escargot
Disciple of Marduk
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They only seem that way, darling GNC, because the people who drive BMWs are often idiots who wouldn't think of using indicators.BMWs are the ones manufactured without indicators.
I'd rather have a pony myself.
They only seem that way, darling GNC, because the people who drive BMWs are often idiots who wouldn't think of using indicators.
When I was young, people (in America) who drove Volvos had the reputation of being very bad and stupid drivers. From what I saw of BMW drivers at that time, they were the fancy version of the stereotypical Volvo driver. You either dodged a bullet, Escargot, or things are very different in the UK.
I'd rather have a pony myself.
They only seem that way, darling GNC, because the people who drive BMWs are often idiots who wouldn't think of using indicators.
When I was young, people (in America) who drove Volvos had the reputation of being very bad and stupid drivers. From what I saw of BMW drivers at that time, they were the fancy version of the stereotypical Volvo driver. You either dodged a bullet, Escargot, or things are very different in the UK.
Rather have a pony, eh?I'd rather have a pony myself.
They only seem that way, darling GNC, because the people who drive BMWs are often idiots who wouldn't think of using indicators.
When I was young, people (in America) who drove Volvos had the reputation of being very bad and stupid drivers. From what I saw of BMW drivers at that time, they were the fancy version of the stereotypical Volvo driver. You either dodged a bullet, Escargot, or things are very different in the UK.
In the interest of international relations, here is a full translation...I find myself separated by a common language. Couldn't understand what he was saying.
"Witnesses to the incident claimed that the gorilla was conducting lewd behaviour in the road."A mis-identified gorilla in Barrow:
Florida man mistakenly pumps gas onto the deck of his boat
Mistakenly inserting a fuel nozzle into a fishing pole slot, a Florida man pumped $60 worth of gasoline onto the deck of his boat and the ground of a gas station, fire rescue officials said.
The incident happened Monday in the Orlando area, Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles said on Twitter.
The gas flowed from the fishing pole hole and onto the deck of the 24-foot (7.3 meters) boat. The 31-year-old man realized his mistake and quit pumping.
As he tried to clean up the mess, the gasoline began leaking from the boat onto the ground at the 7-Eleven store. He told personnel and then called the fire department’s non-emergency number, Jachles said.
A technical rescue team siphoned the gas from the boat and cleaned up. The situation was described as a “level 3 hazmat,” meaning the potential of hazard was high, Jachles said.
FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/d1ed1d6d4d9be41147fdc91d969882c8Family gets 55,000 duplicate letters from loan company
An Ohio man is pondering what to do with the 55,000 duplicate statements addressed to his home by a student loan company.
Dan Cain said he was suspicious when a postal worker in Twinsburg, Ohio, told him recently that his mail wouldn’t fit through the front door of the office. When Cain drove his truck around to the back of the building, he found a postal worker wheeling out two large bins of letters, WOIO-TV reported.
It turned out that there were a total of 79 bins of the letters, and it took Cain two trips to deliver them to the garage of his family’s home in the city roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Cleveland.
Officials from College Ave Student Loans said in an email Monday that it apologized for the error in its mailing system and was putting corrective measures in place to prevent it from happening in the future.
“We are working with Dan directly on a remedy, including picking up the mail from him if possible and a statement credit for the inconvenience,” the company’s chief operating officer, Tim Staley, said.
“I just hope it doesn’t happen again,” Cain said. “I might just have to return to sender.”
The duplicate statements were for a loan Cain and his wife had taken out for college tuition, Cain said. He also indicated that the statement was wrong and believed the company used the wrong interest rate to calculate the payment. ...
It's bad enough to have a creditor send you a "pay up" letter. It's really bad when the creditor issues 55,000 copies of the letter all at once ...
FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/d1ed1d6d4d9be41147fdc91d969882c8
How is that possible? I know robots are supposed to be taking over all our jobs nowadays but is there really no human input in printing out, putting into envelopes and posting off all those letters? Or did some underpaid worker sit there doing 55, 000 identical envelopes without saying a word to their supervisor?
Reminds me of this, my favourite video -
Stuck Caravan
A driver tries to drag a caravan through a narrow space and totally wrecks it.
In my list of unread posts I have the followingI note, in the 'what's new' list we have..
'Did Mr Belvedere sit on his testicles'
Followed by
'Folk horror'
Followed by ..
'Bright flashers of light'.
A sort of logical progression.
And definitely worthy of being a 'silly mistake'.
INT21.
Fife couple forced to flee home as attempt to unblock toilet leaves dog coughing
February 10 2020, 8.37am
A Fife couple had to flee their home when two cleaning products used to unblock their loo reacted and caused a chemical incident.
Specialist firefighters wearing hazmat suits were drafted in after Iain Smith tried to fix the toilet in the Glenrothes house he shares with wife Shareem using bleach then drain cleaner.
The toxic combination produced such a noxious gas he and Shareem had to leave the house in Bilsland Path North with their two dogs, one of which had started coughing.
Iain was later taken to Victoria Hospital, in Kirkcaldy, for checks but released with a clean bill of health.
Shareem said: “We’ll get the plumber out next time.”
etc
SOURCE: https://www.wtae.com/article/huge-trailer-stands-upright/31159984WHOA! Huge trailer stands straight up in unusual crash
Police in Indiana shared a peculiar photo of a truck trailer that ended standing straight up and causing an accident.
A semitruck driver accidentally activated controls for a dump trailer he was carrying Wednesday night, which caused it to stand upright, according to the Indiana State Police.
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The empty dump trailer then struck an overpass and disconnected. It ended up in the middle of a highway in Crown Point, Indiana, about 50 miles southeast of Chicago.
The roadway stayed closed for roughly three hours for cleanup and bridge inspection.
The driver was not hurt.
SOURCE: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/0...ally-groomed-dog-in-Spain/9591583765019/?sl=1Reported loose lion was unusually groomed dog in Spain
Police officers in Spain responded to numerous reports of a lion on the loose in a town and discovered the animal was actually a dog with an unusual haircut.
The Local Police of Molina de Segura said they received numerous reports Sunday of a loose lion strolling through the municipality.
Officers tracked down the animal and discovered it was actually a large dog with its long hair trimmed to resemble the body, mane and tail of an African lion.
Police said the dog was microchipped and they contacted its owner for a reunion with the escaped pet.