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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1225 on: January 21, 2018, 07:32:36 pm »
Maud City Officials Try To Break Off Ice From Water Tower With A Shotgun
Posted: Jan 09, 2017 3:39PM CST
Aaron Brilbeck, News 9
http://m.news9.com/story.aspx?story=34218947&catId=112032

The small City of Maud faced a serious problem over the weekend.

Ice build up on a leaking water tower raised concerns that the tower could topple.

So, the City came up with a 12-gauge solution. They opened fire on the ice Friday night with a shotgun.

"We took a few shots and tried to knock the ice off. Didn't work very well," Maud City Clerk Don Zeller said.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1226 on: January 21, 2018, 07:50:31 pm »
Virginia Man Uses Flamethrower to Clear Snow from Driveway

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/20/virginia-man-uses-flamethrower-to-clear-snow-from-driveway/



Looks like he missed a spot under the car.

A man from Amherst, Virginia used a flamethrower to melt away snow from his driveway, WRIC reports.

Instead of using the traditional tool, a shovel, Nathanael Caplinger wanted to explore a quicker way of dispelling the snow.

After reading an ad in a local magazine about a blowtorch purported to do a brilliant job of clearing snow, he decided to try it out.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1227 on: January 23, 2018, 02:57:01 am »
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Amherst ping!


Virginia Man Uses Flamethrower to Clear Snow from Driveway

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/20/virginia-man-uses-flamethrower-to-clear-snow-from-driveway/



A man from Amherst, Virginia used a flamethrower to melt away snow from his driveway, WRIC reports.

Instead of using the traditional tool, a shovel, Nathanael Caplinger wanted to explore a quicker way of dispelling the snow.

After reading an ad in a local magazine about a blowtorch purported to do a brilliant job of clearing snow, he decided to try it out.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1228 on: January 23, 2018, 05:12:04 pm »
Camels disqualified from Saudi beauty contest over Botox
A dozen beasts have been thrown out because their handlers used Botox to make them more handsome
Reuters Mon 22 Jan 2018 06:31 PM
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/culture-society/388145-camels-disqualified-from-saudi-beauty-contest-over-botox

The dromedaries paraded down a dusty racetrack as judges rated the size of their lips, cheeks, heads and knees. Crowds of men watched from the bleachers, hooting when the beasts representing their own tribe loped down the track.

A dozen beasts have been disqualified from this year's Saudi "camel beauty contest" because their handlers used Botox to make them more handsome.

"The camel," explained the chief judge of the show, Fawzan al-Madi, "is a symbol of Saudi Arabia. We used to preserve it out of necessity, now we preserve it as a pastime."

Much is changing in Saudi Arabia: the country is getting its first movie theatres. Soon women will be permitted to drive. The authorities eventually hope to diversify the economy away from the oil that has been its lifeblood for decades.

But as they seek to transform the conservative kingdom, the Saudi authorities are trying to smooth the path for reform by emphasising traditional aspects of their culture. And for the Bedouin of Arabia, nothing is more essential than the camel, used for centuries for food, transport, as a war machine and companion.

So, the authorities have ramped up the country's annual month-long camel festival [...]
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« Reply #1229 on: January 23, 2018, 05:15:07 pm »
@CatherineofAragon

Amherst ping!


LOL, we saw this on the local news a few days ago.  Hey--it works!   :laugh:

Thanks for the ping, @Hoodat.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1230 on: January 23, 2018, 05:48:13 pm »
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A New Hampshire man was arrested for biting a police dog while officers were investigating reports of a shooting in the town of Boscawen, police officials said on Tuesday.


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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1231 on: January 23, 2018, 06:51:04 pm »
I used to be amazed at the thought of a camel beauty contest.

But I spent the last 5 days helping my daughter compete with her heifer at the Fort Worth Stock Show.

Folks were having professional groomers spend over 3 hours doing clipping of their long hair breeds.  After wash and blow dry, we spent 2.5 hours clipping our short hair Santa Gertudis.

Beauty Contest may just be translation...

Or the stock show may really be a beauty contest...
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1232 on: January 28, 2018, 08:02:13 am »
Woman pretends to be sex doll after being caught with cheating boyfriend

http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/26/woman-pretends-to-be-sex-doll-after-being-caught-with-cheating-boyfriend-7263513/?ito=cbshare

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1233 on: January 29, 2018, 12:25:58 pm »
Tourists take a holiday in Cambodia. The end result is... well... predictable.

Ten tourists face a year in Cambodian prison for dancing "pornographically" (fully clothed in a private rented house).

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cambodia-pornogaphic-dancing-arrests-1.4506038
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« Reply #1234 on: January 29, 2018, 06:21:20 pm »
Sex toys, light bulbs among anonymous Amazon packages sent to Canadian universities
At least 7 university student unions have received unsolicited items from Amazon
By Sophia Harris, CBC News Posted: Jan 27, 2018 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 28, 2018 10:45 AM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/sex-toys-amazon-anonymous-packages-1.4506318

Several Canadian university student unions are stumped as they continue to receive anonymous packages containing random goods — everything from sex toys to light bulbs to record players to computer cables.

The items come in Amazon packaging, but there's no indication who's ordering the goods from the online retail giant.

