Good Morning, Do! Today is Friday, August 2 Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops! Just had a handful of raspberries fresh off the bushes. I noticed something extremely interesting! On one corner of my two rows of raspberries I have Lovage growing. Some of you may know it as Maggi. Maggi is the secret behind Maggi / Knorr soup cubes. I like Maggi. A leaf in a pot of stew gives it a slightly wild flavor. Some people like soy sauce, I prefer Maggi. The interesting aspect is that the Maggi plant seems to very positively affect the raspberries! At the opposite end of the row, the raspberry plants are about 4 - 5 feet tall, but where the Maggi is, they grow 12 feet tall! I let them arch over to the second row. And they are full of berries! Right now only about a quarter of the berries are ripe, but the rest are blushing. I wonder if anybody else has any experience with Maggi (Lovage) and how it affects their garden. Lovage is a very tough plant. I grew it even in the Yukon. From seed it takes a year or two before it gets tall, but then it is an unstoppable herb. It thrives on neglect. No need to water it. In late fall, mow it down. It will come back in spring. Have FUN! DearWebby _____________________________________________________ Today, August 2 in 1887 Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire enabling expansion of agriculture into the West. More of today in history at History ______________________________________________________ | If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! | |
Today's Bonehead Award: PA woman urinated onto potato bin in Walmart _______________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote! _______________________________________________ Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. --- Jane Wagner _____________________________________________________ Thanks to Dianne for this story: Fred was well known for his cheapness and his "eye for a bargain." One day he was looking for a cheap wedding present for his niece, so he went into a thrift shop. As he was walking around, he noticed what was previously an expensive glass crystal vase lying in the corner. It was in three pieces. After some haggling with the owner, Fred bought the broken vase for $5. He then filled in the congratulations card, wrote out his niece's name and address and gave the owner another $5 so that the broken vase could be gift wrapped and mailed. Fred then left the shop feeling quite pleased with himself. He expected his niece to think the vase had been broken in the mail. A few days later, he called his niece to see if the present had arrived. "Yes, Uncle Fred, but unfortunately it was in 3 pieces when it was delivered." "What terrible luck!" said Fred. "The Post Office is getting worse all the time!" "It is a shame," she replied, "and it was so beautifully wrapped too...each piece separately." ______________________________________________________` _____________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote! Thanks for your votes! ___________________________________________________ Reported by the Bausell Sailor: An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by Grace Brown, 20, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania PA woman urinated onto potato bin in Walmart West Mifflin police say 20-year-old Grace Brown is facing multiple charges including criminal mischief, open lewdness and public drunkenness. It wasn't known if she's retained an attorney. Brown turned herself in Tuesday after learning that authorities were looking for her. Authorities had posted surveillance photos of the incident on Twitter. But they haven't said when the incident took place or why she allegedly relieved herself on the potatoes. A Walmart representative has said an employee saw what Brown was doing. The company "immediately disposed of the affected products and sanitized the area." DearWebby's Tech Support Pits From: Frank Re: Wireless Mouse Dear Webby, I've been using a wireless mouse for a few years and love it. However, in the past few days the mouse has a mind of its own. It stalls mid page, is erratic and sometimes unresponsive. Of course I've replaced the batteries with more than one set (2AA) and I've reset the receiver / mouse a few times. Does the mouse die a natural death after a period of time? Is something else happening? If I have to get a new one please provide recommendation regarding new wireless mouse. Frank Dear Frank If the mouse buttons are OK, then the wireless part is OK. Check the glider feet of the mouse. Chances are that they have accumulated some dirt. You can usually scrape the worst of it off, and then polish them by running the mouse roughly over some scrap paper. Have FUN! DearWebby Automatically move ALL your settings and programs. No need to re-install them. The only mover recommended by Intel and Microsoft. Her minister told an eighty-year-old woman that, at her age, she should be giving some thought to what he called the hereafter. She said to him, I think about it many times a day. Oh, really? said the minister. That is very wise. It's not a matter of wisdom, she replied. It's when I open a drawer or a closet, I ask myself, 'What am I here after?' | If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! | |
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. Little Jimmy interrupted. "My mommy looked back once while she was driving," he announced triumphantly, "and she turned into a telephone pole!" ___________________________________________________ Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Thriftyfun.com Whipping Cream You can whip cream faster by chilling the bowl and beaters in the fridge before whipping. A few drops of lemon juice will help the cream stiffen. thriftyfun.Com ____________________________________________________ | | Space Photos: The Most Amazing Images This Week! |
___________________________________________________ Thanks to Sandie for this one: I was shopping for art supplies at my friend's craft store. As she was checking me out, my friend asked, "Have you gotten thinner?" Flattered, I replied, "Why, yes. I've been on this diet for a couple of weeks now and I've lost a few pounds." My friend rolled her eyes and said, "I meant paint thinner." ___________________________________________________ Habit I am five feet, three inches tall and pleasingly plump. Recently, after I had a minor accident, my mother accompanied me to the emergency room. The ER nurse asked for my height and weight, and I responded in a serious tone, "Five-foot-eight, 125 pounds." While the nurse pondered this information, my mother leaned over to me and said, "Sweetheart," she gently chided, "this is not the Internet." - from Ann F. ___________________________________________________ Our National Guard unit is long on officers and short on enlisted men, so lieutenants often help load trucks or do other manual labor. As we were preparing for summer camp, a couple of sergeants muscling a trunk up a flight of stairs spotted a junior officer. "Hey, lieutenant," one called out, "can you give us a hand?" "Sure," he replied. "What do you want me to do -- supervise or delegate?" __________________________________________________ | Ophelia Dingbatter's NewsNo sermon and not suitable for church, just jokes and fun for grownups. Read it on-line or subscribe. If you subscribe, look for the double opt-in confirmation request. |
The Sermon I think this Mom will never forget... This particular Sunday sermon....'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust..' He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?' ___________________________________________________ | Today, August 2 in 1776 Members of the Continental Congress began adding their signatures to the Declaration of Independence. 1791 Samuel Briggs and his son Samuel Briggs, Jr. received a joint patent for their nail-making machine. They were the first father- son pair to receive a patent. 1858 In Boston and New York City the first mailboxes were installed along streets. 1887 Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire enabling expansion of agriculture into the West. 1892 Charles A. Wheeler patented the first escalator. 1926 John Barrymore and Mary Astor starred in the first showing of the Vitaphone System. The system was the combining of picture and sound for movies. 1938 Bright yellow baseballs were used in a major league baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. It was hoped that the balls would be easier to see. 1939 Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging the U.S. to have an atomic weapons research program. 1939 U.S. President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act. The act prohibited civil service employees from taking an active part in political campaigns. 1945 The Allied conference at Potsdam was concluded. 1964 The Pentagon reported the first of two North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. 1987 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was re-released. The film was 50 years old at the time of its re-release. 1990 Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had driven down oil prices by exceeding production quotas set by OPEC. 1995 China ordered the expulsion of two U.S. Air Force officers. The two were said to have been caught spying on military sights. 2019 Do smiled. |
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