Friday, January 5, 2018, 07:08 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Friday, January 5
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Have FUN!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Lancaster man sentenced up to 30 years for
beating woman, already serving 10 years for
sex abuse of minor
Bonehead
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Today, January 5 in
1885 The Long Island Railroad Company became the first to
offer piggy-back rail service which was the transportation of
farm wagons on trains.
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Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth
about other people.
--- Philip Guedalla (1889 - 1944)
But what is the difference between literature and journalism?
...Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That
is all.
--- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900),
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The colonel had three Second Lieutenants eligible for
promotion. The problem was, he only had one First Lieutenant
Slot available.
The colonel called the first butter-bar into his office and
said, "This is a promotion test. If I was to tell you that I
wanted a flag pole erected in front of Post HQ by 1700, what
would you do?"
The Lt. thought about it for a second, and said, "Sir. I
would get a shovel, head for HQ and start digging . . . "
"You're not ready to be promoted," the Colonel interrupted.
The colonel asked the same question of the next candidate.
"Sir," said the next butter-bar, "I would fill out a CE work
order, making sure I made provisions for the appropriate
environmental study and . . . "
"You are definitely not ready to be promoted," the Colonel
said.
The Colonel asked the question of the final candidate.
Without hesitation, the Lieutenant said, "Sir. I would call
the First Sergeant, and say, 'Top, I want a @#$#@ flag pole
set up in front of HQ by 16:30, standing perfectly straight!"
"You're ready to be promoted," the Colonel said.
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From Paul:
My wife and I are inseparable.
In fact, last week it took four Mounties and a police dog
to keep us apart.
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I just came across this old tech support story. Totally
obsolete, but too good to just let it die.
Keep in mind that this is from a very long time ago,
when Windows came on a stack of floppy disks and when
a Mac's standard way of dealing with a PC floppy was to
destroy all data on it and format it.
An unfailingly 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?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Alexander Ramos-Pacheco,
Lancaster,
Pennsylvania
Lancaster man sentenced up to 30 years for
beating woman, already serving 10 years for
sex abuse of minor
A Lancaster man serving a 10-year federal sentence for sex
abuse of a child was sentenced up to 30 more years for
beatings of a woman, according to the Lancaster County
district attorney's office.
Alexander Ramos-Pacheco, 27, was sentenced in Lancaster
County Court to 13 to 30 years in state prison on charges
including aggravated assault and use of an electronic
incapacitation device.
Ramos-Pacheco pleaded guilty in November to a series of
beatings of the woman at his Lancaster city home.
Over years he strangled the woman and abused her with a stun
gun, zapping her more than 20 times and leaving marks and
scars on her body, the district attorney's office said.
In court last week Judge Donald Totaro called the abuse
"sadistic."
Lead investigator Lancaster city police Det. Randy Zook told
the judge the woman would have likely become a homicide
victim if police had not intervened.
Assistant District Attorney Karen Mansfield played a 5-minute
recording taken by Ramos-Pacheco on his cellphone during one
beating.
Totaro ordered the sentenced be served consecutively to the
10-year federal term Ramos-Pacheco was sentenced to February
2016.
Ramos-Pacheco also pleaded guilty to three counts of simple
assault, making terroristic threats and stalking.
He is serving the 10-year federal sentence for sexually
abusing a 15-year-old girl he contacted online then drove out
of state to meet. The FBI assisted Lancaster city police and
the U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted in that case.
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Tech Support Pits
From: Ellen
Re: Satellite modem
Dear Webby,
Can I use a satellite dish and a satellite modem for our
business here in Montana?
Thanks
Ellen
Dear Ellen
Theoretically, yes. Practically, no.
I would not advise satellite modems for business purposes
anywhere north of the Mason/Dixon line. Even though you can
get a beautiful TV picture even up in Alaska, the signal has
to travel through too much polluted air to be able to
maintain a high speed connection reliably at all times in
Montana.
Sure, you could use a satellite modem and connect quite
often. However, "quite often" is not good enough for a
business. Even in Florida or Texas or Arizona, practically
directly below the satellite, you need a land line dial-up
back-up for times of bad weather.
That has nothing to do with the satellite dish or the channel
dealer. It's strictly a matter of dirty air and bad weather
interfering with high speed data transfer.
In your area it is probably best to just use the satellite
dish for TV.
You might be able to get line of sight wireless from your
ISP. For a business, that is an excellent solution, and you
can get fantastic speeds.
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After buying her kids a pet hamster, after they PROMISED
they would take care of it, Mom, as usual, ended up with
the responsibility.
One evening, exasperated, she asked them, "How many times
do you think that hamster would have died if I hadn't looked
after it?"
After a moment, her 5-year-old son replied quizzically,
"Er.... Once?"
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On my first day working at the gas station, I watched a
senior co-worker measure the level of gasoline in the under-
ground tanks by lowering a giant measuring stick down into
them.
"What would happen if I threw a lit match into the hole?"
I joked.
"It would go out," he replied very matter-of-factly.
"Really?" I asked, surprised to hear that. "Is there a
lack of oxygen down there or some safety device that would
extinguish it before the fumes ignited?"
"No," my co-worker continued. "The force from the explosion
would blow out the match."
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We were discussing the "don'ts" of public speaking in the PR
class I teach. "Don'ts" include a man reaching into his
pants pocket and jangling change as he speaks, which is very
distracting. To illustrate my point, I asked for a student
volunteer, saying, "I need a man with coins in his pocket."
What I got instead was a girl yelling out, "Hey, so do I!"
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Dear Webby,
I just wanted to thank you for having Babelfish.
I used it for the first time to translate a letter into
Dutch,
and am so very pleased, as I have a hard time understanding
my Dutch friends, and I know they must have a bit of a
problem understanding me, as it has been 20 years since
they were in Canada. So thank you for having this on your
page.
Yours truly, Fummer
Amazing what you can find in that side menu!
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Today, January 5, in
1781 Richmond, VA, was burned by a British naval expedition
led by Benedict Arnold.
1885 The Long Island Railroad Company became the first to
offer piggy-back rail service which was the transportation of
farm wagons on trains.
1896 It was reported by The Austrian newspaper that Wilhelm
Roentgen had discovered the type of radiation that became
known as X-rays.
1900 In Ireland, Nationalist leader John Edward Redmond
called for a revolt against British rule.
1903 The general public could use the Pacific cable for the
very first time.
1914 Ford Motor Company announced that there would be a new
daily minimum wage of $5 and an eight-hour workday.
1933 In California, construction of the Golden Gate Bridge
began.
1940 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very
first demonstration of FM radio.
1948 Warner Brothers-Pathe showed the very first color
newsreel. The footage was of the Tournament of Roses Parade
and the Rose Bowl football classic.
1956 In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs
for the first time.
1972 U.S. President Richard M. Nixon ordered the development
of the space shuttle.
1987 U.S. President Ronald Reagan underwent prostate surgery.
1993 The state of Washington executed Westley Allan Dodd. It
was America's first legal hanging since 1965. Dodd was an
admitted child sex killer.
1998 U.S. Representative Sonny Bono died in skiing accident.
2002 A 15 year-old student pilot, Charles Bishop, crashed a
small plane into a building in Tampa, FL. Bishop was about to
begin a flying lesson when he took off without permission and
without an instructor.
2018 smiled.
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Thursday, January 4, 2018, 12:11 PM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Thursday, January 4
Thank you, Lillemor and Gene!!!
Have FUN!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Florida woman charged with DUI
while riding horse
Bonehead
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Today, January 4 in
1951 During the Korean conflict, North Korean and Communist
Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.
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Never learn to do anything: if you don't learn, you'll always
find someone else to do it for you.
--- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
When things start to make sense,
THAT'S when to hit the panic button.
--- Pat D
An expert is a person who avoids small errors
as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy.
--- Benjamin Stolberg
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Thanks to Roberta for this story:
Thibodeau wants a job, but the foreman won't hire him until
he passes a little math test. "Here's your first question,"
the foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the
number 9."
"Witout numbers?" Thibodeau says, "Dat is easy."
And he proceeds to draw three trees.
"What's this?" the boss asks.
"Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine,"
says Thibodeau.
"Fair enough," says the boss. "Here's your second question.
Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99."
Thibodeau stares into space for a while, then picks up the
picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each
tree. "Ere you go."
The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you
get that to represent 99?"
"Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and
dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99."
The boss is getting worried that he's going to actually have
to hire this guy, so he says, "All right, last question.
Same rules again, but represent the number 100."
Thibodeau stares into space some more, then he picks up
the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each
tree and says, "Ere you go. One hundred."
The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think
that represents a hundred!"
Thibodeau leans forward and points to the marks at the base
of each tree and says, "A little doggie came along and crap
by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty
tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, dat make one
hundred.
So, when I start?"
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When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing
a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it
snaps off or comes out of the ground easily, it was a
valuable plant.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Donna Byrne,
53,
Lakeland,
Florida
Florida woman charged with DUI
while riding horse
A Florida judge says a sheriff's office must retain custody
of a horse whose owner was charged with drunken driving while
riding the animal.
In a report by The Lakeland Ledger, Polk County Judge Sharon
Franklin said 53-year-old Donna Byrne was unfit to care for
the horse. Franklin also said Byrne must complete treatment
for alcohol addiction.
Byrne was arrested Nov. 2 after riding her horse down a
highway. Police said her blood-alcohol level twice Florida's
legal limit.
Byrne's attorney, Craig Whisenhunt, says he will revisit the
custody issue at a Jan. 11 hearing regarding additional
pending charges of disorderly intoxication, animal
endangerment and culpable negligence.
Whisenhunt questions whether the charges applied to Byrne,
saying she had not been disorderly and was a pedestrian under
the law.
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From: Dani
Re: Petitions
Dear Webby,
I receive a lot of petitions like the one below. Can you tell
me if it will actully be sent to the people intended and
does it do any good or is it just trashed as junk mail?
Thanks for your help.
Dani
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PETITION FOR: President Trump and Schwarzenegger
....
Dear Dani
Looks like garbage to me.
There is nothing that Trump or Schwarzenegger can do
about it. They are not the ones who make your laws. All
they do is make suggestions, then your Senate and Congress
twist those around to suit themselves, which usually is the
opposite, and then Trump and Arnold wind up having to take
the blame for those laws, and explain them to the people.
Petitions like that one carry exactly the same amount of
clout as any other nonsense forwards coming out of AOL.
Even if it was sent to the White House, some spam technician
would say "Buncha Morons!" and hit the Delete key.
A few hundred names on a non-verified list don't count for
more than spam about snake oil or fake watches.
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Bubba takes a photo of the front of his house to the local
copy store and asks the clerk to put it on disk for him.
He does.
They are both looking at the monitor to see the results,
and the man asks if the picture can be turned.
"Sure" says the clerk.
The man replies, "Good, I need a shot of the back of my
house also."
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What happens when you have deja vu and amnesia at the
same time?
You have the feeling that you're forgetting the same thing
all over again.
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Refurbishing A Faded Patio Umbrella
One day Little Johnny's teacher, decided to play a spelling
game. She gave a letter of the alphabet and the kids have
to spell a word starting with that letter, then use it in a
sentence. Starting with "A" Little Johnny's hand was
continually in the air, but the teacher ignored him.
Little Johnny had a propensity for lewd remarks and could
turn the simplest of statements into sexual innuendo.
The teacher was afraid to let Johnny use any letter that
he could turn into a lewd statement.
"All right now, Susan, you first?" said the teacher.
"A is for Ape, A-P-E, An ape likes bananas" answered Susan.
"Excellent " said the teacher.
She continues on through the alphabet. Finally she reaches F.
Now she will NOT let Little Johnny answer this under any
circumstances so she asks Mary.
"F is for Fairy F-A-I-R-Y, they're little girls who live
among the flowers", Mary replies.
"Great", says the teacher. "Now we get to G".
Only Little Johnny has his hand up so the teacher thinks
about this and decides "G" is a safe one.
"Yes Johnny?" She asks.
"G is for Gnome G-N-O-M-E. A Gnome lives among the
flowers too".
"Johnny! That's Excellent!" Exclaims the teacher, very happy
that for once he wasn't out of line.
Little Johnny goes on to say, "yes, teacher, he's the one
who knocks up the fairies!"
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Came across this one in my archives.
Thanks to *Sandie for this story:
When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter
Paradise , God appeared and said, "I want the men to make
two lines.
One line for the men who were true heads of their household,
and the other line for the men who were dominated by their
women.
I want all the women to report to St. Peter."
Soon, the women were gone, and there were two lines of men.
The line of the men who were dominated by their wives was
100 miles long, and in the line of men who truly were heads
of their household, there was only one man.
God said, "You men should be ashamed of yourselves,
I created you to be the head of your household! You have
been disobedient and have not fulfilled your purpose!
Of all of you, only one obeyed. Learn from him."
God turned to the one man, "How did you manage to be the
only one in this line?"
The man replied, "My wife told me to stand here."
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Remember that 30 year old Ferro cactus a couple of days ago?
Here is Sandie claiming that this 200 year old Ferro wants to
go home with her. It is an old picture. Sandie got her wings
4 years ago.
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You are makimng a huge difference in many lives.
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Today, January 4, in
1850 The first American ice-skating club was organized in
Philadelphia, PA.
1884 The socialist Fabian Society was founded in London.
1936 The first pop music chart based on national sales was
published by "Billboard" magazine.
1944 The attack on Monte Cassino was launched by the British
Fifth Army in Italy.
1948 Britain granted independence to Burma.
1951 During the Korean conflict, North Korean and Communist
Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.
1953 Tufted plastic carpeting was introduced by Barwick
Mills.
1958 The Soviet satellite Sputknik I fell to the earth from
its orbit. The craft had been launched on October 4, 1957.
1962 New York City introduced a train that operated without
conductors and motormen.
1965 The Fender Guitar Company was sold to CBS for $13
million.
1974 U.S. President Nixon refused to hand over tape
recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate
Committee.
1984 Wayne ‘The Great One’ Gretzky scored eight points (four
goals and four assists) for the second time in his National
Hockey League (NHL) career. Edmonton Oilers defeated the
Minnesota North Stars, 12-8. The game was the highest-scoring
NHL game to date.
1991 The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to condemn
Israel's treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied
territories.
1997 The Greek Cypriot government signed an agreement to buy
S-300 surface-to-air missiles from Russia.
1999 A drifting Nicaraguan fishing boat was found by the
Norwegian oil tanker Joelm. The fisherman had been lost at
sea for 35 days after the engine of their vessel quit
working.
1999 Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in
as Minnesota's 37th governor.
2007 Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives. She was the first woman to hold the
position.
2010 In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Burj Dubai (Dubai
Tower) opened as the world's tallest tower at 2,625 feet.
2018 smiled.
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 08:26 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Wednesday, January 3
Have FUN!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Palm Coast man accused of trying to
electrocute pregnant ex-wife
Bonehead
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Today, January 3 in
1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicated Cuban prime minister
Fidel Castro because he was a communist. Because poor people
donate more to the church, the current pope is more communist
than the current Cuban leader, Raol Castro.
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The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you
never get the urge to throw a snowball.
--- Doug Larson
Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with
ten million dollars are no happier than people with
nine million dollars.
--- Hobart Brown
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Thanks to Martin for this story:
We went to breakfast at a restaurant where the \
"seniors's special" was two eggs, bacon, hash browns
and toast for $1.99.
"Sounds good," my wife said. "But I don't want the eggs."
Then I'll have to charge you two dollars and forty-nine cents
because you're ordering a la carte," the waitress warned
her. "You mean I'd have to pay for not taking the eggs?" My
wife asked incredulously.
"YES!!"
"I'll take the special."
"How do you want your eggs?"
"Raw and in the shell," my wife replied.
She took the two eggs home and used them in a cake.
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After the christening of his baby brother in church, little
five-year-old Johnny sat in the back seat, unusually quiet.
Very softly he started to cry until his father noticed him
sobbing.
"What's wrong, little Johnny?" asked his father.
Between sniffles little Johnny replied, "That priest said he
wanted us brought up in a good Christian home,
but, but, but I want to stay with you guys!"
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Ferocactus-hamanthacanthus.
It is now 30 years old and
25 cm (10") diameter.
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Di Ann had been divorced for a few years and very lonely,
and finally consented to going out on a date with Tony, the
gentleman her daughter fixed her up with.
Tony picked her up and they went on a picnic in a very
secluded spot.
Tony also had been divorced for a long time and found
himself very attracted to Di Ann, and despite her resistance
to his advances at first, he finally was able to make love
to her.
Later, Di Ann was mortified at her lack of self control
and sobbed "I don't know how I can face my daughter,
knowing in a time of weakness, I sinned twice!"
Tony said "What do you mean "twice" we only did it once?"
Di Ann looked at Tony and said, "Well, we are going to stop
at my place for a coffee, arent we?"
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Thanks to Walter, the Stonecarver, for reporting this:
An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Michael Scott Wilson,
32,
Knoxville,
Tennessee
Palm Coast man accused of trying to electrocute
pregnant ex-wife
A Palm Coast man faces charges of attempted aggravated
battery and grand theft after authorities say he rigged a
door in order to electrocute his pregnant wife.
Deputies from the Flagler County Sheriff's Office arrested
Michael Scott Wilson, 32, Thursday in Knoxville, Tennessee,
after they issued an arrest warrant for him.
On Dec. 26, deputies responded to 110 White Hall Drive in
Palm Coast to conduct a security check after the homeowner
reported suspicious statements made by his son-in-law, who
told a child in the home not to touch the front door.
Man accused of raping woman in Jacksonville Beach condo
worked at 3rd Street Diner
Deputies said the front door appeared to be barricaded and
noted burn marks near the door handle. A deputy kicked the
door, which caused a large spark, authorities added.
After a thorough investigation, deputies said Wilson rigged
the door in an attempt to cause great bodily harm to his
estranged wife.
Deputies also reported that Wilson stole a firearm belonging
to his father-in-law from the house.
Wilson is charged with two counts of attempted aggravated
battery on a pregnant person and one count of grand theft of
a firearm.
He is being held on $150,000 bond and will be extradited to
the Flagler County Detention Facility to face charges.
“This is one of the most bizarre domestic violence cases I
have seen in my career,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “Not only
did this man plan to electrocute his wife, but he could have
injured a deputy or any person attempting to enter this
residence. Thankfully, this man was found and taken into
custody before he could cause the harm he intended.”
This is an ongoing investigation, and additional charges are
pending.
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From: Daniel
Re: Medium-Low
Dear Webby,
i want to change the security setting under internet options
from medium to medium low,but it keeps going back to
medium.is there a way to keep it at
medium low?
thanks again,
the pest
Dear Daniel
It's not recommended to go below medium, except for brief
and very carefully monitored exceptions. Just be glad that
something in your machine returns the setting to a more
reasonable one for you.
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Two youngsters were closely examining bathroom scales on
display at the department store.
"Have you ever seen one of these before?" one asked.
"Yeah, my mom has one," the other replied.
"What's it for?"
"It's a cussing machine," the second boy answered.
"Every time she stands on it she gets really mad and starts
cussing at me or dad."
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Leroy was visiting a friend in the hospital.
He was trying to stop smoking and was chewing on
an unlit cigar when he got on the elevator. A lady said to
him with a snarl, 'Sir, there's no smoking in here.'
"Leroy said, "Lady, I'm not smoking."
"But you have a cigar in your mouth!", the woman said.
"'Lady", Leroy answered, "I'm wearing Jockey shorts,
too, but I don't ride horses indoors either."
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patio table with umbrella downOur deck table needed an
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My little boy sometimes had difficult bowel movements. One
day, we were browsing together in a novelty and gift store.
There were many wooden signs of "words of encouragement"
hanging on display.
Suddenly, he pointed to one of the signs and said to me,
"Mum, I think we should get this one and hang it in the
toilet." I looked at the sign he was indicating.
It read:
P. U. S. H.
"Pray Until Something Happens."
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Being a teenager and getting a tattoo seem to go hand in
hand. I wasn't surprised when a friend of my daughter showed
me a Japanese symbol on her hip. "Please don't tell my
parents," she begged.
"I won't," I promised. "By the way, what does that stand
for?"
She replied, "Honesty."
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Today, January 3, in
1496 References in Leonardo da Vinci notebooks suggested that
he tested his flying machine. The test didn't succeed and he
didn't try to fly again for several years.
1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther.
1777 The Battle of Princeton took place in the War of
Independence, in which George Washington defeated the British
forces, led by Cornwallis.
1815 By secret treaty, Austria, Britain, and France formed a
defensive alliance against Prusso-Russian plans to solve the
Saxon and Polish problems.
1823 Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican
government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos
River in Texas.
1825 The first engineering college in the U.S. , Rensselaer
School, opened in Troy, NY. It is now known as Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
1833 Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the
South Atlantic. About 150 years later, Argentina seized the
islands from the British, but Britain took them back after a
74-day war.
1868 The Shogunate was abolished in Japan and Meiji dynasty
was restored.
1871 Henry W. Bradley patented oleomargarine.
1888 The drinking straw was patented by Marvin C. Stone.
1924 English explorer Howard Carter discovered the
sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near
Luxor, Egypt.
1925 In Italy, Mussolini announced that he would take
dictatorial powers.
1938 The first broadcast of "Woman in White" was presented on
the NBC Red network. The program remained on radio for 10
years.
1938 The March of Dimes was established by U.S. President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The organization fights
poliomyelitis. The original name of the organization was the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
1947 In Trenton, NJ, Al Herrin, passed away at age 92. He had
claimed that he had not slept at all during his life.
1957 The Hamilton Watch Company introduced the first electric
watch.
1959 In the U.S., Alaska became the 49th state.
1961 The U.S. severed diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicated Cuban prime minister
Fidel Castro because he was a communist. Because poor people
donate more to the church, the current pope is more communist
tha the current Cuban leader, Raol Castro.
1967 Jack Ruby died in a Dallas, TX, hospital.
1973 The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sold the New York
Yankees to a 12-man syndicate headed by George Steinbrenner
for $10 million.
1984 A woman died at Disneyland after falling from a ride.
She had apparently unfastened her seatbelt while on the
Matterhorn bobsled.
1990 Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to
U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican's
diplomatic mission.
1991 The British government announced that seven Iraqi
diplomats, another embassy staff member and 67 other Iraqis
were being expelled from Britain.
1993 U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Russian President
Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty (START) in Moscow.
1998 China announced that it would spend $27.7 billion to
fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river
valleys.
2000 Charles M. Schulz's final original daily comic strip
appeared in newspapers.
2001 The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)
charged the "Texas 7" with weapons violations. An autopsy
showed that Officer Aubrey Hawkins, killed by the convicts,
had been shot 11 times and run over with a vehicle.
2004 NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars. The craft was able
to send back black and white images three hours after
landing.
2017 smiled.
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018, 09:50 AM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, ,
Today is Tuesday, January 2
Bright Supermoon! But still cold out.
Have FUN!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Wisconsin Man arrested after he threw beer
bottle at bartender for putting on christmas music
Bonehead
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Today, January 2 in
1492 The leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain
surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and
Queen Isabella I.
See More of what happened on this day in history.
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There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good
people more easily and frequently fall than that of
defrauding the government.
--- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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>From Linda
A relative called and asked me if I could loan her $400 to
help her pay her rent. I told her...give me a minute let me
check my account and I'll call you right back." Before I
could check my funds, my aunt called and said, "Don’t give
her any money because she's lying". My aunt proceeded to tell
me that she wants to use that $400 to get her boyfriend out
of jail because she wants to be under the same roof with him
for the holidays!!!
So I thought about it for a minute, and decided to go ahead
and give her the $400.
I called and said, "Come on, I got you." A couple hours
later, I got a call from the County Jail, and it was her...
"Why did you give me counterfeit money?!"
I replied with the best answer I could:
"So you and your boyfriend would be under the same roof
for the holidays. You’re welcome."
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Fromm Betty
I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment
with a new dentist when I noticed his diploma hanging on the
wall. It bore his full name and I suddenly remembered a tall,
handsome dark-haired boy with the same name. He had been in
my high school class some 40-odd years before and I wondered,
"Could he be the same guy I had a secret crush on way back
then?"
When I got into the treatment room I quickly discarded any
such thought. This balding gray-haired man with the deeply
lined face was much too old to have been my secret crush...
or was he?
After he examined my teeth I asked if he had attended Morgan
Park High School.
"Yes, I did. I'm a Mustang!" He said, gleaming with pride.
"When did you graduate?" I asked.
"1959. Why do you ask?" he answered.
"Well, you were in my class!" I exclaimed.
To which the ugly, old, wrinkled jerk asked, "What did you
teach?"
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Thanks to Sandie for this story:
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting
on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and
says: "Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches
and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?"
Slim says, "I feel just like a newborn baby."
"Really!? Like a newborn baby!?"
"Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.
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Thanks to Walter, the Stonecarver, for reporting this:
An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Christopher Gamboeck,
33,
Madison,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Man Throws Beer Bottle at
Bartender for Putting on Christmas Music
A man in Madison, Wisconsin, was arrested after he threw a
beer bottle at a bartender who changed music in the bar from
Black Sabbath to a Christmas tune, according to police.
Officers came to Farm Tavern Bar at 1701 Moorland Road just
before 4 p.m. last Thursday over a report of a disturbance
and determined the suspect left the bar, police said in a
release posted Monday.
An officer spoke to many patrons of the bar and identified
the suspect as Christopher Gamboeck, calling him intoxicated
and violent, according to police. The 33-year-old was upset
because the bartender changed the music in the bar from Black
Sabbath to Christmas music.
Gamboeck “chugged his glass bottle of Budweiser beer, and
slammed it down on the counter,” according to the release. He
threw a bottle of beer in the direction of the female
bartender’s head after he yelled expletives at her, the
release stated.
Other patrons in the bar prevented Gamboeck from going behind
the counter as he circled the bar with his fists clenched,
according to the release. His uncle eventually intervened and
directed Gamboeck to the door.
He left the bar, but pulled down a Christmas tree and broke
several delicate ornaments, according to police.
Police came to his residence and he rushed toward officers,
the release said. He was threatened with a Taser before he
was taken to custody. He said gender-based obscenities toward
a female officer before he was taken to Dane County Jail.
Gamboeck is facing disorderly conduct and criminal damage to
property charges. His attorney information wasn’t immediately
available.
Resisting arrest may be added later.
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Tech Support Pits
From: Leesa
Re: saving pictures from PPS
Dear Webby,
I see someone else has questions about PPS files today,
so thought I'd ask you about this one. I love these
pictures, and would like to use them as my desktop wall
paper..... one at a time, of course. How can I save them
individually into my wallpaper folder? Obviously, I can't
right click 'cause the save option isn't there.
Appreciate your help, again.
Have a wonderful day.
Leesa
Dear Leesa
You need a graphics program like for example PSP
(PaintShopPro) for that.
Open that, then open the PPS slide show. When you
get to a picture that you want, hit the PrintScreen key.
That prints the picture into the clipboard.
Then use ALT ESC to jump to PSP, hit CTRL V to paste
the clipboard as a new picture. Save the picture to your
Wallpaper folder and zoom the view down to thumbnail size.
(Just the view, not the picture size.)
ALT ESC back to the PPS slide show, proceed until you get
to the next picture that you want, and repeat the procedure.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Automatically move ALL your settings and programs.
No need to re-install them.
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A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor
and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool.
After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly,
"Crushed nuts?"
"Nope," he replied, "Arthritis."
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The shopkeeper was dismayed when a brand-new business
much like his own opened up next door and erected a huge
sign which read BEST DEALS.
He was horrified when another competitor opened up on his
right, and announced its arrival with an even larger sign,
reading LOWEST PRICES.
The shopkeeper was panicked, until he got an idea.
He put the biggest sign of all over his own shop. It read:
MAIN ENTRANCE.
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Carry Extra Zip-Lock Bags When Traveling
When you travel, throw in a few extra zip-lock bags.
They are great for wet swimsuits, a half-full bottle of
shampoo, some animal crackers for the car, or even to
fill with ice at the motel to use in the cooler while you
drive. - Kate
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I also use them for e-tickets, maps, map-quest print-outs,
and rental car paperwork. When hiking, I use them for
keeping the camera dry in sudden rain squalls, and quite
often I have filled them with berries or mushrooms I found
on route.
DearWebby
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Keli was having trouble with her computer. So she called
Paul, the computer guy, over to her desk. Paul clicked a
couple buttons and solved the problem. As he was walking
away, Keli called after him, "So, what was wrong?"
And Paul replied, "It was an ID Ten T Error."
A puzzled expression ran riot over Keli's face.
"An ID Ten T Error? What's that ... in case I need to fix
it again??"
Paul gave her a grin...
"Haven't you ever heard of an ID Ten T Error before?"
"No," replied Keli.
"Write it down," Paul said, "and I think you'll figure it
out."
(She wrote...) I D 1 0 T
She did not seem to like him after that.
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Ancient roadways in France and England.
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The nurse was walking down the hospital corridor when her
supervisor spotted her. The supervisor couldn't believe it:
The nurses hair was unkempt, her dress wrinkled, and to
top off her overall dishevelment, one of her breasts was
hanging out of the open front of her uniform!
"MISS JENNINGS! How can you account for parading around
the hospital not only looking like a derelict, but with your
breast exposed!"
"Oh," said the nurse, as she stuffed her breast into her
uniform, "It's those darn interns! They NEVER put anything
back when they're through using it!"
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Today, January 2, in
1492 The leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain
surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and
Queen Isabella I.
1842 In Fairmount, PA, the first wire suspension bridge was
opened to traffic.
1859 Erastus Beadle published "The Dime Book of Practical
Etiquette."
1872 Brigham Young, the 71-year-old leader of the Mormon
Church, was arrested on a charge of bigamy. He had 25 wives.
1879 Thomas Edison began construction on his first generator.
1882 The Standard Oil Trust agreement was completed and
dated. The document transferred the stock and property of
more than 40 companies into the control of nine trustees lead
by John D. Rockefeller. This was the first example of what
became known as a holding company.
1892 Ellis Island opened as America's first federal
immigration center. Annie Moore, at age 15, became the first
person to pass through.
1900 U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door
Policy to prompt trade with China.
1900 The Chicago Canal opened.
1910 The first junior high school in the United States
opened. McKinley School in Berkeley, CA, housed seventh and
eighth grade students. In a separate building students were
housed who attended grades 9-12.
1917 Royal Bank of Canada took over the Quebec Bank.
1921 The first religious broadcast on radio was heard on KDKA
Radio in Pittsburgh, PA, as Dr. E.J. Van Etten of Calvary
Episcopal Church preached.
1921 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opened.
1929 The United States and Canada reached an agreement on
joint action to preserve Niagara Falls.
1935 Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for the kidnap-
murder of Charles Lindberghs baby. Hauptmann was found guilt
and executed.
1942 The Philippine capital of Manila was captured by
Japanese forces during World War II.
1955 Panamanian President Jose Antonio Remon was
assassinated.
1957 The San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges
merged.
1960 U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts announced his
candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1968 Fidel Castro announced petroleum and sugar rationing in
Cuba.
1971 In the U.S., a federally imposed ban on television
cigarette advertisements went into effect.
1974 U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signed a bill requiring
all states to lower the maximum speed limit to 55 MPH. The
law was intended to conserve gasoline supplies during an
embargo imposed by Arab oil-producing countries. Federal
speed limits were abolished in 1995.
1983 The musical "Annie" closed on Broadway at the Uris
Theatre after 2,377 performances.
1985 The Rebels of UNLV beat Utah State in three overtime
periods. The final score of 142-140 set a new NCAA record for
total points in a basketball game (282). The game took over
three hours to play.
1996 AT&T announced that it would eliminate 40,000 jobs over
three years.
1998 Russia began circulating new rubles in effort to keep
inflation in check and promote confidence.
2004 NASA's Stardust space probe collected samples from the
comet Wild 2. The samples returned to Earth on January 15,
2006.
2008 The price of oil hit $100 per barrell for the first
time.
2017 smiled.
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Sending PPS to oler computers
Monday, January 1, 2018, 08:38 AM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, ,
Today is Monday, January 1
Happy New Year, !
-34, no Gullible Warming.
We are definitely in the "Ice Age Is Coming" ripple.
Al Gore says it is YOUR fault.
CNN says it's Trump's fault.
I predicted that it is cycles, and I am right AGAIN.
Here is a brief video showing what happens when you
toss boiling water into the wind at this temperature.
Instant ice fog.
Have FUN!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Woman wanted for armed robbery left
debit card at crime scene
Bonehead
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Today, January 1 in
1892 Ellis Island Immigrant Station formally opened in New
York.
See More of what happened on this day in history.
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Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of
expense and aggravation later in life.
--- Robert Byrne
I am extraordinarily patient,
provided I get my own way in the end.
--- Margaret Thatcher (1925 - )
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Whoops!
IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are one of the parachuting
enthusiasts who bought our Easy Sky Diving book, please
make the following correction: on page 8, line 7,
the words "state zip code" should have read "pull rip cord."
Yesterday we mistakenly reported that a talk was given by a
bottle-scared hero. We apologize for the error. We
obviously meant that the talk was given by a
battle-scarred hero.
Miss Rumson has been appointed supervisor of
Work Area Six, not (as stated in our last issue)
Sex Work Area.
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The maiden aunt is visiting her family for the holidays.
One night, the talk around the dinner table turns to what
the older people did when they were young.
The aunt interrupts and says, "I don't want to talk about my
girlhood."
"Why, auntie?" one of her nephews asks. "What did you do?"
"Nothing," says the older woman. "That's why I don't want
to talk about it."
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A Sunday School teacher asked her class, "Does anyone know
what we mean by sins of omission?"
A small girl replied, "Aren't those the sins we should have
committed, but omitted?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Tyshea Sheree Thomas, 41,
Mannheim,
Pennsylvania
Woman wanted for armed robbery left
debit card at crime scene
Losing your debit card is generally pretty bad. It's even
worse when you leave it behind when you're accused in an
armed robbery.
Tyshea Sheree Thomas, 41, no fixed address, did just that
this weekend during a robbery at A-Plus on the 1200 block of
Lititz Pike, Manheim Township police said. Thomas is accused
of approaching the store clerk just after 4:30 p.m. on Dec.
24, pointing a black and silver handgun at the woman, and
demanding cash.
Thomas then climbed over the counter and aimed the gun at the
clerk's head, police said. When the woman opened the
register, Thomas took cash from the drawer and fled on foot.
Police said the clerk was not injured.
Thomas left her debit card on the counter and investigators
determined she had used it at a nearby ATM prior to the
robbery.
Thomas is charged with felony counts of robbery and making
terroristic threats, as well as a misdemeanor count of theft
by unlawful taking. Anyone with information as to her
whereabouts is asked to contact Manheim Township police
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Tech Support Pits
From: Ann
Re: PPS
Dear Webby,
...'sme again. Is there some way to forward something to
a person that is still using Windows 98?
I have sent a PPS file to my friend but he cannot open it.
I think because he is still using 98. Do I have to save
the data to my computer and then send each thing one at
a time? I am forwarding the email to you separately
because it is so incredible and I think you will appreciate
it. Thanks for you help.
Hugs Ann
Dear Ann
Windows 98 has nothing to do with that.
All he needs is the normal pps PowerPoint viewer.
He can get it free from Microsoft.
The easiest way to get it is to go to
http://webby.com/pps
That forwards to the mile long link at Microsoft.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
Automatically move ALL your settings and programs.
No need to re-install them.
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A little girl was asked what she wanted most for her birthday
and she declared: "A baby brother."
"Daddy and I would like to give you a baby brother," said her
mom, "but there isn't time before your birthday."
"Why don't you do like they do down at Daddy's factory when
they want something in a hurry? Put more men on the job."
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Our college just completed a new three-story building. While
walking down a hall on the 2nd floor, I overheard a
student say, "I really like the skylights on the 3rd floor."
"Me too," remarked the second student. "I don't know why they
didn't just put some on the 2nd floor too."
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Baby Powder for Sand
Carry baby powder with you to the sandbox or beach.
After the children get off the of sand, sprinkle them with
the baby powder. It dries up the sand and causes it to
fall right off! No more tracking sand in the house or car!
- Amy
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From Greta
My violin teacher was teaching a large group class. She
showed them her violin and said, "This violin was made in
the early 1800s."
Someone in the audience raised their hand and asked, "So,
you got it used?"
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An old nun who was living in a convent next to a Brooklyn
construction site noticed the coarse language of the workers
and decided to spend some time with them to correct their
ways. She decided she would take her lunch, sit with the
workers and talk with them.
She put her sandwich in a brown bag and walked over to the
spot where the men were eating. She walked up to the group
and with a big smile said,
"Do you men know Jesus Christ?"
They looked at each other and shook their heads. One of the
workers looked up into the steelwork and yelled, "Anybody up
there know Jesus Christ?"
One of the steelworkers yelled down asking, "Why"?
The worker yelled back, "His wife's here with his lunch."
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Today, January 1, in
0404 The last gladiator competition was held in Rome.
1622 The Papal Chancery adopted January 1st as the beginning
of the New Year (instead of March 25th).
1772 The first traveler's checks were issued in London.
1785 London's oldest daily paper "The Daily Universal
Register" (later renamed "The Times" in 1788) was first
published.
1797 Albany became the capital of New York state, replacing
New York City.
1801 The Act of Union of England and Ireland came into force.
1801 Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi became the first
person to discover an asteroid. He named it Ceres.
1804 Haiti gained its independence.
1808 The U.S. prohibited import of slaves from Africa.
1840 The first recorded bowling match was recorded in the
U.S.
1863 U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation
Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel
states were free.
1887 Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of India in Delhi.
1892 Ellis Island Immigrant Station formally opened in New
York.
