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Carruthers 08-27-2014 05:29 AM
Only in Aylesbury
 
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A moth got stuck inside a man's ear for two days and now takes pride of place on a bookshelf at his home.

Robert Fielding, from Aylesbury, said he accidentally pushed it into his ear canal after it flew at him while he was reading his tablet computer in bed.

He went to A&E, but it was so far inside he had to wait another 48 hours until specialists could remove it at another hospital.

The 1cm moth now sits on his bookshelf.

Mr Fielding described the "horrible sensation" he experienced while the moth was in his ear.

"It was right by my ear drum so it was making such a loud noise," he said.

"It was a horrible sensation. It was like an annoying tickle, but it was so spontaneous. I was jumping and twitching all the time.

"I certainly kept the taxi driver amused on the way to hospital."

The 43-year-old said when nurses first inspected the ear they could see a leg moving, but after a few hours the noises stopped and it was presumed the moth had died.

However, he had to wait a further two days until it could be removed by specialists in Oxford earlier this month.

"It made me feel quite ill and it affected my balance, so I had to miss my cousin's wedding," Mr Fielding said.

"It was really painful and there was a horrible 'pop' as it came out in one go.

"My kids found it amusing - as soon as I brought it home my son grabbed it and took it round to all his friend's houses to show them."

Moth trapped in Aylesbury man's ear for two days

sexobon 08-27-2014 05:42 PM
That's eerie.

Gravdigr 08-28-2014 11:52 AM
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That belongs in 'Nightmare Fuel'...
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The mystery of the 'sailing' stones in Death Valley has been discovered. Finally. This is one of those things I hoped I would live long enough to have explained for me.

Oh, thank God.

Carruthers 08-31-2014 03:23 PM
Well, that'll learn 'em!
 
http://s17.postimg.org/4qv0uxa9r/Banned.jpg



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Russian authorities are hitting back at proposed sanctions against it by using an airport duty-free shop to deliver a message to Western and Ukrainian leaders.

A sign at Vladivostok airport provides a list of international politicians who are not allowed to pick up any cut-price vodka or cigarettes if they make a trip to the very far east of Russia.

The sign, photographed by a Swedish traveller, Anders Östlund, lists Barack Obama and David Cameron, together with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, President François Hollande of Francee, the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, and Shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan....

All of these, the sign says, are “persons … not welcome here” who will not “be attended to a [sic] customer in this shop”.

Joining them are a number of Ukrainian VIPs, including President Petro Poroshenko, his prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the former PM Yulia Tymoshenko, Vitaly Klitschko, the heavyweight boxer and mayor of Kiev, the far-right politician Dmytro Yarosh and Oleh Lyashko, leader of the Radical party.

To add insult to injury, all the Ukrainians have their names spelled in the Russian style rather than their own version.

Mr Östlund tweeted: “Tough stuff.”

Gravdigr 09-04-2014 09:57 AM
Fake Cell Phone Towers
 
:speechls:

Mysterious Fake Cellphone Towers Are Intercepting Calls All Over The US

From Reuters, via Business Insider, via YahooNews

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Seventeen fake cellphone towers were discovered across the U.S. last week, according to a report in Popular Science.

Rather than offering you cellphone service, the towers appear to be connecting to nearby phones, bypassing their encryption, and either tapping calls or reading texts.

Les Goldsmith, the CEO of ESD America, used ESD's CryptoPhone 500 to detect 17 bogus cellphone towers. ESD is a leading American defense and law enforcement technology provider based in Las Vegas.

With most phones, these fake communication towers are undetectable. But not for the CryptoPhone 500, a customized Android device that is disguised as a Samsung Galaxy S III but has highly advanced encryption.

Goldsmith told Popular Science: " Interceptor use in the U.S. is much higher than people had anticipated. One of our customers took a road trip from Florida to North Carolina and he found eight different interceptors on that trip. We even found one at South Point Casino in Las Vegas.”

The towers were found in July, but the report implied that there may have been more out there.

Although it is unclear who owns the towers, ESD found that several of them were located near U.S. military bases.

