Good Morning, ,
Today is Monday, January 2

Thank you, Dale!

Have FUN!
DearWebby

Todays Bonehead Award:
Florida Man Arrested After Demanding That McDonald's 
Workers Turn Off "Christian Music" Playing
Details at  Boneheads
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Today, January 1 in 
1492 The leader of the last Muslim stronghold in Spain
surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and
Queen Isabella I. 
 
See More of what happened on this day in history.
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Every great advance in natural knowledge has 
involved the absolute rejection of authority.
--- Thomas H. Huxley

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it
himself.
--- A. H. Weiler (1909 - 2002)

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves
badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.
--- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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One time while in the Millington, Tennesee Naval Air 
Station, there was a fearsome thunderstorm which 
knocked out the electricity in the Navy Exchange.  
This killed the cash registers, naturally, but the Navy 
always has a backup.

The emergency intercom came on, and a loud female 
voice announced,
"CASHIERS TAKE YOUR CRANKS OUT OF YOUR 
DRAWERS!"

As if that alone was not funny enough, the cash register
drawers, which had the little manual cranks inside them,
needed electricity, OR those little cranks to open them.

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"If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and 
gave all my money to the church, would that get me into 
Heaven?" the RevI asked the children in Sunday School 
class.

"NO!" the children all answered.

"If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and 
kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into 
Heaven?"

Again, the answer was, "NO!"

"Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all 
the children, and loved my wife, would that get me into 
Heaven?" he asked them again.

Again, they all answered, "NO!"

"Well," he continued, "then how can I get into Heaven?"

A five-year-old boy shouted out, "YOU GOTTA BE DEAD!"

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Thanks to Lillemor


Mother-Of-Pearl clouds in Strömsund i Jämtland, Sweden.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by

Joseph Allen,
46,
Largo,
Floriduh

Florida Man Arrested After Demanding That McDonald's 
Workers Turn Off "Christian Music" Playing

Angered that “Christian music” was being played inside a
McDonald’s, a Florida man cursed at employees and other
patrons and demanded that they “turn it off  and play Muslim
and Hindu music,” according to cops who arrested the
customer.

Joseph Allen, 46, walked into the McDonald’s around 10:20 AM
Tuesday and created “a threat to the safety of others,”
according to a Largo Police Department report.

Allen, cops say, “began cursing at customers and employees”
due to the “Christian music” being played over speakers in
the fast food restaurant (seen below). The “Christian music”
to which Allen referred was apparently Christmas tunes.

Allen, who appeared intoxicated, approached McDonald’s
workers "in an aggressive manner," leaving the employees “in
fear for their safety.”

Police responding to a 911 call confronted Allen, who
reportedly admitted to cursing at McDonald’s workers and
customers. A search of Allen turned up a small bag of
methamphetamine in a pants pocket. Seen above, Allen was
booked into the county jail on disorderly conduct and
narcotics possession charges.

Allen, a convicted felon, is locked up in lieu of $2150
bond. His lengthy rap sheet includes busts for assault;
robbery; grand theft; trespass; battery; disorderly
intoxication; lewd and lascivious exhibition; distributing
stolen property; criminal mischief; and carrying a concealed
weapon.
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Excessive playing of Rudolph, the rednosed reindeer, Jingle
Bells, etc. can get on one's nerves, but that music is more
related to Rudolphians and believers in Shopmas, not
Christianity. It is intended to make people of all faiths
shopaholics, and is most definitely not enticing them to go
to church.

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Tech Support Pits
From: Ralph
Re: File Explorer problem in W10
Dear Webby,
Talking about W10 file explorer.  I use it to backup my
pictures to an external drive (I never took the time to
learn your DOS shortcut).  A curious thing happened which
has never occurred before.  I selected the directory ICON,
COPIED and then PASTED in the destination directory.  So far
so good.  However, upon reviewing the copied files, I got
all my pictures plus the same file again with a “.file�
extension (with the directory ICON) – they were empty so I
deleted them.  As a bonus, File Explorer would crash after
so many deletes. Any idea why this is occurring or is this
some more Microslop?
 
Ralph

Dear Ralph
Yes, just routine Microslop.
That kind of programming is typical for bath salt users.

You won't get a believable excuse from Microslop.

Try just CTRL - Drag. That does not screw up nearly as much
or as badly as Copy / Paste

Since you don't want to give DOS a chance, get a decent
back-up program. NOT MICROSLOP BACKUP!!! A decent one, that
allows you to back up to an external drive.
Depending on the computer you got, the manufacturer may have
a back-up program built in. DELL, for example has one.

Have FUN!
DearWebby




Overheard at a Computer Store: 

"I want a game capable of holding the interest of my six-year-old, 
but it's got to be simple enough for his father to play, too." 



