Good Morning, Do! ! Today is Monday, April 10 ___________________________________________________ History: Today, April 10 in 1963, 129 people died when the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher failed to surface off Cape Cod, MA. ____________________________________________________ Bonehead Award: Puppy was tossed from moving car during 2-hour police chase of attempted-murder suspect _____________________________________________________ Q Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion. --- Robertson Davies The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.' --- Roy Blount Jr. ______________________________________________________ The proud father brought home a backyard swing set for his children and immediately started to assemble it with all the neighborhood children anxiously waiting to play on it. After several hours of reading the directions, attempting to fit bolt A into slot B, etc., he finally gave up and called upon an old handyman working in a neighboring yard. The old-timer came over, threw the directions away, and in a short while had the set completely assembled. It's beyond me," said the father, "how you got it together without even reading instructions." "To tell the truth," replied the old-timer, "I can't read, and when you can't read, you've got to think." ___________________________________________________  Fox in Wetaskiwin, Alberta Photo by Ron Asp ____________________________________________________ Millions of years ago, there was no such thing as the wheel. One day, some primitive guys were watching their wives drag a dead mastodon to the food & fire area. It was exhausting work; the guys were getting tired just watching. Then they noticed some large, smooth, rounded boulders and they had a great idea! They could sit on top of the boulders and get a better view of their wives working. This was the first in a series of breakthroughs that ultimately led to television...and later to the remote control. ____________________________________________________  Doug McQueen April/08/2023 - Springbank area - It was sure nice to get out today and find and photograph my first Mountain Bluebird of the year, a handsome male. _______________________________________________ Brotha Steve writes and tells me this is a true story. Recently I was in a restaurant having breakfast. A woman came in and said she needed to get a "to-go order." She said she was in a hurry because she had to get online and talk . . . "to her AOL friends." (She actually said those very words.) She then ordered eggs, potatoes, and toast. When asked if she wanted bacon, she replied, "No, I don't eat pork. But I would like a double order of sausages, please." _______________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Gustavo Alvarez, 27; Lynette Moreno, 27; and Michelle Zamudio, 25, Los Angeles, California, USA Puppy was tossed from moving car during 2-hour police chase of attempted-murder suspect An attempted murder suspect and several accomplices fled LAPD officers at high speeds for nearly two hours and in two different vehicles. A puppy emerged unscathed after being tossed from a moving vehicle during a two-hour police chase in Los Angeles, in which suspects wrecked one vehicle and jumped into another before getting caught, police said. As police chased three suspects through multiple cities in Los Angeles County on Friday, the puppy was placed in a designer bag and tossed from a moving vehicle. The pursuit ended in the city of Carson, the Los Angeles Police Department said Saturday. Officers were pursuing a suspect wanted in connection with an attempted murder and carjacking that occurred on March 26. Officers rescued the puppy after it was tossed out, according to LAPD. "Miraculously, the dog emerged unharmed and was rescued by responding LAPD officers. The puppy is now in the care of South L.A. Animal Services, where it is presently being held pending an investigation into the abandonment concern that was noted during the pursuit," the LAPD said in a statement. Three suspects, Gustavo Alvarez, 27; Lynette Moreno, 27; and Michelle Zamudio, 25, were arrested, the LAPD said. Alvarez, a carjacking suspect, was arrested for attempted murder and is being held without bail, police said. Moreno, who police said set up a second getaway vehicle, was arrested for accessory and evading. Zamudio, who police said was the driver of the second getaway vehicle, was booked for evading. Authorities said the investigation is ongoing. _______________________________________________ DeaWebby's Tech Support Pits From: Lynn Re: Find lost picture Dear Webby, I need to find a picture, that I KNOW I got, somewhere. Due to advanced CRS, I can't remember where I put it to make sure I can find it again. It is Trump's fault, of course ;-) I don't remember the complete file name either, just part of it. So I need a program, that can use Artificial Intelligence, since my natural one has gone away, or a fuzzy search. What have you got? Lynn Dear Lynn Try Search Everything. You get it at https://www.voidtools.com/ It is a truly phatastic program. The only mystery about it is why it is still free. You type in whatever part of the file name you remember, and tell it what it is, picture, document, program, etc. And let it run. It is surprisingly fast and scours your hard drive for anything, that includes the name of your ex or your next or whatever you are searching for. If your machine has just barely enough RAM, exit the program once you have the picture. Especially if you still run with 47 tabs open in Chrome, and music playing, the RAM used by Everything could cause a slow-down. I have used "Search Everything" for many years, and I love it. There is no other program as efficient or fast. Have FUN! DearWebby _____________________________________________________ Today, April 10 in 1741, Frederick II of Prussia defeated Maria Theresa's forces at Mollwitz and conquered Silesia. 