If Ryanair has its way, passengers who travel by its budget aircrafts would have to shell out money to use the toilets in flight. It plans to eliminate two of the three toilets in the Boeing 737-800 and, in its place, make way for six additional paying seats. The logic is astounding – the flights within Europe usually do not last more than an hour. Why should anyone, then, want to go to the loo? When the passengers know that they will have to pay money to use the facilities, they would finish the loo work before boarding the aeroplane! Ryanair already levies a service charge called baggage check-in fees. When the loo fee is added, it will add up to substantial amounts. As the saying goes – ‘little drops of water….’
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Cops: Alleged Shoplifter Pulls Fire Alarm In Cell
June 3rd, 2009 | Posted by in Interesting - (0 Comments)
In PA., Police said a Pennsylvania man arrested on a shoplifting charge pulled a fire alarm in a holding cell, setting off the police station‘s sprinkler system. The 18-year-old man was arrested Friday by Colonial Regional police and accused of stealing merchandise worth $275 from a Wal-Mart store in Lower Nazareth Township.
Police said he resisted arrest and had to be shocked with a Taser to be brought under control.
The man was charged with retail theft, resisting arrest, institutional vandalism and tampering with a fire apparatus.
Lady Gaga – Poker Face – Parody (“Outer Space”)
June 3rd, 2009 | Posted by in Interesting | video - (0 Comments)Man Banned From All NH Dunkin Donuts After Theft
June 3rd, 2009 | Posted by in Interesting - (0 Comments)A Portsmouth, N.H., man was given a suspended 60-day jail sentence for stealing an $8.29 bag of coffee — and he’s been banned from all the Dunkin’ Donuts in town. Matthew Anderson, 20, pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor count of shoplifting. He admitted going into a Dunkin’ Donuts, placing two bags of coffee under his shirt, and leaving one behind after an employee confronted him, The Portsmouth Herald reported.
Prosecutor Rena DiLando recommended the suspended jail time, noting Anderson’s convictions for drug possession and probation violation.
Man Angry At Solicitor Fires Rifle, Hits Own Car
June 3rd, 2009 | Posted by in Interesting - (0 Comments)In Sterling Heights, Mich., A door-to-door solicitor apparently rubbed a Michigan man the wrong way, prompting him to grab a rifle and fire two shots — one of which hit his own car. Police said the 20-year-old apparently was intoxicated when the solicitor paid a visit Monday afternoon. In irritation, they said he fired once inside and once outside the suburban Detroit house.
One shot struck the resident’s car, but no one was hurt.
Lt. Luke Riley told the Detroit Free Press police arrested the man, who’s expected to face charges of illegally discharging a firearm.
Connecticut Bride Rescues Family From House Fire
June 3rd, 2009 | Posted by in Animal | Interesting - (0 Comments)A Connecticut family has been saved from a house fire by a new bride who rushed inside through thick smoke while wearing her wedding gown.
Officials say Georgette Clemons had just left her wedding reception Sunday evening when she spotted smoke coming from a Bridgeport home.
Clemons got out of the car she was riding in and ran into the home. She says a woman was yelling about her animals and didn’t want to leave, so she had to pull her out.
As firefighters arrived and battled the blaze after members of the Eitelberg family were rescued, Clemons was nearby folding her blackened wedding dress.
Clemons says she messed up her shoes, but says that’s no big deal because everyone is safe.
Think Pink: Rare Albino Dolphin In Louisiana Shipping Channel
May 31st, 2009 | Posted by in Animal | Interesting - (0 Comments)
What’s pink, has red eyes and leaps around a Louisiana shipping channel long enough for you to believe your eyes?A rare albino bottlenose dolphin.
Bottlenose dolphins are common in the lower Calcasieu Ship Channel, feeding in the deep water and riding on top of boats’ waves. And when the pink one jumps amid four dark gray dolphins, it’s easy to spot.
The albino is just the 14th reported worldwide, and the third in the Gulf of Mexico, according to biologist Dagmar Fertl of Plano, Texas.
It was first reported by Wesley Lockard of Rayville, La., as a small calf in June 2007. Lockard, 26, said he and family members were fishing when they were stunned by the sight. “Something comes up and you say, `Wow! Did I just …?’ Then he comes up again and you say, `Yeah! I just saw a pink dolphin!’” he said.
Now, the mammal is as much a part of the channel south of Lake Charles as boats and fishermen.
“We see him on a pretty regular basis,” said Roddy Blackburn, crewman and relief captain of a boat that ferries pilots to ships.But spotting the pink one, believed to be about 2 1/2 years old, does take time. Michael Harbison, a state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist, has seen it several times, but only when he wasn’t looking for it. He spent two trips—one for 10 hours—trying to locate it but didn’t see the dolphin.
The albino is usually seen with four adults, and probably splits time between the Gulf and the lower 10 miles of the ship channel, said Harbison. Typically, dolphins surface for a second or so to breathe, then dive for up to 10 minutes, moving a half-mile or more, he said.
Five days after the initial sighting was reported nearly two years ago, the dolphin was seen again.
For 90 minutes, fisherman Randy Smith watched the dolphin leap alongside an adult they assumed was its mother.
For 90 minutes, fisherman Randy Smith watched the dolphin leap alongside an adult they assumed was its mother.
“It was unbelievable,” said Smith, who was returning from a Gulf fishing trip with friends when he saw the dolphin.
Many people refer to the dolphin as a male, though its sex is unknown.
Biologist Mandy Tumlin of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries hopes more people will report sightings and give officials as much detail as possible. But they should stay at least 50 yards away and limit themselves to a half-hour of watching to keep the animals from getting too comfortable with people and boats, she said.
No specific studies are planned, but sightings will help the department track the animal.
“As rare as this is, we’re trying to get as much as we can (about) this one individual,” she said. “We definitely want to protect it and keep it safe.”
Visitors look at a watch-shaped sculpture composed of counterfeit watches during the Counterfeit Comparison Exhibition 2009 organised by the Korea Customs Service (KCS) at a convention centre in Seoul May 27, 2009. About 60 local and international brands participated in the counterfeit comparison exhibition which gave consumers information on how to distinguish between original goods and counterfeits, KCS said.
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