...yet another classic Cold Chisel song - FLAME TREES - from 1984!
it really does hark back to a quieter, more innocent time...
Lyrics | Cold Chisel Lyrics | Flame Trees Lyrics
Friday, February 27, 2009
fight fight fight!
Into a Belfast pub comes Paddy Murphy, looking like he'd just been run over by a train. His arm is in a sling, his nose is broken, his face is cut and bruised and he's walking with a limp. "What happened to you?" asks Sean, the bartender."Jamie O'Conner and me had a fight," says Paddy.
"That little shit, O 'Conner," says Sean, "He couldn't do that to you, he must have had something in his hand."
"That he did," says Paddy, "a shovel is what he had, and a terrible lickin' he gave me with it."
"Well," says Sean, "you should have defended yourself; didn't you have something in your hand?"
“That I did," said Paddy. "Mrs. O'Conner's breast, and a thing of beauty it was, but useless in a fight."
oh my.....*barf*
URGH!
Sewage explosion forces families from homes
A sewage explosion forced families from their mobile homes in the town of St. Martins.
A Jefferson City crew responded to a complaint about a sewer line, and they used a jet truck. But the high pressure forced raw sewage to explode inside two homes. Several inches of waste now coats the walls and floors.
"The smell was gagging, overwhelming. If you can picture 3 inches of crap floating around on the floor, that's what it is," homeowner Tom Ahler said. "It's repulsive. It's disgusting. Something that no one should ever have to deal with," resident Tanya Eddy said.
To make matters worse, the families said workers with Jefferson City's wastewater treatment refused to come see the damage. Instead, they were given a brochure, titled, "What To Do In Case Of Sewer Backup." The homeowners said they were told to call the city's legal department.
The homeowners hired a cleaning company, but the job couldn't be finished because the interior plumbing is clogged. Meanwhile, families are filing claims and finding other places to stay.
more HERE (with video).
Sewage explosion forces families from homesA sewage explosion forced families from their mobile homes in the town of St. Martins.
A Jefferson City crew responded to a complaint about a sewer line, and they used a jet truck. But the high pressure forced raw sewage to explode inside two homes. Several inches of waste now coats the walls and floors.
"The smell was gagging, overwhelming. If you can picture 3 inches of crap floating around on the floor, that's what it is," homeowner Tom Ahler said. "It's repulsive. It's disgusting. Something that no one should ever have to deal with," resident Tanya Eddy said.
To make matters worse, the families said workers with Jefferson City's wastewater treatment refused to come see the damage. Instead, they were given a brochure, titled, "What To Do In Case Of Sewer Backup." The homeowners said they were told to call the city's legal department.
The homeowners hired a cleaning company, but the job couldn't be finished because the interior plumbing is clogged. Meanwhile, families are filing claims and finding other places to stay.
more HERE (with video).
talented...
A lonely widow, age 70, decided that it was time to get married again. She put an ad in the local newspaper that read:
HUSBAND WANTED: MUST BE IN MY AGE GROUP (70’s),
MUST NOT BEAT ME,
MUST NOT RUN AROUND ON ME,
AND MUST STILL BE GOOD IN BED!
ALL APPLICANTS PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON..
On the second day she heard the doorbell. Much to her dismay, she opened the door to see a gray-haired gentleman sitting in a wheelchair. He had no arms or legs.
“You’re not really asking me to consider you, are you?” the widow said. “Just look at you! You have no legs!”
The old gentleman smiled, “Therefore, I cannot run around on you!”
“You don’t have any arms either!” she snorted. Again, the old man smiled, “Therefore, I can never beat you!”
She raised an eyebrow and asked intently, “Are you still good in bed??”
The old man leaned back, beamed a big smile and said, “I rang the doorbell, didn’t I?
The wedding is scheduled for Saturday.
HUSBAND WANTED: MUST BE IN MY AGE GROUP (70’s),
MUST NOT BEAT ME,
MUST NOT RUN AROUND ON ME,
AND MUST STILL BE GOOD IN BED!
ALL APPLICANTS PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON..
On the second day she heard the doorbell. Much to her dismay, she opened the door to see a gray-haired gentleman sitting in a wheelchair. He had no arms or legs.
“You’re not really asking me to consider you, are you?” the widow said. “Just look at you! You have no legs!”
The old gentleman smiled, “Therefore, I cannot run around on you!”
“You don’t have any arms either!” she snorted. Again, the old man smiled, “Therefore, I can never beat you!”
She raised an eyebrow and asked intently, “Are you still good in bed??”
The old man leaned back, beamed a big smile and said, “I rang the doorbell, didn’t I?
The wedding is scheduled for Saturday.
haha
Double negatives
A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. “In English,” he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. “In English,” he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
Thursday, February 26, 2009
i'm listening to...
