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<!--quoteo(post=306518:date=Mar 13 2009, 04:43 PM:name=Lazarus)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lazarus @ Mar 13 2009, 04:43 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=306518"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->But, can he throw the hard slider ???<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
or just the bomb?? <img src="http://forum.piratesahoy.net//style_emoticons/default/user_comment.gif" border="0" class="linked-image" />
 
<b><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Bad idea: Hammering bullets<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></b>

Originally posted by on: Friday, March 13, 2009
Last updated on: 3/13/2009 5:56:24 PM

CAPE CORAL: Hitting bullets with a hammer in your driveway may not seem like a good idea to you.

Matthew F. Dugger, 21, doesn't seem share that opinion - at least he didn't before Thursday.

The incident happened on SE 12th Terrace.

Dugger was treated at the hospital after one of the bullets police say he was slamming with a hammer exploded, blowing shrapnel into his leg.

"If you get hit with something hot and fast and out of control, it's going to possibly cause a problem," said Travis Brunson, owner of Chiquita Guns.

The event was reportedly witnessed by several children belonging to Dugger's roommate, who was already under investigation by the Department of Children and Families for inadequate supervision of the children.

"Anyone nearby could have certainly been hit by it. It's such a monumentally stupid idea," Brunson said.

Police were called to the hospital around 5 p.m. because of the suspicious nature of Dugger's injury.

DCF says they are also looking into Thursday's incident.

No charges have been filed in the case.
 
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> Some people should not be allowed in public.
 
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29690402/?GT1=43001" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29690402/?GT1=43001</a>

talk about "lost in the mail" <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/328_skull.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":328_skull:" border="0" alt="328_skull.gif" />
 
Stuck behind some machinery or lost behind a mail chute? I'm surprised after they found it they didn't return it to sender for more postage. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
 
<b><i>And now for some not so wacky news, but what most guys dream of....</i></b>

<b><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->O'Neill's has beer taps at tables<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></b>

By Jim Jordan - jjordan1@herald-leader.com "It's every guy's dream," says Jason Bailey, a partner in O'Neill's Irish Pub. "We are in Guy Heaven."

The topic was Table Tap, an innovative way to get cold beer from the refrigerator to the table at O'Neill's on Richmond Road in Lexington.

Instead of a server carrying pitchers, a beer tap connected by plastic tubing to a keg in the bar's walk-in refrigerator is at the customer's table.

As each fresh glass of beer is poured, a meter embedded in the table registers the amount and the charge for each ounce, which depends on the brand of beer.

The going price for Budweiser is 17 cents an ounce.

"It's just like paying for gasoline, except we charge by the ounce instead of the gallon," Bailey said.

The tab can later be divided among the people at the table.

Four domestic beers are currently available on Table Tap, he said, but "we are going to start working in some craft beers and some imports this summer, and constantly keep changing things around."

In time for St. Patrick's Day, the taps were installed two weeks ago at four tables and in two couch areas at O'Neill's, which was undergoing a remodeling that coincided with an exterior renovation of the Idle Hour Center, where the bar is located.

The computerized tap system was developed by Table Tap Products in Atlanta. O'Neill's is only the sixth bar in the nation to have it, Bailey said. No other Kentucky bar will get Table Tap for at least a year, under O'Neill's agreement.

Bailey said he saw the system at the Stats sports bar in Atlanta, the first place it was installed, when he was attending a Southeastern Conference tournament.

"It was just so super-neat, we had to try it here," he said. "Every guy has thought of (inventing) this."

At O'Neill's, each beer-drinker is initially allotted 32 ounces — two average glasses, or half a pitcher — by Table Tap. Beer can be added by telling the server who brings chilled glasses to the table periodically. The server also makes sure no one at the table is drinking too much.

"We can control how much people drink and make sure they are safe," Bailey said. "All you have to do is push a button in the back and they are shut off," he added, which beats having to take a pitcher away from a customer who might not want to give it up.

"There's a lot more pluses than minuses," he added. "It's a really cool system.'

<i>I'll stand up for that thought, ...don't hav'ta bring me another...I'll get 'er meself...harrrrrr !!!</i> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/beer2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":beer" border="0" alt="beer2.gif" />
 
A very neat idea. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="me.gif" />
 
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbs1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":2up" border="0" alt="thumbs1.gif" />
 
<b><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Russian woman held for eating friend: report <!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></b>

Mar 16 10:10 AM US/Eastern

A woman from Russia's Siberian region of Irkutsk has been arrested for killing a friend and then eating part of the corpse, Interfax news agency reported, quoting local investigators.
The incident occurred on March 5 when the two women were drinking together at the suspect's home and an argument broke out between them.

"Investigators have information to suggest the woman cooked pieces of her murdered friend and ate them," said an official with the Russian prosecutor's investigative committee, Vladimir Salovarov.

He added that the perpetrator killed her friend with an axe and that uneaten parts of the victim's body had been found in a nearby waste bin.

The detained woman had confessed her guilt, Salovarov said.

