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loulizlee

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« Reply #135 on: November 19, 2012, 05:02:50 pm »
It is a VERY interesting story.  I find it amazing that the man was sorry for the "mistake," - not having it there in the first place.

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« Reply #136 on: November 19, 2012, 07:43:25 pm »
My assessment is he was probably on alcohol or drugs.  :)
Really?  well maybe he was just another deranged republican who voted for the bush family to be in office.  I mean my story, like blaming bad behavior on drugs or alcohol, is reckless and wrong.  Not every one who has tried drugs or alcohol acts crazy.  Just like everyone who acts crazy, is not automatically on drugs or alcohol.   
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« Reply #137 on: November 19, 2012, 08:58:17 pm »
I enjoy these little snippets of not-so-terrible news.  It's nice to get a chuckle or be shocked my something that doesn't make you feel like the world sucks.

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« Reply #138 on: November 20, 2012, 01:33:36 pm »
Pelicans blown off course by Sandy get plane ride home
Fri, Nov 16 2012
By Daniel Lovering


(Reuters) - Two brown pelicans blown to Rhode Island by the winds of Hurricane Sandy will be flown in a private plane back to their natural habitat in Florida, an animal clinic worker said on Friday.

The first of the large birds, whose wingspans measure 6 to 7 feet, was found on the side of a road at Fishermen's Memorial State Park on November 7, nine days after the storm made landfall in New Jersey, said Jennifer Brooks, clinic director at the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island.

The bird, a juvenile likely from a nest in North Carolina, had been tagged by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and records showed it was presumed to have died, she said.
The second pelican landed on a fishing boat about 120 miles south of Block Island the following day, she said. The crew of the boat, which provides fish to SeaWorld theme parks, fed the bird for several days before docking.

"They were a little bit thin, they were a little beat up from the storm," Brooks said of the birds. They had lost tail feathers and suffered scratches to their throat pouches, which are prone to frostbite in northern climates, Brooks said.

Animal workers had been keeping the birds in an outdoor shelter before moving them into a tent inside the clinic, she said.

They were scheduled to be flown in containers similar to dog crates in a small private plane on Saturday to the Mary Keller Seabird Rehabilitation Sanctuary in Florida, she said.

The cost of the flight -- about $2,000 -- will be covered by public donations, Brooks said.

Brown pelicans typically fly as far north as North Carolina during the summer to form breeding colonies before flying south for the winter, Brooks said.
Birds naturally are blown northward by storms, but "it's unusual for us to have pelicans," she said.

"They do get pushed by these northward storms, so that's what happened to these guys," she said. "They should have been going south."

(Editing by Daniel Trotta and Kenneth Barry)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/16/us-storm-sandy-pelicans-idUSBRE8AF15320121116

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Re: News Stories - Strange and Funny
« Reply #139 on: November 20, 2012, 04:48:26 pm »
What a wonderful story, jcribb!

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« Reply #140 on: November 20, 2012, 08:08:52 pm »
What a wonderful story, jcribb!
Thanks!  :)

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« Reply #141 on: November 26, 2012, 10:41:31 am »
A story on the news a while back here.  A carjacker forces a woman out of her car.  He gets in and then has to leave the car behind because it is a stick shift and he cannot drive it.

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« Reply #142 on: November 26, 2012, 10:51:26 am »
A story on the news a while back here.  A carjacker forces a woman out of her car.  He gets in and then has to leave the car behind because it is a stick shift and he cannot drive it.
That's very funny, that means he don't know what he was doing.  :peace:

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Re: News Stories - Strange and Funny
« Reply #143 on: January 20, 2013, 07:26:57 pm »

ALLEGED BURGLAR SAID HE USED SAUNA IN HOMEA

SAN ANDREAS, Calif. -- Authorities in Northern California say a man arrested in nothing but a trench coat and socks after a break-in told investigators he had been using the homeowner's sauna.
Calaveras (ka-luh-VER'-is) County sheriff's deputies arrested 49-year-old Robert London this week after they responded to a report of a burglary at a home in San Andreas. He pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of burglary and possession of stolen property.
Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Hewitt says arriving deputies found the homeowner on top of a nearly naked London on the driveway.
The homeowner said he discovered London going through his kitchen cabinets and chased him out the door.
Hewitt says London told investigators he thought the house was vacant, and he had used the sauna there in the past.

