Good Morning, Do, Today is Tuesday, November 28 Have Fun! Dearwebby Todays Bonehead Award: Connecticut robber shot at officer, got arrested  Bonehead ______________________________________________________ Today, November 28 in 1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east. See More of what happened on this day in history.
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 ______________________________________________________ Fall not in love, therefore; it will stick to your face. --- National Lampoon ______________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  ______________________________________________________ Thanks to Linda for bringing back this famous classic: A husband and wife are shopping in their local store. The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in the cart. "What do you think you're doing?" asks the wife. "They're on sale, only $10 for 24 cans" he replies. "Put them back, we can't afford them", demands the wife. They carry on with their shopping. A few aisles farther on, the woman picks up a $20 jar of face cream and puts it in the basket. "What do you think you're doing?" asks the husband. "It's my face cream. It makes me look beautiful," replies the wife. Her husband retorts, "So does 24 cans of Budweiser and it's half the price." That's him laying in Aisle 5. _____________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________ Also brought back by Linda: The child was a typical four-year-old girl - cute, inquisitive, bright as a new penny. When she expressed difficulty in grasping the concept of marriage, her father decided to pull out his wedding photo album, thinking visual images would help. One page after another, he pointed out the smiling bride arriving at the church, the happily laughing bride at the entrance, the wedding ceremony, the recessional, the reception, etc. "Now do you understand?" he asked. "I think so," she said, "it's like halloween, right, but backwards. Mommy put on a nice disguise and had a pretty woman's face painted on top of hers, so that you would not see how scarey she really is. " ______________________________________________________   When the moon kisses the sea _____________________________________________________ 
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 _____________________________________________________ Adam was hanging around the garden of Eden feeling very lonely. So God asked him, "What's wrong with you?" Adam said he didn't have anyone to talk to. God said that He was going to make Adam a companion and that it would be a woman. He said, "this pretty lady will gather food for you, she will cook for you, and when you discover clothing, she will wash it for you. She will always agree with every decision you make and she will not nag you and will always be the first to admit she was wrong when you've had a disagreement. She will praise you! She will bear your children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She will never have a headache and will freely give you love and passion whenever you need it." Adam asked God, "What will a woman like this cost?" God replied, "An arm and a leg." Adam asked, "What can I get for a rib?" The rest is history.... So, it's Adam's fault, and ever since, according to THE RULES, it's been the man's fault. _____________________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Jachim Brown, 27, Bridgeport, Connecticut  Robber shot at officer, got arrested  A Bridgeport officer returned fire after the armed suspect in a clothing store robbery shot at him while running away, police said. Neither the officer nor the suspect were injured in the shooting, police said. Jachim Brown, 27, was arrested and charged with attempted murder of an officer, as well as weapons and robbery charges. Brown is being held in lieu of $1 million, police said. The incident began about 9:35 a.m. at the Eblens store at 586 Pequonnock St. Police said they received a call that said the store was being robbed. Two female employees were the only people inside when Brown entered and held one of them at gunpoint while demanding money, police said. An alert officer working an outside overtime job nearby immediately spotted the suspect exiting the store wearing a mask, Lt. Christopher LaMaine, of Bridgport's police detective bureau, said in a news release. The officer, who was not identified, chased Brown, who turned around and fired at the officer, police said. The officer returned fire, and with the help of other officers captured Brown, LaMaine said. Brown sustained a minor injury that does not appear to be the result of a gunshot, LaMaine said. Officers recovered nearly $1,900, the firearm Brown used to shoot at the officer, the mask worn during the robbery, and the shell casing from his gun, police said. During a post- arrest interview, Brown admitted to the robbery and to firing at the officer, LaMaine said. The Detective Bureau is investigating the potential involvement of others in this case and exploring the possibility of Brown being linked to other similar crimes, LaMaine said.  _________________________________  Tech Support Pits From: Sharon Re: Ad Blocking Dear Webby, Thanks for the camera hints on pixel size for emailing. I saved the pic to the pc then cut them down in size & emailed them. The receipants said they came thru really well. I read some where a long time ago that there is a way to stop the ad banners from flashing while surfing a site. Do you know how toi do this? Also I am curious if using instant messenger for chatting w/ family & friends is a way of getting a virus? I do a virus scan twice a week & have one that is on auto protect all the time. Thanks for your wonderful help. Sharon  Dear Sharon There are ways to block all ads. The easiest is not to go to sites, that use ads to help pay for their web space. Contrary to popular opinion, web space is not paid for by the Easter Bunny, and the free web space is only free because it is not quite good enough to sell or rent out. When I really like a site, I click on every ad they have. I know they will get a few pennies per 1000 exposures, and don't begrudge them that. The same when I buy something over the net, I try to approach it through an ad on a site that I like. It does not cost me any extra, but it may make the difference between them staying alive or not. If you do the opposite, and block ads, then you are looking for trouble. Many sites consider that as being a hostile parasite, and they redirect your browser away from their good pages. Where they redirect you to, that's anyones guess and depends on how much they dislike parasites. Nobody is getting rich off the ads any more, but they do help with the expenses of running a site. Re Instant Messengers: If you use AOL Instant messenger or MSN messenger or Yahoo messenger, you better have VERY good security up and running, and pray a lot. Especially AIM seems to be a real trouble magnet. On the other end of the spectrum is Skype. It is encrypted and hostile stuff just does not make it through that encryption. We use Skype for tech support and there has never been even the slightest hint of any problem. And it's free! Have FUN! DearWebby    
 A little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?" The father replied, "I don't know son, I'm still paying for it." 
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 From Bill: The other night, my wife and I were going out for dinner. She put on eyebrow pencil, eye shadow, eyeliner, eyelashes, mascara, toner, blush and lipstick, and a mess of stuff I don't know the names of , then turned to me and said, "Does this look natural?" ____________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Drying Shoes Without the Banging  By Melissa M. [27 Posts, 112 Comments] I thought of this because I hate that banging sound of athletic shoes slamming around in the dryer. It's pretty simple as the pictures show. You need a long mesh laundry bag. This one is 2-3 feet long. Place the shoes in the middle of the bag and give one twist to the ends of the bag. Set it on the inside of the door and hold the ends tightly while closing the door. Set timer about 30 mins and check for dryness. Having something else in the dryer, whether it's a big towel or other laundry doesn't matter, but the laundry helps the dryer retain heat. An empty dryer will make it take longer for the shoes to dry. You can tie or clip the ends of the bag if you need to keep it centered on the door. Don't twist the bag too much or you'll have a gap in the door, loss of heat, and the bag may sag. Tip provided by Thriftyfun.com font> Hanging the boot-bag out on the line still works fine too. Onion bag mesh keeps birds from nesting in your sneakers, though it is funny when they do. You can always hang some old and holy sneakers under the eaves. Small birds love them! Have fUN! DearWebby  ____________________________________________________  A father noticed that his son was spending way too much time playing computer games. In an effort to motivate the boy to focus more attention on his schoolwork, the father said to his son, "When Lincoln was your age, he was studying books by the light of the fireplace." The son replied, "But Dad, when Lincoln was your age, he was President of The United States!" __________________________________________________  
 