1892 Brooklyn and New York merged to form the single city of
New York.
1894 The Manchester Ship Canal was officially opened to
traffic.
1895 In Battle Creek, MI, C.W. Post created his first usable
batch of Monks Brew (later called Postum). It was a cereal-
based substitute for caffeinated drinks.
1898 Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island
were consolidated into New York City.
1900 Hawaii asked for a delegate to the Republican national
convention.
1900 Nigeria became a British protectorate with Frederick
Lagard as the high commissioner.
1901 The Commonwealth of Australia was founded. Lord Hopetoun
officially assumed the duties as the first Governor-General.
1902 The first Tournament of Roses (later the Rose Bowl)
collegiate football game was played in Pasadena, CA.
1909 The first payments of old-age pensions were made in
Britain. People over 70 received five shillings a week.
1913 The post office began parcel post deliveries.
1924 Frank B. Cooney received a patent for ink paste.
1926 The Rose Bowl was carried coast to coast on network
radio for the first time.
1930 "The Cuckoo Hour" was heard for the first time on the
NBC-Blue Network, which later became ABC Radio.
1934 Alcatraz Island officially became a Federal Prison.
1934 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) began
operation.
1936 The "New York Herald Tribune" began microfilming its
current issues.
1937 The First Cotton Bowl football game was played in
Dallas, TX. Texas Christian University (T.C.U.) beat
Marquette, 16-6.
1939 The Hewlett-Packard partnership was formed by Bill
Hewlett and Dave Packard.
1942 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill issued a declaration called the
"United Nations." It was signed by 26 countries that vowed to
create an international postwar World War II peacekeeping
organization.
1945 France was admitted to the United Nations.
1956 Sudan gained its independence.
1958 The European Economic Community (EEC) started
operations.
1959 Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio
Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
1968 Evel Knievel, stunt performing daredevil, lost control
of his motorcycle midway through a jump of 141 feet over the
ornamental fountains in front of Caesar's Palace in Las
Vegas.
1971 Tobacco ads representing $20 million dollars in
advertising were banned from TV and radio broadcast.
1973 Britain, Ireland, Denmark and Norway joined the EEC.
1975 The magazine "Popular Electronics" announced the
invention of a person computer called Altair. MITS, using an
Intel microprocessor, developed the computer.
1979 The United States and China held celebrations in
Washington, DC, and Beijing to mark the establishment of
diplomatic relations between the two countries.
1981 Greece joined the European Community.
1984 AT&T was broken up into 22 Bell System companies under
terms of an antitrust agreement with the U.S. Federal
government.
1986 Spain and Portugal joined the European Community (EC).
1987 A pro-democracy rally took place in Beijing's Tiananmen
Square (China). It did not go over well.
1990 David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first
black mayor.
1992 The ESPN Radio Network was officially launched.
1992 In Kuala Lumpur, the groundbreaking ceremony for the
Petronas Towers took place.
1993 Czechoslovakia split into two separate states, the Czech
Republic and Slovakia. The peaceful division had been
engineered in 1992.
1994 Bill Gates, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft and
Melinda French were married.
1994 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went
into effect.
1995 Frederick West, an alleged killer of 12 women and girls,
was found hanged in his jail cell in Winston Green prison, in
Birmingham. West had been under almost continuous watch since
his arrest in 1994, but security had reportedly been relaxed
in the months preceding the apparent suicide.
1995 The World Trade Organization came into existence. The
group of 125 nations monitors global trade.
1998 A new anti-smoking law went into effect in California.
The law prohibiting people from lighting up in bars.
1999 The euro became currency for 11 Member States of the
European Union. Coins and notes were not available until
January 1, 2002.
1999 In California, a law went into effect that defined
"invasion of privacy as trespassing with the intent to
capture audio or video images of a celebrity or crime victim
engaging in a personal of family activity."
2001 The "Texas 7," rented space in an RV park in Woodland
Park, CO.
2007 Binney & Smith Company became Crayola LLC under its
parent company Hallmark.
2017 smiled.
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Sunday, December 31, 2017, 10:22 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Sunday, December 31
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Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
English Woman rode motorbike naked, got fingered
in the street and punched a blind man and a cop
Bonehead
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Today, December 31 in
1974 Private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold
for the first time in more than 40 years.
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Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is
preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full
armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.
--- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
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An industrious turkey farmer was always experimenting with
breeding to make a perfect turkey.
His family was fond of the leg portion for dinner, but
there were never enough legs for everyone.
After many frustrating attempts, the farmer was relating
the results of his efforts to his friends at the general
store.
"Well I finally did it! I bred a turkey that has six legs!"
They all asked the farmer how it tasted.
"I don't know," said the farmer. "I can't catch him!"
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Thanks to Lisa for this story:
I was on vacation, playing the slot machines. It was my
first time in a casino, and I wasn't sure how the machines
operated.
"Excuse me." I said to a casino employee.
"How does this work?"
The worker showed me how to insert a bill, hit the spin
button, and operate the release handle.
"And where does the money come out?" I asked.
He smiled and motioned to a far wall before saying,
"Usually at the ATM machine down there....."
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A Texan is bragging to his cousin in Montana. "On mah fahrm
in Taxas," he drawls, "I can git on mah tractor, ride all
daiy long, and still be on mah fahrm by nightfohl."
"Yeah", replies his cousin, "I know what you mean. I once
used to have a John Deere tractor like that too."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Natasha Claus, 36
Woking,
England
English Woman rode motorbike naked, got fingered
in the street and punched a blind man and a cop
A woman has been jailed and banned from entering Woking after
she punched a blind man and was caught in the middle of a sex
act in the street. Natasha Claus, 36, was described as ‘a
mess’ by a judge after she turned up to court four hours late
to be handed a 13-month prison sentence. The judge revealed
that she had also been caught riding through the Surrey town
naked on a motorbike, but added that she was not being
sentenced for that particular incident.
She pleaded guilty outraging public decency after she was
caught in the middle of a sex act that Judge Peter Ross said
was ‘no doubt for money’. Prosecutor John Upton said she was
spotted in Goldsworth Road, Woking, ‘being fingered by a man’
on July 29 this year. A mother with her two children asked
her to stop and Claus responded by threatening to punch her.
When she was arrested at the scene, police said her jeans
were pulled up, but her knickers were in her handbag.
Mr Upton told Guildford Crown Court that she was in the habit
of befriending vulnerable men then taking advantage of them.
Trouble flared when one of those men was threatened with
being kicked out of his flat by the local council because of
her anti-social behaviour.
They argued and Claus attacked him. Because he was registered
blind, he couldn’t tell if it was with her palm or fist. When
being arrested for the attack, she assaulted two police
officers calling one of them a ‘P**i c**t’. Defence barrister
Timothy Leete said that she was addicted to inhaling butane
gas, leading Judge Moss to tell her ‘your life is a mess.’
The judge added: ‘Any assault on a vulnerable person is very
serious indeed, as is any attack on the police officers who
we have a moral obligation to protect.’
The judge also made reference to a further indecent incident,
saying: ‘I had the impression there was some reference to her
riding around on a motorbike with no clothes on, but that has
nothing to do with the charges today.’ He told her: ‘You are
a mess. Your life is a mess. I spoke to your son earlier and
it is a testament to something in your son’s life that he’s
never been to court and finds this whole situation awful. ‘I
have made a criminal behaviour order against you, restricting
your movements and behaviour.’ She was jailed for three
months for the assault on the blind man, and two months for
each attack on the police officer, two months for being
racist to one of the officers, one month for outraging public
decency and another month for abusing the woman who asked her
to stop the sex act. She was also jailed for four months for
breaching a suspended jail sentence.
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Thanks to Mona for this story:
Our young daughter had adopted a stray cat. To my distress,
he began to use the back of our new sofa as a scratching
post. "Don't worry," my husband reassured me.
"I'll have him trained in no time."
I watched for several days as my husband patiently
"trained" our new pet. Whenever the cat scratched,
my husband deposited him outdoors to teach him a lesson.
The cat learned quickly. For the next 16 years, whenever he
wanted to go outside, he scratched the back of the sofa.
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During the banquet celebrating their 25th wedding
anniversary, Tom was asked to give his friends a brief
account of the benefits of a marriage of such long duration.
"Tell us Tom, just what is it you have learned from all those
wonderful years with your wife?" an anonymous voice yelled
from the back of the room.
Tom responded, "Well, I've learned that marriage is the best
teacher of all. It teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-
restraint, meekness, forgiveness -- and a great many other
qualities you wouldn't need if you stayed single."
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Kids in the back seat cause accidents,
and accidents in the back seat cause kids.
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A man and a woman had been married for ten years and decided
to try and have kids. They had not been using birth control
for the entire time they had been married, so they thought
they may have a problem conceiving.The woman decided to go to
the gynecologist and see if the problem was with her.
She had been hard of hearing since she was little. The
doctor examined her and came in to give her the conclusions.
He said, "I'm sorry, but the problem is with you. You have
insufficient passion and if you ever have a baby it will
be a miracle."
The woman was very upset and went home crying. Her husband
got home and asked her what was wrong.
She said, "The doctor told me I've got a fish up my passage
and if I ever have a baby it will be a mackerel."
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Today, December 31, in
1687 The first Huguenots set sail from France for the Cape of
Good Hope, where they would later create the South African
wine industry with the vines they took with them on the
voyage.
1695 The window tax was imposed in Britain, which resulted in
many windows being bricked up.
1711 The Duke of Marlborough was dismissed as commander-in-
chief.
1775 The British repulsed an attack by Continental Army
generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec.
Montgomery was killed in the battle.
1841 The State of Alabama enacted the first dental
legislation in the U.S.
1857 Britain's Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the
capital of Canada.
1879 Thomas Edison gave his first public demonstration of
incandescent lighting to an audience in Menlo Park, NJ.
1891 New York's new Immigration Depot was opened at Ellis
Island, to provide improved facilities for the massive
numbers of arrivals.
1897 Brooklyn, NY, spent its last day as a separate entity
before becoming part of New York City.
1923 In London, the BBC first broadcast the chimes of Big
Ben.
1929 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang
Syne" as a New Year's Eve song for the first time.
1946 U.S. President Truman officially proclaimed the end of
hostilities in World War II.
1947 Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were married.
1953 Willie Shoemaker broke his own record as he won his
485th race of the year.
1955 General Motors became the first U.S. corporation to earn
more than one billion dollars in a single year.
1960 The farthing coin, which had been in use in Great
Britain since the 13th century, ceased to be legal tender.
1961 In the U.S., the Marshall Plan expired after
distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
1967 The Green Bay Packers won the National Football League
championship game by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 21-17. The
game is known as the Ice Bowl since it was played in a wind
chill of 40 degrees below zero. (NFL)
1974 Private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold
for the first time in more than 40 years.
1978 Taiwanese diplomats struck their colors for the final
time from the embassy flagpole in Washington, DC. The event
marked the end of diplomatic relations with the U.S.
1979 At year end oil prices were 88% higher than at the start
of 1979.
1986 A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto
Rico, killed 97 and injured 140 people. Three hotel workers
later pled guilty to charges in connection with the fire.
1996 NCR Corp. became an independent company.
1997 Michael Kennedy, 39-year-old son of the late U.S. Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen
Mountain in Colorado.
1999 Russian President Boris Yeltsin resigned. Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin was designated acting president.
1999 Five hijackers left the airport where they had been
holding 150 hostages on an Indian Airlines plane. They left
with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed from
an Indian prison. The plane had been hijacked during a flight
from Katmandu, Nepal to New Dehli on December 24.
2004 In Taiwan, the Taipei 101 skyscraper opened to the
public.
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Saturday, December 30
Have FUN!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Texas lawyer got date so drunk, that she
ruined $300 K worth of his art collection
Bonehead
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Today, December 30 in
1853 The United States bought about 45,000 square miles of
land from Mexico in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.
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Sometimes what's right isn't as important as
what's profitable.
--- Trey Parker and Matt Stone
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A new senate page was reporting for duty on Capitol Hill in
Washington. The department head who was giving him his
instructions said, "And another thing. You must remember the
telephone number here. IF you are ever calling in from an
outside line you must dial Capitol 4-3121."
Then, noticing the puzzled look on the page's face, he said,
"What's the matter? You look as though you don't understand."
"Oh, nohtin , Senor," the new page said. "I jus donnow how to
dial ta capital four!"
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Thanks to Connie for this:
My mother-in-law says that she can not understand how the
lackluster, low mentality, loser that her daughter had the
misfortune to marry could have produced such smart,
intelligent, beautiful, and wonderful grandchildren.
She is inclined to believe that genetics skips every other
generation. Therefore she is not holding out much hope for
her great-grandchildren.
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A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat.
She asked if it was dead or alive.
"Dead," she was informed.
"How do you know?", she asked.
"Because I pssed in his ear and it didn't move," said the
child innocently.
"You did WHAT?!?", the teacher squealed in surprise.
"You know," explained the boy, "I leaned over and went
'pssst' and he didn't move."
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Reported by Walter, the stone carver
An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Lindy Lou Layman, 29,
Dallas,
Texas
Texas lawyer got date so drunk, that she
ruined $300 K worth of his art collection
Authorities say an intoxicated Dallas woman who was on a
first date with a prominent Houston trial lawyer, caused at
least $300,000 in damage to his art collection, including two
Andy Warhol paintings.
Lindy Lou Layman, 29, was arrested Saturday on criminal
mischief charges after her date with Anthony Buzbee. She was
released on $30,000 bond. Online court records don't list an
attorney for her.
Prosecutors say Buzbee, 49, told investigators that Layman
got too intoxicated on their date, so he called her an Uber
after they returned to his home. Buzbee said Layman refused
to leave and hid inside the home, and that when he found her
and called a second Uber, she got aggressive.
Authorities said she tore down several paintings and poured
red wine on some while yelling obscenities. She also
allegedly threw two $20,000 sculptures across the room and
shattered them.
The damaged Warhol paintings were each valued at $500,000 in
court documents.
Buzbee has represented high-profile figures, including former
Texas Gov. Rick Perry in an abuse-of-power case. Then-
candidate Donald Trump also visited his home last year when
Buzbee held a fundraiser and donated $250,000 to Trump's
presidential campaign.
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From: Allison
Re: Darken picture setting
Dear Webby,
is there an easy way to darken an evening landscape with a
digital camera like you would on a film camera by chosing a
higher f-stop number? And still leave everything else set
the same?
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Dear Allison
Yes, sure there is! Just flip open the flash. Even though
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Speaking of Jackie, his two sons, Aaron and Ty, spent the
night with me last week. Aaron always writes me a story
when here, and Ty-Ty likes for me to scan and print cartoon
pages he can color. I always give them folders to put their
work in.
When they got home, Marijane was unpacking their bag and
said she nearly fainted. Ty-Ty had two folders -- one was
clearly marked "fineshit" and the other "unfineshit."
She said she called him in and shrieked, "What is this --
what IS this!?"
Ty-Ty looked at her, clearly puzzled. "That one," he said,
pointing to the first one, is "finished,"
and that one is "unfinished."
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I was helping a friend of mine with his roadside farm stand
when a man stopped by and asked how much the eggs were.
"Sixty cents for the small, seventy cents for the medium,
ninety cents for the large and thirty cents for the cracked
ones," I answered.
"All right," he said, "crack me a dozen of the large ones."
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A waitress became violently ill while at work and was rushed
by ambulance to the emergency room. In typical hospital
fashion, she was placed on an examining table and then all
but ignored for the next half-hour.
Finally, she noticed a doctor out in the hall and yelled,
"Please help me!"
"Sorry," he replied, "it's not my table."
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The farmer took pity on a young passerby and
agreed to hire him for a day. His first assignment
was to paint the barn, which he did, including the
tail of the donkey that poked through knot hole
in the barn. The farmer was furious, but promised
to give the boy another chance.
This time he told him to string barb wire around
the farm land, which he did, but when the rooster
wouldn't stay out of the way he nailed him by
accident to the fence post. The farmer this time
was more furious that the last time, but again
promised to give the boy one last chance.
This time he told him to mow the yard, which he
did, but the grass was so high he didn't see
the cat hiding in the grass, and he ran the
poor kitty over, hurting him badly.
The farmer got so furious this time he called
the sheriff. When the sheriff arrived, he asked
the farmer why he wanted be boy arrested.
"Well Officer," the farmer replied, "First he
painted my ass red, Next he nailed my cock to
the fence and finally, he ran over my wife's
pussy with a lawn mower!"
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Today, December 30, in
1460 At the Battle of Wakefield, in England's Wars of the
Roses, the Duke of York was defeated and killed by the
Lancastrians.
1853 The United States bought about 45,000 square miles of
land from Mexico in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.
1879 Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" was
first performed, at Paignton, Devon, England.
1880 The Transvaal was declared a republic. Paul Kruger
became its first president.
1887 A petition to Queen Victoria with over one million names
of women appealing for public houses to be closed on Sundays
was handed to the home secretary.
1903 About 600 people died when fire broke out at the
Iroquois Theater in Chicago, IL.
1919 Lincoln's Inn, in London, admitted the first female bar
student.
1922 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was
formed.
1924 Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galactic
systems.
1927 The first subway in the Orient was dedicated in Tokyo,
Japan.
1935 Italian bombers destroyed a Sweedish Red Cross unit in
Ethiopia.
1936 The United Auto Workers union staged its first sit-down
strike, at the Fisher Body Plant in Flint, MI.
1940 California's first freeway was officially opened. It was
the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena.
1944 King George II of Greece proclaimed a regency to rule
his country, virtually renouncing the throne.
1947 King Michael of Romania abdicated in favor of a
Communist Republic. He claimed he was forced from his throne.
1948 "Kiss Me Kate" opened at the New Century Theatre in New
York City. Cole Porter composed the music for the classic
play that ran for 1,077 performances.
1954 James Arness made his dramatic TV debut in "The Chase".
The "Gunsmoke" series didn’t begin for Arness until the fall
of 1955.
1961 Jack Nicklaus lost his first attempt at pro golf to Gary
Player in an exhibition match in Miami, FL.
1972 The United States halted its heavy bombing of North
Vietnam.
1976 The Smothers Brothers, Tom and Dick, played their last
show at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas and retired as a team
from show business. Both continued as solo artists and they
reunited several years later.
1980 "The Wonderful World of Disney" was cancelled by NBC
after more than 25 years on the TV. It was the longest-
running series in prime-time television history.
1993 Israel and the Vatican established diplomatic relations.
1996 A passenger train was bombed by Bodo separatists in
India's eastern state of Assam. At least 26 people were
killed and dozens were seriously injured.
1996 About 250,000 striking workers shut down vital services
across Israel in protests against budget cuts proposed by
Prime Minister Netanyahu.
1997 More than 400 people were massacred in four villages in
the single worst incident during Algeria's insurgency.
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Friday, December 29
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
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Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Georgia man pulls gun at Burger King
after complaining about slow service
Bonehead
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Today, December 29 in
1170 St. Thomas Becket, the 40th archbishop of Canterbury,
was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights acting on
Henry II's orders.
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be
like other people.
--- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three
major categories - those that don't work, those that break
down and those that get lost.
--- Russell Baker
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Once there was a little boy who lived in the country.
For bathroom facilities, they had to use an outhouse.
The little boy hated it because it was hot in the
summer, cold in the winter and stank all the time.
The outhouse was sitting on the bank of a creek and
the boy determined that one day he would push that
outhouse into the water.
One day after a spring rain, the creek was swollen so
the little boy decided today was the day to push the
outhouse into the creek. So he got a large stick and
pushed. Finally, the outhouse toppled into the creek
and floated away.
That evening his dad sternly told him to sit down.
Knowing he was in trouble, the little boy asked why.
The dad replied, "Someone pushed the outhouse into the
creek today. It was you, wasn't it, son?"
The boy answered yes. Then he thought a moment and
said, "Dad, I read in school today that George
Washington chopped down a cherry tree and didn't get
into trouble because he told the truth."
The dad replied, "Well, son, George Washington's
father wasn't in that cherry tree!"
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Jack was driving home after a hard days work,
and he was not in a good mood. Nothing at the
office had gone right, and so when he was about
to make the turn off and a car came wildly
careening around the corner in his lane, he was
furious! To make matters worse, the lady driving
the car, a former neighbor whom he knew well,
stuck her head out the window and screamed,
"PIG! PIG!"
Jack couldn't contain himself any longer. He rolled
down his window, stuck his head out, and shouted,
"OLD BATTLE AXE!"
Still fuming, he drove around the corner . . .
and ran into a pig, standing in the middle of the road.
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While looking for a nice picture I cam across this one
from 2008.
Had to laugh about the description I had given it:
The view from my desk showed a smokey sunset again last
night. Those forest fires just south of the border have been
putting more greenhouse gases and hot air into the atmosphere
every day, than all the politicians of the world combined can
do in a year.
If those fires are not extinguished soon, then all the global
warming and ice age fear mongering theories will have to be
reversed AGAIN. Those theory reversals just make the
ecologists sound like McCain or Kerry. Amusing, but not very
credible.
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Coming through the door after school one day, Little
Johnny hollers out..."Okay everyone in the house, please
stand advised that I, Little Johnny Elvis Smith, have on
this date made a complete ass of myself in sex-education
class, by repeating stories concerning storks, as told to me
by certain parties residing in this house!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Emanjula Daracus Brown,
Lawrenceville,
Georgia
Georgia man pulls gun at Burger King
after complaining about slow service
A man threw a drink and pointed a gun at Burger King
employees in Georgia on Dec. 23 because he and his family
were not served promptly, according to a police report.
Emanjula Daracus Brown was with his wife and three children
at the Burger King in Lawrenceville waiting for food,
according to the report. Employees told police that Brown and
his wife, who was not arrested, became “irate” and began
throwing drinks at the employees while waiting for their
order. Brown also pulled a gun out and pointed it at the
employees, they told police.
Brown and his family had left the restaurant by the time
officers arrived, but an officer soon pulled Brown’s car
over, the report said.
Brown told the officer that he was being “respectful and
polite” at the Burger King, where he was in a long line of
people waiting for food. Brown said he saw a manager on her
phone, not helping prepare food, and asked her to get off her
phone and assist in completing the orders.
The manager “responded very rudely and began to get in his
face,” Brown told police. Brown said he continued to be
polite, but the manager threw a cup of liquid at him. Brown
then threw a cup of liquid at the manager and demanded a
refund, he told police.
The manager then threw a cup of coffee at Brown and
threatened to throw hot oil at him, Brown told police.
Brown’s wife got a gun from their car, but Brown took it from
her and put it in his back pocket, he told police.
While Brown was stopped and interviewed by a police officer,
another officer reviewed surveillance footage and interviewed
the manager that Brown said threw beverages at him. Brown was
arrested, and the manager was not.
Brown has been charged with simple battery, battery,
aggravated assault, criminal trespass damage, possession of a
firearm or knife during the commission of a felony,
misdemeanor third-degree child cruelty and felony third-
degree child cruelty.
More charges may be added. Bullshitting the police is frowned
upon.
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From: Tiny
Re: Headset
Dear Webby,
I'm interested in getting a mic. for my computer.
Preferably one with a headset. Could you reccomend a good
one with little or no feedback and distortion?
Thanks in advance!
Tiny
Dear Tiny
Modern headsets don't have feedback or distortion problems.
As long as you avoid the single ear types, just about any
headset will be fine.
Cup types are more comfortable than ON-Ear, and those are
more comfortable than IN-Ear.
With Cup and ON-Ear the leather (or fake leather) cushion
types are more comfortable and usually have better acoustics
than the bare foam cushion types, but are also more
expensive.
Unless you have "tall hair", traditional over-the-head hoops
are more comfortable than behind-the-head horizontal hoops.
If you browse to http://dalco.com and type
headset into the search field, you will see about 10 headsets
ranging from $6 to just over $20. They even have a wireless
headset for under $10.
If you want top quality sound, try their Cyber Accoustics
Pro, but if you are just going to use it for hands free phone
calls via Skype, the $6 headset is quite good enough. Skype
is quite good at filtering out non-essential backgrounds.
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There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker.
One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he
was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This
angered him and he took the farmer to court.
The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The
farmer replied, your Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a
proper measure, but I do have a scale."
The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?"
The farmer replied "Your Honor, long before the baker started
buying butter from me, I have been buying a pound loaf of
bread from him. Every day when the baker brings the bread, I
put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter.
If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker."
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Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three
major
categories - those that don't work, those that break down and
those that get lost.
--- Russell Baker
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Empty Tennis Ball Containers
If you have a tennis player in the family, save those empty
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bringing silverware to a cookout or picnic. You can also
use them to hold you tent stakes when you go camping.
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"Oh Doctor, My husband thinks he is a chicken."
"Oh no - how long has this been going on?"
"About a year!"
"A year! Why did you wait so long to come see me?"
"Well, we needed the eggs."
| Removing 200 years of varnish from a painting.
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A class professor was giving a lecture on company slogans and
was asking his students if they were familiar with them.
"Joe," he asked, "which company has the slogan, 'come fly the
friendly skies'?"
Joe answered the correct airline.
"Brenda, can you tell me which company has the slogan, "Don't
leave home without it?"
Brenda answered the correct credit card company with no
difficulty.
"Now John, Tell me which company bears the slogan, 'Just do
it'?"
John answered, "Mom."
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Today, December 29, in
1170 St. Thomas à Becket, the 40th archbishop of Canterbury,
was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights acting on
Henry II's orders.
1812 The USS Constitution won a battle with the British ship
HMS Java about 30 miles off the coast of Brazil. Before
Commodore William Bainbridge ordered the sinking of the Java
he had her wheel removed to replace the one the Constitution
had lost during the battle.
1813 The British burned Buffalo, NY, during the War of 1812.
1837 Canadian militiamen destroyed the Caroline, a U.S.
steamboat docked at Buffalo, NY.
1848 U.S. President James Polk turned on the first gas light
at the White House.
1860 The HMS Warrior, Britain's first seagoing iron-hulled
warship, was launched.
1888 The first performance of Macbeth took place at the
Lyceum Theatre.
1890 The U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred over 400 men, women
and children at Wounded Knee Creek, SD. This was the last
major conflict between Indians and U.S. troops.
1895 The Jameson Raid from Mafikeng into Transvaal, which
attempted to overthrow Kruger's Boer government, started.
1911 Sun Yat-sen became the first president of a republican
China.
1913 "The Unwelcome Throne" was released by Selig’s Polyscope
Company. This was a moving picture and the first serial
motion picture.
1934 Japan renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and
the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
1940 During World War II, Germany began dropping incendiary
bombs on London.
1945 The mystery voice of Mr. Hush was heard for the first
time on the radio show, "Truth or Consequences", hosted by
Ralph Edwards.
1945 Sheb Wooley recorded the first commercial record made in
Nashville, TN.
1949 KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut became the first
ultrahigh frequency (UHF) television station to begin
operating on a regular daily schedule.
1952 The first transistorized hearing aid was offered for
sale by Sonotone Corporation.
1975 A bomb exploded in the main terminal of New York's
LaGuardia Airport. 11 people were killed.
1985 Phil Donahue and a Soviet radio commentator hosted the
"Citizens’ Summit" via satellite TV.
1986 The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, FL, reopened for
business after eighteen years and $47 million expended on
restoration.
1989 Following Hong Kong's decision to forcibly repatriate
some Vietnamese refugees, thousands of Vietnamese 'boat
people' battled with riot police.
1989 Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia by
the country's Federal Assembly. He was the first non-
Communist to hold the position in more than four decades.
1996 The Guatemalan government and leaders of the leftist
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union signed a peace accord
in Guatemala City, ending a civil war that had lasted 36
years.
1997 Hong Kong began killing 1.25 million chickens, the
entire population, for fear of the spread of 'bird flu.'
1998 Khmer Rouge leaders apologized for the 1970s genocide in
Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives.
1999 The Nasdaq composite index closed at 4,041.46. It was
the first close above 4,000.
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Thursday, December 28
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Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Ohio wannabe store robber caught with
VERY fake gun
Bonehead
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Today, December 28 in
1869 William E. Semple, of Mt. Vernon, OH, patented an
acceptable chewing gum.
See More of what happened on this day in history.
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to
an understanding of ourselves.
--- Carl Jung
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A guy takes his greenhorn wife hunting on a ranch.
When they reach their deer blinds, the guy says,
"If you shoot a deer, be sure not to let somebody
else say he's the one who shot it. Otherwise, he'll
take the deer from you. The deer belongs to whoever
shoots it."
The guy goes to his own blind. Ten minutes later, he
hears his wife shooting from her blind nearby. He
rushes over and finds her pointing her rifle at a
cowboy who's hollering, "Awright, lady, awright
- you can have your freaking deer! Just lemme get
my saddle off it....!"
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A guy is walking down the street with his friend. He says
to his friend, "I'm a walking economy."
His friend replies, "How's that?"
"It's like this -- my hair line is in recession, my
stomach is a victim of inflation, and the combination of
these factors is putting me into a depression."
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A man was sued by a woman for defamation
of character. She charged that he had called
her a pig. The man was found guilty and fined.
After the trial he asked the judge, "This means
that I cannot call Mrs. Johnson a pig?" The
judge said that was true.
"Does this mean I cannot call a pig Mrs.
Johnson?" the man asked. The judge replied
that he could indeed call a pig Mrs. Johnson
with no fear of legal action.
The man then proceeded to look directly at
Mrs. Johnson and said, "Good afternoon,
Mrs. Johnson."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Jeffrey Derringer, 48,
Akron,
Ohio
Ohio wannabe store robber caught with
VERY fake gun
Employees and customers of a convenience store in Akron
fought back during an attempted robbery.
It happened at about 2 p.m. Monday at the Circle K on North
Main Street.
Akron police said the suspect, who is a known customer,
entered the building and waved what appeared to be a rifle
above his head. The man,
identified as Jeffrey Derringer, told everyone to get on
the floor, police said. He wanted the cash register open.
One employee ran and called police. That’s when a second
employee realized the gun was fake, ran around the counter
and confronted Derringer, with the help of three customers.
Derringer ran from the store, but was caught by workers and
witnesses. He was detained until police arrived.
The 48-year-old Akron man was charged with aggravated
robbery and taken to the Summit County Jail.
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Tech Support Pits
From: Ted
Re: OE Address book pilfered
Dear Webby,
Somehow someone got into my address book
and is sending virus laden messages with my e-mail address
as the sender to another person in my address book. My
Virus checker (McAfee) says I have no known viruses Is it
spyware that does that? How do I prevent it in the future?
Thanks,
Ted
Dear Ted
That is one of the reasons some of us don't like Outlook
or Outlook Depressed. Probably some spyware harvested your
Outlook Depressed address book and passed the information
on.
About all you can do now is change your address, so that
at least you won't get the bounce-backs.
For the future I would highly recommend upgrading to a
another mail program, and to run Spybot-Search&Destroy
now and then.
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"Make me one with everything," the Buddhist monk said to
the hot-dog vendor who was hawking food near the temple.
The vendor made a frank with mustard, ketchup, relish, and
onions. The monk took it and handed over a twenty-dollar
bill.
The vendor stashed the cash in his apron and turned his
attention to the next customer. "But where's my change?"
the monk inquired.
"Change must come from within, my friend," said the vendor.
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Thanks to Dave for this story:
One night a teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to
meet her parents, and they were appalled by his appearance:
leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos and pierced
nose.
Later, the parents pulled their daughter aside and
confessed their concern. "Dear," said the mother
diplomatically, "he doesn't seem very nice."
"Oh please, Mom," replied the daughter, "if he wasn't nice,
why would he be doing 500 hours of community service?"
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Storing Bedding, Clothing and Soft Toys
This is a great idea to store all your bedding, out of
season clothes, material and stuffed animals. Simply use
heavy duty garbage bags and fill them as full as you can
but still able to gather the top together. Put your vacuum
attachment into the opening close the top around it. Hold
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The computer swallowed grandma
Yes, honestly it's true.
She pressed 'control' and 'enter'
And disappeared from view.
It devoured her completely,
The thought just makes me squirm.
She must have caught a virus
Or been eaten by a worm.
I've searched through the recycle bin
And files of every kind;
I've even used the Internet,
But nothing did I find.
In desperation, I asked Jeeves
My searches to refine.
The reply from him was negative,
Not a thing was found 'online.'
So, if inside your 'Inbox,'
My Grandma you should see,
Please 'Copy,''Scan' and 'Paste' her
And send her back to me!
This is a tribute to all the Grandmas
who have been fearless
and learned to use the computer...
They are the greatest!!!
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And some GreatGrammas too!
| The fainting goats of Tennessee.
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Garden Grass Snakes also known as Garter Snakes
(Thamnophissirtalis) can be dangerous. Yes, grass
snakes, not rattlesnakes.
Here's why.
A couple in Morro Bay, California, had a lot of potted
plants. During a recent chilly spell, the wife was
bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them from a
possible freeze. (?)
It turned out that a little green garden grass snake
was hidden in one of the plants and when it had warmed
up, it slithered out and the wife saw it go under the
sofa.
She let out a very loud scream.
The husband (who was taking a shower) ran out into the
living room naked to see what the problem was. She
told him there was a snake under the sofa.
He got down on the floor on his hands and knees to
look for it. About that time the family dog came and
cold-nosed him on the behind. He thought the snake had
bitten him, so he screamed and fell over on the floor.
His wife thought he had a heart attack, so she covered
him up, told him to lie still and called an ambulance.
The attendants rushed in, wouldn't listen to his
protests and loaded him on the stretcher and started
carrying him out.
About that time the snake came out from under the sofa
and the Emergency Medical! Technician saw it and
dropped his end of the stretcher.
That's when the man broke his leg and why he is still
in the hospital.
The wife still had the problem of the snake in the
house, so she called on a neighbor man.
He volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself
with a rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the
couch. Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman,
who sat down on the sofa in relief.
But while relaxing, her hand dangled in between the
cushions, where she felt the snake wriggling around.
She screamed and fainted, the snake rushed back under
the sofa.
The neighbor man, seeing her lying there passed out,
tried to use CPR to revive her.
The neighbor's wife, who had just returned from
shopping at the grocery store, saw her husband's mouth
on the woman's mouth and slammed her husband in the
back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking
him out and cutting his scalp to a point where it
needed 11 stitches.
The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she
saw her neighbor lying on the floor with his wife
bending over him, so she assumed that he had been
bitten by the snake. She went to the kitchen and got a
small bottle of whiskey, and began pouring it down the
man's throat.
By now the police had arrived.
They saw the unconscious man, smelled the whiskey, and
assumed that a drunken fight had occurred. They were
about to arrest them all, when the women tried to
explain how it all happened over a little green snake.
The police called an ambulance, which took away the
neighbor and his sobbing wife.
The little snake again crawled out from under the
sofa.
One of the policemen drew his gun and fired at it.
He missed the snake and hit the leg of the end table.
The table fell over and the lamp on it shattered and
as the bulb broke it started a fire in the drapes.
The other policeman tried to beat out the flames, and
fell through the window into the yard on top of the
family dog who, startled, jumped out and raced into
the street, where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it
and smashed into the parked police car.
Meanwhile, the burning drapes, were seen by the
neighbors who called the fire department.
The firemen had started raising the fire truck ladder
when they were halfway down the street.
The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires and put
out the electricity and disconnected the telephones in
a ten-square city block area (but they did get the
house fire out).
Time passed! Both men were discharged from the
hospital, the house was repaired, the dog came home,
the police acquired a new car, and all was right with
their world.
A while later they were watching TV and the weatherman
announced a cold snap for that night. The wife asked
her husband if he thought they should bring in their
plants! for the night.
That's when he left her and moved to Alaska, where they
dont have any snakes
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Today, December 28, in
1065 Westminster Abbey was consecrated under Edward the
Confessor.
1694 Queen Mary II of England died after five years of
joint rule with her husband, King William III.
1732 "The Pennsylvania Gazette," owned by Benjamin
Franklin, ran an ad for the first issue of "Poor Richard’s
Almanack."
1836 Mexico's independence was recognized by Spain.
1869 William E. Semple, of Mt. Vernon, OH, patented an
acceptable chewing gum.
1877 John Stevens applied for a patent for his flour-
rolling mill, which boosted production by 70%.
1879 In Dundee, Scotland the central portion of the Tay
Bridge collapsed as a train was passing over it. 75 people
were killed.
1895 In Paris, the first commercial public screening of
cinematographic films took place.
1897 "Cyrano de Bergerac," the play by Edmond Rostand,
premiered in Paris, France.
1908 An earthquake killed over 75,000 at Messina in Sicily.
1912 The first municipally-owned street cars were used on
the streets of San Francisco, CA.
1917 The New York Evening Mail published a facetious essay
by H.L. Mencken on the history of bathtubs in America.
1926 The highest recorded cricket innings score of 1,107
runs was hit by Victoria, against New South Wales, in
Melbourne.
1937 The Irish Free State became the Republic of Ireland
when a new constitution established the country as a
sovereign state under the name of Eire.
1942 R.O. Sullivan crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the 100th
time.
1945 The U.S. Congress officially recognized the "Pledge of
Allegiance."
1964 Initial filming of the movie "Dr. Zhivago" began on
location near Madrid, Spain. The movies total running time
is 197 minutes.
1973 The Chamber of Commerce of Akron, OH, terminated its
association with the All-American Soap Box Derby. It was
stated that the race had become "a victim of cheating and
fraud."
1973 Alexander Solzhenitsyn published "Gulag Archipelago,"
an expose of the Soviet prison system.
1981 Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube
baby, was born in Norfolk, VA.
1982 Nevell Johnson Jr. was mortally wounded by a police
officer in a Miami video arcade. The event set off three
days of race riots, that left another man dead.
