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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2500 on: February 05, 2020, 01:43:53 am »
Don't know. It wouldn't take much to smother a baby that small, though.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2501 on: February 05, 2020, 05:43:00 am »
New mom has baby taken away after failing drug test — by eating poppy seed bread
By Joshua Rhett Miller
February 4, 2020 | 3:27pm

An Alabama mother had her newborn baby taken away from her after a drug-test detected traces of opiates in her system — from poppy seed bread she ate a day earlier, according to reports.

Rebecca Hernandez, of Huntsville, was given a drug test after giving birth at Crestwood Medical Center last Tuesday — and her son was swiftly removed after it came back positive for opiates, WAFF reports.

By the time a more official state laboratory test came back Friday stating she was clean, the new mother had lost three days with her new baby.

The original test turned out to be a “false-positive,” a result that Hernandez’s doctor attributed to the poppy seed bread she consumed on Monday, WAFF reports. ... Rest of story
Why a lot of us who work in the oil industry won't eat anything with poppy seeds on it. If you get picked for a random drug panel or are on a crew that has an accident, you could lose your job and your career.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2502 on: February 05, 2020, 10:38:30 am »
My sister and I both either worked on Wall Street or for companies based there. Yes, when they hired you they said “random blood tests” and warned us “don’t eat poppy seed bagels”

Personally, I like egg bagels best.
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« Reply #2503 on: February 05, 2020, 11:19:44 am »
My sister and I both either worked on Wall Street or for companies based there. Yes, when they hired you they said “random blood tests” and warned us “don’t eat poppy seed bagels”

Personally, I like egg bagels best.
I like the onion ones...but unfortunately, we just can't get them fresh here. :shrug:
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2504 on: February 05, 2020, 12:20:51 pm »
New mom has baby taken away after failing drug test — by eating poppy seed bread
By Joshua Rhett Miller
February 4, 2020 | 3:27pm

An Alabama mother had her newborn baby taken away from her after a drug-test detected traces of opiates in her system — from poppy seed bread she ate a day earlier, according to reports.

Rebecca Hernandez, of Huntsville, was given a drug test after giving birth at Crestwood Medical Center last Tuesday — and her son was swiftly removed after it came back positive for opiates, WAFF reports.

By the time a more official state laboratory test came back Friday stating she was clean, the new mother had lost three days with her new baby.

The original test turned out to be a “false-positive,” a result that Hernandez’s doctor attributed to the poppy seed bread she consumed on Monday, WAFF reports. ... Rest of story

Poppy seeds are a well known false-positive for those of us whose job requires drug test.  I really like poppy seeds but avoid them like the plaque for that reason.  Not worth the possible hassle.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2505 on: February 05, 2020, 01:04:11 pm »
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Poppy seeds are a well known false-positive for those of us whose job requires drug test.
That was a storyline in a Seinfeld episode once.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2506 on: February 06, 2020, 06:27:12 pm »
Sex in the snack aisle: Gas station faces possible closure over porn video
Posted 9:55 am, February 6, 2020, by Nexstar
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MILWAUKEE (WITI) - A Milwaukee gas station is fighting to keep its business license after a porn video was recorded in the snack aisle.

The man who apparently shot - and participated in - the video makes money by making sex videos in public places all over the Milwaukee area. ...

The incident happened in July 2018, when convicted felon Frederick Allen turned the gas station into a porn set while the business was open.

"He had nothin' on but a bathrobe!" said Clifton Daly, who lives behind the store.

The video shows Allen, an aspiring rapper and amateur porn model, having sex in the center aisle. ...
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Right next to the chips and across from the sunflower seeds.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2507 on: February 17, 2020, 12:29:57 am »
Wild West, Ohio style.
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Stuntwoman, husband reportedly killed in shootout with her ex and his new wife
By Lee Brown
February 16, 2020 | 11:24am

A leading Hollywood stuntwoman was shot dead alongside her husband in a wild gun battle after they tried to ambush her ex-husband and his new wife at their home in Ohio, according to reports and authorities.

Cheryl Sanders, 59 — who appeared in “Back to the Future II” and has been a stunt double for Sandra Bullock, Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman and Jessica Alba — died alongside her husband Reed Sanders, 56, on Wednesday.

They traveled at least six hours from their home in North Carolina to confront the stuntwoman’s ex-husband, Lindsey Duncan, and his wife Molly outside their home in Yellow Springs, according to reports.

“All of a sudden, hell began,” Duncan told a press conference of the “absolute, total ambush” that sparked two gun battles with hundreds of shots fired.

Duncan ultimately shot dead his ex-wife and her husband, authorities say.  ...
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2508 on: February 17, 2020, 02:30:41 am »
Wild West, Ohio style.Full story at NY Post

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Just guessing,but MY guess is this is the sort of thing that happens to people who have been in hundreds of imaginary firefights shooting blanks,and not used to really taking aim.

i know it always bothered me to aim off to the side while in the army and on training missions. Even though we were all firing blanks and had blank adaptors in our weapons,I still couldn't knowingly point a weapon at someone or something I didn't intend to kill,and then pull the trigger.

Just can't do it. I can deal with killing someone purposely,but not by accident.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2509 on: February 17, 2020, 02:35:56 am »
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Just guessing,but MY guess is this is the sort of thing that happens to people who have been in hundreds of imaginary firefights shooting blanks,and not used to really taking aim.

i know it always bothered me to aim off to the side while in the army and on training missions. Even though we were all firing blanks and had blank adaptors in our weapons,I still couldn't knowingly point a weapon at someone or something I didn't intend to kill,and then pull the trigger.

