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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?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US Fears Attack by Space Pirates
Any space pirates would be immune to any defense we could muster up... there's really no point until we are technologically able to visit other life-bearing planets too.
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US Fears Attack by Space Pirates
Any space pirates would be immune to any defense we could muster up... there's really no point until we are technologically able to visit other life-bearing planets too.
I fear that other life-bearing plantets are too scared to visit us. Humans are too stupid still.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US Fears Attack by Space Pirates
Any space pirates would be immune to any defense we could muster up... there's really no point until we are technologically able to visit other life-bearing planets too.
I fear that other life-bearing plants are too scared to visit us. Humans are too stupid still.
Life bearing plants, like plants that create civilizations?
