Non-IT News Thread
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BBC News - Merkel's plane dented by fan in van who left handbrake off
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BBC News - Pilots 'raised Boeing safety fears' months before Ethiopia crash
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Andrew Wakefield, others hold anti-vaccine rally amid raging measles outbreaks
Again, anti-vaxxers prey on communities hit by outbreak.
Andrew Wakefield, Del Bigtree, and other prominent anti-vaccine advocates unleashed fear and toxic misinformation last night at a well-attended symposium in New York’s Rockland County. -
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
BBC News - Pilots 'raised Boeing safety fears' months before Ethiopia crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48281282Now the big question is... how many other things like this is Boeing aware of and keeping hidden from pilots and airlines?
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Alabama passes bill banning abortion
Alabama has become the latest US state to move to restrict abortions by passing a bill to outlaw the procedure in almost all cases.
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Classic Ferrari worth millions stolen on test drive
An opportunistic car "collector" used a test drive to make off with a Ferrari worth €2m (£1.7m; $2.2m).
The suspect had expressed interest in buying a 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO, police in the German city of Düsseldorf say.
He turned up by taxi to the dealership and two hours later, on a test drive, it was time to swap drivers.
But when the seller stepped out of the car, the would-be buyer quickly hit the accelerator and vanished. The car was later found in a garage. -
@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Classic Ferrari worth millions stolen on test drive
An opportunistic car "collector" used a test drive to make off with a Ferrari worth €2m (£1.7m; $2.2m).
The suspect had expressed interest in buying a 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO, police in the German city of Düsseldorf say.
He turned up by taxi to the dealership and two hours later, on a test drive, it was time to swap drivers.
But when the seller stepped out of the car, the would-be buyer quickly hit the accelerator and vanished. The car was later found in a garage.Yeah, hard to hide that, they said. Given that everyone could identify it in a heartbeat.
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Trapped Nebraska farmer cuts off leg with pen knife
A Nebraska farmer has sawed off his own leg with a pen knife after becoming trapped in farming equipment.
Kurt Kaser, 63, was moving grain from one silo to another when he was pulled into an auger - a tube with an interior shaped like a screw.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Trapped Nebraska farmer cuts off leg with pen knife
A Nebraska farmer has sawed off his own leg with a pen knife after becoming trapped in farming equipment.
Kurt Kaser, 63, was moving grain from one silo to another when he was pulled into an auger - a tube with an interior shaped like a screw.
Damn!!!
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McDonald's in Austria offers hotline to embassy
US citizens who need help in Austria can now head to their nearest branch of McDonald's, because of an agreement signed by the fast-food giant.
The embassy says any American "in distress" or whose passport has been lost or stolen can get assistance from one Austria's 194 McDonald's joints.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
McDonald's in Austria offers hotline to embassy
US citizens who need help in Austria can now head to their nearest branch of McDonald's, because of an agreement signed by the fast-food giant.
The embassy says any American "in distress" or whose passport has been lost or stolen can get assistance from one Austria's 194 McDonald's joints.
that's kinda awesome
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
McDonald's in Austria offers hotline to embassy
US citizens who need help in Austria can now head to their nearest branch of McDonald's, because of an agreement signed by the fast-food giant.
The embassy says any American "in distress" or whose passport has been lost or stolen can get assistance from one Austria's 194 McDonald's joints.
really - joints? lol
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
McDonald's in Austria offers hotline to embassy
US citizens who need help in Austria can now head to their nearest branch of McDonald's, because of an agreement signed by the fast-food giant.
The embassy says any American "in distress" or whose passport has been lost or stolen can get assistance from one Austria's 194 McDonald's joints.
really - joints? lol
I still here the term used that way around St Louis
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
McDonald's in Austria offers hotline to embassy
US citizens who need help in Austria can now head to their nearest branch of McDonald's, because of an agreement signed by the fast-food giant.
The embassy says any American "in distress" or whose passport has been lost or stolen can get assistance from one Austria's 194 McDonald's joints.
really - joints? lol
I still here the term used that way around St Louis
Also BBC article. No idea their usage of it.I use the term joint all the time. I just wouldn't ever use it to describe McD's... that just seemed odd to me.
joints are (to me at least) generally more of a divy like place, think low rent.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
McDonald's in Austria offers hotline to embassy
US citizens who need help in Austria can now head to their nearest branch of McDonald's, because of an agreement signed by the fast-food giant.
The embassy says any American "in distress" or whose passport has been lost or stolen can get assistance from one Austria's 194 McDonald's joints.
really - joints? lol
I still here the term used that way around St Louis
Also BBC article. No idea their usage of it.I use the term joint all the time. I just wouldn't ever use it to describe McD's... that just seemed odd to me.
joints are (to me at least) generally more of a divy like place, think low rent.
Or pizza joint.
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BBC News - Trump-branded properties 'underperforming'
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
BBC News - Trump-branded properties 'underperforming'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48275796:astonished_face:
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BBC News - The rapes haunting a community that shuns 21st Century
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Ohio school closes after radioactive chemicals detected
A US middle school has closed for the remainder of the school year after authorities found it was contaminated with radioactive chemicals.
Officials say a nearby air monitor detected enriched uranium and neptunium-237 at Zahn's Corner Middle School in Piketon, southern Ohio.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Ohio school closes after radioactive chemicals detected
A US middle school has closed for the remainder of the school year after authorities found it was contaminated with radioactive chemicals.
Officials say a nearby air monitor detected enriched uranium and neptunium-237 at Zahn's Corner Middle School in Piketon, southern Ohio.
Somebody's been teaching the kids to make nuclear bombs, maybe?
