Good Morning, Do! Today is Monday, August 13 We got fresh, cold air coming all the way down from the Yukon. It blew the smoke back over the Rockies to BC and down into the US. The cold air dropped the temperature 30 degrees and caused a lot of clouds, but the air is fresh and clean. Have FUN! Dearwebby Todays Bonehead Award: Woman used identical twin's name during drug arrest, sister claims Bonehead ______________________________________________________ Today, August 13 in 1960 "Echo I," a balloon satellite, allowed the first two-way telephone conversation by satellite to take place. More of today in history at HIstory ______________________________________________________ 
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 Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. --- A. J. Liebling (1904 - 1963) ____________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  ______________________________________________________ "If you had a quarter," quizzed the teacher, "and you asked your father for a dollar and fifty cents, how much money would you have?" "One quarter." answered Do. The teacher shook her head and said, "You don't know your arithmetic, do you, Do?" Do sighed and replied, "You don't know my father." _____________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________   Sidu River Bridge is located in Badong County of the Hubei Province of China. It opened in November 2009 and was the worlds highest bridge, rising more than 1,500 feet in the air. Its one of the most spectacular bridges in the world. This suspension bridge is 1,222 m-long (4,009 ft) and the span is so high that Shanghais Oriental Pearl Tower could fit underneath it. The highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets. The Sidu River Bridge is the tallest bridge in the world, standing around 1,500 ft tall. _____________________________________________________ 
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 _____________________________________________________ Thanks to Sandie for this one: Definition of an Irish husband: He hasn't kissed his wife for twenty years, but he will kill any man who does. Q. What do you call an Irishman who knows how to control a wife? A. A bachelor. ___________________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Myesha Brown, 25, Memphis, Tennessee  Woman used identical twin's name during drug arrest, sister claims  Tarnesha Lee, talked with FOX13 Saturday outside 201 Poplar, but if you look up jail records, she was locked up at the time.  If you look up her name, shes was just busted for drugs. When in fact, she told us she has never been arrested. An affidavit showed, Lee was busted early Saturday morning after MPD searched a motel room and found 28 Ecstasy pills. Shes charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. I have a professional career, I dont need my name slandered like this, Lee said. Heres the problem, Lee has an identical twin sister, Myesha Brown. Brown has a rap sheet and she was actually the one busted for drugs but she gave officers her sisters name because she had warrants out for her. Lee said, Shes constantly using my name and theyre telling me theres no way they can clear it out. Lee told us MPD must not have even checked Browns ID when she was arrested. Any proof thats her name before you just use my name on a felony charge like this, thats not fair, Lee told FOX13. Lee said shes been frantically trying to get the problem fixed. She made calls, went to MPD, Jail East, 201 Poplar. She said she showed her drivers license, credit cards, insurance cards even a marriage license as proof of who she is. But Lee claims she was told nothing could be done until Monday and she may have to go to court to clear things up. Lee said, they should be changing in the system but Im getting the runaround saying theres nothing they can do right now. So while Lee said shes angry with her sister for creating this mess in the first place, shes even more upset that no one is helping her fix it. Lee told us, all I want them to do is go ahead and clear my name so I can move past this, Lee told us her sister has used her name when she was arrested three other times in Mississippi but she was able to clear that up right away. 
