Jokes of the Day ...

.
.
.
A police recruit was asked during the exam,

"What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?"

He answered, "Call for backup."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A cop pulls a guy over for weaving across two lanes of traffic.

He walks up to the driver's window and asks, "You drinkin'?"

The driver said, "Well that depends - You buyin'?"


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
We Were Not Spoiled: A Franco-American Memoir

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KH94K32/?tag=untagged-20

Aphid in My Eye: Adventures in the Orchid Trade

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwSVFLREY1SS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Ashwagandha & Brahmi - Ayurvedic medicine's potent combination for fighting depression, anxiety and chronic stress

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INMWANC/?tag=untagged-20

Zen Buddhism: 5O Spiritual Teachings From Buddhist To Enlightenment And True Happiness

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0722PYKQD/?tag=untagged-20

Mental Illness A Creation by the Fight-or-Flight Response

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M7ZL4SE/?tag=untagged-20

Why Do Kids Kill?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CGMGGX0/?tag=untagged-20

A Fork in the Cart Path: a struggling bogey golfer considers giving up the game forever

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01B916DI6/?tag=untagged-20

Living Food: Top 25 Clean Eating To Help You Detox And Live A Healthier Life

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NAB2PAT/?tag=untagged-20

Lenin

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3MVZMSERKWC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Roman Britain

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxTE9DWjBGTS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Titanic

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxRFRCSFNVUS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Planning Your First Golf Tournament Fundraiser

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CEX2YKY/?tag=untagged-20

Killer Connection (A Hawaii Mystery Novelette)

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwUk9DWjVMNi8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

.
.
.

B&N Free Friday Book

.
.
.
Reckless in Texas (Texas Rodeo Series #1)


https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/reckless-in-texas-kari-lynn-dell/1122999308?ean=9781492631958#/

.
.
.

Shoddy ... so so shoddy. And corrupt! part one

.
.
.
Words come into usage from a variety of sources. Sometimes finding out the source of a word opens a window into a whole lot of history. The word "shoddy" is one of those words.

Using the term “shoddy”  in the 1860's denoted an inferior fabric made from ground up recycled wool, underhanded manufacturers who sold the Federal government defective uniforms, refurbished outmoded guns that didn’t work properly or at all, and poorly made shoes that dissolved if they got wet or wore out in a few days.

"Shoddy millionaires" was a derogatory term for the war profiteers in the North during the American Civil War. Allegedly, they supplied the Union army with faulty uniforms made from reprocessed "shoddy" wool rather than virgin wool. I imagine the fabric was more like felt, compressed together and not as sturdy as anything woven.

Cheating the government, graft, kick backs, corruption, and showing the buyers good samples but shipping poor quality goods, food and fodder was rampant at the start of the Civil War. There was really no oversight and no laws to prosecute the wrong doers. It was a greed based free for all, and a big mess.


Song about shoddy uniforms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPDfUGLKRo8

And more about the life of a soldier in the Civil War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuAH32LwZ0Q

Lyrics to another Shoddy Song:

Shoddy on the Brain.

In times like these, the nation sees,

Dear friends, and not a few,

Who deal in rags, and coffee bags,

Press’d out, and dyed in glue.

These patriots strive to keep alive

The war, from Gulf to Maine,

They don’t propose, the strife to close,

While Shoddy’s on the Brain.

Dear Mister Lamb, has now a plan,

Since brown stone looks so coarse,

To build a stall with marble hall,

In which to keep his horse.

The stable nigh offends his eye,

Though proof ’gainst wind and rain.

For castles fair float in the air,

Since Shoddy’s on the brain.

A soldier bold, in town was told,

That Shoddy walked the street,

With cautious eye, he louged to spy,

The monster on his feet.

Just then a stoop, to tie his boot,

Gave pants a tighting strain,

A lady’s shriek! across the street,

Brought Shoddy on his brain.

’Tis sweet to muse upon the news,

How Shoddy at the ball,

Wore skirts of lace, with witching grace,

That fairly captur’d all.

And then those pearls, ’mid Grecian curls,

Appear’d like drops of rain,

That sparkle bright, in rain-bow light,

While Shoddy swayed the brain.

When church bells ring, the coaches bring,

The pious and elite,

The vulgar walk, and perhaps would talk,

Had Shoddy used her feet

A man in black, so sleek and fat,

’Tis—Jenkins with his cane,

Bows down so meek—shows them a seat,

For Shoddy’s on his brain.

