Good Morning, Do! Today is Friday, November 16 Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops!  Have FUN! Dearwebby Today's Bonehead Award:  Homeless man and N.J. couple concocted story for GoFundMe fundraiser  ______________________________________________________ Today, November 16 in 1969 The U.S. Army announced that several had been charged with massacre and the subsequent cover-up in the My Lai massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968, that was photographed by a left-wing anti-war "reporter" embedded with the troops. The photo became quite famous and hurt the Vietnam war as much as Hanoi Jane did. More of today in history at History ______________________________________________________ 
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 University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. --- Henry Kissinger (1923 - ) This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. --- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) "I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." --- Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. --- Burt Bacharach ______________________________________________________ One of the first things you learn on your honeymoon is, when you're carrying your bride over the threshold, always go in sideways -- unless of course two broken ankles and a concussion turn you on. ________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  ______________________________________________________ The government will be requiring new food labels that are more specific. Products will now be labeled, no fat, low fat, reduced fat and fat, but great personality. _____________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________ A young woman sat in her stalled car, waiting for help. Finally, two men walked up to her. "I'm out of gas," she purred. "Could you push me to the gas station?" The men readily put their muscles to the car and rolled it several blocks. After a while, one looked up, exhausted, to see that they had just passed a gas station. "We just passed a station! How come you didn't turn in?" he yelled. "Oh, I never go there," the girl shouted back. "They don't have full service." ______________________________________________________ Re Yesterday's picture: The picture for Nov 15 looks a lot like my first car, a 1928? Model A Ford Sedan. Bought it near Crown Point Oregon where I was logging, fixed it up to run and drove it around Portland when I was in high school. Lots of interesting adventures. The paint was in better condition though. Clyde   _____________________________________________________ 
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 ___________________________________________________   An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Kate McClure, right, McClure's boyfriend Mark D'Amico in jail in New Jersey, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., left, UNder a bridge, somewhere.  Homeless man and N.J. couple concocted story for GoFundMe fundraiser  Couple Mark D'Amico and Kate McClure and homeless man Johnny Bobbitt Jr. are expected to face charges that include conspiracy and theft by deception. A New Jersey couple accused of scamming a homeless good Samaritan out of hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of an online fundraiser that went viral a year ago had initially conspired with him to concoct a "fictitious story," prosecutors allege. A complaint obtained by NBC Philadelphia says couple Mark D'Amico and Kate McClure made up a GoFundMe campaign in honor of Johnny Bobbitt Jr. so that all three could raise money by deceiving generous donors. They kept up the ruse by preventing donors from acquiring information that would affect their judgment about the campaign and "by failing to correct their story," the complaint added. The three are expected to face charges that include conspiracy and theft by deception, a source familiar with the case told NBC Philadelphia, adding that D'Amico and McClure surrendered to authorities on Wednesday. Ernest Badway, an attorney for D'Amico and McClure, told NBC News he had no comment early Thursday. Chris Fallon, an attorney for Bobbitt, could not immediately be reached for comment. The initially feel-good tale began last fall when Bobbitt, a homeless Marine veteran, gave McClure his last $20 after she ran out of gas on a freeway ramp in Philadelphia, she said. Moved by the gesture, McClure and D'Amico started a GoFundMe campaign for Bobbitt. "Johnny did not ask me for a dollar, and I couldn't repay him at that moment because I didn't have any cash, but I have been stopping by his spot for the past few weeks," McClure wrote in her post. Bobbitt's kindness drew donations from more than 14,000 people and earned him $402,000. The outpouring, in turn, touched the couple: "He will never have to worry about a roof over his head again!!" they later posted on GoFundMe while thanking "everyone who had a part of this amazing ride." Bobbit claimed that of the $402,000 he just got $25,000 and that D'Amico and McClure spent the rest on a brand new BMW, vacations and jewelry. Police have since then confiscated some of the loot.  Bill Re: Eudora not showing attachments on W10  Dear Webby I have recently upgraded to Windows 10 because my W7 died. The OS is installed on a new SSD. Since that time, Eudora 7 attachments will not work, e.g. pdf or wmv files. If I send these emails to Gmail, the attachments will open normally. It appears that W10 can't find the attachments. I have searched for an answer, but to date have been unsuccessful. I know that you can help resolve this problem. Thanks. Bill  Dear Bill You can tell Eudora where to stash attachments. Instead of some hard to find directory way down somewhere, tell it to put them into C:\att and of course make that directory. You may still have to go in there occasionally and snug up file names, that have empty spaces in them. You may also have to set default programs to open wmf and pdf. Have FUN! DearWebby  
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 There were three guys talking in the pub. Two of them were talking about the amount of control they have over their wives, while the third remained quiet. After a while one of the first two turned to the third and said, "Well, what about you, what sort of control do you have over your wife?" The third fellow said, "I'll tell you -- just the other night my wife came to me on her hands and knees." The first two guys were amazed. "Wow! What happened then?" they asked. The third man took a healthy swallow of his beer, sighed and uttered, "She said, 'Get out from under the bed and fight like a man.'" 
