Good Morning, Do! Today is Saturday, October 22 To make us less citical of the days getting shorter, the leaves have all turned beauiful colors. ___________________________________________________ History: on this day, October 20, in 1954, The Federal Republic of Germany was invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). ____________________________________________________ Bonehead Award gpes to Nevada armed kidnapper foiled when mom pocket dials 911 to save herself, 3 kids ____________________________________________________ Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. --- Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963) Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too. --- Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994) ___________________________________________________ Scientists have shown that the moon is moving away at a tiny, although measurable distance from the earth every year. If you do the math, you can calculate that 85 million years ago the moon was orbiting the earth at a distance of about 35 feet from the earth's surface. This would explain the death of the dinosaurs. The tallest ones, anyway. ___________________________________________________ As a passenger ship passed a small island, a bearded man could be seen shouting and furiously waving his arms. "Who is that?" a passenger asked the captain. "I have no idea," the captain replied, "But every year when we pass by, he goes nuts." __________________________________________________ Reported by Rock: An International Bonehead Award has been earned by Justin Carter, 34, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Nevada mom pocket dials 911 to save herself, 3 kids from armed kidnapper A "pocket dial" to 911 last week led police to a woman and her three children who were being held captive at knifepoint in Nevada. The Mesquite Police Department said 34-year-old Justin Carter tried to stab the woman while in his home city of Las Vegas before kidnapping her and her three children, KVVU Las Vegas reported. Police said the woman and Carter had a prior relationship. Carter reportedly drove the woman and children to Mesquite, which is approximately 80 miles away and near the Utah state line. While in the car, the woman called 911, left the line open and started talking in a way she hoped dispatchers would pick up on without Carter realizing she called for help. Dispatchers noticed the woman's language and notified officers in the area of the car's location on Interstate 15. Carter was then pulled over, and the four victims were brought to safety. "The bravery of this woman and her children cannot be overstated. They maintained their composure, and she bravely created a plan in her head to call for help as soon as she could," Mesquite Police chief MaQuade Chesley told KVVU. Chesley also said he was grateful dispatchers and officers were ready to act without hesitation to find and rescue the woman and children from a terrifying experience. "Their swift action and persistence to gather information from the 911 call saved this family from further harm," he added. Carter was booked into the Clark County Detention Center shortly after on the following felony charges: attempted murder, attempted sexual assault, four counts of second- degree kidnappings in violation of an extended protection order, four counts of violation of an extended protection order, domestic battery with the use of a deadly weapon, and coercion with the use of a deadly weapon. He was also charged with two counts of resisting arrest. In November 2012, Carter pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm at an occupied structure or vehicle, according to the Las Vegas Review- Journal. District court records showed he was placed on probation for a maximum of five years. He is due in court in connection with this case on Oct. 26. _____________________________________________________ >From Linda ___________________________________________________ "Good afternoon, Landlord, a pint of Less if you please," said the old man. "Less? Never heard of it," replied the barman. "Oh, come now surely you have," he persisted. "No sorry, we certainly don't stock it. What is it anyway? Some kind of foreign beer?" "Well I'm not sure," admitted the man. "It was the doctor who mentioned it. He said I should drink Less." ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! __________________________________________________ The customer in the Italian restaurant was so pleased that he asked to speak to the chef. The owner proudly led him into the kitchen and introduced him to the chef. "Your veal parmigiana was superb," the customer said. "I just spent a month in Italy, and yours is better than any I ever had over there." "Naturally," the chef said. "Over there, they use domestic cheese. Ours is imported." ____________________________________________________ The veterinarian told Trisha that her dog needed some exercise. You need to make sure the dog runs around, the doctor said. Try playing a game of fetch the ball. "I can't play fetch with my dog," Trisha said. "Why not?" the doctor asked. "Because," she replied, "He can't throw." ____________________________________________________ A man was driving down a local street one day in an open convertible and approached a stop sign. He barely slowed down and ran right through the stop sign after glancing for traffic. What the driver didn't know was that a cop was watching the intersection. The cop pulled out after him and stopped him 2 blocks away and asked him for his " License, registration and proof of insurance". The driver said: "Hey I wanna know exactly what I did wrong first?" The Officer responded "Please watch your tone of voice, you failed the stop sign back there!" The driver said: "Hey man, I slowed down enough, what the heck is the difference?" The police officer then pulled out his night stick and his long flashlight began bonking them over the mans head in a spirited drum solo. Within seconds the driver was howling: "Hey, man, stop that. Stop it. Stop, please!" The officer said " Now, do you want me to really stop, or just slow down a bit ?" ___________________________________________________ ARE YOU IN CONTROL? Prove for yourself, whether you are in control of your right foot. It's worth a try... This is too funny! It