While prayers are read, the hands and head

Are moved to catch the light,

That finger rings, and diamond pins,

Might tempt the feeble sight.

The eye grows dim—the choir now sing

Some operatic strain,

The vision past, too bright to last.

O! Shoddy on the brain.

link where original print of words is posted:

https://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/songsheets_bsvg200565/


.
.
.

Jokes and thoughts of the day ...

.
.
.

“Why isn’t the word “phonetically” spelled with an “f”?”


― Steven Wright

=====================

“When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.”


― Cory Doctorow

======================

What was the camel with no hump named?

Humphrey.

======================


Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Yoga for Men

https://go.ereaderiq.com/us/w/B00U6A9BHC

Trash To Treasure

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X7VNQ7S

Missing Person Case Files Solved

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012EG5UJ8

Sociopath

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BLXTC4O

Promise

https://go.ereaderiq.com/us/w/B006IGCAGC

Psychopath

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CGQNFZC/?tag=untagged-20

The Horrific Crimes of Gilles de Rais Revisited: Life of a Serial Killer of the Middle Ages (Serial Killers Book 8)

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxOVBPTzJFRy8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

The True Story of William Grandstaff, "Negro Bill" of Moab, Utah and Glenwood Springs, Colorado

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N3P0W95/?tag=untagged-20

MY SMALL WORLD: Memoir

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UB7IBV2/?tag=untagged-20

101 Camping Hacks: Making Camping and Backpacking Easy

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ENYKKGM/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
White-Collar Crime in the Shadow Economy

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BNM2XK9/?tag=untagged-20

Solidarity in Europe: Citizens' Responses in Times of Crisis (Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CJ2TDLT/?tag=untagged-20

Tobacco Control Policy in the Netherlands

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D2ZY71H/?tag=untagged-20

Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D55KSFW/?tag=untagged-20

The EU and China in African Authoritarian Regimes: Domestic Politics and Governance Reforms

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DF4JP29/?tag=untagged-20

Representations of Transnational Human Trafficking: Present-day News Media, True Crime, and Fiction

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F58FJFF/?tag=untagged-20

Observing the Volcano World: Volcano Crisis Communication (Advances in Volcanology)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FL2SNHY/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

Music heard in movie Peter Rabbit

.
.
.
M79 · Vampire Weekend


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUx-b7XUlRs

.
.
.

Music heard in a Columbo episode

.
.
.
Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce8p0VcTbuA

.
.
.

Oath of Office final part pt 4

.
.
.

I swear on ….


Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his family’s Bible, written in Dutch and printed in 1686.


John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic elected to the White House, chose a Douay Bible.

And when his second inauguration fell on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President Obama chose to lay his hand upon a book of Holy Scripture that belonged to the civil rights leader.


On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced his choices: a Bible his mother gifted him in 1955 when he graduated from Presbyterian Sunday school and the one President Abraham Lincoln used at his inauguration.


The last, and only other president since Lincoln, to use the Lincoln Bible was Obama, both in 2009 and 2013, a choice the 44th president said was meant to emphasize Lincoln’s call for “national unity” during his first inaugural address. Others speculated that Obama’s selection evoked even deeper symbolism — the first black president taking the oath on the Bible of the Great Emancipator.


Being religious, or using a Bible to swear the oath of office, isn’t required of American presidents.

Most do, but some haven’t, including John Quincy Adams, who took the oath on a law book. This may have been common practice at the time; there is no concrete evidence that any president from John Adams to John Tyler used a Bible to swear the oath upon.

.
.
.

Jokes of the Day

.
.
.
“I tried to contain myself... but I escaped!”

― Gary Paulsen

================

“Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.”

― Robert A. Heinlein

===================

“When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.”

― Criss Jami

======================

How do you fix a broken Tuba?


With a tuba glue.

===================
.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Consciousness Beyond the Body: Evidence and Reflections

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxQk0xU01TMi8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Open Water: Tips and Advice For Taking Your First Scuba Diving Class

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwVUw3UkJYRy8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Training for War: An Essay

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JQI9TH2/?tag=untagged-20

Crochet

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwS1JIWDlJRy8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

The Interpreters: Stories of interpreters who served the US military, as told to VICE News.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LI764G8/?tag=untagged-20

For 91 Days in Iceland

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwSVM2Mk8wTS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Retreat to Woodhaven (The Hills of Burlington Book 2)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HXLLZCQ/?tag=untagged-20

Great Idea to a Great Company: Making Inventions Pay

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwVzJST0RPSS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Speech Disorders: Tips, Tricks, and Tools Parents Need to Know

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BW45BMM/?tag=untagged-20

Fear of Intimacy and the Tango Cure

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwRkE2U0I2Ty8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Japanese Business Communication: Lost in Translation?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GKKY65I/?tag=untagged-20

Winter of the Genomes

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O8H39PE/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

Joke of the Day ...

.
.
.
(*_*) - Short Story - A College Writing Test


A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible.

The instructions were:

The short story had to contain the following three things:

1.) Religion

2.) Sexuality

3.) Mystery

Below is the only A+ short story in the entire class.


'Good God, I'm pregnant; I wonder whose it is?'

.
.
.

Oath of Office pt 3

.
.
.
Oath mishaps, (or, Close enough for Government Work).


In 1909, when President William Howard Taft was sworn in, Chief Justice Melville Fuller misquoted the oath, but the error was not publicized at the time.


The mistake was similar to the one Taft himself would make twenty years later when swearing in President Hoover. Recalling the incident, Taft wrote, "When I was sworn in as president by Chief Justice Fuller, he made a similar slip," and added, "but in those days when there was no radio, it was observed only in the Senate chamber where I took the oath."


In 1929, Taft, later the Chief Justice, garbled the oath when he swore in President Herbert Hoover using the words "preserve, maintain, and defend the Constitution", instead of "preserve, protect, and defend". The error was picked up by schoolgirl Helen Terwilliger on the radio. Taft eventually acknowledged his error, but did not think it was important, and Hoover did not retake the oath. In Taft's view, his departure from the text did not invalidate the oath.


In 1945, President Harry S. Truman's bare initial caused an unusual slip when he first became president and took the oath. At a meeting in the Cabinet Room, Chief Justice Harlan Stone, apparently mistaken about the meaning of Truman's middle initial (which is not an abbreviation but rather the whole middle name in itself), began reading the oath by saying "I, Harry Shipp Truman...", Truman responded: "I, Harry S Truman,..."


In both his 1953 and 1957 inaugurations, Dwight D. Eisenhower read the line "the office of President of the United States" as "the office of the President of the United States," even as Chief Justices Fred Vinson (in 1953) and Earl Warren (in 1957) said the line correctly.
In 1965, Chief Justice Earl Warren prompted Lyndon Johnson to say, "the Office of the Presidency of the United States".


In 1973, President Richard Nixon added the word "and" between "preserve" and "protect", resulting in "preserve and protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." Nixon had recited the line correctly during his first inauguration.


In 2009, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, while administering the oath to Barack Obama, incorrectly recited part of the oath. Roberts prompted, "That I will execute the Office of President to the United States faithfully." Obama stopped at "execute," and waited for Roberts to correct himself. Roberts, after a false start, then followed Obama's "execute" with "faithfully", which results in "execute faithfully," which is also incorrect. Obama then repeated Roberts' initial, incorrect prompt, with the word "faithfully" after "United States." The oath was re-administered the next day by Roberts at the White House.

======================
Since the office of President of the United States came into existence in 1789 there have been 58 public swearing-in ceremonies to mark the commencement of a new four-year presidential term, plus an additional nine marking the start of a partial presidential term following the intra-term death or resignation of an incumbent president.


With the 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump, the presidential oath has been taken 75 different times by 44 persons.

This numerical discrepancy results chiefly from two factors: a president must take the oath at the beginning of each term of office, and, because Inauguration Day has sometimes fallen on a Sunday, five presidents have taken the oath privately before the public inauguration ceremony.


In addition, three have repeated the oath as a precaution against potential later constitutional challenges

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
veg

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004FEFASY

Tales of Lady Luck

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxRkdSR0lDSy8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Aaron Burr: A Captivating Guide

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079KRNC3R/?tag=untagged-20

Egypt

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3OVIxRkhQRy8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Olmec

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3RDYyUVMxTC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Sumerians

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3Q1IzVkszVC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Trail

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3QzNOODlMOC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Stretching

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwM09ESVhDVy8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Physics


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AV57340/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.
.

Oath of Office pt 2

.
.
.
By convention, incoming presidents raise their right hand and place the left on a Bible or other book while taking the oath of office.