"Whose interceptor is it? Who are they, that's listening to calls around military bases? Is it just the U.S. military, or are they foreign governments doing it? The point is: we don't really know whose they are," Goldsmith said to Popular Science.

It's probably not the NSA — that agency can tap all it wants without the need for bogus towers, VentureBeat reported:

Not the NSA, cloud security firm SilverSky CTO/SVP Andrew Jaquith told us. “The NSA doesn’t need a fake tower,” he said. “They can just go to the carrier” to tap your line.

ComputerWorld points out that the fake towers give themselves away by crushing down the performance of your phone from 4G to 2G while the intercept is taking place. So if you see your phone operating on a slow download signal while you're near a military base ... maybe make that call from somewhere else.

In an amazing coincidence, police departments in a handful of U.S. cities have been operating "Stingray" or "Hailstorm" towers, which — you guessed it — conduct surveillance on mobile phone activity. They do that by jamming mobile phone signals, forcing phones to drop down from 4G and 3G network bands to the older, more insecure 2G band.

monster 09-15-2014 05:05 PM
Goldfish has brain tumor removed

DanaC 09-15-2014 05:18 PM
Awwwwww. The pic of him knocked out for his op, with his little fins all droopy.

Awesome that they did that.

footfootfoot 09-15-2014 07:48 PM
A fish that special...

orthodoc 09-15-2014 07:56 PM
... has to be named Wanda.

Clodfobble 09-16-2014 08:31 AM
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Vets say the operation went swimmingly, and that George can be discharged soon
OBJECTION! Surely we can all agree there is a line of decency that has been crossed here.

Carruthers 09-16-2014 09:33 AM
Dog’s taste for knickers proves hard to swallow
 
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A dog obsessed with eating thong underwear had to have an emergency operation to remove one of his lacy snacks

A dog had to be rushed to the vets for emergency surgery after eating too many pairs of its owner’s knickers.

Kaye Banks 47, became worried when her pet Brian, a four-year-old Samoyed, was unable to digest its food.

She took the animal to Abbey Vets in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, where staff were stunned to discover its owner’s silk thongs were clogging up the animal’s stomach.

They carried out an emergency two-hour operation to save Brian’s life — and after four days, the dog was deemed well enough to return home.

But within hours of being back at home in Rotherham, the dog raided the washing basket again, swallowing another set of underwear.

Its owner took the dog straight back to the vets, where it was given medication to make it vomit, narrowly avoiding further surgery.

Ms Banks said: “I’d spotted him nibbling on some of the washing and I got really worried when he wasn’t eating properly and he regurgitated his food undigested.

“We took him to the vet and they could see a big bulge on the X-ray but they weren’t sure what it was.

“When they pulled out a black lacy thong everyone had a bit of a shock.

“After a two-hour operation we finally managed to bring him home.

“He’s a bit cheeky and he often roots through handbags or bags of shopping and he’s occasionally chewed on the odd sock, but nothing like this. I couldn’t believe it when we’d just got him home and it happened again.

“We’d seen him go near the washing and my daughter Charlotte came in and said, 'I put a pink lace thong in the washing basket earlier and now it’s gone.’

“So straightaway we took him back the vets to see if they could help and they managed to get it out without more surgery.

“We just couldn’t believe that after an operation and four days at the vets he comes home and does it again.

“It’s a warning to other pet owners to be really careful, because Brian needed major surgery and he’s lucky to come out OK.

“As for us, it’s underwear straight into the washing machine where he can’t get at them.”

Tony Duffy, the vet who carried out the operation on Brian, said: “It never fails to amaze me what dogs will swallow, but swallowing three thongs in such a short space of time must beat them all.”
Daily Telegraph



OK, let's just look at the problem dispassionately and with rigorous scientific analysis.

The dog persistently destroys, by eating, items of ladies' underwear and cannot be cured of his compulsion.

Applying my razor sharp intellect to the problem, I'd say it's definitely a case of the thong is ended but the malady lingers on.

