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Showing posts with label stupid human trick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stupid human trick. Show all posts
20 March 2020
30 March 2018
Alaska Tourist Follies
Since tourist season will soon be upon us, here are some real questions my wife and I have personally been asked by tourists. Except where noted, the answers are what we wanted to say, but didn't.
Q. Will we see polar bears in Anchorage?
A. Depends on how much you've been drinking.
Q. Do you know my cousin Bob in Fairbanks?
A. Sure. Everyone in Alaska knows everyone else.
Q. I didn't expect you to have sidewalks!
A. Yep. We have paved streets, telephones, and running water, too.
Q. Do you take American money?
A. How do you think we got the sidewalks and paved streets?
Q. Do you speak English?
A. Impeccably. Do you?
Q. What kind of clothes do you wear in the winter?
A. The warm kind.
Q. What do you do about those long, dark nights?
A. Turn on the lights.
Q. We saw that lovely little town of Nightmute in the movie "Insomnia." How long does it take to drive there?
A. (My real answer) You can't drive to Nightmute; access is by airplane only. Besides, the town in the movie is really in British Columbia.
Q. But they said it was Alaska!
A. I'm sure Al Pacino is very sorry.
Q. How can we see the northern lights?
A. Be here in the winter-time, and remember to look up.
Q. Do I need an international voltage converter?
A. I don't know; which country are you headed for?
Q. Which way is north in Alaska?
A. Same way as everywhere else.
Q. We want to drive over to Juneau.
A. (Real answer) It's 650 miles from here, and only accessible by air or sea.
Q. But how long would it take to get there, if we want to drive?
A. Did your parents have any children that lived?
Q. Where do you get all this wonderful daylight?
A. Sunlight 'R' Us; ask for the bulk rate. And tell them Nanook sent you.
03 August 2016
Play Stupid Games ...
... win stupid prizes. Or, as it was recently expressed, "Stupidity should be painful."
The Associated Press reports that a Skagway Borough assemblyman will spend a year in jail and pay $600K in restitution for gambling with taxpayer money. In Las Vegas.
Apparently the guy took money he'd set aside for taxes from his business, then drank and gambled it away. And never bothered to pay said taxes.
Sufficiently painful? Not for me to say.
But wow. Just wow.
The Associated Press reports that a Skagway Borough assemblyman will spend a year in jail and pay $600K in restitution for gambling with taxpayer money. In Las Vegas.
Apparently the guy took money he'd set aside for taxes from his business, then drank and gambled it away. And never bothered to pay said taxes.
Sufficiently painful? Not for me to say.
But wow. Just wow.
16 May 2014
Man Shoots Self in Head; Treats Himself
ANCHORAGE - Alaska State Troopers say an Anchor Point man who shot himself during gunplay spent five days with a “serious but not life-threatening” head wound before visiting a hospital, treating it with supplies at hand.
... "Investigation revealed (the man) had shot himself in the head on (Saturday) while negligently handling a firearm,” troopers wrote. “(He) did not seek medical attention until (Thursday).
In an email to Channel 2 Thursday night, AST spokesperson Beth Ipsen says the investigating trooper reported that the weapon involved was a .22 long rifle.
... According to Ipsen, it’s not clear whether drugs or alcohol were involved in the incident, but the trooper took note of the man’s medical regimen.
“No treatment before today other than he put Neosporin on the wounds,” Ipsen wrote.
Okay, then.
01 November 2013
The Four Rules: An "Only Ones" Failure
The Four Rules:
The violation?
But this isn't possible, right? The anti-gun fringe is always telling us that only military and police should have guns. They're the ONLY ONES trained enough.
I was first handed a rifle at the age of six, in 1961; you do the math. Yes, I've been in the Navy, and worked for a small-town PD in the years since then ... but have never shot myself.
Accidents happen, people. I'm sorry he hurt himself, but this one was entirely preventable ... sigh.
- All guns are always loaded.
- Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target!
- Always be sure of your target.
The violation?
An active-duty military member shot himself in his leg Thursday in a Tikahtnu Commons parking lot as he loaded his pistol for a venture into town, police said.
Police received a call at 11:47 a.m. that a man had a non-fatal injury after shooting himself in his left thigh, said Anita Shell, Anchorage police spokeswoman.