In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office with an altar Bible borrowed from the St. John's Lodge No. 1, Ancient York Masons lodge in New York. At some point kissing the Bible was included.


Dwight Eisenhower broke that tradition in 1953 when he said a prayer instead of kissing the Bible.
Theodore Roosevelt did not use a Bible when taking the oath in 1901.


Both John Quincy Adams and Franklin Pierce swore on a book of law, with the intention that they were swearing on the constitution.


Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in on a Roman Catholic missal on Air Force One.


Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump each swore the oath on two Bibles. *

*(my comment - maybe that's where the phrase came from to swear on a stack of Bibles?)

.
.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Master Photo Lighting - Soft Light (On Target Photo Training Book 8)

https://go.ereaderiq.com/us/w/B007S4ZJZM

Bus Journey Across Mexico

https://go.ereaderiq.com/us/w/B009JX31J6

Quantum Metaphysics

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FB6ML0O/?tag=untagged-20

migrane

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwU1EyWjRHWS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Glastonbury

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NFQT750/?tag=untagged-20


Anneewakee: One Boy's Journey

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwVkRURlE3NC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Custom Body Scrubs

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwV0w0TThYQS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

For 91 Days in Macedonia

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxMEtFT1lTWS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

1,000 Random Facts Everyone Should Know

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0771Q2YPB/?tag=untagged-20

Crochet Mandala and Rugs: (Beautiful Mandala Rugs Projects)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0791GHSRF/?tag=untagged-20

Gunmen

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MNT96X/?tag=untagged-20

Battlelines: Road to Gettysburg: Civil War Combat Artists and the Pictures They Drew

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0732G4WW3/?tag=untagged-20

He's Still Up There

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EZ17LII/?tag=untagged-20

Great Chief Washakie of the Shoshoni Indians

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IEEO036/?tag=untagged-20

War Against The British Empire: The declassified Plan To Invade Britain in WWII BY The USA

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075NNJ8HW/?tag=untagged-20

The Logic of Murderous Rampages and Other Essays on Violence and its Prevention

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AYPR18A/?tag=untagged-20

The Masters of Wisdom, A Treasury of Esoteric Knowledge

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AMLHYPU/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

Oath of Office

.
.
.
Oath of office of the President of the United States.

==================

The oath of office of the President of the United States is the oath or affirmation that the President of the United States takes after assuming the presidency but before carrying out any duties of the office.

The wording of the oath is specified in Article II, Section One, Clause 8, of the United States Constitution.


While the Constitution does not mandate that anyone in particular should administer the presidential oath of office, it is typically administered by the Chief Justice.

There have been several exceptions, however.

George Washington was sworn into office during his first inauguration, on April 30, 1789, by Chancellor of New York Robert Livingston.

William Cranch, chief judge of the U.S. Circuit Court, administered the oath to Millard Fillmore on July 10, 1850, when he became president after the death of Zachary Taylor.

Upon being informed of Warren Harding's death, while visiting his family home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president by his father, John Calvin Coolidge Sr., a notary public.

Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes administered the oath of office to Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One after John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963.

This was the first (and to date only) time a woman administered the oath of office.

Overall, the presidential oath has been administered by 15 Chief Justices (one of whom—William Howard Taft—was also a former president), one Associate Justice, four federal judges, two New York state judges, and one notary public.

.
.
.

Joke of the day

.
.
.
(*_*) - Airlines - Pilots Vs. Ground Techs

It takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one; a reassurance to those of us who fly routinely in our jobs.

After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe sheet,' which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.

Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by UPS pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.


P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
*
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
*
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
*
P: Dead bugs on windshield..
S: Live bugs on back-order.
*
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200-feet-per-minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground..
*
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
*
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
*
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
*
P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF is always inoperative in OFF mode.
*
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right..
*
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
*
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.
*
P:Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
*
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
*
And the best one for last
*
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from the midget.

