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Holyman83 · Postby **Holyman83** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 6:45 pm

LOL That is too funny

Ankaris · Postby **Ankaris** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:00 pm

And on the OMG / Awwwwwww side of the news... <a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/here ... 971765.stm' target='_blank'>You missed a bit! Here, lemme show you.</a> Lucky thing.

Holyman83 · Postby **Holyman83** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:14 pm

Awwww well that cat is down to about 5 lives now <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Steve the Pocket · Postby **Steve the Pocket** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:35 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Ankaris @ Nov 1 2004, 12:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Heaven forbid she, ya know, actually tries to work hard anyway? Without needing a contest to motivate her?  </td></tr></table>  Yes, the last thing this world needs is a motivated Hooters employee. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' />

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:45 am

Dusty in here . . . Okay, so we thought the pothole problem was bad . . . here's the next big thing:  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Manhole lids a hot target for thieves By Patrick Rucker Tribune staff reporter Published November 19, 2004 A jump in the price of scrap iron could explain a spree of manhole cover thefts, city officials said Thursday. The city's Department of Water Management has replaced more than 150 manhole covers so far this month, "which represents a sharp increase," said department spokesman Tom LaPorte. "This is a crime, but it is also a safety issue," he said. "These holes are a danger to pedestrians and drivers." Water department workers have noticed the greatest number of exposed manholes in alleys and side streets on the South and Southwest Sides. Perforated manholes are the most popular among thieves, LaPorte said, because the holes make them easier to remove. LaPorte said citizen complaints of missing covers and anecdotal evidence from water department workers "is enough that our people asked us to get the public's help." Steel catch-basin covers along curbsides also have been stolen, LaPorte said. A new manhole cover costs the city $45 plus labor, LaPorte said. Chicago has more than 300,000 manhole covers and other such MEHTUL plates, he said. The city has had manhole theft sprees in the past, said police spokesman Pat Camden, and they have seemed to coincide with an increase in the price of scrap MEHTUL. "These things are pretty heavy," Camden said of the 125-pound, cast-iron covers. "They would have to be worth the effort at some point." Eileen Plucinski, a manager at Acme Refining Scrap Iron & MEHTUL Co. on the city's South Side, said the price of some types of scrap MEHTUL has more than doubled in the last year. In November 2003, a ton of high-quality, bundled steel could sell for $175 a ton. That price has jumped to $415, Plucinski said. "Manhole covers are probably not as valuable as most steel," Plucinski said, but some thieves might still want them. The bigger problem, she said, would be finding a buyer for the pilfered iron covers. "A legitimate scrap MEHTUL mill would not let them into their grounds," she said. Camden said police are doing what they can to keep a lid on thefts. "This is a safety hazard to vehicles and pedestrians so we are making our officers aware of the problem," he said. "We're asking them to pay special attention, keep an eye on scrap yards." Camden was not aware of any recent arrests for stealing manhole covers and said there was no evidence the plates were being fenced. But, he added, "We are seeing more of these cases than we would like." Anyone who notices a manhole cover being stolen or tampered with should call 911, Camden said. Copyright 2004, Chicago Tribune </td></tr></table>

dragonranpu · Postby **dragonranpu** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:51 am

That is hilarious. the fact that people would steal manhole covers. Not the fact that they are stealing them but the fact that people do steal them.

Septimius Severus · Postby **Septimius Severus** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:35 am

People will steal anything. This is not an exaggeration or an overgeneralization. I've seen people steal light bulbs, road reflectors (you know, the things that let you know where things are in the dark) napkins (I mean it, I actually knew a guy who would take 50 napkins every time he ate. The man never bought paper towells) railroad crossing signs, hood ornaments, bricks, gravel, phone books, room numbers-- the list goes on. Humans are by nature packrats who will take away anything they think they aren't supposed to have, because they assume, consciously or otherwise, that anything people don't give away free must be useful.

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:02 am

So far this year my group of friends at my lunch table at school have collectively stolen 3 chairs from the cafeteria and plan to try and take more. It's true, people steal for the sake of stealing, not for any personal gain.

