Good Morning, !
It's Monday, January 3, 2011
A reader asked why we need IP numbers.
For the same reason you need a phone number and street address.
So that you can be called and so that stuff can be sent to you.
Just like the phone numbers or the zip or postal code, each section
of the code narrows it down a bit more, from country to state to town
to street to house. The way the numbers are used, a message gets
to you in the straightest possible line.
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Most people think they're thinking when they're really
just rearranging their prejudices.
--- Oliver Wendell Holmes
There is no such thing as an underestimate of
average intelligence.
--- Henry Adams
The more you observe politics, the more you've
got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
--- Will Rogers
A student walked into our library area and glanced at
the encyclopedia volumes stacked on a bookshelf.
"What are all these books?" he asked.
Somewhat surprised, I replied that they were
encyclopedias.
"Really?" he said. "You mean somebody printed out the
whole CD?"
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A woman had a faithful cat. And one day, a man ran over
the cat. So, he went to the old woman and said:
"I'm terribly sorry about your cat. I'd like to
replace him."
"That so nice of you!" said the old woman, deeply touched.
"How good are you at catching mice?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Jennifer Marie Riegler, 22, of Accomac, Va.
Nude Nut
HEBRON, Md. (UPI) -- Police in Maryland said they arrested
a woman accused of stripping nude inside a convenience store
and sexually harassing others in the shop.
The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office said Jennifer Marie
Riegler, 22, of Accomac, Va., took off all her clothes shortly
before 9 a.m. EST Dec. 18 at the Royal Farms store in Hebron,
WBOC-TV, Salisbury, Md., reported.
Investigators said Riegler made sexual comments to customers
and employees. They said she engaged in sexually suggestive
behavior and employees helped her put her clothes back on
after she lay down on the floor.
Police arrived to take Reigler into custody and found her eating
a piece of fruit she had not purchased from the store. Officers
said she kicked one of them in the groin and another in the
hand while she was being placed under arrest.
Reigler was charged with disorderly conduct, indecent exposure,
disturbing the peace, theft of less than $100, fourth-degree sex
offense, malicious destruction of property valued less than $500
and six counts of second-degree assault. She was jailed in lieu
of $25,000 bond.
She will not have to worry about rent or heating bills this winter.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Vera P
Re: Awkward USB sockets
Dear Webby,
Why do they put the USB ports at the most awkward
spots at the BACK of a computer? I curse those
morons every time I have to crawl under my desk
with a flashlight to plug something in. Could I drill a
hole in the front and glue that silly plug in there?
Vera P
Dear Vera
There is a much better solution. Get yourself a 4, 6, 8
or 10 port USB hub and a 10 foot high speed USB cable,
and a little strip of double-sided tape.
Plug the cable into the computer and snake it up to
the monitor. With 10 feet of cable you should be able
to route it in a way so that it doesn't look too messy
or get in the way. Then plug the USB hub into it
and glue the hub to the side of the monitor in a way
so that the OUT ports of the hub are facing towards
you. Now you can plug and unplug things without
bashing your head against the underside of your desk.
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A man and a little boy entered a barbershop together.
After the man received the full treatment - shave,
shampoo, manicure, haircut, etc. - he placed the boy
in the chair. "I'm goin' to buy a green tie to wear for the
parade," he said. "I'll be back in a few minutes."
When the boy's haircut was completed and the man
still hadn't returned, the barber said, "Looks like your
daddy's forgotten all about you."
"That wasn't my daddy," said the boy. "He just walked up,
took me by the hand and said, 'Come on, kid, we're
gonna get a free haircut!'"
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comUsing Smaller Amounts of Toiletries
A dime sized shampoo works great for me, even when my hair
is long, and it saves money too. Just put a dime sized plop of
shampoo in your hand, rub it, and spread it over your damp
hair, and nope, it does not usually lather in your hair. I don't
need much water to rinse it either. I have found that using less
shampoo like that, my hair looked great and my shampoo bottle
lasts for a very long time.
By Kas from Rockford, MI
You can go a step further yet! Get a pump action dispenser!
They are available empty, and some shampoos, soaps and
lotions also come in pump action dispensers. Once they are
empty, just refill them from big econo size jugs.
If your pump action dispenser squirts too much per stroke,
you can limit the stroke by wrapping a few turns of coat hanger
wire around the pump stem.
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One morning a customer entered my flower shop and ordered a
bouquet for his wife. "No card is necessary," he instructed
us. "She'll know who sent them." The delivery truck hadn't
even returned to the store when the phone rang. It was the
customer's wife. "Who sent the flowers?" she asked.
After explaining that the customer had requested that no card
be included, I considered the matter closed. But a bit later,
she came rushing in the front door. "You've got to tell me
who sent the flowers," she demanded, "before my husband gets
home for lunch!"
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Shortly after arriving at the University of Washington, Babs
joined some new friends on a trip to nearby Vancouver,
British Columbia. It was her first trip outside the United
States.
At the border, a guard asked how long they would stay in
Canada. Knowing it would be after midnight when they
returned, she asked, "How late will we be able to get back
across the border?"
"Just about any time, Ma'am," the guard said.
"...IF they let you back in!"
Good Morning, !
It's Sunday, January 2, 2011
Thanks to Moe for the link to the new counter, that you see
at the bottom of the side menu! It doesn't show the
subscribers, just the visits by those people, who can't get
subscriptions.
Judging by those figures, there is a lot more censorship
going on in the US than in China.
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"No love, no friendship can cross the path of our
destiny without leaving some mark on it forever."
--- Francois Muriac
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain."
--- Dolly Parton
He who knows others is learned.
He who knows himself is wise.
--- Lao-Tzu
A new baby, when he was still in hospital, said to
the little babe lying next to him, 'I know I am a boy!'
The other baby said, 'What! How DO you know that??'
'Well, it's under the blanket; I can show you...'
'Show me! Show me!'
'SSST! Wait till the nurses are gone...'
A few minutes later: 'I can show you now. Watch!'
Slowly the baby lifted up his blanket, the other baby
peeking under it. 'Can you see it?' The first one said,
'You see it, down there?'
'But WHAT should I see?'
'I'm wearing blue socks!!'
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Pete from New York arrived in Los Angeles.
In an airport taxi cab, Pete asked the driver...
"Say, is this really a healthful place?"
"It sure is," the cabby replied. "When I came here I couldn't
say one word. I had hardly any hair on my head. I didn't have
the strength to walk across a room, and I had to be lifted out
of bed."
"That's wonderful!" said the tourist , "How long have you been here?"
"I was born here."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Robert M. Morales, 36, in Mesa, AZ
Drunk parked in the middle of the road for a nap
A San Tan Valley area man was arrested Christmas morning
after officers found him asleep and parked in the middle of the
Mesa street, court records state.
Mesa Police responded to a call around 1:30 a.m. about a car
in the middle of First Avenue near Main Street and Mesa Drive
and found Robert M. Morales, 36, asleep behind the wheel of
his vehicle.
According to court records, Morales' shoes were off, the driver's
seat was reclined, the key was in the ignition, and the vehicle
was in drive without any lights on.
When an officer asked Morales why he was in the middle of
the street, he said that "he could sleep wherever he wanted,"
records state. He told other officers his name was Robert Rios.
The officer smelled alcohol on Morales and said his eyes were
bloodshot and watery. Morales also slurred his speech and could
not keep still, records state. However, he refused to perform any
sobriety tests without talking with a lawyer beforehand.
Officers found an empty can of Tecate beer on the floor behind
the driver's seat and a half-empty bottle of Jägermeister sitting
on the front passenger seat, according to records.
During a search, police also found a small baggy containing a
crystal substance, which later tested positive for methamphetamine,
in the front left pocket of Morales's jeans.
Throughout the search of his person, police said Morales
continually leaned into the vehicle and buckled his knees. When
officers had Morales stand, he kicked at them and struck one
officer's calf three times.
Morales is expected to face charges of possession of a
dangerous drug, assault on a law enforcement officer, false
reporting to law enforcement, driving under the influence and
driving under the influence with drugs on his body.
Morales had previous arrests including possession of marijuana,
assault, driving with suspended license and making false reports,
according to police reports.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Bria
Re: How do you take pictures of Northern Lights?
Dear Webby
You showed some fantastic Northern Lights pictures.
When I try to take pictures of them, all I get is black.
Bria
Dear Bria
For a start, you need a fairly good camera, that has a large
lens, and that can take time exposures, preferably with
click-on click-off.
A remote control is nice, but not necessary.
You also need a tripod or sand baggie to hold the camera
perfectly steady.
Once you have all that, set the camera for the biggest apperture
it has, the lowest F number.
Set the camera up or nestle it into your sand baggie,
click it on and step back, wait ten seconds and click it off.
Look at the picture and see if the lights of that night need
a longer or shorter exposure.
If your camera has a hold-down exposure, then you need
a remote control, which are getting hard to find.
A way around that is to glue a pencil eraser onto the clicker,
and put a rubber band around the camera, so that you
can put the rubber band over the eraser.
Cover the lens, put the rubber band over the eraser,
wait a second or two for things to stabilize, and move the
hat or whatever you use to cover the lens. After the ten
or whatever seconds you choose, cover the lens, and THEN
move the rubber band off the clicker.
Have FUN!
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A lawyer awakened after a serious operation only to find
himself in a room with all the blinds drawn. "Why are all
the blinds closed?" he asked the doctor.
"Well," the surgeon responded, "They're fighting a huge
fire across the street, and we didn't want you to wake up
and think the operation was a failure."
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comCalendars Go On Sale After New Year's
Buy your calendars and datebooks in January, not before,
because everything goes on SALE. I splurged last year and got
leather notebooks and a lighthouse calendar for 50% at Barnes
and Noble. Other years, I have waited until they hit the dollar
store and made do until then.
By Pamphyila from Los Angeles
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Sarah sidled up to a guest at the party. She had
heard him addressed as doctor and now she said diffidently,
"Doctor, may I ask a question?"
"Certainly," he said.
"Lately," said Sarah, "I have been having a funny
pain right here over the heart..."
The guest interrupted uncomfortably and said, "I'm
terribly sorry, Sarah, but the truth is, I'm a doctor
of philosophy."
"Oh," said the Sarah, "I'm sorry!" She turned away,
but then overcome with curiosity, she turned back.
"Just one more question, doctor. Tell me, what kind
of disease is philosophy?"
In the midst of a quarrel, the wife bitterly yells at her
husband, "I was such a fool when I married you."
Retorts her husband:” Yes, I know. But I was in love
and didn"t notice until after the wedding."
Good Morning, !
It's Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year, !
If you need some New Year's cards, go to http://dawna.com
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"The only limits are, as always, those of vision."
--- James Broughton
A friend was laid up at home with the flu.
His fiancee called and volunteered to come over and fix
dinner and play nursemaid to him. He declined, not wanting
to pass on the flu to her.
"Okay honey", she told him, "I'll wait till after we get married.
Then we can spend the rest of our lives making each other sick!"
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Five-year-old Bobbie was alarmed when he heard a lot of
car horns honking enthusiastically.
"People beep their horns when a couple is getting married,"
his mother explained.
"Why?" he asked. "As a warning?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to a 41 year old woman in Callaway, Florida
Wife beats hubby with a rock
CALLAWAY — A woman was arrested Wednesday morning for beating
her husband with a rock, claiming she didn’t want him to smoke a
cigarette because of his poor health.
“A woman can only take so much,” she told a deputy.
According to a Bay County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the
couple’s 18-year-old daughter called 9-1-1 about 11:31 a.m.
Wednesday when she saw her mother beating her father with
a rock.
A deputy said that, when they arrived at the scene off North
Lakewood Drive, he saw the victim sitting “Indian fashion” on
the ground in front of the residence; he was hunched over
with his hands over his head, trying to protect himself. His
wife was standing behind him. She kicked him in the hip
and was using a rock to hit him in the head, the report said.
A deputy told the 41-year-old woman to get off her husband
a few times, but she continued to strike him and scream at
him, telling him “to give her the cigarettes,” the report said.
The man, age 51, had cuts and bruises, including a bleeding
laceration on the top of his right wrist, the report said.
Both husband and wife told deputies they had been suffering
with the flu recently and had not felt well. The night before,
they got into an argument and the woman scratched her
husband’s face, the report said. When he mentioned going
outside to smoke a cigarette that morning, the wife became
angry and told him “he did not need to be smoking since he is
sick,” according to the report.
She followed him outside and began to argue with him, then
jumped on him and began hitting him in the head with “a small
ceramic bird,” the report said. She grabbed other items to hit him,
finally picking up a rock.
The man refused treatment by EMS. He said “he knew how to take
care of himself,” the report said.
The woman was charged with aggravated battery domestic violence.
She said she had been dealing with “a lot of (expletive)” for some
time and “a woman can only take so much,” the report said.
She said she was upset because he had the flu and she told him
not to smoke, but he went outside and smoked anyway. She added,
“A person can only take so much before they snap,” the report said.
Told what she was being charged with, she responded,
“Yeah, I hit him with the rock,” according to the report.
The rock was submitted into evidence.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Ellen
Re: How difficult are postcard sites?
Dear Webby
I loved getting all those gorgeous postcards for Christmas
and New Year. How difficult is it to make and run a postcard
site?
I learned HTML from that link on the left side in one day and
can put together a recipe page faster than writing it down
by hand. So, what is all involved?
Ellen
Dear Ellen
For people, who don't run screaming and sniveling to hide
behind their mother's apron, when they hear HTML mentioned,
it's really easy.
Most of it is done with pre-made templates, that you dress
up and decorate. Not a big deal at all.
Where you do need a bit of basic HTML is for putting in the
names of your card pictures. As you probably found out,
pictures are easy and nothing to freak out over.
The templates and the service of storing, sending and
delivering the cards is not free any longer.We used to have
a Free Basic service, but that just created unfair competition
to people, who put in some honest work to build big sites.
Since last summer the PRO service is $12 a month or $96
per year. That works out to 26 cents per day. That seems to
be just enough to keep Millions of kids on hotmail from
stealing your thunder, and your visitors.
Have FUN!
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A great 250 page eBook with over 170 tutorials
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A Russian cosmonaut has an emergency during his
reentry into earth's atmosphere and his space
craft crash lands in the Australian bush, way out
in the middle of nowhere. After what seems like an
eternity, he wakes up in a hospital. He sees a
very large, somewhat gruff looking nurse
approaching him as he lay in his cot.
"Did I come here to die?" he says with a deep
sense of resignation and fear.
"No," the Aussie nurse replies, "You came here
yister-die.
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comPack Up Christmas For New Years
New Year's Christmas decorations usually make me a little
sad. So this year I have decided to make a new tradition.
Throughout the week between Christmas and New Year's,
we are taking down some of the decorations we have throughout
our home, and ceremoniously storing them away.
On New Year's Eve we will slowly take down our tree, counting
down as we go! This would be great for children to participate in.
We obviously don't go out and party on New Year's Eve. We
usually stay at home with some food trays, and watch the
festivities on TV. This way, we are "prepared" for the New Year
to come! :D
By AHA! from Sterling, PA
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A teen-aged boy with spiked hair, nose ring and baggy
clothes was overheard telling a friend,
"I don't really like to dress like this, but it keeps my
parents from dragging me everywhere with them."
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A man in a hurry taking his 8-year-old son to school, made
a turn at a red light where it was prohibited.
"Uh-oh, I think I just made an illegal turn!" the man said.
"It's okay, Dad" the boy said. "The police car right behind
us did the same thing."
Good Morning, !
It's Friday, December 31, 2010
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
If you need some New Year's cards, go to http://dawna.com
I just put up 56 with a suitable winter theme,
many of them pictures, that I have used here, and
none of them overlaid with sappy messages. You
can add those yourself, if required.
Have FUN!