...a little soul this morning...
watched a football movie last evening where AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH by marvin gaye and tammi terrell was featured and the song stuck throughout the night, and this morning to boot...
a declaration of persistent and enduring love...how sweet...such a fantastic song...
Lyrics | Marvin Gaye Lyrics | Ain%27t No Mountain High Enough Lyrics
watched a football movie last evening where AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH by marvin gaye and tammi terrell was featured and the song stuck throughout the night, and this morning to boot...
a declaration of persistent and enduring love...how sweet...such a fantastic song...
Lyrics | Marvin Gaye Lyrics | Ain%27t No Mountain High Enough Lyrics
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
lightning strikes....TWICE!
oooooh, someone's head is gonna roll for this one...what were the prison authorities doing????
Notorious Greek prisoner escapes by helicopter - again
Greece's most notorious prisoner escaped from an Athens jail on Sunday in a Hollywood-style helicopter getaway - for a second time. Vassilis Palaiokostas, 44, had escaped from the maximum security prison in 2006 in an operation involving helicopters and fast cars. He was arrested again last summer for allegedly organising the kidnap of an industrialist and was awaiting trial.
"Palaiokostas and his Albanian accomplice escaped from Korydallos prison by helicopter," a police official said. "The helicopter was then found in the northern Athens suburb of Kapandriti but there was no trace of the fugitives."
Palaiokostas was serving a prison sentence for multiple robberies and kidnapping when accomplices whisked him out of the prison courtyard three years ago. Police found him in August by tracing the marked ransom money.
more HERE.
Notorious Greek prisoner escapes by helicopter - again
Greece's most notorious prisoner escaped from an Athens jail on Sunday in a Hollywood-style helicopter getaway - for a second time. Vassilis Palaiokostas, 44, had escaped from the maximum security prison in 2006 in an operation involving helicopters and fast cars. He was arrested again last summer for allegedly organising the kidnap of an industrialist and was awaiting trial.
"Palaiokostas and his Albanian accomplice escaped from Korydallos prison by helicopter," a police official said. "The helicopter was then found in the northern Athens suburb of Kapandriti but there was no trace of the fugitives."
Palaiokostas was serving a prison sentence for multiple robberies and kidnapping when accomplices whisked him out of the prison courtyard three years ago. Police found him in August by tracing the marked ransom money.
more HERE.
i'm listening to...
...another classic by Cold Chisel...called FOREVER NOW...beautiful, story-telling lyrics backed up by a fabulous melody and chorus...
one of my biggest regrets is never catching them live in concert...
Taking her seat at the bar
She don't talk to anyone
Plane leaving soon for afar
Where she don't know anyone
She thinks of her precious time
There's no-one she leaves behind
Who could change her mind
Is this the way it's gonna be forever
Is this the way it's gonna be forever
Is this the way it's gonna be
Forever now
Take a whole life's lonliness
Wrap it up in some tenderness
Send it off to some emptiness
With all my love
Cos it's only you and me
There'll be nothing we need to see
Only one thing can set you free
Is all my love
Making his way down the stairs
He can't help but looking back
Thinks of the things that they shared
There'll be no more turning back
He thinks of the day they met
The words that she said of love
He just can't forget
Just the way they wanna be forever
Just the way they wanna be forever
Tell me it will always be
Forever now
Take a whole life's lonliness
Wrap it up in some tenderness
Send it off to some emptiness
With all my love
It's only you and me
There'll be nothing we need to see
Only one thing can set you free
Is all my love
It's only you and me
There'll be nothing we need to see
Only one thing can set you free
Is all our love, oh yeah
one of my biggest regrets is never catching them live in concert...
Taking her seat at the bar
She don't talk to anyone
Plane leaving soon for afar
Where she don't know anyone
She thinks of her precious time
There's no-one she leaves behind
Who could change her mind
Is this the way it's gonna be forever
Is this the way it's gonna be forever
Is this the way it's gonna be
Forever now
Take a whole life's lonliness
Wrap it up in some tenderness
Send it off to some emptiness
With all my love
Cos it's only you and me
There'll be nothing we need to see
Only one thing can set you free
Is all my love
Making his way down the stairs
He can't help but looking back
Thinks of the things that they shared
There'll be no more turning back
He thinks of the day they met
The words that she said of love
He just can't forget
Just the way they wanna be forever
Just the way they wanna be forever
Tell me it will always be
Forever now
Take a whole life's lonliness
Wrap it up in some tenderness
Send it off to some emptiness
With all my love
It's only you and me
There'll be nothing we need to see
Only one thing can set you free
Is all my love
It's only you and me
There'll be nothing we need to see
Only one thing can set you free
Is all our love, oh yeah
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
laffing my ass off...
