Dear Abby
26 May
2019
Missing Birthday Check Gets Teens' Attention
DEAR ABBY:
Here's a fun suggestion for grandmothers who are upset about teens not writing
thank-you notes. If you want to hear from a teen, try this: Send a card and
write inside, "Happy Birthday! Please buy something fun or something you
need with the enclosed check. Love you, Grandma." Then forget to enclose the check. You will hear from that child, I
promise. -- NEW ENGLAND NANA
DEAR NANA:
You are a shrewd and witty lady. I'm sure my readers will love that suggestion.
I know I did!
[Reader
comments are overwhelmingly negative, such as this one: “Or you could just tell
them/their parents you want a thank you note if you're going to continue
sending gifts, instead of teaching them to be passive aggressive or making them
think you're going senile.”]
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Robert Uhlig, “Death Has Had Its
Chips, Say Computer Scientists,” Daily
Telegraph (London), 18 July 1996, reprinted here in the Calgary Herald (Alberta) on the same date.
A modern take on optograms, images supposedly retained on the retina after
death.
A computer chip implanted behind
the eye that could record a person's every lifetime thought and sensation is to
be developed by British scientists. "This is the end of death," Dr.
Chris Winter, of British Telecom's artificial life team, said Wednesday. […] "An
implanted chip would be like an aircraft's black box and would enhance
communications beyond current concepts," he said. "For example, police
would be able to relive an attack, rape or murder from the victim's viewpoint
to help catch the criminal." […]
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Mexico
News Daily
23 May
2019
‘Clowns’ attempt to kidnap 7-year-old girl in México
state
Popular
horror literature came to life yesterday when three men dressed as clowns
attempted to kidnap a 7-year-old girl in Nezahualcóyotl, México state. According
to initial reports the clowns used a motorcycle to intercept the girl in the
Palmas neighborhood, grabbed her and sped off. The girl’s mother’s desperate
pleas for help were quickly answered by neighbors who blocked the men’s route
just a short distance ahead. Arriving on the scene, police arrested the three
clowns and turned them in for processing. Among the criminals’ confiscated
possessions, authorities discovered a cell phone with a message to an
additional party that said they were on their way with the “package.” […]
The Sun
[UK]
28 May
2019
CLOWN KIDNAP HELL
THREE men
dressed in killer clown costumes lured a seven-year-old girl into their van and
then texted a mystery man, telling him “we have the package”. […]
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