1987 The bodies of 14 relatives of R. Gene Simmons were
found at his home near Dover, AR. Simmons had gone on a
shooting spree in Russellville that claimed two other
lives.
1989 Alexander Dubcek, who had been expelled from the
Communist Party in 1970, was elected speaker of the Czech
parliament.
1991 Nine people died in a rush to get into a basketball
game at City College in New York.
1995 Pressure from German prosecutors investigating
pornography forced CompuServe to set a precedent by
blocking access to sex-oriented newsgroups on the Internet
for its customers.
2000 U.S. District Court Judge Matsch held a hearing to
ensure that confessed Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
understood that he was dropping his appeals. McVeigh said
that he wanted an execution date set, but wanted to reserve
the right to seek presidential clemency.
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Wednesday, December 27, 2017, 09:12 AM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, ,
Today is Wednesday, December 27
Have FUN!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Fugitive arrested when he tried to rob
Newark airport store
Bonehead
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Today, December 27 in
1845 Dr. Crawford Williamson-Long used anesthesia for
childbirth for the first time. The event was the delivery
of his own child in Jefferson, GA.
See More of what happened on this day in history.
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"More Americans can name the three stooges than the three
branches of government. Well, that's because the three
stooges are more likely to get something done."
--- David Letterman
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One Sunday in a Midwest city, a young child was "acting
up" during the morning worship hour. The parents did
their best to maintain some sense of order in the pew,
but were losing the battle. Finally, the father picked
the little fellow up and walked sternly up the aisle on
his way out. Just before reaching the safety of the
foyer, the little one called loudly to the
congregation, "Pray for me! Pray for me!"
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The new Supermarket near our house has an automatic water
mister to keep the produce fresh. Just before it goes on,
you hear the sound of distant thunder and the smell of
fresh rain.
When you approach the milk cases, you hear cows mooing and
witness the scent of fresh hay.
When you approach the egg case, you hear hens cluck and
cackle and the air is filled with the pleasing aroma of
bacon and eggs frying.
The veggie department features the smell of fresh buttered
corn.
I don't buy toilet paper there any more.
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Our five-year-old grandson couldn't wait to tell his grand-
father about the movie we had watched on television,
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."
The scenes with the submarine and the giant octopus had
kept him wide-eyed. In the middle of the telling, my
husband interrupted Mark, "What made the submarine sink,
was it the octopus?"
With a look of incredulity Mark replied, "No, Grampa, it
was the 20,000 leaks!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Ernesto Rodriguez-Zazueta, 46,
Newark, NJ
Fugitive arrested when he tried to rob
Newark airport store
One man was taken into custody Friday morning when he tried
to rob an electronics store in Newark Airport, authorities
said.
Ernesto Rodriguez-Zazueta, 46, who authorities said was a
fugitive from the Drug Enforcement Agency, was arrested by
Port Authority Police inside the airport.
Rodriguez-Zazueta allegedly entered a Blue Wire Electronics
store in Terminal C of Newark Airport Friday around 7 a.m.,
authorities said. He went behind the counter, and used a
pen to mimic a weapon while demanding cash from a shop
worker, they said.
The worker struggled with Rodriguez-Zazueta, but was able
to call Port Authority Police.
Officers apprehended and arrested Rodriguez-Zazueta. One
officer sustained minor injuries while in a struggle with
Rodriguez-Zazueta, but was quickly treated, authorities
said.
During processing, police said Rodriguez-Zazueta gave
several false names before officers discovered his true
identity.
Records show that Rodriguez-Zazueta was the subject of a
federal arrest warrant for illegal drug sales, and was
listed on the DEA's most wanted list. The report was filed
by St. Louis DEA officials, but Rodriguez-Zazueta's last
listed address was in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Rodriguez-Zazueta was charged with robbery, resisting
arrest and for hindering apprehension.
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From: Eddie
Re: Using my PC for a Fax machine
Dear Webby,
I have "Windows 10".... So can it work? and how much
does this cost?
Eddie
Dear Eddie
All it will cost you is reading the instructions.
You got the Fax already included in w10 and just have
to set it up. It acts just like a printer. When you hit
CTRL P to print, then you select FAX instead of the regular
printer.
If, for some reason, your built in fax does not work, or if
you dont have a spare connection to your phone line, then
browse to https://faxzero.com/
You can use that from anywhere, even if you dont have
access to a phone line, for example if you are using the
WiFi at the donut shop.
You can send 5 pages for free, and a small nominal fee,
($1,99) for 25 pages.
I have used https://faxzero.com/ for many years. Never any
problem, as long as the recipient has paper in their fax
machine. I use them mainly because I dont like receiving
junk faxes, which is a real problem when you have a
business number. So I dont have Winfax set up or even a
phone line connected to the computer. For the few faxes I
send, FaxZero is the perfect solution.
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Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf
one fine day. One remarked to the other,
"Windy, isn't it?"
"No," the second man, replied, "it's Thursday."
The third man chimed in, "So am I. Let's have a beer."
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A couple drove several miles down a country road, not
saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an
argument, and neither wanted to concede their position.
As they passed a barnyard of mules and pigs, the wife
sarcastically asked, "Relatives of yours?"
"Yep," the husband replied, "In-laws."
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Italian Vermicelli Soup
By suz1230 [8 Posts, 20 Comments]
There's nothing like a hot bowl of beefy soup when it's
cold outside. This is one of those soups that are really
fail safe in that you can't really hurt it if you don't
follow the directions exactly.
Prep Time: 20 min approx
Cook Time: 2 and 1/2 hrs approx.
Total Time: Start to finish about 2.5 hrs-3hrs
Ingredients:
3-4 lb chuck roast
2-3 Tbsp oil (to sear the chuck roast)
3/4 cup chopped white or yellow onion
2-3 leaves bay leaves
1/4 tsp salt or to taste preference
1/4-1/3 tsp pepper
1/4-3/4 tsp Italian seasoning
2-4 cubes beef bouillon
4-5 cups water
1/2 lb spaghetti pasta or Vermicelli pasta
1 can petite diced tomatoes
Steps:
Sear the chuck roast meat. You want a really good sear on
both sides. Almost to the point where you think its going
to burn it, but don't burn it. Cook at a medium high heat
about 7ish minutes on each side. You'll know when it's
super browned you've got that great sear.
Coarsely chop your onion while the chuck roast is searing.
When the meat is seared real good on both sides, throw your
chopped onion into the same pot.
Cook the onion on the medium high heat with your meat until
the onions are caramelized slightly.
Pour in your water and spices.
Turn the heat down to the lowest simmer and put on a lid.
The meat with the water and spices are going to now cook
for 2-3 hrs, depending on when the meat is tender to your
preference.
Check the pot about every 45 min to an hour or so, because
you may need to add 1/8 of a cup of water to it in a hour
to an hour and a half, as it will reduce.
In another pot cook your pasta, then drain it and just put
a little oil on it, as to keep it from sticking together,
and stir that around in the pot it cooked in just to get
the pasta "oiled very very lightly", as you'll be adding
that to the beef stock when the meat is done cooking.
When the meat is done to your desired tenderness (mine was
about 2.5 hrs), then turn off the pot of stock and using a
meat fork, remove the meat from the pot so you can cut or
tear it up into bite size pieces.
Now add your cooked and drained pasta back into the beef
stock.
Now add your cut or torn up Chuck roast back into the pot
with the stock and pasta.
Add the diced tomatoes and a touch of salt and pepper on
top of all that. Now it's ready.
Tip provided by Thriftyfun.com
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For the busy bachelor version you can use Italian or Farmer
sausage for the meat cut in half lengthwise and then
sliced. Sear it with the onion. Go ahead and just use the
whole onion. Add a teaspoon of Minsestrone soup powder from
the Bulk Barn instead of the oxo cubes.
For the pasta, when done, "scare it" with a cup of cold
water to make it non-stick, just like the Italian chefs do,
before you tip it into the colander.
For the tomatoes I use "stewed tomatoes", unless I have a
fresh one handy. Either way, the tomatoes need to be stired
in and simmered for a few minutes to get the real Italian
flavor going.
I usually have leftovers for the next day and simply add
veggies.
Have FUN!
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Thanks to Maria for this story:
A man is traveling with his wife and mother-in-law in a far
east country. At a place of honor, his mother-in-law makes
a careless remark, which the native people take as an
insult to the royal family.
The man is dragged off to court with his wife and mother-
in-law and are sentenced to corporal punishment. Each of
them are to receive 50 lashes on the rear end with a cane.
But because the royal family doesn't want to appear hostile
to foreigners, they grant the guests in their country a
wish beforehand, as long as it can be fulfilled.
The man's wife is first and she requests that a pillow be
bound to her rear end before the lashings. The wish is
granted, but because the pillow is too small, and the
executioner also hits her back a couple of times, she
receives a few blows.
Next it is the man's mother-in-law's turn. Since she saw
what happened to her daughter, she requests a pillow to be
bound on her rear end and a pillow be bound on her back
before the lashings. The mother in law's wish is granted
and she receives her fifty lashes, but hardly feels the
pain through the pillows.
Then it is the man's turn, and he tells the leader of the
royal family, "I have two wishes. Do you want to fulfill
them for me?"
The leader says, "Because you are a guest in our country,
we want to fulfill your wishes for you, as long as they are
reasonable."
So, the man says, "I would like a hundred lashes instead of
fifty."
The executioner is surprised, but says, "Yes, that is a
pious wish, it shall be granted to you. And what is your
second wish?"
And the man says, "I would like to have my mother-in-law
bound to my back."
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To get acquainted with his new Parish, the Priest decided
to call on some members daily. One he selected was a young
widow, her husband, according to the index card, had died
two years ago. After knocking at the door, he was greeted
by a young lady with a baby in her arms. He said, "I'm
sorry, I must have the wrong address, I was looking for the
widow Laffitte."
"You've found her Father." smiled the lady.
"Well, according to the card here, it says your husband
died over two years ago." he said glancing at the baby in
her arms.
"That's correct Father, he surely did... but I didn't."
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Today, December 27, in
1703 The Methuen Treaty was signed between Portugal and
England, giving preference to the import of Portuguese
wines into England.
1831 Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific
aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin's discoveries during the
voyage helped him form the basis of his theories on
evolution.
1845 Dr. Crawford Williamson Long used anesthesia for
childbirth for the first time. The event was the delivery
of his own child in Jefferson, GA.
1900 Carrie Nation staged her first raid on a saloon at the
Carey Hotel in Wichita, KS. She broke each and every one of
the liquor bottles that could be seen.
1904 James Barrie's play "Peter Pan" premiered in London.
1927 Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party.
1938 The first skimobile course in America opened in North
Conway, NH.
1945 The World Bank was created with an agreement signed by
28 nations.
1947 The children's television program "Howdy Doody,"
hosted by Bob Smith, made its debut on NBC.
1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands granted sovereignty
to Indonesia after more than 300 years of Dutch rule.
1951 In Cincinnati, OH, a Crosley automobile, with a
steering wheel on the right side, became the first vehicle
of its kind to be placed in service for mail delivery.
1965 The BP oil rig Sea Gem capsized in the North Sea, with
the loss of 13 lives.
1978 Spain adopted a new constitution and became a
democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
1979 Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. Babrak
Karmal succeeded President Hafizullah Amin, who was
overthrown and executed.
1985 Palestinian guerrillas opened fire inside the Rome and
Vienna airports. A total of twenty people were killed,
including five of the attackers, who were slain by police
and security personnel.
1985 Dian Fossey, an American naturalist, was found
murdered at a research station in Rawanda.
1992 The U.S. shot down an Iraqi fighter jet during what
the Pentagon described as a confrontation between a pair of
Iraqi warplanes and U.S. F-16 jets in U.N.-restricted
airspace over southern Iraq.
1996 Muslim fundamentalist Taliban forces retook the
strategic air base of Bagram, solidifying their buffer zone
around Kabul, the Afghanistan capital.
1997 In Northern Ireland, Billy Wright was assassinated. He
was imprisoned as a Protestant paramilitary leader.
2000 Mario Lemeiux (Pittsburgh Penguins) returned to the
National Hockey League (NHL) as a player after over 3 years
of retirement. He was the first owner-player in the modern
era of pro sports. Lemieux had purchased the Pittsburgh
Penguins during his retirement from playing.
2001 U.S. President George W. Bush granted China permanent
normal trade status with the United States.
2002 North Korea ordered U.N. nuclear inspectors to leave
the country and said that it would restart a laboratory
capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons.
2002 Clonaid announced the birth of the first cloned human
baby. The baby had been born December 26.
2002 In Chechnya, at least 40 people were killed when
suicide bombers attacked the administartion of Grozny.
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017, 10:03 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Tuesday, December 26
Happy Boxing Day!
Thank You, Ian!
Thank you Nancy!
-28 and a brutal wind filled with drifting snow made my
walk so uncomfortable, that I shortened my route. It was
a reminder of Carl Sagans "Ice Age is Coming" rant from
the 70s, that got you feeling guilty about fun muscle cars.
So you got rid of powerful cars, and got Gullible Warming.
What now, is the cause of the current cold ripple?
Have FUN!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Older Couple Caught With 60 Pounds Of Pot
Said It Was For Christmas Gifts
Bonehead
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Today, December 26 in
1865 The coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason.
See More of what happened on this day in history.
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Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark
side, and it holds the universe together.
--- Carl Zwanzig
A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going
on.
--- William S. Burroughs (1914 - 1997)
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How Many Dogs Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?
Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is
young, we've got our whole lives ahead of us, and you're
inside worrying about a stupid burned-out light bulb?
Border Collie: Just one. And I'll replace any wiring
that's not up to code.
Dachshund: I can't reach the stupid lamp!
Toy Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border collie's
ear and he'll do it. By the time he finishes rewiring the
house, my nails will be dry.
Rottweiler: Go Ahead! Make me!
Shi-tzu: Puh-leeze, dah-ling. Let the servants. . . .
Lab: Oh, me, me!!! Pleeeeeeze let me change the
light bulb! Can I? Can I? Huh? Huh? Can I?
Malamute: Let the Border collie do it.. You can
feed me while he's busy.
Cocker Spaniel: Why change it? I can still pee on
the carpet in the dark.
Doberman Pinscher: While it's dark, I'm going to
sleep on the couch.
Mastiff: Mastiffs are NOT afraid of the dark.
Hound Dog: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Chihuahua: Yo quiero Taco Bulb.
Pointer: I see it, there it is, right there...
Greyhound: It isn't moving. Who cares?
Australian Shepherd: Put all the light bulbs in a
little circle...
Old English Sheep Dog: Light bulb? Light bulb?
That thing I just ate was a light bulb?
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One day a man went to an auction. While there, he bid on a
parrot. He really wanted this bird, so he got caught up in
the bidding. He kept on bidding, but kept getting outbid,
so he bid higher and higher and higher.
Finally, after he bid way more than he intended, he won the
bid - the parrot was his at last!
As he was paying for the parrot, he said to the auctioneer,
"I sure hope this parrot can talk. I would hate to have
paid this much for it, only to find out that he can't
talk!"
"Don't worry," said the auctioneer, "He can talk. Who do
you think kept bidding against you?"
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Split Rock, Minnesota
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'LOST' screamed the ad in a local paper in Celina, Ohio.
'Female medium-size gray tiger cat. Answers to Lucy,
sometimes, or Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, sometimes, or the
sound of an electric can opener, always.'
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Patrick Jiron, 80,
Clearlake Oaks,
California
Older Couple Caught With 60 Pounds Of Pot
Said It Was For Christmas Gifts
The street value of the Christmas haul was estimated at
$336,000.
A routine traffic stop in York County, Nebraska, on Tuesday
turned out to be anything but routine.
That’s because officers found 60 pounds of pot in the
vehicle, which was occupied by an older couple traveling on
Interstate 80, according to the York News-Times.
Deputies in York County stopped a Toyota Tacoma after it
crossed the center line and the driver failed to signal.
Deputies said they immediately smelled what appeared to be
raw marijuana.
When drug-sniffing dogs confirmed their suspicion, officers
searched the pickup and found the weed in boxes inside the
pickup topper, the newspaper reported.
York County sheriff’s Lt. Paul Vrbka told the paper he
estimated the confiscated cannabis to be worth about
$336,000.
Patrick Jiron, 80, was arrested on charges of possession of
marijuana with the intent to deliver and having no drug
tax
stamp, both felonies.
Jiron was released after he posted 10 percent of his
$100,000 bond, according to the York News-Times.
His wife, 70-year-old Barbara Jiron, was cited but not
jailed due to what Vrbka described as ”some medical
issues.”
Vrbka said the couple told police they were traveling to
Vermont from Clearlake Oaks, California, and intended to
give out the weed as Christmas presents, according to
WOWT.com.
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From: Eliza
Re: How long to keep blacklist?
Dear Webby,
You mentioned at one time how long to keep addresses in
the Mailwasher blacklist. I am quite happy with MailWasher,
but I noticed that the blacklist file is getting quite
large, and sooner or later that must be putting a load on
my machine.
And how do you deal with spammers that keep changing
their forged sending addresses?
Eliza
Dear Eliza
MailWasher generally ignores the sender address, unless
it is in the blacklist, since most spammers forge their
sender address anyway. MailWasher checks the content
of spam.
Persistent spammers like the Bed & Bath crooks are best
dealt with a filter. It takes 20 seconds to make a filter,
and you never see mail from those crooks again.
To keep the blacklist short and fast, I age it off in two
days. By then the spammers usually change their address
anyway.
For those of you who haven't got MailWasher yet, click
on the MailWasher button in the right side menu and get
a free trial copy.
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A man is sitting down on a public toilet when suddenly, the
guy in the stall next to him says:
Hi, how are you?
Um...fine, answers the man.
What are you up to? asks the other guy.
I?m traveling, the man says hesitantly.
"Are you coming over soon?"
"Excuse me?"
Mind if I stop over??
What? ARE YOU CRAZY? Don?t even think of coming over
here!"
Hey, Ill call you back, says the other guy. The idiot in
the next stall thinks I am talkin to him.
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A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife
can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
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Put Luggage to Use
This is a handy tip if you don't use your luggage
regularly.
Instead of storing it empty, fill it up with out of season
clothing or extra blankets. Attach a tag that lists to
contents on the handle so you can see what is in it at a
glance.
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A motorist driving by a Texas ranch hit and killed a calf
that was crossing the road. The driver went to the owner
of the calf and explained what had happened. He then
asked what the animal was worth.
"Oh, about $200 today," said the rancher. "But in six years
it would have been worth $900. So $900 is what I'm out."
The motorist sat down and wrote out a check and handed it
to the farmer. "Here," he said, "is a check for $900. It's
postdated six years from now."
| The beautifully painted Monasteries of Romania. It's amazing to me what
colorful paintings ancient men did without the modern paints we have today.
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Six-year old Angie, and her four-year old brother, Joel,
were sitting together in church. Joel giggled, sang and
talked out loud. Finally, his big sister had had
enough. "You're not supposed to talk out loud in
church."
"Why? Who's going to stop me?" Joel asked.
Angie pointed to the back of the church and said, "See
those two big men in gangster suits standing by the door?
They're hushers."
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Today, December 26, in
1620 The Pilgrim Fathers landed at New Plymouth, MA, to
found Plymouth Colony, with John Carver as Governor.
1776 The British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of
Trenton during the American Revolutionary War.
1865 The coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason.
1898 Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium.
1908 Texan boxer "Galveston Jack" Johnson knocked out Tommy
Burns in Sydney, Australia, to become the first black
boxer
to win the world heavyweight title.
1917 During World War I, the U.S. government took over
operation of the nation's railroads to prevent strikes.
1921 The Catholic Irish Free State became a self-governing
dominion of Great Britain.
1927 The East-West Shrine football game featured numbers on
both the front and back of players’ jerseys.
1941 Winston Churchill became the first British prime
minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
1941 U.S. President Roosevelt signed a resolution that set
a fixed-date, the fourth Thursday of November, for the
Federal Thanksgiving Day holiday.
1943 The German battlecruiser Scharnhorst was sunk in the
North Sea, during the Battle of North Cape.
1944 Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie" was
first performed publicly, at the Civic Theatre in Chicago,
IL.
1947 Heavy snow blanketed the Northeast United States,
burying New York City under 25.8 inches of snow in 16
hours. The severe weather was blamed for about 80 deaths.
1953 "Big Sister" was heard for the last time on CBS Radio.
The show had run for 17 years.
1956 Fidel Castro attempted a secret landing in Cuba to
overthrow the Batista regime. All but 11 of his supporters
were killed.
1959 The first charity walk took place, along Icknield Way,
in aid of the World Refugee Fund.
1982 The Man of the Year in "TIME" magazine was a computer.
It was the first time a non-human received the honors.
1986 Doug Jarvis, age 31, set a National Hockey League
(NHL) record as he skated in his 916th consecutive game.
Jarvis eventually set the individual record for most
consecutive games played with 964.
1986 "Search for Tomorrow" was seen for the last time on
CBS-TV. The show had been on the air for 35-years.
1991 The Soviet Union's parliament formally voted the
country out of existence.
1995 Israel turned dozens of West Bank villages over to the
Palestinian Authority.
1996 Six-year-old beauty queen Jon Benet Ramsey was found
beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home
in Boulder, CO.
1998 Iraq announced that it would fire on U.S. and British
warplanes that patrol the skies over northern and southern
Iraq.
1999 Alfonso Portillo, a populist lawyer, won Guatemala's
first peacetime presidential elections in 40 years.
2000 Michael McDermott, age 42, opened fire at his place of
employment killing seven people. McDermott had no criminal
history.
2002 The first cloned human baby was born. The announcement
was made the December 27 by Clonaid.
2004 Under the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake
sent 500-mph waves across the Indian Ocean and Bay of
Bengal. The tsunami killed at least 283,000 people in a
dozen countries, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Sumatra,
Thailand and India.
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Monday, December 25, 2017, 10:26 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Monday, December 25
Merry Christmas!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Car jackers caught thanks to navigation system
Bonehead
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Today, December 25 in
1223 St. Francis of Assisi assembled one of the first
Nativity scenes, in Greccio, Italy.
See More of what happened on this day in history.
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How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's
senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.
--- Norman Douglas
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Several weeks after Christmas, I stopped by my sister's
house and my 7 year old nephew greeted me with,
"Thanks for the Sea Scout Signal Whistle you gave me for
Christmas! It's the best present I ever got."
"That's great, Did you learn how to pipe any signals on
it?"
"Oh, I don't play with it," the little guy said.
"My mom gives me a dollar a day not to blow it during the
day and my dad gives me five dollars a week not to blow
it at night."
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Anni got a part time job in a local restaurant to pick up a
little spare change. She was concerned about being able to
carry the heavy trays and serve from them but a co-worker
explained that there were tray stands placed throughout
the restaurant.
A nervous Anni served all the lunches successfully last
Saturday utilizing every stand he could find. Afterward
Anni was concerned about an elderly couple that had
finished some time ago and paid their check, but remained
sitting at the table.
When Anni asked if everything had been all right, the man
said quietly, " Yes, It was fine, dear," , "but my wife and
I would like to leave now and we were wondering if she
could please have her walker back?"
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When the famous politician and orator William Jennings
Bryan (1860-1925) was a young man, he went to the home of
the father of his prospective wife to ask him for her hand
in marriage. Bryan was determined to impress the father by
quoting from the Bible, and he chose Proverbs 18:22: "He
who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from
the LORD."
Bryan was unnerved when the father replied by quoting Paul:
"So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he
that giveth her not in marriage doeth better."
(1 Corinthians 7:38)
Bryan, never at a loss for words, said: "Yes, but Paul had
no wife and Solomon had 700. Therefore, I believe Solomon
ought to be the better judge as to marriage."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Christopher Bellamy, 25, of West Palm Beach
Elias Evans, 19, of Riviera Beach,
Floriduh
Car jackers arrested
Two men are being held without bond at the Palm Beach
County Jail after they allegedly carjacked a man of a
vehicle he had just purchased, according to an arrest
report.
Christopher Bellamy, 25, of West Palm Beach and Elias
Evans, 19, of Riviera Beach are each facing charges of
carjacking with a firearm and robbery with a firearm.
The carjacking victim, who is 22 and from Lantana, was
forced at gunpoint Friday to give up his 2009 BMW, his gold
teeth, a belt and $143 in cash, the report said. A
passenger in the BMW was robbed of $20 and an iPhone.
The passenger, a 17-year-old boy, told Riviera Beach police
he was contacted by a man he knows only as “Deandre” to
hang out on the 1100 block of West 23rd Street, just north
of Blue Heron Boulevard. After about 30 minutes, the 17-
year-old called his friend, the BMW owner, to pick him up,
the report said.
As the BMW was pulling away, Deandre knocked on a rear
window and asked for a ride to the store. He got into the
car along with Bellamy and Evans, the report said.
Deandre then allegedly pulled a gun and put it in the
driver’s face.
“This is how it is going to go down,” Deandre told the
driver.
After robbing the driver and passenger, the three men
jumped into the BMW and left.
The vehicle was equipped with a navigation system that
allowed police to track its location. Riviera Beach police,
assisted by West Palm Beach police, arrested Bellamy and
Evans as they exited the car at 10th Street and Tamarind
Avenue in West Palm Beach.
The man known as Deandre has not yet been arrested. Bellamy
and Evans refused to speak to police after their arrest,
the report said.
A phone belonging to the BMW’s owner was allegedly found in
Bellamy’s possession, police say.
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From: Maria
Re: HTML from MS WORD
Dear Webby,
I write my web pages by saving MS WORD docs as HTML.
Usually that works OK. When it didn't, I asked my ISP to
look at it and fix it. He got quite rude about it and was
of no help. Can you fix it for me?
Maria
Dear Maria
No, I won't, but I'll try not to get rude about it.
The HTML produced by WORD does sorta work, but it is
definitely not suitable for quick fixes or updating. The
code looks awful and any fixes are very time consuming,
especially when compared to clean HTML.
Your best bet is to just write a new doc and convert that,
or use a proper HTML editor to write your pages. I doubt
that you will find any volunteer to fix that page.
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The following conversation took place one morning between a
wife and her now ex-husband. They were discussing
government cost cuts that they recently heard about on TV.
"Honey," his wife said, while reading the newspaper, "it
looks like our government is going to cut overhead and
trim down the military forces. They are going to retire
six overaged destroyers."
To which the husband replied, "Oh...I'm sorry to hear your
mother will be out of work."
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Thanks to the Folks from Erie for this story:
Got my new truck !
I just got my new Chevy pickup, but had to take it back to
the dealer because I couldn't figure out how the radio
worked.
The salesman explained that the radio was voice activated.
"Watch this." He said "NELSON." The radio replied
"Ricky or Willie?" He said "WILLIE" - - and "On The Road
Again" came from the speakers.
I drove away happy, and for the next few days, every time
I'd say "BEETHOVEN" I'd get beautiful classical music, and
if I said "BEATLES" I'd get one of their awesome songs.
One day, a couple ran a red light and nearly creamed my new
truck but I swerved in time to avoid them.
I yelled "AS******S!"
The French National Anthem began to play, sung by Jane
Fonda and Michael Moore, backed up by John Kerry on guitar,
Al Gore on drums, Bill Clinton on sax and Ted Kennedy on
booze.
Darn, I LOVE my truck!
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Sock Puppet Craft
Turn a lonely sock into a sock puppet. You can use buttons
for the eyes and nose or buy googly eyes at a craft store.
Make a head of hair for you puppet out of yarn. Craft felt
can be used for further embellishments.
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At an international conference, an American, a British and
a Russian were discussing the shortcomings of their
diagnoses.
"I can't stand it some time. We treat people for cancer,
and then they die of AIDS."
"I know what you mean." said the British. "We treat them
for yellow fever, and it turns out they had malaria. Then,
of course, they die."
"That is not a problem in our country" said the Russian
doctor. "When we treat people for a disease, they die of
*that* disease."
| MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! My all time favorite....Holdman Christmas Lights 2010 - Complete Show
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Thanks to Phil for this:
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always count
on the support of Paul."
Of course, Paul's support is obvious, but it is equally
obvious that to rob from Peter to pay Paul will make Peter
very, very angry.
My question is this: "How can you run a good government
with a sore Peter?"
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Today, December 25, in
0800 Charlemagne was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor in
Rome by Pope Leo III.
1066 William the Conqueror was crowned king of England.
1223 St. Francis of Assisi assembled one of the first
Nativity scenes, in Greccio, Italy.
1776 Gen. George Washington and his troops crossed the
Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces
at Trenton, NJ.
1818 "Silent Night" was performed for the first time, at
the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria. That
church is now a chapel honoring that event.
1868 U.S. President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional
pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion
that resulted in the Civil War.
1914 During World War I, British and German troops observed
an unofficial truce and even playing football together on
the Western Front.
1917 The play "Why Marry?" opened at the Astor Theatre in
New York City. "Why Marry?" was the first dramatic play to
win a Pulitzer Prize.
1926 Hirohito became the emperor of Japan after the death
of his father Emperor Taisho.
1930 The Mt. Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New
York opened to the public. It was the first bobsled track
of international specifications to open in the U.S.
1937 Arturo Toscanini conducted the first broadcast of
"Symphony of the Air" over NBC radio.
1939 "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was read on
CBS radio for the first time.
1941 Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese.
1962 The Department of Commerce Census Clock in Washington,
DC, recorded the U.S. population on this day as
188,000,000.
1972 The Nicaraguan capital Managua was hit by an
earthquake. Over 10,000 people were killed.
1979 The USSR invaded Afghanistan in a bid to halt civil
war and protect USSR interests.
1989 Ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his
wife, Elena, were executed following a popular uprising.
1989 Dissident playwright Vaclav Havel was elected
president of Czechoslovakia.
1991 Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on
television to announce his resignation as leader of a
Communist superpower that had already gone out of
existence.
1998 Seven days into their journey, Richard Branson, Steve
Fossett and Per Lindstrand of Sweden gave up their attempt
to make the first nonstop round-the-world balloon flight.
They ditched near Hawaii.
2000 Over 300 people were killed and dozens were injured by
fire at a Christmas party in the Chinese city of Luoyang.
The incident occurred at the Dongdu Disco.
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Sunday, December 24, 2017, 08:33 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Sunday, December 24
When I went for my walk the wind was getting gusty. There
was still about a foot of powder snow on the trees, looking
quite Christmassy. So I dug out my big Yukon scarf. It is
still in very good shape after all these years.
A block later the street lights down by the High School
dimmed. Oh-Oh! A gust was blowing a snow drift as high as
their lights. I watched it approach and turned my back to
it. A second later I was flat in the snow, making a face
print.
I had expected a push, but not quite THAT much of a push.
Well, it was a good warning. The rest of my walk I was
ready for gusts.
We have to expect some wicked snow drifts by morning!
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Killer said he “felt disrespected”
Bonehead
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Today, December 24 in
1818 Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, near Salzburg, Austria,
composed the music for "Silent Night" to words written by
Josef Mohr.
Their church organ broke down during practise, so Franz
Gruber, the village teacher, was asked to come up with
something, that he could play on his guitar. He did.
He and his students practised singing "Silent Night" on the
afternoon of the 24th and performed it at Midnight Mass.
It was a hit! Within 10 years it had swept the German
speaking parts of Europe and some translations had been
made.
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the more obvious it seems afterwards.
---Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983)
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Three small boys were bragging about their fathers.
The first boasted that his dad owned a farm.
The second said his dad owned a factory.
The third boy, a pastor's son, replied, "That's nothin'.
My dad owns hell."
"No way," another boy scoffed. "How can a man own hell?"
"Sure he can," the preacher's son said.
"My mom told my grandma that them elders of our church
gave it to him last night."
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Thanks to Bill for this story:
Each Friday night I drove my wife to the train station so
she could go visit her sister who was ill. Ten minutes
later, my sister arrived by train so that she could manage
our household over the weekend while my wife was gone.
On Sundays this procedure worked in reverse with my
sister departing by train ten minutes before my wife
arrived.
One evening after my sister left and while I awaited my
wife's arrival, a porter sauntered over.
"Mister," he said, "you are sure some man! But one of
these days you are goin' to get caught!"
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Two sisters had been given parts in a play at their church.
At dinner that night, they got into an argument
as to who had the most important role.
Finally the 12-year-old said to her 8-year-old younger
sister, "Well, you just ask Mom. She'll tell you it's much
harder to be a virgin than it is to be an angel!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Kervin Pierce, 25
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Killer said he “felt disrespected”
25-year-old Kervin Pierce of Milwaukee now faces multiple
charges in connection with the fatal shooting of his own
mother and beating of his brother. It happened at an Oak
Creek apartment complex on Tuesday, December 19th.
Pierce faces the following criminal charges:
First degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous
weapon
Attempted first degree intentional homicide, use of a
dangerous weapon
Strangulation & suffocation
Battery by prisoners
According to the criminal complaint, police received a 911
call from a man (later identified as Pierce) who said
"there was a female inside of the residence that had been
shot to the face and an unconscious male that had been
pistol whipped." When officers arrived on the scene, they
found Bonita Pierce deceased -- lying on the floor in a
bedroom. Pierce's brother was found with injuries to his
head and "a large amount of blood on his face."
When questioned by police about what happened, Pierce said
"he has felt disrespected by both his mother and brother
for 2 to 3 months and was very upset about that." On
December 19th, Pierce said "he felt intense disrespect
today and was overwhelmed" -- and that "his mother was
nagging him about little things."
The complaint indicates Pierce said he shot his mother
because he was "just fed up." The complaint says Pierce
"planned to shoot his brother next, however the gun
jammed." He said he intended to shoot both his mother and
brother and then call the police.
Pierce was taken into custody when officers arrived on the
scene.
On December 20th, while Pierce was at the Milwaukee County
Jail, the criminal complaint says a correctional officer
noticed Pierce "pacing by the phone banks." The
correctional officer completed a phone call from the
medical unit and when she put the receiver down, "the
defendant grabbed her throat, shook her with both hands,
and threw her to the ground while continuing to strangle
her." The officer's radio fell from her belt -- and she had
no way to call for help.
The complaint indicates the attack against the correctional
officer lasted about 15 seconds and "ended when three
inmates intervened by pulling the defendant off" the
officer until security staff arrived.
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From: Gary
Re: AutoPlay
Dear Webby,
I have a question for you that I may have asked before..
I don't remember..but here it is.
When I insert a cd into my cd player I have to manually
go into wmp..it won't come up automaticly as it once did..
please help....thank you in advance.
Gary
Dear Gary
Enabling AutoPlay on a data and audio CD:
Open My Computer or Explorer
Highlight the CD-ROM drive,
right click the CD-ROM drive and click properties.
Click the AutoPlay tab.
Within this section you will be able to specify all Windows
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A small, uncertain, and nervous witness was being cross-
examined.
The lawyer thundered, "Have you ever been married?"
"Yes, sir, once" said the witness in a low voice.
"Whom did you marry?"
"Well, a woman."
The lawyer said angrily, "Of course you married a woman !
Did you ever hear of anyone marrying a man ?"
The witness replied meekly, "MY mother did."
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We are now seeing a new, redesigned $20 bill. This is
part of an anti-counterfeiting program to redesign all of
our old currency, which has become too easy to duplicate
with modern color photocopiers- a fact that was made all
too clear when Xerox, in its 2017 annual report, reported
profits of "$850 Billion, mostly in $20's".
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There was a beer party out in the woods and, all of a
sudden there was a downpour of rain and thunder. Two
young men ran for about 10 minutes in the pouring
rain, and finally reached their car just as the rain
let up. They jumped in the car, started it up and
headed down the road, laughing and, of course, still
drinking one beer after the other.
All of a sudden an old man's face appeared outside the
passenger window, and he tapped lightly on the window!
The man on the passenger side screamed out, "Ahhhhhhh!
Look at my window!!! There's an old guy's face there!"
The old man kept knocking, so the driver said, "Well,
open the window a little and ask him what he wants!"
So, the passenger rolled his window down part way and,
scared out of his wits, said, "What do you want?"
The old man softly replied, "Do you have any
cigarettes?"
The passenger, terrified, looked at the driver and
said, "He wants a cigarette."
"Well, give him a cigarette! HURRY!!" the driver
replies.
So he fumbles around with the pack and hands the old
man a cigarette and yells to the driver, "Step on
it!!!", rolling up the window in terror.
Now going about 80 miles an hour, they calm down, and
they start laughing again, and the passenger says,
"What do you think of that?"
The driver replies, "I don't know. How could that be?
I am going pretty fast."
Then all of a sudden AGAIN there is a knock, and there
is the old man again.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah, there he is again!" the passenger
yells.
"Well, see what he wants now!" yells back the driver.
He rolls down the window a little ways and shakily
says, "Yes?"
"Do you have a light?" the old man quietly asks.
The driver throws a lighter out the window at him and
rolls up the window and yells, "STEP ON IT!"
They are now going about 100 miles an hour and still
guzzling beer, trying to forget what they had just
seen and heard, when all of a sudden again there is
more knocking!
"OH MY GOD! HE'S BACK!"
The passenger rolls down the window and screams in
stark fear, "WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
The old man replies, "You want some help getting out
of the mud?"
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Today, December 24, in
1814 The War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain was ended
with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium.
1818 Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, Austria, composed the music
for "Silent Night" to words written by Josef Mohr.
1828 William Burke who, with his partner William Hare, dug
up the dead and murdered to sell the corpses for
dissection, went on trial in Edinburgh.
1851 A fire devastated the Library of Congress in
Washington, DC, destroying about 35,000 volumes.
1865 Several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a
private social club in Pulaski, TN, called the Ku Klux
Klan.
1906 Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to
broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, MA.