A mother took her five-year-old son with her to the bank on a busy lunchtime. They got behind a very fat woman wearing a business suit complete with pager.As they waited patiently, the little boy said loudly, 'Gee, she's fat!'
The mother bent down and whispered in the little boys ear to be quiet. A couple of minutes passed by and the little boy spread his hands as far as they would go and announced;
'I'll bet her butt is this wide!'
The fat woman turns around and glares at the little boy. The mother gave him a good telling off, and told him to be quiet. After a brief lull, the large woman reached the front of the line. Just then, her pager began to emit a beep, beep, beep
The little boy yells out,
'Run for your life, she's backing up!!'
he's one lucky bastard...
his guardian angel must be working over-time!
Bungee jumper survives fall after cord breaks
A Bellevue man was on his second bungee jump from the 200-foot high Canyon Creek Bridge near Yacolt when the cord snapped. Clark County sheriff's Sgt. Bill Roberts said Mark Afforde fell about 25 feet and landed in shallow water.
Afforde, 49, was with a group of fellow Boeing workers who were bungee jumping from the canyon bridge in Southwest Washingon. "The first jump was just phenomenal," Afforde said outside the hospital, where even doctors were amazed he wasn't seriously injured.
Afforde said he couldn't resist a second jump. But, just as he reached the bottom of the canyon, the cord snapped. "I was just along for the ride. I had no idea what was going on," he said. "I heard and saw the snap. I definitely felt the impact, and I was underwater. Once I checked and made certain I could still move and everything was working I felt I needed to get out of the water. He was able to walk to shore, and paramedics took him to Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver.
"I am incredibly fortunate," Afforde said. Despite the scare, Afforde said he would bungee jump again.
more HERE (with video).
Bungee jumper survives fall after cord breaksA Bellevue man was on his second bungee jump from the 200-foot high Canyon Creek Bridge near Yacolt when the cord snapped. Clark County sheriff's Sgt. Bill Roberts said Mark Afforde fell about 25 feet and landed in shallow water.
Afforde, 49, was with a group of fellow Boeing workers who were bungee jumping from the canyon bridge in Southwest Washingon. "The first jump was just phenomenal," Afforde said outside the hospital, where even doctors were amazed he wasn't seriously injured.
Afforde said he couldn't resist a second jump. But, just as he reached the bottom of the canyon, the cord snapped. "I was just along for the ride. I had no idea what was going on," he said. "I heard and saw the snap. I definitely felt the impact, and I was underwater. Once I checked and made certain I could still move and everything was working I felt I needed to get out of the water. He was able to walk to shore, and paramedics took him to Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver.
"I am incredibly fortunate," Afforde said. Despite the scare, Afforde said he would bungee jump again.
more HERE (with video).
for real?????
go figger...too much weird urban myths floating around these days...one can't tell for sure huh? but just in case, time for me to change to a beanbag then...
A 14-year-old boy in China was killed when his chair exploded, sending chunks of metal into his rectum. The bleeding this caused killed him.
The alleged explosion came from the gas cylinder that was in the base of the chair, the part that allowed the user to adjust the seat up and down. The canister gets compressed when you sit on it, but can it actually create enough energy to make the seat cushion explode like that and kill a man?
A 14-year-old boy in China was killed when his chair exploded, sending chunks of metal into his rectum. The bleeding this caused killed him.The alleged explosion came from the gas cylinder that was in the base of the chair, the part that allowed the user to adjust the seat up and down. The canister gets compressed when you sit on it, but can it actually create enough energy to make the seat cushion explode like that and kill a man?
i'm listening to...
...Queensryche's iconic SILENT LUCIDITY...heard it this morning on the drive to work and was reminded how much i loved it...back then, i think i had this song on repeat mode for hours on end..
still fabulous...and still so fresh-sounding in these times...
Lyrics | Queensryche Lyrics | Silent Lucidity Lyrics
still fabulous...and still so fresh-sounding in these times...
Lyrics | Queensryche Lyrics | Silent Lucidity Lyrics
oops...
damn, vikram pandit (citigroup CEO) should kick some ass!
37-year-old Nigerian scammer Paul Gabriel Amos convinced Citibank officials to wire him $27 million belonging to Ethiopia.
Rather than go with the usual Nigerian nom de plumes like prince or will executor, Famous Amos pretended to be an official with the National Bank of Ethiopia. Amos forged "official-looking" documents that confirmed his status with the central bank and instructed Citibank to await faxes telling them where to send the country's cash.
There was also a list of officials who could be called to confirm such requests. The signatures of the officials appeared to match those in Citibank's records and were accepted by Citibank, the complaint says.
In October, Citibank received two dozen faxed requests for money to be wired, and it transferred $27 million to accounts controlled by the conspirators in Japan, South Korea, Australia, China, Cyprus and the United States, the complaint says.
