Sunday, June 29, 2014
Jasper the Cocker Spaniel looks suitably guilty
Look what mum's going to have to clean up.
I'm assuming the person behind the camera isn't 'mum'.
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I'm assuming the person behind the camera isn't 'mum'.
YouTube link.
Whole Lotta dulcimer
Sam Edelston performs Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love on a 3-string electric mountain dulcimer.
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Bear dug through home's insulation to get honey
A black bear in Juneau, Alaska, didn't let a home's insulation keep him from getting at some honey.
On Wednesday a male bear with an Alaska Department of Fish and Game tag #151 wandered up the stairs to the home of Janet and Donald Kussart, and pulled apart the boards on the side of the house.
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The bear proceeded to claw away at the siding as bees buzzed around his face, sticking his nose and mouth into the space in the wood. He appeared to eat the insulation as he dug his mouth into the cotton candy-like material.
Satisfied with his honey meal, the bear ambled away. Ira Winograd, a resident of the home next door, later noted, “He must have smelled the beehive that wasn’t visible under the porch, and started tearing up the porch to go after the bees.”
On Wednesday a male bear with an Alaska Department of Fish and Game tag #151 wandered up the stairs to the home of Janet and Donald Kussart, and pulled apart the boards on the side of the house.
YouTube link.
The bear proceeded to claw away at the siding as bees buzzed around his face, sticking his nose and mouth into the space in the wood. He appeared to eat the insulation as he dug his mouth into the cotton candy-like material.
Satisfied with his honey meal, the bear ambled away. Ira Winograd, a resident of the home next door, later noted, “He must have smelled the beehive that wasn’t visible under the porch, and started tearing up the porch to go after the bees.”
Man wearing leopard-print bikini top and ruffled skirt injured diners after loss of his phone
A cross-dressing man upset about losing his cellphone at a San Diego restaurant flew into a violent rage there on Friday, hurling objects that injured two diners before stealing someone else's phone and fleeing.
The man, described as black, in his 20s, 6 feet tall, thin, with shoulder-length braids or hair extensions and dressed in a black ruffled skirt and a leopard-print bikini top, entered the Denny's on El Cajon Boulevard shortly before 12:30pm and told a worker he lost his mobile phone in the business earlier in the week, according to San Diego police.
He demanded to see surveillance video to try to determine what had happened to his phone, and became irate when a manager said such a viewing would be against regulations, Lt. Andra Brown said. The man and a female customer then got into an argument, during which he picked up a serving skillet and hit her on the head with it.
She responded by dousing him with coffee, Brown said. During his rampage, the man also hurled a coffee mug that hit a retirement-age patron in the chest and threw a soup ladle, drinking glasses and silverware around the restaurant. Finally, he grabbed a customer's cellphone and stormed out. He drove off in a green Volkswagen Beetle, Brown said. Medics took the woman and man hit by the utensils to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.
The man, described as black, in his 20s, 6 feet tall, thin, with shoulder-length braids or hair extensions and dressed in a black ruffled skirt and a leopard-print bikini top, entered the Denny's on El Cajon Boulevard shortly before 12:30pm and told a worker he lost his mobile phone in the business earlier in the week, according to San Diego police.
He demanded to see surveillance video to try to determine what had happened to his phone, and became irate when a manager said such a viewing would be against regulations, Lt. Andra Brown said. The man and a female customer then got into an argument, during which he picked up a serving skillet and hit her on the head with it.
She responded by dousing him with coffee, Brown said. During his rampage, the man also hurled a coffee mug that hit a retirement-age patron in the chest and threw a soup ladle, drinking glasses and silverware around the restaurant. Finally, he grabbed a customer's cellphone and stormed out. He drove off in a green Volkswagen Beetle, Brown said. Medics took the woman and man hit by the utensils to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.
Woman tweeted for help after cats locked her in bedroom
An American woman living in the Marais district of Paris, France, took to Twitter to document being trapped in her own bedroom by her cats.
Claire Berlinski found herself shut in on Wednesday morning.
"So my cat's knocked the handle off my bedroom door and I'm locked in my bedroom now," she told her 10,000 followers. "Nothing left to try but to Tweet this drama." "I really figured there might be an easy solution I was just overlooking," she said, still trapped in her room. "I'm hoping to be sprung pretty soon here. Then I'm going to do something mad, like make coffee." First she told about her attempts to free herself.
