Edition 12-7-03

 

Thanks Lauren
Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates.

"In honor of this holy season," Saint Peter said, "you must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven."

The first man fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on. It represents a candle, he said.

"You may pass through the pearly gates," Saint Peter said.

The second man reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. 

He shook them and said, "They're bells" . Saint Peter said, "You may pass through the pearly gates."

The third man started searching desperately through his pockets and finally pulled out a pair of women's panties.

St. Peter looked at the man with a raised eyebrow and asked, "And just what do those symbolize?"

The man replied, "They're Carols".

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There was a man who had worked all of his life and had saved all of his money. He was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money to the afterlife."

So he got his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him. 
Well, one day he died. He was stretched out in the casket; the wife was sitting there in black next to her closest friend.

When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, "Wait just a minute!" She had a shoebox with her; she came over with the box and placed it in the casket.

Then the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away. Her friend said, "I hope you weren't crazy enough to put all that money in the casket."

She said, "Yes, I promised. I'm a good Christian I can't lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."

"You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?" 

"I sure did," said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check."

This comes from the 'What a damn shame file'. According to an AP report. REP JERKLAW cried on the stand today as he was questioned in his manslaughter trial. Gee I feel so sorry for him-not. I'm sure the friends and family of Randy Scott have shed many tears at the loss of his life. We can only hope that justice will be served. The one thing that you can count on is that this web site will continue to keep you up to date.FLFLHTC

MILWAUKEE, Dec 05, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via Comtex/ -- Harley-Davidson,
Inc. (NYSE: HDI) announced today that its Board of Directors approved a
quarterly cash dividend of 8 cents per share, payable December 29, 2003 to
shareholders of record as of December 15, 2003. This represents a 100 percent
increase over the last quarterly dividend.

"The recent change in tax law has increased the attractiveness of dividends as a
way of sharing the success of the Company with our shareholders," said Jeffrey
L. Bleustein, chairman and chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc.

The Company currently has approximately 302 million shares of common stock
outstanding.

DUI DEATHS - At the urging of the Attorney General's Office, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously ruled that drunk drivers may face multiple counts of DUI manslaughter if they cause an accident in which more than one person is killed. The court ruled in the case of a man who was driving under the influence of alcohol when his vehicle collided with another car, fatally injuring its two occupants. The driver was convicted on two counts of DUI manslaughter, but argued that the wording of the DUI manslaughter law means he could not legally be subject to two convictions stemming from a single accident. The Supreme Court disagreed, adopting the argument presented by Assistant Attorney General Celia Terenzio that DUI manslaughter offenses should be treated like homicide cases, where defendants can be convicted for each death they cause.
Sounds like good 'ol horse sense to me Personally I'd like to see 'em swinging from a rope in the town square!

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SafetyAlerts
December 3, 2003

MOTO GUZZI Has Recalled the 2000 and 2001 V11 SPORT

() - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced.

Make : MOTO GUZZI Model : V11 SPORT Year : 2000

Make : MOTO GUZZI Model : V11 SPORT Year : 2001


NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 03V486000

Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Potential Number Of Units Affected : 680

Summary:
ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE GEARBOX SHIFT SLEEVES FOR ENGAGEMENT OF 3RD TO 6TH GEARS CAN FRACTURE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE THE MOTORCYCLE IS IN USE.

Notes:
MOTO GUZZI RECALL NO. 101EBS. CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONS AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

MOTO GUZZI Has Recalled the 2000 V11 SPORT

() - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced.

Make : MOTO GUZZI Model : V11 SPORT Year : 2000

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 03V487000 Recall Date : NOV 24, 2003

Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

Potential Number Of Units Affected : 64

Summary:
ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, UNDER EXTENDED RUNNING SPEEDS NEAR THE ENGINES REVOLUTION LIMIT, THE ENGINES CONNECTING ROD BOLTS CAN FAIL.

Notes:
MOTO GUZZI RECALL NO. 101EAS. CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONS AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).


 
Word of the Day
soupçon \soup-SAWNG
 (the "NG" is not actually pronounced, but the final vowel is nasalized)\ noun
: a little bit : trace
Example sentence:
Actor Sean Connery's on-screen portrayal of James Bond was, in the words of the San Francisco Examiner (July 31, 1987), distinguished by "a dash of grit and a soupçon of self-satire."
Did you know?
Culinary enthusiasts may think "soupçon" originated with a dash of garlic in the coq au vin or a splash of vanilla in the crème anglaise, but the etymology of the word has more to do with inklings and suspicions than with food. Sometime in the 18th century, English speakers borrowed "soupçon" from the French, who were using the word to mean "hint," "trace," or "suspicion." The Old French form of the word was "sospeçon," which in turn comes from the Latin forms "suspection-" and "suspectio." Etymologists have further traced the word's Latin ancestry to the verb "suspicere," meaning "to suspect." "Suspicere," as you might expect, is also the source of the English words "suspect" and "suspicion."

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