Good Morning, Do! Today is Wednesday, December 1 Today I have to go to Calgary for injections into my eyeballs. You get Thursday, Friday and Saturday off. ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________  Today's Bonehead Award: Lutz man arrested for killing Pennsylvania woman, dismembering body, dumping it ____________________________________________________ Today, December 1, in 1987 Construction began on the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France. ____________________________________________________ The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. --- Paul Fix Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. --- Mark Twain The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. --- Arthur Koestler ____________________________________________________ There was this Chinese businessman visiting a newly acquired business in the United States. As a gesture of good will, the executives of his newly acquired business took him to a golf course for a round of golf. He had never played the game before. Upon his return to China, his family asked what he had done in the United States. He replied, "Played most interesting game. Hit little white ball with long stick in large cow pasture. Name of game is "Oh @#$%." ____________________________________________________   Crimson Chat ____________________________________________________ Trisha walked into the doctor's waiting room and couldn't find an empty seat anywhere. Finally, she walks over to one gentleman that was sitting down, and said, "I wonder if I might trouble you for your seat. You see, I'm pregnant." The gentleman groaned, and in obvious pain struggled to his feet and lurched across the room to lean on the the water fountain for support. As Trisha sat down, another lady in the waiting room looked her over and said, "You know, if you hadn't told me, I never would have guessed you were pregnant. How far along are you?" Looking at her watch, she replied, "Oh, about a half an hour!" ____________________________________________________ Reported by Rock An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Robert Kessler, Lutz, Florida, USA  Lutz man arrested for killing Pennsylvania woman, dismembering body, dumping it  New court documents in the case of a woman who was killed, dismembered, and dumped in a waterway near downtown Tampa, say Stephanie Crone-Overholts suffered injuries consistent with stab wounds to her neck, and defensive wounds to her hands.  Stephanie Crone-Overholts Those are some of the new details revealed by prosecutors in a lengthy pre-trial detention motion filed Monday. Defendant Robert Kessler, from Lutz, is now charged with Crone-Overholts murder, but he was a no-show for his court hearing Monday morning. "He refused to come out so you are waiving his appearance?" Judge Catherine Catlin asked his public defender, who affirmed she had waived his appearance. Prosecutors say Kessler dismembered Crone-Overholts body and dumped it near downtown Tampa, in McKay Bay. Crone-Overholts was reported missing by her mother in Pennsylvania the same day partial human remains were discovered. A picture of a tattoo on the human leg was released to the public and soon Crone-Overholts family came forward to identify her. Tampa police quickly zeroed in on Kessler, who admitted he met Stephanie at a McDonald's restaurant and shed been staying with him. However, he claimed she took off one day without telling him and he hadn't seen her since November 5. But Assistant Chief Ruben Delgado said his story didn't add up and soon the evidence started to mount against him. "We located some of Stephanie's blood in her car and we did a search of Mr. Kesslers house. We found more blood and a pair of shoes," said Delgado. On November 5, court documents show that Kesslers 8-year- old daughter told detectives Crone-Overholts stayed at their Lutz home for a week. She said her father and Crone- Overholts had an argument over money and Kessler told her to leave. The girl remembers Crone-Overholts asking her father for $200 and that she would leave if he paid her. The next day, Crone-Overholts was gone, the girl said. Her father told her Crone-Overholts left with her boyfriend, but the girl had never heard she had a boyfriend. She also remembered Stephanie's silver car was still parked outside. Records show on November 6, several witnesses saw Kessler throwing black garbage bags and a red-pink tote into the water. There is also a surveillance video from the Port of Tampa that prosecutors say shows Kessler throwing an object in the water. On November 7, surveillance video outside the Pep Boys auto store on Bearss Avenue in Tampa shows Kessler parking Crone- Overholts' car and walking away, the documents show. Kessler was already in jail on drug charges when he was charged with second-degree murder and abuse of a dead human body. During Mondays hearing, the public defender announced they will be asking a judge to release Kessler on bond. In their motion objecting to his release, prosecutors say he poses a threat of harm to the community and want him locked up until his trial date. A bond hearing is set for Wednesday at 2 p.m.  ____________________________________________________ If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! ______________________________________________________  From: Anna Lee Re: 1/2 and 1/4 Dear Webby You have showed us the many times, so often, that I remember it. How about the symbol for 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 ? Thanks Anna Lee  Dear Anna Lee 1/4 is ALT 0188 1/2 is ALT 0189 3/4 is ALT 0190 Just write that onto some masking tape and stick that to the bottom of your monitor frame. By the time you need a new monitor, you will have memorized that. Have FUN! DearWebby 
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 The homeowner got into his old work clothes one Saturday morning and set about all the chores his wife had been urging him to do all week. He cleaned the garage, pruned the hedge, and was halfway through mowing the lawn when a woman pulled up in the driveway and called out her window, "Say, what do you get for yard work?" The fellow thought for a moment, then answered, "The lady who lives here lets me sleep with her." ___________________________________________________  
 Today, December 1, in 1835 Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales. 1909 The Pennsylvania Trust Company, of Carlisle, PA, became the first bank in the in the U.S. to offer a Christmas Club account. 1913 Ford Motor Co. began using a new movable assembly line that ushered in the era of mass production. 1913 The first drive-in automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh, PA. 1919 Lady Astor was sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament. 1925 The Locarno Pact finalized the treaties between World War I protagonists. 1934 Sergei M. Kirov, a collaborator of Joseph Stalin, was assassinated at the Leningrad party headquarters. 1941 In the U.S., the Civil Air Patrol was created. In April 1943 the Civil Air Patrol was placed under the jurisdiction of the Army Air Forces. 1942 In the U.S., nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect. 1943 In Teheran, leaders of the United States, the USSR and the United Kingdom met to reaffirm the goal set on October 30, 1943. The previous meeting called for an early establishment of an international organization to maintain peace and security. 1952 In Denmark, it was announced that the first successful sex-change operation had been performed. 1955 Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, AL, refused to give up her seat to a white man. Mrs. Parks was arrested marking a milestone in the civil rights movement in the U.S. 1959 12 countries, including the U.S. and USSR, signed a treaty that set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, which would be free from military activity. 1965 An airlift of refugees from Cuba to the United States began. 1969 The U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War II. 1984 A remote-controlled Boeing 720 jetliner was deliberately crashed into California's Mojave Desert to test an anti-flame fuel additive. The test proved to be disappointing. 1986 U.S. President Ronald Reagan said he would welcome an investigation of the Iran-Contra affair if it were recommended by the Justice Department. 1987 Construction began on the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France. 1987 NASA announced four companies had been given contracts to help build a space station. The companies were Boeing Aerospace, G. E.'s Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas Aeronautics, and Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International. 1989 Dissidents in the Philippine military launched an unsuccessful coup against Corazon Aquino's government. 1989 East Germany's Parliament abolished the Communist Party's constitutional guarantee of supremacy. 1990 Iraq accepted a U.S. offer to talk about resolving the Persian Gulf crisis. 1990 British and French workers digging the Channel Tunnel finally met under the English Channel. 1991 Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union. 1992 Russian President Boris Yeltsin survived an impeachment attempt by hard-liners at the opening of the Russian Congress. 1994 The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval to the 124-nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. 1998 Exxon announced that it was buying Mobil for $73.7 billion creating the largest company in the world to date. 2013 Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos revealed "Amazon Prime Air" on "60 Minutes." The services was planned to use unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver packages to customers. 2021 Do smiled. 

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