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___________________________________________________ History: on this day, February 9, in 1969, The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight. ____________________________________________________ Bonehead Awards: UK officer, exposed as serial rapist, sentenced to life __________________________________________________ Q I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. --- Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. --- Jane Wagner ________________________________________________ A fellow in a bar notices a woman, always alone, come in on a fairly regular basis. After the second week, he made his move. "No thank you." she said politely. "This may sound rather odd in this day and age, but I'm keeping myself pure until I meet the man I love." "That must be rather difficult." the man replied. "Oh, I don't mind too much." she said. "But, it has my husband pretty upset." __________________________________________________ My 10 yr old niece says her prayers every night and instead of amen she says:"Hit ENTER" __________________________________________________ Anouar Benyounes _________________________________________________ While Kathy is at her friend's house it starts to rain very heavily. Her friend tells her to spend the night at her house and go home the next day. When she hears this, Kathy rushes out the door and comes back a while later totally drenched and carrying a small, soggy paper bag. So her friend asks "Where did you run off too?" "I went home to get my pajamas!" __________________________________________________ Maureen was feeling a bit ill, and not recovering from a night out anywhere near as fast as Paddy. So he sent her off to the doctor. She came back shortly with a puzzled frown and said: "Oh, Paddy, he wants a "Specimen", but fo the life o me I don't know if we have one or if we can affod t'buy one!" Paddy hemmed and hawed for a while, but couldn't figure it out either. So he finally suggested: "me lass, why don't you go upstairs and ask Maud O'Reilly, she used to work the streets in town and she'll know." So Maureen climbed up the stairs and knocked. Not a minute later, screaming and cussing and the noise of a ferocious fight echoed down the stairwell, soon followed by much banging and clatter as poor Maureen came tumbling down the stairs. As Paddy helped her up he asked her what happend. "Oh Paddy, she's so mean! All I did was ask her what a 'specimen' was, and she told me to 'piss in abottle'! So of course I told her to shit in a hat, and the fight was on." ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Each evening bird lover Tom stood in his backyard, hooting like an owl - and one night, an owl finally called back to him. For a year, the man and his feathered friend hooted back and forth. He even kept a log of the "conversation"... Just as he thought he was on the verge of a breakthrough in interspecies communication, his wife had a chat with her next door neighbor. "My husband spends his nights ... calling out to owls," she said. "That's odd," the neighbor replied. "So does my husband!" ___________________________________________________ The pastor had launched into one of his "Best Ever"messages. He was about half done, at the 45-minute mark and just getting to the "good part," when a member of his congregation died. Rushing to his office, he dialed 911. When the ambulance arrived, the paramedics carried out 51 people before they finally got one who didn't wake up when they got him to fresh air. __________________________________________________ Reported by Rock An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by David Carrick, 48, London, England UK UK officer, exposed as serial rapist, sentenced to life A former London police officer was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years for raping and sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 17-year period. Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 48, admitted last month he was a serial rapist in what prosecutors described as one of the most shocking cases involving a serving police officer. Carrick, who joined the force in 2001, pleaded guilty to 49 offenses including 24 counts of rape and charges including assault, attempted rape and false imprisonment. His crimes took place between 2003 and 2020. During Tuesday's sentencing hearing, Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said the former officer "took monstrous advantage of women" behind a public appearance of propriety and trustworthiness. "You brazenly raped and sexually assaulted a number of women, some very brutally, and you behaved as if you were untouchable. You were bold and at times relentless, trusting that no victim would overcome her shame and fear to report you," the judge told Carrick. "For nearly two decades you were proved right but now a combination of those 12 women, by coming forward, and your police colleagues, by acting on their evidence, have exposed you and brought you low," she added. The judge said Carrick had attempted to kill himself while on remand in a London high-security prison. The Metropolitan Police has apologized to victims after it emerged that nine allegations of rape and other crimes were made against Carrick between 2000 and 2021. He was only suspended from the force after his arrest for a rape complaint in 2021. The case was the latest in a string of scandals to undermine public trust in the Metropolitan Police, the largest police force in Britain. Authorities have put heavy pressure on the police to reform its culture and standards after a series of allegations of misogyny and racism within its ranks. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the top government official responsible for policing, said Tuesday that Carricks crimes were "a scar on our police." An inquiry is ongoing into his behavior and decision-making processes around his vetting, she said.The Metropolitan Police has apologized to victims after it emerged that nine allegations of rape and other crimes were made against Carrick between 2000 and 2021. He was only suspended from the force after his arrest for a rape complaint in 2021. The case was the latest in a string of scandals to undermine public trust in the Metropolitan Police, the largest police force in Britain. Authorities have put heavy pressure on the police to reform its culture and standards after a series of allegations of misogyny and racism within its ranks. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the top government official responsible for policing, said Tuesday that Carricks crimes were "a scar on our police." An inquiry is ongoing into his behavior and decision-making processes around his vetting, she said. ____________________________________________________ Q: What's the difference between Biology and Sociology? A: When the baby looks like the father, its Biology. When the baby looks like the neighbor, its Sociology! _____________________________________________________ ====From Billy-Jean The floppy drive is the drive below the beverage holder where you put those silvery beer coasters that AOL keeps sending! Even I knows that! Billy-Jean _________________________________________________ DearWebby's Tech Support Pits from: Tony re:What is cloud storage? Dear Webby I keep getting emails, that are trying to make me feel guilty for not using cloud storage. I don't even know what that is, and I doubt that I really need it. What do you recommend? Tony Dear Tony Cloud storage is simply storage on far away servers. If your site is hosted on a small server, that has frequent problems, then you can consider using a huge server farm like Amazon's or Google's or Microsoft's and store your expensive and irreplaceable data there. Just like your pages now look to your web host in your home town, not on your computer, with cloud storage the pictures and data are on a far away huge server. If you consider using cloud storage, check where the cloud is. For example, Alibaba is in GUANGZHOU, China. Depending on how much support you need, you might want to consider a server a bit closer to you. If you don't need off-site storage for your pictures and data, then just dump those emails and make a filter to dump future emails from them. Have FUN! DearWebby _____________________________________________________ An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of. He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head. He then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep. An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out. The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour. This continued off and on for several weeks. Curious I pinned a note to his collar: 'I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.' The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: 'He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3 - he's trying to catch up on his sleep. Please, may I come with him tomorrow?' ____________________________________________________ Today, February 9 in 1825, The U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president. No candidate had received a majority of electoral votes. 1825, The U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president. No candidate had received a majority of electoral votes. 1861, The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis as its president. 1870, The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service (NWS). 1884, Thomas Edison and Patrick Kenny executed a patent application for a chemical recording stock quotation telegraph (U.S. Pat. 314,115). 1885, The first Japanese arrived in Hawaii. 1895, Volley Ball was invented by W.G. Morgan. 1895, The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3. 1900, Dwight F. Davis put up a new tennis trophy to go to the winner in matches against England. The trophy was a silver cup that weighed 36 pounds. 1932, America entered the 2-man bobsled competition for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games held at Lake Placid, NY. 1942, The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II. 1942, Daylight-saving "War Time" went into effect in the U.S. 1943, During World War II, the battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory over Japanese forces. 1950, U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. This was the beginning of "McCarthyism." 1958, CBS radio debuted "Frontier Gentleman." 1969, The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight. 1971, The San Fernando Valley experienced the Sylmar earthquake that registered 6.4 on the Richter Scale. 1971, The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after mankind's third landing on the moon. 1975, The Russian Soyuz 17 returned to Earth. 1989, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. completed the $25 billion purchase of RJR Nabisco, Inc. 1997, "The Simpsons" became the longest-running prime- time animated series. "The Flintstones" held the record previously. 2001, "Hannibal," the sequel to "Silence of the Lambs," opened in theaters. 2022 Do smiled.
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