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"A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it
so well that no one could find fault."
--- John Henry Newman
"Count your age with friends but not with years."
--- Socratex
Just before a soldier made his first parachute jump, his
sergeant reminded him, "Count to ten and pull the first
rip cord. If it snarls, pull the second rip cord for the
auxiliary chute. After you land, our truck will pick
you up."
The paratrooper took a deep breath and jumped.
He counted to ten, and pulled the first cord. Nothing
happened.
He pulled the second cord. Again, nothing happened.
As he careened crazily earthward, he said to himself:
"Man. Nothing goes right. I'll bet that truck won't be there
either!"
TWACK he bombed into a huge manure pile.
Just as he burrowed his way out and saw daylight again,
the head of his buddy popped out of the manure a few
feet away and in his slow Texan drawl sang out:
"...an one ahs TAN!"
-------------------
When I was a kid, I heard that story about Swiss paratroopers.
The only difference was that instead of a waiting truck, it
was a waiting bicycle, and the slow talking buddy was from
Bern, the Swiss capital.
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Barbie, a waitress, decided to put her matchmaking skills
to the test with our mutual friend Mike. She figured that Sandy,
another friend who seemed to have much in common with
Mike, would be an ideal date.
One day Mike came into the restaurant when Sandy was
also there. Barbie dragged Mike over to Sandy's table and
introduced the two.
Then she watched as Mike put his arm around the young
woman and said in his best mock-seductive voice,
"Helloooo, Sandy. What's a nice girl like you doing in a
place like this?"
"You guys know each other?" Barbie asked.
"We sure do," said Mike. "She's my sister."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Pastor Sandy McGriff, 52, in Dallas, Texas
Pastor caught in Christmas Eve break-in
A Dallas pastor accused of stealing more than $10,000 worth
of fur coats, designer purses and electronics from a church
member's home on Christmas Eve says that she's really innocent.
"I thought I was helping," Sandy McGriff, 52, told reporters
by way of explaining why she was found at the home of
Serita Agnew by police last week.
McGriff, pastor of the Church of the Living God, spent part
of Christmas Day in jail, and was released on $26,000 bail.
Police responded to a neighbor's 911 call around 5:30 pm
on Friday, according to The Dallas Morning news. Officers
found a broken kitchen window and saw McGriff carrying
two fur coats out of the house. They also found a laptop and
three purses in McGriff's Jaguar. From the Morning News'
initial report:
McGriff told officers that a friend had sent her to pick up
her coats and that her arm was injured because she could
not find a key under the doormat and had to break in through
the window.
Police called the resident, Serita Agnew, who told them she
had not given anyone permission to go into her house or
take her property.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Rosemarie
Re: What is an IP number?
Dear Webby
I don't know what IP stands for..
Can U enlighten me..
Happy New Year to you..
Tschüss...Rosemarie
Dear Rosemarie
An IP adress is a unique number, which identifies a computer
and its location on the internet, like a very precise, world
wide postal code.
Depending on your Internet account, you can have a fixed
IP number, that is reserved for you, or you can have a dynamic
IP number. With a dynamic IP number, your ISP just assigns
the next free number to you, whenever you go onto the net.
ISPs keep records of who had which number at what times.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Take Control of Windows 7
A great 250 page eBook with over 170 tutorials
and 40 free applications for optimizing W7.
If you are stuck with W7, with this book you can civilize
it and make it do what YOU want it to do.
If you buy or give a W7 computer, this boook will greatly
reduce the cussing.
$10 discount for a limited time!
An effusive client brought a litter of golden-retriever puppies
to my veterinary clinic for inoculations and worming. She
loved them so much, she couldn't keep from remarking
about their cute habits.
As the look-alike pups squirmed over and under one another
in their box, I realized it would be difficult to tell the treated
ones from the rest. I turned on the water faucet, wet my
fingers, and moistened each dog's head when I had finished.
After the fourth puppy, I noticed my hitherto talkative client
had grown silent. As I sprinkled the last pup's head, the
woman leaned forward and whispered,
"I never realized they had to be baptized."
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comPack Up Christmas For New Years
New Year's Christmas decorations usually make me a little
sad. So this year I have decided to make a new tradition.
Throughout the week between Christmas and New Year's,
we are taking down some of the decorations we have throughout
our home, and ceremoniously storing them away.
On New Year's Eve we will slowly take down our tree, counting
down as we go! This would be great for children to participate in.
We obviously don't go out and party on New Year's Eve. We
usually stay at home with some food trays, and watch the
festivities on TV. This way, we are "prepared" for the New Year
to come! :D
By AHA! from Sterling, PA
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Thanks to beth for this story:
During a weekly weight-loss class, the group leader was
extolling the merits of the program's prepared-food products.
She raved about the rich, delicious flavor of the imitation
chocolate fudge and the nondairy pop tarts, assuring us that
we could eat them without the least fear of ruining our diets.
The woman next to me nodded her head emphatically and
then whispered,
"They're even better when you spread peanut butter and
jam on them!"
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According to women...
"Men are like fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and
it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until
they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with."
According to men....
"Women are like fine wine. They all start out fresh, fruity
and intoxicating to the mind and then turn full-bodied with
age until they go all sour and vinegary and give you a head-
ache."
Good Morning, !
It's Thursday, December 30, 2010
Sure was winterly today! Blizzard and fog and -15 to -18. None
of that gullible warming here, just old-fashioned winter. I envy
those of you in Australia and New Zealand, who can swim in
the lakes and rivers, instead of walking on them.
Just be careful not to make it look like fun, or the fuddy-duddies
will send the cops out after you! See today's Bonehead
Award.
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"A man is only as old as the woman he feels."
--- Groucho Marx
The secret of staying young is to live honestly,
eat slowly, and lie about your age.
--- Lucille Ball
Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.
--- John Russell
The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer
heart attacks than the British or Americans.
On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and
also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or
Americans.
The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer
fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and
also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or
Americans.
Conclusion: Eat and drink what you like. It's
speaking English that kills you.
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A nearsighted minister glanced at the note that
Mrs. Jones had sent to him by an usher.
The note read: "Bill Jones having gone to sea, his wife
desires the prayers of the congregation for his safety."
Failing to observe the punctuation, he startled his
audience by announcing:
"Bill Jones having gone to see his wife desires the
prayers of the congregation for his safety."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to 3 teenagers in Ipswitch, Australia
Dogooders freaking about teens matressing on river
IPSWICH, Australia (UPI) -- Australian police said three teenagers
were charged with public nuisance after attempting to float down
a river on air mattresses.
Police said two 17-year-olds and an 18-year-old were arrested
after getting onto the flood augmented Bremer River in Ipswich
and attempting to float to Brisbane, a distance of more than 18
miles, on inflatable bed mattresses, the Australian Broadcasting
Corp. reported.
Investigators said they received 10 emergency calls about the
teens, who were captured about 9 miles from where they started.
Police said the teens were arrested for the "foolish and dangerous"
stunt and will appear in court on public nuisance charges.
Whenever the drought ends, like it just did, the Bremer River
has enough water, so that the 18 mile journey can be completed
all on water. They couldn't call out the Navy, even though the
teens appeared to be enjoying themselves, because the water
in the river is not deep enough for the navy, however, some
officers apparently waded out and captured and arrested them.
Unlike NorthAmerica, where tubing, mattressing and white-water
rafting is popular, in that part of Australia it seems to be too
much like having fun and is frowned upon.
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A doctor vacationing on the Riviera met an old lawyer
friend and asked him what he was doing there.
The lawyer replied, "Remember that lousy real estate I
bought? Well, it caught fire, so here I am with the fire
insurance proceeds.
What are you doing here?"
The doctor replied, "Remember that lousy real estate I had
in Mississippi? Well, the river overflowed, and here I am
with the flood insurance proceeds."
The lawyer looked impressed.
"Gee," he asked, "How do you start a flood?"
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comRecycling Poinsettias
The holidays are all done and the pretty poinsettias are
put away. My church had decorated the stage area with
these beautiful 3 foot high poinsettias. I called my church
to ask what they were going to do with them after the
celebrations were over. I was told that after January 6,
I could take my pick. I hauled off 5 of the wonderfully
colorful plants and spaced them around my lanai.
What does your church do with the plants and flowers
that they decorate the church with?
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Once when I was a teenager and I had to have an emergency
operation, Pop was there and was watching every move the
doctor made. At one point he asked, "What's that?"
The doctor explained, "This is an anaesthetic. After he gets
this he won't know a thing."
"Save your time, Doc," Pop explained,
"He don't know nothing now."
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As a Delta Air Lines jet was flying over Arizona on a clear day,
the copilot was providing his passengers with a running
commentary about landmarks over the PA system.
"Coming up on the right, you can see the Meteor Crater, which
is a major tourist attraction in northern Arizona. It was formed
a Million years ago when a lump of nickel and iron, roughly 150
feet in diameter and weighing 300,000 tons, struck the earth at
about 40,000 miles an hour, scattering white-hot debris for miles
in every direction. The hole measures nearly a mile across and
is 570 feet deep."
From the cabin, a passenger was heard to exclaim, "Wow! It
just missed the freeway!"
Good Morning, !
It's Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Thank you JRB!
Quite a few asked me how to make Silver Water.
You need some reasonably pure silver, not regular coins.
Yes, I know, the silver price quadrupled since the election,
but you don't need much, just a few micrograms. A foot
of very fine wire will last you a lifetime.
You can get fine silver wire from for as little as $3 per foot from
http://www.ccsilver.com/silver/superfines.html
Then you need some melted snow or distilled water. Snow is
cheap these days, and if you are in Florida, fridge frost
will do fine too.
Here is the high-tech method for connecting everything.
Let it run 5 to 15 minutes, or until the water has a light
golden sheen. That's all there is to it.
Silver Water is a powerful antibiotic and works great,
if you use it only when needed, when your body's immune
system needs a boost or helping hand.
If you use it constantly as a preventative medicine, it
could make your immune system lazy.
Also, if abused by taking it daily for decades, the silver
can accumulate under the skin and make it look grey.
Just taking it a few times a year does not have any
side effects.
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"A century ago women wore unmentionables;
today they wear nothing to speak of."
--- Socratex
"A lady is one who never shows her
underwear unintentionally."
--- Lillian Day
Sandie just skyped me and told me....
I just finished talking with my friend in Minneapolis. He said
that since early this morning the snow has been nearly waist
high and is still falling....
His wife has done nothing but look through the kitchen window.
He says that if it gets much worse, he may have to let her in...
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Things were rather slow so Bobbie, the reporter for the
local newspaper, went to the vocational school and
visited each classroom. But things were rather slow
there too. In Tailoring nobody had sown through any
interesting body parts, just the instructor had sown her
sleve to a student's workpiece again, but she already
had published a similar picture.
No blood in carpentry.
Nobody had parked any engine on their foot in automotive,
and the guy with the transmission on his chest under the
Edsel had not moved since last month.
As a last resort, Bobby went to Hospitality to see if their
new French chef had at least some freebie lunch. No
such luck. All the students were busy stirring some
gluey gunk in huge soup pots with big wooden spoons.
Bobbie asked the chef if it was a French tradition to use
wooden spoons for stirring.
"No", he replied. "Management deezisson."
Bobby asked why management dared to interfere with
his superior skills.
"If ve hafe 30 of zese bimbos beatin metal pots wizz
metal spoonz, zen I go crezie, an zen I kill zem all
before zey finish pay for zeir tuition, an ze management,
zey dount like dat."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Joseph Andrew Hoffman, 25 of Vancouver, Wash.
Christmas Reveler Reports Himself To Iowa City Police
For Being Too Drunk To Drive
Published: December 28, 2010
Iowa City police say a 25-year-old man called 911 to report
a drunken driver: himself.
According to the Iowa City Press-Citizen, police say Francisco
Castro called the emergency number around 8:30 on Christmas
morning. Officers found Castro sitting in the driver's seat of a
running vehicle.
Police say Castro told officers that he called 911 because
he thought he was too drunk to drive.
A follow-up test showed his blood-alcohol level was nearly
three times the legal limit.
Unfortunately, even if he wasn't driving but just warming up,
they will throw the book at him. He was in care and control
of a running vehicle while drunk. He shouldhave warmed up
in a cab.
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From: Joy
Re: Haunted computer
Dear Webby
I let Gramma send some postcards from my computer, and now it's
haunted! I had all my work icons arranged just right along the left
margin, nice and tight in clusters for different projects, some of them
slightly overlapping to save space but still accessible.
Now they are all in rigid formation, all apart, and when I drag them
to where they should be, they jump back!
HELP! Joy
Dear Joy
Gramma seems to have accidentally turned on "Auto-Arrange",
one of the least useful features.
Just right-click on any blank area on the desktop, choose
ARRANGE ICONS, and take the checkmark off "Auto-Arrange".
Done. Now they will stay where you put them.
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During my brother's wedding, my mother managed to keep
from crying until she glanced at my grandparents. My
grandmother had reached over to my grandfather's
wheelchair and gently touched his hand. That was all it
took to start my mother's tears flowing.
After the wedding, Mom went over to my grandmother
and told her how that tender gesture triggered her outburst.
"Well, I'm sorry to ruin your moment," Grandmother replied,
"but George hates beeing wheeled about when he is
sleeping and I had promised to wake him up a few minutes
before it was over."
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comStock Up On Sale Christmas Candy
None of us need that Christmas candy that's on sale dirt
cheap after Christmas, but be creative and think about
the possible uses for it. I have bought chocolate Kisses,
M & M's, etc., at 50-75% off. I take them home and use
them to bake with. Use them in the place of chocolate
chips in cookies. Chop up those Santas and add to
cookies, or shave them up to use on top of pudding
desserts. There are a lot of uses for them.
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A store manager overheard a clerk saying to a customer,
"No, ma'am, we haven't had any for some weeks now, and
it doesn't look like there will be 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,
we placed an order for it a couple of weeks 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 about?"
The clerk smiled and said...
"Muggings in the store."
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If you have trouble getting your children's attention,
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Good Morning, !
It's Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Thank you Louis!
"Swine flu pandemic sweeping through England..."
Yeah, sure. I take those headlines with a big grain of salt.
It's flu season in a cold and clammy country, same as every
year. The old Romans complained about that too, and after
a few years decided to go home to sunny Italy.
And naturally, people, who had their immune system weakened
by flu shots, will be the first to catch and spread the new
and improved designer-flu of the year.
Not me. I'm busy, no time for flu.
When I notice the first sign of a flu trying to build up to
nuisance level, an occasional slight tingling at the edges
of the lips, I dig out the real silver (100% pure bank siver,
not regular coins or cutlery), melt some snow or get
distilled water, and make a big mug of silver water.
One mug of that, a second one half a day later,
and flu season is usually over for me.
If I am run down from too much work and not enough sun,
or if I didn't catch the flu at the onset, or if I am traveling
and have no access to my silver, then I use the Hillbilly
method. I clean out my ears really well, spray some WD40
into them 5 minutes before a shower, and once they are
good and dry again, use an eye dropper or a bottle cap
to pour 5 - 6 drops of Hydrogen Peroxide into each ear.
Quite unlike from when you pour Hydrogen peroxide onto an
infected cut, it does not hurt or burn in the ears. It feels
cool. Apparently the flu bugs nest in the tube, that runs from
the ear to the back of the mouth. Wiping them out in their
nest gives your body a chance to cope with and wipe out
what is left of them.
Naturally, bringing up your vitamin levels by pigging out on
a big salad helps too. So does sunshine. The more you can
stack the deck in your favor, the faster you will beat the flu.
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"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured
by spectacular error."
--- John Kenneth Galbraith
"It is better to deserve honors and not have them
than to have them and not deserve them."
--- Mark Twain
"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."
--- Sophocles
"The most overlooked advantage of owning a
computer is that if they foul up there's no law
against whacking them around a bit."
