Good Morning, Do! Today is Wednesday, September 7  ___________________________________________________ History on this day, September 6, in 1978, James Wickwire and Louis Reichardt reached the top of the world's second highest mountain, Pakistan's K-2. They were the first Americans to reach that summit. The most famous climber to reach that summit was Austrian Reinhold Messner about two dozen years earlier. He wrote the book "Mountain of Mountains", that made the K2 famous. ____________________________________________________ International Bonehead Award Casa Grande Man arrested for killing 4 members of his family ____________________________________________________ Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. --- Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930) Seek simplicity, and distrust it. --- Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947) ____________________________________________________ >From Winnie I had forgotten to get my estrogen patch prescription refilled, and soon the symptoms of menopause -- hot flashes, forgetfulness, and irritability -- returned. At the drugstore, I found myself telling the pharmacist all about my problems. After listening patiently, he asked, "So, how many people asked you to get this refilled?" ____________________________________________________ A tenant in an apartment house phoned the police that there was a fight going on in the apartment right over him. So when the policeman arrived at the upstairs apartment, he heard furniture being thrown around and signs of a good old family brawl. He rapped on the door with his nightstick and a very determined and disheveled woman opened the door. "Who's head of the family here?" "You just wait a minute and I'll tell you. That's what we're trying to settle inside!" __________________________________________________  Reported by Rock An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Richard Wilson, 21, CASA GRANDE, Arizona, USA  Casa Grande Man arrested for killing 4 members of his family  Officials with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office say a 21- year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing multiple members of his family. In an interview, PCSO Chief Deputy Matthew Thomas said the family members were "slaughtered." "Four people being slaughtered, essentially, at the hands of one of their own relatives is just - it's just beyond what you can fathom," said Chief Deputy Thomas. According to a statement released on Sept. 5, the incident happened on Sept. 4, in a residential area north of Bel Air and McCartney Roads, just outside of Casa Grande. Deputies were called out to the scene at around 1:45 p.m., after they received a frantic 911 call. When deputies arrived, they discovered that four people were killed, and the suspect, Richard Wilson, was still on scene when deputies arrived. "The victims are identified as 47-year-old Richard Wilson, the suspect's father, 50 -year-old Ellen Otterman, the suspect's mother, 16-year-old Rudy Wilson, the suspect's sister, and 5-year-old Renaya White, the suspect's niece," read a portion of the statement. Chief Deputy Thomas said Rudy Wilson was the person who made the 911 call, prior to her death. He also said this is one of the worst scenes that deputies in Pinal County have ever been called to. "You always have these calls that kind of haunts you throughout your career," said Chief Deputy Thomas. "There's those one or two, and I can tell you that everybody involved in this call, this will be one of the ones that sticks with them, because it's absolutely horrific, especially when it involves children." People living in the area say the suspect was a nice kid, and they have no clue why he would have done this. "I knew [the suspect] as Sonny," said Wanda Hamilton, who lives in the area. "I never heard them arguing or anything like that. As far as I knew, they all got along really good." Neighbors say the extended Wilson family lived in two homes in the area, with just one house separating them. The family members went back and forth to each other's homes all the time. "I just hear the little five-year-old out playing and laughing and having a good time, being a five-year-old," said Joy Moreno, who also lives in the area. "That's the one thing that's disturbing out of everything is you know not being able to hear her laughing anymore." Wilson, according to officials with PCSO, is being held on a $2.5 million bond. He is accused of four counts of 1st- degree murder. _____________________________________________________ A tenant in an apartment house phoned the police that there was a fight going on in the apartment right over him. So when the policeman arrived at the upstairs apartment, he heard furniture being thrown around and signs of a good old family brawl. He rapped on the door with his nightstick and a very determined and disheveled woman opened the door. "Who's head of the family here?" "You just wait a minute and I'll tell you. That's what we're trying to settle inside!" _____________________________________________________   _____________________________________________________ Two tourists were driving through Nova Scotia. As they were approaching Tatamagouche, they started arguing about the pronunciation of the name. They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch. As they stood at the counter, one tourist asked the employee," Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are...very slowly?" The girl leaned over the counter and said, "Burrrrrr ..... gerrrrrr ........ Keeeeng! _____________________________________________________   6 young wolves ___________________________________________________ Judi had never been fishing in her entire life, but she wasn't about to tell her new, rich boyfriend that. "What? And look like an idiot?" she said to her girlfriend Carly. After about an hour aboard his yacht, she turned to her new boyfriend and said, "Umm, those little red and white thingees? How much do they cost?" Amanpreet looked at her a little funny, shrugged, and said, "The float? I guess they're about a dollar. Why do you ask?" "I owe you a dollar then. Mine just swam away." _________________________________________________  DearWebby's Tech Support Pits From: Bill RE: Outluck Dear Webby, ...... Please accept my apology. Along with the curse of W10, I was having difficulty with Eudora. My son, the guru, set me up with Outlook. Outlook decided that your emails were junk, even though I receive all your newsletters. Thank you for your responses. All the best, Bill  Dear Bill! I used W10 for a couple of weeks, then I decided that life was too short to put up with that c..., and bought a W7 refurb for $300. Happy days are here again! However, when I was on W10, I did use Eudora. W10 is not capable of linking to it like W7 is, but you can run Eudora on it. In your case, though, I would highly recommend that you upgrade to Gmail. It is rather klutzy compared to 1993 Eudora, but it has great archiving, and you can filter the Humor Letter into a Humor category, so that it does not clutter up the INbox. Outaluck is deadly. Sooner or later it will collapse and take all your mail with it. Addresses too. Dump it as quickly as you can! Even Microsoft recommends that you dump it, fast. A good alternative is to set up a Gmail, for example Bill22G@gmail.com, tell me when you got that, so that I can adjust your subscriptions. Then you set your Outaluck to forward anything that still comes to the Outluck address to your new Gmail address, just in case some aunt is slow in updating. Nobody, absolutely NOBODY, ever goes back to Outaluck from Gmail. Gmail also does very good spam filtering, and you can make filters almost as well as in MailWasher. HaveFUN! DearWebby ___________________________________________________ >From Bob I had moved to South Carolina from New York, and at that time a vehicle inspection was required to register my car. I was nervous; my car was in rough shape. I thought of New York's rigorous inspections. Any number of problems might turn up that would be expensive to fix. I drove down a country road and found a garage that had an inspection sign. When I told the mechanic what I needed, he circled the car, turned on the lights and honked the horn. Then he attached a new sticker and asked me for the three-dollar fee. I was shocked. "Is that all you have to do?" I asked. He answered, "Well, you drove it here, didn't you?" _____________________________________________________ A husband and wife were involved in a petty argument, both of them unwilling to admit they might be in error. "I'll admit I'm wrong," the wife told her husband in a con- ciliatory attempt, "if you'll admit I'm right." He agreed and, like a gentleman, insisted she go first. "I'm wrong," she said. With a twinkle in his eye, he responded, "You're right!" _____________________________________________ 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 6, in 1620, The Pilgrims left on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England to settle in the New World. 1819, Thomas Blanchard patented a machine called the lathe. It had been used for centuries, but never patented. 1837, The Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio went co- educational. 1876, The Southern Pacific rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco was completed. 1899, Carnation processed its first can of evaporated milk. 1901, U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, an American anarchist, who was executed the following October. 1909, Robert Peary, American explorer, sent word that he had reached the North Pole. He had reached his goal five months earlier. 1939, South Africa declared war on Germany. 1941, Jews in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed. The order only applied to Jews over the age of 6. 1944, During World War II, the British government relaxed blackout restrictions and suspended compulsory training for the Home Guard. 1948, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was crowned. 1952, In Montreal, Canadian television began broadcasting. 1972, Rick DeMont lost the gold medal he received in a 400- meter swimming event because a banned drug was found in his system during routine drug testing. 1975, Martina Navratilova requested political asylum while in New York for the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament. 1978, James Wickwire and Louis Reichardt reached the top of the world's second highest mountain, Pakistan's K-2. They were the first Americans to reach that summit. The most famous climber to reach that summit was Austrian Reinhold Messner about two dozen years earlier. He wrote the book "Mountain of Mountains", that made the K2 famous. 1990, Iraq warned that anyone trying to flee the country without permission would be put in prison for life. 1991, The State Council of the Soviet Union recognized the independence of the Baltic states. 1991, The name St. Petersburg was restored to Russia's second largest city. The city was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. The name had been changed to Petrograd (1914) and to Leningrad (1924). 1992, A 35-year old man died ten weeks after receiving a transplanted baboon liver. 1993, Renault of France and Volvo of Sweden announced they were merging. Volvo eventually canceled the deal the following December. 1995, U.S. Senator Bob Packwood was expelled by the Senate Ethics Committee. 2000, The U.N. Millennium Summit began in New York. It was the largest gathering of world leaders in history with more than 150 present. 2001, The U.S. Justice Department announced that it was seeking a lesser antitrust penalty and would not attempt to break up Microsoft. 2001, Ebay Inc. was found not liable for copyright infringement because bootleg copies of a Charles Manson documentary had been sold on their site. 2002, In New York, the U.S. Congress convened at Federal Hall for a rare special session. The session was held in New York to express the nation's mourning for the loss on September 11, 2001 and unity in the war against terrorism. 2008, The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) would be placed in government conservatorship. 2022 Do! smiled.