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Ryerson's Students Union president, Susanne Nyaga, holds anonymously purchased items her office has received from Amazon. (CBC)


Shawn Wiskar, University of Regina Students’ Union vice-president of student affairs, shows one of many anonymous items his office has received — a digital kitchen scale. (Shawn Wiskar)
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« Reply #1235 on: January 29, 2018, 06:22:37 pm »
Creepy thing is, I've purchased some of those exact items myself...that kitchen scale, that first-aid kit, etc.  Not the sex toy, though.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1236 on: January 29, 2018, 10:48:41 pm »
Creepy thing is, I've purchased some of those exact items myself...that kitchen scale, that first-aid kit, etc.  Not the sex toy, though.
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« Reply #1237 on: January 29, 2018, 10:51:26 pm »
@Suppressed That's your story nd your sticking to it?

Well, he does call himself "Suppressed".    :smokin:

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« Reply #1238 on: January 29, 2018, 10:59:48 pm »
Well, he does call himself "Suppressed".    :smokin:

"Suppressed", not "Repressed"!

Still, that device looked scary, with that sharp point!  Whew!
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« Reply #1239 on: January 29, 2018, 11:01:42 pm »
"Suppressed", not "Repressed"!

Still, that device looked scary, with that sharp point!  Whew!

Wow, after looking at the photo, I'm feeling pretty repressed!

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1240 on: February 03, 2018, 08:15:12 pm »
I guess this goes on this thread.

Talked to my sis yesterday in Orange County, CA.  Remember the no plastic bag thing they had going in CA.?  Well, now you can purchase those very same plastic bags at your local grocery store for ten cents each.

I guess plastic bags aren't so awful there, just expensive.

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« Reply #1241 on: February 04, 2018, 01:25:59 am »
I guess this goes on this thread.

Talked to my sis yesterday in Orange County, CA.  Remember the no plastic bag thing they had going in CA.?  Well, now you can purchase those very same plastic bags at your local grocery store for ten cents each.

I guess plastic bags aren't so awful there, just expensive.

 **nononono*

Same thing in Austin, Texas.   **nononono*

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« Reply #1242 on: February 04, 2018, 03:18:02 am »
Same thing in Austin, Texas.   **nononono*
Gee whiz, they still use them here. I use them to line small trash cans and carry a couple when I walk the dog...  It isn't as if they never get used for other things after you get the groceries home, but a dime a time, and I'd be hauling everything in totes (except meat).
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1243 on: February 05, 2018, 03:33:33 am »
I guess this goes on this thread.

Talked to my sis yesterday in Orange County, CA.  Remember the no plastic bag thing they had going in CA.?  Well, now you can purchase those very same plastic bags at your local grocery store for ten cents each.

I guess plastic bags aren't so awful there, just expensive.

 **nononono*
When the new law took affect in California they pulled all the plastic bags that were in the stores until they got the supply of new heavier Gaia worshiper approved bags in, those are the ones they charge a dime for, they are much thicker than the old throw away bags and are meant to be reused several times. hardware stores still supply the old thinner bags for free and of course you can **ahem** acquire a few extra bags from the fruit and vegetable department for your securing your pets 'gifts'.

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« Reply #1244 on: February 05, 2018, 02:48:28 pm »
I guess plastic bags aren't so awful there, just expensive.

The reason stores switched from paper to plastic in the first place was because of cost.  Paper is a very energy intensive product.  Plastic uses much less energy to produce, does not require water, and takes up less space for shipping.  Paper bags require seven times the landfill space than plastic.  And 84 plastic bags can be recycled at the cost of recycling one paper bag.

So no, plastic isn't more expensive.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1245 on: February 05, 2018, 03:00:40 pm »
We do most of our grocery shopping at Kroger, which has a bin outside each store for depositing old plastic bags (even non-Kroger ones) for recycling. Sounds like commonsense to me.
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« Reply #1246 on: February 05, 2018, 03:02:23 pm »
I have several canvas bags from Kroger, but even when I put them in the car, I can't remember to take them in.    :shrug:

That's a great solution if people remember to use them. 
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« Reply #1247 on: February 05, 2018, 03:03:07 pm »
The reason stores switched from paper to plastic in the first place was because of cost.  Paper is a very energy intensive product.  Plastic uses much less energy to produce, does not require water, and takes up less space for shipping.  Paper bags require seven times the landfill space than plastic.  And 84 plastic bags can be recycled at the cost of recycling one paper bag.

So no, plastic isn't more expensive.
IIRC, a big part of the concept sales was that using plastic would "save a tree". (70s 'n all that).
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1248 on: February 05, 2018, 03:03:54 pm »
The reason stores switched from paper to plastic in the first place was because of cost.  Paper is a very energy intensive product.  Plastic uses much less energy to produce, does not require water, and takes up less space for shipping.  Paper bags require seven times the landfill space than plastic.  And 84 plastic bags can be recycled at the cost of recycling one paper bag.

So no, plastic isn't more expensive.

It is when you throw government's lust for punishing what they don't like.
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« Reply #1249 on: February 05, 2018, 03:05:32 pm »
I have several canvas bags from Kroger, but even when I put them in the car, I can't remember to take them in.    :shrug:

That's a great solution if people remember to use them.
Those can be handy, but you don't want the meat juices leaking into them. Some things just travel better in plastic.
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