1914 In World War I, the first air raid on Britain was made
when a German airplane dropped a bomb on the grounds of a
rectory in Dover.
1928 The first broadcast of "The Voice of Firestone" was
heard.
1943 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces as
part of Operation Overlord.
1944 The Andrews Sisters starred in the debut of "The
Andrews Sisters’ Eight-To-The-Bar-Ranch" on ABC Radio.
1944 A German submarine torpedoed the Belgian transport
ship S.S. Leopoldville with 2,235 soldiers aboard. About
800 American soldiers died. The soldiers were crossing the
English Channel to be reinforcements at the battle that
become known as the Battle of the Bulge.
1948 For the first time ever, a midnight Mass was broadcast
on television. It was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in
New York City.
1948 The first completely solar-heated house became
occupied in Dover, MA.
1951 Libya achieved independence as the United Kingdom of
Libya, under King Idris.
1965 A meteorite landed on Leicestershire. It weighed about
100lbs.
1966 Luna 13 landed on the moon.
1968 Three astronauts, James A. Lovell, William Anders and
Frank Borman, reached the moon. They orbited the moon 10
times before coming back to Earth. Seven months later man
first landed on the moon.
1979 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in support of the
country's Marxist government.
1981 In Eastern Kazakh/Semipalatinsk, the Soviet Union
performed a nuclear test.
1985 Fidel Castro, the Cuban president, announced that he
had become a non-smoker.
1989 Ousted Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega took refuge at
the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Panama City.
1990 Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were married.
1992 U.S. President George H.W. Bush pardoned former
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the
Iran-Contra scandal.
1997 Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known as "Carlos the Jackal,"
was sentenced by a French court to life in prison for the
1975 murders of two French investigators and a Lebanese
national.
1998 At Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, a tourist was hit by a
piece of flying metal while waiting to board a ride. The
man's wife and a Disneyland employee were also injured.
Luan Phi Dawson died December 26th from his injuries.
1999 Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bédié was overthrown
in a coup.
1999 An Indian Airlines plane was seized during a flight
from Katmandu, Nepal, to New Delhi. In Afghanistan, the 150
hostages were freed on December 31 after India released
three Kashmir militants from prison.
2000 36 minutes after the end of a game, both the New
England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins were called back to
the playing field. The teams had to play the final 3
seconds of the game which the Dolphins had won 27-24. The
end result did not change.
2000 The "Texas 7," seven convicts that had escaped a Texas
prison, robbed a sports store in Irving, TX. The suspects
killed Officer Aubrey Hawkins, stole $70,000, 25 weapons
and clothing. The men had escaped on December 13.
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Saturday, December 23, 2017, 08:26 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Saturday, December 23
Thank you, Don !!
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Often deported Mexican caught with
$1 Million worth of dope
Bonehead
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Today, December 22 in
1775 A Continental naval fleet was organized in the
rebellious American colonies under the command of Ezek
Hopkins.
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I believe that people would be alive today
if there were a death penalty.
--- Nancy Reagan
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A bachelor kept a cat for companionship, and loved his cat
more than life.
He was planning a trip to England and entrusted the cat to
his brother's care. As soon as he arrived in England he
called his brother.
"How is my cat?" he asked. "Your cat is dead," came the
reply.
"Oh my," he exclaimed. "Did you have to tell me that
way?"
"How else can I tell you your cat's dead?" inquired the
brother.
"You should have led me up to it gradually," said the
bachelor. "For an example, when I called tonight you
could have told me my cat was on the roof, but the Fire
Department is getting it down. When I called tomorrow
night, you could have told me that they dropped him and
broke his back, but a fine surgeon is doing all he can for
him. Then, when I called the third night, you could have
told me the surgeon did all he could but my cat passed
away. That way it wouldn't have been such a shock.
"By the way," he continued, "how's Mother?"
"Mother?" came the reply. "Oh, she's up on the roof, but
the Fire Department is getting her down."
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One of our patients wasn't taking any chances. Prior to her
operation, she taped notes to her body for the surgeon...
"Take your time," "Don't cut yourself," "No need to rush,"
"Wash your hands..."
After surgery, as I helped the patient back into her bed,
we discovered a new note taped to her, this one from the
doctor, "Has anyone seen my wristwatch?"
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I spent 20 minutes explaining life insurance options to one
of our employees. After reviewing the different plans and
monthly deductions, he decided to max out, choosing
$100,000 worth of life insurance. But he had one last
question.
"Now," he said, "what do I have to do to collect the
money?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Miguel Angel Garcia-Jimenez, 45,
Landisville,
Pennsylvania
Often deported Mexican caught with
$1 Million worth of dope
A Lancaster County Drug Task Force investigation ended in
the seizure of 180 pounds of marijuana from a Landisville
home with a street value of $1 million, or more, in what
officials call one of the largest marijuana seizures in
county history, December 21, 2017. photos provided by
Lancaster County District Attorney office
Miguel Angel Garcia-Jimenez, 45, is charged with felony
drug-dealing in the Lancaster County Drug Task Force
investigation which resulted in a seizure on December 14.
Garcia-Jimenez is a Mexican national who has been deported
from the United States multiple times. He is being held on
a federal detainer, obtained by ICE. A Lancaster County
Drug Task Force investigation ended in the seizure of 180
pounds of marijuana from a Landisville home with a street
value of $1 million, or more, in what officials call one of
the largest marijuana seizures in county history, December
21, 2017.
Since Landisville is not a Sanctuary town, Miguel Angel
Garcia-Jimenez might get jail time instead of a free ticket
back to Mexico to get more import goods.
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Re: How to save bookmarks in IE
Dear Webby,
You wrote about it before, but I did not save that tip.
How do you save the bookmarks in IE ?
Thanks
Allan
Dear Allan
I have not had IE on my computer for a dozen years,
or more, so I looked this up on old Humor Letters.
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Hold down the ALT key, hit F
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You can even specify the file name that will have the
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Why did the chicken cross the road?
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken
won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on
"THIS" side of the road before it goes after the problem on
the "OTHER SIDE" of the road. What we need to do is help
him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his
"CURRENT" problems before adding "NEW" problems.
OPRAH: Well I understand that the chicken is having
problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad.
So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes
and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give
this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the
road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken
crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on
our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either
against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DONALD RUMSFELD: Now to the left of the screen, you can
clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the
road.
ANDERSON COOPER/CNN: We have reason to believe there is
a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access
to the other side of the road.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the
road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross,
and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am for
it now, and will remain against it.
JUDGE JUDY: That chicken crossed the road because he's
GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking
American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way
that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the
Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a
certain level.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it
with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it
crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you
people see the plain truth in front of your face? The
chicken was going to the "other side." That's why they call
it the "other side." Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay.
And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say
we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination
that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless
phrases like "the other side." That chicken should not be
free to cross the road. It's as plain and simple as that!
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed
the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road,
and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few
moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the
first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced
a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its
life long dream of crossing the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world
crossing roads together - in peace.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2006, which
will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your
important documents, and balance your check book.
Internet explorer is an integral part of eChicken. The
Platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^( C\
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road,
or did the road move beneath the chicken?
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with THAT chicken.
What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken!
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
TRUMP: Many chickens threaten to leave, unfortunately, none
of them have the guts to actually leave.
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Ever mindful of the congregation, the Baptist preacher and
his wife decided to get a new dog, and knew that the dog
also had to be a Baptist. They visited kennel after kennel
and explained their needs. Finally, they found a kennel
whose owner assured them he had just the dog they wanted.
The owner brought the dog to meet the pastor and his wife.
"Fetch the Bible,"he commanded. The dog bounded to the
bookshelf, scrutinized the books, located the Bible, and
brought it to the owner.
"Now find Psalm 23," he commanded. The dog dropped the
Bible to the floor, and showing marvelous dexterity with
his paws, leafed through and finding the correct passage,
pointed to it with his paw.
The pastor and his wife were very impressed and purchased
the dog. That evening, a group of church members came to
visit. The pastor and his wife began to show off the dog,
having him locate several Bible verses.
The visitors were very impressed. One man asked, "Can he
do regular dog tricks, too?"
"I haven't tried yet" the pastor replied. He pointed his
finger at the dog."HEEL!" the pastor commanded.
The dog immediately jumped on a chair, placed one paw
on the pastor's forehead and began to howl.
The pastor looked at his wife in shock and said, "Oh!! NO!!
He's Pentecostal!"
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I love using paper doilies to accent gifts. It adds an
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Little Mary was attending a wedding for the first time. As
she sat in the church, she watched the bride slowly
approach the altar. Mary whispered to her mother, "Why is
the bride dressed in white?"
"Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the
happiest day of her life," her mother tried to explain,
keeping it simple.
The child thought about this for a moment, then said:
"So why is the groom wearing black?"
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From Ed in Illinois
Late one night I stopped at one of those 24-hour gas
station mini-marts to get myself a fresh-brewed cup of
coffee. When I picked up the pot, I could not help noticing
that the brew was as black as asphalt and just about as
thick.
"How old is the coffee you have here?" I asked the woman
who was standing behind the store counter.
She shrugged. "I don't know. I've only been working here
two weeks."
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Today, December 23, in
1788 Maryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area for the
seat of the national government. About two-thirds of the
area became the District of Columbia.
1823 The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C.
Moore (" 'Twas the night before Christmas...") was
published.
1834 English architect Joseph Hansom patented his 'safety
cab', better known as the Hansom cab.
1852 The Theatre of Celestial John opened on Telegraph Hill
in San Francisco, CA. It was the first Chinese theatre in
the U.S.
1856 Ralph Collier was issued a U.S. patent for the first
rotary egg beater with rotating parts.
1880 Thomas Edison incorporated the Edison Electric Light
Company of Europe.
1888 Following a quarrel with Paul Gauguin, Dutch painter
Vincent Van Gogh cut off part of his own earlobe.
1893 The Engelbert Humperdinck opera "Hansel und Gretel"
was first performed, in Weimar, Germany.
1919 The first ship designed to be used as an ambulance for
the transport patients was launched. The hospital ship was
named USS Relief and had 515 beds.
1922 The British Broadcasting Corporation began daily news
broadcasts.
1930 Ruth Elizabeth Davis, an unknown actress, arrived in
Hollywood, under contract to Universal Studios. Universal
changed her name to Bette Davis for the movies.
1941 During World War II, American forces on Wake Island
surrendered to the Japanese.
1942 Bob Hope agreed to entertain U.S. airmen in Alaska. It
was the first of the traditional Christmas shows.
1943 "Hansel and Gretel," the opera, was televised on New
York's WRBG. It was the first complete opera to be
televised.
1947 John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley
invented the transistor.
1948 Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other
Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo. They had been
found guilty of crimes against humanity.
1951 A National Football League (NFL) championship game was
televised nationally for the first time. The Los Angeles
Rams beat the Cleveland Browns 24-17. The DuMont Network
had paid $75,000 for the rights to the game.
1953 Soviet secret police chief Lavrenti Beria and six of
his associates were shot for treason following a secret
trial.
1954 The Walt Disney movie "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
was released.
1965 A 70-mph speed limit was introduced in Britain.
1968 The crew of the U.S. Navy ship, Pueblo, was released
by North Korea. The Captain of the Pueblo, Commander Lloyd
M. Bucher, and 82 of his crew were held for 11 months after
the ship was seized by North Korea because of suspected
spying by the Americans.
1970 In New York, the topping out ceremony for original One
World Trade Center (North Tower) took place. The South
Tower's ceremony took place on July 19, 1971.
1981 NASA approved a plan to continue the Voyager II
spacecraft on a trajectory that would take it within 66,000
miles of Uranus on July 24, 1986.
1986 The experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick
Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first non-stop,
around-the-world flight without refueling as it landed
safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for
the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ford in 1975,
escaped from the Alderson Federal Prison for Women in West
Virginia. She was recaptured two days later.
1989 Ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his
wife, Elena, were captured as they were attempting to flee
their country.
1990 Elections in Yugoslavia ended, leaving four of its six
republics with non-Communist governments.
1995 A fire in Dabwali, India, killed 540 people, including
170 children, during a year-end party being held near the
children's school.
1995 The bodies of 16 members of the Solar Temple religious
sect were found in a clearing near Grenoble, France. 14
were presumed shot by two people who then committed
suicide.
1997 Terry Nichols was convicted by a Denver jury on
charges of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter in the
1995 federal building bombing in Oklahoma City. The bomb
killed 168 people.
1998 Guerrillas in south Lebanon fired dozens of rockets at
northern Israel.
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Friday, December 22, 2017, 09:16 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Friday, December 22
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Today is the shortest day of the year.
Now the days will get longer again.
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Dopey Veterinarian Shot Neighbor's Barking Dog
Bonehead
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Today, December 22 in
1775 A Continental naval fleet was organized in the
rebellious American colonies under the command of Ezek
Hopkins.
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There are people who, instead of listening to what is being
said to them, are already listening to what they are going
to say themselves.
--- Albert Guinon (1863 - 1923)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be
necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed
beholder a black eye.
--- Miss Piggy
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During a jury selection process, the first lawyer began his
questioning as an intimidating showman. He looked over
the prospective jurors and asked, "Do any of you here today
dislike lawyers?"
Before the pause became too long, the judge said, "I do."
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A married couple, trying to live up to a snobbish life-
style went to a party. The conversation turned to Mozart.
"Absolutely brilliant, magnificent, a genius!"
The woman, wanting to join in the conversation, remarked
casually, "Ah, Mozart. You're so right. I love him. Only
this morning I saw him getting on the number five bus
going to Coney Island."
There was a sudden hush, and everyone looked at her. Her
husband was mortified. He pulled her away and whispered,
"We're leaving right now. Get your coat and let's get our
of here."
As they drove home, he kept muttering to himself. Finally,
his wife turned to him and said, "You're angry about
something."
"Oh really? You noticed?" he sneered. "I've never been so
embarrassed in my life! You saw Mozart take the number
five bus to Coney Island? How could you say that?
Everyone knows the number five bus doesn't go to Coney
Island !"
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A reporter from New York was visiting an old colleague who
now edited a newspaper in a tiny Vermont town.
"I don't see how you do it," the NY reporter said. "How
can you drum up interest in the news when everybody in town
knows what everybody else is doing?"
"Sure they know," the editor said, "but they read the paper
to see who got caught at it."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Kelly Folse,
35,
Harahan,
Louisiana
Dopey Veterinarian Shot Neighbor's Barking Dog
Louisiana veterinarian Kelly Folse's prescription for a
barking dog next door was a bullet, police say. Folse, 35,
was booked on aggravated cruelty to an animal Tuesday, the
New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
She also faces charges of drug possession and illegal
discharge of a firearm. Police say Folse shot Bruizer, her
next-door neighbor's 15-month-old American bulldog, in the
head when her neighbor was out on the afternoon of Dec. 13.
The family took the wounded animal to the Abadie Veterinary
Hospital in Harahan, where Folse works, but it died from
its injuries the next day. Folse was not involved in caring
for the dog, authorities say.
The hospital fired Folse on Tuesday.
Police say the neighbor, suspecting Folse had shot her dog,
showed them hostile messages from the vet complaining about
constant barking. Narcotics were found in the vet's home
after police obtained a search warrant. "This is crazy, a
veterinarian shooting a dog of her next-door neighbor,"
Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said Tuesday. "This is nuts. I don't
know how else to put it." He added: "This is not supposed
to be normal. Someone lost a pet today ... I don't care how
much it barks; this is not appropriate behavior," per the
Advocate.
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I used to have sled dogs when I was in the Yukon, and know
they really got annoying at times, especially when I was
working night shift and trying to sleep during the day, and
they decided that I should get up and shoot a porcupine,
that was sauntering around just out of reach of their
chains.
A dozen sled dogs can make quite a racket, but I never shot
one of them. I just put some industrial quality yellow ear
plugs into my ears, and continued my sleep. Not a big
deal. I hope that dingbat gets thrown in the slammer for a
few years!
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Tech Support Pits
From: Sunny
Re: Slow virus scanning
Dear Webby,
When I do a virus scan and it gets to big zip files,
everything slows down and it takes a long time to get past
those zip files. Is there a way to speed that up?
Thanks
Sunny
Move those zip files an old camera chip or onto CDs or
DVDs, and delete them off your computer. You are obviously
not actively using them, just storing them, so you might as
well store them elsewhere.
Have FUN!
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Ted Nugent on Deer Hunting
While on a European tour, Ted was being interviewed by a
French journalist. The journalist asked, "What do you think
the last thought is in the head of a deer before you shoot
it? Is it, `Are you my friend?`or is it `Are you the one
who killed my brother?'"
Nugent replied, "They aren't capable of that kind of
thinking. All they care about is, 'What am I going to eat
next, who am I going to screw next, and can I run fast
enough to get away.
They are very much like the French."
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Mrs. Applebee, the 6th grade teacher, posed the
following problem to one of her classes:
"A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars.
One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his
son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity.
Now, what does each get?"
After a very long silence in the classroom, Little
Johnny raised his hand.
The teacher called on Little Johnny for his answer.
With complete sincerity in his voice, Little Johnny
answered, "A lawyer!"
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Bob phones home from his office and says to his wife,
"I have the chance to go fishing for a week. It's the
opportunity of a lifetime. I have to leave right away.
Pack my clothes, my fishing equipment, and especially
my blue silk pajamas. I'll be home in an hour to pick
them up."
Bob rushes home to grab everything. He hugs his wife,
apologizes for the short notice, and then hurries off.
A week later, Bob returns and his wife asks, "Did you
have a good trip, dear?"
Bob replies, "Yep, the fishing was great...but you forgot
to pack my blue silk pajamas."
His wife smiles and says, "Oh, no I didn't forget them.
I put them in your tackle box."
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When Jill decided to improve her computer skills, she threw
herself into it with enthusiasm. Every week she'd check
out
two or three instructional books from the library.
After about a month the librarian commented, "Wow! You must
really be getting knowledgeable at this stuff."
"Thanks," Jill said. "What makes you say that?"
The librarian answered, "Only one of the books you're
checking out this week has 'For Dummies' in the title."
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Today, December 22, in
1715 James Stuart, the "Old Pretender", landed at
Petershead after his exile in France.
1775 A Continental naval fleet was organized in the
rebellious American colonies under the command of Ezek
Hopkins.
1807 The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act, designed to
force peace between Britain and France by cutting off all
trade with Europe.
1864 During the American Civil War, Union Gen. William T.
Sherman sent a message to U.S. President Lincoln from
Georgia. The message read, "I beg to present you as a
Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
1895 German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen made the first X-ray,
of his wife's hand.
1939 Gloria Jacobs became the first girl to hold a world
pistol record when she shot 299 out of a possible 300
points. She was 17 years old at the time.
1943 Sporting goods manufacturers received permission to
use synthetic rubber for the core of baseballs.
1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in
Washington for a wartime conference with U.S. President
Franklin Roosevelt.
1956 Colo, the first gorilla to be born in captivity, was
born at the Columbus, Ohio zoo.
1956 The last British and French forces evacuated Egypt.
1961 James Davis became the first U.S. soldier to die in
Vietnam, while U.S. involvement was still limited to the
provision of military advisers.
1984 New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot four black
youths on a Manhattan subway. Goetz claimed they were about
to rob him.
1989 Romania's hard-line Communist ruler, Nicolae
Ceausescu, was overthrown in a popular uprising.
1990 Lech Walesa was sworn in as Poland's first popularly
elected president.
1991 The body of Lt. Col. William R. Higgins, an American
hostage murdered by his captors, was found along a highway
in Lebanon.
1996 A car bomb exploded in Belfast, injuring a known IRA
supporter. Police suspected that Protestant loyalists were
responsible for the attack.
1998 A unit of RJR Nabsico pled guilty to attempting to
smuggle cigarettes into Canada.
2001 Thirty Afghans, including two women, were sworn in as
part of the new interim government in Afghanistan. Hamid
Karzai was the head of the post-Taliban government.
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Thursday, December 21
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Chicago Day Care Workers Arrested
After Mom Demands Video
Bonehead
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Today, December 21 in
1620 The "Mayflower", and its passengers, pilgrims from
England, landed at Plymouth Rock, MA.
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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
--- William G. McAdoo (1863 - 1941)
Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults
of thought on the unthinking.
--- John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946)
Too bad the only people who know how to run the country
are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.
--- George Burns
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And the brainwashed Hillarites at CNN, who have never
worked an honest day in their lives.
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A Classic for the start:
The Americans and the Japanese decided to engage in a
competitive boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long
to reach their peak performance. On the big day the
Japanese won by a mile.
The American team was discouraged by the loss. Morale
sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for
the crushing defeat had to be found, so a consulting firm
was hired to investigate the problem and recommend
corrective action.
The consultant's finding: The Japanese team had eight
people rowing and one person steering; the American team
had one person rowing and eight people steering.
After a year of study and millions spent analyzing the
problem, the American team's management structure was
completely reorganized.
The new structure: four steering managers, three area
steering managers, and a new performance review system for
the person rowing the boat to provide work incentive.
The next year, the Japanese won by two miles!
Humiliated, the American corporation laid off the rower for
poor performance and gave the managers a bonus for
discovering the problem.
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My sister-in-law was married to a surgeon who
was a member of operating teams at both St. Francis
Hospital and Christ Hospital in the Chicago area. He would
operate in the morning, then field calls about his patients
in the evening.
Once when I was visiting his home, he was on the phone
talking to a resident at Christ Hospital when the other
phone rang. My sister-in-law answered, then whispered
to her husband, "It's St.Francis calling."
He whispered back, "Tell St. Francis I'll have to call
back. I'm talking to Christ."
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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, "Helloooou, Sandy," whereupon Sandy broke up in
roaring laughter.
"You guys know each other?" Barbie asked.
"We sure do," said Mike. "She's my sister."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Lizandra Cosme, 32,
Susana Gonzalez, 27,
Chicago,
Illinois
Day Care Workers Arrested After Mom Demands Video
Toddlers were burned with hot glue gun
Two workers at a Chicago day care were fired and arrested
after a disturbing incident that left five toddlers
injured. Police say surveillance video captured one of the
workers burning the 2-year-olds with a hot glue gun while
the other woman watched and laughed, People reports.
Lizandra Cosme, 32, has been charged with five counts of
aggravated battery of a child causing great bodily harm,
the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Susana Gonzalez, 27, faces
five misdemeanor charges of causing the circumstances of
child endangerment over the Dec. 1 incident at the
Children's Place day care. It's not clear how seriously the
children were injured.
Prosecutors say Cosme, who brought the glue gun for a
Christmas project, was captured on video applying the hot
glue directly to the hands and arms of the three girls and
two boys.
"Each of the child victims winced and some whined at the
hot glue gun application," a prosecutor said during a
Monday court appearance. Prosecutors said Cosme tried to
cover up the incident, asking a father whether his child
had been burned at home, ABC7 reports.
They said her actions were discovered when one child's
mother, an ER physician, saw the burns and demanded to see
surveillance footage.
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Tech Support Pits
From: Frank
Re: Ad Blocker
Dear Webby,
I use Firefox as my browser and I've got a 7 day free trial
for Ad Remover.
Please provide your candid (as always) opinion on the
following. Is it worth
a year subscription? Don't want to waste $$.
Frank
Dear Frank
Waste of money.
#1
The sites you go to are not funded by Santa or the Easter
Bunny. They are scraping by on what little they get from
ads.
Sure, some ADS are funded by rich companies like Energizer,
but the site, that shows their ad, is lucky to get $7 a
month from them.
And $3 from Verizon ads.
And so on.
Don't confuse the rich advertisers with the
poor schmucks who host their ads.
If you go to http://webby.com/humor/
you will see an ad, an ad from some rich company.
Google decides what ad to show to you. It is usually an ad
somehow related to something, that you recently searched
for.
Last month I got $7.34 from Google
It helped.
And you want to cut off that token income for all the sites
you visit?
Morally, it is much better to just ignore the ads,
or if you really like the horrorscope or dating site, that
you visited,
pound the ads on their site.
I do, even though I don't go to horrorscope or dating
sites,
but if I appreciate the content, that somebody scraped
together for me, then I pound the ads on top.
OK, enough of THAT rant.
#2
Because all the sites have to pay for their web hosting
expenses,
especially if they don't get cheap hosting from me,
if everybody blocks their ads, they have to stop and go
shovel snow instead.
Like poor Ophelia.
Some sites will have a niece or nephew studying
informatics, and will get them to fix them a redirect. When
their page detects an ad blocker, it redirects your browser
to a child porno site and registers you there for automatic
pop-ups whenever they add new pictures.
Those redirects have been around for some time.
Nothing new.
Many sites feel justified in retaliating against ad blocker
users, even though they now call them Ad Removers and Ad
Controllers.
So I would strongly advise against using ad blockers,
and especially against paying for them.
Just ignore the ads, or if the site deserves a penny, pound
the ad on them.
Unfortunately, a lot of the ads nowadays pay only if you
actually buy something there, but some, like the battery
ads, are still a penny per click.
So, please be kind to us poor schmucks, and avoid getting
redirected to naughty sites.
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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."
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Tracy goes to get her haircut. The stylist cuts for about
30 minutes, then hands the girl a mirror and asks,
"How do you like it?"
Tracy looks at the cut carefully, evaluating it from every
angle. Finally, she says, "It's okay, but could you make it
just a little longer in the back?"
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Thanks to Sandie for this story:
A guy comes home completely drunk one night. He lurches
through the door and is met by his scowling wife, who is
most definitely not happy. "Where in tarnation have you
been all night?" she demands.
"At this fantastic new bar," he says. "The Golden Saloon.
Everything there is golden. It's got huge golden doors, a
golden floor, the works - heck, even the urinal's gold!"
The wife still doesn't believe his story, and the next day
checks the phone book, finding a place across town called
the Golden Saloon. She calls up the place to check her
husband's story.
"Is this the Golden Saloon?" she asks when the bartender
answers the phone.
"Yes it is," bartender answers.
"Do you have huge golden doors?"
"Sure do." "Do you have golden floors?"
"Most certainly do."
"What about golden urinals?"
There's a long pause, then the woman hears the bartender
yelling, "Hey, Duke, I think I got a lead on the guy that
pissed into your tuba last night!"
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A Woman's Poem
He didn't like the casserole,
And he didn't like my cake.
He said my biscuits were too hard...
Not like his mother used to make.
I didn't perk the coffee right,
He didn't like the stew.
I didn't mend his sock,
The way his mother used to do.
I pondered for an answer,
I was looking for a clue.
Then I turned around and smacked him
Like his MOMMA used to do.
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Today, December 21, in
1620 The "Mayflower", and its passengers, pilgrims from
England, landed at Plymouth Rock, MA.
1849 The first ice-skating club in America was formed in
Philadelphia, PA.
1879 Ibsen's "A Doll's House" was first performed in
Copenhagen, Denmark, with a revised happy ending.
1898 Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the
radioactive element radium.
1913 Arthur Wynne published a new "word-cross" puzzle in
the "New York World" in England. The name was later changed
to "crossword."
1914 Marie Dressler, Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand and
Mack Swain appeared in the first six-reel, feature-length
comedy. The film was entitled "Tillie’s Punctured Romance".
1925 Eisenstein's film "Battleship Potemkin" was first
shown in Moscow.
1937 Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated
feature in Hollywood, CA. The movie was "Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs."
1944 Horse racing was banned in the United States until
after the end of World War II.
1945 U.S. Gen. George S. Patton died in Heidelberg,
Germany, of injuries from a car accident.
1948 The state of Eire (formerly the Irish Free State)
declared its independence.
1958 Charles de Gaulle was elected to a seven-year term as
the first president of the Fifth Republic of France.
1968 Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.
The craft landed safely in the Pacific Ocean on December
27.
1971 The U.N. Security Council chose Kurt Waldheim to
succeed U Thant as secretary-general.
1978 Police in Des Plaines, IL, arrested John W. Gacy Jr.
and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys that
Gacy was later convicted of killing.
1988 270 people were killed when Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded
over Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a terrorist attack.
1990 In a German television interview, Saddam Hussein
declared that he would not withdraw from Kuwait by the UN
deadline.
1991 Eleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed
the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1995 The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to
Palestinian control.
1996 After two years of denials, U.S. House Speaker Newt
Gingrich admitted violating House ethics rules.
1998 A Chinese court sentenced two dissidents to long
prison terms for attempting to organize an opposition
party. A third man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on
December 22, 1998.
1998 The first vaccine for Lyme disease was approved.
2001 The Islamic militant group Hamas released a statement
that said it was temporarily suspending suicide bombings
and mortar attacks in Israel.
2002 Larry Mayes was released after spending 21 years in
prison for a rape that maintained that he never committed.
He was the 100th person in the U.S. to be released after
DNA tests were performed.
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Wednesday, December 20
Tonight, while walking, it was light out!
Just light pollution reflecting from fog and light snowing.
After years of bitching they finally converted the high
wattage street lights, that wasted 3/4 of the light shining
sideways and up, with low wattage lights with at least
partial reflectors, but enough light pollution still made
the sky light enough, that you could read headlines on
papers and brand names on tossed away kid`s lunches.
However, light snow was gently falling and burying all the
garbage.
The Christmas lighting revealed their owner`s frugality.
The old fashioned incandescent lights melted the snow off
them and they shone brightly. The more modern LED lights
had snow on them and looked twice as nice shining through
the snow. And used 1/20 the amount of electricity.
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Husband caught school teacher
in bed with 15 year old student
Bonehead
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Today, December 20 in
1803 The United States Senate ratified a treaty that
included the sale of Louisiana Territories from France for
$15 million. The transfer was completed with formal
ceremonies in New Orleans.
1820 The state of Missouri enacted legislation to tax
bachelors between the ages of 21-50 for being unmarried.
The tax was $1 a year.
1990 The world's first website and server go live at CERN.
The first website was
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html. It still
works!
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No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always
find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
--- Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
Abstract art is a product of the untalented, sold by the
unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
--- Al Capp (1909 - 1979)
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Woman phones up her husband at work for a chat.
HIM "I'm sorry dear but I'm up to my neck in work today."
HER "But I've got some good news and some bad news for you
dear."
HIM "OK darling, but as I've got no time now, just give me
the good news."
HER "Well, the air bag worked."
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An orchestra is playing Beethoven's 9th Symphony. There is
a passage in the middle when, for about 20 minutes, the
bass violinists have nothing to do. So they decide to slip
out to a bar and drink a few beers. After a while one says,
"Hey, we better get going."
But another says, "No, wait. I tied several pages of the
conductor's sheet music together, so we'll have a couple of
extra minutes while he sorts it out."
So they stay for another round. Finally when they go
staggering back to their places. It was the bottom of the
ninth, the score was tied, and the bassists were loaded.
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An old man in Mississippi was sitting on his front porch
watching the sun rise. He sees the neighbor's kid walk
by carrying something big under his arm. He yells out
"Hey boy, whatcha got there?"
Boy yells back "Roll of chicken wire."
Old man says "What you gonna do with that?"
Boy says "Gonna catch some chickens."
Old man yells "You damn fool, you can't catch chickens
with chicken wire!"
Boy just laughs and keeps walking.
That evening at sunset the boy comes walking by and to
the old man's surprise he is dragging behind him the
chicken wire with about 30 chickens caught in it.
Same time next morning the old man is out watching the sun
rise and he sees the boy walk by carrying something kind of
round in his hand. Old man yells out "Hey boy, whatcha got
there?"
Boy yells back "Roll of duck tape."
Old man says "What you gonna do with that?"
Boy says back "Gonna catch me some ducks."
Old man yells back, "You damn fool, you can't catch ducks
with duck tape!"
Boy just laughs and keeps walking.
That night around sunset the boy walks by coming home and
to the old man's amazement he is trailing behind him the
unrolled roll of duck tape with about 35 ducks caught in
it.
Same time next morning the old man sees the boy walking by
carrying what looks like a long reed with something fuzzy
on the end.
Old man says "Hey boy, whatcha got there?"
Boy says "It's a pussy willow."
Old man says "Wait up.... I'll get my hat...."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Andrea Nicole Barber, 29,
Cottage Grove,
Oregon
Husband caught school teacher
in bed with 15 year old student
A now former Christian school teacher faces charges after
her husband reportedly busted her having an affair with a
15-year-old student.
Andrea Nicole Barber, 29, was arrested Friday at her home
in Cottage Grove, Oregon, just days after her spouse
allegedly walked in on her and the student in bed, The
News-Review reported.
He must have heard their noise and had a camera.
Soon after they were caught, the teen’s father received an
anonymous email asking whether he knew his son and the
Logan Christian Academy teacher were in a sexual
relationship, authorities said. In the Dec. 12 message,
photos were attached of the boy in bed with the English
teacher.
The anonymous email was reported to authorities who
determined that Barber allegedly had sex “on a regular
basis” with the student, according to The Register-Guard.
Deputies said that Baber began a relationship in 2016 with
the teen and often provided him with alcohol and pot.
She was booked Friday at Douglas County Jail on charges
including sodomy, rape and contributing to the sexual
delinquency of a minor.
Authorities said that Baber was no longer employed at Logan
Christian Academy, but her staff biography remained Monday
on the school website.
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Tech Support Pits
From: Steve
Re: Folder options
Dear Webby,
I really enjoy your humor page. I make sure I read it
every day. I have a question about folders. Some folders
seem to just stay organized in the way things are added to
them, but others alphabetize themselves. I have tried
making a folder with songs that I want to burn to a CD, but
am still trying to work out the order. Unfortunately,
every time I close the folder, it alphabetizes itself.
I've tried unchecking the "Auto Arrange", but that doesn't
work.
Steve
Dear Steve
At the top you see the column headings.
If you click on DATE or MODIFIED,
then they get ordered by date.
If you click on NAME, then it sorts them by name,
If you rename your files with a number at the front,
then NAME will have them sorted by those numbers.
Some versions of Windows will sort numbers literally,
and show the files like this:
1,10,11,12,...19,2,20,21,...
I know, it is rather goofy, but you can get used to it.
You can, of course use letter prefixes like
aa_music.mp4, ab_musicale.mp4, etc.
Think about which method you want to use for
the rest of your life, and then stick to that.
You'll get used to it.
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Harry was describing a 30 pound bass he'd caught
recently after fighting it for three hours.
Bill interrupted the story saying, "I saw the picture
you took of that fish. You're lucky if it even weighed
10 pounds."
Harry replied, "Well . . . a fish can lose an awful
lot of weight during three hours of fighting."
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Tired of having to stare at the luscious young
kitten on the other side of the chain link fence,
bold Tommy Tomcat decided to visit her one day.
Settling back on his haunches, he gave a mighty
leap and landed on the other side; impressed,
the lovely cat sauntered over.
"That was quite a leap," she remarked. "Want
to go somewhere and cuddle?"
"Afraid not," said Tommy, a pained expressions
on his face. "The fence was higher than I thought."
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Pasta Christmas Ornaments
By attosa [483 Posts, 2,616 Comments]
I am in love with making these ornaments out of dry pasta.
Some of my favourite pasta shapes to create with are penne
and rotelle, but any variety can be used. Go ahead and
experiment!
Pasta Christmas Ornaments - ornaments against a wood
backgroundI am in love with making these ornaments out of
dry pasta. Some of my favourite pasta shapes to create with
are penne and rotelle, but any variety can be used. Go
ahead and experiment!
Total Time: 90 minutes
Yield: 3 ornaments
Supplies:
dry penne and rotelle pasta
hot glue gun with glue
paints
paintbrush
glitter
string
Total Time: 90 minutes
Yield: 3 ornaments
Supplies:
dry penne and rotelle pasta
hot glue gun with glue
paints
paintbrush
glitter
string
Steps:
To make the large snowflake ornament, glue 2 pieces of
penne pasta together so it makes a downward pointing arrow
shape.
glue 2 pieces of penne pasta
Continue to make more so you have four arrows in total.
Only the backsides should have glue all over them.
make 4
Take some rotelle pasta and glue them together in the shape
of a cross.
Now glue the penne arrows in the spaces between the
rotelle.
To make the small snowflake ornament, evenly glue 6 pieces
of rotelle around 1 in the center.
Glue 6 more pieces of rotelle evenly around the outside.
To make the Christmas tree ornament, glue together 6 rows
of rotelle with the top row having 1 rotelle, the bottom
having 6 rotelle. Glue one under the last line as the tree
trunk.
To make the Christmas tree's ornaments, gently press on
your hot glue gun to make tiny little balls of glue.
Gently pick up all the ornaments to see if there are any
areas that need more glue. Remember that only the backsides
should have the hot glue on them; keep the front areas
clean.
If you're using paint with a brush, use the side of the
brush to dab downwards on the pasta.
Paint the tiny balls of glue and attach them to the tree as
ornaments.
If you're using spray paint, lay down some newspaper
outside and spray from angles to get inside the the holes.
Sprinkle on some glitter when the paint is almost dry. When
fully dry, attach strings to the tops of the ornaments.
Hang in your tree and enjoy!
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You can get dozens of different shapes of
pasta at the Bulk Barn quite cheaply. Make a kid safe glue
from flour and water, and let the kids go nuts with gluing
ornaments together. They can, of course, also add shells
and anything interesting.
The best fisnish for pasta ornaments is spray or dip in
chrome, silver color or bright zink paint, then when that
is good and dry, a light coat of Candy Apple spray paint.
Candy Apple can be faked by mixing clear acrylic varnish
with a bit of wine red acrylyc paint.
That makes the project washable.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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While down south on a visit, the young Yankee made
a date with a local lovely. When he called for her,
she was clad in a low-cut, tight-fitting, short dress.
He remarked, "That's certainly a beautiful dress."
"Sho 'nough?" she asked sweetly.
"Yes, it does," he replied.
