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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,445
    LIDL in netherlands will start selling food that expires for 0.25 euro to battle food waste.




    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Alabama man goes free after resentencing for $50 robbery

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/alabama-man-goes-free-after-resentencing-for-50-robbery-1.4571633?fbclid=IwAR0R5wJkQXBmQAzxbgIVkZDk620iKZkg9KLq0xZePJ56j-yyN3HhPB4zwYU

    36 years for stealing $50 ... Wtf is the matter with these fucking judges.  Of course, judges are lawyers and we all know lawyers are the scum the earth...



    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Meltdown99 said:
    Alabama man goes free after resentencing for $50 robbery

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/alabama-man-goes-free-after-resentencing-for-50-robbery-1.4571633?fbclid=IwAR0R5wJkQXBmQAzxbgIVkZDk620iKZkg9KLq0xZePJ56j-yyN3HhPB4zwYU

    36 years for stealing $50 ... Wtf is the matter with these fucking judges.  Of course, judges are lawyers and we all know lawyers are the scum the earth...



    That could have made him the richest man in Alabama 36 years ago.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,907
    i know celebs do these things a lot but it's still cool to see these kinds of stories

    https://6abc.com/entertainment/jonas-brothers-visit-pa-fan-battling-cancer-who-missed-concert-/5510805/
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    An Alberta teen helped crack a 27-year-old cold case, thanks to his curiosity and his GoPro camera.
    https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?cid=sm:trueanthem:ctvnews:post&clipId=1773903&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5d7444aa145a57000153ff2e&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR200Cch06Ke03CakI4EOOU--yCyiS3owHj6hZH_Ikreafp1IH9M0SxBYi8
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  • kce8
    kce8 Posts: 1,636
    Actually, this is profound news!

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/world/europe/pope-francis-secrecy-sexual-abuse.html


    That gives me hope. Such changes would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Some things change for the better!

    As a sceptical and not particularly good Catholic, I am convinced that this deserves its own thread. After all, the topic is not faith-related.
    (I am not here regularly, so if anyone want to open one for that I would recommend it.)
  • Kat
    Kat There's a lot to be said for nowhere. Posts: 4,955
    omg. I think she's outgrown the crib. Time for a real bed. Whew!


    Falling down,...not staying down
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    Kat said:
    omg. I think she's outgrown the crib. Time for a real bed. Whew!



    Good catch, dad!  :smiley:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,445
    edited April 2020
    nvm. Wrong thread.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    brianlux said:
    Kat said:
    omg. I think she's outgrown the crib. Time for a real bed. Whew!



    Good catch, dad!  :smiley:
    Wow!

    That actually reminds me of kind of a similar situation about 20 years ago. I was out on a patio with friends at their house and a bunch of kids were running around. One toddler was trying to walk up a steep step, wobbled at the top, and then started to pitch over backward. Given the top-heaviness of toddlers, she was heading toward the concrete patio head first. I dove forward with my arms out and she landed perfectly in my outstretched arms, one hand under her back and Ike hand cradling her head, inches above the concrete. I have no idea how I did it - just pure luck and adrenaline. Her parents looked at me like I was god :lol:  
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    oftenreading said:
    brianlux said:
    Kat said:
    omg. I think she's outgrown the crib. Time for a real bed. Whew!



    Good catch, dad!  :smiley:
    Wow!

    That actually reminds me of kind of a similar situation about 20 years ago. I was out on a patio with friends at their house and a bunch of kids were running around. One toddler was trying to walk up a steep step, wobbled at the top, and then started to pitch over backward. Given the top-heaviness of toddlers, she was heading toward the concrete patio head first. I dove forward with my arms out and she landed perfectly in my outstretched arms, one hand under her back and Ike hand cradling her head, inches above the concrete. I have no idea how I did it - just pure luck and adrenaline. Her parents looked at me like I was god :lol:  

    Wow!  Great story, good catch, lucky kid!!!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Kat
    Kat There's a lot to be said for nowhere. Posts: 4,955
    Kat said:
    Raju update :)https://www.thedodo.com/raju-celebrates-year-freedom-1229108791.html
    Wow, it's been six years Remember Raju? 




