Good Morning, Do! Today is Tuesday, September 27 ___________________________________________________ History on this day, september 27, in 1940, The Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis was set up. The military and economic pact was for 10 years between Germany, Italy and Japan. ____________________________________________________ international bonehead award  Hawaiian girl shackled on school bus, forced to smoke meth  ____________________________________________________ When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. --- Norm Crosby Humankind cannot stand very much reality. --- T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965) Facebook even less. I got blocked again. FaceCrack "Fact Checker" snivels and whines to tell you when something is a true fact. Commies can't handle facts. Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them. --- Lily Tomlin (1939 - ) Familiarity breeds contempt - and children. --- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) ___________________________________________________ >From Dorothy At breakfast one day, I eagerly waited for my husband to com- ment on my first attempt at homemade cinnamon rolls. After several minutes with no reaction, I asked, "If I baked these commercially, how much do you think I could get for one of them?" Without looking up from his paper my husband replied, "About 10 years." -------- The BEST Cinnamon Buns I ever had were at the "Cinnamon Bun Strip" (Braeburn Lodge), even better than the ones at Johnson's Crossing. There was even a country song called "Cinnamon Bun Strip", about the rural air strip across the "Mayo Road", now paved and called the "Dawson Highway" or "North Klondike Highwa." One time in the late 70s my dad visited from Austria. He didn't believe me when I told him about Cinnamon Bun Strip and people flying to there, even when I played him that song on the radio. So I drove him there. We sat in the restaurant. The air strip is across the highway and of course we watched it. Dad still didn't believe me. Within a minute a small plane landed and a pilot and 3 passengers got out, tied down to some gravel filled 45 gallon drums, ambled across the highway and came inside the restaurant. The proprietor greeted them and asked "Cinnamon Buns, as usual?" They just laughed and he put 4 large plates on a tablet and slapped 8" diameter 2" high cinnamon buns onto the plates. In the meantime the waitress had brought our coffee and cinnamon buns and a big smile, all without asking. She knew me. Dad became a believer and he told the story about Cinnamon Bun Strip and the song about it on the radio to anybody who would listen, and to some who didn't. The Cinnamon Bun Strip still exists! ____________________________________________________ A German, a Frenchman, and a Jew were out working in the desert. Finally they got back into town and went into the tavern. Says the German: "I'm tired and thirsty, I must have a glass of beer." Says the Frenchman: "I'm tired and thristy, I must have a glass of wine." Says the Jew: "I'm tired and thirsty, I must have diabetes." __________________________________________________  reported by Rock an international bonehead award has been earned by  Duncan Mahi, 52, Hawaii, USA  Hawaiian girl shackled on school bus, forced to smoke meth  Duncan Mahi is charged with two counts of two counts each of kidnapping, first-degree terroristic threatening and first- degree robbery, as well was one count each of meth trafficking and first-degree sexual assault. (Hawaii Island police) A Hawaiian man and repeat offender is accused of kidnapping a girl at knifepoint and keeping her captive in a school bus before she escaped, according to court documents. On Sept. 16, Duncan Mahi, 52, allegedly approached the 15- year-old victim and her boyfriend, also 15, on Anaehoomalu Beach; robbed the couple at knifepoint; forced the girl to tie up her boyfriend using zip-ties while threatening to kill her if he got loose; and then kidnapped the girl, according to a police report. Mahi led the girl to his vehicle and instructed her to put on a disposable mask and hat. "While driving on the highway near saddle road [sic], Mahi forced [the victim] to ingest methamphetamine by smoking. Fearing she would be harmed, [the victim] reluctantly smoked the methamphetamine out of a pipe provided to her by Mahi," the police report states. Mahi is accused of sexually assaulting the girl and forcing her to smoke again in his vehicle. The victim pretended to sleep for the remainder of the ride. When they arrived at Mahi's property, he allegedly led the victim on to a yellow school bus and shackled her inside with about a three-foot range for movement, the police report states. The victim's boyfriend was eventually able to call 911, and police issued a MAILE AMBER Alert for the missing girl the same day she went missing. On Sept. 17, the victim convinced Mahi to take her to Cafe Pesto in Hilo Bay to eat. Once they reached the cafe, the victim was able to run away from Mahi. Good Samaritans witnessed Mahi and the victim fighting outside the cafe and saw the girl trying to run away from the suspect, who allegedly told witnesses that she was his "daughter," the report states. "That's the girl on the news," one witness who saw the dispute said aloud, according to the police report. Mahi then allegedly fled into a vehicle, which a witness photographed and alerted to authorities. The 52-year-old is charged with two counts of two counts each of kidnapping, first-degree terroristic threatening and first-degree robbery, as well was one count each of meth trafficking and first-degree sexual assault. He is being held on $2 million bail. Mahi, who has a lengthy criminal history, was previously charged with first-degree terroristic threatening in 2018. He will be locked up for some time. _____________________________________________________ In the admitting office of our hospital, some patients were filling out forms, others were being interviewed and still others were being escorted to their rooms. An elderly woman hesitatnly entered my cubicle. She had completed her admitting forms and, upon my request, handed me her insurance cards. I typed the neccessary information and then asked her the reason for her coming to the hospital. "Just to visit a friend," she said, "but this had taken so long, I'm not sure if she is still