The man had just left Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, where regulations bar military personnel from carrying loaded personal firearms, Shell said. The man was in the Tikahtnu parking lot, just outside the base, to meet his wife for lunch at the Red Robin there, Shell said.
The man was seating his magazine with his finger on the trigger when he shot himself, Shell said. [Emphasis added - Ed.]
But this isn't possible, right? The anti-gun fringe is always telling us that only military and police should have guns. They're the ONLY ONES trained enough.
I was first handed a rifle at the age of six, in 1961; you do the math. Yes, I've been in the Navy, and worked for a small-town PD in the years since then ... but have never shot myself.
Accidents happen, people. I'm sorry he hurt himself, but this one was entirely preventable ... sigh.
28 October 2013
08 October 2013
17 September 2013
What Caliber Cell Phone..?
Winnipeg man wards off polar bear with cellphone
Cornered by a polar bear that had already swatted and bitten him, a desperate Garett Kolsun turned to the only device he could think of and thrust his cellphone into the raging bear's face, distracting it long enough for him to escape.
Kolsun is grateful to be alive today after his encounter with a polar bear in Churchill, Man., on Saturday. The Winnipeg man went to Churchill two weeks ago for a job, his first time in the northern town.
While walking to where he was staying around 1:30 Saturday morning, Kolsun noticed something out of the corner of his eye.
"As I looked over, I could see a polar bear charging me. It was running full tilt towards me," he said Monday, his voice still raspy from yelling. "So I turned to try to run to find someplace safe to go. But where I was there was no place to really go."
(snip) "So I turned on the bear and it just kept charging. It came up closer and I started yelling and screaming and trying to raise my arms up to keep the bear away from me as best I could," he said. "I kept running in circles and backwards and yelling, hollering for help and everything else."
Desperate Move
He ran up to a bakery, and tried kicking open the front door.
"At that point the bear was basically right on top of me," he said. "I was yelling and screaming, trying to keep it away from me. Throughout all this it had swatted at me a few times and it had bit me."
"So I pulled my cellphone out of my pocket, turned it on and the screen lit up," he said. "I turned it towards the bear, put it in his face and it stepped back."
It turned the tide.
"When it stepped back, luckily it knocked over a planter. It startled the bear and it turned its head. So when it did, I just ran."
There's more at the link, but you get the point.
31 July 2013
Oh, This Guy Is SOOOO Fired!
From the Associated Press -
Busted!
FAIRBANKS, Alaska—
A Fairbanks cabbie is facing reckless driving and other charges after leading a police officer on a chase through a residential area.
Police say the King Cab driver, 25-year-old Dustin James Reyna, was going more than 60 mph and nearly hit two girls on bikes. Police say he also ran a stop sign Friday before he pulled over.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the officer found a handgun and marijuana in the taxi.
Busted!
25 July 2013
It Makes You Wonder, Doesn't It?
First, this news snippet:
The "wondering" part?
The story doesn't mention whether alcohol and/or drugs were involved. If I were going to try punching out a car window, my fist wouldn't be the first tool-of-choice. But if it were, I wouldn't try it without benefit of pre-anesthesia!
Investigation revealed that Cole Sprinkle, 23, of Wasilla, was pursuing [Ezekiel] Johnston [of Kenai] in a white Chevy pickup. Johnston, according to KPD, was in a "Honda passenger car." The pursuit ended in the Home Depot parking lot, where Sprinkle attempted to enter the driver's side of the Honda. Sprinkle then "smashed the driver-side window with his fist." It was at that time that Johnston shot Sprinkle with a handgun three times.
The "wondering" part?
The story doesn't mention whether alcohol and/or drugs were involved. If I were going to try punching out a car window, my fist wouldn't be the first tool-of-choice. But if it were, I wouldn't try it without benefit of pre-anesthesia!
21 July 2013
If You're Gonna Sell Heroin ...
maybe you shouldn't wear a Superman costume on the side of the highway.
No wonder they call it "dope". :)
No wonder they call it "dope". :)
15 July 2013
Fairbanks Man Arrested for Punching Himself in the Face
and then lying to police about it, in an attempt to get his neighbor arrested.
Some days, the stoopid is painful ... in this case, to him and us. Maybe he should move to Dutch Harbor?
Tony Gesin, 50, called 911 and reported being assaulted by a neighbor at around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday night, troopers said.