DanaC 09-16-2014 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Carruthers (Post 909792)

Applying my razor sharp intellect to the problem, I'd say it's definitely a case of the thong is ended but the malady lingers on.

*blinks* that has to contravene some sort of punning bye law....

Carruthers 09-16-2014 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 909793)
*blinks* that has to contravene some sort of punning bye law....

I'm here all week... ;)

Gravdigr 09-16-2014 01:50 PM
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...her pet Brian, a four-year-old Samoyed...
If'n I had a (prolly) white dog, with a black nose, and I named him Brian...

...I'd have to make the whole trip and give him a red collar and call him Brian Griffin.

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Carruthers 09-21-2014 02:56 PM
Well, it's one way of avoiding a fine.
 


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A driver has discovered one way to stop his car from being towed away, by simply driving it off the tow truck.

The footage was taken in Walthamstow, east London, after a motorist returned to his illegally parked Vauxhall Astra to find it mid-way through being towed.

Rather than break out the ‘I was only popping into the shop to buy a paper’ excuse, this driver got a little more hands on.

He can be seen jumping in his car, putting it in reverse and letting gravity do the rest before speeding off.

The car crashes to the ground with a horrible bang, and appears to receive damage worth far more than the driver would have had to pay in tow fees.

Police said the car was not licensed to the man seen driving it, however they confirmed they will not be investigating the matter any further as it is a civil matter.

While children can be heard in the video giggling at the driver’s renegade ways, others say the incident should not be seen as a humorous one.

Waltham Forest councillor Clyde Loakes called the video ‘shocking’.

He added: ‘The man had an utter disregard for anyone on the street and what he did was extremely dangerous.’
Driver’s revenge

Clodfobble 09-21-2014 08:59 PM
More damage than the tow fees... but now they'll never find the dead body in the trunk.

xoxoxoBruce 09-21-2014 11:59 PM
You mean the guy it was licensed to. ;)

sexobon 09-22-2014 01:56 PM
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BOSTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Three Afghan National Army soldiers who did not return to a training exercise at U.S. military base in Massachusetts were found trying to cross the Canadian border, local media reported on Monday.

The men were taken into custody at a border crossing near Niagara Falls, New York, WCVB-TV reported, citing an unidentified law enforcement source. ...
Maybe they were just honeymooning.

Carruthers 09-22-2014 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by sexobon (Post 910272)
Maybe they were just honeymooning.
No, just dodging the draft.


Oh, wait a minute.....

Gravdigr 09-22-2014 03:27 PM
Niiiiiiiiagara Falls...Slooowly I turned...Inch by inch...step by step...

xoxoxoBruce 09-22-2014 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by sexobon (Post 910272)
Maybe they were just honeymooning.
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There are 200 soldiers and civilians participating in the seven-day event at Camp Edwards on Joint Base Cape Cod. Along with 12 other members of the Afghanistan National Army, the three men were all engaged in the joint exercise that focused on working on collaboration and tactical strategies that involved civilians and officers and senior enlisted personnel, Sahady said.
Along with the U.S. and Afghanistan, military officials from Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia are at the base.

The goal of the exercises, which are organized by U.S. Central Command, is to promote cooperation among the countries and prepare them for participation in international events. This particular event is geared toward a United Nations' peacekeeping mission. Typically, ethnic tensions and human rights violations are the main issues that come up in such a peacekeeping mission, Custis said.
link

Guess they weren't interested in ethnic tensions or human rights.

Gravdigr 09-23-2014 05:34 PM
Woman Stops Dog from Attacking Her Dog in an Interesting Way

from LifeWithDogs.tv

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Ann Bendouli and her dog Lexy were walking on Hampton Beach in Melbourne, Australia in an off-leash area when another dog came from nowhere and started attacking Lexy. In an odd but ingenious move, Ann stuck her pointer finger up one of the dog’s hindquarters and the attack stopped.

It was definitely an unusual move, but it did manage to save Lexy. Lexy is okay, but suffered several serious wounds in the conflict. Thanks to Ann’s quick thinking, the worst didn’t happen that day.

