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Today's Bonehead Award goes to a
Pennsylvania girl, 16, who doused school guards 
with gasoline, then tried to set them on fire
Details at Boneheads
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Today, September 29, in
1962 U.S. President John F. Kennedy nationalized the Mississippi 
 National guard in response to city officials defying federal 
 court orders. The orders had been to enroll James Meredith 
 at the University of Mississippi. 
More of what happened on this day in history at History
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If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong.
--- Mo Udall  
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The Manhattan Commuter train was packed.  Suddenly there 
was a jingle on the floor.  Most necks were craned.  
One elderly gentleman, however, bent down and picked 
something up.  He then asked, "Did anyone drop a half 
dollar?"

"I did," answered three men at once.

"Well," said the elderly gent with a smile, 
"here's a dime of it."

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>From Lillemor
For those of my older generation (like me) who do not really 
comprehend the need for Facebook:
Presently, I am trying to make friends outside of Facebook 
while applying the same principles.
 
Therefore, every day I walk down the street and tell the 
passers-by what I have eaten, how I feel, what I have done 
the night before, and what I will do tomorrow.
 
Then, I give them pictures of my family, my dog, me gardening, 
and spending time in my pool. I also listen to their 
conversations, and I tell them I love them.

And, it works.
 
I already have three persons following me ... 
two police officers and a psychiatrist 

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Tim Durkan Photography

From Tim:
It's been a long but exciting night that I'm just getting 
home from! Lugging 40lbs of gear around town, months of 
planning and a TON of good luck weather wise finally paid 
off! For those interested - the photo I shared is one shot 
(non layered) taken on a Nikon D750 body with 200-400mm 
telephoto lens. I had 4 cameras, 4 lenses, 4 tripods and 
a VERY good assistant tonight THANK YOU Brother 
Paul Stevenson! Nikon

And here is Dallas, sent in by SexySassySatin
No name of the photographer yet.



Dallas
After spending 5 hours on a rooftop with an incredible view 
of Dallas, the photographer was able to create this composite 
image showing the moons transition from full moon, to full 
lunar eclipse, and back. Each moon image was shot 
approximately 10 minutes apart to capture the entire 
transition. Shot on a Nikon D810 #Nikon

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Charlie followed the Priest before the next race.
Again, the Priest went to the stables and blessed
another horse.  Charlie quickly put two dollars
on that horse and won close to fifty bucks!

The Priest kept blessing horses and Charlie
kept betting on them and they won!

The last race of the day was the biggest and
Charlie saw the Priest with that horse, also!
He quickly went to his bank and withdrew his
life's savings of $20,000, went back to the
racetrack and put it all on that horse!  He
watched the race in certain anticipation of
leaving a millionaire!  The horse was last to
cross the line and Charlie was dead broke!

He couldn't believe what happened so he went
looking for the Priest. He found the man and
asked, "What happened to that last horse you
blessed?  Because your blessing didn't work,
I've lost all of my money!"

The Priest said, "That's the trouble with you
Protestants.  You can't tell the difference
between a blessing and the Last Rites!"

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Thanks to Noella for reporting this bonehead!

An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD 
has been earned by


Imani Knight-Brantley,
16,
Wilkinsburg,
Pennsylvania


Girl, 16, doused school guards with gasoline, 
then tried to set them on fire

A Pennsylvania girl doused school security guards with 
gasoline and then attempted to light the victims on fire, 
according to investigators who have charged the teen with 
numerous felonies.

In retaliation for a run-in last week with a guard, Imani 
Knight-Brantley, 16, returned Monday to her Pittsburgh-area 
high school carrying a two-liter Sprite bottle containing gasoline.

According to police, Knight-Brantley was booted from Wilkinsburg 
High School Friday after being caught using a cell phone in class. 
She later returned to get food at an after-school program, but 
was again escorted from the building by guard Brandon Murray. 
As she was being removed the second time, Knight-Brantley threw 
a milk carton at Murray.

As detailed in a criminal complaint, Knight-Brantley confronted 
Murray upon returning to the school Monday. Police allege that 
she splashed gasoline on Murray and a second security official. 
As the guards grappled with Knight-Brantley, she tried to ignite 
the gasoline with an outdoor grill lighter.

After police arrived to arrest Knight-Brantley, students were 
evacuated due to the smell of gasoline throughout the school.

According to court records, Knight-Brantley faces four counts 
of aggravated assault and causing or risking catastrophe, both 
felonies. She is also charged with misdemeanor weapons possession 
and reckless endangerment counts.

Knight-Brantley, who has been charged as an adult, is being held 
in the Allegheny County jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.

As seen in the above booking photo, the teen has the word “Love” 
tattooed on her neck. Pennsylvania law bars anyone under the age 
of 18 from being tattooed, unless the minor’s parent or guardian 
has consented to the inking and is present for the tattooing.
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Tech Support Pits
From: Annamarie
Re: Skype

Dear Webby
I was really careful to always refuse to Update Skype to 
Version 7.0 after I had seen it on my daughter's computer.
7.0 stinks!
But today they somehow snuck it in. I had too many tabs 
open on Chrome, and McAfee was doing a scan, and I had 
too many programs open. The machine almost crashed, and
while I was frantically tryiing to close stuff, they
sleazed in their update in the background. Bastids!

As you may have noticed, once a Skype update has started,
the bastids won't let you cancel or stop it.
So I wound up with the ugly and slow 7.0
Yuck!
I tried running the carefully saved 6.20 setup, but it
bombed with the message that I had a newer version 
installed. @#$%&!!!
Now what?