When troopers showed up to interview him he allegedly blamed the injuries on his neighbor but ultimately admitted to punching himself because he wanted his neighbor to be arrested.
Gesin is being charged with making a false report to police.
Some days, the stoopid is painful ... in this case, to him and us. Maybe he should move to Dutch Harbor?
01 July 2013
The Luckiest Boy in Alaska
Boy, 6, rides 3 miles atop family van before falling off on Parks Highway
The stupid is strong with parents who allowed it to happen in the first place. The story goes on to state that no one was charged "with a crime or traffic violation."
Makes me wonder exactly who these people are.
A six-year-old rode on the roof of his parents' minivan for three miles down the Parks Highway without the parents noticing before he tumbled off and onlookers plucked him off the highway and called 911, the Alaska State Troopers said Sunday.
The boy escaped with only minor cuts and bruises.
The child told troopers he was riding on his parents' car as it left their home near Mile 52 of the Parks Highway, according to an online trooper dispatch.
"We think the kid was riding on the roof where there are bars," said AST spokeswoman Beth Ipsen. "He has apparently done it before."
The stupid is strong with parents who allowed it to happen in the first place. The story goes on to state that no one was charged "with a crime or traffic violation."
Makes me wonder exactly who these people are.
20 June 2013
Thursday Morning Updates
Good morning, my friends. I hope you're off to a good start today.
Helping Where We Can Dept: There were a couple of rescuers from U.S. Fish & Wildlife on the roof this morning, corralling the trapped goslings into large boxes.
Only three of the goslings are present, meaning predators got two of them overnight. It was probably ravens, but might have been an eagle.
At least in a better location, the survivors will have a fighting chance.
UPDATE: The box o' goslings was moved to the small stream behind the building, and opened. Mom & Dad Goose heard them & flew down to join them.
At last sight, they were all happily swimming upstream into the tree-lined park to the south.
Later, the janitor & I will go remove the piles of leaves etc on which the nest was built.
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That's More Like It Dept: It's a lovely 54 degrees this morning, heading up to 70 later. That's still several degrees warmer than our average high of 63, this time of year, but just about perfect for us light-starved Alaskans. I mean, it was snowing a month ago, so we've loving this.
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Heat Makes People Stupid, Part 1 Dept:
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Heat Makes People Stupid, Part 2 Dept: Kids and an alligator. What could go wrong?
'Nuff said.
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That's enough for now. Thanks for stopping by, friends.
Helping Where We Can Dept: There were a couple of rescuers from U.S. Fish & Wildlife on the roof this morning, corralling the trapped goslings into large boxes.
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| Requisite low-res cellphone pic of geese being coaxed into transport boxes. One parent can just be made out on the wall to the right of the orange shirt. (Better orange than red!) |
Only three of the goslings are present, meaning predators got two of them overnight. It was probably ravens, but might have been an eagle.
At least in a better location, the survivors will have a fighting chance.
UPDATE: The box o' goslings was moved to the small stream behind the building, and opened. Mom & Dad Goose heard them & flew down to join them.
At last sight, they were all happily swimming upstream into the tree-lined park to the south.
Later, the janitor & I will go remove the piles of leaves etc on which the nest was built.
* * * * *
That's More Like It Dept: It's a lovely 54 degrees this morning, heading up to 70 later. That's still several degrees warmer than our average high of 63, this time of year, but just about perfect for us light-starved Alaskans. I mean, it was snowing a month ago, so we've loving this.
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Heat Makes People Stupid, Part 1 Dept:
Anchorage police explosives technicians removed a suspected pipe bomb from a Fairview parking lot Wednesday morning.Read the rest of the story at the link.
Federal agents later learned it contained no explosive material, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
... "At this point, we don't know what the intent was," [ATF Agent Jay] Crump said. "But it did resemble what IEDs sometimes look like."
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Heat Makes People Stupid, Part 2 Dept: Kids and an alligator. What could go wrong?
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| from the Anchorage Daily News |
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That's enough for now. Thanks for stopping by, friends.
17 May 2013
A Tale of Woe & a Forecast of Snow
ProudHillbilly commented on the previous post, "It makes you wonder if stupid is increasing or it's just that we hear about it easier."
I suspect we hear about more things now, due to the voracious appetite of the 24-hour news cycle. But stupidity, like poor people, has always been with us. Here's a true story from way back in my callow youth...