--- Eric Porterfield
-----------------
( The technical term for that is:
"Percussive maintenance" )
On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field
and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the
control tower in the middle.
One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking,
"What time is it?"
The tower responded, "Who is calling?"
The aircraft replied, "What difference does it make?"
The tower replied, "It makes a lot of difference. If it is an
American Airlines Flight, it is 3 o'clock.
If it is an Air Force, it is 1500 hours.
If it is a Navy aircraft, it is 6 bells.
If it is an Army aircraft, the big hand is on the 12 and the
little hand is on the 3.
If it is a Marine Corps aircraft, it's Thursday afternoon.
If it is Coast Guard, it's still light outside.
If it's a Cessna: It's four hours of golfing light left.
If it's a Piper: Pub's open."
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The CIA lost track of one of its agents, and called in
one of their top spy hunters.
The CIA boss says, "All I can tell you is that his name
is Murphy and that he's somewhere in Ireland. If you
think you've located him, tell him the code words,
'The weather forecast calls for mist in the morning.'
If it's really him, he'll answer, 'Yes, and for mist at
noon as well.'"
So the spy hunter goes to Ireland and stops in a bar
in Dublin. He says to the bartender:
"Maybe you can help me. I'm looking for a guy named
Murphy."
The bartender replies, "You're going to have to be more
specific because, around here, there are lots of guys
named Murphy. There's Murphy the Baker, who runs
the pastry shop on the next block. There's Murphy the
Banker, who's president of our local savings bank.
There's Murphy the Blacksmith, who works at the
stables.
And, as a matter of fact, my name is Murphy, too."
Hearing this, the spy hunter figures he might as well try the
code words on the bartender, so he says,
"The weather forecast calls for mist in the morning."
The bartender replies, "Oh, you're looking for Murphy
the Spy. He used to live on the top floor in 205, right
down the street on the left, but he went into hiding. "
No more was forthcoming from the bartender until the
spyhunter paid for a round.
"It's going to be misty around noon as well."
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Hvalfjorour fjord in Akranes near Reykjavik
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goes to Joseph Andrew Hoffman, 25 of Vancouver, Wash.
$450K in drugs found on man passed out in taxi
Chicago, Ill
A frustrated cabdriver unwittingly delivered a man carrying a
bag that was allegedly filled with nearly a half-million dollars
in drugs to officers at the Rogers Park District police station
over the weekend.
The driver, who asked not to be named, said he picked up a
fare in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Saturday afternoon
and took the man to an address in Rogers Park.
The passenger, later identified by police as Joseph Andrew
Hoffman, 25, chatted on his phone for about half the trip but
was unconscious by the time they arrived at the destination,
the cabdriver said.
The cabdriver said he tried to rouse the man for about 10
minutes before driving to the police station. Police searched
the man's bag and found bottles of a "clear, crystalline substance"
connected by wires to a "power source," which together
apparently amounted to a miniature methamphetamine lab,
according to a police report.
The street value of the drugs in the man's bag was nearly
$450,000, the police report said.
Hoffman, of Vancouver, Wash., was taken to St. Francis Hospital
in Evanston. Police said he consented to a search of a residence
in the 800 block of West Dakin Street, where officers found a
gallon jug filled with suspected GHB, the so-called date rape drug;
small bags of marijuana; $1,401 in cash; and other drug
paraphernalia, the report said.
Hoffman was charged with six felony counts and on Sunday was
ordered held on $100,000 bail by a Cook County judge.
The cab that brought Hoffman to police was searched by a
Chicago Fire Department hazardous materials team. Police
didn't tell him what they had found on the passenger when
they returned the car, the cabbie said.
"They said they found a lot of bad stuff. My only concern
was to collect my fare," the cabdriver said Sunday.
"It was going on and on, and I didn't even get my full fare."
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From: Fran
Re: Glare filter
Dear Webby
I can't move the monitor for my computer because it's more or
less built into the receptionist desk at work, and I certainly can't
move the window to cut the reflections. Have you got any ideas
that might help, and that are CHEAP ?
Fran
Dear Fran
Get some large size black pantyhose, stretch it over the monitor
really tightly and secure it with duck tape. It doesn't look that great,
but it works well enough that they might authorize the $30 or so,
that a store bought glare filter costs.
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Ronnie volunteered to strip the bricks from the exterior of
in-law's house. One morning he was out front chipping
away when a man came by looking for his father-in-law.
"He's not here," Ronnie said.
The man thanked him, watched him remove a few more
bricks, and said,
"I'll bet next time they'll leave the key for you."
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comUse Lists for Planning
My husband teases me because I have inherited a family
trait of making lists for everything! It sure helps when we
go shopping, so I know exactly what we need for recipes,
etc. Sometimes I bring photocopies of recipes I will be
baking, so that if I decide to double the recipes, I will
know exactly how much to buy.
Before a big event or trip, I always make separate lists
for "Things To Do", "Things To Buy", and "Things That
Must Be Packed". I don't know what I would do without
my lists. I make copies of all of the lists, I put these lists
in separate large zipped freezer bags, and put one set
of copies folded individually in my purse, so they stay
in my purse, and are handy for shopping trips. I find
making a list of "Things That Must Be Packed" handy
when you are done your trip and don't want to forget
any items at the Hotel or relatives house.
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When the Jones family moved into their new house, a
visiting relative asked the little five-year-old how he liked
the new place.
"It's really cool," he said. "I have my own room, Mike has his
own room, and Jamie has her own room. Only mom still
has to bunk with dad."
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Most women would rather have beauty than brains,
because beauty gets them close enough, that men
stop thinking anyway.
Good Morning, !
It's Monday, December 27, 2010
From this distance, the air and rail and freeway traffic problems
in Europe seem rather funny.
Record snow falls? No, not really. Just gradually ramping up to
what was the norm in the 60's and 70's.
Well, it couldn't be the increase in traffic, since that would
be helping to blow the snow off the runways and roads.
Also, last time I checked, there is no shortage of salt in the
ocean, and many underdeveloped countries are selling salt
at record low prices.
Turns out that in the 60's they relied on snow ploughs and
snow blowers. During the warm ripple, they switched to salt.
Now they are finding out the hard way, that salt does not
work well enough when it is really cold.
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-- Bruce Barton
Technology is dominated by two types of people:
those who understand what they do not manage,
and those who manage what they do not understand.
-- Putt's Law
Dentist to Patient: "Would you help me out? I'd like you to
give a few of your loudest screams?"
Patient: "Why, Doc? I didn't feel a thing!"
Dentist: "I know, but there are so many people in the waiting
room right now and I don't want to miss the five o'clock foot-
ball game."
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Sitting behind a couple of nuns at the football game,
three men decided to badger the nuns in an effort, to get
them to move.
In a very loud voice, the first guy said, "I think I'm
going to move to Utah. There are only 100 nuns living
there."
The second guy spoke up and said, "Well, I want to go
to Montana, as there are only 50 nuns living there."
The third guy spoke up and said, "I want to go to
Idaho; there are only 25 nuns living there."
One of the nuns turned around, looked at the men, and
calmly asked, "Why don't you go to hell? There aren't any
nuns there!"
Yesterday (26th) evening from my office window
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Chinook!
The wild, torn up low storm coulds are from the warm Chinook
coming down from the mountains and literally tearing up the snow.
Above that is the usual cler band, and where that torn up snow
and wind bounces off the foothills back up to jet altitude, you see
the "Chinook Arch".
And a week from now, don't get caught in Toronto or Chicago!
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to a drunk from St Andrews, Manitoba
Drunk snowmobiler falls after taunting RCMP
Last Updated: Friday, December 24, 2010 | 10:30 AM CST
An intoxicated man was arrested after falling off his snowmobile
in front of RCMP in rural Manitoba.
The 35-year-old man was taunting officers, swearing at them
and spinning his snowmobile around in circles in a hotel parking
lot in Petersfield, Man., at about 12:30 a.m. Friday morning.
The man was so intoxicated that he eventually fell off of his
machine directly in front of police while doing circles around them.
He was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle and
his snowmobile was impounded and towed.
The man, from the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, was later
released from custody, but they impounded his 2011 Polaris and
he is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Selkirk in February.
Very dumb idea. The RCMP not only have the fastest snowmobiles
in the country, many of them confiscated from smart-asses,
but they have airborne back-up.
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Re: Slow mailwasher
Dear Webby
My MailWasher, -Thanks for telling me about it ! - , is getting really
slow. What now ?
Frieda
Dear Frieda
Dump the black-list.
Since spammers rarely forge the same sending address twice,
it of not much use anyway.
You can even set the black-list to self-clean and age off in
24 or 36 hours.
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Two men came to my house to install some new floor
covering in the kitchen. Once they had moved the stove and
refrigerator out of the way, it was not long before the job was
done...
As they were getting ready to leave, I asked them to put
the heavy appliances back in place.
The two men demanded $45 for this service, stating it was
not in their contract.
I really had no choice but to pay them. As soon as they
left, however, the doorbell rang. It was the two men. They
asked me to move my car, which was blocking their van.
I told them my minimum fee for moving vehicles: $90.
$15 extra if it was a rush job.
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comes in a plastic bag with a zipper, reuse the bag to
store your artificial wreaths and garlands. I have a
large clear one with a handle that holds my silk
Christmas wreath and garland that I use on my
mantel every year. The clear bag makes it easy
to recognize and it doesn't get dusty.
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Bobby tells his foreman: "Boss, my wife's mother is
moving, again. And I am supposed to help and move
her 10 tons of silly antiques to some other top floor
apartment. And as usual, it's on short notice. Tomorrow."
"Well, Bobby,....", the foreman answred, " ..we're rather
shorthanded these days and I can't give you a day off
right now. And I'll be needing the company truck for
work tomorrow."
"Thanks, Boss!", Bobby beamed, "I knew I could count
on you!"
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Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
It's already tomorrow in Australia.
Good Morning, !
It's Sunday, December 26, 2010
The 26th used to be St Walmart's Day, with people lining up
outside the store for the Boxing Day specials, truckloads of
cheap junk hauled in to satisfy the shopping frenzy.
Not this year, I hear. No specials. No extra staff either.
Maybe they will try it again after the next election.
Looks like we might be returning to more family and friends
oriented Christmases.
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"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion
to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their
chosen field of endeavor."
--- Vince Lombardi
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
--- Robert Frost
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all
other alternatives.
--- Abba Eban
From Bill:
You might appreciate this, since it's similar to a blurb in today's email:
I was driving my daughter and grandchildren from California to
Mississippi. It was late at night and we pulled into a town in the
Texas panhandle looking for a motel. The first had no vacancies,
nor did the second, or the third. As I climbed back into the car,
my oldest granddaughter sighed and said,
"This is just like Mary and Joseph!"
We got a good laugh, and found a room at the fourth motel. It was
a pretty cheap place. I thought to myself,
"It's still too much like Mary and Joseph!"
Love your jokes!
Bill
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Wife: I want to know if I have grounds for a divorce.
Lawyer: Are you married?
Wife: Yes, of course.
Lawyer: Is there enough money or property to pay for
my services?
Wife: Yes, of course.
Lawyer: Then you have grounds.
Yesterday morning from my office window
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to a ballon pilot in Midvale, Utah
Balloon takes Santa on wild ride after pilot falls out
Date: Saturday Dec. 25, 2010 6:43 AM ET
MIDVALE, Utah — If only Santa was as good with hot air
balloons as with reindeer sleighs!
Santa took a wild ride Christmas Eve when his balloon took
off without a pilot. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Santa
was tossing candy to kids from the balloon during a school
fundraiser when the craft landed too hard and the pilot
tumbled out.
That left Santa alone and the lighter balloon shot back into
the air.
Police Sgt. Torin Chambers says Santa travelled 1.7 miles
(3 kilometres) across the Utah town of Midvale before the
craft lost enough air to come down.
A crowd at the school tailed the balloon through town and
helped hold it down once it landed.
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From: Ramona
Re: Plug-In strips
Der Webby
I needed more electrical outlets for all the gadgets that connect
to the laptop, so I got a second plug strip and plugged that
into the first one. Everything worked fine, but when a friend of
mine saw that, he freaked out and told me I would burn the
house down by doing that.
Both plug strips have surge protectors and little overload
breakers, and the wall socket is also protected with a breaker
at the panel. His explanation didn't make sense to me but
he was dead serious. Is there anything I don't know about
and that I should worry about ?
Ramona
Dear Ramona
Except for your choice of friends, what you are doing is
perfectly OK and absolutely nothing to worry about. The power
used by all those gadgets doesn't amount to much. Most likely
all of them together, including your laptop, use less than a
quarter of what a hair dryer would use.
The breaker at the panel will ensure that you don't overload
anything.
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After a lecture, we were invited out for lunch. I casually mentioned
to the lady that I was allergic to cats.
"That's okay," the woman said. "I'll serve something else.
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Bill said the power went out again in L.A. His wife, Kathy had
heard a plane flying low overhead. She noticed the plane's
landing lights were on and said,
"Must not be a widespread power outage -- the plane's lights
are on."
She was lucky she was not downtown. I heard that during the
latest power failure in Los Angeles thousands of people were
trapped for hours on store escalators.
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A young woman visiting her new doctor for the first time
found herself alone in a small waiting room. She began
undressing nervously, preparing herself for the upcoming
examination. Just as she draped the last of her garments
over the back of a chair, a light rap sounded on the door
and the doctor walked in.
Coming to an abrupt halt, he looked his patient up and
down carefully.
"Miss Jones," he said, "it seems quite obvious that until
today you have never had an eye exam. Looks like I have
to re-arrange my afternoon schedule and postpone some
patients. "
Good Morning, !
It's Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas, !
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Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced,
not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious,
--- Tom Robbins
Our neighbour used the word hypochondriac to describe the phase
her teen-age daughter was going though.
One day the girl was convinced that the pain on her left side was
appendicitis.
Her mother explained that the appendix is on the right.
"So that's why it hurts to much," her daughter said.
"My appendicitis is on the wrong side."
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The Harvard School of Medicine did a study to determine why
married women love Chinese food in general and Won Ton soup
in particular.
The study revealed that this is due to the fact that Won Ton
spelled backwards is:
Not Now.
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Going to shool during the last ice age.
Must have been in a previous life, since I am only 29 in this one.
Dianne
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Grant Ison, 21 in Oxford, Ohio
Treejacking
DECEMBER 22--A drunken Ohio college student is facing a
disorderly conduct rap for attempting to chop down a 30-foot
pine tree that he intended to use as a Christmas tree.
Grant Ison, a 21-year-old student, was collared last Sunday
at 2:15 AM after his harebrained attempt to bring down the
tree, which was in an alley off an Oxford street. When
confronted by a cop--who asked Ison whether he was aware
that the tree was 30 feet tall--the student replied, “I was going
to just cut it down then cut off the top.”
Ison lives around the corner from where he attempted his urban
lumberjack act.
When an Oxford Police Department officer wondered why he would
try such a thing, Ison “replied that he was pretty hammered right now.”
Not surprisingly, the patrolman “detected an odor of alcoholic
beverage emitting from his breath,” according to a police report.
Ison explained that he had been using an ax, but a friend ran
off with it when police arrived on the scene of the attempted
treejacking. Cops noted that a second tree, height unspecified,
had also been damaged during Ison’s early morning tree hunt.
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I figured that at age seven it was inevitable for my
son to begin having doubts about Santa Claus. Sure
enough, one day he said, "Mom, I know something about
Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy."
Taking a deep breath, I asked him, "What is that?"
He replied, "They're all nocturnal."
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This is for all grandparents that miss the grandchildren on
Christmas morning. My husband and I have done this for
years. With everyone so busy now, grandparent time is often
the last on the list. So, we arrange for an overnight with the
grandchildren, sometimes before Christmas and sometimes
it works out to be January. It gives the parents a chance to
shop for the kids or have a night to themselves.