There is currently an investigation into the attack. Officials hope to learn the cause for the incident, and say that the owner of the Staffys that attacked Lexy may be held responsible.

The story and video have gone viral all over the internet. The story has become internationally famous, and many are lauding Ann for her snap decision to literally point a finger at (or in this case, up) Lexy’s attacker.

At first, Ann attempted to pull the dogs off of Lexy by more conventional means, but to no avail. She knew she had to do something, but what?

“It was screaming (Lexy) and I thought ‘I’ve lost my dog,’” said Ann in an interview with news outlets.

The total scrap only took about four to five minutes before Ann did what she did. She lifted the attacking dog’s tail, and inserted a finger into the dog’s bum. That would usually stop just about anyone dead in their tracks. Thankfully, that’s exactly what happened.

“She had her upside down and she was shaking. So, I lifted it’s tail and I put my finger up it’s anal passage so deep I could feel the flesh,” said Ann. “She is my soul mate and I love her so much. I was so glad that she was actually saved because I would be lost.”
Right in the chili ring.

:lol2:

Carruthers 09-25-2014 02:32 PM
From The Bucks Herald. Cases coming before Aylesbury Magistrates Court.

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EVERARD ALPHONSE DICK, 48, of St Peters Avenue, Aylesbury.

On August 8 2013 drove an MGF in Fowler Road after consuming 60 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath (legal limit is 35mgs)

Pleaded guilty. Disqualified from driving for 17 months, fined £430, costs £200, victim surcharge £43.
No doubt he must be grateful for the blessing of a middle name. Even if it is 'Alphonse'.

Gravdigr 09-25-2014 03:17 PM
Awesome.

BigV 09-25-2014 09:16 PM
Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft executive and ever the company man, issues edict banning iPads for the whole Los Angeles Clippers Basketball team.

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Steve Ballmer says he doesn't have huge changes planned for the Los Angeles Clippers, his newly acquired pro basketball team, but he does want them to quit using Apple products.

"Most of the Clippers are on Windows, some of the players and coaches are not," the former Microsoft CEO told Reuters, without naming names.

Although he stepped down as Microsoft's chief exec in February and retired from its board of directors in August, Ballmer remains the quintessential company man. He reportedly doesn't allow his own family to use iPhones or iPads and he told Clippers coach Doc Rivers that he doesn't want his team using them, either.

"And Doc kind of knows that's a project," shy and retiring Ballmer said. "It's one of the first things he said to me: 'We are probably going to get rid of these iPads, aren't we?' And I said, 'Yeah, we probably are'."
Wow.

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[schadenfreude]In 2013, Redmond inked a $400m, five-year deal with the National Football League that included making Surface tablets the only devices allowed on game sidelines and in coaches' booths. TV commentators routinely refer to them as "iPads."[/schadenfreude]
LOL.

sexobon 09-27-2014 11:54 AM
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Texas cancer doctor convicted of poisoning lover

... Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, 43, a breast cancer doctor based at Houston's famed Texas Medical Center, had been involved in a sexual relationship with her fellow researcher, Dr. George Blumenschein.

Prosecutors told jurors that Gonzalez-Angulo was a devious and diabolical person who became obsessed with Blumenschein. They said the affair turned into a "fatal attraction" and she poisoned him with ethylene glycol after Blumenschein spurned her in favor of Evette Toney, his live-in girlfriend of 10 years with whom he was trying to start a family. ...
fuck cancer doc

(they did)

Gravdigr 10-01-2014 03:32 PM
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BigV 10-01-2014 04:34 PM
maaaaybe it's the mead kicking in.... but re-re-re-reading that story, I finally realized that his second encounter with a clerk, the one with no balaclava, was at the same store! Duh. I thought he'd gone next door to the convenience store and tried to buy some beer or chips or something with his ill-gotten-gains from the "local sex shop".

What a dumbass. :lol2:

Gravdigr 10-02-2014 02:30 PM
This one won't be any easier to understand, I'm afraid:

Woman Gives Birth to Lizard, Is Accused of Witchcraft

glatt 10-08-2014 12:26 PM
Wrong thread for this, but I don't know where best to put it.