works!! While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot. While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction..... anticlockwise... __________________________________________________ From Svend Re: Numeric keypad not working on W10 I am using Windows 10, - 64 bit edition. I had a Logitech keyboard, on which the number pad suddenly quit working. then I bought another Keyboard, a Perrix, which is excellent, except the number pad on it still does not work. I assume there must be some kind of switch in Windows 10 that needs resetting, and I am hoping you can help. All the best, Svend Dear Svend That is a typical W10 "feature", according to Microsoft. According to others, it is a "Routine Microsoft F***-up". It does not affect everybody, just some people. Most people can fix it by leaning on the NUM-LOCK key for 5 seconds and cussing a bit to drive off the evil spirits. There is also a Method 2: Disable the Use numeric keypad to move mouse option. If your cursor moves when you mess with the numeric keypad, try Method 2 If Method 1 doesnt work, you can also try and fix this issue by disabling the Use numeric keypad to move mouse around the screen option in the Ease of Access section of the Settings menu. To do so, you need to:Open the Start Menu. Click on Settings. Click on Ease of Access. Click on Mouse in the left pane. In the right pane, under Mouse keys, make sure that the Use numeric keypad to move mouse around the screen option is turned off. They mean "cursor" when they write mouse, but probably did not know whether to spell it curser or cursor.. Have FUN! DearWebby ================================================= DearWebby's Tech Support Pits From:Kath Re: Save paper Dear Webby My paper expenses are getting out of hand, partly because I print out the instructions for most programs. Help! Kath Dear Kath Go to Blue Squirrel and get ClickBook. ClickBook turns your work into a book, brochure, catalog, bulleting, poster, banner or PDF. Easy to use! I have used it since the days of dot-matrix printers. It WORKS! Have FUN DearWebby _____________________________________________________ A first grade teacher collected old, well known proverbs. She gave each student in her class the first half of a proverb, and had them complete the saying. Here's what she came up with... Two's Company, Three's... The Musketeers. It's Always Darkest Before... Daylight Savings Time. Strike While The... Bug Is Close. Never Under Estimate The Power Of... Termites. You Can Lead A Horse To Water But... How? Better Be Safe Than... Punch A 5th Grader. Don't Bite The Hand That... Looks Dirty. No News Is... Impossible. A Miss Is As Good As A... Mister You Can't Teach An Old Dog New... Math. If You Lie Down With The Dogs, You'll... Stink In The Morning. Love All, Trust.. Me An Idle Mind Is... The Best Way To Relax. Where There's Smoke, There's... Pollution. Happy The Bride Who... Gets All The Presents! A Penny Saved Is... Not Much. The Pen Is Mightier Than The... Pigs. Don't Put Off Tomorrow What... You Put On To Go To Bed. Laugh And The Whole World Laughs With You, Cry And... You Have To Blow Your Nose. Children Should Be Seen And Not... Spanked Or Grounded. If At First You Don't Succeed... Get New Batteries. You Get Out Of Something What You... See Pictured On The Box. When The Blind Leadeth The Blind... Get Out Of The Way. _____________________________________________________ ophelia dingbatter's news no sermon and not suitable for church, just jokes and fun for grownups. Read it on-line or subscribe. If you subscribe, look for the double opt- in confirmation request. ____________________________________________________ Today, october 22, in 1746, The College of New Jersey was officially chartered. It later became known as Princeton University. 1797, Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet. 1836, Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas. 1844, This day is recognized as "The Great Disappointment" among those who practiced Millerism. The world was expected to come to an end according to the followers of William Miller. 1879, Thomas Edison conducted his first successful experiment with a high-resistance carbon filament. 1907, The Panic of 1907 began when depositors began withdrawing money from many New York banks. 1939, The first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14. 1954, The Federal Republic of Germany was invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 1962, U.S. President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island. 1968, Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft had orbited the Earth 163 times. 1975, Air Force Technical Sergeant Leonard Matlovich was discharged after publicly declaring his homosexuality. His tombstone reads " "A gay Vietnam Veteran. When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one." 1979, The ousted Shah of Iran, Mohammad Riza Pahlavi was allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment. 1981, The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August. 1983, At the Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia, an armed man crashed a truck through front gates and demanded to speak with U.S. President Ronald Reagan. 1986, U.S. President Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law. 1991, The European Community and the European Free Trade Association agreed to create a free trade zone of 19 nations by the year 1993. 1995, The 50th anniversary of the United Nations was marked by a record number of world leaders gathering. 1998, The United Nations announced that over 2 million children had been killed in war as innocent victims since 1987. 1998, Pakistan's carpet weaving industry announced that they would begin to phase out child labor. 1999, China ended its first-ever human rights conference in which it defied Western definitions of civil liberties. 1999, The U.N. Security Council voted to send 6,000 troops to Sierra Leone to oversee a peace plan that had been signed in July. 2008, The iTunes Music Store reached 200 million applications downloaded. 2010, The International Space Station set the record (3641 days) for the longest continuous human occupation of space. It had been continously inhabited since November 2, 2000. 2014, The iPad Air 2 was released in the U.S. 2022 Do smiled.
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