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Cadence to Glory: A Novel of the American Revolution

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PUMNFMS

Mermaids and Gems: Underwater Model and Nature Photography

https://go.ereaderiq.com/us/w/B01KC5OGX4

The Foot Book: 25 DIY Foot Care Recipes for Happy Healthy Feet

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XBYJNC9/?tag=untagged-20

THE FUN SPACE QUIZ (INTER ACTIVE FUN QUIZZES Book 1)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NMO5FC/?tag=untagged-20

How To Survive A Hurricane: (Hurricane force, Hurricane manual)

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3NU5NMUc2Ny8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Universe: Is Time Travel Possible In Our Universe?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FOSWOKC/?tag=untagged-20

Rajasthan: Cities, Sights & Other Places You Need To Visit (India, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Chennai Book 6)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0756322Q2/?tag=untagged-20


Universe: Are UFO Pilots Really Aliens?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FOTOBC0/?tag=untagged-20

Manchester: Cities, Sights & Other Places You Need To Visit (Great Britain, London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester Book 7)

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3N1dWNjVDNC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

The pre-Egyptian gods from the Sahara (The Forgotten Civilizations of Africa Book 8)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVMVUTG/?tag=untagged-20

Universe 6-book bundle

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I50U1WE/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
It's Alive!: The Science of B-Movie Monsters (Chicago Shorts)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D96AO2Q/?tag=untagged-20

11 DIY Wedding Centerpieces That'll Drop Jaws

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwS1JISTZKOC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Haitian Revolution: A History From Beginning to End

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NAIADQK/?tag=untagged-20

Wrongful Convictions: True Murder Cases Unbelievable Miscarriages of Justice

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0104C9HIE/?tag=untagged-20

Conspiracy Theories: What They Don't Want You to Know

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GC6KF9J/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

Jokes of the day ...

.
.
.
=============

There’s a band called 1023MB. They haven’t had any gigs yet.

===================

How do you age a goldfish?

Take out the "g".

===============

What do you call a famous fish?

A Starfish.

===============

Do you want me to tell you a joke backwards?

Then start laughing!

===============

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Conversations with a Hungry Ghost: Memoir of a Reluctant Medium

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XVWXNW8/?tag=untagged-20

Occupational Hazards: The Blue-Collar Omnibus

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073ZVZ1TY/?tag=untagged-20

The Co-dependent Relationship

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X6CGLSO/?tag=untagged-20

Secrets, Stories and Scandals of Ten Welsh Follies

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012X3TMR8/?tag=untagged-20

The Great Big Fitness Quote Book

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SE26C1W/?tag=untagged-20

veg

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MITMS7O/?tag=untagged-20

Mentorship Basics: An overview

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxTFlBMkRZMi8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

A Penny and an Egg: The early years of a country boy

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JRJAS9S/?tag=untagged-20


Hobson's Century: Adventures in Economics

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018WAXUDI/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

Book one in the series

.
.
.
is also free


Black Run (Rocco Schiavone Series #1)


https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-run-antonio-manzini/1120167059?ean=9780062310064#/

.
.
.

B&N Free Friday

.
.
.
good one!

Adam's Rib (Rocco Schiavone Series #2)


https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/adams-rib-antonio-manzini/1122785024?ean=9780062354693


.
.
.

Joke of the Day

.
.
.

product reviews like you've never seen in your life: (be sure to read the customer questions and answers too)


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DZTJRQ/?coliid=IOIEOPLNPHDIF&colid=3OVUR9I748MH4&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Looking for Art (Joe Polito - Somerville Book 1)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IFD2BTW

vanished

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M743WYQ

veg

https://go.ereaderiq.com/us/w/B00AT08D00

How To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse: The Complete Guide To Urban Survival, Prepping and Zombie Defense.

https://go.ereaderiq.com/us/w/B0129GH7MQ

Lives of the Saints: Volume I: (January - March)

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3NUZaSk0zSi8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life From Beginning to End

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3OVlXSlZONS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

King Louis XIV: A Life From Beginning to End (Royalty Biography Book 6)

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA2WFMzVFNMUy8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

William the Conqueror: A Life From Beginning to End

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3OFM1SzdEWS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Age of Enlightenment: A History From Beginning to End

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxTVlYM0MxMi8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

How To Grow Healthy & Tasty Cucumbers: Quick Start Guide (How To eBooks Book 48)

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxNFozT0czWS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Elkhorn Tavern 1860: The Pea Ridge Community

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0722XGR5Q/?tag=untagged-20

One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare: Research, Deployment, Consequences

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3ODdXMUhUOC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=


.
.
.

Jokes of the Day

.
.
.
What did one toilet say to another?

You look kind of flushed.

======================

Q. What's a cats favorite color?

A. Purr-ple

================

What did the Mama Cow say to the Baby Cow?

It's pasture bedtime.