    Falling down,...not staying down
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    I love elephants.  They come across as personable, playful, and friendly.  I wish we didn't ride them and kill them for their ivory.
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  • RunIntoTheRain
    RunIntoTheRain Texas Posts: 1,032
    Sometimes people just need a little help. This made me cry happy tears.
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/we-ll-take-care-of-you-tennessee-kroger-gives-job-to-woman-who-slept-in-the-store-s-parking-lot/ar-BB18DEh3?ocid=msedgntp
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    RunIntoTheRain said:
    Sometimes people just need a little help. This made me cry happy tears.
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/we-ll-take-care-of-you-tennessee-kroger-gives-job-to-woman-who-slept-in-the-store-s-parking-lot/ar-BB18DEh3?ocid=msedgntp

    Wonderful!  Good news is always welcome these days!  :smile:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Kat
    Kat There's a lot to be said for nowhere. Posts: 4,955
    That was great...love seeing this thread bounce up. :)

    Falling down,...not staying down
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    OnWis97 said:
    I love elephants.  They come across as personable, playful, and friendly.  I wish we didn't ride them and kill them for their ivory.
    when my kids were really young, we took them to the circus. against my better judgement, i took one of my kids on an elephant ride. i have always regretted it. i suppose if anything good came of it, it's retelling my kids the story and how wrong it was and how awful zoos are. 
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    OnWis97 said:
    I love elephants.  They come across as personable, playful, and friendly.  I wish we didn't ride them and kill them for their ivory.
    when my kids were really young, we took them to the circus. against my better judgement, i took one of my kids on an elephant ride. i have always regretted it. i suppose if anything good came of it, it's retelling my kids the story and how wrong it was and how awful zoos are. 

    I've always been fascinated by elephants as well.  

    Several years ago I read about the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, so we signed up for a basic membership and have done their feed an elephant for a day donation a few times as well.  The news letter they send (hard copy or digital) is great.  You get to keep up with the latest on  the "girls".  It's really cool to see what Tara or Billie, and the others are up to.  Of course, once in a while, you know, they get old and and you hear about it and you cry.  But most of them live a good long life (Billie is 58!) and a much better life now because most were abused or were circus animals, etc.  They have it good now!




    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    brianlux said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    OnWis97 said:
    I love elephants.  They come across as personable, playful, and friendly.  I wish we didn't ride them and kill them for their ivory.
    when my kids were really young, we took them to the circus. against my better judgement, i took one of my kids on an elephant ride. i have always regretted it. i suppose if anything good came of it, it's retelling my kids the story and how wrong it was and how awful zoos are. 

    I've always been fascinated by elephants as well.  

    Several years ago I read about the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, so we signed up for a basic membership and have done their feed an elephant for a day donation a few times as well.  The news letter they send (hard copy or digital) is great.  You get to keep up with the latest on  the "girls".  It's really cool to see what Tara or Billie, and the others are up to.  Of course, once in a while, you know, they get old and and you hear about it and you cry.  But most of them live a good long life (Billie is 58!) and a much better life now because most were abused or were circus animals, etc.  They have it good now!




    thanks Brian! I'm so going to do that!
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    OnWis97 said:
    I love elephants.  They come across as personable, playful, and friendly.  I wish we didn't ride them and kill them for their ivory.
    when my kids were really young, we took them to the circus. against my better judgement, i took one of my kids on an elephant ride. i have always regretted it. i suppose if anything good came of it, it's retelling my kids the story and how wrong it was and how awful zoos are. 

    I've always been fascinated by elephants as well.  

    Several years ago I read about the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, so we signed up for a basic membership and have done their feed an elephant for a day donation a few times as well.  The news letter they send (hard copy or digital) is great.  You get to keep up with the latest on  the "girls".  It's really cool to see what Tara or Billie, and the others are up to.  Of course, once in a while, you know, they get old and and you hear about it and you cry.  But most of them live a good long life (Billie is 58!) and a much better life now because most were abused or were circus animals, etc.  They have it good now!




    thanks Brian! I'm so going to do that!

    You'll love it!  :smile: 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











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