Annamarie

Dear Annamarie
I found that uninstalling Skype does not mess up the history
or the contact list, but it is best to save it anyway.
Hit the Windows key  and R to get the RUN field 
above the START.
Type or paste:
%appdata%
You see a huge mess of folders and files about all kinds
of programs, including Skype
CTRL-drag the Skype folder onto a camera chip or removable
drive, where Microsoft can't touch it.
You can CTRL-drag it onto the desktop, and from there onto a
save place. 
Once your data is safe, do the Windows key and R trick again
and this type paste 
appwiz.cpl
That gets you to Programs, Uninstall in the Control panel
without mousing around.
Highlight Skype, right-click and select Uninstall.
It will whine a bit but eventually 7.0 will go away.
Don't worry if the desktop icons will all go blank 
during that. They will come back.

Once everything has settled down, you can run the 6.20
installation and normally all your contacts and history
will come back. If they don't, copy the back-up back to
where you got them from.

Have FUN!
DearWebby
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protecting her!

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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Make Your Concrete Patio Look Like Brick

I painted the entire patio with a grey porch/patio paint 
and was not happy with the look. So I next used narrow 
masking tape to tape off the brick pattern. I then used 
a red brick color and an old paintbrush to paint the bricks 
(I mixed a little black acrylic paint with the red to make 
it look more authentic). It has worn fairly well and only 
needed a few touch ups each summer.

I love the way my patio looks now and it sure beats the 
cost of installing brick pavers!
By Marianne from Trenton, Ohio
You can mix old-fashioned Poly-Filler into the
Porch/Patio paint. It makes it less slippery when  wet, 
and MUCH more durable. Don't use any of the soft drywall
repair compunds. You need REAL Poly-Filler or Poly-Filla.

You can apply it with a large puddle moover squeegee. The
small ridges you might wind up with make it look even better.

If some of the squeegee ridges are too high, you can sand 
them with a belt sander. That is when you find out that the
porch-patio paint / Poly-Filler combo gets as hard as 
concrete.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
  
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Ophelia Dingbatter's News

No sermon and not suitable for church, just jokes and fun for grownups. 
Read it on line or subscribe. If you subscribe, 
look for the double opt-in confirmation request. 
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A store manager overheard a clerk saying to a customer,
"No, ma'am, we haven't had any for quite some time now,
and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any more."

Alarmed by what was being said, the manager rushed over
to the customer who was walking out the door and said,
"That isn't true, ma'am. Of course, we'll have some
soon. In fact, I personally placed an order for them
just a couple of days ago."

Then the manager drew the clerk aside and growled,
"Never, never, never, never say we don't have something.
If we don't have it, say we ordered it and it's on its
way.  Now, what was it she asked if we had any?"

"Rapes in the parking lot."

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ferry docking in Greece

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During a county-wide drive to round up all unlicensed
dogs, a patrolman signaled a car to pull over to the
curb. When Bubba asked why he had been stopped, the
officer pointed to the big dog sitting on the seat
beside him.

"Does your dog have a license?" he asked.

"No way," Bubba said, "Ol' Blue don't need none.
He's getting too shortsighted fer doin' the drivin'."

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Some of these weird history 
facts I didn't know.





Today, Sept 29, in
1789 A regular army was established by the U.S. War Department 
 with several hundred men. 
1829 The first public appearance by London's re-organized police 
 force was met with jeers from political opponents. The force 
 became known as Scotland Yard. 
1930 Lowell Thomas made his debut on CBS Radio. He was in the 
 radio business for the next 46 years. 
1943 U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marchal Pietro 
 Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship Nelson. 
1946 "The Adventures of Sam Spade" debuted on CBS Radio. 
1962 U.S. President John F. Kennedy nationalized the Mississippi 
 National guard in response to city officials defying federal 
 court orders. The orders had been to enroll James Meredith 
 at the University of Mississippi. 
1963 "My Favorite Martian" premiered on CBS-TV. 
1967 The International Monetary Fund reformed monetary systems 
 around the world. 
1977 Eva Shain became the first woman to officiate a heavyweight 
 title boxing match. About 70 million people watched Muhammad Ali 
 defeat Ernie Shavers on NBC-TV. 
1982 In Chicago, IL, seven people died after taking capsules of 
 Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide. 
 264,000 bottles were recalled. 
1983 The War Powers Act was used for the first time by the U.S. 
 Congress when they authorized President Reagan to keep U.S. 
 Marines in Lebanon for 18 more months. 
1984 Irish officials announced that they had intercepted the 
 Marita Anne carrying seven tons of U.S.-purchased weapons. 
 The weapons were intended for the Irish Republican Army. 
1984 Elizabeth Taylor was voted to be the world's most 
 beautiful woman in a Louis Harris poll. Taylor was at the 
 time in the Betty Ford Clinic overcoming a weight problem. 
1988 The space shuttle Discovery took off from Cape Canaveral 
 in Florida. It was the first manned space flight since the 
 Challenger disaster. 
1990 "Millie's Book" by First Lady Barbara Bush was the 
 best-selling non-fiction book in the U.S. 
1992 Brazilian lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to impeach 
 President Fernando Collor de Mello. 
1993 Bosnia's parliament voted overwhelmingly to reject an 
 international peace plan unless Bosnian Serbs returned land 
 that had been taken by force. 
1994 The U.S. House voted to end the practice of lobbyists 
 buying meals and entertainment for members of Congress. 
2008 The Dow Industrial Average lost 777 points. It was the 
 largest one-day decline to date. The drop came after the U.S. 
 House of Representatives had voted down a $700 billion bank 
 bailout plan. 
2010 In China, Canton Tower became operational. 
2015  smiled.

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