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Today, December 20, in
1606 The "Susan Constant," "Godspeed" and "Discovery" set
sail from London. Their landing at Jamestown, VA, was the
start of the first permanent English settlement in America.
1699 Peter the Great ordered that the Russian New Year be
changed from September 1 to January 1.
1790 The first successful cotton mill in the United States
began operating at Pawtucket, RI.
1803 The United States Senate ratified a treaty that
included the sale of Louisiana Territories from France for
$15 million. The transfer was completed with formal
ceremonies in New Orleans.
1820 The state of Missouri enacted legislation to tax
bachelors between the ages of 21-50 for being unmarried.
The tax was $1 a year.
1860 South Carolina became the first state to secede from
the American Union.
1864 Confederate forces evacuated Savannah, GA as Union
Gen. William T. Sherman continued his "March to the Sea."
1879 Thomas A. Edison privately demonstrated his
incandescent light at Menlo Park, NJ.
1880 New York's Broadway became known as the "Great White
Way" when it was lighted by electricity.
1892 Alexander T. Brown and George Stillman patented the
pneumatic tire.
1928 Mail delivery by dog sled began in Lewiston, ME.
1933 The film "Flying Down to Rio" was first shown in New
York.
1938 Vladimir Kosma Zworykin patented the iconoscope
television system.
1946 In Indochina (Vietnam), full-scale guerrilla warfare
between Vietnam partisans and French troops began.
1954 Buick Motor Company signed Jackie Gleason to one of
the largest contracts ever entered into with an
entertainer. Gleason agreed to produce 78 half-hour shows
over a two-year period for $6,142,500.
1963 The Berlin Wall was opened for the first time to West
Berliners. It was only for the holiday season. It closed
again on January 6, 1964.
1973 The Spanish premier Carrero Blanco was assassinated in
Madrid.
1987 More than 3,000 people were killed when the Dona Paz,
a Philippine passenger ship, collided with the tanker
Vector off Mindoro island, setting off a double explosion.
1989 General Noriega, Panama's former dictator, was
overthrown by a United States invasion force invited by the
new civilian government. The project was known as Operation
Just Cause.
1990 The world's first website and server go live at CERN.
The first website was
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html. It still
works!
1991 Ante Markovic resigned as federal Prime Minister of
Yugoslavia.
1994 Marcelino Corniel, a homeless man, was shot and
mortally wounded by White House security officers. He had
brandished a knife near the executive mansion.
1995 An American Airlines Boeing 757 en route to Cali,
Colombia, crashed into a mountain, killing all but four of
the 163 people aboard.
1996 Doctors reported that a Cypriot woman who had taken
fertility drugs was carrying about 11 embryos.
1998 In Houston, TX, a 27-year-old woman gave birth to the
only known living set of octuplets.
1999 The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that homosexual
couples were entitled to the same benefits and protections
as wedded couples of the opposite sex.
1999 Sovereignty over the colony of Macao was transferred
from Portugal to China.
2001 The U.S. Congress passed a $20 billion package to
finance the war against terrorism taking place in
Afghanistan.
2001 Argentina's President Fernando De la Rua resigned
after two years in power.
2001 The first British peacekeepers arrived in Afghanistan
to help the nation heal after decades of war.
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Tuesday, December 19
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Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
"Criminal Santa" gets stuck in chimney during
burglary attempt. Has to call 911.
Bonehead
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Today, December 19 in
1972 Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the
Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
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To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.
--- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.
--- Walter Lippmann
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Five doctors went duck hunting one day. Included in the
group were a general practice (GP) physician, a
pediatrician, a psychiatrist, a surgeon and a pathologist.
A bird came winging overhead. The first to react was the GP
who raised his shotgun, but then hesitated.
"I'm not quite sure it's a duck," he said, "I think that I
will have to get a second opinion." And of course by that
time, the bird was long gone.
Another bird appeared in the sky thereafter. This time, the
pediatrician drew a bead on it. He too, however, was
unsure if it was really a duck in his sights and besides,
it might have babies. "I'll have to do some more
investigations," he
muttered, as the creature made good its escape.
Next to spy a bird flying was the sharp-eyed psychiatrist.
Shotgun shouldered, he was more certain of his intended
prey's identity. "Now, I know it's a duck, but does it know
it's a duck?"
The fortunate bird disappeared while the fellow wrestled
with this dilemma.
Finally, a fourth fowl sped past and this time the
surgeon's weapon pointed skywards. BOOM!! The surgeon
lowered his smoking gun and turned nonchalantly to the
pathologist beside him. "Go see if that was a duck, will
you?"
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A lady had just finished taking a CPR course, and was on
the lookout for a chance to try it out. As she left the
shopping center, she saw a man lying on the floor with a
lot of people around him. Screaming, "I know CPR!", she ran
to the person, threw her bag down, loosened all tight
clothing and got ready to start mouth-to-mouth.
At this stage, a huge policeman tapped her on the shoulder
and asked, "Do you mind, ma'am? I'm trying to arrest this
man for groping a woman!"
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The CEO was scheduled to speak at an important convention,
so he asked one of his employees to write him a punchy,
20-minute speech.
When the CEO returned from the big event, he was furious.
"What's the idea of writing me an hour-long speech?" he
demanded to know. "Half the audience walked out before
I finished."
The employee was baffled. "I wrote you a 20-minute
speech," he replied.
"I also gave you the two extra copies you asked for."
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Reported by the Bausell Sailor:
An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Jesse Berube, 32,
Citrus Heights,
California
"Criminal Santa" gets stuck in chimney during
burglary attempt. Has to call 911.
Authorities say a Northern California man tried to
burglarize a business by entering through the chimney only
to become stuck.
Police in the Sacramento-area city of Citrus Heights said
Friday that 32-year-old Jesse Berube was uninjured but now
faces one count of burglary.
According to police, Berube slid down the chimney of the
business Wednesday and then found himself lodged inside.
The Rocklin man was able to reach his cellphone and dial
911 for help.
The Sacramento Fire Department responded and used special
equipment to extricate him. Police called Berube a
"criminal Santa" who "does not have the same skills as the
real deal."
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Tech Support Pits
From: Jerry
Re: Supersensitive mouse
Dear Webby,
I replaced my original mouse that came with my Gateway a
thousand years ago. The new one is a Logitech Optical
Mouse and if I even look at it crossways, I get popup menus
all over the place.
Needless to say, this is extremely annoying.
Do I have to live with it or do you have another miracle
solution?
Jerry
Dear Jerry
Run the install CD that came with that mouse,
or download the driver from Logitech.
That will give you a desktop icon to it's settings menu.
There you can tweak all the settings to suit you.
Have FUN!
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An applicant was being interviewed for admission to a pro-
minent medical school.
"Tell me," inquired the interviewer, "where do you expect
to be five years from now?"
"Well, let's see," replied the student. "It's Wednesday
afternoon. I guess I'll be on the golf course by now."
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I gaze at the brilliant moon.
The same one, I think to myself, at which Socrates,
Aristotle, and Plato gazed. Suddenly, I imagine they appear
beside me.
I tell Socrates about the national debate over one's right
to die and wonder at the constancy of the human condition.
I tell Plato that I live in the country that has come
closest to Utopia and I show him a copy of the
Constitution.
I tell Aristotle that we have found many more than four
basic elements and I show him a periodic table.
Then I get a box of kitchen matches and strike one.
They gasp with wonder.
We spend the rest of the night lighting farts.
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Organizing Socks for the Family
Instead of using those plastic over-the-door shoe
organizers for shoes, I use mine to organize our socks!
After taking the socks out of the dryer, I just roll them
up and place a pair in each pocket of the shoe organizer
(I do this with pantyhose and knee-highs too). No
scrambling to match socks on a busy morning!
By Lisa
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On the border of Kentucky and Tennessee there's a small
forest. Half of the forest belongs to a Kentucky farmer,
while the other half belongs to a Tennessee man.
One day, while out for a walk in the woods, the Tennessee
man comes across a wolf caught in a trap. He rushes back
to his house and calls his Kentucky neighbor.
"There's one of your wolves caught in a trap on my side of
the forest."
"How do you know it's one of *our* wolves?" the Kentucky
farmer asked.
"Well," the Tennessee man replied, "he's already chewed off
three of his legs and he's still trapped."
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If you are in Kentucky, reverse Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Anyone who's ever ridden in a cab in Washington DC knows
they're some of the world's most brazen drivers. Oddly
enough though, their current accident rate isn't all that
bad. I asked one of the drivers one day the reason for
that.
"Easy," he said. "all the really bad drivers are dead
now."
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December
Dec. 01. Apple Day
Dec. 01. Day Without) Art
Dec. 01. Pie Day
Dec. 01. World AIDS Day
Dec. 01. National Day in Central African Republic
Dec. 01. Independence Day in Portugal
Dec. 01. National Day in Romania
Dec. 02. Abolition of Slavery Day
Dec. 02. National Day in Laos
Dec. 02. National Holiday in United Arab Emirates
Dec. 03. Disabled Persons Awareness Day
Dec. 04. Cookie Day
Dec. 04. Santa's List Day
Dec. 05. Play Hooky Day
Dec. 05. Bathtub Fun Day
Dec. 05. Discovery Day in Haiti
Dec. 05. National Day in Thailand
Dec. 06. Pawnbrokers Day
Dec. 06. Saint Nicholas Day
Dec. 06. Independence of Quito Day in Ecuador
Dec. 06. Independence Day in Finland
Dec. 06. Constitution Day in Spain
Dec. 07. Civil Aviation Day
Dec. 07. Cotton Candy Day
Dec. 07. Letter-Writing Day
Dec. 07. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec. 07. Teacher Appreciation Day
Dec. 08. Brownie Day
Dec. 08. Lady of Camarin Day in Guam
Dec. 08. Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Nicaragua
Dec. 08. Constitution Day in Uzbekistan
Dec. 09. Homemade Gift Day
Dec. 09. Independence Day in Tanzania
Dec. 10. Thai Constitution Day in Thailand
Dec. 11. National Day in Burkina Faso
Dec. 12. Poinsettia Day
Dec. 12. Independence Day in Kenya
Dec. 12. Guadalupe Day in Mexico
Dec. 12. Constitution Day in Russia
Dec. 12. Neutrality Day in Turkmenistan
Dec. 13. Cocoa Day
Dec. 13. Shareware Day
Dec. 13. Republic Day in Malta
Dec. 13. Santa Lucia Day in Sweden
Dec. 14. Email Tag Day
Dec. 15. Bill of Rights Day
Dec. 15. Kingdom Day in Curacao
Dec. 15. Navidades in Puerto Rico
Dec. 16. Stupid Toy Day
Dec. 16. Independence Day in Bahrain
Dec. 16. Victory Day in Bangladesh
Dec. 16. Posadas in Mexico
Dec. 16. Christmas Observance in Philippines
Dec. 16. Reconciliation Day in South Africa
Dec. 17. Wright Brothers Day
Dec. 18. Bake Cookies Day
Dec. 18. Wear A Plunger On Your Head Day
Dec. 18. Republic Day in Niger
Dec. 19. Oatmeal Muffin Day
Dec. 19. Underdog Day
Dec. 20. Go Caroling Day
Dec. 21. Don't Be A Scrooge Day
Dec. 21. Flashlight Day
Dec. 21. Forefathers' Day
Dec. 21. Winter Solstice
Dec. 21. World Peace Day
Dec. 21. Yalda
Dec. 22. Yule
Dec. 23. Emperor's Birthday in Japan
Dec. 24. Christmas Eve
Dec. 24. Last-Minute Shopper's Day
Dec. 24. Independence Day in Libya
Dec. 25. Christmas
Dec. 25. Pumpkin Pie Day
Dec. 25. Birthday of Quaid-I-Azam in Pakistan
Dec. 25. Constitution Day in Taiwan
Dec. 26. Boxing Day
Dec. 26. Kwanzaa Begins
Dec. 26. Whiner's Day
Dec. 26. Junkanoo in Bahamas
Dec. 26. Boxing Day in Canada
Dec. 26. Day of the Wren in Ireland
Dec. 26. Independence Day in Slovenia
Dec. 26. Goodwill Day in South Africa
Dec. 26. Boxing Day in United Kingdom
Dec. 28. Card Playing Day
Dec. 28. Chocolate Day
Dec. 28. Holy Innocents Day (Childermas)
Dec. 28. Proclamation Day in Australia
Dec. 30. Rizal in Philippines
Dec. 31. Make Up Your Mind Day
Dec. 31. New Year's Eve
Dec. 31. New Year's Resolutions
Dec. 31. Samoan Fire Dance in Western Samoa
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Today, December 19, in
1154 Henry II became King of England.
1562 The Battle of Dreux was fought between the Huguenots
and the Catholics, beginning the French Wars of Religion.
1732 Benjamin Franklin began publishing "Poor Richard's
Almanac."
1776 Thomas Paine published his first "American Crisis"
essay.
1777 General George Washington led his army of about 11,000
men to Valley Forge, PA, to camp for the winter.
1842 Hawaii's independence was recognized by the U.S.
1843 Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was first
published in England.
1871 Corrugated paper was patented by Albert L. Jones.
1887 Jake Kilrain and Jim Smith fought in a bare knuckles
fight which lasted 106 rounds and 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The fight was ruled a draw and was halted due to darkness.
1903 The Williamsburg Bridge opened in New York City. It
opened as the largest suspension bridge on Earth and
remained the largest until 1924. It was also the first
major suspension bridge to use steel towers to support the
main cable.
1907 A coalmine explosion in Jacobs Creek, PA, killed 239
workers.
1917 The first games of the new National Hockey League
(NHL) were played. Five teams made up the league: Toronto
Arenas, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, the Montreal
Canadiens and the Montreal Wanderers.
1918 Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column in
"The New York Globe".
1932 The British Broadcasting Corp. began transmitting
overseas with its "Empire Service" to Australia.
1957 Meredith Wilson’s "The Music Man" opened at the
Majestic Theatre in New York City. It ran for 1,375 shows.
1957 Air service between London and Moscow was inaugurated.
1959 Walter Williams died in Houston, TX, at the age of
117. He was said to be the last surviving veteran of the
U.S. Civil War.
1961 "Judgment At Nuremberg" opened in New York City.
1972 Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the
Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
1973 Johnny Carson started a fake toilet-paper scare on the
"Tonight Show."
1979 ESPN televised its first NHL game. The teams were the
Washington Capitals and the Hartford Whalers.
1984 Wayne Gretzky, 23, of the Edmonton Oilers, became only
the 18th player in the National Hockey League (NHL) to
score more than 1,000 points.
1984 Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong
to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.
1986 The Soviet Union announced it had freed dissident
Andrei Sakharov from internal exile, and pardoned his wife,
Yelena Bonner.
1989 U.S. troops invaded Panama to overthrow the regime of
General Noriega.
1996 The school board of Oakland, CA, voted to recognize
Black English, also known as "ebonics." The board later
reversed its stance.
1997 "Titanic" opened in American movie theaters.
1998 U.S. President Bill Clinton was impeached on two
charges of perjury and obstruction of justice by the U.S.
House of Representatives.
1998 A four-day bombing of Iraq by British and American
forces ended.
2000 The U.N. Security Council voted to impose sanctions on
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers unless they closed all
terrorist training camps and surrender U.S. embassy bombing
suspect Osama bin Laden.
2008 U.S. President George W. Bush signed a $17.4 billion
rescue package of loans for ailing auto makers General
Motors and Chrysler.
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Monday, December 18, 2017, 09:59 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Monday, December 18
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Traffic stop leads to big heroin bust
Bonehead
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Today, December 18 in
1898 A new automobile speed record was set at 39 mph
(63 kmh).
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A lot of people mistake a short memory for a
clear conscience.
--- Doug Larson
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in
authority off their guard and give you an opportunity
to commit more.
--- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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A little boy was sitting on the curb with a gallon of
turpentine and shaking it up and watching all the bubbles.
A little while later a Priest came along and asked the
little boy what he had.
The little boy replied, "This is the most powerful liquid
in the world, it's called turpentine."
The Priest said, "No, the most powerful liquid in the world
is Holy Water. If you take some of this Holy Water and rub
it on a pregnant women's belly, she'll pass a healthy
baby."
The little boy replied, "You take some of this here
turpentine and rub it on a cat's butt and he'll pass a
Harley Davidson."
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Thanks to Martin for this story:
The wife came home early and found her husband in their
bedroom making love to a very attractive young woman.
And was somewhat upset.
"You are a disrespectful pig!" she screamed.
"How dare you do this to me, a faithful wife, the mother
of your children! I'm leaving you. I want a divorce
straight away!"
And Paddy (for it was he) replied "Hang on just a minute
luv, so at least I can tell you what happened."
"Fine, go ahead", she sobbed, " but they'll be the last
words you'll say to me!"
And Paddy began - "Well, I was getting into the car to
drive home and this young lady here asked me for a lift.
She looked so down and out and defenseless that I took
pity on her and let her into the car.
I noticed that she was very thin, not well dressed and
very dirty. She told me that she hadn't eaten for three
days! So, in my compassion, I brought her home and warmed
up the enchiladas I made for you last night , the ones you
wouldn't eat because you think I am a bad cook.
The poor thing devoured them in moments.
Since she needed a good cleanup I suggested a shower and
while she was doing that I noticed her clothes were dirty
and full of holes so I threw them away. Then, as she needed
clothes, I gave her the designer jeans that you have had
for a few years, but don't use because you say they are
too tight.
I also gave her the underwear that was your anniversary
present, which you don't use because I don't have good
taste.
I found the sexy blouse my sister gave you for Christmas
that you don't use just to annoy her, and I also donated
those boots you bought at the expensive boutique and don't
use because someone at work has a pair just the same..."
Here Paddy took a quick breath and continued, "She was so
grateful for my understanding and help and as I walked her
to the door she turned to me with tears in her eyes and
said,
"Please... do you have anything else that your wife doesn't
use?"
So, if you want a divorce, dont let the door slam your
butt."
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Ray and his live-in girlfriend were having an argument
about who should brew the coffee each morning. She said,
"You should do it, because you get up first, and then we
don't have to wait as long to get our coffee."
Ray said, "You are in charge of the cooking around here and
you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just
wait for my coffee."
She replied, "No you should do it, and besides it is in the
Bible that the man should do the coffee."
Ray replies, "I can't believe that, show me."
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and
shows him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says
"HEBREWS"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Mai Ly Thuy Johnson, 35,
Dujuan Jerel Johnson, 36,
Covington,
Lopuisiana
Traffic stop leads to big heroin bust
A traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Calcasieu Parish has led
to the arrest of a Covington-area woman on multiple
narcotics and weapons related charges. Mai Ly Thuy Johnson,
35, was booked into the St. Tammany Parish jail Monday
after investigators found 3.3 kilograms of heroin with an
estimated street value of $825,000 along with $9,614 in
cash in her apartment, Louisiana State Police reported
Wednesday (Dec. 6).
An investigation began Monday when Calcasieu Parish
Sheriff's Office deputies stopped a vehicle on I-10 driven
by Dujuan Jerel Johnson, 36, of Covington. During the
traffic stop, deputies found Johnson to be in possession of
$72,600 in cash. He was arrested and booked into the
Calcasieu Parish jail on a charge of money laundering,
State Police reported in a news release.
Through an investigation, deputies and troopers assigned to
the Combined Anti-Drug Team (C.A.T.) Narcotics Task Force
discovered evidence linking Johnson to an apartment in the
River Chase area, south of Covington. On Tuesday (Dec. 5),
agents went to the apartment and spoke with Mai Ly Thuy
Johnson, the wife of Dujuan Jerel Johnson, State Police
said.
The woman gave troopers written consent to search the
apartment. During the search, agents discovered a Century
Arms AK-47 pistol, $9,614.00 in cash, about five grams of
marijuana, drug paraphernalia, a 20-ton hydraulic press
used to press and brand kilograms of narcotics, a vacuum
sealer, a table top currency counter and several other
items used for the distribution and manufacture of illegal
narcotics, according to the news release.
Investigators also found a locked safe in the residence. A
search warrant was obtained for the safe, which was found
to contain a stolen Ruger LCP .380-caliber handgun and more
than seven pounds of heroin with an estimated street value
of $825,000, State Police said.
Mai Ly Thuy Johnson was arrested and booked into the St.
Tammany Parish jail on the following charges:
Possession with intent to distribute a schedule I
controlled dangerous substance [heroin]
Possession of schedule I controlled dangerous substance
[marijuana]
Transactions Involving proceeds from drug offenses
Possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled
dangerous substance
Possession of a stolen firearm
Possession of drug paraphernalia
The criminal investigation is ongoing and additional
arrests are anticipated, State Police said.
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From: Linda
Re: Network Solutions
Dear Webby,
I have been told by my friends that you are the most
patient coach on the net, and I have found that to be more
than true enough when you taught me HTML over the net.
How do YOU deal with the morons at Network Solutions?
They messed up my domain registration again, and refuse
to fix it.
Linda
Dear Linda
Usually it is a total waste of time trying to argue with
them. Neither diplomacy nor cussing works.
Just put them behind you and move your domain
registration to a better registrar.
The only good thing I can say about Notwork Delusions
is that they annoyed me enough in the early 90's to not
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registration services to all of our clients myself.
It was really easy to do. All I had to do was do the
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Two contafiters way up nort in Chicargo wuz makin sum
contafit money an dey accidently made sum twelve dollar
bill by mistake. Dey made a whole bunch of dem before
dey foun dere mistake, so insted of startin over dey
decide to try to pass dem off.
Dey always herd how backward people in Louisiana wuz,
especially dem folks name Boudreaux frum down neer
Lafayette so dey jumpin dere car an drive down to
Lafayette, LA an wen dey got dere dey look in da fone
book an shore enuf dey fine Boudreaux's General Store
an Mercantile listed rite dere in da yeller pages.
Dey went to Boudreaux's store an walk up to da man at
da counter.
Da firs contafiter say, "Are you Mr. Boudreaux?"
Boudreaux say, "Mais shore, dat's me. Wat can Ah do fer
you fellers?"
Da contafiter wisper to his frien, "This is gonna be
easier than I thought."
Da contafiter say, "Can you give us change for a twelve
dollar bill?"
Boudreaux say, "Mais shore Ah can! How you want dat,
tree fores, fore trees, or too sixes?"
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My mother was away all weekend at a business conference.
During a break, she decided to call home collect.
My six-year-old brother picked up the phone and heard a
stranger's voice say, "We have a Marcia on the line. Will
you accept the charges?"
Frantic, he dropped the receiver and came charging outside
screaming, "Dad! They've got Mom! And they want money!"
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in there. No more single socks! If for some reason we do
find single socks lying around they go directly into the
hamper. When I pull one out of the dryer I then know to put
it in the "single sock" basket to await it's mate. Every
few months I throw out any unmated socks. By Lily
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From Steve
I was working in the sun all day, putting finishing touches
on the new deck outside my house. My sister pulled into
the driveway, greeted me, and looked over my work.
"Wow, Steve," she gushed, "you're an expert."
Gloating, feeling like the king that I am, but trying not
to seem egotistical, I responded, "Once you get going, it's
pretty easy."
She looked puzzled, and I wondered if I'd misunderstood
her. So I asked, "What did you say, Jen?"
She replied, "I said, your neck's burnt!"
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Mrs. Morris Spiegelbaum beckoned to a salesman in Bergdorf
Goodman's, pointed to white wool designer dress on a
mannequin, and said, "Hey Sonny boy, so how much is
the dress on that store dummy over there?"
"That dress is $899.95, Madam," sneered the rather
snotty salesman.
"Oy! For $99.95 I could get the same dress at
Klein's Bargain Store downtown!"
"But Madam," said the salesman, "You'll find that the
dress at Klein's is recycled wool. This original is
100% pure virgin wool."
"Nu! So for $800 I should be caring what the sheep do
at night?"
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Today, December 18, in
1796 The "Monitor," of Baltimore, MD, was published as the
first Sunday newspaper.
1862 The first orthopedic hospital was organized in New
York City. It was called the Hospital for Ruptured and
Crippled.
1865 U.S. Secretary of State William Seward issued a
statement verifying the ratification of the 13th Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery.
1898 A new automobile speed record was set at 39 mph (63
kph).
1903 The Panama Canal Zone was acquired 'in perpetuity' by
the U.S. for an annual rent.
1912 The discovery of the Piltdown Man in East Sussex was
announced. It was proved to be a hoax in 1953.
1915 U.S. President Wilson, widowed the year before,
married Edith Bolling Galt at her Washington home.
1916 During World War I, after 10 months of fighting the
French, with the help of the Allies, defeated the Germans
in the Battle of Verdun.
1935 A $1 silver certificate was issued for the first time
in the U.S.
1940 Adolf Hitler signed a secret directive ordering
preparations for a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
Operation "Barbarossa" was launched in June 1941.
1944 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation
of Japanese-Americans, but also stated that undeniably
loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry could not be detained.
1950 NATO foreign ministers approved plans to defend
Western Europe, including the use of nuclear weapons, if
necessary.
1953 WPTZ, in Philadelphia, PA, presented a Felso
commercial, it was the first color telecast seen on a local
station.
1956 Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
1957 The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania
went online. It was the first nuclear facility to generate
electricity in the United States. It was taken out of
service in 1982.
1965 Kenneth LeBel jumped 17 barrels on ice skates.
1969 Britain's Parliament abolished the death penalty for
murder.
1970 Divorce became legal in Italy.
1972 The United States began the heaviest bombing of North
Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The attack ended 12 days
later.
1973 The IRA launched its Christmas bombing campaign in
London.
1979 The sound barrier was broken on land for the first
time by Stanley Barrett when he drove at 739.6 mph.
1983 Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) scored his 100th point
in the 34th game of the season.
1987 Ivan F. Boesky was sentenced to three years in prison
for plotting Wall Street's biggest insider-trading scandal.
He only served about two years of the sentence.
1996 Despite a U.N. truce, factional fighting in the Somali
capital of Mogadishu, broke out in which at least 300
fighters and civilians were killed.
1998 Russia recalled its U.S. ambassador in protest of the
U.S. attacks on Iraq.
1998 South Carolina proceeded with the U.S.' 500th
execution since capital punishment was restored.
1999 After living atop an ancient redwood in Humboldt
County, CA, for two years, environmental activist Julia
"Butterfly" Hill came down, ending her anti-logging
protest.
2001 A fire damaged New York City's St. John Cathedral. The
cathedral is the largest in the United States.
2001 In Seattle, WA, Gary Leon Ridgeway pled innocent to
the charge of murder for four of the Green River serial
killings. He had been arrested on November 30, 2001.
2003 Adam Rich was arrested for driving onto a closed
section of Interstate 10 and nearly struck a California
Highway Patrol car.
2009 General Motors announced that it would shut down its
Saab brand.
2009 A Paris court ruled that Google was breaking French
law with its policy of digitizing books and fined the
company a $14,300-a-day fine until it rids its search
engine of the literary extracts.
2009 James Cameron's movie "Avatar" was released in the
United States. On January 26, the movie became the highest-
grossing film worldwide.
2010 In Nanjing, China, the Zifeng Tower opened.
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Sunday, December 17, 2017, 10:07 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Sunday, December 17
Thanks, Bonnie!
Chanukah begins Tues. night, Dec. 12, 2017 and continues
through Wednesday, December 20, 2017.
Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime festival of
lights, celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting,
special prayers and fried foods.
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Mom placed 6-year-old in a chair to
hold parking space while she shopped
Bonehead
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Today, December 17 in
1903 The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight
took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville and Wilbur Wright
made the flight.
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The great question... which I have not been able to
answer... is, "What does a woman want?
--- Sigmund Freud
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
--- Milton Berle
The only reason I made a commercial for American Express
was to pay for my American Express bill.
--- Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be
shot at.
--- Carlos A. Urbizo
Type fast and get even!
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Lets start with a classic:
PURINA DIET
I have a Labrador Retriever & I was buying a large bag of
Purina at Wal-Mart and was in line to check out.
A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Purina
Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd
ended up in the hospital last time but that I'd lost 50
pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with
tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both
arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that
the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with
Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you
feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete, so I
was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the
line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a
tall guy who was behind her.
Horrified, she asked if I'd been poisoned. I told her no;
I'd been sitting in the street licking my butt and a bus
hit me.
I thought the tall guy was going to need help as he
roared with laughter staggering to the door and fresh air.
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When the U.S. Mint reissued two-dollar bills, I thought
they might someday become collectors' items. I went to the
bank and picked up a hundred, serially numbered and still
in their original band. On my next trip to my parents'
house, I gave the $200 to my mother and said, "Take good
care of these. They might be worth something someday."
Several months later I asked Mom if she was keeping the
two-
dollar bills safe. "Oh, yes!" she replied. "I deposited
them in the bank the day after you left."
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Amazon sells gourmet catfood!
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In my English-as-a-second-language class, I explained the
difference between a watch and a clock. I told the students
that when it was a large timepiece on a wall and not
attached to your body, it was called a clock. When it was
worn on your body, it was called a watch.
A few days later we had a power outage, and our classroom
clocks had not been reset. I asked Luis, who was wearing
a wristwatch, for the time. Luis looked at his wrist, and
then confidently announced, "It is exactly ten o'watch."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Elda Solis, 47,
Marathon,
Florida
Mom placed 6-year-old in a chair to
hold parking space while she shopped
Elda Solis, 47, was charged with child neglect Thursday for
allegedly leaving a 6-year-old child guarding her parking
spot at her housing complex, the Eastwind Apartments at 240
Sombrero Beach Road in Marathon, while she went to Publix
across the street. The youth was sitting in a chair in the
parking space.
The incident took place around 10 p.m. Dec. 7. According to
Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the agency received
information about the incident the following day. When they
confronted Solis, she admitted it was true, agency
spokeswoman Becky Herrin said.
When investigators interviewed the child, she said, the
child said it was not the first time Solis had her hold her
parking spot. Detectives obtained a warrant for the woman's
arrest and she was taken to jail Thursday.
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In Chicago they now have a bylaw agaist placing couches or
other large furniture to save your just shovelled parking
spot, while you go get your car after you finish shoveling.
However, an inflatable escort with an AR-15 is currently
still legal.
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From: frtbr57326...
Re: Not getting responses
Dear Webby,
I make web pages, but when I write to businesses if they
want any, I never get any reply, and then they get pages
made by somebody else.I just seem to remind them to
go find somebody. Why is that?
Dear FartBrain
I can see why you would be sending potential customers
to your competitors.
1) You are writing with a silly alias that is about
as confidence and trust inspiring as a ski mask in a bank.
Get yourself a domain like the real businesses, and base
your address on that.
2) You blurt like a heckler or ill-mannered kid. Learn to
write emails like the grown-ups. Greet whoever you are
writing to by name.
3) You run away like a midnight vandal. Sign off properly!
Except for other AOLers, very few people will write to you,
if they have to invent a name for you.
4) Graduate from AOL ! Even though some AOLers claim
that they have made money marketing to other AOLers,
very few have any success trying to sell anything to people
on the real Internet. You have too many other AOLers
giving
you a bad name. You might as well be using a jail address
or admit that you are using FrontPage. No money in that.
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The Miracle Toddler Diet
People are always on the lookout for a new diet. The
trouble with most diets is that you don't get enough to eat
(the starvation diet), you don't get enough variation (the
liquid diet) or you go broke (the all-meat diet).
Consequently, people tend to cheat of their diets, or quit
after 3 days.
Well, now there's the new Toddler Miracle Diet.
Over the years you may have noticed that most two year olds
are trim. Now the formula to their success is available to
all in this new diet. You may want to consult your doctor
before embarking on this diet, otherwise, you may be seeing
him afterwards. Good Luck !!!
DAY ONE
Breakfast: One scrambled egg, one piece of toast with grape
jelly. Eat 2 bites of egg, using your fingers; dump the
rest on the floor. Take 1 bite of toast, then smear the
jelly over your face and clothes.
Lunch: Four crayons (any color), a handful of potato chips,
and a glass of milk (3 sips only, then spill the rest).
Dinner: A dry stick, two pennies and a nickel, 4 sips of
flat Pepsi.
Bedtime snack: Throw a piece of toast on the kitchen floor.
DAY TWO
Breakfast: Pick up stale toast from kitchen floor and eat
it. Drink half bottle of vanilla extract or one vial of
vegetable dye.
Lunch: Eat a half tube of "Pulsating Pink" lipstick and a
handful of Purina Dog Chow (any flavor). One ice cube,
if desired.
Afternoon snack: Lick an all-day sucker until sticky, take
outside, drop in dirt. Retrieve and continue slurping until
it is clean again. Then bring inside and drop on rug.
Dinner: A rock or an uncooked bean, which should be
thrust up your left nostril. Pour Grape Kool-Aid over
mashed potatoes; eat with spoon.
DAY THREE
Breakfast: Two pancakes with plenty of syrup, eat one
with fingers, rub in hair. Glass of milk; drink half, stuff
other pancake in glass. After breakfast, pick up
yesterdays sucker from rug, lick off fuzz, put it on the
cushion of best chair.
Lunch: Three matches, peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Spit several bites onto the floor. Pour glass of milk on
table and slurp up.
Dinner: Dish of ice cream, handful of potato chips,
some red punch. Try to laugh some punch through your
nose, if possible.
FINAL DAY
Breakfast: A quarter tube of toothpaste (any flavor), bit
of soap, an olive. Pour a glass of milk over bowl of
cornflakes, add half a cup of sugar. Once cereal is soggy,
drink milk and feed cereal to dog.
Lunch: Eat bread crumbs off kitchen floor and dining
room carpet. Find that sucker and finish eating it.
Dinner: A glass of spaghetti and chocolate milk. Leave
meatball on plate. Stick of mascara for dessert.
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Anni showed up at the photo shop with an old picture of a
former beau wearing a hat, She wanted to know if the
photographer could retouch the photo and remove the
hat from the picture.
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He convinced Anni, that it could easily be accomplished,
and asked her what side of his head did the man in the
picture part his hair on.
-
Thinking hard for a moment, Anni said, "I forget, but you
can see that for yourself when you take off his hat."
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Color Coordinated Children
Someone I know, that's a single mom, has her kids color
coordinated. Each kid has picked their favorite color and
they have their own bath towels and wash cloths, clothes
baskets and their own clothing hangers. So when Mom's not
at home, they can find their own laundry to take to their
rooms to put up or to shower with. She said this helps her
out a whole lot. Maybe this could help you out, too.
By Terri H.
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Thanks to Martin for this story:
A group of Americans was traveling by tour bus through
Holland. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide
led them through a process of cheese-making, explaining
that goats' milk was used. She showed the group a lovely
hillside where many goats were grazing. These, she
explained, were the older goats who had been put out to
pasture when they no longer produced.
She then asked, "What do you do in America with your old
goats?"
A spry old gentleman answered, "They send us on bus tours."
| The art of well dressing.
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While at the supermarket this weekend, I came across two
women talking in the the aisle I was going down.
"Harry and I have been together ten years now and he makes
me very happy," one said. "So I don't mind buying him what
he likes even if it is a litle more expensive."
"Well, with my Benny I have no choice. He's just plain
fussy," her friend replied.
As I passed by their carts I discovered both women were
loading their shopping carts with high priced cat food.
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Today, December 17, in
1777 To annoy England, France recognized American
independence from England.
1791 A traffic regulation in New York City established the
first street to go "One Way."
1830 South American patriot Simon Bolivar died in Colombia.
1895 George L. Brownell received a patent for his paper-
twine machine.
1903 The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight
took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville and Wilbur Wright
made the flight.
1939 The German pocket battleship Graf Spee was scuttled by
its crew, bringing the World War II Battle of the Rio de
la
Plata off Uruguay to an end.
1944 The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of
excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast which
ensured that Japanese-Americans were released from
detention camps.
1953 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to
approve RCA's color television specifications.
1957 The United States successfully test-fired the Atlas
intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
1959 The film "On the Beach" premiered in New York City and
in 17 other cities. It was the first motion picture to
debut simultaneously in major cities around the world.
1969 The U.S. Air Force closed its Project "Blue Book" by
concluding that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial
spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings.
1973 Thirty-one people were killed at Rome airport when
Arab guerillas hijacked a German airliner.
1975 Lynette Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for her
attempt on the life of U.S. President Ford.
1976 WTCG-TV, Atlanta, GA, changed its call letters to
WTBS, and was uplinked via satellite. The station became
the first commercial TV station to cover the entire U.S.
1978 OPEC decided to raise oil prices by 14.5% by the end
of 1979.
1979 Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, was
fatally beaten after a police chase in Miami, FL. Four
white police officers were later acquitted of charges
stemming from McDuffie's death.
1986 Wayne "Danke Schoen" Newton won a $19.2 million suit
against NBC News. NBC had aired reports claiming a link
between Newton and mob figures. The reports were proven to
be false.
1986 Davina Thompson became the world's first recipient of
a heart, lungs, and liver transplant.
1986 Eugene Hasefus was pardoned and then released by
Nicaragua. He had been convicted of running guns to the
Contras.
1992 U.S. President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime
Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos
Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade
Agreement.
1992 Israel deported over 400 Palestinians to Lebanese
territory in an unprecedented mass expulsion of suspected
militants.
1996 Peruvian guerrillas took hundreds of people hostage at
the Japanese embassy in Lima. The siege ended on April 22,
1997, with a commando raid that resulted in the deaths of
all the rebels, two commandos and one hostage.
1996 The Red Cross pulled all but a few of its western
staff out of Chechnya after six foreign aid workers were
killed by masked gunmen.
1997 U.S. President Clinton signed the No Electronic Theft
Act. The act removed protection from individuals who
claimed that they took no direct financial gains from
stealing copyrighted works and downloading them from the
Internet.