COMMENTARY:  I would have loved to have been there with a camera in front of the driveway.  What a picture!


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Re: News Stories - Strange and Funny
« Reply #144 on: January 20, 2013, 07:33:42 pm »
ALLEGED BURGLAR SAID HE USED SAUNA IN HOMEA

SAN ANDREAS, Calif. -- Authorities in Northern California say a man arrested in nothing but a trench coat and socks after a break-in told investigators he had been using the homeowner's sauna.
Calaveras (ka-luh-VER'-is) County sheriff's deputies arrested 49-year-old Robert London this week after they responded to a report of a burglary at a home in San Andreas. He pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of burglary and possession of stolen property.
Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Hewitt says arriving deputies found the homeowner on top of a nearly naked London on the driveway.
The homeowner said he discovered London going through his kitchen cabinets and chased him out the door.
Hewitt says London told investigators he thought the house was vacant, and he had used the sauna there in the past.

COMMENTARY:  I would have loved to have been there with a camera in front of the driveway.  What a picture!



Wow!  It's hard to believe that strange and even stranger things like this can and do happen out there!  Amazing how he just made himself right at home in someone else's home. 

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Re: News Stories - Strange and Funny
« Reply #145 on: January 20, 2013, 07:47:38 pm »
The worst one I've heard recently was the man who went to a strip club for his bachelor party and his buddies got him a lap dance.. When the stripper slid down the pole and landed on him, she RUPTURED HIS SPLEEN. Now he's suing the strip club! Sounds like karma for him being in the strip club to begin with! Wonder how his new wife feels about all that...

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Re: News Stories - Strange and Funny
« Reply #146 on: January 21, 2013, 12:30:52 am »
I love crazy news stories.

One I read recently was about a shelter in Australia that trained some of their dogs to drive cars. It was a publicity stunt to raise awareness about how smart shelter animals can be. The story that I read had a link to a TV news website that had a clip of the dogs driving. Even though they drove slow and not very far, it was still pretty cool.

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Re: News Stories - Strange and Funny
« Reply #147 on: January 21, 2013, 05:01:36 pm »
That is kind of funny. I always make sure that my house is loced when I leave. Actually I never leave it unlocked.

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Re: News Stories - Strange and Funny
« Reply #148 on: January 28, 2013, 05:39:23 pm »
I like the one about the bank robber that gives the cashier his note on the back of his companies pay check stub. The cops just waited for him to return home to arrest him, duh?  Well I think this is a good subject. I will look for it in the future.

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Re: News Stories - Strange and Funny
« Reply #149 on: January 28, 2013, 06:06:54 pm »
Is There A Mouse in the House; or, Mice Eat Evidence of Marijuana?

Hey, vermin, don't bogart that evidence!
Wichita police in Kansas are hot on the tail of mice that chewed through bags of marijuana kept in a police storage facility, KMBC reported. The three packages were evidence seized during arrests in 2009.
The rodents apparently nested in the pot and ate some of it. "We've got some mice that are stoners," Police Lt. Doug Nolte said on Thursday. The animals were probably attracted to the scent, he added.
At first look, authorities thought the evidence was tampered with, but some super-sleuthing revealed "that the culprits were operating on a much smaller scale," quipped The Inquisitr.
Still, officials adhered to protocol, photographing the scene, resealing the stash and reweighing it, Nolte told KSN.
The mice remain at large but a precinct artist did produce a sketch of one of the suspects with big ears, little beady eyes and a long tail (see above).
No drawn-out investigation or jury trial will be necessary. An exterminator has been called.
Other outlets were quick to make sport of the pothead varmints:
"There are some mice in Kansas with major munchies," MSN wrote.
And our favorite headline came from the Kansas City Business Journal: "Dude, Where's My Cheese?"

Commentary:  Funniest part of story - precinct artist made a sketch of one of the suspects.  I wonder how much different it looks from the other mice.

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