Postal Workers at Christmas

A postal worker was sorting mail a week before Christmas when he came across a letter addressed to God. Since it would be destroyed he decided to open the letter and read it.

Dear God, I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had $100 in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension check. Next Sunday is Christmas, and I have invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me? Sincerely, Edna

The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few dollars. By the time he made the rounds, he had collected $96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends. Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter came from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened, it read...

Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was $4 missing. I think it must have been those thieving bastards at the post office. Sincerely, Edna

Bill Clinton Interview

And here's one more reason to hate Bill Clinton...

Palatka Daily News - Bomb Scare Report

Bomb scare evacuates Interlachen post office;
turns out to be turntable player
By Ron Bartlett

The Interlachen post office was evacuated for more than four hours Friday morning because of a suspicious package, pulling in bomb squad units from the Alachua and Marion County sheriff’s offices, according to the Interlachen Police Department.
The briefcase-sized package, which turned out to be an old turntable record player, was discovered in the lobby of the post office just after 8:30 a.m. After inspection revealed no forwarding or return address, the post office manager notified Interlachen police, who locked down the building and evacuated all employees.
“It was a good size box and even the bomb squad, when they showed up, said, ‘don’t blame me for not wanting to touch it,’” said Palatka Postmaster Alan Foster, who was on the scene for most of the day.
After Interlachen police notified the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, PCSO Lt. Richard Harrell arrived on scene and notified the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, whose bomb disposal unit serves the area.
One bomb removal specialist arrived from the sheriff’s offices of both Alachua and Marion counties, who together used a bomb squad robot to investigate the parcel.
Over the course of several hours, the two deputies retrieved, removed and opened the package, which turned out to be an old-fashioned phonograph record player.
The scene was finally considered secure at 1:30 p.m.
A postal inspector was called in and will continue the investigation. Foster said that 24-hour surveillance tape active during the night will be scrutinized for possible clues.
Anyone with information should notify the Interlachen Police Department at 684-2164.

Jeffery Hen - Her Appetite Gets BIG

After Panda's first night on the perching rod, Roo got up and flew to the top of the tree to announce the beginning of another day. When the roosters came in from their hunt, Roo stopped crowing.

The first thing Jeffery Hen did was to go outside, as quick as she could, and start eating immediately. She was eating like never before.

Roo looked down from the tree, saw her and flew out to join her. He was wondering why was she there without Bear and Panda being with her.

Roo went into the hen-house and woke them up to join in for their morning meal. While they were out there they noticed Jeffery Hen was eating like crazy. Bear and Panda didn't know why she was eating so much.

But Roo knew that another one was on the way. He thought to himself, "Will there be room in the hen-house for another chick?"

Posted by Aunt Meaner

Some Halloween Links

Here are a few links to websites I've run across that may be fun for Halloween:

Pumpkin Carving Simulator - Carve you pumpkin online, less mess. Fun for the kids.

Haunted Places - Has a state by state listing of haunted places.

Here are a couple of haunted places I found in Kentucky:

Mt. Sterling - Old Windsor Nursing Home - The old Windsor nursing home is the old nursing home that is abandoned now. The story is that if you go up there late at night, you can peek in the windows and see the old wheelchairs rolling around. You can here moaning and screaming. This nursing home was shut down in the 80's because they had a large amount of patients dying and found out it was abuse. So their lost souls roam the halls.

Mt. Sterling - Stepstone Church - In an abandoned church on Stepstone. The church still stands but the inside of the church was gutted by a fire long ago. A few men hung 4 teenage girls on a cross in the loft and set fire to the church. If you go at night, it is said you can hear them laugh, cry and see the shadows of them flying around. It is also known that if you do something to upset the girls, you will find hear them scream in rage.

The last one has nothing to do with Halloween, except maybe for the fact it will haunt someone for the rest of his life. Check out the YouTube Video of the fellow who missed the first question on 'Who wants to be a Millionaire?"