1998 U.S. House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston admitted
he'd had extramarital affairs.
2002 U.S. President George W. Bush ordered the Pentagon to
have ready for use within two years a system for protecting
American territory, troops and allies from ballistic
missile attacks.
2002 McDonald's Corp. warned that they would report its
first quarterly loss in its 47-year history.
2002 The insurance and finance company Conseco Inc. filed
for Chapter 11 protection. It was the third-largest
bankruptcy in U.S. history.
2002 Congo's government, opposition parties and rebels
signed a peace agreement that ended four years of civil
war.
2004 U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law the
largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence gathering in 50
years. The bill aimed to tighten borders and aviation
security. It also created a federal counterterrorism center
and a new intelligence director.
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Saturday, December 16, 2017, 06:34 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Saturday, December 16
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
La Crosse, Wisconsin burglar leaves money,
probation papers behind, locks himself out
and calls 911 for help.
Bonehead
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Today, December 16 in
1773 Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston
Harbor off of British ships by Colonial patriots. The
patriots were disguised as Indians. The act was to protest
taxation without representation and the monopoly the
government granted to the East India Company.
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Everybody gets so much information all day long that they
lose their common sense.
--- Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without
providing you with company.
--- Gian Vincenzo Gravina (1664 - 1718)
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When a coworker received a phone call from her daughter,
we heard her exclaim joyfully, "Seven and a half pounds!
I'm so proud!"
After she had hung up, I asked, "Boy or girl?"
"Neither," my colleague replied... "Diet."
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A strong young man at the construction site was bragging
that he could outdo anyone in a feat of strength. He made a
special case of making fun of Morris, one of the older
workmen. After several minutes, Morris had enough.
"Why don't you put your money where your mouth is?" he
said. "I will bet a week's wages that I can haul something
in a wheelbarrow over to that outbuilding that you won't be
able to wheel back."
"You're on, old man," the braggart replied. "It's a bet!
Let's see what you got."
Morris reached out and grabbed the wheelbarrow by the
handles. Then, nodding to the young man, he said, "All
right. Get in."
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A kindergarten class had a homework assignment to find
'something exciting' and relate it to the class the next
day.
When the time came to present what they'd found, the first
little boy the teacher called on, walked up to the front
of the class...... and with a piece of chalk, made a small
white dot on the blackboard and then sat back down.
Puzzled, the teacher asked him what it was.
"It's a period," he replied.
"I can see that," said the teacher, "but what is so
'exciting' about a period?"
"I don't know," he said, "but yesterday my sister was
'missing' one. Then my mommy fainted; daddy had a heart
attack, the preacher across the street drove off a cliff,
and Willie, next door, ran off and joined the Navy.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Randy Bolstad, 42,
La Crosse,
Wisconsin
La Crosse, Wisconsin burglar leaves money,
probation papers behind, locks himself out
and calls 911 for help.
La Crosse police nabbed a suspected burglar who left money
and probation papers behind and called 911 for help getting
back inside the business.
According to a criminal complaint, Randy Bolstad called 911
on Saturday afternoon to say he had lost money in the King
on Fifth building and said he was going to break in if
officers didn’t respond. Bolstad could not explain to the
dispatcher how he had gotten inside the building to lose
his money, and police who responded were unable to locate
him Saturday.
Police responded to the building Monday morning after a
caller reported his laptop computer was missing and said
he’d found condoms and loose change in the bathroom of his
business.
In the bathroom trash can, an officer found probation
paperwork for Bolstad.
Officers found Bolstad Monday walking through the Viterbo
University campus without shoes, according to the
complaint. When questioned about the theft of the laptop,
he responded, “I choose death.”
Bolstad, who was sentenced in November to three years
probation for robbery, was charged Tuesday with one count
of burglary. He was being held on a $1,000 cash bond and a
probation violation.
He wont have to worry about cooking Christmas dinner.
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From: Alexa
Re: Speakers
Dear Webby,
I need louder speakers, and if possible better quality,
because we use Internet radio as background music in the
warehouse. However, I found that $69 and $129 speakers
are not really any better than $14.95 speakers. What do
you recommend?
Alexa
Dear Alexa
Go to a second hand store or pawn shop and get yourself
a boom box (portable stereo system) or old home stereo
system. They are quite cheap and usually have great sound.
Unlike new and shrink-wrapped systems at a music store,
the people in used goods stores usually let you plug them
in and listen to them.
Then just cut off the wires going to the speakers and
connect them to the AUX IN connectors on the boom box or
stereo, the connectors made for input from a record player
or tape deck.
That way you have the amplification and control, often even
with an equalizer, and plenty of volume.
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The Immigration Officer said, "Mujibar, you have passed
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you pass it you cannot enter the United States of America.
Make a sentence using the words, Yellow, Pink and Green."
Mujibar said, "The telephone goes green, green, green,
and I pink it up, and say,
'Yellow, this is Mujibar.'"
Mujibar now works for Verizon.
I know because I talked to him yesterday.
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Everyone knows that if you are going to operate a business
in today's world you need a domain name. It is advisable to
look at the domain name selected as other see it and not
just as you think it looks. Failure to do this may result
in
situations such as the following (legitimate) companies
who deal in everyday humdrum products and services
but clearly didn't give their domain names enough
consideration:
1. A site called 'Who Represents' where you can find the
name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain
name... wait for it... is
www.whorepresents.com
2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers
can exchange advice and views at
www.expertsexchange.com
3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
www.penisland.net
4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
www.therapistfinder.com
5. Then of course, there's the Italian Power Generator
company...
www.powergenitalia.com
6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based
in New South Wales:
www.molestationnursery.com
7. If you're looking for computer software, there's always
www.ipanywhere.com
8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church.
Their website is
www.cummingfirst.com
9. Then, of course, there's these brainless art designers,
and their whacky website:
www.speedofart.com
10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure
website at
www.gotahoe.com
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Recycling Spray Bottles
When you use up a cleaning product that is in a spray
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cleaning products.
Be sure to clean it thoroughly as mixing some chemicals,
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Remove the label and mark the bottle clearly so it is not
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Ed was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary.
His wife was really perturbed.
She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in
the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds.
AND IT BETTER BE THERE".
The next morning Ed got up early and left for work. When
his wife woke up, she looked out the window and sure enough
there was a small box, gift-wrapped in the middle of the
driveway.
Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the
driveway, brought the box back in the house. She opened it
and found a brand new bathroom scale.
Funeral services for Ed have been scheduled for Friday!
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for YOUR opinion. She is asking for HER opinion, from your
mouth.
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Today, December 16, in
1653 Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England,
Scotland and Ireland.
1773 Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston
Harbor off of British ships by Colonial patriots. The
patriots were disguised as Indians. The act was to protest
taxation without representation and the monopoly the
government granted to the East India Company.
1809 Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress
Josephine by an act of the French Senate.
1835 In New York, 530 buildings were destroyed by fire.
1838 The Zulu chief Dingaan was defeated by a small force
of Boers at Blood River, celebrated in South Africa as
'Dingaan's Day'.
1850 The first immigrant ship, the Charlotte Jane, arrived
at Lyttleton, New Zealand.
1901 "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," by Beatrix Potter, was
printed for the first time.
1905 Sime Silverman published the first issue of "Variety".
1912 The first postage stamp to depict an airplane was
issued was a 20-cent parcel-post stamp.
1940 French Premier Petain arrested Pierre Laval after
learning of a plan for Laval to seize power and set up a
new government with German support.
1944 During World War II, the Battle of the Bulge began in
Belgium. It was the final major German counteroffensive in
the war.
1950 U.S. President Truman proclaimed a national state of
emergency in order to fight "Communist imperialism."
1960 A United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation
collided over New York City, killing 134 people.
1972 The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to go
unbeaten and untied in a 14-game regular season. The
Dolphins went on to defeat the Washington Redskins in Super
Bowl VII.
1973 O.J. Simpson broke Jim Brown’s single-season rushing
record in the NFL. Brown had rushed for 1,863 yards, while
Simpson attained 2,003 yards.
1985 Reputed organized-crime chief Paul Castellano was shot
to death outside a New York City restaurant.
1990 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a leftist priest, was elected
president in Haiti's first democratic elections.
1991 The U.N. General Assembly rescinded its 1975
resolution equating Zionism with racism by a vote of 111-
25.
1993 The United Nations General Assembly adopted a
resolution calling for negotiations on a comprehensive test
ban.
1995 Many U.S. government functions were again closed as a
temporary finance provision expired and the budget dispute
between President Clinton and Republicans in Congress
continued.
1995 NATO launched a military operation in support of the
Bosnia peace agreement.
1996 Britain's agriculture minister announced the slaughter
of an additional 100,000 cows thought to be at risk of
contracting BSE in an effort to persuade the EU to lift its
ban on Britain.
1998 The U.S. and Britain fired hundreds of missiles on
Iraq in response to Saddam Hussein's refusal to comply with
U.N. weapons inspectors.
1998 Eric Michelman filed the earliest patent for a scroll
wheel for a computer mouse. Scroll wheels had been in use
for 5 years by then, just not patented.
1999 Torrential rains and mudslides in Venezuela left
thousands of people dead and forced at least 120,000 to
leave their homes.
2000 Researchers announced that information from NASA's
Galileo spacecraft indicated that Ganymede appeared to have
a liquid saltwater ocean beneath a surface of solid ice.
Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is the solar system's largest
moon. The discovery is considered important since water is
a key ingredient for life.
2000 U.S. President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin
Powell to be the first African-American secretary of state.
Powell was sworn in January 20, 2001.
2001 In Tora Bora, Afghanistan, tribal fighters announced
that they had taken the last al-Quaida positions. More than
200 fighters were killed and 25 captured. They also
announced that they had found no sign of Osama bin Laden.
2001 Cuba received the first commercial food shipment from
the United States in nearly 40 years. The shipment was sent
to help Cuba after Hurrican Michelle hit Cuba on November
4, 2001.
2001 A British newspaper, The Observer, reported that a
notebook had been found at an al-Quaida training camp in
southern Afghanistan. The notebook contained a "blue print"
for a bomb attack on London's financial district.
2009 Astronomers discovered GJ1214b. It was the first-known
exoplanet on which water could exist.
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Friday, December 15, 2017, 10:12 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Friday, December 15
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
British championship body builder has been
jailed after sexually abusing a 4-year-old
girl, and threatening to kill her family.
Bonehead
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Today, December 15 in
2001 It was announced that Siena Heights University would
begin offering a class called "Animated Philosophy and
Religion." The two-credit class would cover how religion
and philosophy are part of popular culture and is based on
the television series "The Simpsons."
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I won't take my religion from any man who never works
except with his mouth.
--- Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool,
usually has his suspicions.
--- Wilson Mizner
Men who never get carried away should be.
--- Malcolm Forbes
The world is full of willing people,
some willing to work,
the rest willing to let them.
--- Robert Frost
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Some guy is claiming that a tonic of beer and urine will
improve your garden. Come on, if that was true, wouldn't
frat houses be like tropical rain forests?
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Not really. Spilling unused beer is severely frowned upon!
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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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Lets Get Outa Here!
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Five Belgians in an Audi Quattro arrive at the French
border.
The French Customs agent stops them and tells them: "It's
illegal to put 5 people in a Quattro."
"Oh, no, Quattro is just the name of the automobile. Look
at the papers: this car is designed to carry 5 persons."
"You can't pull that one on me," replies the French
customs agent. "Quattro means 4!"
"Oh, you are so stupid! Call your supervisor over!"
"He can't come. He's busy with the 2 guys in the Fiat Uno."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Jenev Varghese,
32,
Luton,
England
British championship body builder has been
jailed after sexually abusing a 4-year-old
girl, and threatening to kill her family.
Jenev Varghese, 32, of Luton, was sentenced to 12 years
behind bars at Luton Crown Court yesterday.
He was found guilty of two counts of sexually assaulting a
child under the age of 13. During the trial the jury heard
how Varghese sexually assaulted the young girl on a number
of occasions. He threatened to murder her loved ones if she
spoke out and told anybody.
Detective Constable Samantha Shane, of the Bedfordshire
Police Public Protection Unit, said: ‘Varghese took
advantage and abused his incredibly young victim in the
worst way possible. ‘It is impossible to comprehend the
abuse that this child suffered, but I hope that her and her
family are now able to move on from this awful experience.
‘I’m really pleased with the severe sentence. ‘I hope it
sends a stark warning to others who think they can abuse
children and get away with it.’ Judge Lynn Tayton QC handed
Varghese a 12 year sentence with a one year extension. He
was also placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register indefinitely
and handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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Tech Support Pits
From: Alex
Re: Tripod Bolt
Dear Webby,
I lent out my tripod and it came back with the bolt, that
holds the camera, missing. My Camera is a Canon
Powershot. What kind of bolt is required to hold it?
Alex
Dear Alex
99.9% of all cameras take a standard 1/4" x 20
(1/4" coarse) bolt. With some searching hardware stores
you should be able to find a wing-bolt.
If not, simply glue a wing-nut onto the bolt head with
2-hour epoxy.
You may have to shorten the bolt, or use washers. Dont
drive it into the camera too deep or too hard.
The socket on the camera is just very soft aluminum.
Have FUN!
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A little boy who is rushing out of the house pauses in
front of his father.
"Dad," the boy says, "I'm late for football practice. Would
you please do my homework for me?"
"Son, it just wouldn't be right," his father says.
"That's okay," the little fellow says. "You could at least
give it a try, couldn't you?"
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Thanks to Sandie for this story:
A little boy got on the bus, sat next to a man reading a
book, and noticed the man had his collar on backwards.
The little boy asked why he wore his collar that way.
The man, who was a priest, said, "I am a Father."
The little boy replied, "My Daddy doesn't wear his collar
like that."
The priest looked up from his book and answered,
"I am the Father of many."
The boy said, "My Dad has 4 boys, 4 girls, and two
grandchildren, and he doesn't wear his collar that way."
The priest, getting a little impatient, said, "I am the
Father of hundreds," and went back to reading his book.
The little boy sat quietly thinking for a while, then
leaned over and said, "Maybe you should wear your pants
backwards instead of your collar?"
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Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com
Getting Used To Wearing Dentures
By Kim Churchman
Sorry you have to go through this. You can do it, you will
come out the other side a success. Practice the sounds 55,
33 and 66. Keep going back to your dentist for adjustments,
ten times if necessary. You need to be able to wrap your
lips around them without ever getting a sore.
I am a dental hygienist and was a longtime assistant to a
doc who made dentures. Twice we failed, and one was someone
who could not stop gagging. He went for hypnosis and had to
face an unpleasant suppressed memory to get it stopped. The
other was someone whose jaw did not hold the plate, so it
fell off when he opened his mouth. Implants helped him. If
worst comes to worst, you can get the denture anchored with
implants, and they make mini ones that are far cheaper. My
patients who have implants say that they are awesome, they
really rave about how great they feel and chew. Implants
are not for smokers because they don't anchor well. God
bless you. Dentures are famous for making strong men cry.
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That myth about smokers is total BS,
typical for non-smokers badmouthing smokers. I used to be a
heavy smoker and never had a problem with dentures.
Billions of smokers wear dentures without a problem.
I realize smoking is a real nuisance and severely annoys
some people, including me now, but it has absolutely no
effect on dentures.
The secret is to wait half a year after you get your teeth
pulled, before you get your dentures made. It helps, of
couse, if you have a competent denturist!
Then get one of those "Postal Pencils", the purple copper
permanaganate indelible pencils, that have a paper ribbon
wound around the core instead of wood. Yeah, I know, they
are getting hard to find, and you might have to use a
substitute if you are not successful in finding one.
Use that very soft pencil and touch it to any sore spot.
Dont do that until your gums are properly healed and
hardened for half a year!
Then put the dentures in briefly. The purple will transfer
and show you where you have a high spot. Scrape that high
spot gently with a sharp screwdriver or key file. Dont get
carried away! Just scrape until the purple is gone, then
test the denture.
You will soon have perfectly fitting and painless dentures.
I am still and always will be grateful to the old
denturist in Kittimat, BC, who taught me that trick in
1972.
Eventually, as you age and shrink, you will have to reline
the dentures. That is a topic for another daay, if anybody
is interested.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Scientists were excited this week at having isolated a
brief sound which occurred immediately before the Big Bang.
Apparently, that sound was "OOOPS!"
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The Dilemma
Which would you choose? You are driving down the road in
your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus
stop and you see three people waiting for the bus:
1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
2. An old friend who once saved your life.
3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that
there could only be one passenger in your car?
Think before you continue reading.
This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used
as part of a job application. You could pick up the old
lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save
her first. Or you could take the old friend because he once
saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to
pay him back. However, you may never be able to find your
perfect mate again.
The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no
trouble coming up with his answer. He simply answered:
"I would give the car keys to my old friend and let him
take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait
for the bus with the partner of my dreams."
Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our
stubborn thought limitations.
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Today, December 15, in
1654 A meteorological office established in Tuscany began
recording daily temperature readings.
1791 In the U.S., the first ten amendments to the
Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, went into effect
following ratification by the state of Virginia.
1815 Jane Austen's "Emma" was published.
1840 Napoleon Bonaparte's remains were interred in Les
Invalides in Paris, having been brought from St. Helena,
where he died in exile.
1854 In Philadelphia, the first street cleaning machine was
put into use.
1877 Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.
1890 American Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other
tribe members were killed in Grand River, SD, during an
incident with Indian police working for the U.S.
government.
1925 The third Madison Square Gardens opened.
1939 "Gone With the Wind," produced by David O. Selznick
based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, premiered at
Loew's Grand Theater in Atlanta. The movie starred Vivien
Leigh and Clark Gable.
1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into
practice Bill of Rights Day.
1944 A single-engine plane carrying U.S. Army Major Glenn
Miller disappeared in thick fog over the English Channel
while en route to Paris.
1944 American forces invaded Mindoro Island in the
Philippines.
1944 Dr. R. Townley Paton and a small group of doctors laid
the groundwork for the Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration.
1961 Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to
death in Jerusalem by an Israeli court. He had been tried
on charges for organizing the deportation of Jews to
concentration camps.
1964 Canada's House of Commons approved a newly designed
Maple Leaf flag thereby dropping the Canadian "Red Ensign"
flag.
1965 Two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6 and Gemini 7,
maneuvered within 10 feet of each other while in orbit
around the Earth.
1966 Walter Elias "Walt" Disney died in Los Angeles at the
age of 65.
1970 The Soviet probe Venera 7 became the first spacecraft
to land softly on the surface of Venus. The probe only
survived the extreme heat and pressure for about 23 minutes
and transmitted the first data received on Earth from the
surface of another planet.
1973 J. Paul Getty III was found in southern Italy after
being held captive for five months, during which his right
ear was cut off and sent to a newspaper in Rome.
1978 U.S. President Carter announced he would grant
diplomatic recognition to Communist China on New Year's Day
and sever official relations with Taiwan.
1979 Iran demanded that the US extradite the the former
shah of Iran, Muhammad Riza Pahlavi. The US, who had
initially installed him in Iran, sent him to Panama. He had
gone to the U.S. for medical treatment on October 22, 1979.
1979 In a preliminary ruling, the International Court of
Justice ordered Iran to release all hostages that had been
taken at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979.
1981 The U.S. Congress passed $200 billion spending bill.
At the time it was the largest in U.S. history.
1982 Gibraltar's frontier with Spain was opened to
pedestrian use after 13 years.
1983 The last 80 U.S. combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew.
It was just over seven weeks after the U.S.-led invasion of
the Caribbean island.
1989 An uprising in Romania began as demonstrators gathered
to prevent the arrest of the Reverend Laszlo Tokes, a
dissident clergyman.
1992 IBM announced it would eliminate 25-thousand employees
in the coming year.
1992 Bettino Craxi, the leader of Italy's Socialist Party,
was informed that he was under investigation in a
burgeoning corruption scandal in the northern city of
Milan.
1992 El Salvador's government and leftist guerrilla leaders
formally declared the end of the country's 12-year civil
war.
1993 In Geneva, 117 countries completed the Uruguay Round
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The
countries agreed on a reform package.
1993 The prime ministers of Britain and the Republic of
Ireland (John Major and Albert Reynolds respectively) made
the "Downing Street Declaration," stating the basis for
trying to achieve peace in Northern Ireland.
1995 The U.N. Security Council authorized NATO to take over
the peacekeeping operations in Bosnia.
1995 French rail workers voted to end a three-week-old
strike.
1996 Boeing Co. announced plans to pay $13.3 billion to
acquire rival aircraft manufacturer McDonnell Douglas Corp.
1999 Syria reopened peace talks with Israel in Washington,
DC, with the mediation of U.S. President Clinton.
2000 The Chernobyl atomic power plant in Kiev, Ukraine, was
shut down.
2000 New York Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed
to accept an $8 million book deal with Simon & Schuster.
The book was to be about her eight years in the White
House. The advance was the highest ever to be paid to a
member of the U.S. Congress.
2001 It was announced that Siena Heights University would
begin offering a class called "Animated Philosophy and
Religion." The two-credit class would cover how religion
and philosophy are part of popular culture and is based on
the television series "The Simpsons."
2010 The U.N. Security Council gave a vote of confidence to
the government of Iraq when they lifted 19-year-old
sanctions on weapons and civilian nuclear power.
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Thursday, December 14, 2017, 06:37 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Thursday, December 14
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Florida woman ran up a huge hotel bill
and was busted for not paying
Bonehead
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Today, December 13 in
1900 Professor Max Planck of Berlin University revealed his
revolutionary Quantum Theory.
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Health food makes me sick.
--- Calvin Trillin (1935 - )
If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person,
they will find an easier way to do it.
--- Socratex
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A kindergarten teacher is walking around her classroom
observing her students while they draw. One little girl is
working especially diligently, so the teacher asks what
she is working on.
"I'm drawing God," the child says.
The teacher pauses, then says, "But no one knows what
God looks like."
Without missing a beat or looking up from her drawing,
the girl replies,
"They will in a minute."
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While I was attending a Law course, the 'Audi alteram
parten' rule was explained to us. Translated it means "To
hear the other party"
After discussing the subject at great length, the lecturer
asked if anyone didn't understand the rule.
Responded one man "My Wife"
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Most Yuppette's have no use for men who try to mess up the
country's economy by living within their income.
I've noticed the oddest behavior of Yuppettes. The
only time they won't look into a mirror is when they're
pulling out of a parking space.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Margaret Pryor,
50,
St Johns
Florida
Florida woman ran up a huge hotel bill
and was busted for not paying
The st. Johns county sheriff's office said a homeless woman
stayed at the courtyard marriott in st. Augustine beach and
racked up a $4,000 bill that she failed to pay.
Police said margaret pryor, 50, stayed in room 233 from nov.
8 to nov. 29 before she was finally asked to leave. She had
paid only $150 of a bill that eventually totaled
$3,951.278.
Pryor is in the st. Johns county jail on $1,500 bail. She
faces felony fraud charges.
A dog that was left in the hotel room was taken to dogtown
usa in in st. Augustine.
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From: Rhonda
Re: AIM Triton nuisance
Dear Webby,
I enjoy receiving your humor newsletter! I notice you have
given advice about some computer questions. I have one.
I have been receiving an “active update” for Aim Triton 1.5
Preview that appears as a popup. I have Aim instant
messenger but do not want the Triton update. The problem
is, I cannot get rid of the active update from popping up
every little bit. There is no delete button with it. There
is a view history which will call up a box which lists the
Triton preview, which I highlight and delete. But shortly
thereafter the update will pop up again. I cannot fine an
e-mail address to send to the Aim company with my
complaint. How do I get rid of this nuisance?
Thank you for any help!
Ronda
Edith
Dear Rhonda
Yes, I do answer computer questions. That's how
I got stuck with the "DearWebby" nickname in the late 80s
and early 90s.
I think AIM Triton has gone out of fashion. Most likely what
you got is some kind of malicious infection. AIM is AOL
Instant Messenger. Contact AOL support and find out if the
pop-up is really theirs, or some other nuisance trying to
cash in on a recognized name.
You can also use MalwareBytes and scan your machine for
malware.
Have FUN!
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"Oh, No!" he gasped as he surveyed the disaster before him.
Never in his 40 years of life had he seen anything like it.
How anyone could have survived he did not know.
He could only hope that somewhere amid the overwhelming
destruction he would find his 16-year-old son. Only the slim
hope of finding Danny kept him from turning and fleeing the
scene. He took a deep breath and proceeded. Walking was
virtually impossible with so many things strewn across his
path. He moved ahead slowly.
"Danny! Danny!" he whispered to himself. He tripped and
almost fell several times. He heard someone, or something,
move. At least he thought he did. Perhaps, he was just
hoping he did. He shook his head and felt his gut tighten.
He couldn't understand how this could have happened.
There was some light but not enough to see very much.
Something cold and wet brushed against his hand. He
jerked it away.
In desperation, he took another step then cried out,
"Danny!"
From a nearby pile of unidentified material, he heard his
son. "Yes, Dad," he said, in a voice so weak it could hardly
be heard.
"It's time to get up," the man sighed,
"and, for heaven's sake, clean up this room!"
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Two women were walking through the woods when a frog called
out to them and said: "Help me, ladies! I am a stockbroker
who, through an evil witch's curse, has been transformed
into a frog. If one of you will kiss me, I'll be returned to
my former state!"
One woman took out her purse, grabbed the frog, and stuffed
it inside her handbag. The other woman, aghast, screamed,
"Didn't you hear him? If you kiss him, he'll turn into a
stockbroker!"
The second woman replied, "Sure, but these days a talking
frog is worth more than a stockbroker!"
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meat quickly, freeze it for future use.
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Most meats are "doctored" to appear red
and fresh longer, however, in spite of all the chemicals,
eventually it still turns dark.
That does not mean it is bad.
Green is bad, but brown is good! That is when chefs, and
those who know, buy the meat. At 21 to 28 days after
slaughter a steak is as tender as if you got it at a high
class steak restaurant. Sure, some, like Outback, cheat a
bit and marinade in some rather strong stuff to make them
tender and juicy, but the same can be accomplished by simply
aging the meat about 3 weeks.
The ideal time for steaks or roasts is when they are as dark
as properly smoked salami.
Because most people don't know about that and go for the
fresh, bright red cuts, stores often mark the meat down when
it gets darker. That's just fine by me. I'll gladly take
the darkest steaks. If the meat feels dry, half an hour in a
simple sea salt brine will juice it right up.
DearWebby
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>From Frank
My Dad has a sure way to keep my Mom from buying an
outfit...
When she tries it on, he says, "I love that middle-aged look
it gives you."
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A nurse was showing some student nurses through the
hospital.
"This will be the most hazardous section in the hospital for
you. The men on this floor are almost well."
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Today, December 14, in
1503 Physician, astrologer and clairvoyant Nostradamus was
born at St. Remy, Provence, France.
1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patented the nut and
bolt machine.
1900 Professor Max Planck of Berlin University revealed his
revolutionary Quantum Theory.
1903 Orville Wright made the first attempt at powered
flight. The engine stalled during take-off and the plane was
damaged in the attempt. Three days later, after repairs were
made, the modern aviation age was born when the plane stayed
aloft for 12 seconds and flew 102 feet.
1911 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man
to reach the South Pole. He reached the destination 35 days
ahead of Captain Robert F. Scott.
1918 For the first time in Britain women (over 30) voted in
a General Election.
1939 The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of
Nations.
1945 Josef Kramer, known as "the beast of Belsen," and 10
others were executed in Hamelin for the crimes they
committed at the Belsen and Auschwitz Nazi concentration
camps.
1946 The U.N. General Assembly voted to establish the United
Nation's headquarters in New York City.
1959 Archbishop Makarios was elected Cyprus' first
president.
1962 The U.S. space probe Mariner II approached Venus. It
transmitted information about the planet's atmosphere and
surface temperature.
1975 Six South Moluccan terrorists surrendered to police
after holding 23 people hostage for 12 days on a train near
the Dutch town of Beilen.
1981 Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in
war in 1967.
1983 The U.S. battleship New Jersey fired on Syrian
positions in Lebanon for the first time after American F-14
reconnaissance flights were fired on.
1985 Wilma Mankiller became the first Indian woman to lead a
major American Indian tribe as she formally took office as
principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of OKlahoma.
1986 The experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick
Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from California on the
first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world. The
trip took nine days to complete.
1987 Chrysler pled no contest to federal charges of selling
several thousand vehicles as new when Chrysler employees had
driven the vehicles with the odometer disconnected.
1988 CBS won the exclusive rights to major league baseball's
1990-94 seasons for $1.1 billion.
1988 The first transatlantic underwater fiber-optic cable
went into service.
1990 After 30 years in exile, ANC president Oliver Tambo
returned to South Africa.
1993 A judge in Colorado struck down the state's voter-
approved Amendment Two prohibiting gay rights laws, calling
it unconstitutional.
1993 The United Mine Workers approved a five-year contract
that ended a strike that had reached seven states and
involved some of the nation's biggest coal operators.
1995 The presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia,
Croatia signed the Dayton Accords to end fighting in Bosnia.
1995 AIDS patient Jeff Getty received the first-ever bone-
marrow transplant from a baboon.
1997 Cuban President Fidel Castro declared Christmas 1997 an
official holiday to ensure the success of Pope John Paul
II's upcoming visit to Cuba.
1998 Hundreds of Palestinian leaders renounced a call for
the destruction of Israel.
1999 U.S. and German negotiators agreed to establish a $5.2
billion fund for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers.
1999 Charles M. Schulz announced he was retiring the
"Peanuts" comic strip. The last original "Peanuts" comic
strip was published on February 13, 2000.
2000 It was announced that American businessman Edmond Pope
would be released from a Russian prison for humanitarian
reasons. Pope had been sentenced to 20 years in prison after
his conviction on espionage charges.
2001 European Union leaders agreed to dispatch 3,000-4,000
troops to join an international peacekeeping force in
Afghanistan.
2001 The first commercial export, since 1963, of U.S. food
to Cuba began. The 24,000 metric tons for corn were being
sent to replenish what was lost when Hurricane Michelle
struck on November 4.
2013 The Chinese spacecraft Chang'e 3 became the first
spacecraft to "soft"-land on the Moon since 1976. It was
only the third robotic rover to land on the moon.
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Wednesday, December 13
Tonight you`ll see the Geminid meteor shower.
Its an easy one. Hammock, lawn chair or mattress, sleeping
bag, look straight up and northward till your eyes adjust.
Then youll see them about one per minute. Because they are
chunks of asteroid rock, not just the usual cometary dirty
ice, the Geminids are brighter, and sometimes have color.
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Florida woman on drugs passes out while driving
with children in back seat
Bonehead
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Today, December 13 in
1577 Five ships under the command of Sir Francis Drake left
Plymouth, England, to embark on Drake's circumnavigation of
the globe. The journey took almost three years.
See More of what happened on this day in history.
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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
--- T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
"By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy.
If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."
---Socrates
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A new employee joins the Company, and is required to
have a password setup for his computer. The boss
directed a secretary to setup the password for him.
The secretary asks the man for the password. The man,
attempting to embrass the secretary in order to show
superiority, said, "Penis."
Blushed, the secretary inputted the password Penis, and
re-typed it again. Then she hit enter.
The whole office heard the secretary bursting out laughing
as she read from the computer's screen:
"Password rejected. Reason: Too short"
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A doctor examines a female patient. Afterward, he takes her
husband aside. "I donít want to alarm you," the doctor says,
"but I don't like the way your wife looks."
"Me neither, Doc," says the husband. "But she's a great
cook and real good with the kids."
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A little old lady answered a knock on the door one
day, only to be confronted by a well dressed young
man carrying a vacuum cleaner. "Good morning," said
the young man. "If I could take a couple of minutes
of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very
latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners."
"Go away!" said the old lady. "I haven't got any money!"
and she proceeded to close the door. Quick as a flash,
the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed
it wide open. "Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not
until you have at least seen my demonstration."
And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure
onto her hallway carpet.
"If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces
of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will
personally eat the remainder."
"Well," she said, "I hope you've got a good appetite
because the electricity was cut off this morning."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Stephanie Hammond, 28,
Jacksonville,
Florida
Florida woman on drugs passes out while driving
with children in back seat
Clay County deputies say a Jacksonville woman used heroin
before passing out at the wheel with her two children in the
back seat.
Stephanie Hammond, 28, was arrested after witnesses found
her unconscious in the driver’s seat on Oakleaf Plantation
Parkway on Dec. 3.
Shawn Vick said she was on her way home from church when she
saw a car slowly moving across the intersection at Southwood
Way.
She said she and another neighbor pulled over.
“(We) threw our cars into park and literally ran and caught
up to the car,” Vick said.
Deputies say one witness opened the door and safely stopped
the car.
A Clay County Sheriff’s Office report said the witnesses
found Hammond unconscious at the wheel. The police report
said she needed CPR because she wasn’t breathing.
“I was still on the phone with 911 and I went to check the
back seat and there was a newborn and a 2-year-old in the
back seat,” Vick said.
Vick said she and another witness waited with the children
for hours.
Hammond is facing two counts of child neglect. Deputies
believe she injected heroin into her body while she had
custody of her two children, then drove.
A spoon and other items found in Hammond’s car tested
positive for heroin, according to the police report.
Action News Jax went to Hammond’s house to get her side of
the story but she did not want to comment.
Vick said she feels blessed to have been able to help those
children.
“It was really the sovereignty of the Lord to have us there
at this time so that we could steer her off the road,” she
said.
A Florida Department of Children and Families spokesperson
said the children are safe and being cared for by relatives
as DCF investigates.
The report does not say why she did not get charged with
DUI.
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Tech Support Pits
From: Edith
Re: What is an HTML?
Dear Webby,
You keep mentioning HTML.
What is that?
Edith
Dear Edith
HTML is the language or sytem used on the net to write
pages.
In the 80s we had all kinds of writing programs like Wang,
DisplayWrite, WordPerfect, WordStar, Microsoft Word, etc.
All accomplished the same thing, but went about it
differently, AND none of them were able to read documents
created by the other ones.
So, some very bright people had some noisy temper tantrums
and decided to create a brand new mark-up language, that was
not based on any of the popular word processors.
With Mark-Up we mean for example bolding words,
changing their colors, moving pictures around, etc.
Basically all the stuff that each of the word processors
were doing, each with their own peculiar methods.
Hyper Text Mark-up Language was created so that anybody and
everybody could use it and read it. A lot of people whined
and bitched a lot, because it was different than their
favorite word processor. However, on the just starting
Internet the word processors did not work. Initially we
could just barely get text through, slowly.
Using a short symbol like <.B> to turn bold on and
<./B> to turn bold off was a lot smaller.
Eventually, as the net got faster in the mid 90s, more and
more tricks were added to the HTML, and nowadays, there is
almost nothing, that you can`t do with it.
The real beauty of it is that it is really easy to learn.
See the "Free HTML Course" link on the side menu, that I
have had there since 1994.
Have FUN!
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A carpet layer had just finished installing carpet for a
lady. He stepped out for a smoke, only to realize he'd lost
his cigarettes. In the middle of the room, under the carpet,
was a bump.
"No sense pulling up the entire floor for one pack of
smokes," he said to himself.
He proceeded to get out his hammer and flattened the
hump. As he was cleaning up, the lady came in.
"Here," she said, handing him his pack of cigarettes.
"I found them in the hallway. Now, if only I could find
my parakeet!"
When Dan, a part time carpet layer and my instructor at the
copper mine, told me that in the late 70s, claiming it was
him, I believed him!
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There was once a man from the city who was visiting a small
farm, and during this visit he saw a farmer feeding pigs in
a most extraordinary manner. The farmer would lift a pig up
to a nearby apple tree, and the pig would eat the apples off
the tree directly.
The farmer would move the pig from one apple to another
until the pig was satisfied, then he would start again with
another pig.
The city man watched this activity for some time with great
astonishment. Finally, he could not resist saying to the
farmer, "This is the most inefficient method of feeding pigs
that I can imagine. Just think of the time that would be
saved if you simply shook the apples off the tree and let
the pigs eat them from the ground!"
The farmer looked puzzled and replied, "What's time to a
pig?"
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Getting The Right Portion of Meat
One way to save money on meals is to incorporate less meat
into your diet. Most supermarkets have butchers available
who can provide you with specific amounts of beef, chicken
or seafood.
For example, if you only need one chicken breast for a
recipe, they can provide it for you, and it normally costs
the same price per pound as you will find in the meat
displays.
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From Lila
I sat with my infant son in front of the TV, hostage to
my husband's channel-surfing. He eventually settled on an
R-rated movie in which the actress was soon topless.
"Honey, change the channel," I said, shielding my son's
eyes. "He shouldn't see this."
"It's okay." my husband replied. "He probably thinks it's
the Food Network."
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There were two good ol' boys from the South, who love to
fish, and they wanted to do some ice fishing. They'd heard
about it up in Canada, so they took off up there. The lake
was frozen nicely. They stopped just before they got to
the lake at a little bait shop and got all their tackle.
One of them said, "We're gonna need an ice pick." So they
got that, and they took off.
In about two hours, one of them was back at the shop and
said, "We're gonna need another dozen ice picks."
Well, the fellow in the shop wanted to ask some questions,
but he didn't. He sold him the picks, and the old boy left.
In about an hour, he was back. Said, "We're gonna need all
the ice picks you've got."
The bait man couldn't stand it any longer. "By the way," he
asked, "how are you fellows doing?"
"Not very well at all," he said. "We ain't even got the boat
in the water yet."
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Today, December 13, in
1577 Five ships under the command of Sir Francis Drake left
Plymouth, England, to embark on Drake's circumnavigation of
the globe. The journey took almost three years.
