We all know in prehistoric times they rode racers...
I call fake.
We all know in prehistoric times they rode racers and not mountain bikes.
Mountain bikes did not come in until Roman times, and in many areas, not until the sub-Roman
And I understood that the unicycle came in with the Normans...Indeed. It is my understanding that prehistoric tribes initially utilised bicycles with “cow horn” handlebars before they moved onto the more stereotypical “racer” type! In addition, clickerty clacker spoke accessories also weren’t in general usage until much later, typically in the early to middle Roman era.
It was an example of Norman humour. All Norman humour was a bit arch.Yes, and was in common use amongst the Norman upper classes of the time...... however their military “Battle unicycle” was an abject failure!
Body, motorcycle found 456 feet below Grand Canyon rim
The National Park Service said Thursday that Park Rangers had recovered the body of a missing Kentucky man in the Grand Canyon, bringing an end to a multi-day search and rescue operation.
Park rangers discovered the body Wednesday near a yellow motorcycle in the canyon some 465 feet below the rim of the South Kaibab Trailhead, the service said in a statement. ...
Officials said they believe the body is of John Pennington, 40, from Walton, Ky., who is thought to have entered the Grand Canyon on Feb. 23.
The service announced Pennington was missing on Sunday, stating his last known location was the South Rim of the Grand Canyon near Yaki Point where he had left his vehicle and was riding a yellow motorcycle with Ohio plates. ...
Sounds like the poor man wanted to go out in style.I'm not sure this incident will end up being called an accident. A Kentucky man enters the Grand Canyon National Park, abandons his vehicle, and goes missing along with his high-powered sports motorcycle (a Suzuki GSX-R600) on or about 23 February. A search was initiated soon thereafter. The motorcycle and the man's body were discovered 456 feet below the canyon rim near the trailhead to a hiking and mule trail leading downward into the canyon.
FULL STORY:
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/03/04/Grand-Canyon-body-found/6911614908954/
National Park Service News Release:
https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/missing-person-recovered-below-skth-march-2021.htm
Like a motorcycle stunt ride, only straight over the edge? That occurred to me too. We'll never know.Sounds like the poor man wanted to go out in style.
That's what I thought, from where and how the body was found. One last moment of utter freedom.Like a motorcycle stunt ride, only straight over the edge? That occurred to me too. We'll never know.
Body of missing man found buried in snow outside N.J. home
A man who went missing over a month ago during a snowstorm at his parents’ Wyckoff home was found buried in snow Monday in a neighbor’s yard, police said.
Andrew Fraioli, 40, of Lindenwold, was reported missing by his parents on Feb. 1 after he walked out of their house on Sunset Boulevard during the mega storm which covered parts of North Jersey in over 30 inches of snow, according to a release the Wyckoff Police Department. He was last seen by them around 8 p.m. that night.
Investigators had been searching for Fraioli for weeks until a neighbor of his parents called the police at 12:40 p.m. Monday to report that she found a man dead on her lawn “partially covered in snow,” the release stated. ...
Body of driver whose truck plunged off Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel 3 months ago found on Outer Banks
BY JEFF HAMPTON The Virginian-Pilo
A body found near Avon in Friday morning is that of Erik Mezick, whose truck plunged off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in December, according to the family.
A local resident reported finding the body of a male at 9:14 a.m. on the beach between the villages of Salvo and Avon within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It appeared to have been in the ocean for a long time, according to a release from the seashore. ...
Mezick, 47, of Maryland, was driving a box truck on a dairy delivery on Dec. 29 when it went over the side and into the cold waters. Mezick himself was drifting west, toward the bay, when he went under, according to witnesses. ...
Witnesses saw his body drifting to open waters. Search crews looked for Mezick’s body for days afterward without luck. Debris from his truck washed ashore days afterward.
During the winter, ocean currents flow predominately north to south. His body had drifted roughly 100 miles in the last four months down the coast to the beach north of Avon. ...
And nothing ate in in all that time?
Of course, the concern might be that there was nothing to eat it?
FULL STORY: https://abcnews.go.com/US/car-body-inside-found-pond-search-missing-texas/story?id=77634257Car with body inside found in pond during search for missing Texas mother, police say
A car matching the description of one belonging to a Texas mother who went missing three weeks ago was found in a pond with a body inside, authorities said Tuesday.
