How do you know a caller is a scammer? 
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Today's Bonehead Award goes to a
Georgia man, who was arrested after he smashed Waffle House 
door to protest 50-cent biscuit hike
Details at Boneheads
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Today, October 29, in
1831 Escaped slave Nat Turner was apprehended in Southampton 
 County, VA, several weeks after leading the bloodiest slave 
 uprising in American history. 
More of what happened on this day in history at History
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Few things are harder to put up with than the 
annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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At a fancy reception a young man was asked by a widow to
guess her age. "You must have some idea," she urged as
he hesitated.

"I have several ideas," he admitted with a smile, "the
trouble is that I don't know whether to make it ten
years younger because of your looks of ten years older
because of your wisdom."

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HOW FAITHS FIGHT FIRES
Recently, just as an ecumenical gathering was
commencing, a secretary rushed in shouting, "The
building is on fire!"

The Methodists gathered in a corner and prayed.

The Baptists cried, "Where is the water?"

The Quakers quietly praised God for blessings that fire
brings.

The Lutherans posted a notice on the door declaring that
fire was evil.

The Roman Catholics called Rome for instructions.

The Jews blamed the Christians and demanded they should pay.

The Congregationalists shouted, "Every man for himself."

The Fundamentalists proclaimed, "It's the vengeance of God!"

The Episcopalians formed a procession and marched out.

The Christian Scientists concluded that the toxic fumes
from the burning carpets would kill them before the fire
reached them.

The Presbyterians appointed a chairperson, who was to
appoint a committee to look into the matter and submit a
written report.

The Pentecostals danced and sang with joy, "The Pentecostal 
fire has come!"

The Unity Students proclaimed the fire had no power over them.

Some Atheists in attendance didn't believe there was a fire.

The Muslims stated it was Ahlla's will.

The Pastafarians grabbed the fire extinguisher, put out 
the fire and conrtinued eating their spaghetti.

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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD 
AND a Darwin Award
has been earned by


Mitchell Harris Feinberg, 
39,
Brookhaven, 
Georgia



Man arrested after he smashed Waffle House 
door to protest 50-cent biscuit hike

Mitchell Harris Feinberg, 39, was arrested Sunday morning 
after police said he shattered the front door of a Waffle 
House in Brookhaven, Georgia.

The reason for the breakfast breaking: He was allegedly 
angry the restaurant raised the price for a sausage biscuit 
from $1 to $1.50, WSBTV.com reports.

A Waffle House waitress told police that when Feinberg saw 
the bill with the 50-cent price hike, he became belligerent 
because “someone had only charged him $1 [for a sausage 
biscuit] on previous dates,” according to the Atlanta 
Journal-Constitution.

Surveillance video reportedly shows the suspect get up from 
a corner booth, throw his bill on the floor and kick the 
front door on his way out.

When the glass shattered, Feinberg fled the scene, only to 
be arrested outside a nearby apartment complex a short time 
later.

Police said Feinberg told them he "barely kicked the door” 
when it shattered, and said he only kicked it because “he 
did not want to open the greasy door with his hand,” 
according to the police report.

Feinberg was booked into the DeKalb County Jail on charges 
of disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and criminal damage 
to property. He remains in custody in lieu of $2,500 bond.

The Brookhaven Police Dept. decided to use the incident as 
a teachable moment on Facebook.
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Tech Support Pits
From: Christine
Re: How do you know a caller is a scammer?
Dear Webby,
How do I know a caller is a scammer?
Couldn't it be somebody helpful?
Christine

Dear Christine
Except for close friends, NOBODY legitimate calls you
out of the blue about supposed problems in your computer.

You can ignore those totally phony messages about Microsoft
contacting you if they ever find out why a program locked 
up. That's from Windows 3, and they have never contacted
anybody yet, as far as I know.

If the caller claims to be from your ISP, then they are
just as phony. Your ISP does not give a hoot about what
goes on inside your computer, as long as YOU don't call 
them.

The same goes for anybody calling and asking any 
information "to verify that it is really you." 

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DearWebby

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Who is known as the "godfather of America"?
German geographer and mapmaker Martin Waldseemueller,
whose book "Cosmographiae Introductio" was first
published in 1507, named the New World "America" 
in the mistaken belief that it was Italian navigator 
and merchant Amerigo Vespucci who discovered the 
new continent.

And the Indians are forever grateful that they were
not discovered while somebody got lost on the way
to Turkey.

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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Sorting Socks into Pairs

The one item I never put into a dryer is socks, because they 
always seem to shrink in there. So instead they get hung on 
the washing line on good days, or indoors on a foldaway airer 
on rainy days. Either way, this makes for a good opportunity 
to sort socks into pairs at an optimum time.

