Random randomness

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:37 pm

I'm not using mine. How much you paying?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:31 pm

A New Zealand woman died Wednesday after being hit with an airplane's jet blast at a Caribbean beach known for its close-up views of aircraft arriving and departing a nearby airport, police said.

The 57-year-old was seriously injured after being knocked over by the blast from a plane departing Sint Maarten's Princess Juliana International Airport. She later died at the Sint Maarten Medical Center as a result of her injuries.

Tourists frequent the location, called Maho Beach, for unique views of low-flying planes as they land and take off from the airport, despite officials' warnings about the potential dangers.

Before the incident, the woman and several others were holding on to a fence that separates the airport and the beach, police said. The fence has signs reading "Do not stand. Danger. Jet Blast" warning of the harm that can result from standing in the area.

Police did not say whether other deaths have occurred at Maho Beach. But Forbes reported that this week's incident was the first to result in a fatality. In 2012, a woman was injured there when the jet blast threw her against concrete.
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Police are now urging visitors to adhere to the warning signs posted at the destination to ensure no future deaths or injuries occur.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:41 pm

Man Trapped Behind Bank ATM Passes Notes To Customers Pleading For Help

“Please Help. I’m stuck in here, and I don’t have my phone. Please call my boss,” he wrote on one of the notes, giving the boss’s phone number.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:41 pm

Seen videos of that place. The sand must have been extra hard that day. Usually people just roll away. 54 is pretty old though.

killbot737 · Post by **killbot737** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:42 pm

I've been knocked over by jetwash before. You end up stinking of exhaust the rest of the day. Sort of smells like "too much lighter fluid" grill smoke. I've also seen tugs (the baggage cart tractors) and full baggage carts rolled over by too-eager pilots powering up while turning onto the runway.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 3:36 pm

Daehawk wrote:Seen videos of that place. The sand must have been extra hard that day. Usually people just roll away. 54 is pretty old though.

I don't know if the sand was hard, but I'm guessing that all the concrete where she was stand (which shows in the picture) isn't to soft, either.

KDH · Post by **KDH** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 7:04 pm

....

... what was the old saying?

“Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.”
Mark Twain

or .. how about

Never pick a fight with someone who uses a ride-around lawn mower

Spoiler:

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 11:55 pm

WTF!?! Girl died in bathtub after charging cellphone slipped into water.

Yep, electrocuted because she can't wait until AFTER her bath to answer her phone. WTF indeed.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 12:20 am

Oh so late.

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Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 12:24 am

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 2:15 pm

The Overlords command it. Be free!

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/truck-ful ... /456488022

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:21 pm

Did that sun spot somehow accelerate the earth? Like approaching light speed? Because I swear to pancake time has come to standstill. If I weren't so damned tired, the amount of things I could do in these last two hours of work would be [trump]amazing[/trump].

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:58 pm

I think it was the slime eel episode of Dirty Jobs where Mike Rowe found a surprise octopus in the holding tank and I almost blacked out on the couch.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:21 pm

Smoove_B wrote:I think it was the slime eel episode of Dirty Jobs where Mike Rowe found a surprise octopus in the holding tank and I almost blacked out on the couch.

I'm reading that as you having attempted to squirt ink on the couch to escape.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:10 pm

Marisa Tomei does not age at all. this is from 2017. Same as the 1990s.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:34 pm

She's aged considerably well since her films in the early 2000s.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:12 pm

Nightmare Tales of Air Travel, Volume XXIV:

A two-leg flight had me in Atlanta ready for a 2:00pm flight back to Philadelphia. Heavy weather up and down the East Coast delayed us to a 3:00 boarding, and then we sat in the plane waiting our turn. The weather worsened and our status was unclear, so we briefly deplaned. They re-planed us almost immediately, and we taxied out to await our takeoff. And awaited. And awaited. Eventually the pilots timed out (having used up their allowed on-duty hours) and we returned to the gate. New pilots were called and we started over. Finally we took off a little after 8:30 pm, having spent nearly all of that time in a hot airplane cabin on the tarmac in July in Georgia.

Probably we've all sat on a hot plane for hours. It certainly wasn't my first time.

The worst part, though, was that my aisle-mate the entire time was a horror. Airplane seats are small, and this guy was 350 pounds, much of it spilling over into my seat. Naturally he was sweating like you would expect, but he also had some sort of neurological or mental condition that required him to continually shift and quiver and shake and bounce up and down in his chair. Nearly the entire time he compulsively crossed and recrossed his arms on his chest in a move that required me to stay alert for flying elbows. He muttered. He grunted. He wrung out his t-shirt onto himself.

I'm sympathetic to people living with pain and discomfort. I'm sure the day was worse for him than for me. When we got in the air, though, he decided to tell me his story.

