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___________________________________________________ History: on this day, January 6, in 1945, The Battle of the Bulge ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties. ____________________________________________________ Bonehead Award: Drunk driver hit and run lit up PARKED cop car _____________________________________________________ Q Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. --- Frank Leah ____________________________________________________ The young man told his father, "I want to marry a beautiful woman, a good woman, a smart woman, one who'll be a good mother to our kids, a woman who will make me happy." His father told him he'd better make up his mind. __________________________________________________ "Your honour, " explained the young man, "I have to get married, please." "All right, what is your age?" "I'm 22, sir." "And the age of the bride?" "She's 15, sir." "15??? That's too young -- marrying you would be against the law!" "I see, " said the young man. "Could you try explaining that to the fella behind me, the one with with the shotgun?" __________________________________________________ Reported by Rock An International Bonehead Award has been earned by Samuel J. Kramer, 59, Batavia, Illinois, USA Drunk driver hit and run lit up parked cop car A Batavia man is facing charges after a crash with a parked Batavia Police squad car on Christmas Eve. 59-year-old Samuel J. Kramer is charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, leaving an accident scene, failure to give aid after a crash, and attempting to flee a police officer. Police say that officers were investigating a crash at W. Fabyan Parkway and Western Avenue on December 24. There were several squad cars parked keep other drivers away from the crash scene. Kramer is alleged to crashed into one the squad cars at a high rate of speed, narrowly missing an officer, who got quite annoyed. Police allege that Kramer continued to drive away from the crash before being pulled over by responding officers and arrested. ___________________________________________________ Banff, AB ___________________________________________________ In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen. Later the lawyers speak and the judge listens. ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ ===from Gennalyn -- thank you for giving me some words to help improve knowing my english. Gennalyn You are most welcome Gennalyn A number of schools in Asia and South America have written me that they use the Humor Letter in English classes. Your letter reminded me to get back to adding explanations when a joke uses the language in strange ways, like in the one following here: -------------------------------------- During an arctic training exercise in Alaska intense cold played havoc with vehicles and equipment. One harassed commander was trying to cope with vehicles that wouldn't run and machinery that wouldn't work. He was wondering what else could go wrong when the tent flap opened and a soldier rushed in to announce, "Hey, captain, the northern lights are out!" Exasperated and without looking, the captain barked, "Well, go get the generator mechanic and have him fix the @#$% lights!" ---- With northern lights the phrase "the lights are out" goes back a lot farther than electric lights, and actually means "the northern lights have come out from behind the clouds, they are visible." ____________________________________________________ Ron has been telling his wife for 37 years that diamonds look tacky on younger women. So far, it has worked. __________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! _____________________________________________________ DearWebby's Tech Support Pits FROM: Reg RE: Best Conductor Dear Webby This has nothing to do with the web, but I know you too have worked at ALCAN. What is the best conductor? Aluminum or copper, or what? I remember seeing those huge aluminum bus bars under the floor and the spots where they had a turn and tripped newbies walking above them, because a right angle turn was like a qurter turn of an electromgnetic coil and grabbed their steel toes enough to trip them. Obviously there was some almighty power going through those bus bars. Reg Dear Reg Yes, I remember those bus bars and steering newbies over the spots, that tripped them. However, best conductor (aside from silver-oxide) is copper. Silver oxide is not practical to use beyond confusing students. Aluminum is second best of the practical ones. ALCAN uses aluminum bus bars and also aluminum wire from the Kemano power plant to the smelter in Kittimat, because they make aluminum themselves and would have to buy copper elsewhere. Have FUN DearWebby _____________________________________________________ A wife says to her husband one weekend morning, "We've got such a clever dog. He brings in the daily newspapers every morning." Her husband replied, "Well, lots of dogs can do that." The wife responded, "But we've never subscribed to any papers!" ____________________________________________________ Today, January 6 in 0871, England's King Alfred defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown. 1205, Philip of Swabia was crowned as King of the Romans. 1453, Frederick III erected Austria into an Archduchy. 1540, King Henry VIII of England was married to Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife. 1720, The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble published its findings. 1838, Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated the telegraph for the first time. 1896, The first American womens six-day bicycle race was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 1900, In India, it was reported that millions of people were dying from starvation. 1900, Off of South Africa, the British seized the German steamer Herzog. The boat was released on January 22, 1900. 1930, The first diesel-engine automobile trip was completed after a run of 792 miles from Indianapolis, IN, to New York City, NY. 1942, The first commercial around-the-world airline flight took place. Pan American Airlines was the company that made history with the feat. 1945, The Battle of the Bulge ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties. 1950, Britain recognized the Communist government of China. 1952, "Peanuts" debuted in Sunday papers across the United States. 1967, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces launched a major offensive, known as Operation "Deckhouse V", in the Mekong River delta. 1982, William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles, CA, of being the "freeway killer" who had murdered 14 young men and boys. 1987, After a 29-year lapse, the Ford Thunderbird was presented with the Motor Trend Car of the Year Award. It was the first occurrence of a repeat winner of the award. 1994, Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant at Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI. Four men were later sentenced to prison for the attack, including Tonya Harding's ex-husband. 1998, The spacecraft Lunar Prospect was launched into orbit around the moon. The craft was crashed into the moon, in an effort to find water under the lunar surface, on July 31, 1999. 1999, The 106th U.S. Congress opened. The first item on the agenda was the impeachment proceedings of U.S. President Bill Clinton. The trial was set to begin January 7, 1999. 2004, In the United Arab Emirates, construction began on the Burj Khalifa skyscraper. Upon completion it was the world's largest building. 2022 Do smiled.
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