Just can't do it. I can deal with killing someone purposely,but not by accident.

A "blank" will kill a feller, by accident.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2510 on: February 17, 2020, 03:23:57 am »
A "blank" will kill a feller, by accident.

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I don't think they will if there is a blank adaptor in the bore. I COULD be wrong about this,so do NOT take my word on it.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2511 on: February 17, 2020, 04:13:57 am »
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I don't think they will if there is a blank adaptor in the bore. I COULD be wrong about this,so do NOT take my word on it.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2512 on: February 18, 2020, 04:34:37 pm »
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I don't think they will if there is a blank adaptor in the bore. I COULD be wrong about this,so do NOT take my word on it.
Jon Erik Hexum was killed by a "blank" I am not sure if the pistol had an adapter or not.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2513 on: February 18, 2020, 05:05:03 pm »
Jon Erik Hexum was killed by a "blank" I am not sure if the pistol had an adapter or not.

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It did,but even blank adaptors MUST have a hole in them to vent the gasses,and he was so ignorant of firearms that he didn't realize this,and when he put the pistol to his head and pulled the trigger,it was those hot,expanded gasses that blew a hole in his skull and killed him,not a bullet.

A tragic death due to ignorance and carelessness,not a suicide. He was literally joking around in front of friends.

BTW,blank adaptors for prop guns are installed inside the barrel by boring it out,threading it,and screwing the blank adaptor inside the bore,out of sight. as I wrote above,blank adaptors have holes drilled in them to release the gasses. The prime difference between movie prop gun blank adaptors and move blank adaptors is the military ones are temporary,stick outside the bore to make it obvious they are installed,and need no tools to install or remove.

You do NOT want to pull the trigger on a firearm with a blank adaptor installed if it is loaded with actual bullets. If you are lucky,all you will lose will be the use of a hand.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2514 on: February 19, 2020, 12:52:52 pm »
Man goes into bathroom at PPG Arena (where the Pittsburgh Penguins play), dies, and isn't found for a couple of days.
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The family of a man who was found dead in a bathroom at PPG Paints Arena still has many questions.

On Oct. 5, 2019, Tim Helbig — working as a sound technician for AT&T Sports during the Penguin-Blue Jacket game — told co-workers he was in pain and had to leave.

On Oct. 7th, his body was found inside a locked family bathroom on the arena’s third-floor concourse.

It appears Helbig had been in that bathroom — undiscovered — for more than 40 hours, and his family is asking why no one checked the bathroom sooner. ...
Died of overdose, not the smartest thing to do while you're on the job!

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2515 on: February 19, 2020, 12:55:20 pm »
Man goes into bathroom at PPG Arena (where the Pittsburgh Penguins play), dies, and isn't found for a couple of days.Died of overdose, not the smartest thing to do while you're on the job!

Story at KDKA

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I have sympathy for his family,but oding on the job makes it hard for me to work up much sympathy for him.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2516 on: February 19, 2020, 12:57:35 pm »
It's ... the arts.
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Artist’s dryer lint sculptures to be displayed inside Pittsburgh laundromat
JoAnne Klimovich Harrop | Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:21 p.m.

Clothes lint from dryers became the medium for artist Cheryl Capezzuti, so a pop-up art installation at a laundromat seems to be a natural progression.

On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., some of Capezzuti’s works of lint sculptures will be displayed inside the Butler St. Coin-op Laundromat on Butler St. in Lawrenceville.  ...
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« Reply #2517 on: February 19, 2020, 01:52:27 pm »
It's ... the arts.Full story

She should do something with more punch. Make something out of those socks after your washer/dryer eats the other one of the pair.
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« Reply #2518 on: February 19, 2020, 02:12:39 pm »
She should do something with more punch. Make something out of those socks after your washer/dryer eats the other one of the pair.

Full blame needs to go to Jackson Pollock.  Garbage constituting art has now been vogue now for 80 years.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2519 on: February 19, 2020, 02:58:13 pm »
Full blame needs to go to Jackson Pollock.  Garbage constituting art has now been vogue now for 80 years.

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You can't blame the seller. If the purchasers didn't buy it,it would die off. The artists/sellers are just filling a demand and making a few bucks while doing it.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #2520 on: February 19, 2020, 03:04:03 pm »
This Banana Was Duct-Taped to a Wall. It Sold for $120,000.


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« Reply #2521 on: February 19, 2020, 04:43:06 pm »
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You can't blame the seller. If the purchasers didn't buy it,it would die off. The artists/sellers are just filling a demand and making a few bucks while doing it.

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True, but PT Barnum's "Sucker Born Every Minute" is a sad truth in this collectable area.

Reason why you can buy a nice Bierstadt at auction for under  $20K (proper provenance included) , while a low end Pollock will run at least a million. 



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« Reply #2522 on: February 19, 2020, 05:15:52 pm »
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True, but PT Barnum's "Sucker Born Every Minute" is a sad truth in this collectable area.

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MY problem with these people is "Where the HELL are they when *I* need to sell something?"

 
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« Reply #2523 on: February 19, 2020, 05:19:26 pm »
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MY problem with these people is "Where the HELL are they when *I* need to sell something?"

You have to be totally lacking in ethics, like my Great-Great Grand Pappy, whom you are referencing.
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« Reply #2524 on: February 20, 2020, 04:04:49 pm »
Died of overdose, not the smartest thing to do while you're on the job!

Just like Elvis.  Shooting dope on the toilet.
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