  From Leo Re: Downward tripod  Dear Webby, This question is not really web related, but since you answer questions about digital cameras,... is there a gadget for adapting a tripod to take pictures downward, and that don't cost more than the camera ? Leo   Dear Leo Get a wide, foot long ruler, either plexi glass or plastic, and fairly stiff. Usually, the wider they are, the stiffer and less flexible. Before airport security went nuts after 9/11, I used to use a 2" wide, foot long strip of 1/4" aluminuim, but nowadays you have to use plastic or plexiglass. 5mm Plexiglass works well. Most car and house window places have it, and you might be able to get a scrap for free. Drill a 5.5 mm (1/4") hole about an inch or two from the end in the middle of the ruler. Heat up the middle of the ruler or plexiglass with a handheld hair drier or hot air blower, and twist it gently so that the ends are 90 degrees offset from each other. You might want to clamp the ends between some wood, so that you don't burn your fingers when you do that. If you don't have luck with twisting, you COULD just bend it 90 degrees in the middle. The reason I prefer the twisting is because that way it takes less room in your camera case. However, either method works. Get a 1/4" x 20 wing bolt about 3/4" long. NOT the metric equivalent! You CAN still get them in Imperial dimensions! Imagine the hassle I had finding one of those when I was a kid in Austria in the late 50's or early 60's! They had gone metric centuries before then, but camera tripod sockets were still in Imperial. You also need a 1/4" x 20 wing nut. You may have to go to Home Depot or any big hardware store for those. They are still available! Now put the ruler onto your tripod and fasten it with the wing nut. Put the wing bolt through the hole on the free end of the ruler, and thread it into the bottom of the sideways held camera. The reason for using wing nuts and wing bolts is so that you don't have to carry a wrench. Even if you assemble the gadget only finger tight, iron bolts tend to get very sticky if left in aluminum. Spray paint it all bright yellow, so that you can find the parts easily in your camera bag, and threaten major mayhem if somebody borrows any of those bright yellow components. Have FUN DearWebby  
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 My boss was complaining in our staff meeting the other day that he wasn't getting any respect. Later that morning he went to a local sign shop and bought a small sign that read, "I'm the Boss". He then taped it to his office door. Later that day when he returned from lunch, he found that the sign was gone and someone had taped a note to the sign that said. "Your wife called, she said she did not authorize your sign." 
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 A customer was continually bothering the waiter in a restaurant; first, he'd asked that the air conditioning be turned up because he was too hot, then he asked it be turned down cause he was too cold, and so on for about half an hour. Surprisingly, the waiter was very patient, he walked back and forth and never once got angry. So finally, a second customer asked him why he didn't throw out the pest. "Oh I don't care." said the waiter with a smile. "We don't really have an air conditioner anyway." ____________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Saving Money on Carpet If you are having a small area carpeted, like a bedroom, ask the carpet retailer if they have any remnants available for a discounted price. They usually have remnants of brand new carpet leftover from bigger jobs.  Tip provided by Thriftyfun.com  ____________________________________________________   
  
 
A time travelers secret stroll through Brooklyn Heights.
 ___________________________________________________ A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started to discuss the dog's duties. "They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster. "No," said another, "he's just for good luck." "I know!" said a third. "They use it to find the fire hydrant!" ___________________________________________________ 
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 Andy came to work one day, limping something awful. One of his co-workers, Josh, noticed and asked Andy what happened. Andy replied, "Oh, nothing. It's just an old football injury that acts up once in a while." Josh, "Gee, I never knew you played football." Andy, "No I don't. I hurt it last year when I lost $100 on the Superbowl. I put my foot through the television." ____________________________________________________  
 Today, August 13 in 1521 Present day Mexico City was captured by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez from the Aztec Indians. 1704 The Battle of Blenheim was fought during the War of the Spanish Succession, resulting in a victory for English and Austrian forces. 1792 French revolutionaries took the entire French royal family and imprisoned them. 1889 A patent for a coin-operated telephone was issued to William Gray. 1912 The first experimental radio license was issued to St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia, PA. 1931 The first community hospital in the U.S. was dedicated in Elk City, OK. 1932 Adolf Hitler refused to take the post of vice- chancellor of Germany. He said he was going to hold out "for all or nothing." 1934 Al Capp's comic strip "L'il Abner" made its debut in newspapers. 1942 Henry Ford unveiled his "Soybean Car." It was a plastic-bodied car that weighed about 1000 lbs. less than a steel car and saved the steel for the war effort. Nobody liked it. 1959 In New York, ground was broken on the $320 million Verrazano Narrows Bridge. 1960 "Echo I," a balloon satellite, allowed the first two- way telephone conversation by satellite to take place. 1961 Berlin was divided by a barbed wire fence to halt the flight of refugees. Two days later work on the Berlin Wall began. 1985 The engagement of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenagger was announced. 1990 Iraq transferred $3-4 billion in bullion, currency, and other goods seized from Kuwait to Baghdad. 1992 Woody Allen began legal action to win custody of his three children. A judge ruled against Allen in 1993. 1994 It was reported that aspirin not only helps reduce the risk of heart disease, but also helps prevent colon cancer. 2018 Do smiled. 
 

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