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 Dear Webby When everything changes and goes wrong, you are the only thing I can count on, and you never fail to cheer me up. Thanks for that, Mariana  ___________________________________________________ 
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 Today, November 28, in 1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east. 1582 William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway were married. 1757 English poet, painter and engraver William Blake was born. Two of his best known works are "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience." 1919 American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament. 1922 Capt. Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force gave the first public exhibition of skywriting. He spelled out, "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200" over New York's Times Square. 1925 The Grand Ole Opry made its radio debut on station WSM. 1929 Ernie Nevers (St. Louis Cardinals) became the first professional football player to score six touchdowns in a single game. 1942 In Boston, MA, 491 people died in a fire that destroyed the Coconut Grove. 1943 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin met in Tehran to map out strategy about how to destroy Germany. 1953 New York City began 11 days without newspapers due to a strike of photoengravers. 1958 The African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community. 1963 U.S. President Johnson announced that Cape Canaveral would be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of his assassinated predecessor. The name was changed back to Cape Canaveral in 1973 by a vote of residents. 1964 The U.S. launched the space probe Mariner IV from Cape Kennedy on a course set for Mars. 1978 The Iranian government banned religious marches. 1979 An Air New Zealand DC-10 flying to the South Pole crashed in Antarctica killing all 257 people aboard. 1983 The space shuttle Columbia took off with the STS-9 Spacelab in its cargo bay. 1985 The Irish Senate approved the Anglo-Irish accord concerning Northern Ireland. 1987 A South African Airways Boeing 747 crashed into the Indian Ocean. All 159 people aboard were killed. 1989 Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci arrived in New York after escaping her homeland through Hungary. 1992 In Bosnia-Herzegovina, 137 tons of food and supplies were to be delivered to the isolated town of Srebrenica. 1992 In King William's Town, South Africa, black militant gunmen attacked a country club killing four people and injuring 20. 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer, a convicted serial killer, was clubbed to death in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate. 1994 Norwegian voters rejected European Union membership. 1995 U.S. President Clinton signed a $6 billion road bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit. 2010 WikiLeaks released to the public more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. About 100,000 were marked "secret" or "confidential." 2017 Do smiled.
 
 
 

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