Cancer Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Way way back -- about 1975, IIRC -- there was a similar story (but with human casualties) with a headline of "Five killed by drunken elephants", where in India a herd of elephants broke into a moonshiners' compound, sucked down a vat of fermenting hooch, and it turned out they were angry drunks, destroying a couple of concrete buildings and killing five moonshiners who tried to chase them away. I might even have the newspaper clipping still, but finding it is another problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, wcw43921 said: Surprisingly, this story is not from Florida. Texas aspires to be Florida which aspires to be Australia Edited June 8, 2023 by Logan D. Hurricanes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 12 hours ago, csyphrett said: in 2011, a man was arrested for three counts of animal cruelty and thirty three counts of negligence. The county took these ponies from him. The property was sold. The reason this is relevant is in the last few days, the city/county is digging up this property with permission from the current owners. The word is they are looking for human remains. CES Ohh dear....the fact that they're going to this much effort implies they have good reason to go to that effort. Makes me undecided about whether I hope they find something...or nothing..... Elsewhere...the world of watch collecting is in a bit of a tizzy. https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/omega-auction-fake-speedmaster-1234852416/ I was watching this auction...not *bidding*, mind, I don't play in this league. There were several, tho, where I was interested to see what they'd go for. This one...the bidding just went bugnuts crazy. SERIOUSLY crazy. Not only did it set the record price...it was, IIRC 6x the previous record. And now we find...it's a fake. Not only that, but the fake was perpetrated by, or at least abetted by, Omega employees. This is going to have an impact... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 (edited) On 6/3/2023 at 7:54 AM, Cygnia said: Blizzard dev claims he was fired for writing loot goblin that made fun of corporate greed "Until he was fired out of the blue . . ." Yeah, no. I'm 99% sure that Blizzard is in such a risk-adverse posture right now that there is no way their HR and Risk departments are going to let them fire someone without cause. Would love to see if this goes to court and if there's any evidence supporting this guy's claim. =====/ LINE TO SEPARATE TWO UNRELATED RESPONSES /================================ On 6/3/2023 at 4:15 PM, tkdguy said: It seems trying to help wildlife can be harmful. You know how they say that if you help a baby bird back into its nest, the parent will reject it? Turns out that's nonsense. I wonder how true it is in this case? Maybe the calf was stuck in the river because it had already been rejected? I'd love to see a bovine behaviorist analysis of this. Are those a thing? Edited June 8, 2023 by Pattern Ghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 4 Children found alive after 40 days in the Amazon rain forest following plane crash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-65864158 Backpack hero praised for facing attacker in France knife attacker https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65860077 Concern over falling water levels in Loch Ness https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65855228 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 Save Nessie! Pattern Ghost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 It ain't all about the Benjamins. That makes no cents ! Pennies from Heaven ? Or from the house. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65839799 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/06/10/1181516760/ted-kaczynski-unabomber-dies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 Wow. I thought he was already dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 *sigh* The last political theorist I actually admired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/9/23752106/catalytic-converter-thefts-platinum-palladium-rhodium-cutters-buyers-scrap-metal-decanning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Any Philly folks here?https://www.phila.gov/2023-06-11-updates-on-the-i-95-fire-and-partial-highway-collapse/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Nice job on the roadway. I-95 in Philly (NPR) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 On 6/11/2023 at 7:33 AM, Cygnia said: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/9/23752106/catalytic-converter-thefts-platinum-palladium-rhodium-cutters-buyers-scrap-metal-decanning Quote Platinum recently has sold for about $1,037 an ounce; palladium $1,429 an ounce; and rhodium $6,300 an ounce. There's your incentive right there. More generally, https://www.nada.org/legislative/fight-rising-catalytic-converter-theft Quote and the National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates that these thefts increased by 1,215% between 2019 and 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Experimental vaccine shows promise in delaying the return of aggressive brain tumor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/creators-tell-tales-of-comics-industry-use-and-abuse-comicsbrokeme/ unclevlad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Highway collapses in Philadelphia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 The actor Treat Williams dies aged 71 following road accident https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65886521 rravenwood and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 Children survive plane crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 Cormac McCarthy, American novelist of the stark and dark, dies at 89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Ranxerox, Pattern Ghost and Old Man 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 How Extortion Scams and Review Bombing Trolls Turned Goodreads Into Many Authors’ Worst Nightmare Logan D. Hurricanes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Former Nevada Lt Governor Lonnie Hammargren has passed away at age 85 Hammargren was a colorful character who collected Las Vegas memorabilia in his homes, and he'd occasionally open them on Nevada Day for tours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Cygnia said: How Extortion Scams and Review Bombing Trolls Turned Goodreads Into Many Authors’ Worst Nightmare Have to say this doesn't surprise me. Depresses, yeah, but not surprises. I think the days of anonymous, easy logins to services everywhere, might be numbered, on sites with larger reach. The trivial, anonymous login makes policing this harder. It's not enough to boot the violators, if they can't be kept off, or at least slowed down. Extortion by social media bombing isn't new. It's been an issue for many years. I don't recall offhand that they were used for extortion, but they were deliberate attempts to damage reputations...and did do *serious* damage to some companies. Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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