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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Hemming Jeans with Thick Seams
By Elaine S. [39 Posts, 243 Comments]

I have hemmed plenty of jeans in my time and broken a lot of
needles. The following are tips to do it and save your
needles. First of all, look for needles that are made
specifically for hemming jeans. If your sewing machine has a
jeans foot, use that too it allows several thicknesses of
fabric underneath it.

Secondly after you have pressed your double hem up, before
you sew, take a hammer and pound the seam that is so thick
(it is called a flat felled seam). I know this step sounds
funny, but it works. As you are sewing along, when you come
to a thick place and your presser foot won't allow you to go
over it, insert a piece of cardboard about the thickness of
two credit cards under the presser foot from the back. This
allows you to "climb" the seam with ease. Lastly, sew very
slowly and do not reverse. You are most likely to save
needles using these hints.

By Elaine S. from Near Cedar Rapids, IA

 
Nelly Wanted a Selfie
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Negotiations between union members and their employer were 
at an impasse.  The union denied that their workers were 
flagrantly abusing their contract's sick-leave provisions. 

One morning at the bargaining table, the company's chief 
negotiator held aloft the morning edition of the newspaper, 
"This man," he announced, "called in SICK yesterday!" 
There on the sports page, was a photo of the supposedly ill 
employee, who had just won a local golf tournament with an 
excellent score. 

The silence in the room was broken by a union negotiator. 
"Wow," he said. "Think of what kind of score he could have 
had if he hadn't been sick!" 

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Awesome people in Winter!


A couple went  shopping at the mall.
They decided to go their separate ways and meet two hours 
later. The husband was at their appointed meeting place at 
the appointed time, but there was no sign of his wife.

After waiting for half an hour, he started looking for her
but couldn't find her in any of the stores she usually
frequented.

Finally, thoroughly tired of looking for her, he approached
a beautiful lady on a mall bench. He smiled at her and said,
"Please, talk to me! Quick!"

She said, "Why?"

"Because I've been looking for my wife all over this silly
mall and I can't find her," the man replied.

"How will talking to me help you find your wife? I have 
absolutely no idea what she looks like, much less where 
she is."

"I didn't think you did. However, every time I start talking
to a beautiful woman, my wife instantly appears! So, please
flirt for 30 seconds."



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Today on January 2
1492 The leader of the last Muslim stronghold in Spain
surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and
Queen Isabella I. 

1842 In Fairmount, PA, the first wire suspension bridge was
opened to traffic. 

1859 Erastus Beadle published "The Dime Book of Practical
Etiquette." 

1872 Brigham Young, the 71-year-old leader of the Mormon
Church, was arrested on a charge of bigamy. He had 25 wives.


1882 The Standard Oil Trust agreement was completed and
dated. The document transferred the stock and property of
more than 40 companies into the control of nine trustees
lead by John D. Rockefeller. This was the first example of
what became known as a holding company. 

1890 Alice Sanger became the first female White House
staffer. 

1900 U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open
Door Policy to prompt trade with China. 

1900 The Chicago Canal opened. 

1910 The first junior high school in the United States
opened. McKinley School in Berkeley, CA, housed seventh and
eighth grade students. In a separate building students were
housed who attended grades 9-12. 

1917 Royal Bank of Canada took over the Quebec Bank. 

1929 The United States and Canada reached an agreement on
joint action to preserve Niagara Falls. 

1935 Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for the kidnap-
murder of Charles Lindberghs baby. Hauptmann was found guilt
and executed. 

1942 The Philippine capital Manila was captured by Japanese
forces during World War II. 

1953 "The Life of Riley" debuted on NBC-TV. 

1955 Panamanian President Jose Antonio Remon was
assassinated. 

1957 The San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges
merged. 

1968 Fidel Castro announced petroleum and sugar rationing in
Cuba. 

1971 In the U.S., a federally imposed ban on television
cigarette advertisements went into effect. 

1974 U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signed a bill requiring
all states to lower the maximum speed limit to 55 MPH. The
law was intended to conserve gasoline supplies during an
embargo imposed by Arab oil-producing countries. Federal
speed limits were abolished in 1995. 

1991 Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington,
DC. She was the first black woman to head a city of that
size and prominence. 

1996 AT&T announced that it would eliminate 40,000 jobs over
three years. 

1998 Russia began circulating new rubles in effort to keep
inflation in check and promote confidence. 

2004 NASA's Stardust space probe collected samples from the
comet Wild 2. The samples returned to Earth on January 15,
2006. 

2008 The price of oil hit $100 per barrell for the first
time. 

2016  smiled.





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