Good Morning, Do! Today is Wednesday, July 21 ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________  Chandler mother arrested for murder after toddler dies of methadone overdose  ___________________________________________________ Today, July 21 in 1997 The U.S.S. Constitution, which defended the United States during the War of 1812, set sail under its own power for the first time in 116 years. ____________________________________________________ Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. --- Jules Renard (1864 - 1910) ____________________________________________________ A man was bragging about his sister who disguised herself as a man and joined the army. "But, wait a minute," said the listener, "She'll have to dress with the boys and shower with them too. Won't she?" "Sure," replied the man. "Well, won't they find out?" The man shrugged, "So far, none of them complained." ____________________________________________________   I have called you here today to finalize our plans for world domination. ____________________________________________________ >From Jeannie "Women don't need conventional tools around the house, we'll use anything that's handy. But when pounding a nail, don't use a shoe - shoes cost $40 a pair. A package of frozen hamburgers costs $2. Use the hamburger. ____________________________________________________ Reported by Rock An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Shae'd Bowen, Chandler, Arizona, USA  Chandler mother arrested for murder after toddler dies of methadone overdose  A Chandler mother has been accused of murder after her 2-year- old daughter died from a methadone overdose back in April of last year. Police say the child had been found unresponsive and died at the hospital on April 14, 2020. Her mother, Shae'd Bowen, told officers that her daughter had found an empty bottle of methadone in the trash the night before, and that must have been how the toddler was exposed to the drug. Court documents show her second child, age 7, also showed signs of methadone intoxication and later tested positive for the drug in her system. Bowen told police that she takes methadone, but would never give it to her kids and denied giving them the drug or giving them access to it. Investigators later searched the home and found unsecured bottles of the drug in the family's home. The second child told police that her mom gave them "obedience medicine" at night. "Both children were at [methadone] levels higher than possible under the story provided by the defendant and most likely with either a single high dose or prolonged exposure to the methadone are the only explanations for the presence of the drug in their system," police said. Bowen faces second-degree murder and child abuse charges.  
 DearWebby's tech support pits from: Dominic Re: Why not Skype for 911 Dear Webby I have used Skype for 20 years and found it to be quite reliable. Even when the ISP, Telus, has problems, I can still get through with Skype. What irks me is their warning not to use Skype for emergencies or 911. Why is that? Dominic  Dear Dominic When you dial 911 or any emergency number, they see where you are at. That helps them to respond quickly, even if you get cut off before you can tell them where you are at. With Skype, you go over the internet to a common number near where you are calling to, and would really confuse them. That common number might be east of them, and you could be in the West. So they refuse to answer. If you can't get to a regular phone, skype somebody, who has one. In addition to that, Microsoft is scared that there might be a malfunction and that you might sue them. Originally, that was their main excuse. Have FUN! DearWebby 
 From History A bonehead award goes to the family of the late Henry Elrod II who visited a Florida resort, and aparently saw some berries growing on bushes. According to his wife's lawyer the berries appeared tasty to him, and he supposedly ate enough of the berries to be poisoned to death. His family is now suing the resort. The berries are so foul and burningly bitter tasting that normal people spit them out after the first exploring bite, and call the poison control center. Henry, however, must have thought that compared to his wife's cooking they were delicious, or that they were a way to get away from her cooking. She herself didn't eat any Chinaberries and is now suing the resort, the landscaper, and nearly two dozen companies for not hanging warning signs on the trees. The Chinaberry tree is so common in Florida that it is considered a common nuisance weed by the state. Orlando Sentinel 5-May-01 
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 Golfer: "Please stop checking your watch all the time, caddy. It's rather distracting!" Caddy: "This isn't a watch, sir, its a compass!" ____________________________________________ A young boy about five or six years was talking on the telephone. As his dad listened on, the youngster told his grandparents dejectedly, "Mom is in the hospital, so the twins and Roxie and Billy and Sally and Max-the-dog and me and Dad are home all alone." ____________________________________________ Tom was so excited about his promotion to Vice President of the company he worked for and kept bragging about it to his wife for weeks on end. Finally she couldn't take it any longer, and told him, "Listen, it means nothing, they even have a vice president of prunes at the grocery store!" "I doubt that!" he said. Not sure if this was true or not, Tom decided to call the grocery store. A clerk answers and Tom says, "Can I please talk to the Vice President of prunes?" The clerk replies, "Sure, Canned or Dried?" ______________________________________________ 
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 Today, July 21, in 1831 Belgium became independent as Leopold I was proclaimed King of the Belgians. 1861 The first major battle of the U.S. Civil War began. It was the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Junction, VA. The Confederates (Democrats) won the battle. 1925 The "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, TN. John T. Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating the state prohibition on teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. The conviction was later overturned on a legal technicality because the judge had set the fine instead of the jury. 1931 CBS aired the first regularly scheduled program to be simulcast on radio and television. The show featured singer Kate Smith, composer George Gershwin and New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker. 1940 Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia were annexed by the Soviet Union. 1944 American forces landed on Guam during World War II. 1949 The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty. 1954 The Geneva Conference partitioned Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. 1959 A U.S. District Court judge in New York City ruled that "Lady Chatterleys Lover" was not a dirty book. 1961 Captain Virgil "Gus" Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth. He was flying on the Liberty Bell 7. 1968 Arnold Palmer became the first golfer to make a million dollars in career earnings after he tied for second place at the PGA Championship. 1980 Draft registration began in the United States for 19 and 20-year-old men. 1987 Mary Hart, of "Entertainment Tonight", had her legs insured by Lloyds of London for $2 million. 1997 The U.S.S. Constitution, which defended the United States during the War of 1812, set sail under its own power for the first time in 116 years. 1998 Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, 17, was paralyzed after a fall while practicing for the women's vault competition at the Goodwill Games in New York. Spinal surgery 4 days later failed to restore sensation below her upper chest. 2000 NBC announced that they had found nearly all of Milton Berle's kinescopes. The filmed recordings of Berle's early TV shows had been the subject of a $30 million lawsuit filed by Berle the previous May. 2002 WorldCom Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. At the time it was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. 2004 White House officials were briefed on the September 11 commission's final report. The 575-page report concluded that hijackers exploited "deep institutional failings within our government." The report was released to the public the next day. 2007 The seventh and last book of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was released. 2011 In Florida, Space Shuttle Atlantis landed successfully at Kennedy Space Center after completing STS-135. It was the final flight of NASA's space shuttle program. 2021 Do smiled. 
 
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