Oops! The Silly Mistakes Thread
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Not so much a silly mistake, more a bloody incompetent one...
According to the police report, Byers examined Neal’s body and determined the cause of death to be natural. The report stated Byers released the body to Byrd and Flanagan Funeral home. But the report explained, once at the funeral home, an employee noticed a hole in Neal’s neck. That’s when the Neal’s body was returned to the morgue where a further autopsy determined he had been murdered, the medical examiner’s office confirmed to FOX 5 News.
https://boingboing.net/2019/08/07/gwinnett-county.html
According to the police report, Byers examined Neal’s body and determined the cause of death to be natural. The report stated Byers released the body to Byrd and Flanagan Funeral home. But the report explained, once at the funeral home, an employee noticed a hole in Neal’s neck. That’s when the Neal’s body was returned to the morgue where a further autopsy determined he had been murdered, the medical examiner’s office confirmed to FOX 5 News.
https://boingboing.net/2019/08/07/gwinnett-county.html
So, having changed one of my car's bottom ball joint, and decided that the other one was ok. I had a change of heart this morning. May as well change both of them. why risk a possible failure
So, up with the lark (the larks rise quite late around here) and proceeded to strip out the bottom arm.
And as I was taking it into the shed to cut out the old joint.........
I realise I had taken off the wrong side. I had already fixed this arm.
Put it all back together, Declared it a Guinness day.
INT21.
So, up with the lark (the larks rise quite late around here) and proceeded to strip out the bottom arm.
And as I was taking it into the shed to cut out the old joint.........
I realise I had taken off the wrong side. I had already fixed this arm.
Put it all back together, Declared it a Guinness day.
INT21.
Many years ago, late 60s, when I was in the army, posted to Berlin, I wa back in England on a course. I had reason to go to army medical centre at Catterick.
One of the doctors, a German, asked me where I was posted. I said 'Berlin, in Germany'.
He responded 'Is Berlin in Germany ?'
I remember thinking 'What ! of course it is'.
It wasn't until years later that I suddenly realised what he meant.
One of the doctors, a German, asked me where I was posted. I said 'Berlin, in Germany'.
He responded 'Is Berlin in Germany ?'
I remember thinking 'What ! of course it is'.
It wasn't until years later that I suddenly realised what he meant.
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When a competition ran to win a toaster signed by Chuck Norris
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Man charged £55k for a single beer in Manchester hotel
An Australian cricket journalist was mistakenly charged £55,000 for a single bottle of beer in a Manchester hotel.
An Australian cricket journalist was mistakenly charged £55,000 for a single bottle of beer in a Manchester hotel.
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I started to pick at the story last night and gave up. It is weirdly out of focus. You would think it might focus on the bank which allowed the transaction but it only mentions Visa, who distanced themselves from the decision. Then there is stuff about beer . . . The bbc can surely do better than this! 
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A man who was given a pair of trousers by Jimi Hendrix which could have sold for up to £25,000 says they are worthless after he had them taken up three inches so he could wear them.
Mickey Martin, now 73, says he was stunned to be handed the red suede strides by the legendary guitarist during a gig in Cheltenham, in February 1967 when he was just 21.
Mr Martin had been playing snooker when the owner of Cheltenham's Blue Moon club ran in and asked for someone to work that evening as he was short-staffed.
Grandfather Mickey then spent the next few hours running soft drinks from the bar to Hendrix and his band and says he found himself in the dressing room after the show.
Mr Hendrix showed his gratitude for Mr Martin's hard work.
'Jimi came over to me, gave me a pair of trousers and said, 'here you are man - thanks a lot for taking care,' Mr Martin said.
Mickey didn't get the psychedelic rocker, performing as the 'Jimmie Hendrix Experience,' to sign the trousers.
'I didn't bother with any autograph, the thought didn't enter my head. If I had that [the signature] they might be worth something,' Mr Martin said.
He also went on to wear the trousers for around a year after the show and even had them altered which has compromised their value.
'I had about three and a half inches taken off the bottom. I wore them at least once a week. I would have thought altering the bottom would have affected the price too, they are not all intact. But, I wanted to wear them.'
'You know what it's like when you are young - you want to show off!' he added.
A lack of proof along with the alterations means the trousers are probably worthless.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...5-000-worthless-grandfather-altered-them.html
maximus otter
Mickey Martin, now 73, says he was stunned to be handed the red suede strides by the legendary guitarist during a gig in Cheltenham, in February 1967 when he was just 21.
Mr Martin had been playing snooker when the owner of Cheltenham's Blue Moon club ran in and asked for someone to work that evening as he was short-staffed.
Grandfather Mickey then spent the next few hours running soft drinks from the bar to Hendrix and his band and says he found himself in the dressing room after the show.