World class newspaper tells readers to stop consuming news. Because it's bad for you.

My favorite quote is:
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News kills creativity. Finally, things we already know limit our creativity. This is one reason that mathematicians, novelists, composers and entrepreneurs often produce their most creative works at a young age. Their brains enjoy a wide, uninhabited space that emboldens them to come up with and pursue novel ideas. I don't know a single truly creative mind who is a news junkie – not a writer, not a composer, mathematician, physician, scientist, musician, designer, architect or painter. On the other hand, I know a bunch of viciously uncreative minds who consume news like drugs. If you want to come up with old solutions, read news. If you are looking for new solutions, don't.
There is website called Cockeyed that I check out every so often. The guy who does it is curious about the world and does experiments to figure stuff out. He's pretty creative. Figuring stuff out on his own means that he winds up doing some things the wrong way, like a fort he built in his backyard, but it's wildly creative.

I do things the opposite way. If I am curious about something, I read about it first. I learn as much about it as I can before I try it out. So it takes me forever to get stuff done. If I make a fort in the backyard, it will meet fairly normal construction standards. And be boring and uncreative.

Clodfobble 10-08-2014 12:54 PM
I don't know if news and research are the same in that regard, though. I think the creative mind understands that "news" is temporary--sure, X is President today and law Y was enacted today, but those may change with another election cycle so who really cares, in the end--and it is the ability to see everything as temporary that allows them to envision things that have never been envisioned before.

An instinct for researching, on the other hand, I think is more like a side effect of already not being off-the-charts creative. You could maybe train your brain to be a little more creative by forcing it to come up with every step of the fort-building on its own, but I don't think research could kill a prodigally creative mind the way news exposure can. I think news takes up brain cells in an ultimately meaningless cycle, while research is at least still focused on the original goal.

Gravdigr 10-08-2014 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 911418)
If I make a fort in the backyard, it will meet fairly normal construction standards. And be boring and uncreative.
Knowing what little I know about the Glattmeister, I have serious doubts as to the "boring and uncreative" part.

Carruthers 10-09-2014 10:13 AM
Runaway pony caught after walking into Cheshire Police station
 


Surprisingly they didn't Taser it.

I do like a happy ending.

glatt 10-10-2014 10:41 AM
The cheaper the engagement ring, the more successful the marriage.


Oh, and the average wedding today costs $30k. For one day.

People are nuts.

Clodfobble 10-10-2014 10:44 AM
Ha! My engagement ring was a family hand-me-down heirloom, so it was free, but I feel like maybe there's someone out there who got paid to wear their ring, like some kind of marketing gimmick, so their marriage is probably still winning.

Gravdigr 10-10-2014 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 911596)
Oh, and the average wedding today costs $30k. For one day.
That is nucking futs.

footfootfoot 10-10-2014 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 911596)
The cheaper the engagement ring, the more successful the marriage.


Oh, and the average wedding today costs $30k. For one day.

People are nuts.
I guess if I had set the limit at $500 I might still be happily married. What are $900 1995 dollars worth today?

footfootfoot 10-10-2014 05:06 PM
http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm

so, about $1500 today.

Gravdigr 10-11-2014 04:02 PM
That's a handy site.

sexobon 10-12-2014 12:11 PM
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio woman was hospitalized in critical condition after she was burned while performing a fire-breathing act at a Halloween-themed running event. ...

... Scanner traffic indicated she was burned on her face, neck and top half of her body and transported to Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University.

Ashley Keach of Columbus identified herself on Facebook as the fire-breather. She said her injuries were minor and she would be "just fine."
[bold mine]

I wonder what she considers a serious mishap, something like being accidently drawn and quartered?

Gravdigr 10-14-2014 03:46 PM
I always thought it unfortunate that the severity of a burn is described in 'degrees'.

footfootfoot 10-17-2014 08:44 AM
At least there are only three degrees when it comes to burns, imagine if they went up to 11?

