Octopus Overlords

coopasonic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:41 am Does not knowing what "house shoes" are make you young? Woohoo, I'm young!

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 12:10 am You know you're getting olde when you wear your house shoes to the store.

Texas homeowners thought there were a few snakes under their home, but a snake removal company soon recorded video of their hours-long work to remove 45 rattlesnakes from under the house.

The video was shot near Abilene, Texas, on March 13, Nathan Hawkins — owner of Big Country Snake Removal — told USA TODAY in a series of Facebook messages on Tuesday.

The company posted the nearly 18-minute long video to Facebook on Sunday, and it has been viewed more than 300,000 times there. It shows Hawkins and a partner working to remove snake after snake from a cramped space under the home.
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While the video has gained media attention, Hawkins said in a written message that the company regularly deals with similar situations: "This is nothing. We do this all the time."

The largest snake removed from the premises was 5 1/2 feet long, according to Hawkins.

tjg_marantz wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:29 pm I still snicker every time I see people wearing shoes indoors in American tv shows. So weird.

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:36 pm

tjg_marantz wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:29 pm I still snicker every time I see people wearing shoes indoors in American tv shows. So weird.

he refuses to not wear shoes indoors. he has some sort of phobia about his arches collapsing...

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:10 pm my dad has been obsessed with 'house shoes' for a long while. he keeps buying new pairs of these sub-$30 sneakers, then buying $15 insoles to put in them. of course they can't be worn outside of the house, so he unties and takes off the indoor footwear and puts on and laces up the outdoor footwear, then when he comes back inside, reverses the process. this can happen multiple times a day.

Millennials are supposedly to blame.

tjg_marantz wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:29 pm I still snicker every time I see people wearing shoes indoors in American tv shows. So weird.

stimpy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:46 pm Am I weird for just finding out that Asian race includes India and Pakistani people?

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:03 pm XXW?? Have you thought about removing your dew claw?

LordMortis wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:37 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:03 pm XXW?? Have you thought about removing your dew claw?

My feet are gnarled like they've geisha binding because EEE was wide as you could ever find, and while feet always quickly bust out through binding to the midsole, they still grew to be crushed by shoe after shoe after shoe. What's weird is the I'm only a size 10 but who knows how wide my feet would have been if not for being constricted my entire life. *shrug*

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:58 pm Don't buy a stamp. Buy a sheet of stamps. Then you'll have one next time you need it, too.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:58 pm Don't buy a stamp. Buy a sheet of stamps. Then you'll have one next time you need it, too.

A 64-year old civilian passenger was accidentally ejected from a French Air Force twin-seat Rafale B fighter jet as the aircraft was taking off from Saint-Dizier 113 air base on Mar. 20, 2019.

The backseater, whose identity was not disclosed, is said to be a man. He suffered serious injuries, including back injuries and was hospitalized. He’s reportedly in stable conditions and his health is not a cause of concern according to a French Air Force spokesman.

The incident occurred at 13.52 LT as the aircraft was taking off for a training mission. The pilot managed to land the aircraft with minor injuries to his hands (caused by the broken canopy).

What happened is pretty weird: VIPs and journalists (including this Author) are often invited to take part in “orientation” flights, for communication or information purposes. The passenger-for-a-day is always given a detailed briefing that covers standard cockpit operation, emergency procedures, egress etc. You are clearly explained what to touch and what you should not touch in the cockpit. The ejection seat handle is one of those things you should be aware of. For this reason, in a previous post about flying as a backseater in a jet I wrote:

As for the camera, I strongly recommend removing any type of strap to prevent it from coming into contact with the stick, throttle or, worse, with the ejection seat handle.

Anyway, we have no clue what activated the ejection: it might have been a voluntary ejection, an involuntary one or even a failure, even though modern ejection seats are extremely reliable and malfunctions are extremely rare.

Could Shaq make Papa John’s a slam dunk again?

Shaquille O’Neal announced Friday that he will be the company’s first African-American board member. The fifth-highest-scoring player in NBA history also was recruited as the official face — or “ambassador” — of the struggling pizza giant.
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The former Los Angeles Laker and Boston Celtic will have to put his experience as a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Five Guys Burgers franchise owner into action to clean up some ugly optics, though.

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:01 pm Just got me a handicap tag for my car. Didn't know if the VA doctor would go for it but he did. I actually really need it now.
I think 33% of the drivers on the road must have one.