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___________________________________________________ History: on this day, December 28, in 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. ____________________________________________________ Bonehead Award: Woman accused of giving birth, leaving baby in freezing New Hampshire woods _____________________________________________________ Q There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.' --- Frederick L Collins The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. --- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935) Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. --- Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) Racists believe their excuses are a religion, and that looting and arson are their holy sacraments. ____________________________________________________ "Mummy, tomorrow I have an oral exam. One question the teacher will ask me is "who made you?" What shall I say?" asked Little Johnny. "Say God made you." replied his mother. The next day, when the question came up, poor Little Johnny forgot what his mother had said, so he explained, "Teacher, until yesterday I was sure it was my father who made me. But then my mother said it was someone else - but I can't remember who it was." __________________________________________________ If you think your problems are behind you, chances are you make your kids stay on the back seat when you drive. __________________________________________________ Reported by Rock An International Bonehead Award has been earned by Alexandra Eckersley, 26, New Hampshire, USA Woman accused of giving birth, leaving baby in freezing New Hampshire woods A woman accused of giving birth to a baby in a wooded area of Manchester and initially misleading first responders about the newborn's location will be in court Tuesday. Manchester police said 26-year-old Alexandra Eckersley is facing a count of felony reckless conduct in connection with the incident, which happened shortly after midnight Monday. According to police, officers responded to the area of the West Side Arena at about 12:40 a.m. after receiving a report of a woman who had delivered a baby in the woods in that area. Manchester police officers, firefighters and American Medical Response personnel searched an area where the mother of the baby, identified as Eckersley, directed them to look for a tent where she gave birth to a boy. However, first responders were unable to locate the newborn child. "The search was difficult. It was dark, we had cold temperatures -- about 18 degrees last night and we were not getting accurate information," said Manchester Fire District Chief John Starr. Police said that after nearly an hour of searching in bitter cold temperatures, Eckersley revealed the true location of the baby and led officers to a tent. The officers found the baby in the tent, naked, alone and suffering from hypothermia. The newborn was treated by emergency medical technicians before being transported to Catholic Medical Center for further treatment. At 3:30 p.m., Manchester police Chief Allen Aldenberg said the baby boy is alive and improving, and that he is currently being treated at Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center. Alexandra Eckersley is the daughter of MLB Hall of Famer and former Red Sox broadcaster Dennis Eckersley. "There's no excuse for this," Aldenberg said. "If you choose to live in the woods and choose to live your life a particular way, and you don't want accept our outreach that goes every day in this city and you want to live out there and do that with your life fine. But you don't get to do this, what we're alleging here. You don't get to do this to a child." Eckersley was arrested on an unrelated warrant out of Concord District Court for endangering the welfare of a child and was subsequently charged with felony reckless conduct. Aldenberg said Eckersley was being treated at a Manchester hospital as of Monday afternoon. Once Eckersley is released from hospital care, she will be arraigned on those charges, according to the police chief. New Hampshire does have a Safe Haven Law. Babies up to seven days old can be left at any fire station, hospital, police station or church, which covers any house of worship registered with the state where someone is present to receive the child with no questions asked. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ A big-city counterfeiter decided the best place to pass off his phony $18 bills would be in some small "hick town." So, he got into his very expensive new luxury car and off he went. After driving for a while, he found a tiny town with a single store. He entered the store and handed one of the bogus bills to the man behind the counter. "Can you change this for me, please?" he asked. The store clerk looked at the $18 bill for a short time, then smiled and said to the man, "Ah reckon so, Mister. Ya want 2 nines or 3 sixes?" ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ "I'm ashamed of the way we live," a young wife said to her lazy husband who refused to find a job. "My father pays our rent. My mother buys all of our food. My sister buys our clothes. My aunt bought us a car. I'm just so ashamed." The husband rolled over on the couch. "You *should* be ashamed," he agreed. "Those two worthless brothers of yours never give us a cent." _______________________________________________ "Thanks for the harmonica you gave me for Christmas," said Do to his Uncle Rodney, the first time he saw him after the holidays. "It's the best Christmas present I ever got." "That's great," said his Uncle Rodney. "Do you know how to play it?" "Oh, I don't play it," Do said. "My mom gives me a dollar a day not to play it during the day and my dad gives me five dollars a week not to play it at night. __________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ The old pastor made it to a practice to visit the parish school one day a week. He walked into the 4th grade class, where the children were studying the states, and asked them how many states they could name. They came up with about 40 names. He jokingly told them that in his day students knew the names of all the states. One lad snickered, "Yes, but in those days there were only 13." ___________________________________________________________ DearWebby's Tech Support Pits From:Hanna Re: Dump Gmail by years Dear Webby You told us once how to dump old Gmail by years. Due to my advanced Oldtimers Disease, I forgot. Please tell us again! Hanna Dear Hanna Click into the search on the top of the Gmail, then type: older_than:7y or whatever vintage you want to dump. Then click the little select all square on the left, and hit the DELETE. It may take a while, but soon nthose selected will be gone. You can, of course choose any date range, not just 7 years olds. That is just a example. Have FUN DearWebby _____________________________________________________ Before his daring escape from prison, an infamous criminal had been photographed from four different angles. The FBI sent copies of the pictures to police chiefs all across the land, with orders to notify Washington the moment an arrest was made. The next day, the Bureau received a faxed reply from the ambitious sheriff of a small Southern town: "PICTURES RECEIVED. ALL FOUR SHOT DEAD WHILE RESISTING ARREST." ____________________________________________________ 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 Richards Almanack." 1832, John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Jackson. 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. 1902, The first professional indoor football game was played at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Syracuse defeated the Philadelphia Nationals 6-0. 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." 1950, The Peak District became Britain's first designated National Park. 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 related disturbances 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. 2022 Do smiled.
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