Good Morning, Do, Today is Tuesday, July 4 Happy Independence Day in the US! Happy Independence Day in the Philippines! Have Fun! Dearwebby Todays Bonehead Award: Wisconsin registered sex offender beat toddler to death  Boneheads ______________________________________________________ Today, July 4 in 1776 The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America. 1946 The Philippines achieved full independence for the first time in over four hundred years. See More of what happened on this day in history. ______________________________________________________ 
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 ______________________________________________________ The days of the digital watch are numbered. --- Tom Stoppard Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. --- Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) Reason is immortal, all else mortal. --- Pythagoras ------- That is why my good ol friend Pythagoras will be remembered forever! ______________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  ______________________________________________________ Billy Joe came visitin' up north, and decided he wanted to do something he could never do in the south... SNOW SKIING. Unfortunately, before he ever made it UP the hill so he could try and come DOWN the hill, he was knocked unconscious by the chairlift. He called his insurance company from the hospital, but they said they were refusing to cover the injury. "WHAT?!" yelled Billy Joe into the phone. "And why wouldn't you cover an injury like this?" "You got hit in the head by a chairlift," the insurance rep said. "That proves you are an idiot... and we consider that to be a pre-existing condition." _____________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________ Bob walked into our insurance office to purchase coverage for his new motorcycle. Only one question confused him. "Do you have a lien holder on the vehicle?" "I've got a kickstand," Bob replied. "Is that the same thing?" ______________________________________________________ Happy Independence Day USA and Phillipines!   St Augustine, Florida lighthouse _____________________________________________________ 
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 ______________________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Juan J. Maravilla, 30, Green Bay, Wisconsin  Wisconsin sex offender charged after he beat a toddler to death.  On May 25, St. Mary's Hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin, called police when a 16-month-old girl died from her injuries after being taken there by her mother. "The autopsy revealed that there was extreme amounts of abuse and the bruising on the child, which led us to believe that there were repeated acts of this abuse of an extended period of time, which this baby was susceptible to," said Captain Kevin Warych of the Green Bay Police Department. The man responsible for the toddler's death and repeated injuries is 30-year-old Juan J. Maravilla, her mother's boyfriend. Maravilla, who is a convicted sex offender, admitted to beating the little girl. He's being charged with first degree reckless homicide and child abuse intentionally causing harm.  ______________________________________________________  Tech Support Pits From: Steve Re: Cat 6 Cable Dear Webby, Dear Webby, You had posted a link to Dalco.com a few times and I took great advantage of it. I bought a lot of stuff from there and have been quite happy. On their latest email flyer they list network cable, 50 feet for $2. Is that a mis-print or poor cable or what? Here, downtown, a 10 foot cable costs $25. Steve  Dear Steve  Cat 6 Cables Dalco Cat6 Shielded Patch Cable - 10 Ft Blue SKU: 70022 MPN: 70022 Price: $6.95  As you can see, those cables have full boots, not cheap connectors. Can't get anything better than shielded Cat 6 with full boot! That will give you the highest speed in even the noisiest environment. They have them in any length you need. Why so cheap then? Well, Dalco probably bought dozens of trucks full of them, and then realized that half of the people who are setting up new networks now are using wireless networking. Rather than getting stuck with truckloads of cables, they seem to be selling them off at a loss. Have FUN! DearWebby    Thanks to Sandie for bringing back this famous fable: Subject: Socrates A lesson in philosophy Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you either hear or are about to repeat a rumor. In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely known and lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance that ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?" "Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test." "Triple filter?" "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student, let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and "... "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you a re about to tell me about my student something good?" "No, on the contrary..." "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, even though you're not certain it's true?" The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued. "You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?" "No, not re ally..." " Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?" Deferring to the awesome wisdom of the sage, the man, defeated and ashamed, said nothing and walked away quietly. This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem. It also explains why he never found out that Plato was banging his wife. 
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 Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com How Do I Remove Black Mold on the Ceiling?  By Lynne [6 Posts, 38 Comments] NEVER, never, never Remove Mold with Bleach. Google it. You'll see it is the worst. Use vinegar or if you have a Shark steamer steam it off -- then Make sure you buy mold resistance primer and paint - we had this problem in our bathroom because we have no exhaust fan and my husband takes really hot showers -- since we removed it- primered it - and repainted no more mold. But please don't use Bleach it can become toxic and worse from the combination Lynne  ____________________________________________________  
 