"Tried: coat hanger, nail file, credit card, kicking the door down. (Very well made door! Bravo French construction!) Any other bright ideas?" When friends expressed concern, she reassured them, saying: "Happily, I'm on the side of the door with the bathroom and the internet. I could last days." "I'm not terribly unhappy about the situation. I reckon it'll get sorted in due time, and meanwhile I've got lots to read." She then began a lengthy discussion about the strength of doors in France, and the cost of locksmiths.
Eventually her father - who lives a mile away - was alerted, and apparently raised the alarm. "My Pop's now emailing me about 'what he saw a professional thief do on TV' and whether he can throw a sandwich through the window." And her cats, throughout the ordeal, were trying to get back into the bedroom. "This is chutzpahdik. The cats are now meowing and pawing at the door because they want to be let in," she said. She later tweeted that help was on its way. Finally, she announced her release.
"So my cat's knocked the handle off my bedroom door and I'm locked in my bedroom now," she told her 10,000 followers. "Nothing left to try but to Tweet this drama." "I really figured there might be an easy solution I was just overlooking," she said, still trapped in her room. "I'm hoping to be sprung pretty soon here. Then I'm going to do something mad, like make coffee." First she told about her attempts to free herself.
"Tried: coat hanger, nail file, credit card, kicking the door down. (Very well made door! Bravo French construction!) Any other bright ideas?" When friends expressed concern, she reassured them, saying: "Happily, I'm on the side of the door with the bathroom and the internet. I could last days." "I'm not terribly unhappy about the situation. I reckon it'll get sorted in due time, and meanwhile I've got lots to read." She then began a lengthy discussion about the strength of doors in France, and the cost of locksmiths.
Eventually her father - who lives a mile away - was alerted, and apparently raised the alarm. "My Pop's now emailing me about 'what he saw a professional thief do on TV' and whether he can throw a sandwich through the window." And her cats, throughout the ordeal, were trying to get back into the bedroom. "This is chutzpahdik. The cats are now meowing and pawing at the door because they want to be let in," she said. She later tweeted that help was on its way. Finally, she announced her release.
Sri Lankan man unhappy after Pizza Hut allegedly issued him with offensive receipt
A Pizza Hut outlet in the Maharagama suburb of Colombo allegedly issued a receipt on which the customer’s name appeared as Mr. F*CKER.
The customer, D. Shirantha Perera of Pannipitiya has written to Gamma Pizzakraft (Lanka) Pvt Limited, the company which operates Pizza Hut in Sri Lanka, saying he was deeply hurt after seeing the bill issued to him.
“On 22nd June 2014 I placed my order at the Maharagama outlet and your cashier Dananjaya took my order and issued me a receipt. The next day I noticed that your agent had given me a filthy customer name as you can see on this enclosed copy of the receipt. Unfortunately this was seen by few of my colleagues and they laughed at me. It was a very embarrassing situation for me and I am so disappointed on the fact that an employees of an international chain such as Pizza Hut could behave so carelessly and rudely with the customers,” he said in his letter.
“I informed your customer service department and one of your representatives called me a few times and made some cross checking. Finally he called me on the 25th night and made so many excuses without accepting and apologising for the offensive identification given to me. I would have left this whole issue aside if your representatives even had the courtesy to apologise to me on the humiliation I encountered but that is not the case. This is not the first time I purchased from you but I believe this not the first time the irresponsible staff has done this kind of thing to your valued customers.
“As a consumer and for the humilitation I have encountered due to your negligence, I will be writing to the Consumer Protection Authority and taking necessary legal action,” the letter also states. Sources close to the customer say that Pizza Hut has still not given him a satisfactory reply as to what happened. He has also forwarded the letter to the Director General of the Consumer Affairs Authority which comes under the Ministry of Internal Trade and Cooperatives. A spokesman of the Consumer Affairs Authority said they would take stern action on this matter following an inquiry.
“On 22nd June 2014 I placed my order at the Maharagama outlet and your cashier Dananjaya took my order and issued me a receipt. The next day I noticed that your agent had given me a filthy customer name as you can see on this enclosed copy of the receipt. Unfortunately this was seen by few of my colleagues and they laughed at me. It was a very embarrassing situation for me and I am so disappointed on the fact that an employees of an international chain such as Pizza Hut could behave so carelessly and rudely with the customers,” he said in his letter.
