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I just picked two today, though there were a few more that caught my eye.

Store refuses to accept coins as payment.  I’ve been on both sides of this, both the person buying stuff with coins only, and the cashier having to take them, and its less than plesent from either side, but I really can’t beleive the store outright refused them.  I remember scrounging change in college so I could buy $5 in gas, and I still occasionally scrounge a $1 so I can have a donut with out breaking my budget.  I always feel bad handing the cashier that handfull of change, cause even though the change is usefull they still have to count it so as to make sure their cash drawer stays correct.  I’ll admit that $32 in change is a bit much, but it was in quarters which means its REALLY EASY to count out.  I think the best part of the article though is that the news people called the stores twice, once as newsies, and once as your average Joe, and got two different answers!

Dog bites Halloween Prankster.  So, boyfriend decides it’ll be fun to scare his girlfriend, girlfriend gets so freaked out her dog (a Rotti) feels the need to protect her and bites the boyfriend.  First off the article doesn’t say if the dog has any official history of aggression, but in the over all scheme of things I’m not sure that makes a difference in my feelings on this (it makes a difference to the dog and girlfriend though, if the dog does this could be a final straw).  First off: kick out that boyfriend.  Sorry, if he was doing something that aggressively scary he needs to go.  2nd, I’d be willing to bet that the dog and boyfriend never got along well in the first place, if the dog liked him it would have been less likely to cause actual harm in guarding its master (sorry for the “it” the article doesn’t say if its male or female).  3rd “Eggers told officers at the hospital he knew the dog was just doing its job, protecting Yeida, but that he wanted the dog put down.”  Cause yah, anything that protects your loved ones has to go huh?  Sorry dude, if you were my boyfriend you’d be gone.  And if this incident resulted in the loss of my dog I’d probly sue too.

WI Town wants to make biking & walking a crime.

Hope I’m that active at 94.

Football fans pepersprayed for dancing.

Coke and Mento’s results in bomb squad call.

How not to survive to your 21st birthday (and how to spend your 22nd birthday in jail!).

Ever wondered if electric car makers are over charging for their products?  How about spending $250 to modify your Leaf’s power cord instead of $6000 for a special charging station?

Via Popehat:  Righthaven is screwed.

Found via SayUncle: Louisiana decides using cash to buy stuff is illegal.

Just a couple this time:

Ooops, someone at Vicks might want to double check their math….(edited to add: they fixed it, guess enough people were posting about it that they had to notice.  For those of you who missed it, the company page stated they have been in business for over 100 years, 365,000+ days and counting)

Bachmann points out that 999 turned upside down is 666, therefor its EVIL (ok, I’m paraphrasing, but then, I won’t be voting for her either)

Go here.  Technically safe for work, but only if your co-workers don’t have dirty senses of humor.  Some of the comments may not be safe for work.

Your car come with Onstar?  Might want to make sure you REALLY canceled that account….

THIS is how you handle a grizzly.  Ok, a high powered rifle from a safe distance would be even better, but I’ll take it.

Fark headline: Virginia looks at classifying Claritin-D and Sudafed as more dangerous than Rohypnol, since it’s not like you can make meth out of safe, harmless Rohypnol

Bet you thought YOUR kid was a picky eater!


Fark headline: Perhaps the second time you hit the same house is a good time to evaluate your driving skills

“The Indiana Supreme Court is upholding a ruling that Hoosiers cannot resist police officers who enter their homes without warrants………The Indiana Supreme Court’s ruling [Tuesday] means that individuals still have the common law right of reasonable resistance to an unlawful entry, though there is never justification for committing battery against a police officer. In volatile domestic violence situations, police have the right to enter a home to ensure safety of others, but today’s ruling also means the individual has the right to stand against his locked door to protect his home and communicate with police outside without a physical altercation.”  uhuh.

Scientists on trial for Manslaughter after failing to predict an earthquake.  So according to the article, all the people wanted was to be told that there COULD be a big quake, so they could leave….sounds good right? Except since no one can predict WHEN a quake is going to hit, if one hadn’t hit right away then how long do you think it would have been before someone was suing for false info?  Talk about a catch-22.  And really, if you’re getting “minor” rumblers bad enough to feel, then a major quake is a possibility regardless of the scientific data, if only for what you should do for your self preservation’s sake.  Besides, what do you think the chances are of getting enough people with enough scientific know how to be able to understand the data as jurors!

Tam posted a link to Popehat a few days back, and I’ve been  hooked ever since.  Now he’s started a series about how to break down a scammer….I used to THINK I knew how to use the internet to investigate someone, I now know I know nothing.  Damn.  Go read, totally worth it.

A wheelchair bound Vet uncovers fraud.  Seriously, the numbers involved are scary, that they were getting away with that much, and this guy was the only one who noticed?  At least he’s getting something for his time!

State to ban commercial vehicles from a problem roadway.  Living not to far from this particular road, and even traveling it on the occasion I’m visiting family in the area, I really don’t know WHY they think this is going to help.  The entrances are already signed to a fair-thee-well about the height restrictions, and people constantly miss them, miss read them, think their vehicle isn’t that tall….so why will signs annoucing the road isn’t availible to commercial vehicles going to make that much of a difference??

Brand new F16 pilot on 9/11/01.  Fark deemed her to have great big brass ones (ovaries, just in case anyone wondered).  I can’t argue.

Several others have linked, but I’m joining the club:  what happened in 1970 when a plane was hijacked.

On a lighter note: What we SHOULD have been taught in school.

A sneak peak at the 2011 Solar Decathlon houses.  Why do so many have such flat roofs??  Ok, it makes it easier to mount things on, I get that, but what about the large percentage of the world where a sloped roof is all that keeps your house from collapsing under the snow weight??

First off, (found via Fark.com) An Economics Lesson even a Liberal can Understand.  Now economics isn’t my forte, but this guy’s making sense….and the line:

I’ll be damned before I start hiring people now, just in time to send the unemployment rate plunging so it re-elects the president next year.  In a second term, this guy’ll kill my business.

just makes the article.

And found in my reading the news today: Governor Cuomo wants to spend millions to improve NY’s image as a place to do business.  As in, 10 to 50 million dollars.  Honey, its not NY state’s IMAGE thats driving away the businesses, its the political and financial environment and even I know that.  And an advertising campaign isn’t going to change ANY of that.