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https://rojakdaily.com/lifestyle/ar...-sandwich-fell-onto-keyboard-and-logs-her-out

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phinds said:
Hey, I'd log her out too if she dropped a sloppy joe on me !
Hey! Gimme back my homework!
 
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What not to do in a bear attack ...
Reminds me of the advice a Yellowstone Park ranger gave to some campers who asked about off-trail camping. He told them to go by the ranger station and they would get little bells to attach to their clothes so the bears would avoid them, and some pepper spray for otherwise.

He also told them to be aware of the bear signs so they'd know if they were in bear territory. Brown bear poop, he told them, will likely have some squirrel fir and maybe some berries in it but the grizzly bear stuff may have little bells and smell like pepper spray.
 
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https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/09/17/driver-arrested-after-jumping-over-drawbridge-on-detroits-west-side/ said:
“And I looked, I said, ‘No he ain’t,’” said drawbridge operator Andre Locke.

Locke, who witnessed the incident, said he hit the emergency stop and the bridge jammed.

“Over he went, blew out all four of his tires, and then he crashed into the other gate,” Locke said.
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Within 20 minutes of them being on display to the public there were reports of the parrots swearing at a customer, and things quickly escalated.

First I thought about linking some vid too, but then I've decided against it.
I will check it in private o0)
 
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A guy I knew had a 'Severe Macaw', and that bird seemed to know the meanings of some the words that he could say. He could say the word for an object and then pick up the said object ##-## this isn't an image of that bird, but it's an image of a bird of that species:

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Gang who stole Isaac Newton and Galileo books by abseiling into building to avoid motion sensors jailed
https://news.yahoo.com/gang-stole-isaac-Newton-galileo-174127927.html
First editions of significant works by Sir Isaac Newton, the Italian astronomer Galileo, and Spanish painter Francisco Goya were among some 200 books - with an estimated worth of £2m - stolen from the warehouse during the five-hour operation, which saw thieves cut holes in the warehouse roof and abseil in, landing on ledges to avoid detection by sensors.
I did a double take on the headline. These are not books about Newton and Galileo, but books by them. They should be in a museum library for the public, not some private stash.
 
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A Swedish company developing autonomous trucks applied for a license to test them on public roads. It was denied for two reasons:
  • The trucks do not have a drivers license
  • The trucks cannot blow into an alcohol test machine

I would expect the second issue to be easy to fix for engineers, but for the drivers license the trucks might need to be 18 years old?
 
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Today's news: Albert Einstein now dead for 65 years 2 months and 23 days.

Clickbait version: You won't believe for how long exactly Albert Einstein has been dead already!
 
I now feel protected. :rolleyes:

The EU Just Banned Rolls-Royce’s Illuminated Hood Ornament to Reduce Light Pollution
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The $4,558 optional hood ornament has been available since 2013.

[...] if you live in an EU country and Rolls is already fitted with the glowing figurine, you’ll have to take it into an authorized dealership and have it swapped out for the traditional stainless-steel version free of charge.

The ban can be traced back to Regulation No. 48 of the ECE, which aims to cut down on light pollution caused by motor vehicles within the political and economic union. [...] In fact, the illuminated figurine is only lit when the car is stationary and its other lights are on.
 
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All this seems to be "sourced" to the Daily Mail and then everyone copied it (with or without reference), I would be skeptical.

£3,500 for a piece of glass and an LED looks a bit overpriced.
At the current conversion rate this is $4,516 but different news include different prices, some up to $6000, and you can find these prices in groups, i.e. people copy them from each other blindly.

Edit: I checked the EU regulation and "pollution" doesn't appear there. Not even once.
 
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mfb said:
All this seems to be "sourced" to the Daily Mail and then everyone copied it (with or without reference), I would be skeptical.
"Skeptical" doesn't even begin to describe the appropriate reaction to anything sourced from the Daily Mail, particularly if it's about Europe.
mfb said:
Edit: I checked the EU regulation and "pollution" doesn't appear there. Not even once.
From what I read of it, it appears to be a standards document for legal layouts and colours of lights on some classes of vehicle. Presumably a Rolls is a class M or N vehicle and a glowing figurine doesn't meet the standard. Edit: on the plus side, I've now found an advantage of Brexit - if I had a Rolls with a glowing hood ornament, I could keep it.
 
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jack action said:
I now feel protected. :rolleyes:

Hood ornament? What hood ornament?
 
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