 
America the Beautiful (recited by Charlie Daniels) 
 ____________________________________________________  A woman went to a computer dating service and said she didn't care about looks, income or background. All she wanted was a man of upright character. Then a man came in and told them the only thing he was seeking in a woman was intelligence. The service matched them together at once because they had one thing in common -- they both had the same honesty index: zero. ___________________________________________________  
 
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 ___________________________________________________ Thanks to Ann for this story: A rancher needs a bull to service his cows but needs to borrow the money from the bank. The banker who lent the money comes by a week later to see how his investment is doing. The farmer complains that the bull just eats grass and won't even look at the cows. The banker suggests that a veterinarian have a look at the bull. The next week the banker returns to see if the vet helped. The farmer looks very pleased "The bull has serviced all my cows, broke through the fence, and has serviced all my neighbor's cows." "Wow," says the banker, "what did the vet do to that bull?" "Just gave him some pills," replied the farmer. "What kind of pills?" asked the banker. "I don't know," says the farmer, "but they sort of taste like peppermint." 
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 ____________________________________________________ A man owned a small farm in Iowa. The Iowa Wage and Hour Department claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him. "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent. "Well, there are my hired hands. One has been with me for four years, the other for three. I pay them each $600 a week, plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 a month plus free room and board. Then there's the half-wit that works here about 18 hours a day. He takes home $10 a week and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every week to keep him going," replied the farmer. "That's the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit," said the agent. The farmer said, "That would be me." 
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 Today, on July 4, in 1776 The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America. 1802 The U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY. 1803 The Louisiana Purchase was announced in newspapers. The property was purchased, by the U.S. from France, was for $15 million (or 3 cents an acre). The "Corps of Discovery," led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, began the exploration of the territory on May 14, 1804. 1817 Construction began on the Erie Canal, to connect Lake Erie and the Hudson River. 1845 American writer Henry David Thoreau began his two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond, near Concord, MA. 1848 In Washington, DC, the cornerstone for the Washington Monument was laid. 1863 The Confederate town of Vicksburg, MS, surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. 1884 Bullfighting was introduced in the U.S. in Dodge City, KS. 1886 The first rodeo in America was held at Prescott, AZ. 1892 The first double-decked street car service was inaugurated in San Diego, CA. 1894 After seizing power, Judge Stanford B. Dole declared Hawaii a republic. 1901 William H. Taft became the American governor of the Philippines. 1910 Race riots broke out all over the United States after African-American Jack Johnson knocked out Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match. 1934 Boxer Joe Louis won his first professional fight. 1934 At Mount Rushmore, George Washington's face was dedicated. 1946 The Philippines achieved full independence for the first time in over four hundred years. 1955 The first king cobra snakes born in captivity in the U.S. hatched at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. 1960 The 50-star U.S. flag made its debut in Philadelphia, PA. 1976 The U.S. celebrated its Bicentennial. 1982 The Soviets performed a nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhl Semipalitinsk. 1987 Klaus Barbie, the former Gestapo chief known as the "Butcher of Lyon," was convicted by a French court of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. 1997 The Mars Pathfinder, an unmanned spacecraft, landed on Mars. A rover named Sojourner was deployed to gather data about the surface of the planet. 2004 In New York, the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center) was laid on the former World Trade Center site. 2005 NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft took pictures as a space probe smashed into the Tempel 1 comet. The mission was aimed at learning more about comets that formed from the leftover buidling blocks of the solar system. The Deep Impact mission launched on January 12, 2005. 2009 North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast that defied U.N. resolutions. 2009 The Statue of Liberty's crown reopened to visitors. It had been closed to the public since 2001. 2017 Do smiled.

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