Gravdigr 10-18-2014 01:55 PM
They're gonna fix. They're not gonna fix it.



They're gonna fix it.

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Officials at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, say it will cost $3.2 million to fill in the sinkhole that opened beneath the museum's Skydome area in February. Work on the repairs will start November 10 and will take approximately nine months to complete.

Eight Chevrolet Corvette models on display at the museum fell into the sinkhole in February, and were painstakingly removed by a construction team. General Motors plans to restore three of the damaged cars, while others will be left on display as they emerged from the sinkhole. Although the National Corvette Museum initially planned to leave the gaping sinkhole untouched -- it's proven so popular that tourist visits to the museum increased significantly this year -- doing so would have been more expensive than simply filling and repairing the hole.

Work will begin November 10 and is scheduled to be completed by July 2015. Construction crews will remove boulders from the hole, before filling it with 4000 tons of stone, installing support beams and trusses, rebuilding entrance doors and other infrastructure improvements, and finally installing a new floor. The museum will have a webcam feed on its website showing the progress of the reconstruction effort, and plans to create some sort of sinkhole permanent exhibit about the event next year.

"We appreciate all of the support, feedback, ideas and prayers throughout this very interesting time in our history," National Corvette Museum executive director Wendell Strode said in a statement. “Sunday, November 9 will be the very last day to see the sinkhole up close and in person – so if you’ve been wanting to check it out for yourself you have just over three weeks to do so.”

Source: National Corvette Museum
Some photos you've seen before in the article over at MotorTrend.

Now, iirc, when the hole was filled with just dirt (and a few boulders), it was too much, and it caved in. What's gonna happen when you toss 8,000,000 pounds of stone in there?:eyebrow:

Also, why remove the boulders?

xoxoxoBruce 10-18-2014 03:30 PM
Doesn't matter as long as they build the floor over it like a bridge deck. ;)

Gravdigr 10-18-2014 05:21 PM
Heh, if they'd did that to start with, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Crimson Ghost 10-18-2014 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 912121)
At least there are only three degrees when it comes to burns, imagine if they went up to 11?
Then your drummer bursts into flames?

Gravdigr 10-19-2014 02:01 PM
That's ok. Ya can put him out with the bass player's drool.

Carruthers 10-30-2014 11:32 AM
Happiness, or lack thereof.
 
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“The British do not expect happiness,” claimed English writer Quentin Crisp – and it appears he may have been right.

New research from the University of Warwick has indicated that Britons are genetically programmed to be grumpy.

The British, French and Americans are all predisposed to be grumpier than nations such as Denmark because they possess a “short form” version of the gene which regulates the amount of serotonin – the chemical which controls happiness – within the brain.

The Danes, who regularly top happiness surveys of nations, enjoy a longer form of the gene, while Britons and Americans, despite equally stable economies and governments, possess a shorter version resulting in a miserable attitude.

However, it could be worse: we could be French.

According to professor Andrew Oswald, who led the research looking at 131 countries, only the French had a shorter form of the gene.

Professor Oswald, who studies applied economics and quantitative social science, claimed many nations’ citizens would still be unhappy were they earning a fortune, living to a ripe old age and basking in the sunshine daily.

“Among the nations we studied, Denmark and the Netherlands appeared to have the lowest percentage of people with the short version of the serotonin gene,” he said to The Times.

He also claimed American individuals descended from Danish or Dutch immigrants were happier as a result of inheriting the longer gene.

The research, for the Economic and Social Research Council’s Festival of Social Sciences, found that genetics was the most important factor – but not the only one.

Happiness leagues generally use indicators such as educational standards, wealth, health, economic progress and job satisfaction alongside the weather, war and political stability.
The Independent.

Now, my 4 x Great Grandfather (b 1769) was a Dane, but it seems that his happiness gene didn't get as far as me, more's the pity.

On the other hand, I am a 16 stone (224lb) Viking man mountain.