“I informed your customer service department and one of your representatives called me a few times and made some cross checking. Finally he called me on the 25th night and made so many excuses without accepting and apologising for the offensive identification given to me. I would have left this whole issue aside if your representatives even had the courtesy to apologise to me on the humiliation I encountered but that is not the case. This is not the first time I purchased from you but I believe this not the first time the irresponsible staff has done this kind of thing to your valued customers.
“As a consumer and for the humilitation I have encountered due to your negligence, I will be writing to the Consumer Protection Authority and taking necessary legal action,” the letter also states. Sources close to the customer say that Pizza Hut has still not given him a satisfactory reply as to what happened. He has also forwarded the letter to the Director General of the Consumer Affairs Authority which comes under the Ministry of Internal Trade and Cooperatives. A spokesman of the Consumer Affairs Authority said they would take stern action on this matter following an inquiry.
Police appeal for help after cars mysteriously moved to different locations
Surrey Police are appealing for witnesses following several incidents where cars have been moved in Woking.
Three car owners have found their locked vehicles mysteriously moved to different locations.
Over four days the cars were shifted to a new position with no indication of why or how they had been moved. Nothing was taken from the cars.
Baffled police said they had no idea why the cars had been moved but called the episodes "strange". Last Thursday, a woman heard "screeching and car horns" outside her home. When she went outside to investigate, she found her blue Peugeot blocking traffic in the middle of the road, 50ft (15m) from where she had originally parked it.
The vehicle had some damage to the back but the handbrake was on and the car was locked. On Saturday, a green Peugeot with a broken engine vanished from a communal car park at the back of Woking College where it had been waiting to be scrapped. It was found the following day by police dumped several miles away on the A322 in Bagshot.
Later on Sunday, the owner of a white Ford Fiesta found their locked car 100 yards (91m) from where it had been left. It had hit a post but nothing had been stolen from the vehicle. PC Julian Crabbe said: “We are linking these three incidents and would like to hear from anyone who may have seen someone acting suspiciously in the area or noticed a larger vehicle towing cars up the road.”
Baffled police said they had no idea why the cars had been moved but called the episodes "strange". Last Thursday, a woman heard "screeching and car horns" outside her home. When she went outside to investigate, she found her blue Peugeot blocking traffic in the middle of the road, 50ft (15m) from where she had originally parked it.
The vehicle had some damage to the back but the handbrake was on and the car was locked. On Saturday, a green Peugeot with a broken engine vanished from a communal car park at the back of Woking College where it had been waiting to be scrapped. It was found the following day by police dumped several miles away on the A322 in Bagshot.
Later on Sunday, the owner of a white Ford Fiesta found their locked car 100 yards (91m) from where it had been left. It had hit a post but nothing had been stolen from the vehicle. PC Julian Crabbe said: “We are linking these three incidents and would like to hear from anyone who may have seen someone acting suspiciously in the area or noticed a larger vehicle towing cars up the road.”
Emergency call out prompted by stuffed iguana nailed to tree
A woman called animal rescue officers when she spotted an iguana stuck up a tree which turned out to be a stuffed toy.
The lady thought she saw the lizard blink as it lay in a tree beside a footbridge near Miller Academy in Thurso on Thursday. She called the Scottish SPCA who discovered someone had nailed a stuffed toy to the tree.
Senior Inspector Audrey Gunn said: "The lady was shocked when I told her it wasn't a real iguana as she thought she'd seen it blink. I think someone must have nailed the toy to the tree as a joke and I can see why it fooled her.
"My colleague Mandy McIntyre, who works at our animal rescue and rehoming centre in Balmore, is a reptile enthusiast and she's decided to offer the wee chap a loving home. It was a nice surprise to find there wasn't an animal in danger in this case and I must admit it gave Mandy and I a bit of a giggle."
The lady thought she saw the lizard blink as it lay in a tree beside a footbridge near Miller Academy in Thurso on Thursday. She called the Scottish SPCA who discovered someone had nailed a stuffed toy to the tree.