I lived in a very small town, surrounded by farm country. Circa 1970, a couple of high school seniors decided that it would be fun to steal another guy's hog. Keep in mind that nearly half of my class wore FFA jackets - yes, that kind of town ... the kind where 8 guys would split a "borrowed" six-pack and try to act drunk.
They waited until dark, drove their truck to the farm in question, and were herding said hog into the back of the pickup. The farmer heard the ruckus (hogs are noisy when they're disturbed; you can trust me on this) and called the Sheriff.
Deputies responded, and charged the 17-year-old seniors with rustling.
You see, back in those days (may still be that way, but the topic hasn't come up - go figure), it was a misdemeanor to steal livestock during daylight hours ... but a felony after dark.
These two budding Einsteins gave the high school principal's name as their contact, so he got up in the middle of the night and took them to their respective parents. I still don't know why he didn't just tell the Sheriff he wasn't responsible, and go back to sleep.
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AccuHunch has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for much of this area, calling for a rain/snow mix to change to all snow by 7 pm, with 2" to 6" of wet snow falling overnight through tomorrow morning. This forecast was greeted with groans, as the 15th was the last day we could legally have studded snow tires, here. A few folks have snow tires without studs, but not many.
Why? Because we got a lot of snow, and it packs down to ... well, think "Zamboni + hockey rink = Anchorage streets" slick. Not ice, exactly, but compressed snow that's well-glazed by traffic. Might as well be ice.
But we've had temps in the 40s & 50s for several weeks, and the roads have been snow-free for the last three weeks ... until today.
AccuHunch also tells us that this will set a new record: the longest stretch from first snow to final snow of a single season since they began keeping records in 1917.
We could do without this dubious distinction.
I suspect we hear about more things now, due to the voracious appetite of the 24-hour news cycle. But stupidity, like poor people, has always been with us. Here's a true story from way back in my callow youth...
I lived in a very small town, surrounded by farm country. Circa 1970, a couple of high school seniors decided that it would be fun to steal another guy's hog. Keep in mind that nearly half of my class wore FFA jackets - yes, that kind of town ... the kind where 8 guys would split a "borrowed" six-pack and try to act drunk.
They waited until dark, drove their truck to the farm in question, and were herding said hog into the back of the pickup. The farmer heard the ruckus (hogs are noisy when they're disturbed; you can trust me on this) and called the Sheriff.
Deputies responded, and charged the 17-year-old seniors with rustling.
You see, back in those days (may still be that way, but the topic hasn't come up - go figure), it was a misdemeanor to steal livestock during daylight hours ... but a felony after dark.
These two budding Einsteins gave the high school principal's name as their contact, so he got up in the middle of the night and took them to their respective parents. I still don't know why he didn't just tell the Sheriff he wasn't responsible, and go back to sleep.
* * * * *
AccuHunch has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for much of this area, calling for a rain/snow mix to change to all snow by 7 pm, with 2" to 6" of wet snow falling overnight through tomorrow morning. This forecast was greeted with groans, as the 15th was the last day we could legally have studded snow tires, here. A few folks have snow tires without studs, but not many.
Why? Because we got a lot of snow, and it packs down to ... well, think "Zamboni + hockey rink = Anchorage streets" slick. Not ice, exactly, but compressed snow that's well-glazed by traffic. Might as well be ice.
But we've had temps in the 40s & 50s for several weeks, and the roads have been snow-free for the last three weeks ... until today.
AccuHunch also tells us that this will set a new record: the longest stretch from first snow to final snow of a single season since they began keeping records in 1917.
We could do without this dubious distinction.
15 May 2013
"He tried to make a limp for it..."
This one's worthy of the Unalaska Police Blotter, but happened right here in Anchorage.
From the Anchorage Daily News:
An out-of-control sedan side-swiped an East Anchorage coffee hut Tuesday, injuring the barista inside, said police, who arrested the sedan's driver on suspicion of driving drunk.
The Nissan Altima hit a median and some large rocks on Bragaw Street -- going airborne twice -- and smashed into the side of the Arctic Grounds Coffee Company hut, witnesses said. The driver stumbled away, but officers arrested him about 100 yards from the wrecked car.
