maximus otter
Recovering policeman
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Well if they want a fight, they can bring it on ..
Pick the hills you're prepared to die on...
maximus otter
Well if they want a fight, they can bring it on ..
I've got some dog poo on a stick. They don't stand a chance man.Pick the hills you're prepared to die on...
maximus otter
Trainee chefs have to buy their kit somewhere...Pick the hills you're prepared to die on...
maximus otter
That is the uber-weapon.I've got some dog poo on a stick. They don't stand a chance man.
The Willard Asylum was closed down in 1995, patients/inmates could bring a suitcase of belongings and these ended up in the loft of the building. Four hundred suitcases were found by an ex member of staff paid amongst others to clear the buildings out, many with the contents in near mint condition, the earliest cases date from 1910 ..
Precisely, you can tell watching these vids that a lot of these people put their dreams and aspirations in their suitcases .. the woman who had her glamorous best silver coloured heels that were clearly never going to be used again for what she still wanted them for, the dashing GI who packed his service uniform and his picture and the picture of the woman he loved, all of these people's dreams crushed ... opening these cases is quite a voyeuristic thing to do although I don't judge the people who've re opened them, I definitely judge the people who 'stuffed them out of the way somewhere more convenient' .. bastards .. I think Auschwitz is a fair comparison on this level depressingly, yes.What a terrible breach of their rights and dignity.
Reminds me of the massive displays of property stolen from arrivals at Auschwitz. Until I saw those, I hadn't quite grasped that people were sent there to be robbed and murdered. Taking their belongings (and clothes and even hair and teeth) dehumanised them and made it easier for them to be disposed of.
Locking up people with mental health problems and removing their last few, probably treasured possessions has the same effect. This is proved by the unmarked graves they were buried in.
It's Jeremy Corbyn's fault, it said so in the Daily Mail.
Things were noisy back then!A Drive down Broadway, NYC, 07.12.1929 with synchronized sound.
You could almost dive in and see Arliss or Swanson - or just run over a random pedestrian.
'Mummified monkey' found in Minneapolis department store
The "mummified" remains of a monkey have been discovered by workers redeveloping a former department store in the US state of Minnesota.
The dead creature was found in the ceiling of the old Dayton Department Store building in Minneapolis.
A spokeswoman for the building project said they were working with local museums to trace the origins of the spider monkey, as theories fly.
A nearby town's mayor suspects his dad stole the critter in the 1960s. ...
The "'perished primate' revealed itself in a ceiling" ...
Some ... suggested the monkey may have come from a pet store which was on the eighth floor of the 116-year-old building.
Regan Murphy, the mayor of Robbinsdale, Minnesota, believes his late father was to blame for the animal's disappearance.
The suburban Minneapolis mayor says that in the 1960s his dad Larry Murphy and a friend stole the simian from the pet shop. ...
Both men have since died, but the widow of the elder Murphy says he was known for monkey shines in his youth. ...
"Monkeys are not house broken," she explained.
"The monkey was discovered by [the friend's] mom, and she said 'Absolutely not. Can't have it, can't keep it."
The two teenagers brought the monkey back to the shop and released it, according to Murphy family lore.
Other curious items have been found in air ducts and in ceilings during the building's renovation, including papier mache Easter eggs and a stolen wallet that was recently returned to its owner.
A hidden World War Two bunker has been discovered under the back garden of a house in Middlesbrough.
Chris Scott was having his Marton Avenue home renovated when he decided to investigate what he thought was a drain cover.
But it turned out to be the entrance to a concrete-lined, two-room bunker, big enough for more than 50 people.
The married father-of-one, 40, said he plans to turn the bunker into a wine cellar or an office.
Diver Neil Richmond travelled 100 miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed to look for Kate Sunley's leg in the River Tees. She said she loves swimming because she doesn't need her leg and can "be like everybody else".
This Woman Lost Her Contact Lens. Doctors Found It in Her Eyelid 28 Years Later.
Nearly three decades ago, a 14-year-old in the United Kingdom got hit in the eye during a game of badminton and lost her contact lens. No big deal, right? Well, 28 years later, doctors found the missing contact … embedded in a cyst in her left eyelid.
It's not like the woman was looking for it the entire time, though. Instead, at age 42, she visited an ophthalmologist for what she thought was an unrelated problem: Her left eyelid had been swollen and drooping for about six months, and doctors could feel a small lump under the skin, according to a report of her case, published Aug. 10 in the journal BMJ Case Reports.
An MRI revealed a "well-defined" cyst, measuring 8 by 4 by 6 millimeters (0.31 by 0.16 by 0.24 inches), just above her left eye. The doctors then surgically removed the cyst.
Once the cyst was removed, however, it broke open, revealing an extremely fragile hard contact lens inside. ...