We pretend that it's Christmas Eve and bake cookies and
watch Christmas shows. We hang up our stockings. Then
Christmas morning, we have the thrill of watching them
open our gifts and those the grandchildren have for us.
Then instead of a regular Christmas Dinner, we have a
lunch like Poutine Fries, and mini homemade pizzas with
ice cream sundaes with all the toppings. The kids love it,
no matter if it's before or after Christmas. We, of course,
go right to bed as soon as the parents arrive to pick them
up, LOL.
It is so worth it and its allowed us to be there for Christmas
morning every year. Hope you like the idea, it's a private
special time for us that we hope to continue for many years.
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A trio of old veterans were bragging about the heroic exploits
of their ancestors one afternoon down at the VFW hall.
"My great grandfather, at age 13," one declared proudly, "was
a drummer boy at Shiloh."
"Mine," boasts another, "went down with Custer at the Battle
of Little Big Horn."
"I'm the only soldier in my family," confessed vet number
three, "but if my great grandfather was living today he'd be
the most famous man in the world."
"Really? What'd he do?" his friends wanted to know.
"Nothing much. But he would be 165 years old."
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We had been on the road for 15 hours en route from New York to
California and were looking for a place to spend the night. At four
different motels, however, we were told, "Sorry, no vacancies."
Heading back to the car, my seven-year-old son asked solemnly,
"Mom, are we vacancies?"
Friday, December 24, 2010, 05:00 PM - Posted by Administrator
A salesman goes up to a house and knocks on the front door.
It's opened by a little ten year-old boy who has a lighted
cigar in one hand, a glass of whiskey in the other and a
Penthouse magazine tucked under his arm.
Good Morning, !
It's Friday, December 24, 2010
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Thanks Moe !
I sure appreciate it!
I don't remember much about Christmas gifts
from when I was a kid. What I do remember
is dressing up nice and warm and hiking up
to the church for midnight mass. The church
is on a rock cone that sticks up out of the
valley, and was lit up nicely with huge
lighthouse type search lights and you could
see it for miles.
Trudging up there in the snow, with other
families wee quietly joining until close to the
church it was a contiguous procession.
Mass itself was in Latin and thoroughly
boring, but everybody patiently sat through
it, and there were always quite a few,
who were peacefully snoring.
When the latin mumbo jumbo was finally over, we all filed
out and down the big stairs to the parking lot, and stood
there waiting. People talked in hushed voices to others
nearby, but didn't mill around. If kids talked loudly, they
were instantly shushed and/or swatted.
After what seemed a very long time the cannon ports on the
round tower swung open and showed a light and tiny figures.
(There were no cannons behind those barn door size ports,
but the big 50 ton bell.)
Everybody shut up. Can you imagine how a kid feels, when
500 grown-ups and all their kids suddenly SHUT UP?
Then the tiny figures way up there in the tower,
which actually were the village brass band, started playing
"Silent Night, Holy Night". Not in their usual boisterous
manner, but soft and sweet and tender.
It was awesome.
You could see tears on the faces of grown-ups, but no
kid dared to ask or even cough or shuffle their feet.
It was MAGIC.
Forgotten were the gifts, the silly Latin mumbo-jumbo,
the icy cold feet. This was the real magic of Christmas.
After "Silent Night" they played some other Christmas
songs, but people dabbed their eyes and started the
trek home. From the parking lot, which is about at the level
of the light spot on the left in the picture, it is about half
a mile down to the valley floor. By the time we got down
to level ground, people were talking again and calling out
greetings to each other, but the magic still lingered in the
air.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress
amongst those in touch with it.
--- Jane Wagner
A man may be a fool and not know it --
but not if he is married.
--- H.L. Mencken
"Stop on red, go on green, and
slow down when I turn purple."
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The wife appeared at the breakfast table in curlers and a
worn bathrobe.
The husband looked up from his newspaper and said, "Why
can't you look like you did when you moved in here 15 years ago ?"
"I'm not pregnant, and not trying to get married!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Berlinda Dixon-Newbold, 38, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Woman set fire to boyfriend's crotch because he wouldn't talk to her
Berlinda Dixon-Newbold, 38, fancied a chat with boyfriend
Sheldon Gonzales.
But Sheldon was not in the mood for a chinwag and instead
decided that a nice nap was much more to his liking.
Dixon-Newbold took such exception to being ignored that she
grabbed the nearest available lighter and set fire to his crotch.
A startled Sheldon managed to put the fire out with his hands
before the couple engaged in a heated argument.
When Gonzales tried to leave, Dixon-Newbold confronted him
at the door, and a "heated argument" broke out. A neighbor
called police, who showed up and arrested the
38-year-old woman for aggravated assault.
Dixon-Newbold is being held on $6,500 bail.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Olga
Re: best way to take Christmas pictures
Dear Webby,
What is the best way to take pictures at Christmas? Now don't
tell me with my clothes off! I am not Russian.
I mean what should I do with the camera, so that the pictures
come out half decent and show the kids and the tree properly?
I just have a cheap digital camera.
Thanks
Olga
---------------------
Dear Olga
Get a 500 Watt Quartz work-light from Home Depot or Walmart
or any hardware store. They usually come with a tripod or
pedestal, and have a sturdy cast aluminum housing and a grill
in front of the light. Prices range from $30 - $150, but the
cheapest 500 Watt Quartz light produces just as much light as
the most expensive one.
Set that up in a corner, preferably head high or higher,
Then set your camera to NOT use the flash, and if necessary
put some duck tape over the flash.
If your camera has a large lens, then you can use a lower
wattage light or have it farther away.
Ideally, the light should be a few feet to the side and behind
the person, who takes the pictures.
It also helps, if the camera is on a tripod or nestled in a
baggie filled with sad or flour and sitting on some furniture.
Because of the low light conditions, the camera takes a
longer shot and the slightest jitter causes th pictures to
be fuzzy.
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Two men working in a facory were talking. "I know how
to get some time off," said one.
"How are you going to do that?"
"Watch," he said, and climbed up on a rafter. The foreman
asked what he was doing up there, and the man replied.
"I'm a lightbulb."
"I think you need some time off," the foreman said said,
and the first man walked out of the factory. After a moment,
the second man followed him.
"Where do you think you're going?" the foreman shouted.
"I can't work in the dark," he said.
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comChristmas "Morning" With Grandchildren
This is for all grandparents that miss the grandchildren on
Christmas morning. My husband and I have done this for
years. With everyone so busy now, grandparent time is often
the last on the list. So, we arrange for an overnight with the
grandchildren, sometimes before Christmas and sometimes
it works out to be January. It gives the parents a chance to
shop for the kids or have a night to themselves.
We pretend that it's Christmas Eve and bake cookies and
watch Christmas shows. We hang up our stockings. Then
Christmas morning, we have the thrill of watching them
open our gifts and those the grandchildren have for us.
Then instead of a regular Christmas Dinner, we have a
lunch like Poutine Fries, and mini homemade pizzas with
ice cream sundaes with all the toppings. The kids love it,
no matter if it's before or after Christmas. We, of course,
go right to bed as soon as the parents arrive to pick them
up, LOL.
It is so worth it and its allowed us to be there for Christmas
morning every year. Hope you like the idea, it's a private
special time for us that we hope to continue for many years.
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Emergency services have asked Microsoft and Nokia to team up.
They want them to develope a digital cell phone that crashes.
They are hoping that occasional crashes will allow other family
members to call emergency services if needed, even if there is
a teenager with telefonitis hogging the phone.
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After 50 years of wondering why he didn't look like his
younger sister or brother, Bubba finally got up the
nerve to ask his mother if he was adopted.
"Yes, you were son," his mother said as she started to cry softly.
"But it didn't work out and they brought you back."
Thursday, December 23, 2010, 03:57 PM - Posted by Administrator
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,
public debt should be reduced,
the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled,
and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome
become bankrupt. People must again learn to work,
instead of living on public assistance."
--- Cicero - 55BC
Good Morning, !
It's Thursday, December 23, 2010
Rumors, that China has donated a Million tons of salt to England,
so that the cars rust out faster, are just a rumor. Some joke that
it was Volvo, who donated the salt, to promote their stainless
steel cars.
Skype experienced major problems today. They are feverishly
working on restoring service, and I can really sympathize with
their techs. The way Skype is set up, with a lot of the routing
"outsourced" to countless servers and user computers, don't
expect your service to come back and stay good. It will come
back for a minute or two, then be off again. During that minute
it works perfectly, but then somebody else will get a chance
to blast out, whatever they have queued up.
Have FUN!
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"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,
public debt should be reduced,
the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled,
and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome
become bankrupt. People must again learn to work,
instead of living on public assistance."
--- Cicero - 55BC
If marriage were outlawed,
then only outlaws would have inlaws.
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I met a man who had been married for 66 years.
"Amazing. 66 years!" I said. "What's the secret to
such a long, happy marriage?"
"Well," he replied, "It's like this. The man makes all
the big decisions ... and the woman just makes the
little decisions."
"Really?" I responded. "Does that really work?"
"Oh, yes," he said proudly. "66 years, and so far, not
one big decision!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Ryan Haynes, 19, of Largo, Florida
Robber identified by dropped phone
LARGO, Fla., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a robber
was arrested after dropping his cellphone during a struggle
with his victim.
Apparently Ryan Haynes, 19, of Largo, pulled a gun
on a mentally handicapped McDonald's employee outside the
restaurant Sunday night and demanded money, the
St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Tuesday.
Police said the victim was forced to the ground after telling
the robber he didn't have any money and Haynes attempted
to take his car keys. However, the victim fought back and
Haynes fled, apparently dropping his cellphone in the process.
Officers said they used the phone to identify Haynes as the
suspect and he was arrested less than two hours after the incident.
Haynes was charged with robbery with use of a firearm and
taken to the Pinellas County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: James
Re: Ad free site
Dear Webby,
I tried to put up a family site, where everybody, in our
far flung family could contribute pictures and stories,
but I didn't want it with all the restrictions of Farmville
or WordPress, so I got a free site. After all, it's easy
enough to save any Open Office file as a web page.
When I showed my pride and joy to my lady, there
was a banner from a competitor on top.
I would much rather pay a fair price than have other
companies or peoples banners on top of my work.
What do you recommend?
James
---------------------
Dear James
That is exactly how I got started about 17 years ago.
Because I had no clue and no help, I spent over $100 by the
time I had my site up without banners.
Since then I have helped people to do the same, for a lot less
money than what I paid.
You can get a site like http://4mylove.com/james
with all professional features, for $2 a month, and NO banners.
For $2.50 a month you can get http://james.4mylove.com,
or http://james.martian-underground.com, or james.dawna.net,
or james...... at any of dozens of domain names I can use
for that purpose.
If you want a domain name of your own, the name registration
is $10 a year, and the hosting is $4.50 a month for a regular
site, with all professional features and without banners.
You can put your own banners up, if you want,
but they will be yours, not mine.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
By the way, if any of you want a quick Christmas site,
You can have one for $5.
Pick a name to go after 4mylove.com or dawna.net,
pick some pictures from http://dawna.com,
there are 112 Christmas / Winter pictures to pick from,
and email me what text you want. An hour later your
site will be up. You can, of course add more pictures
and text, if you want, or leave it as is. Up to you.
You can edit your site at any time,
and after the initial set-up, it's just $2 a month.
Can you afford to pass on a deal like that?
Have FUN!
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An old blacksmith realized he was soon going to quit working so
hard. He picked out a strong young man to become his apprentice.
The old fellow was crabby and exacting. "Don't ask me a lot of questions,"
he told the boy. "Just do whatever I tell you to do."
One day the old blacksmith took a nicely glowing piece of iron out
of the forge and with his long metal tongs held it it over the horn
of the anvil. "Get the hammer over there," he said.
"When I nod my head, hit it real good and hard."
Now the town is looking for a new blacksmith.
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When using oranges to make a fancy dessert or salad,
remove the white membrane on them by soaking the oranges
in boiling water for 5 minutes before you peel them.
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Children seldom misquote you.
In fact, they usually repeat word for word,
what you shouldn't have said.
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A voice on the airport loudspeaker announced: "We will be
testing the speaker system to make sure it will work pro-
perly in case of emergency."
My confidence in this safety precaution faded when the
voice added: "If you are unable to hear this announcement,
please contact Security."
Good Morning, !
It's Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Has anybody figured out what will happen, if England keeps
throwing salt the way they are? 1.5 MILLION TONS so far this
winter. For such a small country, that is an awful lot of salt!
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness,
and some hire public relations officers.
--- Daniel J. Boorstin
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
--- Arthur C. Clarke
Three boys are in the school yard bragging about their fathers.
The first boy says, "My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece
of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him $50."
The second boy says, "That's nothing. My Dad scribbles a few
words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song, they give him $100."
The third boy says, "I got you both beat. My Dad scribbles a
few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon... and it takes
eight people to collect all the money!"
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A mother traveled 2,000 miles to be with her only son on the
day he was to receive his Air Force wings and also get married.
"It was wonderful," she said later. "It isn't every day that
a mother watches her son receive his wings in the morning and
have them clipped in the evening."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Clement Hunter, 30, NY
NYC driver with 513 pounds of pot trps himself in dead end
NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A driver who fled a routine traffic
stop in New York City early Sunday was arrested with 513
pounds of marijuana, police said.
Clement Hunter drove his rented Dodge Caravan through a
red light at Farmers and Merrick boulevards in Queens
around 4 a.m., police told the New York Daily News.
Officers said they tried to pull him over, but the driver
sped off and ended up on a dead-end street.
"He kind of traps himself. The officers basically block him
off and he tries to flee on foot," a police spokesman said.
"We grab him, and inside the Caravan we find 513
pounds of marijuana."
Hunter, 30, of Jamaica, Queens, was charged with criminal
possession of marijuana.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Martin
Re: Gmail problems
Dear Webby,
For the past couple of weeks, many of the emails I forward
have gone out WITHOUT the photos included. Really getting
me pissed, but have no idea why this is happening now.
It also happened to the last photo you sent.
Meanwhile I don't even find it in my 'sent' mail.
Any ideas??
-- Martin
---------------------
Dear Martin
I am just a simple hillbilly, living a simple life,
and I don't complicate things if I don't have to.
I have used Eudora for 20 years now, and it has never done
anything silly like that.
You can download the full version of Eudora from
http://eudora.com/techsupport/kb/2350hq.html/
Once you got it installed, let me know, and I'll send you the
full registration unlock code.
Then go to http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answ ... swer=13279
and follow the step by step instructions.
If Eudora is too industrial for you, they have instructions
there for other popular email programs too.
You will still be using gmail, but with a full featured email
program, not with a browser, that is just intended for
peeking at the mail, while you are away from your
own machine.
Sure, you CAN send mail with the gmail browser page,
especially if your machine has lots of RAM, but every
time they add some frills, some other function gets
clipped by your browser.
With a full featured email program, that resides on your
computer, you don't have that problem.
Have FUN!
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Bob went to visit his brother who was stationed in Germany.
He assumed that enough Germans would speak English
so that he could at least get around. But he found that
many people spoke only their native tongue - including the ticket
inspector on the train. He punched Bob's ticket, then chatted
cordially for a bit, making gestures like a windmill. Bob just
nodded from time to time to show him that he was interested.
When he had gone, an American woman soldier in the
compartment leaned forward and asked Bob if he spoke German.
"No," he confessed.
"Then that explains," she said, "why you didn't bat an eyelid
when he told you that you were on the wrong train going in the
wrong direction."