1790, The U.S. patent system was established when U.S. President George Washington signed the Patent Act of 1790 into law. 1809, Austria declared war on France and its forces entered Bavaria. 1814, Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Toulouse by the British and the Spanish. The defeat led to his abdication and exile to Elba. 1825, The first hotel opened in Hawaii. 1849, Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100. 1854, The constitution of the Orange Free State in south Africa was proclaimed. 1862, Union forces began the bombardment of Fort Pulaski in Georgia along the Tybee River. 1865, During the American Civil War, at Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee issued his last order. 1866, The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was incorporated. 1902, South African Boers accepted British terms of surrender. 1912, The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England. 1916, The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) held its first championship tournament. 1919, In Mexico, revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata was killed by government troops. 1922, The Genoa Conference opened. The meeting was used to discuss the reconstruction of Europe after World War I and set up WWII. 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby" for the first time. 1930, The first synthetic rubber was produced. 1932, Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of Germany with 19 million votes. Adolf Hitler came in second with 13 million votes. 1938, Germany annexed Austria after Austrians had voted in a referundum to merge with Germany. 1941, In World War II, U.S. troops occupied Greenland to prevent Nazi infiltration. 1941, Ford Motor Co. became the last major automaker to recognize the United Auto Workers as the representative for its workers. 1944, Russian troops recaptured Odessa from the Germans. 1945, A German Me 262 jet fighter shot down ten U.S. bombers near Berlin. 1953, Warner Bros. released "House of Wax." It was the first 3-D movie to be released by a major Hollywood studio. 1953, Actress Hedy Lamarr became a U.S. citizen. 1959, Japan's Crown Prince Akihito married commoner Michiko Shoda. 1960, The U.S. Senate passed the Civil Rights Bill. 1961, Gary Player of South Africa became the first foreign golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. 1963, 129 people died when the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher failed to surface off Cape Cod, MA. 1967, The 13-day strike by the American Federation of Radio-TV Artists (AFTRA) came to an end less than two hours before the 39th Academy Awards presentation went on the air. 1968, U.S. President Johnson replaced General Westmoreland with General Creighton Abrams in Vietnam. 1971, The American table tennis team arrived in China. They were the first group of Americans officially allowed into China since the founding of the People Republic in 1949. The team had recieved the surprise invitation while in Japan for the 31st World Table Tennis Championship. 1972, An earthquake in southern Iran killed more than 5,000 people. 1972, The U.S. and the Soviet Union joined with 70 other nations in signing an agreement banning biological warfare. 1973, In Switzerland, 108 people died when a plane crashed while attempting to land at Basel. 1974, Yitzhak Rabin replaced resigning Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir. Meir resigned over differences within her Labor Party. 1980, Spain and Britain agreed to reopen the border between Gibraltar and Spain. It had been closed since 1969. 1981, Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was elected to the British Parliament. 1981, The maiden launch of the space shuttle Columbia was cancelled because of a computer malfunction. 1984, The U.S. Senate condemned the CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors. 1988, On Wall Street, 48 million shares of Navistar International stock changed hands in a single-block trade. It was the largest transaction ever executed on the New York Stock Exchange. 1990, Three European hostages kidnapped at sea in 1987 by Palestinian extremists were released in Beirut. 1992, A bomb exploded in London's financial district. The bomb, set off by the Irish Republican Army, killed three people and injured 91. 1993, South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani was assassinated. 1994, NATO warplanes launched air strikes for the first time on Serb forces that were advancing on the Bosnian Muslim town of Gordazde. The area had been declared a U.N. safe area. 1996, U.S. President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have outlawed a technique used to end pregnancies in their late stages. 2023, Do smiled.
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