================

What do you get when you cross an octopus and a cow?

An animal that can milk itself.

===================
.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Cultural differences: Nonverbal Communication - Skills and Practice II

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WRR0KEK/?tag=untagged-20

Actors on Board: The True Story of Jackson, a Slave's Performance of a Lifetime

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MZZ5C2C/?tag=untagged-20

How To Apply The Teachings Of Buddhism In The 21st Century

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00REMNW1Q/?tag=untagged-20

0 Amounts to Something

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TBY1T8S/?tag=untagged-20

Addie L. Ballou: Spiritualist Reformer, Poet, and Artist

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O2BOOJQ/?tag=untagged-20

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: LIFE LESSONS: Challenges, solutions and lessons from the life of a great man

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BASI88Q/?tag=untagged-20

BARACK OBAMA: LIFE LESSONS: Challenges, solutions and lessons from the first African-American President

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C9QQECK/?tag=untagged-20

Susto: Fright and Soul Loss in the Spanish Speaking World

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KVURXPE/?tag=untagged-20

24 Tie-Dye Techniques: Free Tie-Dye Patterns

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KDNVM2O/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

The Constitution, worth the paper it's written on?

.
.
.
Trick question, because it's not written on paper at all! 

The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are currently housed in the National Archives. All three are written on parchment, not hemp paper. Parchment is treated animal skin, typically sheepskin. The Declaration was inked with iron gall ink.

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Without Foundations: Justification in Political Theory

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FSTRSZG/?tag=untagged-20

Elder Abuse: Cultural Contexts and Implications

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WGMP7PZ/?tag=untagged-20

Kale Recipes

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3RlBMUzNNUC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
The Displaced: Fall of a Fortress — A Classic Historical Fiction Novel — Volume 1 of 3

https://www.amazon.com/Displaced-Fortress-Classic-Historical-Fiction-ebook/dp/B07BYV15NM/ref=zg_bs_157325011_f_42?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AD5R4MHFYJFQSX8MQHZZ

The Great Book of Florida: The Crazy History of Florida

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Book-Florida-History-Amazing-ebook/dp/B07GH5V5K3/ref=zg_bs_157325011_f_51?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=30YCP75RXCE5Z59C2FFC


.
.
.

The X Y Z Affair ...

.
.
.
The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between France and the United States that resulted in a limited, undeclared naval war with France known as the Quasi-War. The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between France and the United States that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War (1798-1800).

An American diplomatic commission was sent to France in July 1797 to negotiate problems that were threatening to break out into war. The diplomats, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry, were approached through informal channels by agents of the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand, who demanded bribes and a loan before formal negotiations could begin.

Although such demands were not uncommon in mainland European diplomacy of the time, the Americans were offended by them, and eventually left France without ever engaging in formal negotiations. Gerry, seeking to avoid all-out war, remained for several months after the other two commissioners left. His exchanges with Talleyrand laid groundwork for the eventual end to diplomatic and military hostilities.


The failure of the commission caused a political firestorm in the United States when the commission's dispatches were published. It led to the undeclared Quasi-War (1798 to 1800).


Federalists who controlled the government took advantage of the national anger to build up the nation's military. 

They also attacked the Jeffersonian Republicans for their pro-French stance, and Elbridge Gerry (a nonpartisan at the time) for what they saw as his role in the commission's failure.


more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZ_Affair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0KcA59_8s


***My comment - after the tragic heartbreaking fiasco at Valley Forge it was good that the army would finally be properly funded and trained. If we're going to have an army we had to go about it the right way. ***
.
.
.

Jokes of the Day ....

.
.
.
============

“Why isn’t the word “phonetically” spelled with an “f”?”

― Steven Wright

======================

This is a fun brain exercise from Reader's Digest:

Each of the following is a complete sentence- but it might take you a few reads to realize it. Can you understand them all?

* The man who hunts ducks out on weekends.

* The old man the boat.

* The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families.

========================

Why should you be careful playing cards in Africa?

There are lots of cheetahs.

================

Why did the snake cross the road?

To get to the other ssssssside!

========================
What do you call an oyster that takes all the pearls?


Shell fish.