Erica Hernandez, 40, was last seen leaving a friend's house in southwest Houston in the early morning hours of April 18.
In the weeks since, police and her family have been searching for the single mother of three. ...
Information gathered from the FBI led authorities to a retention pond in Pearland, southeast of Houston, where they searched the area and "found a location that was consistent with a vehicle striking the curb and entering a body of water at the end of the road," Houston Police Department Commander Kevin ; said during a press briefing Tuesday evening.
The police department's dive team recovered a vehicle at the bottom of the pond that had the same body, make and license plate as Hernandez's car, Deese said. It also had damage consistent with a car striking the curb, he said. ...
The search for Hernandez is not "definitively over," though her family is awaiting positive identification of the person found inside the car, Deese said. ...
SOURCE: https://abcnews.go.com/US/car-body-inside-found-pond-search-missing-texas/story?id=77634257Missing Texas mother found dead inside car recovered from pond, police say
A Texas mother who went missing three weeks ago was found dead inside a car recovered from a pond Tuesday, authorities said. ...
A body inside the car was sent to the Galveston County Medical Examiner's Office, which confirmed the identity as Hernandez on Wednesday, according to the Pearland Police Department, which is leading the investigation into the death. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.gastongazette.com/story...ort-human-remains-found-city-park/6890740001/'Oh man, there's a skull right there'
A Sunday afternoon spent hitting baseballs led to a grisly discovery for three Gastonia friends who found skeletal remains near a city park.
"It was like, 'Oh man, there's a skull right there,'" said 18-year-old Danny Wooten, who first saw the macabre collection of bones while shagging baseballs that had been hit beyond the Ferguson Park baseball field fence. ...
Gastonia Police detectives are now scouring through old missing person reports as they await vital information from the state Chief Medical Examiner's Office, said city spokesman Rick Goodale.
"We don't know how long the deceased has been out there," Goodale said. "They may have been there for two weeks or they may have been out there for 20 years. ...
I know this is a case of two nations divided by one language, but "shagging baseballs"?! Doesn't sound very enjoyable.
In American parlance it means to practice fielding batted balls by having someone hit them out to you at a distance.
Techy has a golf gadget called a 'ball shagger' that collects the balls without stooping.In American parlance it means to practice fielding batted balls by having someone hit them out to you at a distance.
Had worse.I know this is a case of two nations divided by one language, but "shagging baseballs"?! Doesn't sound very enjoyable.
Trouble is, as you get older, the floor seems to get further awayTechy has a golf gadget called a 'ball shagger' that collects the balls without stooping.
In my Mum's case, it is getting nearer as she shrinks.Trouble is, as you get older, the floor seems to get further away
FULL STORY: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/03/10/mummified-body-Oakland-convention-center/7291646937642/Workers find mummified human body behind wall at old Oakland convention hall
Construction workers in Northern California stumbled upon a grisly find when they were performing renovations recently on a convention facility in Oakland, officials said.
Crews have been performing the renovations at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center ...
Inside, one of the workers came upon a frightening find behind the drywall between two concrete pillars near the venue's concert hall -- mummified human remains.
The convention center has been closed since 2005 and had been undergoing remodeling for the past few years.
"The cavity where the individual was found was approximately 15 inches in width and 12 inches in height," Oakland Police Lt. Frederick Shavies said ...
Shavies said the remains belonged to a man who probably died a long time ago, given their condition.
Investigators said they hope DNA and dental records will identify the body. If the hands on the body were preserved well enough, they might also be able to take fingerprints.
The convention center, which first opened in 1914, was being renovated as a multi-use space for artists and offices. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/at...e-retirement-home/BHYN35PNKVA3NLN3H3VBZZHIBM/Man found dead in trash chute at southwest Atlanta retirement community
Firefighters have removed a man’s body from a trash chute at retirement community in southwest Atlanta.
The body was found at the Atrium, which is near the Atlanta University Center complex. ...
Crime scene tape was strung up around the back of the building, where the chute appeared to empty out into dumpsters. Homicide detectives were at the scene but police don’t suspect foul play.
Police are now trying to determine the identity of the victim. ...
It’s unclear how long the body had been in the chute or how the victim ended up there. ...
The victim has not been identified.