Good Morning, Do! Today is Thursday, November 14 Ice Age is Coming! ____________________________________________________ Today, November 14 in  1832 The first streetcar went into operation in New York City, NY. The vehicle was horse-drawn and had room for 30 people. More of today in history at History ______________________________________________________ 
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 Today's Bonehead Award: Reckless Driver Told Cops He Was Racing Home After "Cheating On His Wife"  _______________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  _______________________________________________ 'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. --- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) _______________________________________________ A crew of highway maintenance workers were sent to repair some road signs that vandals had knocked down in a forested area. The first one they put back up was a symbol warning of a deer crossing. As they moved down the road to repair the next sign, one member, of the crew looked back and spotted a deer running across the highway. She turned to a co-worker and said, "I wonder how long he's been waiting to cross?" ________________________________________________`   ____________________________________________________ 
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 ___________________________________________________  An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Jon Earl Pickard, 52, Tarpon Springs, Florida  Reckless Driver Told Cops He Was Racing Home After "Cheating On His Wife"  A Florida Man pulled over Sunday night for driving recklessly told police that he needed to get home in a hurry because he was cheating on his wife, according to an arrest affidavit. Cops report that Jon Earl Pickard, 52, was behind the wheel of a 2015 Honda that was going in excess of 90 mph in a 55 mph zone on U.S. Route 19. When stopped by a Tarpon Springs Police Department officer around 7:30 PM, Pickard was apparently en route to his Palm Harbor residence following an extramarital assignation. Pickard reportedly indicated his driving was reckless and endangering because he needed to get home in a hurry because he was cheating on his wife. Seen above, Pickard was busted for reckless driving, a misdemeanor. But when cops searched him post-arrest, they found a baggie with crack cocaine in his shirt pocket, leading to an additional felony drug possession count. Pickard, police reported, spontaneously said he had just purchased it for $50.00. Pickard was released from the county jail late Sunday night after posting $2250 bond. He is scheduled for a December 5 court appearance. Pickard was arrested in March for domestic battery following a confrontation with his 55-year-old wife in their residence. Pickard allegedly shoved and scratched his spouse during an argument. After Pickard's wife requested that her husband not be prosecuted on the misdemeanor count, the case was dropped by the State Attorney's office. 
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 Fred was well known for his cheapness and his "eye for a bargain." One day he was looking for a cheap wedding present for his niece, so he went into a thrift shop. As he was walking around, he noticed what was previously an expensive glass crystal vase lying in the corner. It was in three pieces. After some haggling with the owner, Fred bought the broken vase for $5. He then filled in the congratulations card, wrote out his niece's name and address and gave the owner another $5 so that the broken vase could be gift wrapped and mailed. Fred then left the shop feeling quite pleased with himself. He expected his niece to think the vase had been broken in the mail. A few days later, he called his niece to see if the present had arrived. "Yes, Uncle Fred, but unfortunately it was in 3 pieces when it was delivered." "What terrible luck!" said Fred. "The Post Office is getting worse all the time!" "It is a shame," she replied, "and it was so beautifully wrapped too...each piece separately." 
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 Eight-year-old Sally brought her report card home from school. Her marks were good ... mostly A's and a couple of B's. However, her teacher had written across the bottom: "Sally is a smart little girl, but she has one fault. She talks too much in school. I have an idea I am going to try, which I think may break her of the habit." Sally's dad signed her report card, putting a note on the back: "Please let me know if your idea works on Sally because I would like to try it out on her mother." ___________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Thriftyfun.com  Thriftyfun.com Nice Round Pancakes  Tired of misshapen pancakes? Use a meat baster (like a turkey baster) to squeeze pancake batter onto the hot griddle. You will get nice round pancakes. This can also allow you to make shapes, like bunny ears.  Thriftyfun.com also has a newsletter. If you want more than just one tip per day, or if you want to share your tips, then you can subscribe to it here: ThriftyFun http://www.thriftyfun.com/subscribe.ldml ____________________________________________________  
  
 
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 ___________________________________________________ On a beautiful summer's day, a father and his eight-year-old son were lying on the grass by the river bank, looking up at the sky and watching the wisps of clouds float gently overhead. After a few minutes of silence, the boy turned to the father and said, "Dad, why are we here?" "That's a good question, Son. I think we're here to enjoy days such as this, to experience nature in all its glory. ...does that answer your question, son?" "Not really, Dad. What I meant was, why are we here, when Mom said to pick her up over an hour ago?" ___________________________________________________ In Fort Worth, Texas, I was hauled before the judge for driving with expired license plates. The judge listened attentively while I gave him a long, plausible explanation. Then he said with great courtesy, "My dear sir, we are not blaming you we're just fining you." ___________________________________________________ >From Cyn I provide technical support for the computer software published by my company. One day, over the phone, I was helping a customer install a product on a Macintosh. The procedure required him to delete an old file. On the Mac there is an icon of a trash can that is used to collect items to be permanently deleted. I told the customer to click on the old file and drag it to the trash. Then I had him perform a few other steps. As a reminder, I said, "Don't forget to empty the trash. Obediently he replied, "Yes, dear." __________________________________________________ 
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 Today, November 14 in 1832 The first streetcar went into operation in New York City, NY. The vehicle was horse-drawn and had room for 30 people. 1881 Charles J. Guiteau's trial began for the assassination of U.S. President Garfield. Guiteau was convicted and hanged the following year. 1889 New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began an attempt to surpass the fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around the world in less than 80 days. Bly succeeded by finishing the journey the following January in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. 1935 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth after its new constitution was approved. The Tydings-McDuffie Act planned for the Phillipines to be completely independent by July 4, 1946. 1940 During World War II, German war planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry when about 500 Luftwaffe bombers attacked. 1951 The first telecast of a world lightweight title fight was seen coast to coast. Jimmy Carter beat Art Aragon in Los Angeles. 1956 The USSR crushed the Hungarian uprising. 1968 Yale University announced it was going co-educational. 1969 Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon from Cape Kennedy, FL. 1969 During the Vietnam War, Major General Bruno Arthur Hochmuth, commander of the Third Marine Division, became the first general to be killed in Vietnam by enemy fire. 1972 Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike. 1973 Britain's Princess Anne married a commoner, Capt. Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey. They divorced in 1992, and Princess Anne re-married. 1979 U.S. President Carter froze all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks abroad in response to the taking of 63 American hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran. 1983 The British government announced that U.S.-made cruise missiles had arrived at the Greenham Common air base amid protests. 1989 The U.S. Navy ordered an unprecedented 48-hour stand-down in the wake of a recent string of serious accidents. 1991 After 13 years in exile Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returned to his homeland. 1994 U.S. experts visited North Korea's main nuclear complex for the first time under an accord that opened such sites to outside inspections. 1995 The U.S. government instituted a partial shutdown, closing national parks and museums while most government offices operated with skeleton crews. 2019 Do smiled.