~ snip ~
Tony Newsom, a driver for Riggs Towing, said he watched the wreck from the intersection of DeBarr and Bragaw.
"He went airborne, took out the sign and then he shot across both northbound lanes and hit the rocks that separate the Pink Pepper from the church parking lot. He went airborne again and that's when he hit the coffee cart," Newsom said. "When I pulled up, he got out all wobbly. I was already on the phone with 911 when I pulled up."
"He tried to make a, I guess, a limp for it, when he heard the sirens. He wasn't moving very fast," Newsom said.
Read the whole story here.
From the Anchorage Daily News:
An out-of-control sedan side-swiped an East Anchorage coffee hut Tuesday, injuring the barista inside, said police, who arrested the sedan's driver on suspicion of driving drunk.
The Nissan Altima hit a median and some large rocks on Bragaw Street -- going airborne twice -- and smashed into the side of the Arctic Grounds Coffee Company hut, witnesses said. The driver stumbled away, but officers arrested him about 100 yards from the wrecked car.
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| Anchorage Police Department officers examine a Nissan Altima after an
allegedly drunk driver slammed into the Arctic Grounds Coffee Company
hut in the parking lot of the Sweet Pink Pepper restaurant Tuesday
afternoon, May 14, 2013 along Bragaw Street south of DeBarr Road.
Erik Hill — Anchorage Daily News
|
Tony Newsom, a driver for Riggs Towing, said he watched the wreck from the intersection of DeBarr and Bragaw.
"He went airborne, took out the sign and then he shot across both northbound lanes and hit the rocks that separate the Pink Pepper from the church parking lot. He went airborne again and that's when he hit the coffee cart," Newsom said. "When I pulled up, he got out all wobbly. I was already on the phone with 911 when I pulled up."
"He tried to make a, I guess, a limp for it, when he heard the sirens. He wasn't moving very fast," Newsom said.
Read the whole story here.
29 April 2013
More Alaskan Tourist Follies
These are real questions my wife and I have personally been asked by tourists. Except where noted, the answers are what we wanted to say, but didn't.
Q. Will we see polar bears in Anchorage?
A. Depends on how much you've been drinking.
Q. Do you know my cousin Bob in Fairbanks?
A. Sure. Everyone in Alaska knows everyone else.
Q. I didn't expect you to have sidewalks!
A. Yep. We have paved streets, telephones, and everything.
Q. Do you take American money?
A. How do you think we got the sidewalks and paved streets?
Q. Do you speak English?
A. Impeccably. Do you?
Q. What kind of clothes do you wear in the winter?
A. The warm kind.
Q. What do you do about those long, dark nights?
A. Turn on the lights.
Q. We saw that lovely little town of Nightmute in the movie "Insomnia." How long does it take to drive there?
A. (My real answer) You can't drive to Nightmute; access is by airplane only. Besides, the town in the movie was really in British Columbia.
Q. But they said it was Alaska!
A. I'm sure Al Pacino is very sorry.
Q. How can we see the northern lights?
A. Be here in the winter-time, and remember to look up.
Q. Do I need an international voltage converter?
A. I don't know; which country are you headed for?
Q. Which way is north in Alaska?
A. Same way as everywhere else.
Q. We want to drive over to Juneau.
A. (Real answer) It's 650 miles from here, and only accessible by air or sea.
Q. But how long would it take to drive?
A. Did your parents have any children that lived?
Q. Where do you get all this wonderful daylight?
A. Sunlight 'R' Us; ask for the bulk rate. And tell them Nanook sent you.
25 April 2012
Re-post: Silly Tourist Questions
These are real questions we've been asked by tourists.
The answers are what we were tempted to say, but didn't. Okay, sometimes
we did. :)
Q. Will we see polar bears?
A. Depends on how much you've been drinking.
Q. Do you know my cousin Bob in Fairbanks?
A. Sure. Everyone in Alaska knows everyone else.
Q. Do you know Sarah Palin? OR
Have you met Sarah Palin? OR
Do you know where Sarah Palin lives?
