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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925
    LeatherGryphon said:

    If you think you have a complaint, consider the winner of the Darwin Awards this year:

    THE WINNER! (Arkansas Democrat Gazette):

    Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog-catching trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned.


    The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullets from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon inserting a bullet, the headlights again began to operate properly and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge.

    After traveling approximately 20 miles and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exited the pavement and struck a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles, which will never operate as intended.

    Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off, or we might be dead," stated Wallis.

    "I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened," said Snyder.

    Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia (Poole 's wife) asked how many frogs the boys had caught and i f anyone got them from the truck?

    Though Poole and Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure as normally required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that Poole did in fact effectively remove himself from the gene pool.

    Runners up for the prize include:

    Nominee No. 1 (San Jose Mercury News):

    An unidentified man, using a shotgun like a club to break a former girlfriend’s windshield, accidentally shot himself to death when the gun discharged, blowing a hole in his gut.

    Nominee No. 2 (Kalamazoo Gazette):

    James Burns, 34, a mechanic from Alamo MI, was killed in March as he was trying to repair what police describe as a "farm-type truck." Burns got a friend to drive the truck on a highway while Burns hung underneath so that he could ascertain the source of a troubling noise. Burns' clothes caught on something, however, and the other man found Burns "wrapped in the drive shaft".

    Nominee No. 3 (Hickory Daily Record):

    Ken Charles Barger, 47, accidentally shot himself to death in December in Newton NC. Awakening to the sound of a ringing telephone beside his bed, he reached for the phone but instead grabbed a Smith & Wesson 38 Special, which discharged when he drew it to his ear.

    Nominee No. 4 (UPI, Toronto):

    Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry Hoy, 39, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower early Friday evening as he was explaining the strength of the buildings windows to visiting law students. Hoy previously has conducted demonstrations of window strength according to police reports. Peter Lawson, managing partner of the firm Holden Day Wilson, told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Hoy was "one of the best and brightest members of the 200-man association."

    Nominee No. 5 (The News of the Weird):

    Michael Anderson Godwin made News of the Weird posthumously. He had spent several years awaiting execution in South Carolina's electric chair on a murder conviction before having his sentence reduced to life in prison. While sitting on a metal toilet in his cell attempting to fix his small TV set, he bit into a wire and was electrocuted.

    Nominee No. 6 (The Indianapolis Star):

    A cigarette lighter may have triggered a fatal explosion in Dunkirk, IN. A Jay County man, using a cigarette lighter to check the barrel of a muzzle loader, was killed Monday night when the weapon discharged in his face, sheriff's investigators said. Gregory David Pryor, 19, died in his parents' rural Dunkirk home at about 11:30 PM. Investigators said Pryor was cleaning a 54-caliber muzzle-loader that had not been firing properly. He was using the lighter to look into the barrel when the gunpowder ignited.

    Nominee No. 7 (Reuters - Mississauga, Ontario):

    A man cleaning a bird feeder on the balcony of his condominium apartment in this Toronto suburb slipped and fell 23 stories to his death. "Stefan Macko, 55, was standing on a wheelchair when the accident occurred," said Inspector Darcy Honer of the Peel Regional Police. "It appears that the chair moved, and he went over the balcony."

    ...yes

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925
    carrie58 said:

    OMG!!!! that's actually too funny LG ,but did you notice there aren't any females in that collection ?

    ...yes

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342

    Thanks for the laughs, LG!   laugh

    Dana

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,117
    carrie58 said:

    OMG!!!! that's actually too funny LG ,but did you notice there aren't any females in that collection ?

    Only by proxy. indecision

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,097

    winklaugh

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298

    I got a headache and feel nauseous.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    omg so powerful emotional voice crying my eyes out

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited January 2019

    Omg. Had an awful moment my outer wouldn't bootr

    this page saved puter 

    https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/solved-usb-device-over-current-status-detected/

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    Forum horrible on j phone pasted in link. The keyboard wouldn't come back

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    Omg. Sat in th rain waiting for bus but pick up window started at 7  bus was here they didn't call me. I callled the dispatch she says calling me isn't mandatory unbelievable cruelty is a ffen handicap service

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    soggy

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298
    edited January 2019

    I am hungry but I am broke. I know someone who is promising some funds but will not give them to me now.

    edit: that person said that they do not have the info on them.  oh well.