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comStoring Belts and Necklaces
I received a nice wrought iron coat hanger for mounting on
the wall and had it for years, but never seemed to find just
the right place to hang it. I finally got the bright idea of
hanging it in my walk-in closet, to put my belts on, and
it works great. No more searching for that favorite belt
when I'm in a hurry. Now I'm going to put another one
in my other closet for my scarves, etc.
By CDC from FL
An old short-tine rake works fine for that
too. Scrub it with a wire brush, then wash it with CocaCola.
The phosphoric acid in it turns any rust into iron phosphate.
Rinse, dry, and paint it with a varnish. Varnish is thicker
and smoother than paint, but it will still look antiquey.
Usually the "house", the part where you stick the wooden
handle, has a little hole for a nail or screw. You can simply
hang it by that onto a nail on a closet door inside or
anywhere, and just as easily move it to a different location.
Have FUN!
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A man was sitting at a bar enjoying an after-work cocktail when an
exceptionally gorgeous and sexy woman entered. She was so
striking that the man could not take his eyes away from her.
The woman noticed his overly-attentive stare and walked directly
towards him. Before he could offer his apologies for being so rude,
the young woman said to him, "I'll do anything, absolutely anything
that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, and in a more
satisfying way than anybody has ever done it for you before,
for $100 on one condition."
Flabbergasted, the man asked what the condition was.
The young woman replied, "You have to tell me what you want me
to do in just three words."
The man considered her proposition for a moment, withdrew his
wallet from his pocket and slowly counted out five $20 bills,
which he pressed into the young woman's hand.
He looked into her eyes & slowly, meaningfully said,
"Paint... my... house."
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This one is from the days when Windows came on a
stack of floppies instead of pre-installed on the PC.
A polite lady called to ask for help with a Windows
installation that had gone terribly wrong.
Customer: "I brought my Windows disks from work to
install them on my home computer."
Training stresses that we are "not the Software Police,"
so I let the little act of piracy slide.
Tech Support: "Umm-hmm. What happened?"
Customer: "As I put each disk in it turns out they weren't
initialized."
Tech Support: "Do you remember the message exactly,
ma'am?"
Customer: (proudly) "I wrote it down.
'This is not a Macintosh disk. Would you like to initialize it?'"
Tech Support: "Er, what happened next?"
Customer: "After they were initialized, all the disks appeared
to be blank. And now I brought them back to work, and I
can't read them in the A: drive; the PC wants to format them.
And this is our only set of Windows disks for the whole office.
Did I do something wrong?"
Good Morning, !
It's Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Longest night of the year.
Missed the lunar eclipse this time. It was too cloudy,
plus my good camera died in April,
so here is a picture from last time:
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
--- Confucius
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
--- John Wooden
The taxi arrived, and as the couple walked out of their home,
the cat shot back into the house. Not wanting their often rowdy
cat to have free run of the house while they were out, the
husband went back upstairs to chase the cat out.
The wife didn't want the taxi driver to realize that the house
would be empty, explained to him:
"He's just going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother."
A few minutes later, the husband got into the cab, and said,
"Sorry I took so long" he says, "The old nuisance got into our
bedroom and was snooping in the closet. I had to get a broom
to chase her out!"
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Molly, a difficult independent 75 year old, likes sitting by the park
feeding the pigeons. One day she saved a bun from lunch and
was merrily tossing bits of it at the birds. Little by little, pinch by
pinch, she fed each pigeon with joy.
Then suddenly a man in his early 40's rained on Molly's parade
by telling her that she shouldn't throw away good food on a bunch
of pigeons that can find food anywhere... when there are a
lot of people starving in Africa.
Without hesitation Molly told him: "Well, I can't throw that far,
but you are welcome to throw your own buns anywhere you want."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Walter Koenig, 61, in Freiburg, Germany
Conman Tries To Avoid Jail By Talking For 14 Hours
Published: December 20, 2010
Walter Koenig, 61, who was given the final word before being
sentenced, talked for 14 hours at a court at Freiburg.
Prosecutor Michael Machtel said: "It is a German record
but he failed to talk himself out of jail despite the marathon
speech."
Koenig was jailed - after he finished his epic attempt to
filibuster the court - for 3 years and three months for fraud,
after the court heard how he had stolen from investors in
his company.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Dianne
Re: How do you open winmail.dat files
Dear Webby,
How do you open winmail.dat files?
Dianne
---------------------
Dear Dianne
Those .dat files are helper files for Microsoft Weird sending
through Outlook and for Outlook, carrying formatting data
that it could not send inside a file. They just work on a LAN,
where every machine has access to the one, that sent it,
or some silly excuse like that.
Just tell, whoever sent it, to send it standard or use
IncrediMail, if they need thilly frills.
Here is how to Configure Outlook to NOT send Winmail.dat
attachments
Turn off Rich Text sending for messages in Microsoft Outlook
1) Click on Tools
2) Click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.
3) In the Send in this Message Format list, select Plain Text,
and then click OK.
This will set your default sending method to Plain Text, which
will lose your special formatting options with fonts, colors, etc.
However everyone, no matter what email program they are
using, will now be able to receive your email with no problems.
As far as I now, no other email program has that handicap.
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"Watch out," the wife cautioned her husband, who was driving.
"Don't you see that car is braking?" Then she snapped,
"Don't pass that truck - his tire is wobbling."
The husband turned on his CB and informed the trucker about
his loose wheel. The wife, in a nasty mood because of a headache,
was irritated by the incessant squealing of the CB. "Why do
you always get so much static?" she asked.
"Because," her long-suffering husband replied, "I'm married."
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comFreeze Your Ham Bone for Soup
When cooking a ham for the holidays and you've eaten all
the meat, save the ham bone to freeze. Later you can pull
it out of your freezer, throw in some beans with your frozen
bone, and make a nice soup.
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Bernie came into the principals office looking somewhat tired and
bedraggled, but anxious to explain his nearly one hour tardiness.
“Our chickens have been disappearing.” He said. “And Pa made
up his mind to put a stop to it. But nothing happened for several
nights. Then last night about 3 o’clock, Pa got me and Ol’ Blue
and his shot gun, all cocked and loaded, to go out with him to the
chicken house to see what was going on.”
He went on. “Well, Pa sleeps in his birthday suit, and as he bent
over to go into the chicken house, Ol’ Blue cold-nosed Pa where
he didn’t expect it.
Both barrels went off. Ever since then we’ve been up a-cleanin’
and a-pluckin’ more than 50 chickens. I missed the bus and had
to walk 3 miles to school. "
As I handed him his “Excused” slip, he muttered,
“I sure hope we don’t have no chicken for lunch this week.”
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Mike's parents have four children.
Their names are Penny, Dime and Quarter.
What is the fourth child's name?
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Mike's name is simply: Mike.
Monday, December 20, 2010, 07:30 PM - Posted by Administrator
In Germany, paramedics rescued this 40 year-old man
who got his manhood stuck in the vacuum cleaner. The man told authorities
his relationship with his vacuum cleaner was purely sexual
- he didn't want any attachments.
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train
people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
Monday, December 20, 2010, 03:11 PM - Posted by Administrator
Murphy's First Law for Wives:
If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and
then you add one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of
the first five.
Kauffman's Paradox of the Corporation:
The less important you are to the corporation, the more your
tardiness or absence is noticed.
The Salary Axiom:
The pay raise is just large enough to increase your taxes and
just small enough to have no effect on your take-home pay.
Miller's Law of Insurance:
Insurance covers everything except what happens.
First Law of Living:
As soon as you start doing what you always wanted to be doing,
you'll want to be doing something else.
Weiner's Law of Libraries:
There are no answers, only cross-references.
Isaac's Strange Rule of Staleness:
Any food that starts out hard will soften when stale. Any food
that starts out soft will harden when stale.
The Grocery Bag Law:
The candy bar you planned to eat on the way home from the market
is always hidden at the bottom of the grocery bag.
Lampner's Law of Employment:
When leaving work late, you will go unnoticed. When you leave
work early, you will meet the boss in the parking lot.
Good Morning, !
It's Monday, December 20, 2010
It looks like much of Europe and especially England has
forgotten how to cope with winter. They got soft and spoiled
during the warm ripple, and the people who took care of the
roads and rails and airports 35 years ago, have all retired,
and seem to be the only ones smart enough to stay home.
Drivers in France and Germany still believe that they don't
need real winter tires like their parents and grand parents
once used, with quite predictable results.
The kids seem to enjoy it, though.
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A timid person is frightened before a danger,
a coward during the time,
and a courageous person afterward.
--- Jean Paul Richter
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary;
men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
--- Joseph Conrad
A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers
that your wife will give you for free:
"You are NUTS!"
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A farmer runs into the pastor of his church after missing the
morning service. "I missed you at service this morning," the
pastor says.
"Well, Reverend", the farmer says, "I had some hay to put up.
I figured there would be less cussing if I sat on a dry bale of hay
thinking about church, than to sit in a dry church thinking about
the hay getting rained on."
Thanks to Linda for this picture:
Click through the picture to the large version.
Dear Webby, Here is a great photo of icicles hanging from
a tree branch over the side of a river here in Pa. They just
so looked so neat I had to send them to you for others to
enjoy !!
Thank you, Linda R
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Tony Morris, 37 in Acron, Ohio
Crowbar attack prompted by chicken
AKRON, Ohio (UPI) -- Police in Ohio say a man beat his brother
with a crowbar during a dispute about a piece of fried chicken
with a bite taken out of it.
The alleged victim, Thomas Morris, 41, of Akron told
investigators the incident began Sunday afternoon when his
37-year-old brother Tony threw a piece of chicken at him at
their mother's home while they were both visiting, the Akron
Beacon Journal reported Wednesday.
Thomas Morris said his brother accused him of taking a bite
out of the chicken piece and placing it back in the frying pan.
He told investigators he suggested they take the dispute outside
and his brother then attacked him with a crowbar, inflicting a
3-inch laceration on his forehead and other wounds.
The older brother, who was treated at a local hospital, said
Tony Morris fled after he got away and retrieved a shovel
from a neighbor's house.
Police said they were called to the home by the mother,
who admitted taste-testing the piece of chicken in question.
An arrest warrant was issued Sunday for Tony Morris on
suspicion of felonious assault, domestic violence and menacing.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Alice
Re: Night Camera
Dear Webby,
You have mentioned X-10 before. Can those cheap X-10 security
cameras be used to record the deer, that seem to enjoy my
neighbor's garden quite frequently?
Alice
---------------------
Dear Alice
As lng as you don't expect National Geographic style picture
quality, yes, sure!
Their black&white low light cameras just need a not too far away
street light to produce a fairly good picture, quite good enough
for police to identify an intruder.
Of course, the more light you have, the better the picture will be.
Color cameras need three times as much light, or three times
bigger lenses. That can get quite expensive long before you
get good color night time pictures. It is a lot cheaper to install
a motion activated light, preferably not in line with the camera,
but at 15 - 30 degrees to the side.
Consider the deer to be in the center of a clock, and the camera
at 6. Put the light between 4 and 5. Deer are usually not spooked
by motion detector lights, as long as there is no sudden noise
at the same time.
Have FUN!
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Sometimes...
when you cry,
no one sees your tears.
Sometimes...
when you are in pain,
no one sees your hurt.
Sometimes...
when you are worried,
no one sees your stress.
Sometimes...
when you are happy,
no one sees your smile.
But fart just ONE TIME...!
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comStart With Youngest Child For Christmas Gifts
When it comes to opening gifts it can get a little hectic. We
found a way around that. When I married my husband, he
introduced my family to his way of opening the gifts. His
family started with the youngest opening one gift and
worked their way up the line to the oldest then started
over again.
That way all know what everyone got and each person
got the chance to thank the giver, and the giver was able
to see the reaction to their gifts. It also makes the gift
time last longer. Our family has adopted this tradition
and loved it!
Merry Christmas all.
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A man approached his family physician and said, "Doc, I'm
afraid you'll have to remove my wife's tonsils one of these
days."
The doctor pulled out the family's medical file and exclaimed,
"Why, I removed them six years ago! Did you ever hear of a
woman having two sets of tonsils?"
"No," the husband retorted, "but you might have heard of
a widower getting married again."
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Grampa was telling his youngest grandson about his
terrifying experience with cannibals.
"There I was, lost in the middle of the jungle, surrounded
by twenty hungry cannibals."
His grandson, Alexander, said, "But last time you told me,
there were only ten hungry cannibals."
To which grampa answered, "Ah, but you were too young then
to know the whole horrible truth!"
Good Morning, !
It's Sunday, December 19, 2010
Walter, The Stone carver, a subscriber since about 1994, has
opened a new site for the
"American Friends of Italian Monumental Sculpture".
at http://staglieno.com
They want to help the city of Genoa restore the magnificent
sculptures at the Staglieno cemetery. I wrote about that last year,
when I mentioned Walter's book Staglieno-the art of the Marble Carver
The Staglieno cemetery is the REAL "Marble Orchard",
the finest collection of 19th and 20th century marble sculptures
in the world, just standing out in the rain near a grimy,
industrial city. You see on this picture, how hundreds of
years of soot and rain have affected the once shiny white
marble. That is why Walter started this new Non-Profit org
to restore the sculptures.
Click through for the big picture
Proceeds of Walter's book Walter's book Staglieno-the art of the Marble Carver
go to help restore those sculptures. No, the sculptures in the
REAL marble orchard are not for sale, but Walter's book is.
If you need a classy Christmas present, that is not a Walmart
bargain, get Walter's book!
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Heredity is something every man believes in
until his own son begins acting like a darn fool!
--- Socratex
That reminds me....
One day little Johnnie came home from school and announced:
"Hey, Dad! Guess what we learned! We are all descended from
the APES !"
His dad didn't like the notion of that one bit and blew up:
"That's NONSENSE!"
Johnny replied: "But, but the teacher told us so!"
His dad shot back: "YOU might have an ape for an ancestor,
but I sure don't!"
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Bonnie was very busy one day working in her house. She had just
gotten to the basement after quite a few trips up and down, when
she heard the telephone ring upstairs.
Tiredly, she ran back up the stairs only to hear a solicitor on the
other end... "Hello, is this Bonnie D ? We are calling people in your
area and would like to know if you would help us by participating
in a brief survey."
Without missing a beat, she told them... "I am BUSY, you will
have to survey your briefs yourself."
Thanks to Celine from Moncoindejardin.com
for this picture:
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to TSA in Texas
TSA Screeners Don't Notice Loaded Handgun In Man's Carry-On
December 17, 2010
If you thought the TSA's inability to notice a 6-inch hunting
knife was a sign that airport screeners might as well be
watching Spongebob instead of the porno-scan and X-raying
you and your stuff, here's further proof.
A man in Houston says the TSA screeners didn't blink an eye
at the loaded .40 caliber handgun he'd forgotten was tucked
away in his computer bag when he made his way through
the security checkpoint at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Since the TSA requires you to run your laptop through separately
from its bag, it should have been even easier for screeners to
notice the gun in the laptop bag.
"There's nothing else in there. How can you miss it?" asks the
passenger. "You cannot miss it."
The passenger noticed the gun when he arrived at his destination
and reported the incident to authorities. The TSA investigated
and provided "remedial instruction" for the screeners involved.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Mr E
Re: Refurb an old machine
Sorry about the typos in the links yesterday. So here is a
re-run of yesterday's Tech Support Pits
Dear Webby,
Long time no hear and see.. so how have you've been? As for
me/us here in the usa, we are still trying to make ends meet.....
ok now for my request.
I am looking for a good tune up program (that wont destroy
my computer, and a program that will find old programs so
that i can get them off of my computer).
Thank you and have a great day.
Signed: Mr. E
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Dear Ed
For the UNinstalling, I recommend the Secure Uninstaller
It finds the hidden stuff too.