Citibank called the officials whose names and numbers it had been given to verify the transactions, prosecutors said. The numbers turned out to be for cellphones in Nigeria, South Africa and Britain used by the conspirators.
Citibank, in its investigation, later determined the package of documents had come via courier from Lagos, Nigeria, rather than from the offices of the National Bank of Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa.
read more HERE.
37-year-old Nigerian scammer Paul Gabriel Amos convinced Citibank officials to wire him $27 million belonging to Ethiopia.Rather than go with the usual Nigerian nom de plumes like prince or will executor, Famous Amos pretended to be an official with the National Bank of Ethiopia. Amos forged "official-looking" documents that confirmed his status with the central bank and instructed Citibank to await faxes telling them where to send the country's cash.
There was also a list of officials who could be called to confirm such requests. The signatures of the officials appeared to match those in Citibank's records and were accepted by Citibank, the complaint says.
In October, Citibank received two dozen faxed requests for money to be wired, and it transferred $27 million to accounts controlled by the conspirators in Japan, South Korea, Australia, China, Cyprus and the United States, the complaint says.
Citibank called the officials whose names and numbers it had been given to verify the transactions, prosecutors said. The numbers turned out to be for cellphones in Nigeria, South Africa and Britain used by the conspirators.
Citibank, in its investigation, later determined the package of documents had come via courier from Lagos, Nigeria, rather than from the offices of the National Bank of Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa.
read more HERE.
Friday, February 20, 2009
pano shot...
...of pulau brani container terminal in singapore...all credit to the phototaker...lurvely!
kryptonite slays superman...
...in the NBA world that is.
Nate Robinson is 1.75m (5 foot 9 inches), but his vertical leap is extraordinary...measured at 110 cm!
w00t!
Nate Robinson is 1.75m (5 foot 9 inches), but his vertical leap is extraordinary...measured at 110 cm!
w00t!
hell, the fella must have been reaaaally hungry...
These pictures aren’t fresh.
One year ago they made there way to the internet.
Now, the author of the pictures Hal Brindley has put the whole series of these shocking photos.
Here’s the story: a hungry and brave leopard attacked a crocodile.
see more (the entire series of photos PLUS the vid) HERE.
One year ago they made there way to the internet.
Now, the author of the pictures Hal Brindley has put the whole series of these shocking photos.
Here’s the story: a hungry and brave leopard attacked a crocodile.
see more (the entire series of photos PLUS the vid) HERE.
a rat the size of a cat....
...what the hell has it been eating? uranium??? little kids?
Giant rat caught in China
A giant rat with one-inch-long teeth has been caught in the southern Chinese province of Fujian. The rat, which weighed six pounds and had a 12-inch tail, was caught at the weekend in a residential area of Fuzhou, a city of six million people on China's south coast.
The ratcatcher, who was only named as Mr Xian, said he swooped for the rodent after seeing a big crowd of people surrounding it on the street. He told local Chinese newspapers that he thought the rat might be a valuable specimen, or a rare species, and had to muster up his courage before grabbing its tail and picking it up by the scruff of its neck. "I did it, I caught a rat the size of a cat!" he shouted out afterwards, according to the reports.
more HERE.
Giant rat caught in ChinaA giant rat with one-inch-long teeth has been caught in the southern Chinese province of Fujian. The rat, which weighed six pounds and had a 12-inch tail, was caught at the weekend in a residential area of Fuzhou, a city of six million people on China's south coast.
The ratcatcher, who was only named as Mr Xian, said he swooped for the rodent after seeing a big crowd of people surrounding it on the street. He told local Chinese newspapers that he thought the rat might be a valuable specimen, or a rare species, and had to muster up his courage before grabbing its tail and picking it up by the scruff of its neck. "I did it, I caught a rat the size of a cat!" he shouted out afterwards, according to the reports.
more HERE.
holy fagoly...
...that is one BIIIIIIIIIIG fish!
This Sturgeon was caught on the Willamette River just below Oregon City. It weighed out at over 1,000 lbs and measured out at 11′1″. It was 56″ around the girth and took over 6 and a half hours, and 4 dozen beers, for the 4 guys taking turns at the reeling it in.
Any Sturgeon OVER about five feet has to be released unharmed and cannot be removed from the water. They are brood / breeding stock and probably older than most of us.
This Sturgeon was caught on the Willamette River just below Oregon City. It weighed out at over 1,000 lbs and measured out at 11′1″. It was 56″ around the girth and took over 6 and a half hours, and 4 dozen beers, for the 4 guys taking turns at the reeling it in.
Any Sturgeon OVER about five feet has to be released unharmed and cannot be removed from the water. They are brood / breeding stock and probably older than most of us.
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