Good Morning, Do, Today is Tuesday, August 15 The Perseids meteor shower is not finished yet. Even in the thick smoke we have, the falling stars are still visible. Thursday I have to go to Calgary for injections into my eyeballs. That means no newsletters on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy your vacation! Have Fun! Dearwebby Todays Bonehead Award: Mom abandons 10-year-old son with special needs in woods  Bonehead ______________________________________________________ Today, Aug 15 in 1945 The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally. See More of what happened on this day in history. ______________________________________________________ 
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 ______________________________________________________ Adventure is just bad planning. --- Roald Amundsen (1872 - 1928) Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe. --- Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988) There's nothing wrong with the younger generation that the older generation didn't outgrow. --- Socratex ______________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  ______________________________________________________ Anni was taking her time browsing through everything at a friend's yard sale, and said to her, "My husband is going to be very angry when he finds out I stopped at a yard sale." "I'm sure the old boy'll understand when you tell him about all the bargains," her friend replied. "Normally, yes," said Anni. "But he just broke his leg, and he's waiting for me to take him to the hospital to have it set." _____________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________ On the outskirts of town, there was huge nut tree by the cemetery fence. One day two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me," said one boy. The bucket was so full, several rolled out toward the fence. Cycling down the road by the cemetery was a third boy. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me." He knew what it was. "Oh my," he shuddered, "It's Satan and St. Peter dividing the souls at the cemetery." He cycled down the road fast as he could and found an old man with a cane, hobbling along. "Come here quick," said the boy, "You won't believe what I heard. Satan and St. Peter are down at the cemetery dividing the souls." The man said, "Shooo, you brat, can't you see I'm finding it hard to walk as it is." But after several pleas, the man hobbled to the cemetery. Standing by the fence they heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me..." The old man whispered, "Boy, you've been telling the truth. Let's see if we can see the devil himself." Shivering with fear, they peered through the fence, yet they were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of Satan. At last they heard, "One for you, one for me. And one last one for you. That's all. Now let's go get those two nuts by the fence, and we'll be done." They say the old guy made it back to town five minutes before the boy with the bicycle. ______________________________________________________   _____________________________________________________ 
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 ______________________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Debra Wisler, 39, Millville City, New Jersey  Mom abandons 10-year-old son with special needs in woods  Debra Wisler, 39, of Millville City A New Jersey woman is accused of abandoning her 10-year-old son, who has special needs, in the woods. Debra Wisler, 39, of Millville City, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, according to the New Jersey State Police. Troopers said that a passing motorist spotted the boy wandering Aug. 3 in a wooded area near the visitor's center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst near Trenton. The motorist contacted military personnel at the base, who took the boy in and gave him food, water and treated minor injuries he had suffered. The boy told his rescuers that his mother took him into the woods with his luggage and left him there, troopers said. He said he fell asleep, but woke up hungry. The boy was able to give them his mother's name and phone number. State police investigators and social workers placed the boy in a temporary home while they investigated the case, troopers said. When they talked to Wisler the next day, they determined that she was trying to enroll her son in a child program at the base. CBS New York reported that investigators believe she abandoned him nearby after learning that he was not eligible for the program.  _________________________________  Tech Support Pits From: Mark Re: Uncomplicating Explorer Dear Webby, It irks me every time when I open the Windows file Explorer that it starts focused on Desktop, My documents instead of c:\ Is there a way to fix that ? Mark  Dear Mark I agree that it's a silly nuisance to have to tippy-toe all the way up to the root first before you can start doing what you plan to do. Fortunately it's easy to fix the stupid rigmarole. Open the file explorer and click on TOOLS, FolderOptions. Select Classic, if you haven't already. Hit OK Go to the address bar on top and type in there C:\ and hit Enter. Drag the little icon to the left of the address bar onto your desktop, preferably near the START button. Touch that new shortcut icon and hit F2 to rename it to C: or something short. Done. Now, when you click that icon, the file explorer will open at the top of the C:\ drive. You can just as easily make shortcuts to your D: drive, your CD, your music folder, your spreadsheet folder, whatever. If you keep those shortcut names short, you can make a compact ribbon of the most used destinations. Making different icons for each is easy enough. Have FUN! DearWebby    
 A judge was instructing the jury that a witness was not necessarily to be regarded as untruthful because he changed his statement after he gave it to the police. "For example," he said, "when I entered my chambers today, I was positive that I had my gold watch in my pocket. But then I remembered that I left in on my nightstand in my bedroom." When the judge returned home that evening, his wife asked him "Why so much urgency for your watch? Isn't sending three men to pick it up for you a bit extreme?" "What?" said the judge, "I didn't send anyone for my watch, let alone three people. What did you do?" "I gave it to the first one," said the wife, "he knew exactly where it was." 
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 ____________________________________________________  "How does Janice like being pregnant?" Do asked friend John. "Oh, she's not pregnant," John replied, "she's expecting." "What's the difference?" Do asked. "Well, John explained, "She's expecting me to cook dinner, she's expecting me to do the housework, she's expecting me to rub her feet . . ." ___________________________________________________  
 
 Memoirs of a Playboy Bunny in New York. 2017. 
 ___________________________________________________ Thanks to Roland for this one: We were sitting in a fine restaurant when my wife looks over at a nearby table and sees a man in a drunken stupor. I said "I notice you've been watching that man for some time now. Do you know him?" "Yes" she replies, "He's my ex-husband, and has been drinking like that since I left him seven years ago." I said, "That's remarkable, I wouldn't think anybody could celebrate that long." She hasn't spoken to me since - did I say something wrong? 
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 ____________________________________________________ Jake had proposed to young Sarah and was being interviewed by his prospective father-in-law. "Do you think you are earning enough to support a family?" the older man asked the suitor. "Yes, sir," replied Jake, "I'm sure I am." "Think carefully now," said Sarah's father. "There are twelve of us..." ____________________________________________________ 
 Today, August 15, in 1057 Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan. 1848 The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett. 1877 Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone. 1911 The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company. 1914 The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The first vessel to pass through the canal was the American cargo and passenger ship SS Ancon. 1918 Diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Russia were severed. 1935 Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in an airplane crash in near Point Barrow, AK. 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy Garland became famous for the movie's song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." 1943 Because of his special talent to use food scraps in both unusual and appetizing recipes, the U.S. War Department awarded Sgt. Edward Dzuba the Legion of Merit. 1944 The Allied forces of World War II landed in southern France. 1945 The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally. 1947 India became independent from Britain and was divided into the countries of India and Pakistan. India had been under British rule about 200 years. 1948 The Republic of Korea was proclaimed. 1949 In San Francisco, a stunt leap off the Golden Gate Bridge was performed for the first time. 1961 East German workers began construction of the Berlin Wall. 1970 Mrs. Pat Palinkas became the first woman to 'play' in a pro football game when she held the ball for the Orlando, FL, Panthers. 1971 U.S. President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, rents and prices. 1986 The U.S. Senate approved a package of economic sanctions against South Africa. The ban included the importing of steel, uranium, textiles, coal, and produce from South Africa. 1992 Vietnam blamed Hollywood for creating the "myth" concerning the issue of U.S. servicemen still being held prisoner in Indochina. 1997 The U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute FBI officials in connection with the deadly 1992 Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho. The investigation dealt with an alleged cover-up. 2000 A group of 100 people from North Korea arrived in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they had not seen for half a century. Also, a group of 100 South Koreans visited the North. 2001 Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own. They had discovered two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper. 2011 Google announced that it would acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. 2017 Do smiled.
 
 
 

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