For tuning up, you probably need a GOOD Registry tuner
like Registry Booster, because by now most likely your
Registry is a chaotic mess. I use it myself too, every time
I boot up. It keeps my ancient XP klunker running just fine,
faster than brand new Windows7 machines.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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The 156 MB Christmas Graphics Super Pack, is chock
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Christmases to come! Over 1500 pictures included. use them
for anything from gift tags to web sites. Christmas Pictures
Old Albert goes on his first trip overseas. Upon arriving, he is
visibly puzzled while filling out his visa application. The border
official looks over his shoulder and sees the tourist trying to write
"Twice a week"
in the space labeled SEX. The official explains: "No, no,
no. That is not what we mean by this question. We are asking
'Male' or 'Female.'"
So he writes down: "FEMALES"
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comHave a Snack Basket
I keep one of those little plastic baskets used for organizing
in a cupboard that my kids can reach. This basket is filled
with snacks that I feel they can eat without me knowing or
are healthy alternatives to treats. We call it our snack basket.
It is also a good tool to use with our toddler who likes to
snack all day. We can put only a few snacks into the basket
and when they are gone, then no more snacks!
Source: This is from many different sources, but "Super Nanny"
had the idea for limiting snacks with a snack jar.
By Rachel from Indianapolis, IN
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An out-of-towner in New York at the height of the tourist
season decided to revisit an uptown restaurant he'd
enjoyed on a previous trip to the city.
Finally catching the eye of an overworked waiter, he said,
"You know, it's been over five years since I first came in here."
"Wait your turn," replied the waiter with typical New York charm.
"I can only serve one table at a time."
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A poor vagabond, traveling a country road in England, tired
and hungry, came to a roadside Inn with a sign reading:
"George and the Dragon." He knocked.
The Innkeeper's wife stuck her head out a window.
"Could ye spare some victuals?" he asked.
The woman glanced at his shabby clothes and obviously
poor condition. "No!" she said rather sternly.
"Could I have a pint of ale?"
"No!" she said again.
"Could I at least sleep in your stable?"
"No!" by this time she was fairly shouting.
The vagabond said, "Might I please...?"
"What now?" the woman interrupted impatiently.
"D'ye suppose," he asked,
"I might have a word with George?"
Good Morning, !
It's Saturday, December 18, 2010
We rebuilt this server after yesterday's attack. I don't know if
somebody wanted to use the big postcard server to send
10 Million Christmas cards to the ACLU, or to attack the Pentagon,
but it was a very bad attack.
Some good news for a change:
23,096 Teddybears were thrown onto the ice during a hockey
game in Calgary, an old tradition. Details and link to a video of it
are here at Teddy Bear Rain.
This is just a screen shot I snapped off the video and doesn't
really show the rain of teddybears. But you get a small taste of it.
While tossing hats onto the ice when a player scores three goals
might be hockey's most famous tossing tradition, it simply
doesn't compare to the grandeur of 23,096 teddy bears and
other stuffed animals blanketing the rink as they did at
the Calgary Hitmen game on Sunday:
For 16 years the Hitmen, who were co-owned by and named after
former WWF champion Bret Hart, have held a Teddy Bear Toss to
benefit over 50 charities in Alberta that work with children.
On Monday, after the 23,000-strong toss, the players
hand-delivered teddy bears to the Alberta Children's Hospital.
Brett Hart died in a game a few years ago, but the tradition
continues.
The fans bring the stuffed animals to the game and then wait
for the first goal to be scored. For the 16,844 fans at the
Saddledome watching the Hitmen take on the Red Deer Rebels
on Sunday, the honor went to Cody Sylvester at 3:49 of the
first period. He scored, and the mayhem started and continued
for 40 minutes while play was delayed. "It's unbelievable,"
Sylvester told the Examiner after the game.
"Scoring in front of all those fans and all those teddy bears
coming down on you -- it's a pretty special moment."
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Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
--- Thomas H. Huxley
I have such poor vision I can date anybody.
--- Garry Shandling
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--- W. Edwards Deming
Deep in the woods of Tennessee on a country road, a preacher
hit and killed a dog. The dog's owner stood nearby, a gun
in his hand.The preacher looks at the owner sheepishly and
says, "Looks as if I killed your dog."
"Sure does."
"I'm sorry. Was it a valuable dog?"
"I wouldn't say that."
"Well, suppose I gave you a hundred dollars.
Would that be enough?"
"Well, I don't know."
"Two hundred dollars. That should do it."
"Sounds good."
The preacher reached into his pocket and came up with the money.
Pressing it into the man's hand, he said,
"I'm sorry I spoiled your plans to go hunting."
"I wasn't going hunting. The vet told me to take that mangy mutt
out to the woods and put him out of his misery, cause pills don't
help him no more."
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A manager is told by his doctor that he has to take up some sport,
so he decides to play tennis. After a couple of weeks his secretary
asks him how he's doing. "It's going fine", the manager says,
"When I'm on the court and I see the ball speeding towards me
my brain immediately says: To the corner! Back hand! To the
net! Smash! Go back!".
"Really? What happens then?", the girl asks enthusiastic
Then my body says: "Huh ? Who, me ??? You gotta be kidding!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to David Wright, 39, in Springfield, MO
Hammer Holdup
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Greene County prosecutors charged a man o
n Wednesday afternoon for two robberies of convenience stores
earlier that day. City police arrested David Wright, 39, not long
after the second robbery.
In both robberies, the bandit threatened clerks with a hammer.
The first was just after 4 a.m. at the Kum & Go at 1605 E. Kearney St.
The second was a little later at the Kum & Go at 1550 N. Glenstone Ave.
Police say the robber threatened the clerks with a hammer
and ran off with money.
Police arrested Wright in the 1700 block of East Kearney at
Rancho Court Motel. If he's convicted, he could face prison
sentences of between 10 and 30 years for each of two counts
of first-degree robbery and at least three years for each of
two counts of armed criminal action.
A judge set his bond at $200,000.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Mr E
Re: Refurb an old machine
Dear Webby,
Long time no hear and see.. so how have you've been? As for
me/us here in the usa, we are still trying to make ends meet.....
ok now for my request.
I am looking for a good tune up program (that wont destroy
my computer, and a program that will find old programs so
that i can get them off of my computer).
Thank you and have a great day.
Signed: Mr. E
---------------------
Dear Ed
For the UNinstalling, I recommend the Secure Uninstaller
It finds the hidden stuff too.
For tuning up, you probably need a GOOD Registry tuner
like Registry Booster, because by now most likely your
Registry is a chaotic mess. I use it myself too, every time
I boot up. It keeps my ancient XP klunker running just fine,
faster than brand new Windows7 machines.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Christmas Pictures - Huge Christmas Graphics Package
The 156 MB Christmas Graphics Super Pack, is chock
full of .jpg, .gif, and .png files to keep you busy for many
Christmases to come! Over 1500 pictures included. use them
for anything from gift tags to web sites. Christmas Pictures
Mia went to a "Dude Ranch" while in Texas. The cowboy preparing
the horses asked if she wanted a Western or English saddle, and
she asked what the difference was.
He told her one had a horn and one didn't.
She replied, "The one without the horn is fine. I don't really know
when to honk the horn or not."
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comStore Christmas Decorations In Garment Bags
Large swags or garlands can be stored in the zippered
garment bags you can get in the dollar store. You can tie
them to a hanger for storage in a closet or lay them on a
shelf. Easier than trying to put them in a box or wrapping
in paper to store.
By Monica from Scranton, PA
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A big-city counterfeiter decided the best place to pass off his
phoney $18 bills would be in some small Southern hick town.
So, he got into his new wheels and off he went.
He found a tiny town with a single store. He entered the store and
handed one of the bogus bills to the man behind the counter. "Can
you change this for me, please?" he said.
The store clerk looked at the $18 bill a short time, then smiled
and told the man, "Sure, Mister. Ya'll want 2 nines, or 3 sixes?"
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They've finally come up with the perfect office computer.
If it makes a mistake, it blames another computer.
Cure Hemorrhoids & Piles Naturally In 48 Hours Without Side-Effects
Saturday, December 18, 2010, 06:12 PM Posted by Administrator
If you've tried many types of hemorrhoid solutions then you probably understand the differences of how each is used. In this article, I'll go over what each of them do for the body, how they intend to treat hemorrhoids or piles, and the controversial, raw truth on most of them.
The first popular type is creams and ointments where a topical treatment is rubbed on your outer rectal area and aims to soothe blood vessels. This creates a relaxation of the tissue so that it does not bulge out so much. Once the tissue does not bulge, the hemorrhoid will be less likely to flare up. This is great for some relief in the temporal matter but unfortunately you are practically guaranteed to flare up again.
The 2nd type that is very popular as well in the form of suppositories which is inserted inside the rectum for the purposes of delivering moisture to the hemorrhoid and creating a lubricating effect once the next rectal pressure comes. The aim is to ensure the hemorrhoid heals without rupturing again. For some it works well, for others not so but it's worth seeing.
The 3rd type is pills where one can consume that regulate some blood pressure in the system. This can have its side effects but overall it's used to tighten vein tissue so that the hemorrhoid is less susceptible to problems. It's a very top down approach that has its benefits but can also induce real side effects and big pharmacies like to push this.
These three types are the most common and once these are exhausted, you still have options such as cryotherapy or surgery. It all depends on the individual case and what you can tolerate. In my personal experience, it's best to first try the safer options before going to the extreme measures. Even if the pain is unbearable, you can still use relief from these methods. It’s just not pleasant long-term either.
Now, not all hope is lost. I do have one solution that has surprised me pleasantly. I’d like to review a totally safe, natural remedy that works within a few days. It’s called the H Miracle system and you can find it at: Cure Hemorrhoids & Piles Naturally In 48 Hours Without Side-Effects
It’s already been proven by hundreds, if not thousands of success stories in the underground fashion of alternative medicine. The system includes ingredient resources, charts, audio lessons and basically everything you need to cure your hemorrhoids one and for all. I really recommend it and just see the testimonials from users who have triumphed even severe hemorrhoids for good.
Good Morning, HTML-START !
It's Friday, December 17, 2010
Time to wear a bit of red to show support for the troops!
One of our servers got attacked in the evening. That sure
caused a lot of unplanned work!
Have FUN!
DearWebby
If you can help with the server cost
please donate what you can!
Winners must learn to relish change with the same
enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
--- Tom Peters
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
--- Donald H. Rumsfeld
Judi was almost crazy with her three kids. She complained
to her best friend, "They're driving me nuts. Such pests, they
give me no rest and I'm half-way to the nut hatch."
"What you need is a playpen to separate the kids from
yourself," her friend said.
So Judi bought a playpen. A few days later, her friend called
to ask how things were going.
"Superb! I can't believe it," Judi said. "I get into that pen and I
can answer all of my mail before the first one climbs over it!"
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A husband and wife were at a party chatting with some friends
when the subject of marriage counselling came up.
"Oh, we'll never need that. My wife and I have a great relationship,"
the husband bragged.
His wife explained:
"He was a communications major in college and I majored in
theatre arts.
He communicates quite well and
I know how to act like I'm listening."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Peter Lawrence, 71, in San Diego
Man, 71, gets 21 years for wheelchair bank robbery
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 71-year-old terminally ill man has been
sentenced to 21 years in a California prison for rolling his
wheelchair into a San Diego bank and holding it up with a
replica BB gun.
Judge Jeffrey Fraser said Friday that Peter Lawrence could
theoretically get out of prison at age 90, when he would no
longer be a threat to the public.
According to City News Service, Lawrence told the judge he
robbed the Chase bank of more than $2,000 this summer because
he felt hopeless after being diagnosed with a myriad of medical
problems.
Defense lawyer Kenneth Kaminiski says his client did not want to
harm anyone. Kaminiski says Lawrence wanted to get caught so
he would not have to live on the streets.
Prosecutors said Lawrence was a danger because he could use
a real weapon in the future.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Peggy
Re: Hijacked IE search
Dear Webby,
Why is it that I am being redirected to advertising sites
when I click on specific links? For example, I was searching
for a specific size label, I had already been on the Avery label
website and did not find it. I put the size info in my browser
search window and it gave me a list of links to try. One was for
Avery labels so I clicked on that link, but instead of going to the
page I wanted, I was redirected to another site. This is
happening more and more.
I did a search and found an article that said I probably had been
hacked and needed to do a virus scan. I immediately did a
complete scan with Malwarebytes and found nothing.
Would you have any advice to help with this problem?
Thanks for your daily letter, I enjoy the humor and take note
of all the computer knowledge you share with us.
Peggy Oliver
HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND KEEP THEM SAFE
---------------------
Dear Peggy
Which browser are you using?
---------------------
IE
---------------------
Dear Peggy
That might explain, why I can't duplicate that weird browser
behavior. IE is not secure enough for me, so I banned it from
our machines some time ago. We use strictly just FireFox,
and for searching, we use Google.
You could try running SpyWare-Search&Destroy. McAfee has
kept browser hijackers off my machines, but I have read that
SpyWare-Search&Destroy does nab some hijackers, that
Malwarebytes misses.
You could also check and make sure that you don't have any
goofy tool bars like the Yahoo or ATT search bar installed in your
IE. If you do, then of course all bets are off.
By the way, what size or type of label are you looking for?
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Thanks for your advice. I tried using Firefox, but it messed
up whenever I tried to access the banking websites. So I went
back to IE out of necessity. I'm pretty sure I don't have
any other tool bars, I always decline those whenever I have
to download anything.
I was looking for a label the size of a sheet of paper - we want
to print on it and then paste it inside a file folder.
---------------------
Dear Peggy
I had to tell my bank once, that if they don't bring their site
up to standard, I would move to a better bank. They were
up to standard in a couple of days.
Re full sheet labels: Those are awfully expensive!
Why don't you just get an UHU stick (dry glue stick that looks
like a yellow lipstick), and paste regular, cheap paper into the
folders? I have done that for ages. One line across the top and
a quick X is all it takes to hold a page forever.
If you do want the sticky 8 1/2" x 11" labels, they are Avery # 5265
http://snipurl.com/fullsheetlabel
You can order them from Staples: $11.99 for 25 labels.
http://snipurl.com/staples-avery5265
However, if you want to do it like I do and print the folder
liners onto the blank back-sides of mail, that you are not
going to read a second (or first) time,...
Liquid Glue Pens are $1.27 for two
http://snipurl.com/liquid-glue-pens
Single dry glue sticks are $1.79
http://snipurl.com/dry-glue-stick
A six-pack of dry glue sticks is $10
http://snipurl.com/6-clear-dry-glue-sticks
And then there is still the good ol' flour glue.
A pinch of flour and a few drops of water mixed in a spoon or
bottle cap makes a pretty wicked, permanent paper and wood glue.
Same as with most liquid glues, if you make it too thin,
you have to weigh it down for a few minutes, so that it
doesn't warp the paper.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Christmases to come! Over 1500 pictures included. use them
for anything from gift tags to web sites. Christmas Pictures
A university creative writing class was asked to write a concise
essay containing these four elements:
- religion
- royalty
- sex
- mystery
The prize-winning essay read:
"My God," said the Queen. "I'm pregnant. I wonder who did it?"
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comFlat Paper Bows for Shipped Packages
Do you have to mail gifts and don't want the bows to be
mashed, yet don't want to leave them "plain?" Cut out
pictures of pretty bows or make flat "bows" and "ribbons"
out of construction paper and glue them on. You could
play with this idea and have creative fun with it.
By Sid from Bristol, TN
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An extremely shy fellow once brought his date a bouquet of
flowers. She threw her arms around him and kissed him long
and hard. After the kiss, he turned and bolted for the door.
She exclaimed, "Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you."
"You didn't!" he replied.
"I'm just going to run to the the cemetery to get more flowers!"
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Thanks to Bill for this story:
Last year at Christmas time, I dressed up in my Santa suit
and after greeting my children, my wife asked the kids if they
wanted to take Santa to a relative's house.