The last line may contain facts which would struggle to comply with the legal definition of 'facts'. ;)

Carruthers 11-03-2014 12:17 PM
Australian man 'taxis' aircraft to outback pub
 
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Locals in outback Australia salute a man who drove his light aircraft through town and stopped outside the pub for a drink
http://s9.postimg.org/kp7yqr1xr/newman_3093630b.jpg

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Police in Australia plan to charge a man who drove his aircraft down the main street of an outback mining town and parked it at the local pub.

The 37-year-old drew laughs and praise from locals of Newman, Western Australia after he taxied his Beechcraft two seater prop-driven aircraft from one side of town to the other at 2.30pm before coming to a stop outside the Newman Hotel’s Purple Pub, a popular local pub. He then apparently went inside for a drink.

Police said the man’s behaviour was “pretty stupid” and he will face charges, if an appropriate offence can be found.

"People think it was a bit of a laugh but it was very dangerous and we're not very happy with it," said Mark McKenzie, the local police sergeant.

"Kids were coming home from school. It could have been very ugly. All he needed was one gust of wind ... because without the wings, it's not stable… It was a pretty stupid thing to do.”

The light aircraft did not have wings and reportedly had its propeller running and was being steered by foot pedals. Locals believe the incident, which occurred last Friday, was a prank, possibly for Halloween.

"It's certainly caused a lot of banter and a fair few laughs ... we've no idea where it came from, but it's now parked up in the car park of the pub," witness George Christianson told local media.

"It's definitely been the cause of a lot of chatter."

Police said the man passed a breath test for alcohol and did not cause any traffic accidents or try to avoid arrest.

"I'm confident that he will be charged with something soon," said sergeant McKenzie.

"I would assume there would be an offence under the criminal code that may fit the bill.”
Call me old fashioned, but I was always led to believe that, in these matters, the principle was 'let the punishment fit the crime'.

It appears that they are trying to make the crime fit the punishment. Perhaps they do things the other way around in Oz.

Well, the water goes down the plughole in the opposite direction, maybe that has something to do with it.

Daily Telegraph

glatt 11-03-2014 01:04 PM
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classicman 11-03-2014 04:05 PM
Shaw/IM - DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK!!! You have been warned...

Holy crap, I would totally freak out if
THIS
happened to me.

xoxoxoBruce 11-03-2014 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Carruthers (Post 913288)
Call me old fashioned, but I was always led to believe that, in these matters, the principle was 'let the punishment fit the crime'.

It appears that they are trying to make the crime fit the punishment. Perhaps they do things the other way around in Oz.
Agreed, statements like...
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"I'm confident that he will be charged with something soon," said sergeant McKenzie.
"I would assume there would be an offence under the criminal code that may fit the bill.”
translate to, he pissed me off so I'm going to find some way to punish him, using my authority.

sexobon 11-03-2014 07:06 PM
They'll get him for driving an unsafe vehicle - no safety grill over the propeller blades. Does that Beechcraft have rearview mirrors and brake lights?

orthodoc 11-03-2014 07:24 PM
No turning indicators/signals. There you go.

xoxoxoBruce 11-03-2014 11:23 PM
Don't forget child endangerment.
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"Kids were coming home from school. It could have been very ugly.

sexobon 11-04-2014 12:37 AM
I wonder if his insurance rates will go up?

Carruthers 11-04-2014 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by sexobon (Post 913333)
They'll get him for driving an unsafe vehicle - no safety grill over the propeller blades. Does that Beechcraft have rearview mirrors and brake lights?
Quote:
Originally Posted by orthodoc (Post 913335)
No turning indicators/signals. There you go.

But is it a road vehicle as defined in the relevant legislation?


ETA: When he was arrested, surely it would have to be 'on suspicion of (insert offence)...' ?

Yet the good Sergeant said:

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"I would assume there would be an offence under the criminal code that may fit the bill.”

Griff 11-04-2014 05:45 AM
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Gravdigr 11-05-2014 12:29 PM
Never.

Gravdigr 11-05-2014 12:32 PM
Also, no license plate(s), probably no/wrong/improper registration, missing equipment...


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