Good Morning, Do, Today is Sunday, February 25  Callisburg Independent School District in Texas has a serious message for any potential shooters, and it appears to be working. The idea of armed educators is nothing new. CNN reported that about four years ago, the guardian program was implemented. The program allowed a small force of volunteer school staff to carry concealed firearms on school grounds. The educators complete active shooter scenario training once a year and also practice at gun ranges. Callisburg High School is not alone. KSAT reported that the Texas Association of School Boards said it was aware of 172 districts that allow staff to carry firearms. While the debate about whether educators should be armed rages on, these schools have already taken the necessary steps to protect children years ago. Just the signs are new. Other schools across the nation also have armed educators. Good for them! Have FUN! Dearwebby Todays Bonehead Award: Man 'holding a large stick' robs NC bank, is arrested 5 minutes later   Bonehead ______________________________________________________ Today, February 25 in 1836 Samuel Colt received U.S. Patent No. 138 (later 9430X) for a "revolving-cylinder pistol." It was his first patent. See More of what happened on this day in history.
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 ______________________________________________________ Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So procrastinate now, don't put it off. --- Ellen DeGeneres Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else. --- James Thorpe (1888 - 1953) Drugs have taught an entire generation of Americans the metric system. --- P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - ) There are more fools in the world than there are people. --- Heinrich Heine ______________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  ______________________________________________________ An elderly man in Miami calls his son in New York and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing. Forty-five years of misery is enough." "Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams. "We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Chicago and tell her," and he hangs up. Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone, "Like heck they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this." She calls her father immediately and screams at the old man, "You are NOT getting divorced! Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up. The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says, "They're coming for Passover and paying their own airfares." ______________________________________________________ Thanks to Sandie for this story: Two Swedes from Wisconsin are sittin' in a boat on Dead Lake , fishing and suckin' down beer, when all of a sudden Sven says, "I tink I'm going to divorce my wife. She hasn't spoken to me in over six mont." Ole sips his beer and says, "You better tink it over. Women like tat are hard to find." _____________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________   Grand Canyon _____________________________________________________ 
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 _____________________________________________________ I figured that at age seven it was inevitable for my son to begin having doubts about Santa Claus. Sure enough, one day he said, "Mom, I know something about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy." Taking a deep breath, I asked him, "What is that?" He replied, "They're all nocturnal." _____________________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Kendrick Hart, Reidsville, North Carolina  Man 'holding a large stick' robs NC bank, is arrested 5 minutes later  A man was arrested in Reidsville after allegedly robbing a bank Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release from Reidsville police. Kendrick Hart, 29, of Reidsville, is charged with armed robbery. The robbery happened at the American Partners Federal Credit Union, located at 618 N. Scales St., around 4 p.m. The suspect walked into the bank holding a large stick, yelled, 'This is a robbery,' then jumped over the counter and proceeded to steal an unknown amount of money, Reidsville police said in the release. About five minutes after the robbery, Hart was stopped in the parking lot of Rob and Ray's Grocery by a sheriff's deputy, the release said. Hart was taken into custody after surveillance footage from the credit union connected him to the robbery.  _________________________________  Tech Support Pits From: Kathy Re: mail washer  Dear Webby, What is mail washer? One of the comments made inthis column refered to it. Signed - The ignorantly uninformed.... aka Kathy  Dear Kathy If you look at the right side menu, you see a button for MailWasher. It is the best and most effective spam control. That is why I give it space there, and have for about 20 years. It is a program to eliminate spam. As you saw in the tech support pits column, it's tough enough to work even for big corporations that get tons of mail. If you get enough spam, so that it is a nuisance, get the free trial and try it out! MailWasher washes your mail on the server, and does not waste your time and your allotment with downloading crap. It works great as is, but the real power is in the easy to make filters. It gets to be a real game outsmarting the spammers. Have FUN! DearWebby   