They said yes.
So I got in the minivan and went to the relative's house.
While at their house, my son started misbehaving, so
I said in the most bass voice I could muster.
"Son, you better behave or Santa won't bring you any
presents."
My innocent 5 y/o son turned to my wife and said,
"Mommy, Santa is walking home!"
Good Morning, !
It's Thursday, December 16, 2010
While weeding out the bonehad candidates, I noticed an
interesting trend. Some people actually WANT to go to jail,
apparently to have a warm place to live.
Have FUN!
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence
without civilization in between.
--- Oscar Wilde
"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on
my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever
need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
--- Sam Levenson
Miranda likes to sing, and whenever she begins, her
husband heads outside.
Hurt, she asked him, "Don't you like my singing?"
"Of course, dear," he replied. "I just want to make sure the
neighbors know I'm not beating you."
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A rather awkward freshman finally got up the nerve to
ask a pretty junior for a dance at the homecoming.
She gave him the once-over and said,
"Sorry, I won't dance with a kid."
"OOOPS," responded the underclassman,
"I didn't realize you were pregnant."
Thanks to Verna from Beechy, Saskatchewan for these pictures:
Click through the picture to the large version.
Dear Webby,
The December rain in the Coteau Hills was prettier on the weeds
than on the road!
Verna
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
goes to Julie L. Pennington, 39 in Helena, Montana
Helena woman asks to be arrested
When spinning doughnuts in front of the police station didn’t
get her the attention she wanted, an allegedly drunken
39-year-old Helena woman parked her vehicle, went to the
window at the law enforcement center and asked for assistance
in getting arrested for driving under the influence.
“She was upset that she had been driving around spinning donuts
and no officers had arrested her. She said she wanted to get
arrested because she was drunk,” Helena Police Chief Troy
McGee said.
Julie L. Pennington’s request was granted at about 2 a.m.
Tuesday, McGee said.
Pennington also allegedly crashed into a vehicle parked
near the police station and took out the bumper of her
1991 Jeep Cherokee by hitting a retaining wall in the backside
of the building.
“She said she was breaking the law on purpose to try and
get arrested,” McGee said.
Police arrested Pennington on misdemeanor charges of DUI,
driving with no insurance, careless driving, reckless driving,
leaving the scene of an accident, driving on a suspended
license and having an open container of alcohol in the vehicle.
Police say she remained too intoxicated to appear before
Helena Municipal Court judge Tuesday morning.
From the Tech Support Pits:
From: Pat
Re: Multiple anti-malware programs
Dear Webby,
I currently have Norton, MacAfee and Trend Micro PC-Cillin.
This seems a bit redundant to me and I'm getting reminders to
renew. Which would you let expire ? I bow to your expertise.
Merry Christmas.
Pat
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Dear Pat
I use McAfee, Registry Booster, MailWasher, and DisKeeper
Each of those is the best in their own separate field.
They don't duplicate each other.
Sure, you could use McAfee to reduce your spam, and if
you are not fussy, that is probably good enough. But if you
DO get a lot of spam and don't want to waste time on it,
then you need the big gun: MailWasher.
The same applies to DisKeeper. There are dozens of
defragmenters available, many even free, but you get exactly
what you pay for with those. If your data is not worth $29,
then get a free defragmenter and disk tuner.
Unlike most magazine writers, I don't just reprint promotional
material. I only recommend what I actually use and actually
like. The programs I mention here I have used for many years
on my own machines. Other programs I experience on other
people's machines.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Christmas Pictures - Huge Christmas Graphics Package
The 156 MB Christmas Graphics Super Pack, is chock
full of .jpg, .gif, and .png files to keep you busy for many
Christmases to come! Over 1500 pictures included. use them
for anything from gift tags to web sites. Christmas Pictures
"What's your father's occupation?" asked the school secretary
on the first day of registration.
"He's a magician," said the new boy.
"How exciting. What's his best trick?"
"He saws people in half."
"How impressive! Now, do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"Yep...one half brother and two half sisters."
Daily tip from Thriftyfun.comGive the New Jammies the Night Before
For a fun Christmas tradition, new Christmas jammies for the
family with matching slipper socks. I put them all into a
big gift box to be opened Christmas Eve. Then Christmas
pics around the tree in our pretty and colorful new jammies.
By Mamie from Upstate NY
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A woman had gained a few pounds. It was most noticeable to her
when she squeezed into a pair of her old blue jeans.
Wondering if the added weight was noticeable to everyone else,
she asked her husband,
"Honey, do these jeans make me look like the side of the house?"
"No, dear, not at all," he replied.
"Our house isn't blue."
Ophelia Dingbatter's News
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for grownups. Read it on-line or subscribe.
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A certain motivational speaker snuck out the back stage exit for a
smoke while an assistant was showing a short audivisual presentation.
Out there, huddled against the rain under the shelter of the stage
loading dock were some members of a school board meeting who
had gone outside "for some fresh air".
One of them recognized him by his bright name tag and instantly
struck up a conversation as if she was familiar with him.
"Tell me," she asked, "how you detect in somebody
whether they have potential for success or not?"
"Nothing is easier," he replied. "You ask a simple question which
anyone should answer with no trouble. If he hesitates, that puts you
on the track."
"What sort of question?"
"Well, you might ask him, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the
world and died during one of them. Which one?'
She thought a moment, then said with a nervous laugh,
"You wouldn't happen to have another example would you? I must
confess I don't know much about history."
Good Morning, !
It's Wednesday, December 15, 2010
When I was leaving to go to Okotoks this afternoon my big,
heavy wind chime, a gift from Sandie, after I admired hers
during hurricane Wilma a few years ago, was bouncing and
gonging like crazy. I got about a block, then snow squalls
suddenly appeared. In the 70 km/h zone, they passed me!
Just past that zone, the highway makes a right angle turn and
runs South to North for half a mile, crosswise to the wind.
There was a van a bit ahead of me, facing about 20 degrees
towards the left, but moving straight, like a sail boat. Well,
a moment later I had to do the same for that half mile.
From there to Okotoks it was straight downwind. At times
the snow squalls were keeping up with me, at times they
were passing me. I got excellent gas mileage!
In Okotoks I had to use my feet against the door to get
it open, but then got a mighty push towards the store and
arrived there a lot faster than I had intended.
By the time I came out of the store, the Chinook had blown
away all the cold and moist and snowy air and was blowing
a dry and almost warm.
Toronto and Chicago, you definitely ARE going to get
White Christmas. By the time this Chinook has crossed
the prairies and th Great Lakes, it is going to be loaded!
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better
than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
--- H. L. Mencken
During the last session of our teaching workshop, participants
were asked to state their personal goals for the immediate
future. One teacher vowed to update photo albums, another to
lose weight. The goal that got the most response, however, was
given by a slightly out-of-shape kindergarten teacher.
"I resolve to exercise until I can complete a 20-minute workout
with less than 3 coffee and cake breaks," she said.
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While making his rounds, a doctor points out an x-ray to a group of
medical students.
“As you can see,” he says, “the patient limps because his left fibula
and tibia are radically arched.”
The doctor turns to one of the students and asks,
“What would you do in a case like this?”
“Well,” ponders the student, “I suppose I’d probably limp, too.”
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Dear Webby,
Just one month ago I was introduced to your wonderful Humor
Page, but it's the first thing I read every morning.
It somehow puts a bit of sun and a good start to the day.
Many of the truly funny jokes I forward to friends.
I love reading about your personal reports from your wintery home,
while I swelter in 30 degrees plus.
So I am sending you a bit of my own hot summer entertainment
on the veranda, to have a glimpse of the other side of the world.
Many are grateful for the efforts you put into cheering up this
often chaotic and traumatised planet. I am sure of that.
My best wishes and looking forward to more Webby fun.
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goes to Elaine Emter, 33, of Edmonton, Alberta
Woman demands more fudge, bites cop
EDMONTON, Alberta (UPI) -- A Canadian woman accused of biting
a police officer during a fracas over a hot fudge sundae was
given probation and community service after pleading guilty.
Elaine Emter, 33, of Edmonton, Alberta, pleaded guilty Wednesday
to causing a disturbance and resisting arrest, yielding her 18
months of probation with 40 hours of community service,
the Edmonton Sun reported.
The incident will be removed from Emter's record if she
successfully completes the conditions of her discharge,
Judge Donna Groves ruled.
Crown prosecutor Laura Marr said Emter became disruptive
at a McDonald's drive-through March 15 and insisted there
was not enough hot fudge on her sundae. However, workers
would not exchange the item without a receipt.
Marr said officers arrived and questioned Emter while she
was still in the parking lot and she was "in their faces"
shouting.
The prosecutor said Emter tried to drive away, but was
stopped and informed she was being charged with causing
a disturbance. However, the woman refused to get out of her
car and one of the officers had to place her in a choke hold
so she could be handcuffed. Marr said Emter then bit one of
the officers and they twice used a stun gun on her head to
subdue her.
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Do you know of a reminder service, that is cheap, or at least
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A member of the Country Club asked the lifeguard how he might
go about teaching a young lady to swim.
"It takes considerable time and technique." replied the guard.
"First you must take her into the water, then place one arm about
her waist, hold her tightly, then take her right arm and raise it very
slowly..."
"This is certainly most helpful." said the member. "I know that my
mother-in-law would appreciate that."
"Your mother-in-law?" said the lifeguard.
"In that case, just push her into the deep end of the pool.
She'll learn to swim in a hurry."
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One day a boy and his father were at the dining room table
working on the boy's Social Studies homework, the chapter
about government. The boy turned to his father and asked,
"Dad, how many people work in the U.S. government?"
Without hesitation, his father said, "Oh, about half of them."
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A boy was watching his father, a pastor, write a sermon.
"How do you know what to say?" he asked.
"God tells me."
"Oh, then why do you keep crossing things out?"
Good Morning, !
It's Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Online shopping has been stopped in England. Customers of most
major retailers like Tesco, Sainsbury's, Marks&Spencer, Boots and
Asda were told yesterday that no more orders were taken for delivery
in 2010. They were warned that with even more snow on the way,
delivery could not be guaranteed or expected.
Apparently they didn't fart around enough and Gullible Warming
was snowed out.
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incomprehensible.
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"If you make every game a life and death proposition,
you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot."
--- Dean Smith
A man went to see his eye doctor, who told him he had a case of
myopera and would have to wear contract lenses. That's a lot
better than his friend, who had had a cadillac removed. Still, when
he worked at his computer, he would have to watch out for harbor
tunnel syndrome. He worried that his authoritis of the joints might
be a signal of Old Timer's disease and fretted that a genital heart
defect was causing trouble with his duodemon.
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In a hat shop a salesgirl gushed, "That's the hat for you!
It makes you look ten years younger."
"Then I don't want it," retorted the customer. "I certainly
can't afford to age ten years every time I take off my hat!"
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goes to Tracey Attaway,39, in Augusta, Georgia
Thanks to Martin for sending this report
Crook fall down, go crunch
AUGUSTA, Ga. - A U.S. Marine reservist collecting toys for
children was stabbed when he helped stop a suspected
shoplifter in eastern Georgia.
Best Buy sales manager Orvin Smith told The Augusta
Chronicle that man was seen on surveillance cameras
Friday putting a laptop under his jacket at the Augusta store.
When confronted, the man became irate, knocked down
an employee, pulled a knife and ran toward the door.
Outside were four Marines collecting toys for the service
branch's "Toys For Tots" program.
Smith said the Marines stopped the man, but he stabbed
one of them, Cpl. Phillip Duggan, in the back. The cut did
not appear to be severe, but he required several stitches.
The Marines detained and held Attaway until police arrived
and arrested him. Attaway was charged with armed robbery,
aggravated assault and possession of a knife during the
commission of a crime.
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Re: Computer power supply for electric fence?
Dear Webby,
I need to electrify my garden fence to keep kritters out.
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No, it wouldn't.
What you need to do is the opposite. You have to increase
the votage, but stil keep it reasonably safe.
A thermostat transformer, that is CSA and UL approved, can
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If you connect it backwards, it produces 440 Volts.
Put a little 1/4 Amp circuit breaker or fuse into the line from
the plug to the transformer. Since the output will have four times
the voltage, but only a quarter the current, that makes it
child safe. You want it to be shocking, not killing.
The breaker won't pop instantly, it will hold through the time
it takes to scare an animal, but it WILL pop if a kid holds
onto it on a dare. The current is also limited by the transformer
itself.
White plastic water pipe works well for insulating the high voltage
line from the transformer to the fence and for fence posts.
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A man was on a walking holiday in Ireland. He became thirsty so
decided to ask at a stranger's home for something to drink. The
lady of the house invited him in and served him a bowl of soup
by the fire.
There was a wee pig running around the kitchen, running up to the
visitor and giving him a great deal of attention. The visitor
commented that he had never seen a pig this friendly.
The housewife replied: "Ummm, he's not that friendly. That's his
bowl you're using.
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I just finished baking Christmas cookies and I realized how
easy it was because I do it in stages.
Saturday evening, I made the dough for 3 batches. Then I
refrigerated it until today. (you have to refrigerate the dough
anyway for my recipe of sour cream sugar cookies. It took
about 2 hours to make 3 separate batches, including clean up time.
Today, I cut them out and baked them. About another 2 hours,
again, including clean up time.
Tomorrow I will ice and decorate them. This way, I don't get tired
out or bored and the job is done with very little or no stress.
If I did this all in one day, I'd be in the kitchen all day and well
into the evening probably. So, avoid the stress and do your
baking in stages. Works for me.
Source: My mother from years ago.
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One broom was, of course, the bride broom and the
other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very
beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was
handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was
lovely.
After the wedding at the wedding dinner, the bride
broom leaned over and said to the groom broom "I
think I am going to have a little whisk broom!!!"
"IMPOSSIBLE!!" said the groom broom. "We haven't
even swept together!"
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A woman was at home with her children when the telephone rang. In
going to answer it, she tripped on a rug, grabbed for something
to hold on to and seized the telephone table.
It fell over with a crash, jarring the receiver off the hook.
As it fell, it hit the family dog, who leaped up, howling and
barking.
The woman's three-year-old son, startled by this noise,
broke into loud screams. The woman mumbled some colorful
words. She finally managed to pick up the receiver and lift
it to her ear, just in time to hear her husband's voice on the
other end say, "Nobody's said hello yet, but I'm positive I
have the right number."
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Completely Outrageous – Sometimes I am just in a mood for exaggerating and so I’ll lay one of these on the caller:
1. Sorry I am right in the middle of disarming a bomb (RED WIRE or BLUE WIRE!!!!).
2. Yes I do have a minute but have to warn you that my phone could be shutoff at any point during this call as I refuse to pay my bill.
3. I’m sorry there is an alligator in my backyard and I have to use this phone to call animal control.
4. I am right in the middle of committing suicide so don’t say the wrong thing or you might push me over the edge literally.
5. I am trapped in a box that is buried under ground so I’m not going to need your services.
6. I am just about to take off in my hot air balloon, sounds like you might be a gas bag, wanna come?
7. Whoo hoo! I just won the lottery, they just called my NUMBERS on the TV!
8. I would talk to you but I believe my phone is tapped so I won’t ever be able to safely use it again.
9. I need to use my phone to call the President of the United States and alert him to your great offer.
10. Charlie Sheen and I are about to go crazy with a night on the town and then we are going to rip apart his hotel room, I’m not missing this for anything!