In a separate case, prosecutors in Russia's Udmurtiya region said last week they were searching for a man suspected of cannibalism after the mutilated body of a woman was found in the town of Izhevsk, according to the prosecutor's website.

<i>Them damn Ruskies are just full of suprises, aren't they...</i>
 
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> Are there no grocery stores in Siberia. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
Waste not, want not... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
 
She had a friend over for dinner. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />
 
<b><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->The real telly tubbies: X Factor failure's 83-stone family claim they are simply too fat to work<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></b>

By Fay Schlesinger and Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:09 AM on 17th March 2009

<b>They have a combined weight of 83 stone and claim £22,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits on the basis they are ‘too fat to work’. </b>

Yet, incredibly, X Factor failure Emma Chawner's family from Blackburn are demanding more money - because they still can’t afford their calorie-laden lifestyle.

Asked why they don’t simply go on a diet, the jobless Chawner family who are so obese their neighbours call them ‘the telly tubbies’ insist: ‘We don’t have the time.’

Emma, 19, famously appeared on the TV talent show in 2007 wearing a wedding-style dress made by her dad.
She was kicked off after the first audition, but not before the family were evicted from their previous house after neighbours complained about her singing at 3am.

Both Philip Chawner, 53, and his 57-year-old wife Audrey weigh 24st. Their youngest daughter, Emma, is 5ft 3in and weighs 17st, while her older sister Samantha, 21, is 5ft 9in and weighs 18st.

They haven’t worked in 11 years, claiming their weight is due to a hereditary condition.
Instead, the family spend their days in front of a television borrowed from a friend.

Mr Chawner said: ‘We love TV. It’s on from the moment we get up. Often I’m so tired from watching TV I have to have a nap.’

Yet of their £22,508 a year in tax-free benefits - equivalent to a £30,000 salary - Mr Chawner said: ‘What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It’s not our fault we can’t work. We deserve more.’

The family claim to spend £50 a week on food, including chocolate, chips and pies, and consume 3,000 calories each a day. The recommended maximum intake is 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men.

‘We have cereal for breakfast, bacon butties for lunch and microwave pies with mashed potato or chips for dinner,’ Mrs Chawner told Closer magazine.

‘We all love nibbling on biscuits. I once bought some pears, but they tasted funny.

‘All that healthy food, like fruit and veg, is too expensive. We’re fat because it’s in our genes. Our whole family is overweight.’

Emma, who would like to lose 6st, added: ‘We don’t have time to diet.’

Each week, Mr and Mrs Chawner, who have been married for 23 years, receive £177 in income support and incapacity benefit. Mrs Chawner is paid an extra £330-a-month disability allowance for epilepsy and asthma, both a result of being overweight.

Mr Chawner gets £71 a month after developing Type 2 diabetes because of his size. He was on a waiting list for a gastric band last year, but a heart condition made the operation unsuitable.

Samantha receives £84 in Jobseekers’ Allowance each fortnight while Emma, who is training to be a hairdresser, gets £58 every two weeks under a hardship fund for low-income students.

‘I’m a student and don’t have time to exercise,’ Emma said. ‘We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse we get in the street, but we don’t know how.’

<i>...Eat less, move more ??</i>
 
Jeez. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=307179:date=Mar 17 2009, 09:23 AM:name=Old Salt)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Old Salt @ Mar 17 2009, 09:23 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=307179"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Jeez. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> that.
 
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />
 
<b><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Japanese astronaut tests stink-free underwear<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></b>

Mar 23, 3:39 pm ET HOUSTON (Reuters) – Teen-age boys, are you tired of embarrassing questions about when you last changed underwear? Japan's space scientists may have just the answer -- a line of odour-free underwear and casual clothing.

Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to live on the International Space Station, is testing the clothes, called J-ware and created by textile experts at Japan Women's University in Tokyo.

"He can wear his trunks (underwear) more than a week," said Koji Yanagawa, an official with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Wakata's clothes, developed by researcher Yoshiko Taya, are designed to kill bacteria, absorb water, insulate the body and dry quickly. They also are flame-resistant and anti-static, not to mention comfortable and stylish.

Japanese astronaut Takao Doi gave the clothes a trial run during a shuttle mission last year. Even after a vigorous workout, Doi's clothes stayed dry.

"The other astronauts become very sweaty, but he doesn't have any sweat. He didn't need to hang his clothes to dry," Yanagawa said.

J-ware should reduce the amount of clothing that needs to be sent to the space station, which has no laundry facilities. Toting cargo into orbit is expensive, so having clothes that stay fresh for weeks at a time should result in significant savings.

The Japanese space agency plans to make the clothes available to NASA and its other space station partners once development is complete. A commercial line also is in the offing.

Taya also is working with clothing manufacturers Toray Industries and Goldwin. on clothes that have a microscopically thin chemical layer in the materials.

Wakata, who arrived at the station last week for a three-month stay, said on Sunday that the clothes appear to be working.

"Nobody has complained, so I think it's so far, so good," Wakata said.

<i>Now, can they make them skid mark free ??</i>
 
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> Nice idea. But would you really want to go that long without changing your underwear. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
They can't do laundry on the space station? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
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