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There were these two elderly people living in a Florida mobile home park.
He was a widower and she a widow.
They had known one another for a number of years.
Now, one evening there was a com- munity supper in the big activity cen- ter.
These two were at the same table, across from one another.
As the meal went on, he made a few admiring glances at her and finally gathered up his courage to ask her, “Will you marry me?”
After a dramatic pause and precise- ly six seconds of ‘careful considera- tion,’ she answered. “Yes. Yes, I will.”
The meal ended and with a few more pleasant exchanges and they went to their respective places.
Next morning, he was troubled. “Did she say ‘yes’ or did she say ‘no’?”
He couldn’t remember. Try as he would, he just could not recall. Not even a faint memory.
With trepidation, he went to the tele- phone and called her.
First, he explained to her that he didn’t remember as well as he used to.
Then he reviewed the lovely evening past.
As he gained a lit- tle more courage, he then inquired of her, “When I asked if you would marry me, did you say ‘Yes’ or did you say ‘No’?”
He was delighted to hear her say, “Why, I said, ‘Yes, yes I will’ and I meant it with all my heart.”
Then she contin- ued, “And I am so glad that you called because I couldn’t remember who had asked me.”
A letter written in a childish scrawl came to the post office addressed to "God".
A postal employee, not knowing exact- ly what to do with the letter, opened it and read: "Dear God, my name is Jimmy. I am 6 years old. My father is dead and my Mom is having a hard time raising me and my sister. Would you please send us $500?"
The postal employ-
ee was touched. He showed the let- ter to his fellow workers and all decided to kick in a few dollars each and send it to the family.
They were able to raise $300.
A couple of weeks later the same post office received a second letter addressed to God.
The boy thanked God for the recent infusion of cash, but ended with this request: "Next time would you send the money directly to us? If you send it through the post office they deduct $200."
"Yes, Theo, what is it?" asked the teacher.
"I don’t want to alarm you, Miss Davis, but my dad said if I don't get better grades, someone was going to be in big trouble."
I got a lift to the eleventh floor, and as I got out, the operator said "Have a good day, son."
"Don't call me son," I said. "You're not my dad."
He scratched his head, "No, but I brought you up, didn't I?"
Wife and Lover Plotted
to Shoot, Burn, Poison
and Drown Husband
A wife plotted with her lover and his daughter to kill her terminally ill hus- band by poisoning him and shooting him in the face.
Ray Weatherall sur- vived a number of attempts on his life, including a swim- ming pool heater explosion which left him with second degree burns
His wife Hayley Weatherall, 32, also planned to kill him using sleeping tablets and insulin.
A jury at Maidstone Crown Court found her guilty of conspir- acy to murder.
Her lover Glenn Pollard, 49, and his daughter Heather, 20, were also con- victed of the same charge.
The court heard Mr Weatherall, 53, was told by doctors in early 2016 he had just 18 months to live.
Jurors were told his wife had been hav- ing an affair with Pollard, who was her husband's best friend, and they planned to have a new life together.
Prosecutor Simon Taylor said there
had been a series of plots on Mr Weatherall's life, including the swim- ming pool explosion and the poison plan.
The court heard there was an abort- ed plan by Glenn Pollard to push Mr Weatherall over- board during a fish- ing trip in a boat they co-owned.
On 29 November last year Mr Weatherall was shot in the face at Sandwich Marina, but survived when the bullet hit his right cheekbone.
The conspiracy only came to light when Heather Pollard's car was found to have been near the marina at the time
of the shooting.
The court heard both the Pollards had access to guns, with Glenn a regis- tered owner of a rifle found to be consistent with firing the "sniper" shot.
Heather Pollard, described as a "devoted" daughter, also carried out internet searches on the best ways to kill somebody and not get caught, the court heard.
Weatherall, from Ash near Canterbury, and Glenn and Heather Pollard, of Church Lane in West Stourmouth, Canterbury, will be sentenced on Tuesday.
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