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 While making rounds, a doctor points out an X-ray to a group of medical students. "As you can see," she says, "the patient limps because his left fibula and tibia are radically arched. Michael, what would you do in a case like this?" "Well," ponders the student, "I suppose I'd limp too." ___________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Thriftyfun.com Removing a Nail That Has Lost Its Head  When the nail head breaks off a nail, it can be tough to get the claw of the hammer to grip the nail. To remove the nail, slip the claw of the hammer over the remainder of the nail and then pull the nail out by moving the hammer sideways instead of straight out.  Tip provided by Thriftyfun.com  ____________________________________________________   
 
 
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 ___________________________________________________ During a Biology class, the teacher asked the class, "Why is it that during childhood girls tend to grow taller than guys?" A student replied, "That's because guys have balls and that weighs them down." The teacher, quite annoyed, responded, "Then why is it that at maturity guys tend to grow taller than girls?" The student countered by saying, "That's because girls get breasts and they are heavier than the guy's balls." ___________________________________________________ 
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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 ?" And the witness said meekly, "MY mother did."  
 Today November 16 in 1776 British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution. 1885 Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason. 1915 Coca-Cola had its prototype for a contoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year. 1933 The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations for the first time. 1952 In the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first pretended to hold a football for Charlie Brown. 1966 Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his second trial of charges he had murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954. 1969 The U.S. Army announced that several had been charged with massacre and the subsequent cover-up in the My Lai massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968, that was photographed by a left-wing anti-war "reporter" embedded with the troops. The photo became quite famous and hurt the Vietnam war as much as Hanoi Jane did. 1973 Skylab 3 carrying a crew of three astronauts, was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, on an 84-day mission. 1973 U.S. President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law. The Alaska pipeline is still working perfectly well, even though a major earthquake knocked the pipe off a bunch of pillars. They just lifted it back up. Bears still like walking on the pipeline. 1981 A vaccine for hepatitis B was approved. The vaccine had been developed at Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research. 1985 Colonel Oliver North was put in charge of the shipment of HAWK anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. 1988 Estonia's parliament declared that the Baltic republic "sovereign," but stopped short of complete independence. 1997 China released Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident from jail for medical reasons. He had been incarcerated for almost 18 years. 1998 In Burlington, WIsconsin, five high school students, aged 15 to 16, were arrested in an alleged plot to kill a carefully selected group of teachers and students. 1998 It was announced that Monica Lewinsky had signed a deal for the North American rights to a book about her affair with U.S. President Clinton. 1998 The U.S. Supreme Court said that union members could file discrimination lawsuits against employers even when labor contracts require arbitration. 1999 Chrica Adams, the pregnant girlfriend of Rae Carruth, was shot four times in her car. She died a month later from her wounds. The baby survived. Carruth was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and 11 months in prison for his role in the murder. 2000 Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam. 2001 The movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" opened in the U.S. and U.K. 2004 A NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean. 2018 Do smiled. 
 

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