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[busterb]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yes Google might have helped but why the fuck should I have to go chasing rumors and hearsay.

OK, "two cops killed in MS" ~ 5,320,000 results. Which one?
"assholes walking on flag" ~ 564,000 results. A little easier but not much.
"past subway employe who posted a bunch of crap on FB" ~ 782,000 results

If you just want to drop by and see what people are saying about stuff, don't get pissy if they're not talking about what you want to hear.
Tell us what you read, where you read it, and what you think about it, then I'm sure these fine folks would be glad to discuss it.

Bruce. Who put the bee in your bonnet?. Note from my post I said heard on radio.

[Spexxvet]

Near-Record Haul: 820-Pound Shark Caught off New Jersey Coast


http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/291...cape-may-coast

[Lamplighter]

Were it's initials C.C. ?

[Gravdigr]

Half the world population of critically endangered Saiga Antelope, 120,000 animals, has died in the last few weeks.

I'm betting they died of ugly:



Wiki

[Gravdigr]

Not even it's mama could love that face.

[Sundae]

I've watched Honey Boo Boo. It's not possible to die of ugly.

[Lamplighter]

At least it's not gum on a wall...

[Carruthers]

A learner driver in Germany had a narrow escape on Monday when her car was crushed by a British tank.

The 18-year-old driver made the mistake of turning into a column of British tanks that were travelling through the small town of Augustdorf.

The British soldier at the controls of the tank behind her had no time to stop, but managed to turn so that he crushed the engine of the car, just avoiding the driver.

The 18-year-old woman, who has not been named under German privacy laws, escaped unharmed.

Her Toyota hatchback did not fare so well against the 62-tonne Challenger tank.

The car was completely flattened forward of the steering wheel.

The damage was estimated at €12,000 (£8,500).

Police cleared the 24-year-old British soldier driving the tank of any blame.

“The soldier had no chance to slow down,” a spokesman told reporters.

The area where the accident took place is well known for tank convoys passing through.

British army bases at Herford and Paderborn are nearby, and it is used as a military training area by the German army and its Nato allies.

The name of the road could have provided the young driver with a clue: Panzerringstrasse translates as “Tank Ring Road”.

The incident is the second in Germany involving a British tank in recent months.

In February a tank based at Paderborn crashed into an elderly German couple’s front garden.

The driver had lost control after a problem with the tank’s tracks.

I don't know how much truth there is in this, but I heard of an incident where a number of British troops in a German pub were refused service by the landlord. They didn't make a fuss and left quietly.
The troops, a tank crew, were passing the pub a few days later whilst driving a tank. They entered the car park, loaded a blank round in the breech, traversed the turret and shattered a window in the process.
They then fired the round reducing every other piece of glass on the premises to smithereens.
Anglo-German relations took something of a downturn in the locality.

[BigV]

Ouch.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The 18-year-old driver made the mistake of turning into a column of British tanks...

I don't get it. The tanks travel over the road with their gun pointing backward, so it was traveling left to right.
I figured she pulled out from a street or driveway in the foreground.
But then it says...

The British soldier at the controls of the tank behind her had no time to stop...

If the tank was behind her then she had to be traveling in the same direction or stopped beside the road facing in the same direction.
So did she try to make a U-turn?
All I'm sure of is she's very stupid and very lucky.


edit... The Guardian says;

Her car, however, was left rather the worse for wear after the convoy’s lead tank was unable to stop in time and ploughed over the Toyota’s bonnet.

The car’s driver, 18, had apparently not seen the convoy when she made a left turn in front of it as the tanks travelled through the small town of Augustdorf, according to German police spokesman, Lars Risserbusch.

[sexobon]

They'll probably never forget that incident.

Tanks, for the memories.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I don't get it. The tanks travel over the road with their gun pointing backward, so it was traveling left to right.
I figured she pulled out from a street or driveway in the foreground.
But then it says...
If the tank was behind her then she had to be traveling in the same direction or stopped beside the road facing in the same direction.
So did she try to make a U-turn?
All I'm sure of is she's very stupid and very lucky.


edit... The Guardian says;

Re your edit:

The print edition of this morning's Daily Telegraph has text similar to that from the Guardian but the website text remains the same.

[Lamplighter]

What is with these Superintendents ?
... now it's the "peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi"



Authorities File Charges Over Loud Cheering at Mississippi High School Graduation
NY Times - By LACEY RUSSELL and ALAN BLINDERJUNE 3, 2015

SENATOBIA, Miss. — The commencement ceremony last month for Senatobia High School,
its graduating seniors dressed smartly in blue gowns, scarcely seemed like an event
that would provoke multiple allegations of criminal conduct.

But at least three people are facing charges and the prospect of $500 fines and six-month jail terms
after they were accused of cheering during the graduation ceremony, held at Northwest Mississippi Community College on May 21.
<snip>
Her “loud, boisterous noise,” the affidavit said, was “against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.”

[Lamplighter]

UT, here is your friendly corporation looking out for your best interest.


Pink Slips at Disney. But First, Training Foreign Replacements.
NY Times - JULIA PRESTON - JUNE 3, 2015

ORLANDO, Fla. — The employees who kept the data systems humming in the vast Walt Disney fantasy fief
did not suspect trouble when they were suddenly summoned to meetings with their boss.
…
Instead, about 250 Disney employees were told in late October that they would be laid off.
Many of their jobs were transferred to immigrants on temporary visas for highly skilled technical workers,
who were brought in by an outsourcing firm based in India.

Over the next three months, some Disney employees were required to train their replacements to do the jobs they had lost.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

What is with these Superintendents ?
... now it's the "peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi"



Authorities File Charges Over Loud Cheering at Mississippi High School Graduation
NY Times - By LACEY RUSSELL and ALAN BLINDERJUNE 3, 2015

Un-fucking-believable.