A. Of course, doesn't/hasn't everyone?
Q. I didn't expect you to have sidewalks.
A. We have paved streets and indoor plumbing, too. Mostly.
Q. Do you take American money?
A. How do you think we got the sidewalks and paved streets?
Q. Do you speak English?
A. Impeccably. Do you?
Q. What kind of clothes do you wear in the winter?
A. The warm kind.
Q. What do you do about those long, dark nights?
A. Turn on the lights.
Q. We saw that lovely little town of Nightmute in the movie "Insomnia." How long does it take to drive there?
A. You can't drive to Nightmute; access is by airplane only. Besides, the town in the movie was really in British Columbia.
Q. But they said it was Alaska!
A. I'm sure Al Pacino is very sorry.
Q. How can we see the northern lights?
A. Be here in the winter, and remember to look up.
Q. Do I need an international voltage converter?
A. That depends - which country are you headed for?
Q. Which way is north in Alaska?
A. Same way as everywhere else.
Q. We want to drive from Anchorage to Juneau.
A. It's over 600 miles away, by sea.
Q. But how long would it take to drive there?
A. Did your parents have any children that lived?
Q. Where do you get all this wonderful daylight?
A. Sunlight 'R' Us; ask for the bulk rate. And tell them Nanook sent you.
Q. Will we see polar bears?
A. Depends on how much you've been drinking.
Q. Do you know my cousin Bob in Fairbanks?
A. Sure. Everyone in Alaska knows everyone else.
Q. Do you know Sarah Palin? OR
Have you met Sarah Palin? OR
Do you know where Sarah Palin lives?
A. Of course, doesn't/hasn't everyone?
Q. I didn't expect you to have sidewalks.
A. We have paved streets and indoor plumbing, too. Mostly.
Q. Do you take American money?
A. How do you think we got the sidewalks and paved streets?
Q. Do you speak English?
A. Impeccably. Do you?
Q. What kind of clothes do you wear in the winter?
A. The warm kind.
Q. What do you do about those long, dark nights?
A. Turn on the lights.
Q. We saw that lovely little town of Nightmute in the movie "Insomnia." How long does it take to drive there?
A. You can't drive to Nightmute; access is by airplane only. Besides, the town in the movie was really in British Columbia.
Q. But they said it was Alaska!
A. I'm sure Al Pacino is very sorry.
Q. How can we see the northern lights?
A. Be here in the winter, and remember to look up.
Q. Do I need an international voltage converter?
A. That depends - which country are you headed for?
Q. Which way is north in Alaska?
A. Same way as everywhere else.
Q. We want to drive from Anchorage to Juneau.
A. It's over 600 miles away, by sea.
Q. But how long would it take to drive there?
A. Did your parents have any children that lived?
Q. Where do you get all this wonderful daylight?
A. Sunlight 'R' Us; ask for the bulk rate. And tell them Nanook sent you.
09 April 2012
BOLO
The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, 40 miles southeast of Anchorage, has ... ahem, misplaced a bear.
We're not talking Winnie the Pooh here: this is a Kodiak brown bear named Shaguyik. The story says they turned off the electric fence for maintenance last Tuesday, and "something spooked" the bear.
It was last seen in the mountains to the east of the Center, between the Portage Valley and Placer.
Or they could just hang out in the area, and Shaguyik will find them. Srsly, how the heck do you lose a BEAR?
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| 300 pounds of "feed me NOW" |
We're not talking Winnie the Pooh here: this is a Kodiak brown bear named Shaguyik. The story says they turned off the electric fence for maintenance last Tuesday, and "something spooked" the bear.
It was last seen in the mountains to the east of the Center, between the Portage Valley and Placer.
Or they could just hang out in the area, and Shaguyik will find them. Srsly, how the heck do you lose a BEAR?
09 February 2012
D'oh!
From the Anchorage Daily News:
So she writes a dictionary for a foreign language, but it's the wrong language. I don't know if she should be embarrassed or ashamed.
How dumb can you get and still breathe? Seems like she's trying to find out.
An amateur scholar of indigenous languages showed up in Sitka last month with her new encyclopedia of Tlingit and an accompanying audio CD of readings, but local Tlingits say her Tlingit doesn't resemble the language they grew up speaking. KCAW radio reports that Sally-Anne Lambert, a New Zealander who grew up in Samoa and developed an affinity for languages, admits she researched and published her encyclopedia without input from modern Tlingit speakers.(emphasis added)
So she writes a dictionary for a foreign language, but it's the wrong language. I don't know if she should be embarrassed or ashamed.
How dumb can you get and still breathe? Seems like she's trying to find out.
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