=====================
.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Tongue Twister (+300 funny, tricky, tough tongue-twisters for Kids and Adults)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y4R9JLS/?tag=untagged-20

Drone Flying: A Practical Guide

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxQjlNQVlUNC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Mothman

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxTjlLNDZFOC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

States

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NGZDX9N/?tag=untagged-20

Raccoons

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RPLR532/?tag=untagged-20

Four Fair Females From Indiana: A Travel Journal (1938)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VEMMJ7U/?tag=untagged-20

Life Along Little Pigeon Creek

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XYR9DYK/?tag=untagged-20

Secrets to Quit Nail Biting Permanently: Proven techniques to quit nail biting easily and for good

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxMDRBR0FWOC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Would You Watch This Movie With Christ?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011T0JCP8/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
A Galileo Forgery: Unmasking the New York Sidereus Nuncius: Volume III

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0138MAN3A/?tag=untagged-20

The Anschluss of the Sudeten Regions and the Subjugation of Czechia

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KVIJ85E/?tag=untagged-20

Public Enemies: 5 True Crime Gangster Stories from the Roaring Twenties(Vol 1)

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwVTdBWVZWQy8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Flow of Time: Quantum Gravity giving New Physics

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QGL6KMY/?tag=untagged-20

How Propaganda Is Used to Turn Anyone Against You

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X4DKR08/?tag=untagged-20

Constituent, Confederate, and Conquered Space: The Emergence of the Mittani State

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0138MARE0/?tag=untagged-20

Monumental Polovtsian Statues in Eastern Europe: the Archaeology, Conservation and Protection

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0138MWWFC/?tag=untagged-20

Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0138MWXSS/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

How Slavery ended

.
.
.
I like history books and when I come across one I consider worthwhile I will mention it here.

===========================

Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865

==================

"the book to read on how slavery died"
- Library Journal

======

“Freedom National provides the best account we have of the process of emancipation and the ultimate abolition of slavery, on the ground in the South and in the halls of power at Washington. It also makes clear that from the beginning, nearly all participants recognized that the central issue of the war was slavery and that its likely outcome was a new birth of freedom.”

- James M. McPherson, author of War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861―1865

==============
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865

(I got my copy from the library, both the audio and the book itself for free on loan and have renewed it several times)

Amazon sells it for $9.99 :

https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-National-Destruction-Slavery-1861-1865-ebook/dp/B007Q6XKXU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1534855164&sr=1-1&keywords=freedom+national

And B&N sells it for $11.87:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/freedom-national-james-oakes/1116943580?ean=9780393089714

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
The Fall and Rise of Tyler Johnson: Based on the Journals of a Young Man Turned Fugitive

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071LHVDKK/?tag=untagged-20

Tangines

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAxQkhGWkhENi8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Summer Crochet: 10 Adorable Purses: (Crochet Patterns, Crochet Stitches, Crochet Book)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D5JFKGL/?tag=untagged-20

Bowling

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3NTk2U1lHNC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Citrus!

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3NldZNlFCRC8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Recipes for Roasted Chickpeas

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0788VQMGB/?tag=untagged-20

I Heart Movie Lists

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078P6VYLR/?tag=untagged-20

Einstein’s Inspiring Quotes for Success: A Book which is worth a Million Dollars (“Winning Words” Book Series 1)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B5YJKXN/?tag=untagged-20

Crochet Patterns: 10 Amazing Snowflakes Projects: (Crochet Patterns, Crochet Stitches, Crochet Book)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D59V9N9/?tag=untagged-20

Crochet Hats: 10 Warm Hats and Beanies Patterns: (Crochet Patterns, Crochet Stitches, Crochet Book)

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjA3RDY5NDdITS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Spain

http://www.dailyfreebooks.com/bookinfo.php?book=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvQjAwRjU4VzdMTS8/dGFnPWRhaWx5ZmItMjA=

Your Crystal Journey

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DJDN54W/?tag=untagged-20

Lights & Shadows: Discoveries Away From Home: Perspectives on American, German and Chinese Cultures

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BNBQYXH/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.

Kindle

.
.
.
Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077PFD3ZQ/?tag=untagged-20

Rivers of the Anthropocene

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07845T2CV/?tag=untagged-20

WE LIVE IN A SIMULATION

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078VCRLPS/?tag=untagged-20

Mount Everest Catastrophe 1996: Into the Death Zone

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079KR3HQP/?tag=untagged-20

Dorje Dolma: A Saga Of Life, Labor and Love

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079YZMMNH/?tag=untagged-20

UFO TECHNOLOGY, STRATEGY AND PILOTS

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FN55B26/?tag=untagged-20

.
.
.