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339
    Mystarra said:

    omg so powerful emotional voice crying my eyes out

     

    Another wasted life by suicide. Have most of the Soundgarden albums and all of the Audioslave albums. Miss you Chris. crying

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,117
    Tjohn said:
    Mystarra said:

    omg so powerful emotional voice crying my eyes out

     

    Another wasted life by suicide. Have most of the Soundgarden albums and all of the Audioslave albums. Miss you Chris. crying

    During my day back in the '60s & '70s it was rock stars that seemed to die before 30.  Jimi Hendrixs, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, James Dean, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Duane Allman.   Not all by suicide but 30 seemed to be a barrier. indecision

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited January 2019
    Tjohn said:
    Mystarra said:

    omg so powerful emotional voice crying my eyes out

     

    Another wasted life by suicide. Have most of the Soundgarden albums and all of the Audioslave albums. Miss you Chris. crying

     

    voice of an angel heartcrying read  his wiki bio, sounds like he suffered most of his life

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  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670

    Desktop flashes after I exit some computer games.  Other times I see a black screen with my mouse cursor.  Maybe the video card is going bad.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298

    Major windows update means no computer time, so I probably should do laundry and clean the room.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298

    Windows is still updating and the first load of laundry is still stuck in washer.  What is going on?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    uh oh running out of time to use jan pc coupies

  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,456

    Sorry to disappoint, but the story about the frog catchers and the .22 is a VERY old UL. It ranks right up there with the JATO bottle on the Chevy as purchased by a gent named Wile E. Coyote! In this telling of the frog story, they left out the punch line when the injured man's wife asked, "Did anybody think to get the frogs from the truck?" laugh

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925
    Mystarra said:

    uh oh running out of time to use jan pc coupies

    ...mine went *poof* when my membership expired last Saturday.  Not sure whether to re-up for just 3 months now or wait for a good deal on an annual membership during MM.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298

    I am trying to get comfy in my freshly washed sheets, but I am a tad upset.  Staff said I did not wash my sheets, but I know I did.  She also said I do not listen to her so she washed her hands from me, or something like that.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925

    ...maybe that means she'll leave you alone and not bother you anymore.  

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    kyoto kid said:
    Mystarra said:

    uh oh running out of time to use jan pc coupies

    ...mine went *poof* when my membership expired last Saturday.  Not sure whether to re-up for just 3 months now or wait for a good deal on an annual membership during MM.

    Have you seen todays offer?     Newsletter

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,298
    kyoto kid said:

    ...maybe that means she'll leave you alone and not bother you anymore.  

    That is wishful thinking as she seems to be addicted to putting me down,

    firefox is acting up so using iPad to type this.  I am still not sure what that extra long windows update was all about.

      

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,117
    edited January 2019

    Non-complaint:  Expected snow has not shown up yet.  Yay!

    Non-complaint:  I just got a snail mail advertisement for winter performances of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO).  Only one item interested me.  On Feb. 15 & 16th they will be performing Holst's "The Planets". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isic2Z2e2xs  And although it's one of my favorite pieces I don't remember ever hearing it live.  I'd dearly like to go.  Fortunately they have a Friday morning performance at 10:30AM and price for my usual excellently positioned seat is about $25 less than I usually pay. yes 

    Unfortunately it's in the middle of February in Buffalo. frown  So, buying a ticket ahead of time is out of the question.  It will be a spur of the moment decision based on ticket availability, weather and road conditions.  Plus I'd have to get up at 6:00AM to be on the road by 7:00AM and would have to deal with Buffalo's morning traffic to be in time to be parked in the handicap area of Kleinhans Music Hall's small parking lot (which is probably even smaller during winter because of piles of snow) right next to the theater by 9:30 to attend their pre-show morning meet & greet with breakfast goodies.

    I haven't been to Kleinhans Music Hall and wallowed in its body massaging acoustics in a very long time, so it's time to do it again.  smiley

    Gustav Holst: "The Planets" (full suite) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isic2Z2e2xs

    Kleinhans Music Hall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleinhans_Music_Hall

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  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670

    The sun is out and the clouds are gone.

    I saw an Nvidia Geforce 1030 video card for $100.  I has 384 CUDA cores but only 2 GB of video memory.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    pearl jam did a cover of pf's comfably numb.

    i called the scat bus, asked if they could put in my notes, 'call before now show'

    she said they supposed to do that anyway.  Told her the lady yesterday tole me calls aren't mandatory.

    Lady today said she thought calls were mandatory.

    think i fell into a vortex yesterday of someone who just didnt give a shitte.  she literally couldnt be bothered to lift a finger to tap out my phone number.

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Chohole said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Mystarra said:

    uh oh running out of time to use jan pc coupies

    ...mine went *poof* when my membership expired last Saturday.  Not sure whether to re-up for just 3 months now or wait for a good deal on an annual membership during MM.

    Have you seen todays offer?     Newsletter

     

    if theyd do a sale on quarterly

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925
    Chohole said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Mystarra said:

    uh oh running out of time to use jan pc coupies

    ...mine went *poof* when my membership expired last Saturday.  Not sure whether to re-up for just 3 months now or wait for a good deal on an annual membership during MM.

    Have you seen todays offer?     Newsletter

    ...yeah at this time of the, month though, even 49$ is a pretty big hit.  The last time I purchased an annual membership I got it for half price and it was early in the month.

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