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Orkin has announced their annual 5 most rate infested cities. And the winners are:

1) Chicago
2) Los Angeles
3) New York
4) Washington DC
5) San Francisco
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kramerica.inc wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 4:56 pm Hand-dug tunnel found heading to S Florida Chase Bank branch:

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/brow ... story.html

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that incident reminds me of the Three Stooges in Cash and Carry:



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didnt know about this one until today- https://www.newsreview.com/chico/messag ... ?oid=10876

we all know that tojo attempted to shoot himself in the heart, missed and hit his stomach (despite his doc marking an X on the heart), and as the allies knocked down the door, the found him, sent him to sugamo, revived him, tried him, and then hanged him anyway.

during the period where they nursed him back to health- the americans replaced his dentures. the dentist embedded- in morse code- "remember pearl harbor" into his upper row of teeth. apparently this was filed away three months later.
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ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:09 pm didnt know about this one until today- https://www.newsreview.com/chico/messag ... ?oid=10876

we all know that tojo attempted to shoot himself in the heart, missed and hit his stomach (despite his doc marking an X on the heart), and as the allies knocked down the door, the found him, sent him to sugamo, revived him, tried him, and then hanged him anyway.

during the period where they nursed him back to health- the americans replaced his dentures. the dentist embedded- in morse code- "remember pearl harbor" into his upper row of teeth. apparently this was filed away three months later.


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Yup. Had heard of this gem but forgotten it until now. Thanks for sharing.


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sure- hey did we ever get back the old nyc photos thread?
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ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: Tue Feb 12, 2019 1:39 pm sure- hey did we ever get back the old nyc photos thread?

I miss those old photos and was thinking of starting by presenting pics of the 1955 World Series when Brooklyn finally beat the Yanks:


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Of course, a bad call by the HP umpire helped the Bums:


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Recall how Yogi exploded at the call. And he had been correct all along!
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A long lost treasure found in Lake Wobegone:



https://www.kare11.com/video/news/local ... 7aaebeffe8



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Great story and kudos to them for not trying to make a buck off of it....
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didnt know this one either- francisco franco was exhumed a few months ago and moved because he was buried in a cemetery only for those that died in the civil war.
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Pretty funny comment from the police department.

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I may seriously need to look into one of these...

Hippy Van Is Back: Volkswagen Re-Releasing It’s Electric Version

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Bring a suitcase of cash, those old ones are hard to find in good condition....the are fetching > 15k as-is and >20k for inspection ready.
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https://boingboing.net/2019/03/24/evald ... uskas.html
Last week, Evaldas Rimasauskas of Lithuania plead guilty to US wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering charges, admitting that he had stolen $99m from Facebook and $23m from Google between 2013 and 2015.

Rimasauskas's grift was pretty bold. He merely sent Google and Facebook invoices for items they hadn't purchased and that he hadn't provided, which the companies paid anyway. The invoices were accompanied by "forged invoices, contracts, and letters that falsely appeared to have been executed and signed by executives and agents of the Victim Companies, and which bore false corporate stamps embossed with the Victim Companies’ names, to be submitted to banks in support of the large volume of funds that were fraudulently transmitted via wire transfer." He also spoofed emails that appeared to come from corporate execs.

Apparently, no one checked first to see if these corresponded to invoices/POs that had been issued within the companies.
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What could be better than combining Bloom County with Calvin and Hobbes? It's been done before, as the two artists are apparently friends and collaborators...

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There was one from April Fools a year ago as well...
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The Boat Race took place earlier today with Cambridge + Oxford:







What is unusual was Cambridge Light Blue mens squad featuring 46 year old "Uncle" James Cracknell. An amazing athlete and human being. This is one guy I'd love to chat with.
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https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la- ... story.html So it is controversial to have an American flag on the side of a police car... REALLY??? :roll:
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