Family Related – If you have a family (okay even if you don’t) you can try these:
1. Queue kids crying (or just let out a whale yourself). Enough said.
2. Have your young child answer the phone and talk to your telemarketer friend (that can be pretty funny).
3. I’m sorry I have to go pick my child up from the school, the park, the anywhere…
4. I was just pulling dinner out of the oven for my family.
5. My son/daughter just spilled a glass of juice on the carpet.
6. Our dog has to go outside right now.
7. My son is learning to use the potty so now like every five minutes I have to take him in there.
8. I’m sorry my daughter needs the phone right now for a teen emergency.
9. Sorry you have to talk to my spouse about that.
10. Baby talk to them just like you would to an infant.
Pure Honesty – Sometimes you just have to say it like it is…
1. Honestly I have time to talk to you I just can’t stand telemarketers.
2. I am on the do not pester (call) list which you obviously ignored.
3. I wouldn’t talk to you if my life depended on it.
4. The sound of your voice makes a blood vessel pop in my head.
5. I can’t listen fast enough to hear all the crap you are rattling off.
6. If I had a dollar for every time one of you called, I might actually be able to afford what you are selling.
7. My time is too valuable to me and you are wasting it.
8. Take me off of your list. Goodbye.
9. If you would let me get a word in I would tell you, but since you won’t I’ll just hang up now.
10. I’ll listen to your awesome deal if you listen to my sad story about why you are wasting your time talking to me.
Caller-ID Assisted – So if you have caller ID like I do then you know that a telemarketer is about to call so you can use these:
1. If you have the name of the company you can just answer with the name of the company (Chase Bank, can I interest you in a credit card?).
2. For whatever reason I like to pick on pizza companies too so I’ll just answer and say thank you for calling Pizza Hut, may I please put you on hold?
3. Sometimes I’ll do the old Seinfeld bit and pretend to be a movie service. Thank you for calling Cinemark, the following movies are currently showing… Press 1 for… I did not hear you why don’t you tell me what movie you would like to see.
4. My old standby, just let it go over to the machine or voicemail and avoid the whole situation (weak, but I do it too often).
5. If you are really thinking ahead you can play back a recording from the last time they called you.
6. You can repeat their phone number and let them know you are going to report them to the BBB (make up any old reason).
7. If you are up on all the companies you can pretend to be the CEO or someone important in the company, see if they recognize the name.
8. You can act surprised and say how long it has been since you last chatted and how you are looking forward to catching them up on all the latest.
9. You can play their most recent radio ad or tv commercial back to them over the phone when you pick up.
10. You can 3-way call them to another rep at their company (use the number from caller ID).
Bathroom Related – Okay well this is one of the surest and easiest ways to get them off of the phone.
1. Sorry I am right in the middle of dropping a deuce.
2. Just a simple flush of the toilet can get them off of the line.
3. I can’t believe this still works after I dropped it in the toilet, wow that’s some engineering, eh?
4. I have a really bad case of diarrhea and really got to run.
5. Excuse me I need to go see a man about a horse.
6. Do you think it is rude to talk on the phone while I go to the bathroom (crude noises to follow).
7. Oh man! I am out of toilet paper you think you can have someone bring me a square or two?
8. Run the tub or shower and let them know you can’t hear them too well over the water.
9. Ask the telemarketer if they installed a phone in their bathroom too.
10. Lecture them on the possible health risks of “holding it.”
Work Related – This works out really well if you are either at work or work from home at times (and who doesn’t do that nowadays???).
1. My boss is on the other line can you call back?
2. I am in the middle of a meeting and can’t talk now.
3. I have to send a fax right now and I only have one phone line.
4. I am swamped with work, can’t talk now.
5. This is a work phone number stop calling me here.
6. If I get caught talking on the phone I could lose my job.
7. I have a client on the other line.
8. My tech support specialist just picked up on the other line, gotta go.
9. Put them on hold with your own muzak while you get the “boss”.
10. Tell them you are writing a list of the 100 best ways to get rid of a telemarketer and see what ideas they might have.
Sports Related – If you are a big sports fan you might try these.
1. Gooooooooooooaaaaaalllllllll! Soccer game is on gotta run.
2. YES! YES! Whoo hoo! Awesome score! I can’t believe it! Hang up.
3. Talk about the latest antics of Terrell Owens, Randy Moss, or any of the craziest of crazy sports stars.
4. Ask the telemarketer for fantasy football, baseball, or basketball advice.
5. Bounce a basketball and make it clear that you are playing hoops.
6. Run in place until you get out of breath.
7. Start wheezing and coughing as if you ran too much and have asthma.
8. Start telling the telemarketer about your high school sports glory days.
9. Make it sound like you are in a stadium with thousands of screaming fans.
10. Grunt like you are lifting weights and they are super heavy.
Religious Related – You have to be willing to use your religion for an unintended purpose.
1. Sorry it is time for me to sacrifice an animal to the god of wealth and fortune.
2. Bless you sir, I do have some time if you have some time for me to tell you about my church.
3. It is against my religious beliefs to talk business on a Monday night (during football season).
4. This is the church’s phone number please don’t call here.
5. I’d listen to you, but it’s time for my daily devotions.
6. You’ll have to send a donation to keep talking to me on the phone.
7. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you? Do you want me calling you?
8. I’d like to talk to you but I believe you are the devil.
9. I donated all of my worldly possessions to my supreme leader please call him.
10. If I did have time to talk I’m sure there are better ways I should be spending it helping my family, church, or community.
Medical Related – Again, this is probably borderline unethical but you can try these.
1. Sorry I have to collect my stool sample for the doctor and it is an emergency.
2. Continuously cough as if you are having a terrible coughing fit.
3. Tell them you have a bloody nose and have to tend to it.
4. Tell them you got distracted coming to the phone and cut yourself with a knife that you were dicing onions with.
5. Tell them you just burned yourself taking something out of the oven when the phone startled you.
6. I have to take some medication right now that will put me asleep for a few hours, please call back.
7. Continuous sneezing may do the trick as well if you can make it sound semi-legit especially. You get extra credit for blowing your nose loudly after each one.
8. Well one that I hear frequently is the old headache excuse but I’d go for a migraine it’s much more effective.
9. I can’t hear, I lost my hearing aid (of course talk loudly).
10. I just got back from the dentist (talk like your mouth is numb).
Annoying – If you really have some time to kill try these:
1. Repeat everything they say back to them.
2. Talk over them non-stop about literally anything.
3. Read a book or newspaper loudly while they are talking.
4. Turn up the music right by the phone and tell them you can’t hear them.
5. Tell them you are hard of hearing and can’t hear them, keep it up.
6. Just bark like a dog the entire time.
7. Talk very loudly in any made-up language you can think of (you can resort to R2D2 Star Wars talk if you must…nerd alert).
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HEBRON, Md. (UPI) -- Police in Maryland said they arrested a woman accused of stripping nude inside a convenience store and sexually harassing others in the shop. The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office said Jennifer Marie Riegler, 22, of Accomac, Va., took off all her clothes shortly before 9 a.m. EST Dec. 18 at the Royal Farms store in Hebron, WBOC-TV, Salisbury, Md., reported. Investigators said Riegler made sexual comments to customers and employees. They said she engaged in sexually suggestive behavior and employees helped her put her clothes back on after she lay down on the floor. Police arrived to take Reigler into custody and found her eating a piece of fruit she had not purchased from the store. Officers said she kicked one of them in the groin and another in the hand while she was being placed under arrest. Reigler was charged with disorderly conduct, indecent exposure, disturbing the peace, theft of less than $100, fourth-degree sex offense, malicious destruction of property valued less than $500 and six counts of second-degree assault. She was jailed in lieu of $25,000 bond. She will not have to worry about rent or heating bills this winter.
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If you like the Dear Webby Daily Humor Letter, please vote for it at the Ezine Finder:A Dallas pastor accused of stealing more than $10,000 worth of fur coats, designer purses and electronics from a church member's home on Christmas Eve says that she's really innocent. "I thought I was helping," Sandy McGriff, 52, told reporters by way of explaining why she was found at the home of Serita Agnew by police last week. McGriff, pastor of the Church of the Living God, spent part of Christmas Day in jail, and was released on $26,000 bail. Police responded to a neighbor's 911 call around 5:30 pm on Friday, according to The Dallas Morning news. Officers found a broken kitchen window and saw McGriff carrying two fur coats out of the house. They also found a laptop and three purses in McGriff's Jaguar. From the Morning News' initial report: McGriff told officers that a friend had sent her to pick up her coats and that her arm was injured because she could not find a key under the doormat and had to break in through the window. Police called the resident, Serita Agnew, who told them she had not given anyone permission to go into her house or take her property.
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If you like the Dear Webby Daily Humor Letter, please vote for it at the Ezine Finder:IPSWICH, Australia (UPI) -- Australian police said three teenagers were charged with public nuisance after attempting to float down a river on air mattresses. Police said two 17-year-olds and an 18-year-old were arrested after getting onto the flood augmented Bremer River in Ipswich and attempting to float to Brisbane, a distance of more than 18 miles, on inflatable bed mattresses, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Investigators said they received 10 emergency calls about the teens, who were captured about 9 miles from where they started. Police said the teens were arrested for the "foolish and dangerous" stunt and will appear in court on public nuisance charges. Whenever the drought ends, like it just did, the Bremer River has enough water, so that the 18 mile journey can be completed all on water. They couldn't call out the Navy, even though the teens appeared to be enjoying themselves, because the water in the river is not deep enough for the navy, however, some officers apparently waded out and captured and arrested them. Unlike NorthAmerica, where tubing, mattressing and white-water rafting is popular, in that part of Australia it seems to be too much like having fun and is frowned upon.
Click through the picture to the large version.Let it run 5 to 15 minutes, or until the water has a light golden sheen. That's all there is to it. Silver Water is a powerful antibiotic and works great, if you use it only when needed, when your body's immune system needs a boost or helping hand. If you use it constantly as a preventative medicine, it could make your immune system lazy. Also, if abused by taking it daily for decades, the silver can accumulate under the skin and make it look grey. Just taking it a few times a year does not have any side effects. Have FUN! DearWebby
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Click through the picture to the large version.Click through the picture to the large version. Chinook! The wild, torn up low storm coulds are from the warm Chinook coming down from the mountains and literally tearing up the snow. Above that is the usual cler band, and where that torn up snow and wind bounces off the foothills back up to jet altitude, you see the "Chinook Arch". And a week from now, don't get caught in Toronto or Chicago!
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Click through the picture to the large version.I don't remember much about Christmas gifts from when I was a kid. What I do remember is dressing up nice and warm and hiking up to the church for midnight mass. The church is on a rock cone that sticks up out of the valley, and was lit up nicely with huge lighthouse type search lights and you could see it for miles. Trudging up there in the snow, with other families wee quietly joining until close to the church it was a contiguous procession. Mass itself was in Latin and thoroughly boring, but everybody patiently sat through it, and there were always quite a few, who were peacefully snoring. When the latin mumbo jumbo was finally over, we all filed out and down the big stairs to the parking lot, and stood there waiting. People talked in hushed voices to others nearby, but didn't mill around. If kids talked loudly, they were instantly shushed and/or swatted. After what seemed a very long time the cannon ports on the round tower swung open and showed a light and tiny figures. (There were no cannons behind those barn door size ports, but the big 50 ton bell.) Everybody shut up. Can you imagine how a kid feels, when 500 grown-ups and all their kids suddenly SHUT UP? Then the tiny figures way up there in the tower, which actually were the village brass band, started playing "Silent Night, Holy Night". Not in their usual boisterous manner, but soft and sweet and tender. It was awesome. You could see tears on the faces of grown-ups, but no kid dared to ask or even cough or shuffle their feet. It was MAGIC. Forgotten were the gifts, the silly Latin mumbo-jumbo, the icy cold feet. This was the real magic of Christmas. After "Silent Night" they played some other Christmas songs, but people dabbed their eyes and started the trek home. From the parking lot, which is about at the level of the light spot on the left in the picture, it is about half a mile down to the valley floor. By the time we got down to level ground, people were talking again and calling out greetings to each other, but the magic still lingered in the air. Have FUN! DearWebby
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If you like the Dear Webby Daily Humor Letter, please vote for it at the Ezine Finder:Berlinda Dixon-Newbold, 38, fancied a chat with boyfriend Sheldon Gonzales. But Sheldon was not in the mood for a chinwag and instead decided that a nice nap was much more to his liking. Dixon-Newbold took such exception to being ignored that she grabbed the nearest available lighter and set fire to his crotch. A startled Sheldon managed to put the fire out with his hands before the couple engaged in a heated argument. When Gonzales tried to leave, Dixon-Newbold confronted him at the door, and a "heated argument" broke out. A neighbor called police, who showed up and arrested the 38-year-old woman for aggravated assault. Dixon-Newbold is being held on $6,500 bail.
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If you like the Dear Webby Daily Humor Letter, please vote for it at the Ezine Finder:Apparently Ryan Haynes, 19, of Largo, pulled a gun on a mentally handicapped McDonald's employee outside the restaurant Sunday night and demanded money, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Tuesday. Police said the victim was forced to the ground after telling the robber he didn't have any money and Haynes attempted to take his car keys. However, the victim fought back and Haynes fled, apparently dropping his cellphone in the process. Officers said they used the phone to identify Haynes as the suspect and he was arrested less than two hours after the incident. Haynes was charged with robbery with use of a firearm and taken to the Pinellas County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
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Click through the picture to the large version.Click through the picture to the large version. Dear Webby, Here is a great photo of icicles hanging from a tree branch over the side of a river here in Pa. They just so looked so neat I had to send them to you for others to enjoy !! Thank you, Linda R
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Click through the picture to the large version.Click through for the big picture Proceeds of Walter's book Walter's book Staglieno-the art of the Marble Carver go to help restore those sculptures. No, the sculptures in the REAL marble orchard are not for sale, but Walter's book is. If you need a classy Christmas present, that is not a Walmart bargain, get Walter's book! Have FUN! DearWebby
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Click through the picture to the large version.23,096 Teddybears were thrown onto the ice during a hockey game in Calgary, an old tradition. Details and link to a video of it are here at Teddy Bear Rain. This is just a screen shot I snapped off the video and doesn't really show the rain of teddybears. But you get a small taste of it. While tossing hats onto the ice when a player scores three goals might be hockey's most famous tossing tradition, it simply doesn't compare to the grandeur of 23,096 teddy bears and other stuffed animals blanketing the rink as they did at the Calgary Hitmen game on Sunday: For 16 years the Hitmen, who were co-owned by and named after former WWF champion Bret Hart, have held a Teddy Bear Toss to benefit over 50 charities in Alberta that work with children. On Monday, after the 23,000-strong toss, the players hand-delivered teddy bears to the Alberta Children's Hospital. Brett Hart died in a game a few years ago, but the tradition continues. The fans bring the stuffed animals to the game and then wait for the first goal to be scored. For the 16,844 fans at the Saddledome watching the Hitmen take on the Red Deer Rebels on Sunday, the honor went to Cody Sylvester at 3:49 of the first period. He scored, and the mayhem started and continued for 40 minutes while play was delayed. "It's unbelievable," Sylvester told the Examiner after the game. "Scoring in front of all those fans and all those teddy bears coming down on you -- it's a pretty special moment." Have FUN! DearWebby
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ARCHIVE: If you missed previous issues, you can see them Click through the picture to the large version. Dear Webby, The December rain in the Coteau Hills was prettier on the weeds than on the road! Verna
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Click through the picture to the large version. Dear Webby, Just one month ago I was introduced to your wonderful Humor Page, but it's the first thing I read every morning. It somehow puts a bit of sun and a good start to the day. Many of the truly funny jokes I forward to friends. I love reading about your personal reports from your wintery home, while I swelter in 30 degrees plus. So I am sending you a bit of my own hot summer entertainment on the veranda, to have a glimpse of the other side of the world. Many are grateful for the efforts you put into cheering up this often chaotic and traumatised planet. I am sure of that. My best wishes and looking forward to more Webby fun. Christine B. (homesick for Canada)
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