Such as it was. A lot of it wasn't clear. I really think he was more of a liar than a lunatic, and apparently he thought tales of violence and daring would impress his traveling companion. He made sure that I knew he was a veteran and a warrior, although it was never clear which war. (He was too old and out of shape for the GWOT, too young for Vietnam.) He told me about winning $100,000 in Vegas, buying a tricked-out Jeep with cash, and wrecking it that very day when the cops ran him off the road. He told me about the three years he did in jail for beating the shit out of some guy, and how much he hated the Bleeding Hearts on the jury who put him away. Etc.

The day was such an ordeal that by the end I was punch-drunk enough to achieve a kind of serenity. I felt compassion for the (probably sad, probably lonely) weirdo sitting next to me. I wished him the best, but my spine still hurts from spending all day leaning out of his way.

People say those wine bottles they sell on the plane are overpriced. I say they're worth every penny.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:33 pm

If only Bill Cosby was sitting on your other side you coulda purchased something to help the other poor dude sleep the flight off.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:47 pm

Brings a tear to your eye.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:06 pm

Daehawk wrote:Brings a tear to your eye.

For once, the description was actually 100% accurate

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:30 pm

if anyone ever finds any of the David Bowie albums on RCA that came out on CD in the mid-1980s, i will buy them (if they're not expensive). i have _Space Oddity_ and _Station to Station_ and that's it. i'm finding they sound significantly different from the Ryko, Virgin and Parlophone reissues.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:03 pm

For fun I looked on ebay. Damn if Id known I could get rich with DB albums I would have bought a lot of them with my allowance.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:44 pm

Did one of those things that usually happens only every few years if not decades. Sitting here I somehow moved my hands just right so as the nail on my left pinky scraped the knuckle of my right thumb. So now I have a cut right in the fold on top of my thumb's knuckle. It doesn't look like much but every time I bend that thumb it hurts anew and if I try to wash dishes or something Im back to square one on healing it.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:44 pm

Holman wrote:Nightmare Tales of Air Travel, Volume XXIV:

A two-leg flight had me in Atlanta ready for a 2:00pm flight back to Philadelphia. Heavy weather up and down the East Coast delayed us to a 3:00 boarding, and then we sat in the plane waiting our turn. The weather worsened and our status was unclear, so we briefly deplaned. They re-planed us almost immediately, and we taxied out to await our takeoff. And awaited. And awaited. Eventually the pilots timed out (having used up their allowed on-duty hours) and we returned to the gate. New pilots were called and we started over. Finally we took off a little after 8:30 pm, having spent nearly all of that time in a hot airplane cabin on the tarmac in July in Georgia.

Probably we've all sat on a hot plane for hours. It certainly wasn't my first time.

The worst part, though, was that my aisle-mate the entire time was a horror. Airplane seats are small, and this guy was 350 pounds, much of it spilling over into my seat. Naturally he was sweating like you would expect, but he also had some sort of neurological or mental condition that required him to continually shift and quiver and shake and bounce up and down in his chair. Nearly the entire time he compulsively crossed and recrossed his arms on his chest in a move that required me to stay alert for flying elbows. He muttered. He grunted. He wrung out his t-shirt onto himself.

I'm sympathetic to people living with pain and discomfort. I'm sure the day was worse for him than for me. When we got in the air, though, he decided to tell me his story.

Such as it was. A lot of it wasn't clear. I really think he was more of a liar than a lunatic, and apparently he thought tales of violence and daring would impress his traveling companion. He made sure that I knew he was a veteran and a warrior, although it was never clear which war. (He was too old and out of shape for the GWOT, too young for Vietnam.) He told me about winning $100,000 in Vegas, buying a tricked-out Jeep with cash, and wrecking it that very day when the cops ran him off the road. He told me about the three years he did in jail for beating the shit out of some guy, and how much he hated the Bleeding Hearts on the jury who put him away. Etc.

The day was such an ordeal that by the end I was punch-drunk enough to achieve a kind of serenity. I felt compassion for the (probably sad, probably lonely) weirdo sitting next to me. I wished him the best, but my spine still hurts from spending all day leaning out of his way.

People say those wine bottles they sell on the plane are overpriced. I say they're worth every penny.

For this beautiful snark I will forgive Delta everything.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:51 pm

So what it boils down to is that fat guy had $30 worth of fat on him...or on your side of the seat.

I wonder how long until airline charge passengers by their weight? Or ban fat folk?

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:05 pm

Daehawk wrote:So what it boils down to is that fat guy had $30 worth of fat on him...or on your side of the seat.

I wonder how long until airline charge passengers by their weight? Or ban fat folk?