1636 The United States National Guard was created when
militia regiments were organized by the General Court of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1642 New Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator Abel
Tasman.
1809 The first abdominal surgical procedure was performed in
Danville, KY, on Jane Todd Crawford. The operation was
performed without an anesthetic.
1816 John Adamson received a patent for a dry dock.
1862 In America, an estimated 11,000 Northern soldiers were
killed or wounded when Union forces were defeated by
Confederates under General Robert E. Lee, at the Battle of
Fredericksburg.
1883 The border between Ontario and Manitoba was
established.
1884 Percy Everitt received a patent for the first coin-
operated weighing machine.
1913 It was announced by authorities in Florence, Italy,
that the "Mona Lisa" had been recovered. The work was stolen
from the Louvre Museum in Paris in 1911.
1913 In the U.S., the Federal Reserve System was
established.
1918 U.S. President Wilson arrived in France, becoming the
first chief executive to visit a European country while
holding office.
1921 Britain, France, Japan and the United States signed the
Pacific Treaty.
1937 Japanese forces took the Chinese city of Nanking
(Nanjing). An estimated 200,000 Chinese were killed over the
next six weeks. The event became known as the "Rape of
Nanking."
1944 During World War II, the U.S. cruiser Nashville was
badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze suicide attack. 138
people were killed in the attack.
1964 In El Paso, TX, President Johnson and Mexican President
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion that diverted the
Rio Grande River, reshaping the U.S.-Mexican border. This
ended a century-old border dispute.
1966 The rights to the first four Super Bowls were sold to
CBS and NBC for total of $9.5 million.
1980 Three days after a disputed general election, Uganda’s
President Milton Obote was returned to office.
1981 Authorities in Poland imposed martial law in an attempt
to crackdown on the Solidarity labor movement. Martial law
ended formally in 1983.
1982 The Sentry Armored Car Company in New York discovered
that $11 million had been stolen from its headquarters
overnight. It was the biggest cash theft in U.S. history.
1987 U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz told reporters in
Copenhagen, Denmark, that the Reagan administration would
begin making funding requests for the proposed Star Wars
defense system.
1988 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat addressed the U.N. General
Assembly in Geneva, where it had reconvened after the United
States had refused to grant Arafat a visa to visit New York.
1988 A bankruptcy judge in Columbia, SC, ordered the assets
of the troubled PTL television ministry sold to a Toronto
real estate developer for $65 million.
1989 South African President F.W. de Klerk met for the first
time with imprisoned African National Congress leader Nelson
Mandela, at de Klerk's office in Cape Town.
1991 Five Central Asian republics of the Soviet Union agreed
to join the new Commonwealth of Independent States.
1991 North Korea and South Korea signed a historic non-
aggression agreement.
1993 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people must receive a
hearing before property linked to illegal drug sales can be
seized.
1993 The European Community ratified a treaty creating the
European Economic Area (EEA), to go into effect January 1,
1994.
1994 An American Eagle commuter plane carrying 20 people
crashed short of Raleigh-Durham International Airport in
North Carolina, killing 15 people.
1995 China's most influential democracy activist, Wei
Jingsheng, who already had spent 16 years in prison, was
sentenced to 14 more years.
1998 Puerto Rican voters rejected U.S. statehood in a non-
binding referendum.
2000 U.S. Vice President Al Gore conceded the 2000
Presidential election to Texas Gov. George W. Bush. The
Florida electoral votes were won by only 537 votes, which
decided the election. The election had been contested up to
the U.S. Supreme Court, which said that the Florida recount
(supported by the Florida Supreme Court) was
unconstitutional.
2000 Seven convicts, the "Texas 7," escaped from Connally
Unit in Kenedy, TX, southeast of San Antonio, by
overpowering civilian workers and prison employees. They
fled with stolen clothing, pickup truck and 16 guns and
ammunition.
2001 The U.S. government released a video tape that showed
Osama bin Laden and others discussing their knowledge of the
terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11,
2001.
2001 U.S. President George W. Bush served formal notice to
Russia that the United States was withdrawing from the 1972
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
2001 Israel severed all contact with Yasser Arafat. Israel
also launched air strikes and sent troops into Palestine in
response to a bus ambush that killed 10 Israelis.
2001 Gunmen stormed the Indian Parliament and killed seven
people and injured 18. Security forces killed the attackers
during a 90-minute gunbattle.
2001 NBC-TV announced that it would begin running hard
liquor commercials. NBC issued a 19-point policy that
outlined the conditions for accepting liquor ads.
2001 Michael Frank Goodwin was arrested and booked on two
counts of murder, one count of conspiracy and three special
circumstances (lying in wait, murder for financial gain and
multiple murder) in connection to the death of Mickey
Thompson. Thompson and his wife Trudy were shot to death in
their driveway on March 16, 1988. Thompson, known as the
"Speed King," set nearly 500 auto speed endurance records
including being the first person to travel more than 400 mph
on land.
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 08:00 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Tuesday, December 12
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Marion County deputies nab tattoo-covered
car theft suspect
Bonehead
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Today, December 12 in
1995 The U.S. Senate stopped a constitutional amendment
giving Congress authority to outlaw flag burning and other
forms of desecration against the American flag.
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We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of
others.
--- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are
reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used
in correct context -- no human being has been reported
to have learned dolphinese.
--- Carl Sagan
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All Time Dumbest Questions Asked by Banff Park Tourists
Yes, they're ALL TRUE as heard at the information kiosks
manned by Parks Canada staff!)
1. How do the elk know they're supposed to cross at the
"Elk Crossing"signs?
2. At what elevation does an elk become a moose?
3. Tourist: "How do you pronounce 'Elk'?"
Park Information Staff: " 'Elk' "
Tourist: "Oh".
4. Are the bears with collars tame?
5. Is there anywhere I can see the bears pose?
6. Is it okay to keep an open bag of bacon on the picnic
table,
or should I store it in my tent?
7. Where can I find Alpine Flamingos?
8. I saw an animal on the way to Banff today - could you
tell me what it was?
9. Are there birds in Canada?
10. Did I miss the turnoff for Canada?
11. Where does Alberta end and Canada begin?
12. Do you have a map of the State of Jasper?
13. Is this the part of Canada that speaks French, or is
that Saskatchewan?
14. If I go to B.C., do I have to go through Ontario?
15. Which is the way to the Columbia Ricefields?
16. How far is Banff from Canada?
17. What's the best way to see Canada in a day?
18. Do they search you at the B.C. border?
19. When we enter B.C. do we have to convert our money
to British pounds?
20. Where can I buy a raccoon hat? ALL Canadians own one,
don't they?
21. Are there phones in Banff?
22. So it's eight kilometres away... is that in miles?
23. We're on the decibel system you know.
24. Where can I get my husband really, REALLY lost??
25. Is that two kilometres by foot or by car?
26. Don't you Canadians know anything?
27. Where do you put the animals at night?
28. Tourist: "How do you get your lakes so blue?"
Park staff: "We take the water out in the winter and paint
the bottom."
Tourist: " Oh
And the most common question, also referred to as the
mating call of the blue haired Winnebagan:
"An haw much ees dat in reel mohney?"
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After examining the contents of the employee suggestion box,
the senior partner of the law firm complained,
"I wish they'd be more specific.
What kind of kite?
Which lake?"
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A fire started on some grassland near a farm
in Indiana.
The fire department from the nearby town was
called to put the fire out. The fire proved to
be more than the small town fire department could
handle, so someone suggested that a rural volunteer
fire department be called.
The volunteer fire department arrived in a
dilapidated old fire truck.
They drove straight towards the fire and stopped
right in the middle of the flames.
The volunteer firemen jumped off the truck and
frantically started spraying water in all directions
and beating the fire out by flaing it with their jackets.
Soon they had snuffed out the center of the
fire, dividing the flames into two easily controllable
parts.
Now the farmer was so impressed with the
volunteer fire department's work and so grateful
that his farm and crops had been spared, he
presented the volunteer fire department with a
check for $1000.
A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire
captain what the department planned to do with
the funds.
"That should be obvious," he responded.
"The very first thing we're gonna do is
get the brakes fixed on that stupid fire truck."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Robert Wade Hardister,
26,
Queens Garden Resort,
Florida
Marion County deputies nab tattoo-covered
car theft suspect
Marion County deputies, with the help of their K-9, helped
find a car theft suspect from Putnam County, investigators
said.
Deputies said they noticed a stolen 2005 Hyundai vehicle
Saturday pull into the parking lot of the Queens Garden
Resort at 3340 S. Pine Ave., in Ocala.
Robert Wade Hardister, 26, got out of the car and ran,
deputies said.
Deputy Matthew Hooper said he and K-9 Ramo tracked Hardister
down in the 500 block of SE 35 Place, where Hardister
surrendered to deputies without incident.
Hardister faces charges of grand theft auto.
ROBERT HARDISTER'S PAST ARRESTS:
(Sept. 2016) Police: Florida man with tattooed face found
asleep in stolen truck at Walmart
(June 2017) Report: Admitted drug dealer caught in stolen
car in St. Augustine
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From: George
Re: Is HTML unsafe
Dear Webby,
A friend has said that opening a message containing HTML
could open a virus! Is that really true? I had always heard
that virii could only get you if you opened an executable
attachment.
George
Dear George
You are right,
your friend is wrong.
HTML is totally harmless. It is just fancy formatting.
If HTML was dangerous, your virus protection would have
complained about your daily Humor Letter since the day you
subscribed.
Nearly all viruses, worms and other malware is spread with
plain text messages, NOT with HTML formatted mails,
because the file size of a plain text mail is much smaller.
Many more can be sent in a much shorter time.
As you figured, it's not the formatting of the text and
pictures that is dangerous, but attachments are.
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"May I try on that dress in the window?" the gorgeous
young woman asks the manager of the designer boutique.
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"Maybe it'll attract some business."
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What religion is your bra?
A man walked into the ladies department of a Macy's and
shyly walked up to the woman behind the counter and said,
I'd like to buy a bra for my wife."
"What type of bra?" asked the clerk.
"Type?" inquires the man, "There is more than one type?"
"Look around," said the saleslady, as she showed a sea of
bras in every shape, size, color and material imaginable.
"Actually, even with all of this variety, there are really
only four types of bras to choose from." Relieved, the man
asked about the types.
The saleslady replied "There are the Catholic, the Salvation
Army, the Presbyterian, and the Baptist types. Which one
would you prefer?"
Now befuddled, the man asked about the differences between
them.
The saleslady responded, "It is all really quite simple. The
Catholic type supports the masses.
The Salvation Army type lifts the fallen,
The Presbyterian type keeps them staunch and upright, and
the Baptist makes mountains out of mole hills."
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Little Johnny's class was having an English lesson, and
the teacher called on Johnny to recite a sentence with a
direct object.
Johnny stood and thought for a minute. Then he said,
"Teacher, I think you are beautiful."
"Why thank you, Johnny," the teacher said, blushing.
"But what is the direct object?"
Little Johnny said, "A good report card."
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Today, December 12, in
1791 The Bank of the United States, also known as the First
Bank, opened for business in Philadelphia, PA.
1792 In Vienna, 22-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven received
one of his first lessons in music composition from Franz
Joseph Haydn.
1800 Washington, DC, was established as the capital of the
United States.
1870 Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first
black lawmaker to be sworn into the U.S. House of
Representatives.
1896 Guglielmo Marconi gave the first public demonstration
of radio at Toynbee Hall, London.
1897 The comic strip"The Katzenjammer Kids" (Hans and
Fritz), by Rudolph Dirks, appeared in the New York Journal
for the first time.
1899 George Grant patented the wooden golf tee.
1900 Charles M. Schwab formed the United States Steel
Corporation.
1901 The first radio signal to cross the Atlantic was picked
up near St. John's Newfoundland, by inventor Guglielmo
Marconi.
1915 The first all-metal aircraft, the German Junkers J1,
made its first flight.
1917 Father Edward Flanagan opened Boys Town in Nebraska.
The farm village was for wayward boys. In 1979 it was opened
to girls.
1925 The "Motel Inn," the first motel in the world, opened
in San Luis Obispo, CA.
1937 Japanese aircraft sank the U.S. gunboat "Panay" on
China's Yangtze River. Japan apologized for the attack, and
paid $2.2 million in reparations.
1946 A United Nations committee voted to accept a six-block
tract of Manhattan real estate to be the site of the UN's
headquarters. The land was offered as a gift by John D.
Rockefeller Jr.
1947 The United Mine Workers union withdrew from the
American Federation of Labor.
1951 The U.S. Navy Department announced that the world's
first nuclear powered submarine would become the sixth ship
to bear the name Nautilus.
1955 It was announced that the Ford Foundation gave
$500,000,000 to private hospitals, colleges and medical
schools.
1955 British engineer Christopher Cockerell patented the
first hovercraft.
1963 Kenya gained its independence from Britain.
1975 Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to a charge of trying to
kill U.S. President Ford in San Francisco the previous
September.
1982 20,000 women encircled Greenham Common air base in
Britain in protest against proposed cite of U.S. Cruise
missiles there.
1983 Car bombs were set off in front of the French and U.S.
embassies in Kuwait City. Shiite extremists were responsible
for the five deaths and 86 wounded. Total of five bombs went
off in different locations.
1984 In a telephone conversation with U.S. President Reagan,
William J. Schroeder complained of a delay in his Social
Security benefits. Schroeder received a check the following
day.
1985 248 American soldiers and eight crewmembers were killed
when an Arrow Air charter crashed in Gander, Newfoundland
after takeoff.
1989 Britain forcibly removed 51 Vietnamese from Hong Kong
and returned them to their homeland.
1989 Leona Helmsley was fined $7 million and sentenced to
four years in prison for tax evasion.
1991 At the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in
California, the first web server outside of Europe was
installed.
1994 The Brazilian Supreme Court acquitted former President
Fernando Collor de Mello of corruption charges that had
forced him to resign in 1992.
1994 IBM stopped shipments of personal computers with
Intel's flawed Pentium chip.
1995 The U.S. Senate stopped a constitutional amendment
giving Congress authority to outlaw flag burning and other
forms of desecration against the American flag.
1995 Two French airmen shot down over Bosnia arrived home
after almost four months of being held captive by the
Bosnian Serbs.
1997 Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the international terrorist
known as "Carlos the Jackal," went on trial in Paris on
charges of killing two French investigators and a Lebanese
national. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
1997 The U.S. Justice Department ordered Microsoft to sell
its Internet browser separately from its Windows operating
system to prevent it from building a monopoly of Web access
programs.
2000 The U.S. Supreme Court found that the recount ordered
by the Florida Supreme Court in the 2000 U.S. Presidential
election was unconstitutional. U.S. Vice President Al Gore
conceded the election to Texas Gov. George W. Bush the next
day.
2000 Timothy McVeigh, over the objections of his lawyers,
abandoned his final round of appeals and asked that his
execution be set within 120 days. McVeigh was convicted of
the April 1995 truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Fedal
Building in Oklahoma City, OK, that killed 168 and injured
500.
2000 The Texas Rangers signed Alex Rodriguez to a record
breaking 10-year, $252 million contract. The contract amount
broke all major league baseball records and all professional
sports records.
2001 Gerardo Hernandez was sentenced to life in prison for
being the leader of a Cuban spy ring. His conviction was
based on his role in the infiltration of U.S. military bases
and in the deaths of four Cuban-Americans whose planes were
shot down five years before.
2001 In Beverly Hills, CA, actress Winona Ryder was arrested
at Saks Fifth Avenue for shoplifting and possessing
pharmaceutical drugs without a prescription. The numerous
items of clothing and hair accessories were valued at
$4,760.
2002 North Korea announced that it would reactivate a
nuclear power plant that U.S. officials believed was being
used to develop weapons.
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Monday, December 11
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Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
OK City car jacker pulled knife, gun,
got tenderized and sat upon till cops showed up
Bonehead
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Today, December 11 in
1769 Edward Beran of London patented venetian blinds.
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People care more about being thought to have taste
than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
--- Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
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Like most puppies, mine is not finicky about what he puts
in his mouth. He Eats anything. But the day he swallowed
a quarter, I panicked and called the vet.
"What should I do?" I pleaded over the phone.
My extremely laid-back vet answered calmly, "Swallowing a
quarter is nothing to worry about. But if he does it again
and a can of beer shoots out of his rear, give me a call."
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Reporters interviewing a 104 year-old woman:
"And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?"
the reporter asked.
She simply replied,
"No peer pressure."
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SIXTEEN STEPS TO BUILD A CAMPFIRE
1. Split dead limb into fragments and shave one fragment
into slivers.
2. Bandage left thumb.
3. Chop other fragments into smaller fragments
4. Bandage left foot.
5. Make pyramid structure of slivers (include those
embedded in hand)
6. Light Match
7. Light Match
8. Repeat "a Scout is cheerful" and light match.
9. Apply match to slivers, add wood fragments,
and blow gently into base of fire.
10. Apply burn ointment to nose.
11. When fire is burning, collect more wood.
12. Upon discovering that fire has gone out while out
searching for more wood, soak wood from can labeled
'kerosene'.
13. Treat face and arms for second-degree burns.
14. Re-label can to read 'gasoline'.
15. When fire is burning well, add all remaining firewood.
16. When thunder storm has passed, repeat steps.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Jordan Bond, 29
Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
OK City car jacker pulled knife, gun,
got tenderized and sat upon till cops showed up
Brothers Juan and Justo Sop were getting home from work at
11 p.m. Sunday in Oklahoma City when an attempted carjacker
tried to take their vehicle, the brothers told KFOR.
But these brothers weren’t about to let the attempted
carjacker make off with their vehicle, police said. Instead,
the two brothers started to fight back — and when a third
brother, Antonio, heard the commotion outside the house, he
ran out to join the melee as well, police said.
“We got him down on the ground, but he took out a knife,”
Antonio Sop told KFOR. “Then we grabbed the knife, took it
away from him.”
It turned out a knife wasn’t all the carjacker had on him,
though.
“Then he had a gun, too,” Sop told the TV station. “He put
two shots in the ground.”
By the time police arrived at the scene, the suspect —
Jordan Michael Bond, 29 — had been wrestled to the ground by
the three men, Oklahoma City Police Department spokesman
Gary Knight said in a statement.
Even though the brothers were sitting on top of the suspect
holding him down, the would-be carjacker was still holding
onto his gun by the time police got there, Antonio Sop told
KFOR. But police were able to kick the firearm out of his
hand, KFOR reports.
“He was taken into police custody at that time,” Knight said
in a statement.
Bond was then taken to the Oklahoma County Jail, police
said.
Booked at the jail early Monday morning, Bond now faces
charges of possession of a firearm, robbery and three counts
of shooting with intent to kill, according to Oklahoma
County Jail records. Bond has previous felony convictions,
records indicate.
Bond for Bond has been set at $164,000, records said.
Previously, Bond was arrested by Oklahoma City police in
2008 for driving under the influence, Knight said. Bond was
also arrested earlier this year in Oklahoma City for
possession of a controlled substance.
In May, Bond was charged with trespassing in Kingfisher
County, northwest of Oklahoma City, according to state court
records.
Oklahoma City police said they’re glad to get Bond off the
street — but don’t usually recommend the kind of hands-on
tactics the Sop brothers employed.
In this case, though, police said they can’t deny the
brothers succeeded.
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From: Marlene
Re: How to store SD cards
Dear Webby,
the way that I store my sd cards is in a baseball card
album. the slots for cards is small enough to store the sd
cards and also put a description in.
They sell pages to go in a loose leaf binder.
I suppose business card holders would work too but they
would be a little smaller. I found binders and pages on
amazon.
Marlene
Dear Marlene
Great idea!
Now, where do you buy those nowadays?
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Bill had always been a prankster. As each of his friends
were married, Bill made sure some type of practical joke
was played upon them. Now ready to be married himself, he
was dreading the payback he knew was coming.
Surprisingly, the ceremony went off without a hitch. No one
stood up during the pause to offer a reason 'why this couple
should not be married'. His reception wasn't disrupted by
streakers or smoke-bombs, and the car the couple was to take
on their honeymoon was in perfect working order.
When the couple arrived at their hotel and entered the room,
Bill even checked for cornflakes in the bed (a gag he had
always loved). Nothing, it seemed, was amiss. Satisfied that
he had come away unscathed, the couple fell into bed.
Upon waking, the couple was ravenous so Bill called down to
room service and asked, "I'd like to order breakfast for two."
At that moment, a soft voice from under the bed said, "Make
that five, and one for Bob recording from the next room."
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Little Johnny was afraid of the dark. One night his mother
told him to go out to the back porch and bring her the
broom. Little Johnny turned to his mother and said, "Mama, I
don't want to go out there. It's dark."
His mother smiled reassuringly at Little Johnny. "You don't
have to be afraid of the dark," she explained. "Jesus is out
there. He'll look after you and protect you."
Little Johnny looked at his mother real hard and asked, "Are
you sure he's out there?"
"Yes, I'm sure. He is everywhere, and he is always ready to
help you when you need him," she said.
Little Johnny thought about that for a minute and then went
to the back door and cracked it a little. Peering out into
the darkness, he called, "Jesus? If you're out there, would
you please hand me the broom?"
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Puppy Size
"Danielle keeps repeating it over and over again.
We've been back to this animal shelter at least five
times. It has been weeks now since we started all of this,"
the mother told the volunteer.
"What is it she keeps asking for?" the volunteer asked.
"Puppy size!" replied the mother.
"Well, we have plenty of puppies, if that's what she's
looking for."
"I know...we have seen most of them," the mom said in
frustration.
Just then Danielle came walking into the office
"Well, did you find one?" asked her mom. "No, not this
time," Danielle said with sadness in her voice. "Can we
come back on the weekend?"
The two women looked at each other, shook their heads and
laughed. "You never know when we will get more dogs.
Fortunately, there's always a supply," the volunteer said.
Danielle took her mother by the hand and headed to the door.
"Don't worry, I'll find one this weekend," she said.
Over the next few days both mom and dad had long
conversations with her. They both felt she was being too
particular. "It's this weekend or we're not looking any
more," Dad finally said in frustration.
"We don't want to hear anything more about puppy size
either," Mom added.
Sure enough, they were the first ones in the shelter on
Saturday morning. By now Danielle knew her way around,
so she ran right for the section that housed the smaller
dogs.
Tired of the routine, mom sat in the small waiting room at
the end of the first row of cages. There was an observation
window so you could see the animals during times when
visitors weren't permitted.
Danielle walked slowly from cage to cage, kneeling
periodically to take a closer look. One by one the dogs
were brought out and she held each one.
One by one she said, "Sorry, you're not the one."
It was the last cage on this last day in search of the
perfect pup.
The volunteer opened the cage door and the child carefully
picked up the dog and held it closely. This time she took a
little longer.
"Mom, that's it! I found the right puppy! He's the one! I
know it!" she screamed with joy. "It's the puppy size!"
"But it's the same size as all the other puppies you held
over the last few weeks," Mom said.
"No not size ---- the sighs. When I held him in my arms, he
sighed," she said.
"Don't you remember? When I asked you one day what love is,
you told me love depends on the sighs of your heart.
The more you love, the bigger the sigh!"
The two women looked at each other for a moment. Mom's eyes
gathered tears. As she stooped down to hug the child.
"Mom, every time you hold me, I sigh. When you and Daddy
come home from work and hug each other, you both sigh.
I knew I would find the right puppy if it sighed when I held
it in my arms," she said.
Then holding the puppy up close to her face she said,
"Mom, he loves me. I heard the sighs of his heart!"
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A cardiologist died and was given an elaborate funeral.
A huge heart covered in flowers stood behind the casket
during the service.
Following the eulogy, the heart opened, and the casket
rolled inside. The heart then closed, sealing the doctor
in the beautiful heart forever.
At that point, one of the mourners burst into laughter.
When all eyes stared at him, he said, "I'm sorry, I was
just thinking of my own funeral...I'm a gynecologist."
And at that point, the proctologist fainted.
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Today, December 11, in
1282 Llywelyn (Llewelyn ap Gruffydd) was killed in Cilmeri,
central Wales.
1719 The first recorded sighting of the aurora borealis took
place in New England.
1769 Edward Beran of London patented venetian blinds.
1792 France's King Louis XVI went before the Convention,
which had replaced the National Assembly, to face charges of
treason. He was convicted and condemned and was sent to the
guillotine the following January.
1844 Dr. Horace Wells became the first person to have a
tooth extracted after receiving an anesthetic for the dental
procedure. Nitrous Oxide, or laughing gas, was the
anesthetic.
1872 Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback became America's
first black governor when he took office as acting governor
of Louisiana.
1882 Boston's Bijou Theater had its first performance. It
was the first American playhouse lit exclusively by
electricity.
1894 The world's first motor show opened in Paris with nine
exhibitors.
1928 In Buenos Aires, police thwarted an attempt on the life
of President-elect Herbert Hoover.
1930 The Bank of the United States in New York failed.
1936 Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry
American Wallis Warfield Simpson. He became the Duke of
Windsor.
1937 The Fascist Council in Rome, withdrew Italy from the
League of Nations.
1941 Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.
The U.S in turn declared war on the two countries.
1943 The City Center of Music and Drama was dedicated in New
York by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.
1946 The United Nations International Children's Emergency
Fund (UNICEF) was established by the U.N. General Assembly.
The fund provides relief to children in countries devastated
by war.
1961 The first direct American military support for South
Vietnam occurred when a U.S. aircraft carrier carrying Army
helicopters arrived in Saigon.
1967 The prototype of the Concorde was shown for the first
time in Toulouse, France.
1973 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and Czech Prime
Minister Lubomir Strougal formally nullified the 1938 Munich
pact when they signed a treaty sanctioning Hitler's seizure
of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law legislation
creating $1.6 billion environmental "superfund" that would
be used to pay for cleaning up chemical spills and toxic
waste dumps.
1981 Muhammad Ali fought his last fight. He lost his 61st
fight to Trevor Berbick.
1985 General Electric Company agreed to buy RCA Corporation
for $6.3 billion. Also included in the deal was NBC Radio
and Television.
1986 The government of South Africa expanded its media
restrictions by imposing prior censorship and banning
coverage of a wide range of anti-apartheid protests.
1987 Charlie Chaplin's trademark cane and bowler hat were
sold at Christie's for £82,500.
1988 62 people were killed in a Mexico City marketplace when
tons of illegal fireworks exploded.
1990 Ivana Trump was divorced from Donald Trump after 12
years of marriage.
1991 Salman Rushdie, under an Islamic death sentence for
blasphemy, made his first public appearance since 1989 in
New York, at a dinner marking the 200th anniversary of the
First Amendment (which guarantees freedom of speech in the
U.S.).
1994 Thousands of Russian troops, armored columns and jets
entered Chechnya. The move by Moscow was an effort to
restore control the breakaway republic.
1994 The world's largest free trade zone was created when
leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere nations signed a free-trade
declaration known as "The Miami Process."
1996 In Crystal City, VA, "The Art of the Toy" opened. The
exhibit was at the Patent and Trademark Office Museum.
1997 Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams became the first political
ally of the IRA to meet a British leader in 76 years. He
conferred with Prime Minister Tony Blair in London.
1997 More than 270 Tutsi refugees from the Democratic
Republic of Congo were killed by Juto guerillas in Mudende,
Rwanda.
1997 More than 150 countries agreed at a global warming
conference in Kyoto, Japan, to control the Earth's
"greenhouse gases."
1998 Scientists announced that they had deciphered the
entire genetic blueprint of a tiny worm.
1998 The Mars Climate Orbiter blasted off on a nine-month
journey to the Red Planet. However, the probe disappeared in
September of 1999, apparently destroyed because scientists
had failed to convert English measures to metric values.
1998 Majority Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee
pushed through three articles of impeachment against U.S.
President Clinton.
2000 Mario Lemeiux, owner of Pittsburgh Penquins, announced
that he would end his three-plus year retirement and become
an active National Hockey League (NHL) player again. When
Lemieux returned officially he became the first owner/player
in NHL history.
2001 U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft announced the first
federal indictment directly related to the terrorist attacks
on the United States on September 11, 2001. Zacarias
Moussaoui was charged with six conspiracy charges. Moussaoui
was in custody at the time of the attacks.
2001 Ted Turner purchased 12,000 acres in Nebraska for Bison
ranches.
2001 It was announced that U.S. President George W. Bush
would withdraw the U.S. from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty with Russia.
2001 Federal agents seized computers in 27 U.S. cities as
part of "Operation Buccaneer." The raids were used to gain
evidence against an international software piracy ring.
2009 The game Angry Birds was released.
2013 Standard & Poors announced that Facebook would join its
S&P 500 index "after the close of trading on December 20."
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Sunday, December 10, 2017, 08:13 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Sunday, December 10
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Florida Man Accused of Posing as Uber Driver
and Holding Women in South Carolina Arrested
Bonehead
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Today, December 10 in
1520 Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict. The
papacy demanded that he recant or face excommunication.
Luther refused and was formally expelled from the church in
January 1521.
1845 British civil engineer Robert Thompson patented the
first pneumatic tires.
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I don't know anything about music.
In my line you don't have to.
--- Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.
But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another
profound truth.
--- Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
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During class, the chemistry professor was demonstrating the
properties of various acids. "Now I'm going to drop this
silver coin into this glass of acid. Will it dissolve?"
"No sir," one student called out.
"No?" queried the professor. "Perhaps you can explain why
the silver won't dissolve in this particular acid."
"Because if it would, you would have asked for MY coin!"
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Slash, a well-known murderer, had been on death row for
nearly 20 years. During that time, he had befriended the
Warden. Now, the Warden still had a job to do, but that
didn't stop him from treatin' Slash special from time to
time. A week before Slash was to go to the electric chair,
the Warden asked Slash if there was anything special he
would like. Slash thought for a bit and said he would like
the Warden to contact his wife and have her make meatloaf
for him the rest of his life (which by this time, was
short).
Of course, the Warden complied and each day, Slash sat down
and had a big feed of his wife's meatloaf.
The night before the big day, another prisoner was allowed
to visit Slash and asked him. "Aren't you afraid of dying
tomorrow?"
Slash answered' "I ain't gonna die tomorrow."
The other prisoner then said, "but tomorrow is Friday and we
all know, that's the day they're sendin' you to the electric
chair."
"Don't matter," said Slash, "if this meatloaf can't kill me,
nothin' can."
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From Vic
While working in a Polish neighborhood in Chicago, I
sustained a small injury to my eye from some flying debris
around a construction site.
It was giving me some trouble, so I visited an
ophthalmologist
in the local neighborhood.
The doctor pointed to the eye chart, displaying the letters
'CVKPNWXSCZ'.
"Can you read that?" the doc asked.
"Can I read it?" I replied. "Yes, sure. I think I dated
her sister!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Farris Kaloti,
28,
Pinecrest,
Florida
Florida Man Accused of Posing as Uber Driver
and Holding Women in South Carolina Arrested
A South Florida man who is accused of assaulting women while
posing as an Uber driver near the University of South
Carolina has been arrested, authorities said.
Farris Kaloti, 28, was taken into custody Thursday,
Pinecrest Police said.
Police at the University of South Carolina say Kaloti had
been on and around campus offering rides to female students.
Once they were in his car he would take them somewhere other
than their desired destination and would refuse to let them
out of the car, police said.
After seeing reports about Kaloti, a Pinecrest detective who
regularly visits Wholefoods recognized Kaloti as a frequent
customer, and a Wholefoods customer reported seeing him in
the store. Police set up surveillance and took him into
custody.
Kaloti is not known to have committed a crime in Pinecrest.
Officials said they have been in contact with police in
South Carolina.
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From: Merv
Re: SD for backups
Dear Webby,
In regards to CDs for backup, I've found some of my CDs,
such as, well especially Kodak eventually get holes in them.
If you hold them up to a light source the holes are evident.
All my backups are done on flash-drives or external hard-
drive media. Even SD cards are more reliable than CDs. I
think due to my experience with CDs I wouldn't trust them
with any important storage at all.
Kind regards,
Merv Australia
Dear Merv
I agree with you 100%.
That is why I don't recommend CDs for backups.
Commercial music CDs MIGHT last longer, because they are not
burned but punched.
I also agree that SD cards are much more reliable.
The only part about them, that I don't like,
are their small size and tendency to get lost.
Some day I will have to get organized and devise
a permanent way to store them.
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An elderly lady, who lived on the third floor of a boarding
house, broke her leg. As the doctor put a cast on it, he
warned her not to climb any stairs.
Several months later, the doctor took off the cast.
"Can I climb stairs now?" asked the little old lady.
"Yes," he replied.
"Thank goodness!" she said.
"I'm sick and tired of shinnying up and down that drainpipe
every time I have to take the garbage out to the curb or
check my mail!"
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Mrs. Donovan was walking down O'Connell Street in Dublin
when she met up with Father Flaherty.
The Father said, "Top o' the mornin' to ye! Aren't ye
Mrs. Donovan and didn't I marry ye and yer husband 2 years
ago?"
She replied, "Aye, that ye did, Father."
The Father asked, "And be there any wee ones yet?"
She replied, "No, not yet, Father."
The Father said, "Well now, I'm going to Rome next week
and I'll light a candle for ye and yer husband."
She replied, "Oh, thank ye, Father."
They parted ways.
Some years later they met again. The Father asked,
"Well now, Mrs.Donovan, how are ye these days?"
She replied, "Oh, very well, Father!"
The Father asked, "And tell me, have ye any wee ones yet?"
She replied, "Oh yes, Father! Three sets of twins and 4
singles, 10 in all!"
The Father said, "That's wonderful!" How is yer loving
husband doing?"
She replied, "E's gone to Rome to blow up yer foo.. damn
candle."
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Jim was a just out of boot camp, and was on his first
ship. About two hours out of port, he began to get a
bit ill from the motion of the ship. He approached
an ensign, also just out of training and on his first
cruise. He saluted and said, "Excuse me sir, I am
feeling seasick, and I wondered if I may have permis-
sion to go downstairs to the dispensary."
The ensign returned his salute and replied, "Sailor,
you are in the Navy now. You don't go downstairs,
you go below! There is no dispensary on this ship,
there is sickbay. Not only that, that is not the
floor, it is a deck, that is not the ceiling, it is
the overhead, that is not a pillar, it is a stanchion,
that is not a water fountain, it is a scuttlebutt.
If I ever hear you using civilian words instead of
Naval jargon, I till throw you out of that little
round window over there."
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A woman went into a hardware store to purchase a bale of
peat moss. She gave a personal check in payment and said to
the clerk, "I suppose you will want some identification."
He replied, without hesitation, "No ma'am, that won't be
necessary."
"How come?" asked the woman.
"Crooks don't buy peat moss." answered the clerk.
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Today, December 10, in
1520 Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict. The
papacy demanded that he recant or face excommunication.
Luther refused and was formally expelled from the church in
January 1521.
1845 British civil engineer Robert Thompson patented the
first pneumatic tires.
1869 Women were granted the right to vote in the Wyoming
Territory.
1898 A treaty was signed in Paris that officially ended the
Spanish-American War. Also, Cuba became independent of
Spain.
1901 The first Nobel prizes were awarded.
1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt became the first
American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping
mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
1939 The National Football League's attendance exeeded 1
million in a season for the first time.
1941 Japan invaded the Philippines.
1941 The Royal Naval battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse
were sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Battle of Malaya.
1948 The United Nations General Assembly adopted its
Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
1950 Dr. Ralph J. Bunche was presented the Nobel Peace
Prize. He was the first African-American to receive the
award. Bunche was awarded the prize for his efforts in
mediation between Israel and neighboring Arab states.
1953 Hugh Hefner published the first "Playboy" magazine with
an investment of $7,600.
1958 The first domestic passenger jet flight took place in
the U.S. when 111 passengers flew from New York to Miami on
a National Airlines Boeing 707.
1964 In Oslo, Norway, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received
the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the youngest person to receive
the award.
1982 The Law of the Sea Convention was signed by 118
countries in Montego Bay, Jamaica. 23 nations and the U.S.
were excluded.
1983 Raul Alfonsin was inaugurated as Argentina's first
civilian president after nearly eight years of military
rule.
1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received the Nobel
Peace Prize.
1990 The U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved Norplant,
a long-acting contraceptive implant.
1991 The play Revival "The Crucible" opened.
1992 Oregon Senator Bob Packwood apologized for what he
called "unwelcome and offensive" actions toward women.
However, he refused to resign.
1993 The crew of the space shuttle Endeavor deployed the
repaired Hubble Space Telescope into Earth's orbit.
1994 Advertising executive Thomas Mosser of North Caldwell,
NJ, was killed by a mail bomb that was blamed on the
Unabomber.
1994 Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received
the Nobel Peace Prize. They pledged to pursue their mission
of healing the Middle East.
1995 The first U.S. Marines arrived in the Bosnian capital
of Sarajevo to join NATO soldiers sent to enforce peace in
the former Yugoslavia.
1996 South Africa's President Mandela signed into law a new
democratic constitution, completing the country's transition
from white-minority rule to black democracy.
1998 Six astronauts opened the doors to the new
international space station 250 miles above the Earth's
surface.
1998 The Palestinian leadership scrapped constitutional
clauses that rejected Israel's existence.
1999 After three years under suspicion of being a spy for
China, computer scientist Wen Ho Lee was arrested. He was
charged with removing secrets from the Los Alamos weapons
lab. Lee later pled guilty to one count of downloading
restricted data to tape and was freed. The other 58 counts
were dropped.
2003 The U.S. barred firms based in certain countries,
opponents of the Iraq war, from bidding on Iraqi
reconstruction projects. The ban did not prevent companies
from winning subcontracts.
2007 Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina's first
elected female president.
