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[arielilane]

Wow. Burgundy winemakers protecting their grape harvest from spring frost with small fires. Very cool, but what a job.

1:23 PM · Jan 7, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744062094993973716

 

[arielilane]

Despite being an avid wildlife photographer, retired postman Rodney Holbrook never expected to capture a Ratatouille-style scene unfolding in his own shed.

After regularly discovering that things from the night before had been mysteriously tidied, he set up a night vision camera on his workbench.

It captured a mouse picking up clothes pegs, corks, nuts and bolts.

He has since nicknamed the well-kept rodent Welsh Tidy Mouse.

Mouse filmed tidying up man's shed every night

Retired postman Rodney Holbrook never expected to capture a Ratatouille-style scene in his own shed.

www.bbc.com

7th January 2024, 10:33 EST

 

[arielilane]

Sherry Dishmon, 68, was sitting in the drive-thru of Jocko’s Chicken & Seafood, 725 High St., around 3:45 p.m. Dec. 27 when she realized the car in front of her hadn’t moved for several minutes. She exited her vehicle and was unable to open the car door to check on the driver, the police report said.




As Dishmon walked toward the window to talk to employees, the car, driven by Melissa Robinson, 53, of Liberty Twp., pulled forward, fatally struck Dishmon and severely damaged the drive-thru window, according to the Hamilton police report.

Services set for Hamilton woman killed in freak accident in restaurant drive-thru

Updated Jan 2, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@CoffindafferFBI

Perfect example of a child:-With no boundaries-Who wants to hurt others-Who needs help now-Whose family and neighbors recognize as dangerous-Who is a poster child to become a school shooterPeople know there is an issue, but what's being done? Hat tip: Cornbread Mafioso

Last edited11:13 AM · Jan 7, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744029416169132285

 

[arielilane]

Dale Schroeder was a simple, humble man from Iowa, who ended up changing the lives of 33 people forever. Schroeder worked as a carpenter at the same company for 67 years. He grew up poor and had no wife or children of his own.

His friend Steve Nielsen described Schroeder as a "blue collar, lunch pail kind of guy."

Iowa man used his secret fortune to send 33 strangers to college

July 24, 2019 / 3:43 PM EDT / CBS News

 

[arielilane]

@CNLV

The North Las Vegas Fire Department use the jaws of life to extricate trapped accident victims from vehicle crashes. The jaws have 32,000 pounds per square inch of force!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744039963623076012

11:55 AM · Jan 7, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@CNLV

CNLV Fire Department is introducing new and innovative equipment this year! Drones will be used to assist in search & rescue efforts, damage assessments, & thermal imaging to find hot spots & locate loved ones.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1743301875460411503

11:02 AM · Jan 5, 2024

 

[arielilane]

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - FOX 12 Investigates learned Tuesday the Multnomah County Medical examiner had legally declared a Portland man dead, then months later discovered that same man was very much alive.

Man officially declared dead by Multnomah County found alive months later

FOX 12 Investigates learned Tuesday the Multnomah County Medical examiner had legally declared a Portland man dead, then months later discovered that same man was very much alive.

www.kptv.com

Updated: 16 hours ago

 

[arielilane]

@accuweather

"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Snowzilla" After a 10-year hiatus, this monstrously impressive 20-foot snowman has returned to Anchorage, Alaska.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745095070640959938

 

[arielilane]

@accuweather

POV: When the snow turns your neighborhood street in New York into a ski slope

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745141529205789137

 

[arielilane]

An elderly Houston woman was left with only $1.50 after a Frost Bank teller stole nearly $140,000 out of her personal bank account, court documents allege.

30-year-old Cecilia Hope Brown was charged with aggregate theft of an elderly person, a second-degree felony. A warrant was issued for her arrest and she is not currently in custody, according to a Dec. 15 press release from Houston Crime Stoppers.

Court documents allege that Brown stole $140,000 from the then 86-year-old customer in a series of six transactions from her IRA account after building a personal rapport with the elderly woman, who treated her “like a daughter.”


Frost Bank teller stole nearly $140,000 from elderly Houston woman, court documents allege | Houston Public Media

DECEMBER 18, 2023, 2:42 PM

 

[swanniee11]

Iowa City artist sculpts 20-foot shark out of snow

People are getting even more creative with their snow creations right here in eastern Iowa. This is a snow shark an artist made at his house in Iowa city.

www.westernmassnews.com

SHARK MADE OUT OF SNOW

 

[ilovewings]

Feds charge eBay over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple; company to pay $3M

Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed Thursday. The Justice Department...

www.yahoo.com

 

[neesaki]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745071820686897248

 

[arielilane]

SAN FRANCISCO – Fruit Stripe Gum, something of a childhood icon for many gum chewers over the past five decades, will soon head over the rainbow with its multicolored zebra mascot Yipes — seemingly for good.


Fruit Stripe Gum to bite the dust after a half century of highly abbreviated rainbow flavors

January 12, 2024 at 11:49 AM

 

[whitelilac]

So many burglaries and thefts around here lately. It's not everyday thieves take off with a plane though.

Man devastated after his small plane is stolen by thieves in Torrance

A man is speaking out after his small plane was stolen from a Torrance parking lot in a theft caught on video.

abc7.com

 

[arielilane]

@accuweather

Vehicles drove through sea foam in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, after a major storm brought flooding and huge waves to the area last week.

10:45 AM · Jan 14, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1746559095782678992

 

[arielilane]

@accuweather

Have you ever seen this before? A Colorado resident captured a rare meteorological phenomenon this week as a blanket of snow slowly melted off a car, creating a fascinating folding pattern. https://bit.ly/3tGT03a
12:24 PM · Jan 13, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1746221644194979972

 

[arielilane]

@News12CT

COYOTE RESCUE: #Stratford Fire Department rescued a coyote struggling to swim near Brewers Marina. http://tinyurl.com/mr2635vs

2:00 PM · Jan 13, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1746245802509406603

 

[ifindedout]

SAN FRANCISCO – Fruit Stripe Gum, something of a childhood icon for many gum chewers over the past five decades, will soon head over the rainbow with its multicolored zebra mascot Yipes — seemingly for good.


Fruit Stripe Gum to bite the dust after a half century of highly abbreviated rainbow flavors

January 12, 2024 at 11:49 AM

This is the commercial I saw when I was a kid: