Jay was born at a very early age in the back woods near Rapid City, South Dakota. His first job was as an electrician on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where he installed an electric light in the bathroom. This, of course, was the first time in recorded history that anyone had ever “wired a head for a reservation”!

Growing up, Jay was fond of animals and could often be seen running through the fields with his three legged dog, Tripod! Jay graduated from high school (barely) in Sturgis, South Dakota, home of the famous Harley Davidson Gypsy Motorcycle tour. He graduated 230th out of 236 in his class and his most famous high school quote was, “I was just doing my job. After all, you can’t have an upper two thirds if you don’t have a lower third!”

Jay qualified in submarines and made four deterrent patrols on the USS Sam Houston, SSBN609, a Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine. He is also a plank owner on the USS Detroit, AOE4 and was stationed on the USS Gearing, DD510.

Leaving the U.S. Navy after six years, Jay found it difficult to get a job, so he stayed in school. He has undergraduate degrees in Business Administration, Nuclear Engineering and Computing, a Master’s in Engineering Management and an MBA. His most famous college quote is, “What do you mean the G.I. Bill ran out?”

Jay is Director of Facilities and Support Services for a major national insurance underwriting group. Jay and his wife Beth live just west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida with their two Jack Russell Terriers, Max and Molly and Mooch the cat.

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Doug Harter

I was born in Harrisburg, PA, not far from where I now live. (Not that I didn't move around.) I spent most of my childhood moving because of my asthma. We shuttled back and forth between Tucson, AZ, Monrovia, CA and Harrisburg until 1951, when we moved to Dillsburg, PA for my high school years.

After high school I decided I wanted to be an Electronics Engineer so went to college at Lehigh University for a year. Bad Choice. Still not wanting to go to work, I joined the Air Force as an Radar Jamming Technician and spent time in Tampa, FL and Plattsburg, NY. After 4 years I got out and went back to college at the State University of Agricultural and Technical University in Farmingdale, NY and got an Associate Degree as an Electronics Technician. Another bad choice. I worked for about a year as a Fuller Brush salesman. Another bad choice.

Finally in desperation I joined state government in PA as a clerk. My position just happened to be heavy in computers, so I eventually moved into Computer Programming after a few years and went to school part-time and got an Associate Degree. Over the years I worked on 5 different mainframe computer systems and learned 10-15 computer languages. After 32 years with the state I retired in June 2004.

My wife and I currently live near Harrisburg, PA and have 3 children and 4 grandchildren. I am active in our church and sing with an interdenominational choir. My wife is still working so I keep busy around the house with projects and work on about a half dozen other computer projects besides The Humor List.

Mother of one, Grandmother of four, owner of several dogs, LPN, website designer and manager, Vietnam Era Army Veteran, community newspaper publisher, ADP main frame operator, UAW worker, ER Medical Clerk (NavHospBrem) and community park "Gopher Slaver" ... seems like "Been there, done that" pretty well describes my life so far!! (I just haven't decided what I want to be, should I decide to grow up.)

The one thing that has remained consistent through all this, has been my love of humor and collecting jokes. The Internet provides the perfect access and outlet to a world of variety and diversity. I can now collect humorous items from so many great sources, all over the world, and share them on my own website and daily joke lists ... all from my rural home in the Puget Sound area of WA! Life is AWESOME!!

For anyone interested, "Sam" was a nickname given to me by my best friend, back in 6th grade school. When I first went on the Internet, she introduced me to her wide world of friends, via chat rooms. "Sam" was alright as a screen name but I got tired of the same question ... "Male or Female?" The "Ms" was added as an answer to that question and has followed me ever since.