
1735 Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal
of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly
Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal
governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not
libelous."
1753 George Washington became a Master Mason.
1790 The Revenue Cutter Service was formed. This U.S. naval
task force was the beginning of the U.S. Coast Guard.
1821 "The Saturday Evening Post" was published for the first
time as a weekly.
1914 Britain declared war on Germany in World War I. The U.S.
proclaimed its neutrality.
1944 Nazi police raided a house in Amsterdam and arrested
eight people. Anne Frank, a teenager at the time, was one
of the people arrested. Her diary would be published after
her death.
1954 The uranium rush began in Saskatchewan, Canada.
1956 William Herz became the first person to race a motorcycle
over 200 miles per hour. He was clocked at 210 mph.
1957 Florence Chadwick set a world record by swimming the
English Channel in 6 hours and 7 minutes.
1958 The first potato flake plant was completed in Grand Forks, ND.
1984 Upper Volta, an African republic, changed its name to
Burkina Faso.
1987 The Fairness Doctrine was rescinded by the Federal
Communications Commission. The doctrine had required that radio
and TV stations present controversial issues in a balanced
fashion.
1987 A new 22-cent U.S. stamp honoring noted author William
Faulkner, went on sale in Oxford, MS. Faulkner had been
fired as postmaster of that same post office in 1924.
1990 The European Community imposed an embargo on oil from
Iraq and Kuwait. This was done to protest the Iraqi invasion
of the oil-rich Kuwait.
1991 The Oceanos, a Greek luxury liner, sank off of South
Africa's southeast coast. All of the 402 passengers and 179
crewmembers survived.
1994 Yugoslavia withdrew its support for Bosnian Serbs. The
border between Yugoslavia and Serb-held Bosnia was sealed.
2009 North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardoned two American
journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned for
illegal entry earlier in the year.
2013 smiled
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