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Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Dec 29, 2021 11:45 am

I've read about that before. I can't even imagine.

Things are really feeling dystopian.

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:14 pm

The Blue Streak roller coaster at Conneaut Lake park has been destroyed by fire. The fire occurred as the historic ride was being demolished.

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local ... 095843002/

My wife has many memories of going there when she was a kid. It's unfortunate but that park had been on life support for years. The truth is, the park wasn't coming back. I'm sad that this historic coaster couldn't be preserved, and now it's gone.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:32 pm

Re content moderation

Around 20 years ago, give or take, I interviewed at Playboy to do what's called '2257 compliance'. Basically, the pr0n version of checking IDs. Nothing came of it, but then a couple years later the company Mind Geek began operating playboy.com.....and MG was sued for posting non-consensual videos of underage girls...... it skeeved me out once I put any measure of thought into it.

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Postby Ad@m » Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:06 pm

:lol: @ Clasyburg
A Clasyburg man is facing charges after a doorbell camera caught him on film trying to steal said doorbell camera from a home.

Police were called to a residence in Kimmel Township on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, when the homeowner called that their doorbell camera went missing.

The footage from the camera showed a man stealing the camera and was later identified as 26-year-old Cody Bush. Police were able to recover the doorbell camera, cabling and battery.

Bush is currently facing theft charges and court documents show another active theft charge under his name.

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Postby iamjs » Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:36 pm

The Blue Streak roller coaster at Conneaut Lake park has been destroyed by fire. The fire occurred as the historic ride was being demolished.

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local ... 095843002/

My wife has many memories of going there when she was a kid. It's unfortunate but that park had been on life support for years. The truth is, the park wasn't coming back. I'm sad that this historic coaster couldn't be preserved, and now it's gone.
it sounds like that park is dead in the water and he's just selling off what is left.
The status of the 129-year-old park has been in question since Joseph, through his company, Keldon Holdings LLC, purchased the park in March out of bankruptcy.

Rides have been posted for sale on UsedRides.com, which features rides from amusement parks and carnivals from around the country, since the park closed for the season after the Labor Day weekend. And complaint from neighbors concerning park operations landed Joseph in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in November.
Today I also learned that I can buy a 50 ft slide from UsedRides.com for $18,000

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Postby tifosi77 » Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:24 pm

Today I learned there is a secondary market for amusement park rides.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:26 pm

Today I learned there is a secondary market for amusement park rides.
Next time on American Pickers.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:29 pm

Today I learned there is a secondary market for amusement park rides.
Next time on American Pickers.
Next time on 1,000 Ways to Die

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Postby iamjs » Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:37 pm


Today I also learned that I can buy a 50 ft slide from UsedRides.com for $18,000
Today I learned there is a secondary market for amusement park rides.
Next time on American Pickers.
Next time on Pawn Stars
you're not getting $18,000. This is gonna take up space in my shop and I'm gonna have to find the right buyer for it. $500, take it or leave it. That's my final offer.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:13 pm

Yikes :shock:



Wasn't there a protocol to shut down the rail line with a plane on it?

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Postby tifosi77 » Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:39 pm

That was just yesterday, I think. Guy came down basically at the LAPD bureau station and across the street from the LAFD station at Whiteman airport. He was only like 150' from making the runway; 150' the other way is a grocery store.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:16 pm

Unquestionable bravery on the part of the officers. Well done

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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:27 pm

I'm going to quit my job and fund Somali pirates.

https://www.bosshunting.com.au/hustle/p ... -exchange/
While to this day, there are no credible statistics available to confirm the number of entities listed, The Wall Street Journal reported over 70 distinct maritime operations are listed on the Harardheere Pirate Stock Exchange. Similar to the days of the Dutch East India Company, when a pirate mission is successful, the investors who bankrolled said pirate mission earns a share of the total profits.

Back in 2011, the town which had been written off by the outside world became a place “crowded with luxury cars” seemingly overnight. It’s to the point where even district government officials (allegedly) receive a cut to fund schools, hospitals, and other public infrastructure.

“The shares are open to all and everybody can take part, whether personally at sea or on land by providing cash, weapons, or useful materials… We’ve made piracy a community activity,” a former pirate reveals to Reuters (via WSJ).

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Postby Ad@m » Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:58 am

‘Golden Girls’ star Betty White suffered a stroke days before her death, according to several reports.

A death certificate obtained by TMZ lists White’s cause of death as a cerebrovascular accident, commonly known as a stroke. White died on Dec. 31 at age 99.

During a cerebrovascular accident, a lack of blood flow to the brain damages part of the organ. Blood clots and broken blood vessels in the brain often contribute to a stroke.

White’s death certificate states that she suffered the stroke six days before her death. According to TMZ, White was alert and coherent after the stroke, and she died peacefully in her sleep at home.

An unnamed source told People, “It was a mild stroke. She died peacefully in her sleep.”

Jeff Witjas, the actress’ friend and agent, had previously spoken out against social media claims that White died from side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine booster she received on Dec. 28.

“People are saying her death was related to getting a booster shot three days earlier but that is not true,” Witjas told People. “She died of natural causes. Her death should not be politicized — that is not the life she lived.”

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:29 pm

She died with the booster.

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Postby faftorial » Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:26 pm

Superload crossing PA:


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It is called a superload, and for good reason: The highway behemoth is longer than five fire trucks and weighs as much as two blue whales.

This week and next week, the mammoth tractor-trailer, hauling a tank from a decommissioned nuclear training site, will lumber across Pennsylvania on a 400-mile route that would test the skills of even the most seasoned trucker.

The metal leviathan, which takes up two lanes of traffic, measures 213 feet from end to end and weighs 294 tons, putting merely oversize loads to shame.

As it rolls across the state on what is expected to be a nine-day journey, the rig with several flatbeds and escort vehicles must cross 16 counties, navigating exit ramps, country roads, two-lane highways, unusual traffic patterns and a potential snowstorm.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/us/s ... &smtyp=cur

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Postby faftorial » Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:28 pm

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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:08 pm

I guess if you are behind that thing on 80,you get off the highway and haul ass for the next interchange.

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Postby willeyeam » Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:13 pm

I guess if you are behind that thing on 80,you get off the highway and haul ass for the next interchange.
unless you're mrs meow, she'll be following the super load for hours

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Postby NTP66 » Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:50 pm

Heyooooooo

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Postby dodint » Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:10 pm

I guess if you are behind that thing on 80,you get off the highway and haul ass for the next interchange.
They go up and down the exits to let traffic go by.

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Postby meow » Fri Jan 14, 2022 7:14 pm

Haha. Got’em

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Postby willeyeam » Sat Jan 15, 2022 8:31 am

That's a super load

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:44 pm

https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/M ... 784886.php

This story is awesome
Mountain climber and underwater explorer Victor Vescovo teamed up with Native Hawaiian scientist Cliff Kapono to scale Maunakea Volcano from its base at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to its peak.

Vescovo, a former U.S. naval officer, is no stranger to adventure. He’s scaled the highest peak on all continents, and has visited the deepest known points of each of Earth’s five oceans with a submersible he commissioned and built.

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