It's a job I am sure that most of us hate, but if you do it 
as you hang them up it is an absolute breeze to sort out 
which matches what. Then very simply bunch the pairs together 
as you take them down once they are dry. Have a shoe box or 
something similar for odd socks and keep them in there for 
a few weeks in case their partners turn up on a subsequent 
washday.
By ShirleyE [29]
 
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Ophelia Dingbatter's News

No sermon and not suitable for church, just jokes and fun for grownups. 
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A young mother was visiting a doctor friend and made no
attempt to restrain her four-year-old son, who was
ransacking an adjoining room. But finally, an extra
loud clatter of bottles did prompt her to say, "I hope
you don't mind Johnny being in there."

"Nah," said the doctor calmly, "That's just poisons in
there. They take some time but are quite effective.
He'll be quiet soon."

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 The drunk


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On little Larry's first day of first grade, he raised
his hand as soon as the teacher came into the room and
said, I don't belong here, I should be in third
grade!'

The teacher looked at little Larry's records and told
him to please take his seat. Not five minutes passed
when little Larry stood up again and said, I don't
belong here, I should be in the third grade!'

Larry did this a few more times before the principal
came along and the teacher explained Larry's problem.

The principal told little Larry that if he could
answer some questions that they could decide in which
grade he belonged.

Well, they soon discovered that Larry knew all the
state capitals and country capitals that the principal
could think of. The teacher suggested they try some
biology questions.

What does a cow have 4 of but a woman has only 2?'
asked the teacher.

'Legs!' Larry immediately replied.

What does a man have in his pants that a woman
doesn't?' asked the teacher.

Pockets!' said Larry.
The teacher looked at the principal, who said, Maybe
he should be in third grade, I flunked those last two
questions!'

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Noella's Blunders
For as long as I can remember I've been plagued with 
trying to remember names and faces. All the tried and true 
remedies failed.

One day in the checkout lane at a new grocery store, a young 
man came up, pushed my cart away, and started bagging my 
groceries. I was wondering now how am I going to get them out 
to my car, they're way too heavy to carry.

I was about to ask for the cart when he asked if I wanted
help. Irritated, I said yes,¯ thinking now that you pushed
 my cart away, you CAN take them out for me. 
However, he was very pleasant and chatted about what a nice 
day it was. I replied that yes it WAS a nice day, I just 
needed to find my car. (I also forget stuff like that.) 
He responded, "Oh that's okay, I see it."¯

 Surprised, I asked, How do YOU know where my car is?" 
His reply -- 
"I'm your next-door neighbor!"¯

Noella
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Let's arm chair travel 
around this big ol' beautiful world we live on.  It will only take about a week.









Today, October 30, in
1817 The independent government of Venezuela was established 
 by Simon Bolivar. 
1831 Escaped slave Nat Turner was apprehended in Southampton 
 County, VA, several weeks after leading the bloodiest slave 
 uprising in American history. 
1875 The constitution of Missouri was ratified by popular vote. 
1893 The U.S. Senate gave final approval to repeal the Sherman 
 Silver Purchase Act of 1890. 
1894 The time clock was patented by Daniel M. Cooper. 
1938 Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" aired on CBS radio. 
 The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live 
 news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners. 
1945 The U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing. 
1953 General George C. Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 
1961 The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb with a force of 
 approximately 58 megatons. 
1972 U.S. President Richard Nixon approved legislation to increase 
 Social Security spending by $5.3 billion. 
1972 45 people were killed when two trains collided in Chicago. 
1975 Prince Juan Carlos assumed power in Spain as dictator 
 Francisco Franco was near death. 
1975 The New York Daily News ran the headline "Ford to City: 
 Drop Dead." The headline came a day after U.S. President 
 Gerald R. Ford said he would veto any proposed federal 
 bailout of New York City. 
1984 In Poland, police found the body of kidnapped pro-Solidarity 
 priest Father Jerry Popieluszko. His death was blamed on four 
 security officers. 
1989 Mitsubishi Estate Company announced it would buy 51 percent 
 of Rockefeller Group Inc. of New York. 
1993 Martin Fettman, America's first veterinarian in space, 
 performed the world's first animal dissections in space, 
 while aboard the space shuttle Columbia. 
1993 The United Nations deadline concerning ousted Haitian 
 President Jean-Bertrand Aristide passed with country's military 
 still in control. 
1995 Federalist prevailed over separatists in Quebec in a 
 referendum concerning secession from the federation of Canada. 
1998 The terrorist who hijacked a Turkish Airlines plane and the 
 39 people on board was killed when anti-terrorist squads raided 
 the plane. 
2001 In New York City, U.S. President George W. Bush threw out 
 the first pitch at Game 3 of the World Series between the New 
 York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks. 
2001 Michael Jordan returned to the NBA with the Washington Wizards 
 after a 3 1/2 year retirement. The Wizards lost 93-91 to the 
 New York Knicks.
2015  smiled.


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