News from the philatelic world.. ANOTHER STAMP CLUB TO VISIT Conejo Valley Philatelic Society Since 1967 P. O. Box 1116 Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 Meet the second Wednesday of each month at King Of Glory Lutheran Church 2500 Borchard Road Newbury Park, CA 91320 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUMOR CORNER LAUGHTER IS GOOD FOR YOU -- EVEN IF IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PHILATELY SMART-ALEC ANSWERS A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store but she couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cop got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for you all day," the cop said. The kid replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could." When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was mealtime during a flight on Hooters Airline. "Would you like dinner?" the flight attendant asked John, seated in front. "What are my choices?" John asked. "Yes or no," she replied. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUNS The Orchestra ended every concert with a cello solo. Everyone knows there's always room for cello. I used to be a banker but I lost interest I shouted so loud at the races, I'm now a hoarse whisperer. The Buddhist refused pain-killers during the root canal because he wanted to transcend dental medication. Isn't the Grand Canyon just gorges? Puns are the worst vice, and there's no vice versa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: Humor from the Past If you remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics, this may bring a tear to your eyes. These great questions and answers are from the days when "Hollywood Squares" game show responses were spontaneous and clever -- not scripted and (often) dull, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course. Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score? A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy. Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other? A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures. Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet? A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom. Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls? A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out. Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do? A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NATIONAL NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 24, 2007 Contact: Roy Betts (O) 202-268-3207 (C) 202-256-4174 roy.a.betts@usps.gov usps.com/news Release No. 07-104 Breast Cancer Research Semipostal Stamp Extended to 2011 WASHINGTON, DC — A four-year extension of the Breast Cancer Research (BCRS) semipostal stamp has been approved beyond Dec. 31, 2007. Legislation passed recently by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush granted the extension. Since the stamp first went on sale in 1998, the Postal Service has sold more than 802 million stamps, raising $59.5 million for breast cancer research. Semipostal stamps are First-Class Mail postage stamps that are issued and sold by the Postal Service at a price above the First-Class Mail single-piece first-ounce rate to raise funds for designated causes. # # # An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "TWO LUCKY APS MEMBERS AMERISTAMP EXPO 2008, Charlotte, NC, and Saturday, January 12, will be forever eteched the memories of APS members John Shedlock of Alta Loma, CA and Michael Flanagan of Scottsdale, AZ. John and Michael were the two semi-finalists in the StampWants.com Jenny Invert Drawing. They waited nervously as Amy Polumbo, Miss New Jersey, spun the wheel to determine the winner. When the wheel finally came to a stop John Shedlock became the newest owner of a Jenny Invert. Michael Flanagan was not too distraught, as the runner- up received a mint set of Zeppelins. John said that he was in shock over winning the stamp. 'It is a piece of history that I will honor and definitely keep for at least a year and maybe longer.' After receiving the Zepps, Michael said that they were the only items that he needed to complete his U.S. airmail collection and he was very excited to finally own them. Congratulations!" Taken from the March 2008 issue of American Philatelist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "APS Chapter or APS Affiliate? What's the difference between an APS chapter and an APS affiliate? A chapter is typically a local club that meets on a regular basis. An Affiliate is an organization with a regional, national, or international scope that meets face-to-face on an infrequent basis, if at all. At this time APS has 577 chapters and 199 Affiliates" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REMEMBER: HERE IS AN ORGANIZATION WORTHY OF OUR SUPPORT: Friends of the WESTERN PHILATELIC LIBRARY, P.O. Box 2219, Sunnyvale, Ca 94087-2219 Stuart Leven, President Membership fees as follows: Participating: U.S. $10 Contributor: U.S. $20 Additional donations are gratefully accepted. All contributions are tax deductible. |