alive." _____________________________________________________   Julia Boyd Griffin Baby Laughing Owl _________________________________________________ A boy was watching his father, a pastor, write a sermon. "How do you know what to say?" he asked. "God tells me." "Then why do you keep crossing stuff out?" _____________________________________________________   Canadian Marble Fox ___________________________________________________ "My doctor tells me I suffer from extreme hypochondria. He prescribed a strong placebo, but I don't think it's working." --- AOC _________________________________________________  Dearwebby's tech support pits From: Patti Re: Alternating Highspeed accounts Dear Webby, My computer is for fun and a bit of research and after 5 years I've decided it's time to get off dial up. My problem: 6 months in Michigan, 6 months in Arizona. I've looked and looked at high speed providers and can't find one that will work between the two areas and also while I'm on the road. My present provider, Corecomm, works in all three areas but wow, it's getting slower and slower. You have to realize this "olde" gal is slowly coming into the next century, but good grief, there is so much technology to learn and small town living doesn't offer much help Can you offer any advice?? Having a lot of fun, Patti  Dear Patti While on the road, you'll just have to go to hotels and motels that have high speed. As a rule of thumb, 3-star have wired Internet or free local dial-out, 4 star and up have wireless high speed Internet. Regarding the migration, call Earthlink and ask them if they still have the Snowbird Special. 1-800-327-8454 Get the phone numbers for both locations ready before you call. They do have a fairly straightforward method for relocating, but best is if you talk to them. Have FUN! Dear Webby ___________________________________________________ An absent-minded husband thought he had conquered his problem of trying to remember his wife's birthday and their anniver- sary. He opened an account with a florist, provided that florist with the dates and instructions to send flowers to his wife on these dates along with an appropriate note signed, "Your loving husband." His wife was thrilled by this new display of attention and all went well until next year, on their anniversary, when he came home, kissed his wife and said off-handedly, "Nice flowers,honey. Where'd you get them?" _____________________________________________________ Thanks to Millie for this story: As a new grandmother, I am very protective of my daughter Meredith's baby girl. One cool afternoon I dropped by to see my grandchild. Meredith and a friend had taken little Allison for a walk in her stroller and were just coming up the street. As soon as they reached me, I bent down to admire Allison and, in my fussiest voice, remarked, "Your little head is cold. You should have a hat on." My daughter looked knowingly at her friend and said, "You owe me ten bucks." _____________________________________________ 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, september 27, in 1779, John Adams was elected to negotiate with the British over the American Revolutionary War peace terms. 1825, George Stephenson operated the first locomotive that hauled a passenger train. 1894, The Aqueduct Race Track opened in New York City, NY. 1928, The U.S. announced that it would recognize the Nationalist Chinese Government. 1938, The League of Nations branded the Japanese as aggressors in China. 1939, After 19 days of token resistance, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered to the Germans after being invaded by the Nazis and the Soviet Union during World War II. 1940, The Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis was set up. The military and economic pact was for 10 years between Germany, Italy and Japan. 1962, The U.S. sold Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel. 1968, The U.K.'s entry into the European Common Market was barred by France. 1970, "The Original Amateur Hour" aired for the last time on CBS. It had been on television for 22 years. 1973, U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew said he would not resign after he pled "no contest" to a charge of tax evasion. He did resign on October 10th. 1979, The Department of Education became the 13th Cabinet in U.S. history after the final approval from Congress. 1982, Italian and French soldiers entered the Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps in Beirut. The move was made by the members of a multinational force due to hundreds of Palestinians being massacred by Christian militiamen. 1986, The U.S. Senate approved federal tax code changes that were the most sweeping since World War II. 1989, Columbia Pictures Entertainment agreed to buy out Sony Corporation for $3.4 billion. 1989, Two men went over the 176-foot-high Niagara Falls in a barrel. Jeffrey Petkovich and Peter Debernardi were the first to ever survive the Horshoe Falls. 1990, The deposed emir of Kuwait addressed the U.N. General Assembly and denounced the "rape, destruction and terror" that Iraq had inflicted upon his country. 1991, U.S. President George H.W. Bush eliminated all land- based tactical nuclear arms and removed all short-range nuclear arms from ships and submarines around the world. Bush then called on the Soviet Union to do the same. 1994, More than 350 Republican congressional candidates signed the Contract with America. It was a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House. 1995, The U.S. government unveiled the redesigned $100 bill. The bill featured a larger, off-center portrait of Benjamin Franklin. 1998, In Germany, Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder was elected chancellor. The election ended 16 years of conservative rule. 2004, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon announced that North Korea had turned plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons. He also said that the weapons were to serve as a deterrent against increasing U.S. nuclear threats and to prevent nuclear war in northeast Asia. The U.S. State Department noted that the U.S. has repeatedly said that the U.S. has no plans to attack North Korea. 2015, The space probe Dawn was launched by NASA. Dawn entered orbit around protoplanet Vesta on July 16, 2011 and entered orbit around Ceres on March 6, 2015. 2022 Do! smiled.