Mr Hendrix showed his gratitude for Mr Martin's hard work.
'Jimi came over to me, gave me a pair of trousers and said, 'here you are man - thanks a lot for taking care,' Mr Martin said.
Mickey didn't get the psychedelic rocker, performing as the 'Jimmie Hendrix Experience,' to sign the trousers.
'I didn't bother with any autograph, the thought didn't enter my head. If I had that [the signature] they might be worth something,' Mr Martin said.
He also went on to wear the trousers for around a year after the show and even had them altered which has compromised their value.
'I had about three and a half inches taken off the bottom. I wore them at least once a week. I would have thought altering the bottom would have affected the price too, they are not all intact. But, I wanted to wear them.'
'You know what it's like when you are young - you want to show off!' he added.
A lack of proof along with the alterations means the trousers are probably worthless.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...5-000-worthless-grandfather-altered-them.html
maximus otter
A man who was given a pair of trousers by Jimi Hendrix which could have sold for up to £25,000 says they are worthless after he had them taken up three inches so he could wear them.
Mickey Martin, now 73, says he was stunned to be handed the red suede strides by the legendary guitarist during a gig in Cheltenham, in February 1967 when he was just 21.
Mr Martin had been playing snooker when the owner of Cheltenham's Blue Moon club ran in and asked for someone to work that evening as he was short-staffed.
Grandfather Mickey then spent the next few hours running soft drinks from the bar to Hendrix and his band and says he found himself in the dressing room after the show.
Mr Hendrix showed his gratitude for Mr Martin's hard work.
'Jimi came over to me, gave me a pair of trousers and said, 'here you are man - thanks a lot for taking care,' Mr Martin said.
Mickey didn't get the psychedelic rocker, performing as the 'Jimmie Hendrix Experience,' to sign the trousers.
'I didn't bother with any autograph, the thought didn't enter my head. If I had that [the signature] they might be worth something,' Mr Martin said.
He also went on to wear the trousers for around a year after the show and even had them altered which has compromised their value.
'I had about three and a half inches taken off the bottom. I wore them at least once a week. I would have thought altering the bottom would have affected the price too, they are not all intact. But, I wanted to wear them.'
'You know what it's like when you are young - you want to show off!' he added.
A lack of proof along with the alterations means the trousers are probably worthless.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...5-000-worthless-grandfather-altered-them.html
maximus otter
Mickey Martin, now 73, says he was stunned to be handed the red suede strides by the legendary guitarist during a gig in Cheltenham, in February 1967 when he was just 21.
Mr Martin had been playing snooker when the owner of Cheltenham's Blue Moon club ran in and asked for someone to work that evening as he was short-staffed.
Grandfather Mickey then spent the next few hours running soft drinks from the bar to Hendrix and his band and says he found himself in the dressing room after the show.
Mr Hendrix showed his gratitude for Mr Martin's hard work.
'Jimi came over to me, gave me a pair of trousers and said, 'here you are man - thanks a lot for taking care,' Mr Martin said.
Mickey didn't get the psychedelic rocker, performing as the 'Jimmie Hendrix Experience,' to sign the trousers.
'I didn't bother with any autograph, the thought didn't enter my head. If I had that [the signature] they might be worth something,' Mr Martin said.
He also went on to wear the trousers for around a year after the show and even had them altered which has compromised their value.
'I had about three and a half inches taken off the bottom. I wore them at least once a week. I would have thought altering the bottom would have affected the price too, they are not all intact. But, I wanted to wear them.'
'You know what it's like when you are young - you want to show off!' he added.
A lack of proof along with the alterations means the trousers are probably worthless.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...5-000-worthless-grandfather-altered-them.html
maximus otter
Sydenham shooting: Man 'accidentally killed himself after bullet bounced off car'
I post this with no comment except to wonder if it belongs in the 'Strange Deaths' thread.
I post this with no comment except to wonder if it belongs in the 'Strange Deaths' thread.
Autoformatting in Microsoft Excel has caused many a headache—but now, a new study shows that one in five genetics papers in top scientific journals contains errors from the program, The Washington Post reports. The errors often arose when gene names in a spreadsheet were automatically changed to calendar dates or numerical values. For example, one gene called Septin-2 is commonly shortened to SEPT2, but is changed to 2-SEP and stored as the date 2 September 2016 by Excel.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/201...papers-contains-errors-thanks-microsoft-excel
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/201...papers-contains-errors-thanks-microsoft-excel
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A search for a missing tourist has a twist
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/09/1...in-this-newspapers-missing-person-story-is-a/
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/09/1...in-this-newspapers-missing-person-story-is-a/