Sorry--I didn't provide enough context. My post is a reference to the Ann Coulter twitter controversy where the Witch of the Fascist Right declared herself a snowflake victim of persecution because of a seat mixup on her plane. She proceeded to try to shame a fellow passenger who had done no wrong, and she did it way out of proportion because she's a world-class asshole.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:21 pm

Holman wrote:
Daehawk wrote:So what it boils down to is that fat guy had $30 worth of fat on him...or on your side of the seat.

I wonder how long until airline charge passengers by their weight? Or ban fat folk?
Sorry--I didn't provide enough context. My post is a reference to the Ann Coulter twitter controversy where the Witch of the Fascist Right declared herself a snowflake victim of persecution because of a seat mixup on her plane. She proceeded to try to shame a fellow passenger who had done no wrong, and she did it way out of proportion because she's a world-class asshole.

She mixes with the hoi polloi? I thought she only flew on Air Farce One.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:48 am

As someone who enjoys Game of Thrones but does not have HBO and has to wait to see the show, I need to learn to stay away from Facebook on Monday mornings.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:00 am

LordMortis wrote:As someone who enjoys Game of Thrones but does not have HBO and has to wait to see the show, I need to learn to stay away from Facebook on Monday mornings.

The only thing I've turned my TV on for the past 10 years is football or kids shows, so I didn't even know I had HBO. I happened to be paying my Comcast bill yesterday, and noticed that it was tacked on (for free) as part of some promotional deal. So I was able to watch last night's episode via the HBO Go app, which was pretty cool. I usually have to wait a few months until it's out on DVD.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:16 am

Skinypupy wrote:I usually have to wait a few months until it's out on DVD.

That's me. I keep ending up torn between cutting the cord entirely and breaking down and getting HBO and the tearing leaves me in stasis.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:20 am

Cut the cord AND get HBO. HBO Now is available as a standalone streaming service, which you can get through pretty much any of the streaming devices.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:26 am

I'm in a similar boat. I'm watching the series again from scratch with a friend, and we're still catching up. I've promised not to watch ahead, but given that we last finished season 1, and we don't really get a chance to watch during the summer months, we're a ways from the new season.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:47 am

Holman wrote:Nightmare Tales of Air Travel, Volume XXIV

I want to invent an "Airspace Ensurer" - a simple 2' high plastic divider that clips to the armrest of a airplane seat and keeps small children, overweight passengers, elbows, and unwanted conversation firmly out of your seat.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:57 am

Paingod wrote:
Holman wrote:Nightmare Tales of Air Travel, Volume XXIV
I want to invent an "Airspace Ensurer" - a simple 2' high plastic divider that clips to the armrest of a airplane seat and keeps small children, overweight passengers, elbows, and unwanted conversation firmly out of your seat.

Too late

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:28 am

That's very small. I imagine heavier passengers would spill right over it. I have issues with strangers touching me. When I walk through a crowd, if they don't part before me, I perform a kind of broken ballet and dance around them, avoiding contact by millimeters.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:51 am

You're Howie?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:56 am

Isgrimnur wrote:
Paingod wrote:
Holman wrote:Nightmare Tales of Air Travel, Volume XXIV
I want to invent an "Airspace Ensurer" - a simple 2' high plastic divider that clips to the armrest of a airplane seat and keeps small children, overweight passengers, elbows, and unwanted conversation firmly out of your seat.
Too late

As a tall fatty with really broad shoulders, I approve this message. I would rather be boxed in by something physical than spend hours on end holding myself scrunched into air plane approved dimensions, so as not to be that guy which is made all the worse when I am sitting next to that guy.

I also which they'd just have larger seats. I have no urge to go to a baseball game for the same reason I hate to fly. I had even sworn off movies until the luxury seating became the norm around me.

Paingod wrote:That's very small. I imagine heavier passengers would spill right over it. I have issues with strangers touching me. When I walk through a crowd, if they don't part before me, I perform a kind of broken ballet and dance around them, avoiding contact by millimeters.

I also am not a fan of casual contact with strangers. What is the opposite of fan?

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:19 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
Paingod wrote:
Holman wrote:Nightmare Tales of Air Travel, Volume XXIV
I want to invent an "Airspace Ensurer" - a simple 2' high plastic divider that clips to the armrest of a airplane seat and keeps small children, overweight passengers, elbows, and unwanted conversation firmly out of your seat.
Too late

This one looks more your size.

Soarigami

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:24 pm

If I were wealthy and cared about stuff and could pay other people to take care of my stuff then this is the sort of stuff I pursue.

http://mymodernmet.com/best-stair-design/

It would be cool to live in monument to engineering that is art in real space.

I don't have a single piece of art on my walls because it just doesn't seem to mean anything to me. But turning my walls into a sort of art? That would have appeal.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:30 pm

So sometime since the last time I renewed my drivers license the state of Nebraska changed the abbreviation for hazel from HZL to HAZ so now my drivers license indicates - Eyes : HAZ

Which is a good thing to haz eyes when you are driving a vehicle.