GhostWay · Postby **GhostWay** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:13 am

From the crazy-man-in-Texas-with-too-much-time dept. <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/16/life.h ... index.html' target='_blank'>Man in Texas opens online hunting service.</a> [CNN.com]  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (CNN.com @ Wednesday, November 17, 2004)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -- Hunters soon may be able to sit at their computers and blast away at animals on a Texas ranch via the Internet, a prospect that has state wildlife officials up in arms. The Web site already offers target practice with a .22 caliber rifle and could soon let hunters shoot at deer, antelope and wild pigs, site creator John Underwood said on Tuesday. Texas officials are not quite sure what to make of Underwood's Web site, but may tweak existing laws to make sure Internet hunting does not get out of hand. "This is the first one I've seen," said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife director Mike Berger. "The current state statutes don't cover this sort of thing." Underwood, an estimator for a San Antonio, Texas auto body shop, has invested $10,000 to build a platform for a rifle and camera that can be remotely aimed on his 330-acre (133-hectare) southwest Texas ranch by anyone on the Internet anywhere in the world. The idea came last year while viewing another Web site on which cameras posted in the wild are used to snap photos of animals. "We were looking at a beautiful white-tail buck and my friend said 'If you just had a gun for that.' A little light bulb went off in my head," he said. Internet hunting could be popular with disabled hunters unable to get out in the woods or distant hunters who cannot afford a trip to Texas, Underwood said. Berger said state law only covers "regulated animals" such as native deer and birds and cannot prevent Underwood from offering Internet hunts of "unregulated" animals such as non-native deer that many ranchers have imported and wild pigs. He has proposed a rule that will come up for public discussion in January that anyone hunting animals covered by state law must be physically on site when they shoot. Berger expressed reservations about remote control hunting, but noted that humans have always adopted new technologies to hunt. "First it was rocks and clubs, then we sharpened it and put it on a stick. Then there was the bow and arrow, black powder, smokeless power and optics," Berger said. "Maybe this is the next technological step out there." Underwood, 39, said he will offer animal hunting as soon as he gets a fast Internet connection to his remote ranch that will enable hunters to aim the rifle quickly at passing animals. He said an attendant would retrieve shot animals for the shooters, who could have the heads preserved by a taxidermist. They could also have the meat processed and shipped home, or donated to animal orphanages.</td></tr></table>

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:48 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (DraganFox @ Nov 20 2004, 02:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> So far this year my group of friends at my lunch table at school have collectively stolen 3 chairs from the cafeteria and plan to try and take more. It's true, people steal for the sake of stealing, not for any personal gain.  </td></tr></table>  [sheepishly raises a paw] I steal road cones and those orange construction zone barrels...the Land Rover is perfect for it...

dragonranpu · Postby **dragonranpu** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:07 am

I just wish that people here would stop stealing street signs. It would be nice to knew what street you are lo0oking for and be able to find it. I travel to sites to do computer work. It never fails that the street that I am looking for is missing the street sign. As far as the remote hunting is concerned I don't know about that. In a way I do not like it because it make killing animals too easy. Yet I do see the point about the disabled.

Dr. Dos · Postby **Dr. Dos** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:15 pm

One time we all noticed a One Way sign had fallen down and thought nothing of it. The next day somebody put it back up backwards. We had cops going the wrong way.

Ankaris · Postby **Ankaris** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:47 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Octan @ Nov 1 2004, 10:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'>  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Ankaris @ Nov 1 2004, 12:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Heaven forbid she, ya know, actually tries to work hard anyway? Without needing a contest to motivate her? </td></tr></table>  Yes, the last thing this world needs is a motivated Hooters employee. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /> </td></tr></table>  *Prepares to run* Well, what would be so wrong with a Hooters employee with a bounce in her step? <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /> *Sprints to avoid projectiles* As for that one way sign, roffle <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /> Damn. Now I gotta try that <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /ph34r.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ph34r.gif' /> On the other story...  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Crazy Texan Guy)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> "We were looking at a beautiful white-tail buck and my friend said 'If you just had a gun for that.' A little light bulb went off in my head," he said. </td></tr></table>  Come on lightbulb, explode dammit! <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:57 am

This is fairly impressive.  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Nov 18, 5:14 PM EST Entire Class Suspended for Food Fight MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A cafeteria food fight on "meat loaf day" led to the suspension of the entire eighth-grade class at a Memphis school. The students were suspended after refusing to clean up the mess they caused. "Given an opportunity first to apologize for their behavior and help with the cleanup, most of the class refused to cooperate," school spokesman Vince McGaskill said. The food fight broke out Wednesday at Geeter Middle School, which has 637 students in grades six through eight. Meat loaf and chicken were on the menu. Principal Jada Meeks suspended students who were in the cafeteria during the fight, meaning the youngsters' parents must meet with school officials before the children can return to class. The cause of the disturbance was not immediately known. No serious injuries were reported. "Suspending students is never desirable," McGaskill said. "In this case, the principal felt that strong, some may say shocking measures, were called for to spur change." --- Information from: The Commercial Appeal, <a href='http://www.gomemphis.com' target='_blank'>http://www.gomemphis.com</a> 2004 The Associated Press. </td></tr></table>

Holyman83 · Postby **Holyman83** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 5:18 am

W00t food fight!!

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