Good Morning, Do! Today is Sunday, November 3 ____________________________________________________ Today, November 3 in  1839 The first Opium War between China and Britain erupted. Britain demanded exclusive monopoly for selling Opium. More of today in history at History ______________________________________________________ 
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 Today's Bonehead Award: Utah wife arrested on charges of filing false report after faking her own murder in a bid to catch her cheating husband.  _______________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  _______________________________________________ Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. --- Daniel J. Boorstin (1914 - ) Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life. --- Robert Byrne _______________________________________________ On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the middle. One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, "What time is it?" The tower responded, "Who is calling?" The aircraft replied, "What difference does it make?" The tower replied "It makes a lot of difference. If it is an American Airlines Flight, it is 3 o'clock. If it is an Air Force, it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraft, it is 6 bells. If it is an Army aircraft, it's afternoon coffee time. If it is a Marine Corps aircraft, it's Thursday. If it is Coast Guard, it's two before supper. If it is a Cessna, it's 3 hours to happy hour. ________________________________________________` Thanks to Trish for sending this picture:   Photo by Toshiyasu Morita ____________________________________________________ 
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 ___________________________________________________  An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Rebecca Spring Nielson, 44, Bluffdale, Utah  Utah wife arrested on charges of filing false report after faking her own murder in a bid to catch her cheating husband.  A Utah woman faces charges after she tried to catch her husband cheating by faking her own murder, authorities said. Rebecca Spring Nielson, 44, of Bluffdale, was arrested Tuesday after she stole her husband's phone whereby she sent concerning texts to his supposed mistress, KUTV reported. In a series of messages, Nielson posed as her husband, Shaun Dudley, claiming that he had shot his wife and she was dead. The other woman, who wasn't identified, called 911 to report the murder. She told police that she responded to the messages by asking whether to call an ambulance and received a message that said 'yes.' When emergency responders arrived to the couple's home- instead of finding the woman deceased- instead found Nielson alive. Her husband told police that he got into an argument with his wife around 10 p.m. Monday about him talking to the woman. He claimed she took his phone and left the house. Nielson also took her spouse's laptop and threw it on the ground, smashing the screen, authorities said. During a police interview, Nielson admitted to taking her husband's phone and pretending she was killed to see how the woman would react. She said she wanted to see if the woman was willing to be an accomplice in the crime. Police arrested Nielson around 2 a.m. Tuesday on suspicion of criminal mischief and falsely reporting an emergency. She was booked into the Utah County Jail. 
 DearWebby's Tech Support Pits  From: Harriet Re: Are "Secret Admirer" emails safe?  Dear Webby, I have been getting some mails and cards, supposedly from a "Secret Admirer", but sorta vaguely remembered you once mentioned something about those being dangerous spoofs. Is that still the case? Harriet  Dear Harriet You are absolutely right! Whenever you get anything that supposedly is from an unidentified generic sender like "Class Mate", "Secret Admirer", "Family Member", etc., then just dump it. It is a spoof, usually with a link in it that goes to a dangerous site that will infect your computer with a trojan. That trojan will then open a secret back door for the new owner of it, and it will start sending out "Secret Admirer" and "Class Mate" emails from your computer. To avoid that, dump any mails from any unidentified generic sender. I put "Class Mate", "Secret Admirer", "Family Member" into a MailWasher filter years ago, and don't even see those any more. Have FUN! DearWebby 
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 "Pardon me", said the woman trying to get back to her seat in the darkened movie theater, "but did I step on your toes a few minutes ago?" "You certainly did!!", said the man in the aisle seat. "Good, then I'm in the right row!" the woman said as he went back to her seat. 
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 On a recent trip to Washington, D.C., my brother-in-law overheard a patriotic father pointing out a well-known building to his son. "You see that triangular-shaped octagon over there? That's the Pentagon." ___________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Thriftyfun.com  Use Salt for Grease Spills If grease or oil spills in your oven, quickly toss some salt on the stain. Once the oven has cooled off and the salt has dried, brush it out of your oven. Most of the stain should be gone.  ____________________________________________________  
  
 
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 ___________________________________________________ TEACHER: Do, go to the map and find North America. Do: Here it is! TEACHER: Correct. Now, class, who discovered America? CLASS: Do! TEACHER: Do, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago. Do: Me! TEACHER: How can you prevent diseases caused by biting insects? Do: Don't bite any. ___________________________________________________ A young boy came to Sunday School late. His teacher knew that he was usually very prompt and asked him if anything was wrong. The boy replied no, that he was going fishing but his dad told him that he needed to go to church. The teacher was very impressed and asked the boy if his dad had explained to him why it was more important to go to church than to go fishing. The boy replied: "Yes he did. Dad said he didn't have enough bait for both of us." ___________________________________________________ A little boy got lost at the YWCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter haven't you ever seen a little boy before?" __________________________________________________ 
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 Today, November 3 in 1507 Leonardo DaVinci was commissioned by the husband of Lisa Gherardini to paint her. The work is known as the Mona Lisa. 1631 The Reverend John Eliot arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the first Protestant minister to dedicate himself to the conversion of Native Americans to Christianity. 1839 The first Opium War between China and Britain erupted. Britain demanded exclusive monopoly for selling Opium. 1892 The first automatic telephone went into service at LaPorte, IN. The device was invented by Almon Strowger. 1900 The first automobile show in the United States opened at New York's Madison Square Garden. 1903 Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia. 1911 Chevrolet Motor Car Company was founded by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. 1934 The first race track in California opened under a new pari-mutuel betting law. 1941 U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Grew warned that the Japanese may be planning a sudden attack on the U.S. 1952 Frozen bread was offered for sale for the first time in a supermarket in Chester, NY. 1957 Sputnik II was launched by the Soviet Union. It was the second manmade satellite to be put into orbit and was the first to put an animal into space, a dog named Laika. 1973 The U.S. launched the Mariner 10 spacecraft. On March 29, 1974 it became the first spacecraft to reach the planet Mercury. 1979 Five members of the Communist Workers' Party are shot to death in broad daylight at an anti-Ku Klux Klan rally in Greensboro, NC. Eight others were wounded. 1986 The Ash-Shiraa, pro-Syrian Lebanese magazine, first broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran to secure the release of seven American hostages. The story turned into the Iran-Contra affair. 1987 China told the U.S. that it would halt the sale of arms to Iran. 1991 Israeli and Palestinian representatives held their first- ever face-to-face talks in Madrid, Spain. 1994 Susan Smith of Union, SC, was arrested for drowning her two sons. Nine days earlier Smith had claimed that the children had been abducted by a black carjacker. 1995 U.S. President Clinton dedicated a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery to the 270 victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. 1998 A state-run newspaper in Iraq urged the country to prepare to battle "the U.S. monster." 1998 Minnesota elected Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a former pro wrestler, as its governor. 2002 At Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong, 777 people assembled a 58,435 square foot jigsaw puzzle with 21,600 pieces. 2003 In Kabul, Afghanistan, a post-Taliban draft constitution was unveiled. 2005 Walt Disney Pictures released "Chicken Little." It was the first Disney film completely created with computer animation. 2014 In New York City, One World Trade Center opened for business. 2019 Do smiled.