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How safe are CDs for back-upÉ
Saturday, December 9, 2017, 07:37 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Saturday, December 9
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Smart-ass drunk hit-and-run driver does
doughnuts past deputies. Briefly.
Bonehead
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Today, December 9 in
1917 Turkish troops surrendered Jerusalem to British troops
led by Viscount Allenby.
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I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that!
--- Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to
recognize a mistake when you make it again.
--- Franklin P. Jones
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can
get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
--- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
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The personnel office received an email requesting a listing
of the department staff broken down by age and sex. The
personnel office sent this reply...
"Attached is a list of our staff. We currently have no one
broken down by age or sex. However, we have a few alcoholics."
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A young man called his mother and announced excitedly that
he had just met the woman of his dreams. Now what should
he do?
His mother had an idea: "Why don't you send her flowers,
and on the card invite her to your apartment for a home-
cooked meal?"
He thought this was a great strategy, and a week later, the
woman came to dinner. His mother called the next day to
see how things had gone.
"I was totally humiliated," he moaned. "She insisted on
washing the dishes."
"What's wrong with that?" asked his mother.
"We hadn't started eating yet."
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How to intimidate the poor guy, and guarantee that there
won't be another invitation!
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Morris went to a job interview. The boss says, "I'll give
you 8 dollars an hour starting today, and in three months,
I'll raise it to 12 dollars an hour.
So when would you like to start?"
Morris replies, "How 'bout three months from now?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Scott Rapson, 21,
Palmetto,
Florida
Smart-ass drunk hit-and-run driver does
doughnuts past deputies. Briefly.
A drunken driver was arrested after fleeing the scene of a
crash, then doing “doughnuts” in the road past deputies, the
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, Scott Rapson, 21, of
Palmetto fled the scene of a crash on State Road 62 on
Tuesday night following a domestic incident.
When deputies arrived in the 31000 block of S.R. 62, they
found Rapson driving his vehicle in circles, or “doughnuts,”
in the roadway. Rapson raced back and forth past deputies
and made it clear he was not going to stop.
A pursuit ensued and Rapson hit three sets of stop sticks,
which punctured his tires, before the vehicle stopped in a
grassy ditch area. Rapson was arrested and no injuries were
reported.
Rapson had a blood alcohol level of 0.1 percent. A driver is
considered intoxicated in Florida with a level of 0.08
percent or higher.
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From: Clint
Re: How safe are CDs for back-up
Dear Webby,
How safe are CD's to use for back-ups?
Clint
Dear Clint
That all depends,...
If you can read them on a different machine, and see each
folder and all the files, then they are quite reliable.
However, if you do not check them, then that is a virtual
guarantee that at least part of it won't be readable
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Tyrone was visiting Leroy and discussing Leroy's problems
with his wife when Leroy's doorbell rang. Leroy answered
the door and was handed a paper which the deliverer said
was a subpoena. Leroy showed it to Tyrone and asked him
if he knew what it was.
Tyrone in his pompous lack of knowledge said, "Dis here
is a subpeena."
"Wut is a sub-peena?" Leroy asked.
"Well," said Tyrone, "dat's law talk. Yo wife is suing you
for deevorce. We know dat 'sub' means 'unda' and 'peena' is
Latin for 'penis', so -- 'subpeena' means unda the penis
which means she done got you by da balls."
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Thanks to Dave for this story:
One evening, two girlfriends and I went to a nightclub,
only to find the place packed with young people. At 40, we
felt old, but before we could make a dignified exit, a tall,
handsome man approached us.
"Perhaps we were being a little hasty in leaving," I thought.
Then with a big smile, the man extended his hand to one of
my friends and said, "Hello. Remember me?
You taught me in third grade."
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This allegedly true story provides an amusing example of
lateral thinking and initiative, and staff training (or lack
of) at the workplace.
While transporting some unfortunate mental patients from one
secure place to another, the newly appointed bus driver
stopped at a roadside restaurant for natural break. On his
return to the bus, all twenty patients were gone. Being a
resourceful fellow and fearing the consequences of his
negligence, he drove to the next bus stop, where he claimed
to be a replacement for the usual service.
Allowing twenty people aboard, the driver made straight for
his destination, where he warned staff at the gates that the
'patients' were deluded and extremely volatile. The angry
'patients' were duly removed, sedated and incarcerated, and
remained in detention for three days, until staff were able
to check the records and confirm their true identities. The
actual patients were never found.
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In an interview this week Paris Hilton said she never
discussed sex with her parents. She said she was too shy
to ask them about it. In fact, everything she knows about
sex she learned from watching her own videos.
--- Jay Leno
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Today, December 9, in
1625 The Treaty of the Hague was signed by England and the
Netherlands. The agreement was to subsidize Christian IV of
Denmark in his campaign in Germany.
1793 "The American Minerva" was published for the first
time. It was the first daily newspaper in New York City and
was founded by Noah Webster.
1854 Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, "The Charge of the Light
Brigade," was published in England.
1879 Thomas Edison organized the Edison Ore Milling Company.
1884 Levant M. Richardson received a patent for the ball-
bearing roller skate.
1892 In London, "Widowers' Houses," George Bernard Shaw's
first play, opened at the Royalty Theater.
1907 Christmas Seals went on sale for the first time, in the
Wilmington, DE, post office.
1926 The United States Golf Association legalized the use of
steel-shafted golf clubs.
1914 The Edison Phonograph Works was destroyed by fire.
1917 Turkish troops surrendered Jerusalem to British troops
led by Viscount Allenby.
1940 During World War II, British troops opened their first
major offensive in North Africa.
1940 The Longines Watch Company signed for the first FM
radio advertising contract with experimental station W2XOR
in New York City.
1941 China declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy.
1955 Sugar Ray Robinson knocked out Carl Olson and regained
his world middleweight boxing title.
1958 In Indianapolis, IN, Robert H.W. Welch Jr. and 11 other
men met to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society.
1960 Sperry Rand Corporation unveiled a new computer known
as "Univac 1107."
1960 The first episode of "Coronation Street" was screened
on ITV.
1962 "Lawrence of Arabia" by David Lean had its world
premiere in London.
1965 Nikolai V. Podgorny replaced Anastas I. Mikoyan as
president of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
1975 U.S. President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion
seasonal loan authorization to prevent New York City from
having to default.
1978 The first game of the Women's Pro Basketball League
(WBL) was played between the Chicago Hustle and the
Milwaukee Does.
1983 NATO foreign ministers called on the Soviet Union to
join in a "comprehensive political dialogue" to ease
tensions in the world.
1985 In Argentina, five former military junta members
received sentences in prison for their roles in the "dirty
war" in which nearly 9,000 people had "disappeared."
1987 West Bank Palestinians launched an intifada (uprising)
against Israeli occupation.
1987 In the Gaza Strip, an Israeli patrol attacked the
Jabliya refugee camp.
1990 Lech Walesa won Poland's first direct presidential
election in the country's history.
1990 Slobodan Milosovic was elected president in Serbia's
first free elections in 50 years.
1990 The first American hostages to be released by Iran
began arriving in the U.S.
1991 European Community leaders agreed to begin using a
single currency in 1999.
1992 Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced
their separation.
1992 Clair George, former CIA spy chief, was convicted of
lying to the U.S. Congress about the Iran-Contra affair.
U.S. President George H.W. Bush later pardoned George.
1992 U.S. troops arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia, to oversee
delivery of international food aid, in operation 'Restore
Hope'.
1993 The U.S. Air Force destroyed the first of 500 Minuteman
II missile silos that were marked for elimination under an
arms control treaty.
1993 Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavor completed
repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope.
1993 At Princeton University in New Jersey, scientists
produced a controlled fusion reaction equivalent to 3
million watts.
1994 Representatives of the Irish Republican Army and the
British government opened peace talks in Northern Ireland.
1996 UN Secretary General Boutros-Ghali approved a deal
allowing Iraq to resume its exports of oil and easing the UN
trade embargo imposed on Iraq in 1990.
1999 The U.S. announced that it was expelling a Russian
diplomat who had been caught gathering information with an
eavesdropping device at the U.S. State Department.
2002 United Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after
losing $4 billion in the previous two years. It was the
sixth largest bankruptcy filing.
2003 In Australia, thieves broke into a home and stole two
300-year-old etchings by Rembrandt. The 4-by-4-inch
etchings, a self-portait and a depiction of the artist's
mother, were valued around $518,000.
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Friday, December 8, 2017, 10:16 AM
Posted by Administrator
Good Morning, ,
Today is Friday, December 8
Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
DUI driver danced on car, fled on kid's scooter,
got caught anyway.
Bonehead
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Today, December 8 in
1854 Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate
Conception. His theory holds that Mary, mother of Jesus, was
free of original sin from the moment she was conceived.
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Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
--- Alfred E. Newman
The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter
a chance to do something stupid.
--- Art Spander
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As a distinguished matron approached the church entrance, a
little boy stepped aside and held the door for her.
"What a polite little doorman," she said as she walked
through. "Is there a tip involved?"
"Oh, no," answered the young man. "My mother taught me never
to be good for money, but always to be good for nothing."
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An elderly couple, Marty and Helen, along with some friends
agreed to try a Thai Restaurant. While looking at the menu,
Helen noticed her husband looking at the vegetarian section
of the menu. "What would you like Marty?"
she asked.
"I'm looking at this Eggplant Spicy dish." He replied.
"Marty, you like meat and potatoes. You won't like that
dish." Helen said.
"What do you know," answered Marty, "I'm getting it."
"Marty, I'm telling' you, you are a meat and potatoes kind
of guy. You won't like it!" Helen exclaimed.
"I'm getting it and that is the last word!" says Marty.
A short while later the meals arrive at the table. Marty
looks down and his dish and says to Helen, "Where are my
eggs?"
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Mrs. McDougal was shopping at a produce stand in her
neighborhood. She approached the vendor and asked,
"How much are these oranges?"
"Two for a quarter," answered the vendor.
"How much is just one?" she asked.
"Fifteen cents," answered the vendor.
"Then I'll take the other one," said Mrs. McDougal.
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Sabra Bewley, 27,
Sparks,
Nevada
DUI driver danced on car, fled on kid's scooter,
got caught anyway.
Police say a Nevada woman was arrested on suspicion of
drunken driving after she drove down a highway the wrong
way, danced atop her SUV and attempted to flee from officers
on a kid's scooter.
Police in the city of Sparks answered a call Saturday for a
wrong-way driver and found 27-year-old Sabra Bewley's Jeep
Cherokee some 20 yards up a hill off a highway.
Officers said Bewley was acting erratically and dancing on
top of the Cherokee before attempting to get away on a kid's
scooter.
Police detained Bewley and took her to a hospital before she
was booked into the Washoe County jail.
She was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled
substance, trafficking MDMA, destruction of property and
resisting arrest.
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From: Yara
Re: Shaky tripod
Dear Webby,
I have to use a tripod to take pictures at work for
maintenance planning. Flash is useless when distance
is involved and the lighting requires long exposures.
Combined with slightly vibrating floors and a shaky,
well worn tripod, the pictures turn out crappy. Is there
a fix fo that?
Yara
Dear Yara
A modern camera with digital anti-shake technology takes
care of that without any tripod at all.
However, if that is not in the budget, use big gobs of
two component rubber, like they use for patching conveyor
belts, or lots of half chewed chewing gum, and attach tennis
balls to the feet of the tripod. Dont poke holes into the
balls! Attach the legs to the outside of not punctured
balls!
Then use a piece of coathanger wire to hang a metal
weight off the wing-bolt or star wheel that is used to
attach the camera. Do NOT use stretchable string or
soft weights. Only a solid metal-to-metal connection
lets you take advantage of the inertia of the mass in
the weight, and forces the tennis balls to absorb any
vibration. If you used a bungee cord and a sand bag,
the sandbag would be perfectly still, but the camera
would still vibrate.
A hanging weight is not perfect, but it will cause a
remarkable improvement.
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A woman was walking along pushing her newborn baby in the
carriage when an old friend approached her. The friend
leaned over, peering into the carriage said,
"What a beautiful baby boy, and he looks
JUST like his father."
"I know", replied the woman, "I just wish he looked more
like my husband!"
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Reading on Vacation
"What happened?" asked the hospital visitor to the
heavily bandaged man sitting up in bed.
"Well, I went down to Busch Gardens on vacation and
decided to take a ride on the Loch Ness Monster...
As we came up to the top of the highest loop, I noticed
a little sign by the side of the track.
I tried to read it but it was very small and I couldn't
make it out. I was so curious that I decided to go round
again, but we went by so quickly that I couldn't see what
the sign said.
By now, I was determined to read that sign so I went round
a third time. As we reached the top, I stood up in the car
to get a better view."
"And did you manage to see what the sign said this time?"
asked the visitor.
"Yes," he said sheepishly, "Remain seated at all times!"
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At the end of the college year, a star football player
celebrated the relaxation of team curfew by attending a late
night campus party.
Soon after arriving, he became captivated by a beautiful
young lady and eased into a conversation with her by asking
if she met many dates at parties.
"Oh, I have a 3.9, so I'm much more attracted to the strong
academic types than to dumb party animals," she said.
"What's your G.P.A.?"
Grinning from ear to ear, the jock boasted, "I get about 27
in the city and 38 on the highway."
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An American tourist in London decided to skip his
tour group and explore the city on his own. He wandered
around, seeing the sights, and occasionally stopping at a
quaint pub to soak up the local culture, chat with the lads,
and have a pint of Guinness.
After awhile, he found himself in a very high class
neighborhood..... big, stately residences... no pubs, no
stores, no restaurants, and worst of all... NO PUBLIC
RESTROOMS.
He really, really had to go, after all those pints of
Guinnesss. He found a narrow side street, with high walls
surrounding the adjacent buildings and decided to use the
wall to solve his problem.
As he was unzipping, he was tapped on the
shoulder by a London bobbie, who said, "I say, sir, you
simply cannot do that here, you know."
"I'm very sorry, officer," replied the American, "but
I really, really HAVE TO GO, and I just can't find a public
restroom."
"Ah, yes," said the Bobbie..."Just follow me".
He led him to a back "delivery alley", then along a
wall to a gate which he opened.
"In there," pointed the Bobbie. "Whiz away,...
anywhere you want."
The fellow entered and found himself in the most
beautiful garden he had ever seen -- manicured grass lawns,
statuary, fountains, sculptured hedges, and huge beds of
gorgeous flowers, all in perfect bloom.
Since he had the cop's blessing, he zipped down
and unburdened himself and was greatly relieved. As he
went back through the gate, he said to the bobbie, "That
was really decent of you .... is that "British
Hospitality?".
"No" replied the Bobbie, with a satisfied smile on his
face, "that is the French Embassy."
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Today, December 8, in
1776 George Washington's retreating army in the American
Revolution crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey to
Pennsylvania.
1854 Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate
Conception. His theory holds that Mary, mother of Jesus, was
free of original sin from the moment she was conceived.
1863 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln announced his plan for
the Reconstruction of the South.
1863 Tom King of England defeated American John Heenan and
became the first world heavyweight champion.
1886 At a convention of union leaders in Columbus, OH, the
American Federation of Labor was founded.
1941 The United States entered World War II when it declared
war against Japan. The act came one day after the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor. Canada declared war on Japan a day
earlier.
1949 The Chinese Nationalist government moved from the
Chinese mainland to Formosa due to Communists pressure.
1952 On the show "I Love Lucy," a pregnancy was acknowledged
in a TV show for the first time.
1953 Los Angeles became the third largest city in the United
States.
1962 Workers of the International Typographical Union began
striking and closed nine New York City newspapers. The
strike lasted 114 days and ended April 1, 1963.
1980 Zimbabwe's manpower minister, Edgar Tekere, was found
guilty in the killing of a white farmer. He was freed under
a law that protected ministers acting to suppress terrorism.
1982 Norman D. Mayer demanding an end to nuclear weapons
held the Washington Monument hostage. He threatened to blow
it up with explosives he claimed were inside a van. 10 hours
later he was shot to death by police.
1984 In Roanoke, Virginia, a jury found Hustler magazine
publisher Larry Flynt innocent of libeling Reverend Jerry
Falwell with a parody advertisement. However Falwell was
awarded $200,000 for emotional distress.
1987 U.S. President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S.
Gorbachev signed a treaty agreeing to destroy their nations'
arsenals of intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
1987 The "intefadeh" (Arabic for uprising) by Palestinians
in the Israeli-occupied territories began.
1989 Communist leaders in Czechoslovakia offered to
surrender their control over the government and accept a
minority role in a coalition Cabinet.
1991 Russia, Byelorussia and Ukraine declared the Soviet
national government to be dead. They forged a new alliance
to be known as the Commonwealth of Independent States. The
act was denounced by Russian President Gorbachev as
unconstitutional.
1992 Americans got to see live television coverage of U.S.
troops landing on the beaches of Somalia during Operation
Restore Hope. (Due to the time difference, it was December 9
in Somalia.)
1993 U.S. President Clinton signed into law the North
American Free Trade Agreement.
1994 Bosnian Serbs released dozens of hostage peacekeepers,
but continued to detain about 300 others.
1994 In Los Angeles, 12 alternate jurors were chosen for the
O.J. Simpson murder trial.
1997 The second largest bank was created with the
announcement that Union Bank Switzerland and the Swiss Bank
Corporation would merge. The combined assets were more than
$590 billion.
1997 Jenny Shipley was sworn in as the first female prime
minister of New Zealand.
1998 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police could not
search a person or their cars after ticketing for a routine
traffic violation.
1998 The FBI opened its files on Frank Sinatra to the
public. The file contained over 1,300 pages.
1998 Nkem Chukwu and Iyke Louis Udobi's first of eight
babies was born. The other seven were delivered 12 days
later.
1998 AT&T Corp. announced that it was buying IBM's data
networking business for $5 billion cash.
1998 The first female ice hockey game in Olympic history was
played. Finland beat Sweden 6-0.
1999 In Memphis, TN, a jury found that Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr. had been the victim of a vast murder conspiracy,
not a lone assassin.
1999 Russia and Belarus agreed in principle to form an
economic and political confederation.
2000 Mario Lemieux announced to the Pittsburgh Penguins that
he planned to return to the National Hockey League (NHL) as
a player at age 35. He would be the first modern owner-
player in U.S. pro sports.
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Thursday, December 7
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Todays Bonehead Award:
Inmate with skull-face tattoo escaped
California work crew
Bonehead
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Today, December 7 in
1926 The gas operated refrigerator was patented by The
Electrolux Servel Corporation. Many of them still work
today! Their only moving part is the door.
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--- Paul Beatty
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The case concerned a will and Kelly was a witness.
"Was the deceased," asked the attorney, "In the habit of
talking to himself when he was alone?"
"I don't know," said the Irishman.
"Come now man, you don't know and yet you pretend you
were intimately acquainted with the deceased?"
"Well, Mr. Lawyer," said Kelly, "I never happened to be
with him when he was alone. "
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From Beat
Working as a cargo handler for a major package delivery
company, I came across an express envelope with shipping
instructions that puzzled me, particularly the line
describing the contents.
I finally realized the parcel contained some kind of manual
and was addressed to a church. But at first I thought I
was processing one of our company's most momentous pieces
of freight.
The description read, "Instructions for the Assembly of God."
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Thanks to Bill for this story:
Our mom needed a new mattress for her antique bed, so my
brother, Josh, and I decided to buy her one as a gift. The
problem was we weren't sure what to get, because it was an
odd size. Fortunately, my brother happened to be visiting
my mother one day when I called home.
"Measure the bed frame before you leave," I told him.
"I don't have a tape measure."
"You can use a dollar bill," I suggested, "each one is six
inches long."
"Can't," he replied after digging through his wallet, "I
only have a ten."
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Corey Hughes, 27
Stockton,
California
Inmate with skull-face tattoo escaped
California work crew
California authorities launched a dragnet Monday for an
inmate with a distinctive skull-face tattoo who vanished
from a work crew.
Corey Hughes, 27, was reported missing about 1:30 p.m.
Monday and was last seen on Interstate 5, the San Joaquin
County Sheriff’s office said. His mugshot showed he had a
skull tattoo on his face.
Hughes was serving a sentence for a weapons charge and was
being housed in the Honor Farm. He was expected to be
released next February.
The Honor Farm, located south of Stockton, is a minimum-
security facility that houses pretrial or sentence inmates
that are usually low-risk and classified as non-violent,
KCBS reported.
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Grampa's Wisdom
- Don't name a pig you plan to eat
- Country fences need to be horse high, pig tight and bull
strong.
- Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb,
but how well you bounce.
- Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps.
- Mortgaging a future crop is saddling a wobbly colt.
- A bumble bee is faster than a John Deere tractor.
- Trouble with a milk cow is she won't stay milked.
- Don't skinny dip with snapping turtles.
- Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
- Meanness don't happen overnight.
- To know how country folks are doing, look at their barns,
not their houses.
- Never lay an angry hand on a kid or an animal, it just
ain't helpful.
- Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.
- Don't sell your mule to buy a plow.
- Two can live as cheap as one if one don't eat.
- You can't unsay a cruel thing.
- Don't corner something meaner than you.
- Man is the only critter who feels the need to label things
as flowers or weeds.
- It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
- Don't go huntin' with a fellow named Chug-A-Lug.
- Every path has some puddles.
- When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
- The best sermons are lived, not preached.
- Most of the stuff people worry about happening, don't.
- Lazy and Quarrelsome are ugly sisters.
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A college senior took his new girlfriend to a football game.
The young couple found seats in the crowded stadium and was
watching the action. A substitute was put into the game,
and as he was running onto the field to take his position,
the boy said to his girlfriend, "Take a good look at the
fellow. I expect him to be our best man next year."
His girlfriend snuggled closer and said to the surprised
young man, "That's the strangest way I ever heard of for
a fellow to propose to a girl. Regardless of how you said
it, I accept!"
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At the end of the college year, a star football player
celebrated the relaxation of team curfew by attending a late
night campus party.
Soon after arriving, he became captivated by a beautiful
young lady and eased into a conversation with her by asking
if she met many dates at parties.
"Oh, I have a 3.9, so I'm much more attracted to the strong
academic types than to dumb party animals," she said.
"What's your G.P.A.?"
Grinning from ear to ear, the jock boasted, "I get about 27
in the city and 38 on the highway."
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Daffinitions:
Some wacky definitions.
SALESMAN -- man with ability to convince wife she'd look
fat in mink.
CANNIBAL -- person who likes to see other people stewed.
EGOCENTRIC -- a person who believes he is everything you
know you are.
MAGAZINE -- bunch of printed pages that tell you what's
coming in the next issue.
COLLEGE: The four-year period when parents are permitted
access to the telephone.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS: Police station, fire department and
places that deliver.
OPERA: When a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of
bleeding he sings for half an hour.
BUFFET: A French word that means "Get up and get it yourself."
BABY-SITTER: A teen-ager who must behave like an adult so
that the adults who are out can behave like teen-agers.
TRAFFIC LIGHT -- apparatus that automatically turns red when
your car approaches.
PIONEER -- early American who was lucky enough to find his
way out of the woods.
PEOPLE -- some make things happen, some watch things happen,
and the majority have no idea what's happened.
SELF-CONTROL -- the ability to eat only one peanut.
TATTOO: Permanent proof of temporary insanity.
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Today, December 7, in
1431 In Paris, Henry VI of England was crowned King of
France.
1732 The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal
Opera House) was opened.
1787 Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S.
constitution becoming the first of the United States.
1889 The first of 554 performances of "The Gondoliers" took
place.
1925 Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the
150-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 25 and 2/5
seconds. He went on to play "Tarzan" in several movies.
1926 The gas operated refrigerator was patented by The
Electrolux Servel Corporation. Many of them still work
today! Their only moving part is the door.
1941 Pearl Harbor, located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu
was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese warplanes. The attack
resulted in Canada declaring war on Japan, followed a day
later by the U.S. also entering into World War II.
1946 A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta killed 119
people. It was America's worst hotel fire disaster. The
hotel founder, W. Frank Winecoff, was also killed in the
fire.
1971 Libya announced the nationalization of British
Petroleum's assets.
1972 Apollo 17 was launched at Cape Canaveral. It was the
last U.S. moon mission.
1972 Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippine President Ferdinand
E. Marcos, was stabbed and seriously wounded by an
assailant. The man was then shot and killed by her
bodyguards.
1974 President Makarios returned to Cyprus after five months
in exile.
1980 General Antonio Ramlho Eanes was reelected president of
Portugal. His right-wing opposition was thrown into disarray
by the death of Premier Francisco Sa Carneiro in a plane
crash.
1982 Charlie Brooks Junior, a convicted murderer, became the
first prisoner in the U.S. to be executed by injection, at a
prison in Huntsville, TX.
1983 Madrid, Spain, an Aviaco DC-9 collided on a runway with
an Iberia Air Lines Boeing 727 that was accelerating for
takeoff. The collision resulted in the death of all 42
people aboard the DC-9 and 51 on the Iberia jet.
1987 Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev set foot on American
soil for the first time. He had come to the U.S. for a
Washington summit with U.S. President Reagan.
1987 43 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a
fellow passenger and the two pilots aboard a Pacific
Southwest Airlines jetliner.
1988 An estimated 25,000 people were killed when a major
earthquake hit northern Armenia in the Soviet Union. The
quake measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale.
1988 Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced the
reduction of the number of Soviet military troops by half a
million.
1989 East Germany's Communist Party agreed to cooperate with
the plan for free elections and a revised constitution.
1992 The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Mississippi abortion
law which required women to get counseling and then wait 24
hours before terminating their pregnancies.
1993 Six people were killed and 17 were injured when a
gunman opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road commuter
train.
1993 Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary revealed that the U.S.
government had conducted more than 200 nuclear weapons tests
in secret at its Nevada test site.
1993 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders suggested that the U.S.
government study the impact of drug legalization.
1995 A probe sent from the Galileo spacecraft entered into
Jupiter's atmosphere. The probe sent back data to the
mothership before it was eaten or otherwise destroyed.
1996 The space shuttle Columbia returned from the longest-
ever shuttle flight of 17 days, 15 hours and 54 minutes.
1998 The U.N. evacuated 14 peacekeepers that were trapped by
fighting between army and rebel forces in central Angola.
1998 U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno declined to seek an
independent counsel investigation of President Clinton over
1996 campaign financing.
1999 A U.S. federal grand jury indicted a former convict in
the 1995 disappearance of atheist leader Madalyn Murray
O'Hair.
2002 In Amsterdam, Netherlands, two Van Gogh paintings were
stolen from the Van Gogh Museum. The two works were "View of
the Sea st Scheveningen" and "Congregation Leaving the
Reformed Church in Nuenen." On July 26, 2004, two men were
convicted for the crime and were sentenced to at least four
years in prison each.
2002 In Mymensingh, Bangladesh, four movie theaters were
bombed within 30 minutes of each other. At least 15 people
were killed and over 200 were injured.
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017, 09:04 AM
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Good Morning, ,
Today is Wednesday, December 6
In Austria, where I grew up, December 6 was Saint Nicholas
day. On the eve of that day, Santas, accompanied by devils,
roamed the towns and villages. They visited houses, where
they had been booked, picked up a pillow bag outside the
door and "The List". The devil, often with a leg chained and
the chain held by Saint Nicholas, shouldered the bag, and
Saint Nicholas stuck "The List" into his book.
Then the devil started howling and screaming and pounding on
the door and dancing around.
Once they were let inside, Saint Nicholas slapped the devil
and made him stand still and be quiet.
Then he opened his book, slowly and dramatically, read a
name, and the sins of that kid.
In some houses, Mom had put dad onto the list too!
After the sins had been read, with much glaring by Saint
Nicholas, and much impatient jerking on the chain by the
devil and his willow switches whip,
Saint Nicholas got to the good part, where he praised each
kid for the few good things they had done that year.
Then he reached into the pillow bag and hauled out a smaller
bag for each kid.
That usually had a small orange, which was a VERY rare treat
in post war Austria, a few postage stamp size chocolates,
and home made gingerbread.
While the kids breathlessly oohed and aahed over their haul,
Santa and the devil quietly exited, got their payment and a
shot of moonshine against the cold outside, and vanished in
the snow flurries outside.
In those days it was quite common that when Santas and
devils met other teams, a ferocious battle ensued, often
leaving all participants bloodied. Those chains were
dangerous!
Good old days!
Have Fun!
Dearwebby
Todays Bonehead Award:
Escort jailed for lying that she’d been raped
by detective, destroying his life
Bonehead
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Today, December 6 in
1774 Austria became the first nation to introduce a state
education system.
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A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
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A priest and a minister walked into a bar. After sitting
down, ordering, and some chit chat the priest said,
"Have you noticed there are no women in this bar?"
He then realised the truth, "I think we're in a gay bar!"
A man approached and tried to flirt with the priest. The
priest was dumbfounded, and didn't know what to do.
The minister leaned over and whispered something in
the man's ear. The man nodded and walked off.
The relieved priest said, "Thanks. What did you tell him?"
The minister replied,
"I just told him we're on our honeymoon."
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The efficiency expert concluded his lecture with a note
of caution: "I should warn you. . .you may not want to try
these techniques at home."
"Why not?" asked someone from the back of the audience.
"Well, I speak from personal experience," the expert
explained.
"For years, I watched my wife's routine at breakfast. She
made lots of trips to the refrigerator, stove, table and
cabinets, often carrying just a single item at a time.
"So finally one day I made a suggestion: 'Hon,' I said,
'Why don't you try carrying several things at once?'"
The voice from the back persisted, "And didn't that save
time?"
The expert replied, "Actually, yes. It used to take her
20 minutes to get breakfast ready.
Now I do it in seven."
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Mr. Schwartz was the oldest of 7 children, so he
had to quit school and work to help support his
younger brothers and sisters. He never learned to
read. So, when he married and started a checking account,
he signed his checks just, "XX".
He started his own business, which soon prospered.
He soon was a very rich man. One day, he got a
call from his bank. "Mr. Schwartz, I wanted to ask
you about this check. We weren't sure you had
really signed it. All these years, you've been signing
your checks, 'XX'; this one is signed with
three XXX's..."
Mr. Schwartz answered, "Since I've become so
rich, my wife thought I ought to have a middle name!"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
has been earned by
Halina Khan, 40,
Escort,
Salford, Greater Manchester
England
Escort jailed for lying that she’d been raped
by detective, destroying his life
Escort Halina Khan has been jailed for two years and three
months for lying that she’d been raped by a detective
Halina Khan lied that she had been sexually assaulted by the
Leicestershire police officer despite never having met him.
He was subjected to a humiliating and unnecessary
investigation that went on for five weeks before the 40-
year-old’s web of lies collapsed around her. Khan has now
been jailed for two years and three months after admitting
to trying to pervert the course of justice. Her victim was
at home with his wife and son when his colleagues turned up
at his home to say there had been a complaint made against
him. He then had to give samples for analysis and was
interviewed by police officers outside his police area. What
followed caused an immense strain on his marriage and he
ended up taking six months off work with depression and
anxiety.
He said he was ‘completely stunned’ by the allegations and
said that his world ‘fell apart’. The victim has now
returned to work but he says it has affected his
relationship with his employers. He said: ‘I can’t explain
why it affected me as it did. If I hadn’t been able to prove
my innocence, I’d have lost my liberty.’ Khan, from Salford,
Greater Manchester, accused the detective during a police
investigation into an alleged car theft. She said that her
ex had taken her vehicle from the Regency Hotel in
Leicester. But when police arrived she changed her story
saying that she was an escort and a client had taken the
car.
She pointed to a red mark on the floor, implying that the
person had been hurt. As a result Khan was arrested on
suspicion of causing injury. She threw racist abuse at one
of the police officers and shouted that she had been raped
by the detective the previous night at the hotel. She used
his name, despite never having met him, because he had
previously been involved in an investigation into her second
ex-husband in 2011. Khan later said at the police station:
‘I made it up, there, I made it up.’ However she refused to
make a statement or sign an officer’s notebook confirming
that her claim was true so the force had no alternative but
to investigate her claim.
She changed her story again, denying that she had made up a
rape allegation, adding that she was being sarcastic.
Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb described it as ‘a wicked
crime’ which had serious consequences for the victim and his
family. She added that false claims like this affect public
confidence. She said: ‘I’m told you’re remorseful, although
there’s no evidence of that other than your guilty pleas.’
She added: ‘Rape is a profoundly hideous crime which all
should find repulsive.’
The court heard that Khan had two previous convictions for
incidents of racially abusing police officers.
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From: George
Re: Cartoon Balloons
Dear Webby,
My son has a problem with Sticky Keys! What is the best
way to get rid of Sticky Keys? And lock them out?
Also, I keep getting Cartoon Balloons
telling me stuff that I really don't care about! They pop-up
whenever I reboot or even just shutting the laptop and
reopening it! How do I get them to stop?
George
Dear George
Hitting the SHIFT key five times turns the Sticky-Keys
off or on.
The system messages that pop up to tell you when
you connect or fall off the net or when a new device
like a camera is plugged in, or whatever, are usually
quite handy. However, if you do need to turn them
off, Microsoft explains how to do it on this page:
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11442-notifications-
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It`s easy, just a bit tedious.
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DearWebby
A few years ago, a dietitian addressed a large audience
in Chicago and said, "The material we put into our
stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting
here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks erode
your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG.
Junk food can be disastrous, and none of us realizes
the long term harm caused by the germs in our drinking
water.
However, there is one thing that is the most dangerous
of all and we all have, or will eat it. Can anyone here tell
me what food it is that causes the most grief and
suffering for years after eating it?"
A 75 year old man in the front row stood up and said,
"Wedding cake."
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One evening I was driving my six-year-old daughter to her
grandparents' home for an overnight stay. It was late,
there was little traffic and we were enjoying a peaceful
ride. It was a far cry from the usual chaos surrounding
us when I drive her to various activities during rush hour.
My daughter seemed deep in thought when she said, "I have
a question."
"What do you want to know?"
"Mom, when you're driving," she asked, "are you ever the
idiot?"
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A University of Alabama football player was visiting a
Yankee relative in Boston over the holidays. He went to a
large party and met a pretty co-ed. He was attempting to
start up a conversation with the line, "Where does you go to
school?"
The coed, of course, was not overly impressed with his
grammar or southern drawl, but did answer his question.
"Yale," she replied.
The UA student took a big, deep breath and shouted,
"WHERE DOES YOU GO TO SCHOOL?"
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A friend of mine was visiting a college, which had those
security call boxes every few hundred feet. If you were
wandering around the campus at night and felt uneasy
about somebody following you, for instance, you could hit
the button and have a security officer investigate
immediately.
On one of these phones hung a sign that said, "Out of
Order."
Underneath it someone had scrawled, "Reload and keep
running."
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Today, December 6, in
1774 Austria became the first nation to introduce a state
education system.
1865 The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was
ratified. The amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
1877 Thomas Edison demonstrated the first gramophone, with a
recording of himself reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb.
1884 The construction of the Washington Monument was
completed by Army engineers. The project took 34 years.
1889 Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans. He was the first
and only president of the Confederate States of America.
1907 In Monongah, WV, 361 people were killed in America's
worst mine disaster.
1917 More than 1,600 people died when two munitions ships
collided in the harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1917 Finland proclaimed independence from Russia.
1921 The Catholic Irish Free State was created as a self-
governing dominion of Britain when an Anglo-Irish treaty was
signed.
1923 U.S. President Calvin Coolidge became the first
president to give a presidential address that was broadcast
on radio.
1926 In Italy, Benito Mussolini introduced a tax on
bachelors.
1947 Everglades National Park in Florida was dedicated by
U.S. President Truman.
1957 AFL-CIO members voted to expel the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Teamsters were readmitted in
1987.
1957 America's first attempt at putting a satellite into
orbit failed when the satellite blew up on the launch pad at
Cape Canaveral, FL.
1973 Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the vice-president of
the United States after vice-president Spiro Agnew resigned.
1982 11 soldiers and 6 civilians were killed when a bomb
exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. The Irish
National Liberation Army was responsible for planting the
bomb.
1983 In Jerusalem, a bomb planted on a bus exploded killing
six Israelis and wounding 44.
1985 Congressional negotiators reached an agreement on a
deficit-cutting proposal that later became the Gramm-Rudman-
Hollings law.
1989 The worst mass shooting in Canadian history occurred
when a man gunned down 14 women at the University of
Montreal's school of engineering. The man then killed
himself.
1989 Egon Krenz resigned as leader of East Germany.
1990 Iraq announced that it would release all its 2,000
foreign hostages.
1990 U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle was enshrined in the
Little League Museum's Hall of Excellence.
1992 Germany's primary political parties agreed to tighten
postwar asylum laws.
1992 In India, thousands of Hindu extremists destroyed a
mosque. The following two months of Hindu-Muslim rioting
resulted in at least 2,000 people being killed.
1993 Former priest James R. Porter was sentenced to 18 to 20
years in prison. Porter had admitted molesting 28 children
in the 1960s.
1994 Orange County, CA, filed for bankruptcy protection due
to investment losses of about $2 billion. The county is one
of the richest in the U.S. and became the largest
municipality to file for bankruptcy.
1997 A Russian Antonov 124 military transport crashed into a
residential area in Irkutsk, Russia, shortly after takeoff.
70 people were killed.
1998 In Venezuela, former Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez was
elected president. He had staged a bloody coup attempt
against the government six years earlier.
1998 Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour connected
the first two building blocks of the international space
station in the shuttle cargo bay.
2002 Winona Ryder was sentenced to 36 months of probation
and 480 hours of community service stemming from her
conviction for shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue. She was
also ordered to pay $10,000 in fines and restitution.
2002 Officials released the detailed plans for a $4.7
million memorial commemorating Princess Diana. The large
oval fountain was planned to be constructed in London's Hyde
Park.
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