Senior Inspector Audrey Gunn said: "The lady was shocked when I told her it wasn't a real iguana as she thought she'd seen it blink. I think someone must have nailed the toy to the tree as a joke and I can see why it fooled her.
"My colleague Mandy McIntyre, who works at our animal rescue and rehoming centre in Balmore, is a reptile enthusiast and she's decided to offer the wee chap a loving home. It was a nice surprise to find there wasn't an animal in danger in this case and I must admit it gave Mandy and I a bit of a giggle."
Clothes shop called in medium over fears store was haunted by prudish ghost
A Devon fashion shop was forced to call in a medium after spooky going-ons in the store.
Frightened staff called in ghost hunters after fears their store was haunted by a Victorian granny who disapproves of certain outfits on sale.
Workers at the New Look branch in Sidmouth, said they had heard mysterious bangs, footsteps and ghostly whisperings.
Workers at the New Look branch in Sidmouth, said they had heard mysterious bangs, footsteps and ghostly whisperings.
They were convinced the bizarre goings-on were linked to a former local named Gladys whose prudish taste clashes with the chain's fashionable clothes.
Staff were so scared they called in spiritual medium Linda Helliker who poured cleansing salt on the shop floor and attempted to communicate with the old-fashioned OAP. And since the visit they claim the paranormal activity has quietened down - although they still say hello and make polite conversation with Gladys in case she gets grumpy. The strange happenings started in April when staff entered a previously unused store room on the top floor. They later learnt it used to be Gladys' bedroom long before the building on the site of a former hotel became a shop around three decades ago.
Manager Lisa Jordan said: "That room is normally out of bounds but we had to unlock it because a health and safety visitor came to check it out. Ever since then we've heard banging noises even though nobody is up there. When we've been in the stockroom we've heard footsteps coming down the stairs. We've even heard a strange swooshing that almost sounded like a disapproving sigh. One girl heard a whispering in her ear and she got so scared she ran into a table. Another of my girls felt someone breathing on their neck. It's really weird and quite frightening." Linda said she felt the "energy of an elderly lady". She said: "I saw a woman dressed all in black. I got the impression she was a widow and that she was there in her own lifetime because she had fallen on hard times.
"She felt she wasn't getting enough respect and the place was being neglected. I think she disapproved that it was a shop and in particular the type of shop, and the fact that there were too many bare bellies on display. But she was from a different time, perhaps the Queen Victoria era, so that's understandable. I asked her to talk to me if she wished, that her time there had finished and that she should move on to her loves-ones." Lisa added: "Before she left, the medium asked us to put some flowers out as a nice gesture. When we checked on them later on the flowers were on the floor and the cup we put them in was smashed. Thankfully it's been fairly quite since then so hopefully she's made her peace with us."
Staff were so scared they called in spiritual medium Linda Helliker who poured cleansing salt on the shop floor and attempted to communicate with the old-fashioned OAP. And since the visit they claim the paranormal activity has quietened down - although they still say hello and make polite conversation with Gladys in case she gets grumpy. The strange happenings started in April when staff entered a previously unused store room on the top floor. They later learnt it used to be Gladys' bedroom long before the building on the site of a former hotel became a shop around three decades ago.
Manager Lisa Jordan said: "That room is normally out of bounds but we had to unlock it because a health and safety visitor came to check it out. Ever since then we've heard banging noises even though nobody is up there. When we've been in the stockroom we've heard footsteps coming down the stairs. We've even heard a strange swooshing that almost sounded like a disapproving sigh. One girl heard a whispering in her ear and she got so scared she ran into a table. Another of my girls felt someone breathing on their neck. It's really weird and quite frightening." Linda said she felt the "energy of an elderly lady". She said: "I saw a woman dressed all in black. I got the impression she was a widow and that she was there in her own lifetime because she had fallen on hard times.
"She felt she wasn't getting enough respect and the place was being neglected. I think she disapproved that it was a shop and in particular the type of shop, and the fact that there were too many bare bellies on display. But she was from a different time, perhaps the Queen Victoria era, so that's understandable. I asked her to talk to me if she wished, that her time there had finished and that she should move on to her loves-ones." Lisa added: "Before she left, the medium asked us to put some flowers out as a nice gesture. When we checked on them later on the flowers were on the floor and the cup we put them in was smashed. Thankfully it's been fairly quite since then so hopefully she's made her peace with us."
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