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 The family had finally gotten their first dishwasher. The father liked to inspect every new thing that cam into the house, so he stayed in the kitchen and watched the display count down all forty-four minutes of the dishwashing cycle. Suddenly he called out for his wife, shouting, "It's useless, the dishwasher is useless!" The wife was amazed that the newest appliance could be broken after only one use, but he insisted that because they had a water softener, the dishwasher was useless. She decided to look for herself, and there it was, on the inside door, next to the detergent dispenser: USE LESS WITH SOFT WATER 
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 When Sam returned to the house one evening, his wife Sarah announced that the new cleaning woman they had hired had stolen two towels. "Yeah," said Sam very disinterested, and reclining on the sofa, "that wasn't very nice of her to do." "It certainly wasn't," Sarah said. "And they were the best towels we had... the fluffy ones we got from the Hilton Hotel while we were on vacation." ____________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Salt Stains on Leather If you get salt stains on your leather shoes or boots in the wintertime, mix one tablespoon of white vinegar in one cup of water. Dip a clean soft rag in the liquid, the wipe the salt stains. Allow to dry and your shoes should be good as new! By Becki in Indiana  Tip provided by Thriftyfun.com  ____________________________________________________  An explorer was leading an entourage through the Amazon jungle when they heard the sounds of drums. At the next village, the leader stopped a native and asked him to explain their meaning. "Bad, real bad when drums stop!" he said before running off. The drum beating continued to pulsate. The safari leader asked another native about it. "Bad, real bad when drums stop!" he said. A few minutes later the drums did stop, and all the expedition members became panicked. The leader grabbed another villager and demanded to know the situation. "Bad, real bad that drums stop," he blurted. "Now comes violin solo!"  
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 Grampa was telling his youngest grandson about his terrifying experience with cannibals. "There I was, lost in the middle of the jungle, surrounded by twenty hungry cannibals." His grandson said, "But last time you told me, there were only ten hungry cannibals." And Grampa said, "Ah, but you were too young then, to know the whole horrible truth!" ___________________________________________________ 
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 Today, February 25, in 1570 England's Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V. 1751 Edward Willet displayed the first trained monkey act in the U.S. 1836 Samuel Colt received U.S. Patent No. 138 (later 9430X) for a "revolving-cylinder pistol." It was his first patent. 1837 Thomas Davenport patented the first commercial electrical motor. There was no practical electical distribution system available and Davenport went bankrupt. 1901 The United States Steel Corp. was incorporated by J.P. Morgan. 1913 The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It authorized a Marxist style graduated income tax, taxing more days per week from harder workers than from lower wage earners. 1919 The state of Oregon became the first state to place a tax on gasoline. The tax was 1 cent per gallon. 1928 The Federal Radio Commission issued the first U.S. television license to Charles Jenkins Laboratories in Washington, DC. 1930 The bank check photographing device was patented. 1933 The aircraft carrier Ranger was launched. It was the first ship in the U.S. Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. 1940 The New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens played in the first hockey game to be televised in the U.S. The game was aired on W2WBS in New York with one camera in a fixed position. The Rangers beat the Canadiens 6-2. 1948 Communists seized power in Czechoslovakia. 1956 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev criticized the late Josef Stalin in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow. 1972 Germany gave a $5 million ransom to Arab terrorists who had hijacked a jumbo jet. 1986 Filippino President Ferdinand E. Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule after a tainted election. 1999 William King was sentenced to death for the racial murder of James Byrd Jr in Jasper, TX. Two other men charged were later convicted for their involvement. 1999 In Moscow, China's Prime Minister Zhu Rongji and Russia's President Boris Yeltsin discussed trade and other issues. 2000 In Albany, NY, a jury acquitted four New York City police officers of second-degree murder and lesser charges in the February 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo. 2005 Dennis Rader was arrested for the BTK serial killings in Wichita, KS. He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 life prison terms. 2018 Do smiled. 
 
 

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